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INFANTRY HALL PROVIDENCE >©§to! Thirty-fifth Season, 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28 AT 8.15 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS. MANAGER ii^^i^"""" u Yes, Ifs a Steinway" ISN'T there supreme satisfaction in being able to say that of the piano in your home? Would you have the same feeling about any other piano? " It's a Steinway." Nothing more need be said. Everybody knows you have chosen wisely; you have given to your home the very best that money can buy. You will never even think of changing this piano for any other. As the years go by the words "It's a Steinway" will mean more and more to you, and thousands of times, as you continue to enjoy through life the com- panionship of that noble instrument, absolutely without a peer, you will say to yourself: "How glad I am I paid the few extr? dollars and got a Steinway." STEINWAY HALL 107-109 East 14th Street, New York Subway Express Station at the Door Represented by the Foremost Dealers Everywhere 2>ympif Thirty-fifth Season,Se 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUC per; \l iCs\l\-A Violins. Witek, A. Roth, 0. Hoffmann, J. Rissland, K. Concert-master. Koessler, M. Schmidt, E. Theodorowicz, J. Noack, S. Mahn, F. Bak, A. Traupe, W. Goldstein, H. Tak, E. Ribarsch, A. Baraniecki, A. Sauvlet, H. Habenicht, W. Fiedler, B. Berger, H. Goldstein, S. Fiumara, P. Spoor, S. Stilzen, H. Fiedler, A. Griinberg, M. Pinfield, C. Gerardi, A. Kurth, R. Gunderson, R. Gewirtz, J. Violas. Ferir, E. Werner, H. Gietzen, A. v.Veen, H. Wittmann, F. Schwerley, P. Berlin, W. Kautzenbach, W. Van Wynbergen, C. V. Blumenau, W. Violoncellos. Warnke, H. Keller, J. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Steinke, B. 1 Malkin, J. Nagel, R. Nast, L. Folgmann, E. Warnke, J. Basses. 1 Kunze, M. Agnesy, K. Seydel, T. Ludwig, 0. 1 Gerhardt, G. Jaeger, A. Huber, E. Schurig, R. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Maquarre, A. Longy, G. Sand, A. Sadcmy, P. Brooke, A. Lenom, C. Mimart, P. Mueller, E. de Mailly, C. Stanislaus, H. Vannini, A. Fuhrmann, M. Battles, A. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Mueller, F. Stumpf, K. Mosbach, J. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Jaenicke, B. Heim, G. Alloo, M. Lorbeer, H. Miersch, E. Mann, J. Belgiorno, S. Hain, F. Hess, M. Nappi, G. Mausebach, A. Resch, A. Hiibner, E. Kloepfel, L. Kenfield, L. Tuba. Harps. Tympani. PeiICUS SION. Mattersteig, P. Holy, A. Neumann, S Zahn, F. Gardner, C. Cella, T. Kandler, F. Burkhardt, H. Organ. Librarian. Assistant Librarian. Marshall, J. P. Sauerquell, J. Rogers, L. J. From Bowstring to Pianoforte When the melodious twang of a taut bow- string first tickled the ear of some skin-clad huntsman of the Stone Age, an immortal musical tradition had its ignoble birth. Through these many thousand years this musical tradition has marvelously developed, from primitive Grecian lyre to the many- stringed harp of the mediaeval minstrels, from clavichord to spinet, from harpsichord to pianoforte, until it finds today its supreme expression in the -^^ftimmna^)* CN> w {timta Chickering & Sons, Boston Division of American Piano Co. For Sale by Anthony & Cowell Co., Providence, R.I. B ;l I Owing to the illness of Madame Louise Homer, a change in the' programme has been made necessary, n Rimsky-Korsakoff . Symphony No. 2, Antar," Op. 15 I. Largo: Allegretto vivace. II. Allegro. III. Allegro risoluto alia Marc ia. IV. Allegretto vivace: Andante amoroso. Saint-Saens . Concerto for Violoncello in A minor, Op. 33 I. Allegro non troppo. II. Allegretto con moto. Ill, Allegro non troppo. Smetana .... "Vysehrad, ff Symphonic Poem: No. 1 of the Cycle, H Ma Vlast" ("My Country") Enesco .... Rhapsodie Roumaine, in A Major, Op. 11, No. 1 Soloist Mr. Joseph Malkin . INFANTRY HALL PROVIDENCE One Hundred and Forty-fourth Concert inTrovidence m e% ympm© Thirty-fifth Season, 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor THIRD CONCERT TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28 AT 8.15 PROGRAMME Rimsky-Korsakoff . Symphony No. 2, "Antar," Op. 15 I. Largo: Allegretto vivace. II. Allegro. III. Allegro risoluto alia Marcia. IV. Allegretto vivace: Andante amoroso. a. "Che faro," from "Orfeo" Gluck . Two Arias for Contralto b. "Divinites du Styx," from"Alceste' Smetana "Vysehrad," Symphonic Poem: No. 1 of the Cycle, "Ma Vlast" ("My Country") Saint- Saens "My Heart at thy Dear Voice," from "Samson and Delilah" Mendelssohn-B artholdy Overture, "Sea-Calm and Prosperous Voyage," Op. 27 SOLOIST Madame LOUISE HOMER There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony 5 w __ _usic achoo. 