Progrs^VAE Heinrich Gebhard PIANIST, COMPOSER, TEACHER
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PRoGRS^VAE heinrich Gebhard PIANIST, COMPOSER, TEACHER and one of the foremost musicians of this coantry, writes regarding PIAAIOS Dear Sirs: As yoti are awaret for several seasons I have used the Mason & Hamlin Pianos in my public and private playing, with orchestra, in recitals, before musical organizations throttghotjt the country, as well as for my teaching. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that these instruments have met every demand under all these exacting con- ditions. The tone is one of surpassing beauty^ characterized by a singing quality 'which suggests the human 'hoice. The action is exquisitely sensitive, and lends itself to every desire and demand of the artist. I congratulate you on these wonderful instruments, and believe that you are doing much, in their manufacture, for the good of the art of music. {Signed) HEINRICH GEBHARD. 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Volkmann Serenade for String Orchestra, F major, Op. 63 I. Allegro moderato. TI. Molto vivace. III. Waltz. IV. March. Svendsen The Carnival at Paris," Episode for Full Orchestra, Op. 9 There will be aa intennission of ten mkitites after the symphony. The doora of the hall will he closed during the performance of each number on the program,me. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be^ tween the numbers. City of Boston. Revised Re|{ulatioii of Auiiust 5. 1898.— Chapter 3. relating to the coverlnii of the head In places of public amusement. Every licensee shall not, in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat thereiln potxyided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not •bstznict such view, may be worn. Attest J. M. GALVIN, City Clerk. 1253 e Alw(^5tbeKiabe C. C. HARVEY CO. 144 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON 1254 Symphony in A-flat major, Op. 55 Edward Elgar (Bom at Broadheath, near Worcester, England, June 2, 1857; now living at Malvern.) ° ^ This symphony was performed for the first time at Manchester, England, December 3, 1908, by the Halle Orchestra, led by Hans Richter. The first performance in London was on December 7, 1908, by the London S^^mphony Orchestra, led by Dr. Richter. The first performance in the United States was at New York On January 3, 1909, by the New York Symphony Orchestra, led by Mr. Walter Damrosch. * * This statement was made by the Glasgow Herald of December 4, 1908: "No one can accuse Elgar of composing in haste to repent at leisure. He studied the poem of 'Gerontius' for eleven years, and the firstjconception of 'The Apostles' goes back to his school-days. - The new symphony was begun seriously about a year ago, but, as it was expected for the Elgar Festival of 1904, it probably had been taking shape in the composer's brain long before any actual notes were transferred to paper." At the time of the first performance it was said that the symphony was inspired by the life and death of General Gordon. There was an immediate denial of this statement. To quote again from the Glasgow Herald: "Elgar's new symphony is suggestive enough, although there is no official 'programme' attached. At first sight everything seems orthodox. There are the usual four movements, an Allegro with an GRAND OPERAS In this Season*s Repertory TIEFLAND, by E. D 'Albert, German and English text Price, LA HABANERA, by R. La Parra, French text . LE VILLI, by G. Puccini, English text The Same, Italian text LA WALLY, by A. Catalan], Italian text . 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Auto- biography has been hinted at, but the experiences that are voiced may be said to be as much general as particular. The 'programme,' if there be any, is that evolved by Beethoven, and is in a sense as old as the Greeks—the struggle of man with his environment. Beethoven, unlike the Greek dramatists, belie ed that man was the master of his fate. He may be said to have invented the symphony that speaks of the victory to be wrested from sorrow. The four movements of the symphony since his day have been much concerned with the hero's indecisive fight with fate, his retiral for reflection, his return to the world in lighter mood, and his final struggle and victory. Sometimes we have what seems to be a love interest, sometimes it ends in the peace of philosophic pessimism, or even in despair, but the general scheme is usually plain enough without words. Elgar's many serious religious works show him to be a man who has thought and felt, and his symphony reflects what one might call the serious optimism of Beethoven. It is full of noble feeling, and its last word is unmistakably of triumph." * * * An analysis of the symphony published in the Musical Times of December, 1908, may be considered as official: "The problem of how far the symphonic form can be moulded to Arthur Foote NEW SONGS HAVE RECEIVED NEW SPRING MODELS INCLUDING STREET GOWNS and RIDING HABITS. EVENING and HOUSE DRESSES, LINEN COAT SUITS SHIRT WAISTS and TUB DRESSES also NEW CLOTHS. SILKS. DRESS GOODS and WASH STUFFS Southern Tourists' orders executed at short notice 256 BOYLSTON STREET - - - BOSTON Shreve, Crump & Low Company* Diamonds. Pearls. Gems. A very choice showing of Diamond Jewelry. Watches* Chatelaine Watches. OLD ENGLISn SILVER. Rne s»H)win^ of LEATHER GOODS. The largest and finest assortment of BRIOA-BRAC ever exhibited here. Choice Stationery. Electric Department. J 47 Trcmont Street^ Boston* 1268 meet the individual requirements of a modern composer has been shelved of late, when so- many composers have occupied themselves instead with the tone-poem, a form which is entirely pliable to the particular programme chosen for illustration. Must the symphony be regarded as too rigid a structure to admit the free play of modern ideas, or can it be satisfactorily used for the illustration of a programme as Tschaikowsky used it? Or, further, is there something new to be said in music which admits no translation into words, and can the symphony more fitly express that ? Many have felt that a symphony by Elgar must help to answer such questions, or at least give important data to those who are concerned with them. "Now that the symphony is before us, the first fact that strikes us is its likeness to the classical model. It is in four movements: i. An- dante nobilmente e semplice—^Allegro; 2. Allegro molto; 3. Adagio; 4. Lento—^Allegro. The first is substantially in what is known as ' first movement' form, with certain important modifications which we shall note later; the second is practically a Scherzo in all but name; the third is a serene slow movement in a binary form without develop- ment, and with an important Coda; while the fourth, after a slow introduction, breaks into a swinging theme, the principal one of a' rondo movement.