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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 39,1919 CITY AUDITORIUM . SPRINGFIELD Sunday Afternoon, January 11, at 3.00 **i BOSTON SYAPHONY ORCHESTRA INCORPORATED THIRTY-NINTH SEASON J9J9-J920 PR3GRHAME AUSPICES OF SPRINGFIELD Y.M.C.A. x.r- Just as you enjoy the exquisite interpre- tations of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at their concert, you can enjoy them when- ever you wish on the Victrola. It is one of the great triumphs of record- ing that enables you to hear so large an organization in your home, and it is sig- nificant that so famous an orchestra as the Boston Symphony makes Victor Records. The absolute faithfulness of these Victor Records when played on the Victrola parallels the actual performance of this great orchestra itself. Any Victor dealer will gladly play any of the Boston Symphony Orchestra records for you. Victrolas $25.00 to $950. CAMDEN, N. J. HIS MASTERS VOICE" 1 CITY AUDITORIUM SPRINGFIELD INCORPORATED Thirty-ninth Season, 1919-1920 PIERRE MONTEUX, Conductor WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 1 AT 3.00 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INCORPORATED W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager — A name that is spoken with the full pride of ownership—that carries with it the deep satis- faction of possessing the ultimate expression of man's handiwork in Musical Art. A name that is cherished as a Family Tradition that keeps afresh for the next generation the associations and fond remembrances which cluster around the home piano. Supreme achievement of patience, skill and ex- perience, founded on inborn Ideals of Artistry. Catalogue and prices on application Sold on convenient payments Old pianos taken in exchange Inspection invited 107-109 East 14th Street New York Subway Express Stations at the Door REPRESENTED BY THE FOREMOST DEALERS EVERYWHERE Thirty-ninth Season, 1919-1920 PIERRE MONTEUX, Conductor Violins. Fradkin, F. Roth, O. Rissland, K. Mahn, F. Concert-master. Hoffmann, J. Bak, A. Gerardi, A. Theodorowicz, J. Ribarsch, A. Sauvlet, H. Di Natale, J. Henkle, R. Traupe, W. Goldstein, H. Ringwall, R. Farwell, E. Thillois, F. Goldstein, S. Pinfield, C. Fiedler, A. Fiedler, B. Kurth, R. Gunderson, R. Diamond, S. Deane, C. Bryant, M. Leveen, P. Langley, A. Kurkdjie, N. Blackman, A. Violas. Denayer, F. Berlin, V. Van Veen, H. Kay, W. Grover, H. Wittmann, F. Van Wynbergen, C. Shirley, P. Blumenau, W. Salis, J. Violoncellos. R. Belinski, M. Warnke, Bedetti, J. Miquelle, G. Nagel, J. Fabrizio, E. Stockbridge, C. Schroeder, A. Keller, J. Barth, C. Basses. Kunze, M. Jaeger, A. Ludwig, O. Agnesy, K. 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More beautiful than ever, the famous Chick- ering tone, coupled with their well known durability makes the choice of a Chickering one that insures perfect satisfaction during the long years of its usefulness. L. M. Pierce Company 305 Bridge Street Springfield, Massachusetts 1 CITY AUDITORIUM SPRINGFIELD Twenty-sixth Concert in Springfield Thirty-ninth Season, 1919-1920 PIERRE MONTEUX, Conductor SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 1 AT 3.00 PROGRAMME Tschaikowsky Symphony No. 6, "Pathetic," in B minor, Op. 74 I. Adagio; Allegro non troppo. II. Allegro con grazia. III. Allegro molto vivace. IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso. Glazounoff "Stenka Razine," Symphonic Poem, Op. 13 Debussy . "Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune [Eglogue de S. Mallarme]" (Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun [Eclogue by S. Mallarme]") Liszt Second Episode from Lenau's "Faust" The Dance in the Village Tavern (Mephisto Waltz) There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony 6 " "The Best in Travel. 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Peter Tschaikowsky (Born at Votkinsk, in the government of Viatka, Russia, May 7, 1840; died at Petrograd, November 6, 1893.) This symphony was performed for the first time at Petrograd on October 28, 1893. The morning after Modest found Peter at the tea-table with the score of the symphony in his hand. He regretted that, inasmuch as he had to send it that day to the publisher, he had not yet given it a title. He wished something more than "No. 6," and did not like "Programme Symphony." "What does Programme Symphony mean when I will give it no programme?" Modest suggested "Tragic," but Peter said that would not do. "I left the room before he had come to a decision. Suddenly I thought, 'Pathetic' I went back to the room,—I remember it as though it were yesterday,—and I said the word to Peter. 'Splendid, Modi, bravo, "Pathetic ! and he wrote in my presence the title that will forever remain." * * * Each hearer has his own thoughts when he is "reminded by the instruments." To some this symphony is as the life of man. The story is to them of man's illusions, desires, loves, struggles, victories, and end. In the first movement they find with the despair of old age and the dread of death the recollection of early years with the transports and illusions of love, the remembrance of youth and all that is contained in that word. The second movement might bear as a motto the words of the Third Kalandar in the "Thousand Nights and a Night": "And we sat down to drink, and some sang songs and others played the lute and psaltery and recorders and others instruments, and the bowl OF GREAT INTEREST TO VIRTUOSI, TEACHERS AND PUPILS OF THE THE LATEST SERIES OF WORKS BY OLD MASTERS ARRANGED BY J. SALMON OF PARIS The following composers are included in the new series ANTONIOTTI (1692-1776) CORELLI (1653-1713) HERVELOIS (1670-17-?) ARIOSTI (1666-1740) DALL'ABACO (1675-1742) LECLAIR (1697-1764) BIRCKENSTOCK (1687-1733) DUPUITS (1741-17-?) 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With Tschaikowsky, here, as in the "Manfred" symphony, the drum is the most tragic of instruments. The persistent drum-beat in this trio is poignant in despair not un- touched with irony. Man says: "Come now, I'll be gay"; and he tries to sing and to dance, and to forget.
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