26 CABOT STREET, Corner MEETING STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND ANNE GILBRETH CROSS, DIRECTOR Pianoforte, Violin, Violoncello, Harp, Mandolin, Harmony, Ear- Training, Composition, Orchestration, Music History, Normal Training, Public Performance, String Ensemble Under the auspices of the management of The Music School, was opened on October 4th FACULTY: GUSTAV STRUBE, Baltimore, Md. Study Class for Orchestral Playing. Composition and Orchestra. ADOLPH VOGEL, Jr., Boston, Mass., Violoncello. RODERICK S. HOLT, Boston, Mass., Violin MISS SARA K. CORBETT, Boston, Mass., Violin. MR. HERBERT C. THRASHER, Attleboro, Mass. MISS MAUD M. GREENE, Warren, R.I. MISS. YVONNE MEUNIER, Woonsocket, R.I. Pianoforte MISS BERTHA H. BOYCE, Fall River and Providence. Harmony and Ear Training MISS MARGARET A. FULLER, Providence. Music History Registration on Monday evenings. Appointments may be made with Mrs. Cross who will give desired information concerning the courses, terms and new enterprises of this season. Telephone, Angell 1193. ANNE GILBRETH CROSS, Director Symphony No. 2, Antar," Op. 15. Nicolas Andrejevitch Rimsky-Korsakoff (Born at Tikhvin, in the government of Novgorod, March 18,* 1844; died at Petrograd, June 21, 1908.) This symphony, composed in 1868, was first performed in Petro- grad at a concert of the Russian Musical Society on March 22, 1869. The year of performance is erroneously given as 1868 by some bi- ographers. The first performance in Germany was at Magdeburg in June, 1881, at a concert of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein Festival. "Antar" was performed in New York in the course of the season 1891-92, at one of three concerts with orchestra given by The Arion Society in Arion Hall, led by Frank Van der Stucken. The first performance in Boston was at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by Kmil Paur, on March 12, 1898. Mr. Apthorp said in the Programme Book of that date: "I certainly re- member seeing a copy of the published score in Boston—Mr. Arthur P. Schmidt had one at G. D. Russell's music shop, and musicians used to stare at it in wonder—some time, I should say, about the middle seventies." The symphony was performed here at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, April 5, 19 13. * This date is given in the catalogue of Belaieff , the Russian publishing house of music. One or two musik- lexicons give May 21. MEMM acinm® BALDWIN VICTROLA ELLINGTON EDISON DISC HAMILTON VICTOR RECORDS HOWARD RED SEAL RECORDS d 3 3 => tffH£w wit ^^ivw^iW£Liffi^t^t^ MiIGNON*\ fii'r^i\y'7 \i\i WORLD'S FAMOUS REPRODUCTION PIANO PLAYER MUSIC ROOMS SECOND FLOOR The symphony is dedicated to Cesar Cui, and is scored for three flutes ^one interchangeable with piccolo), two oboes (one interchange- able with English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, bass tuba, a set of three kettledrums, bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, harp, and the usual strings. Antar, as a historical character, was the son of an Abyssinian slave. His father was a chieftain in the tribe of Abs. He acknowledged and freed him, and Antar became famous as a poet and by his deeds. He asked his Uncle Malik for the hand of his cousin Abla. Malik accepted the offer, but, not wishing his daughter to wed the son of a slave girl, he led him into perilous adventures. Antar was slain by one of his foes about 615. According to Clement Huart's "History of Arabic Literature," this true desert poet ' Antara, son of Shaldad, "whose name was later to serve the popular story-tellers of the romance of 'Antar as the incarnate type of the virtues ascribed to the wandering paladins of the heathen tribes," was a mulatto and his lower lip was split. His bravery ad- vanced him, and he took part in the war arising out of the rivalry between the stallion Dahis and the mare Ghabra. Treachery pre- vented the courser from winning, and Quais, chief of the tribe of 'Abs, waged bitter war. 'Antara was the rhapsodist of these fights, and perished only when he had grown old, and, having fallen from his horse, was unable to regain his feet. His death was the signal for peace. ' ' ! Antara sang the praises of Abla, his mistress, but a good fight was always the favorite subject of his lay. He it was who said: 'We whirled as the millstone whirls on its axis, while our swords smashed upon the fighters' skulls.'" The great romance of 'Antar is ascribed to Al-Asma'i (739-831). The full text was taken to Paris from Constantinople. The romance was published in full at Cairo in 1893. The tales in their present form go back to the days of the Crusades, and it is believed by Orientalists THE CHILD IN MUSIC Mis, SIDNEY A, SHERMAN LECTURES CLASSES FOR CHILDREN Courses for MOTHERS, TEACHERS, KINDERGARTNERS Telephone, 1215 R2 Pawt. Or address, Lincoln, R. I. Saylesville, R. F. D. 78 " I think you are giving the children just what they need to develop their musical natures.