Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 38,1918-1919, Trip
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The Baldwin Piano Company mi I in. 521 S. Fourth A vtnut I'M I NEW NATIONAL THEATRE WASHINGTON INCORPORATED Thirty-eighth Season, 1918-1919 HENRI RABAUD, Conductor WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7 AT 4.30 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INCORPORATED W. H. BRENNAN. Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager "The world needs music more when it's in trouble than at any other time. And soldiers, and the mothers and wives and sweethearts and children of soldiers get more of the breath of life from music than the man on the street has any notion of."—JOHN McCORMACK MUSIC is an essential of every well-regulated home. It is a factor of vital importance in the education of the children, an unending source of inspiration and recreation for the growing gener- ation, a refining, cultivating influence touching every member of the family. 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Fradkin, F. Roth, O. Rissland, K. Bak, A. Concert-master. Hoffmann, J. Theodorowicz, J. Mahn, F. Noack, S. Ribarsch, A. Goldstein, H. Sauvlet, H. Tak, E. Traupe, W. Gerardi, A. Griinberg, M. Di Natale, J. Thillois, F. Spoor, S. Goldstein, S. Gunderson, R. Fiedler, B. Ringwall, R. Henkle, R. Diamond, S. Deane, C. Kurth, R. Bryant, M. Balas, J. Fiedler, G. Zsiga, L. Violas. Barrier, C. Werner, H. v.Veen, H. Fiedler, A. Van Wynbergen, C. Wittmann, F. Berlin, V. Mager, G. Langley, A. Tartas, M. Violoncellos. Malkin, J. Miquelle, G. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Fabrizio, E. Schroeder, A. Nagel, R. Nast, L. Mingels, E. Stockbridge, C. Basses. Villani, A. Agnesy, K. Seydel, T. Ludwig, O. Gerhardt, G. Jaeger, A. Huber, E. Schurig, R. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. DeMailly, C. Longy, G. Sand, A. Laus, A. Brooke, A. Lenom, C. Forlani, N. Mueller, E. Knight, W. Stanislaus, H. Vannini, A. Filler, B. Piccolo English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Battles, A. Mueller, F. Stievenard, E. Horns. Trumpets. 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"The Mystic Trumpeter," Orchestral Fantasy, Op. 19 (after the Poem of Walt Whitman) SOLOIST FREDRIC FRADKIN There will be an intermission of ten minutes after D'Indy 's Trilogy 5 1857 1918-19 DROOP'S 1 usic House (E. F. DROOP & SONS CO.) 1300 G STREET. A record of 61 years in the Music Business in Washington is at our back. During all this time we have maintained our prestige in the musical circles of Washington because of our policy of selling reliable merchandise only and giving prompt and capable service. Everything purchased here bears the hall mark of our guarantee and quality. We fulfill our promises. Steinway Pianos. Player-Pianos. Victrolas. Music. • . II II. Y PAYMENTS A< ( KI'TKl) MOVING "Wallenstein/' Trilogy (after the Dramatic Poem of Schiller) Vincent d'Indy (Born at Paris, March 27, 1852*; now living in Paris.) The first work of Vincent d'Indy that was performed in Paris was his "Ouverture des Piccolomini," which was produced at a Pasdeloup concert, January 25, 1874. This overture, the second part of the "Wallenstein" trilogy, showed, it is said, the marked influence of Schumann. It was afterwards changed materially, thoroughly rewritten. The "Wallenstein" trilogy was begun in 1873-74. It was com- pleted about 1881. The third movement, "La Mort de Wallenstein," was first performed at a Pasdeloup concert ("Concert Populaire") in Paris, March 14, 1880. The first movement, "Le Camp de Wallen- stein," was first performed at a concert of the National Society, Paris, April 12, 1880. It was performed March 30, 1884, at a Concert Populaire, Pasdeloup conductor, in Paris. There were performances of this or that movement at the concerts of the National Society in Paris, at Angers, and at Antwerp, but the first performance of the trilogy, complete, was at a Lamoureux concert in Paris, March 4, 1888. The first performance of the trilogy in the United States was at one of Anton SeidPs concerts in Steinway Hall, New York, Decem- ber 1, 1888. The first performance of the trilogy in Boston was on October 19, 1907, Dr. Muck conductor. Among the other performances in the United States are the follow- * This year is given by the composer. The catalogue of the Paris Conservatory gives 1851, and 1851 is given by Adolphe Jullien, who says he verified the date by the register of d'Indy's birth. ESTABLISHED 1838 520 NORTH CHARLES STREET BALTIMORE, MD. — ing: Chicago: Chicago Orchestra, Theodore Thomas conductor, "Wallenstein's Camp/1 October 27, 1900; the complete trilogy, April r< 6, L901; Wallen8tein|fl Camp*" April 6, 1907, Frederick A. stock conductor. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Orchestra, Mr. Van Der Stucken conductor. "Wallenstein's Camp," December 19, 1903, January 27, L906. When 'The Death of YVallenstein" was lirst performed in Paris, there was an argument, an explanatory programme, for a contem- porary reviewer then discussed the possibility of translating into music "Rcvcs heroiqucs de gloire et de liherte." "Trahison," "Molt," while he admitted d'Indy's success in the sections, ''Souvenir de Thecla" and "Triomphe." The score of the trilogy is without a programme <>f* any sort whatever. Hngaes Imbert's sketch of the trilogy was Englished by Stanley V. Bfakower as follows:— "The distinguishing feature of the symphonic music of Vincent d'Indy is that it paints with forcible truth, marvellous vividness, and astonishing vigor the various episodes in the drama of Schiller. For instance, in the first part, 'Le ('amp,'* after the slow valse, comes the Bavage dance with its determined rhythm, the sermon of the Capuchin father given to the bassoon, the theme of Wallenstein energetically Illustrated by the trombones, and then the final tumult, in which we heat a few notes of Wallenstein's theme thrown out by the trum- pets amid the fortissimi of the orchestra. In all this you will recognize the mastery of the musician who has approached very • James Churchill's translation into English of "Wallenstein's Camp" is thus pre- : ! •'i'ii.' Camp of Wallenstein is an introduction to the celebrated tragedy of that name, and, by its vivid portraiture of the state of the General'! army, gives the beat cine to the spell of n is gigantic power. The blind belief entertained in the unfailing racceaf of his arms, and in the supernatural agencies by which that success is secured to him; the unrest ra hied Indulgence Of every passion, ami utter disregard of nil law, are that of the camp; a h:ird oppression of the peasantry, and plunder of the country; have all swollen the soldiery with an Idea of Interminable sway. "of Schiller's opinion concerning the Camp, as a necessary introduction to the ly. the following passage, taken from the Prologue to the tirst representation, will a jusi Ides and may also serve as a motto to the work:— " N"t II«- it is.