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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 45,1925-1926 PRoGRJWYE 124.1 M>/ ITS HERE! It is the world's first electrical reproducing instrument. There is no other like it. It is the result of a joint effort of the Radio Corpo- ration of America, the General Electric "Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., and Brunswick. See and hear it before you purchase any musical instrument for your home. Convenient Terms CCHarvey® 144Boylston Street Boston SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-FIFTH SEASON, 1925-1926 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT ...... President GALEN L. STONE Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE ....... Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT ARTHUR LYMAN ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN FREDERICK E. LOWELL E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 1933 After more than half a century on Fourteenth Street, Steinway Hall is now located at 1-09 West 57th Street. The new Steinway Hall is one of the handsomest buildings in New York on a street noted for finely designed business structures. As a center of music, it will extend the Steinway tradition to the new generations of music lovers. \t THE INST%U<ZMENT OF THE IMMORTALS 1934 Bostoi Forty-fifth Season, 1925-1926 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Hoffmann, J. Gerardi, A. Hamilton, V. Gundersen, R. Concert-master Kreinin, B. Eisler, D Sauvlet, H. Kassman, N. Theodorowicz, J. Cherkassky, P. Hansen, E. Mayer, P. Siegl, F. Pinfield, C. Fedorovsky P. Leveen, P. Mariotti, V. Thillois, F. Gorodetzky L. Kurth, R. Knudsen, C. Murray, J. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Del Sordo, R. Stonestreet, L. Tapley, R. Messina, S. Zung, M. Diamond, S. Erkelens, H Seiniger, S. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deane, C. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Zighera, A. Langendoen, J. Stockbridge,c Fabrizio, E. Keller, J. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L. Basses. Kunze, M. Seydel, T. - Ludwig, 0. Kelley, A. Girard, H. Vondrak, A. Gerhardt, G. Frankel, I. Demetrides, L. Oliver, F. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. Allegra, E. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Bettoney, F. E-Flat Clarinet. Vannini, A. Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. (Dontra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Schindler, G. Lannoye, M. Perret, G. Adam, E. Van Den Berg, C. Pogrebniak, S. Schmeisser, K. Hansotte, L. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Mann, J. Kenfield, L. Kloepfel, L. Tuba. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Caughey, E Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Zahn, F. Organ. Piano. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Sanroma, J. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J 1935 It's so easy to own a Chickering OT everyone knows that the Chickering may be purchased on the month to month plan - ' ' a little at a time as though it were rent. Chickering prices range up' ward from $875. Ten per cent may be paid down as a cash deposit and the balance spread over a period of years. *•** and it's just as easy to own an AMPICO icKetlnal 395 SSoy/ston St. 1936 — FORTY-FIFTH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE & TWENTY-SIX 16 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 1, at 8.15 o'clock Vivaldi Concerto in E minor for String Orchestra (Edited by A. Mistovski) I. Vigoroso. II. Largo. III. Allegro. Satie "Gymnopedies" (Orchestrated by Debussy) Stravinsky . Orchestral Suite from the Ballet "Petrouchka" (Piano Jesus Sanroma) Russian Dance—Petrouchka—Grand Carnival—Nurses' Dance — The Bear and the Peasant playing a Hand Organ — The Merchant and the Gypsies — The Dance of the Coachmen and Grooms — The Masqueraders Brahms Symphony No. r in C minor, Op. 68 I. Un poco sostenuto; Allegro. II. Andante sostenuto. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso. IV. Adagio; Allegro non troppo, ma con brio. MASON & HAMLIN PIANOFORTE There will be an intermission before the symphony City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3, relating to the covering 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 therein provided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk. The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 1937 %e/3^^3^y3^3£/3^v3£/3?Vtty3^ Land Cruises in America Summer tours modeled on ocean cruises — unequaled for comfort, comprehensiveness, and interest. Special cruise trains, free from the limitations of railroad time- tables and traveling over specially planned routes will traverse famous regions in broad daylight, stop only at places of real interest & go to quaint, out-of-the-way places' that ordinary fast trains do not reach. Special cars for these cruises, built for Raymond-Whitcomb by the Pullman Company, have rooms with bath, drawing rooms & compartments, gymnasium, lounges, library, recreation room for lectures & dancing. 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It is supposed that he spent several years in Germany. We know that he was director of music to Duke Philip of Hesse—some say Duke Philip of Hesse-Phil- ippsthal, Ernest Ludwig—at Mantua, where the Duke had a residence from 1707 to 1713, when he returned to Venice. He was appointed maestro de concerti at the Ospedale-della Pieta, a foundling hospital for girls, with a choir and an orchestra, all women. In 1714 he was appointed violinist at St. Mark's Church. He was red-headed and a priest, so he was known as "II Prese rosso." Vivaldi composed a great quantity of music for the violin (according to Riemann, there are in Dresden alone eighty concertos in manuscript), and he wrote operas from 1713 to 1739—thirty-eight, it is said, twenty-two of them for Venice. Few of his works have been printed. His published compositions include twelve trios for two violins and TWO NEW WORKS BY FLORENCE NEWELL BARBOUR For Pianists and Teachers For the Home and Kindergarten Use CAPRICE - ETUDES THE CHILDREN'S BOOK IN OF Brilliant Melody Playing Net SONGS AND RHYMES (Schmidt's Educational Series No. 840) .75 Published Separately Jolly songs for little folks of vary- ing ages. The verses show an under- The Boom of the Sea. Prelude . .45 Dancing Woodland Sprites. Scherzo .45 standing of child psychology, as well as of childish needs and pleasures. The "There are six well-varied numbers in music, which is cheery and melodious, the book, written to combine the art of melody playing with technical develop- is well within the range of childish voices. ment. These studies, as the composer With its delightful contents and delight- acknowledges in her preface, are a step- ful cover it is an attractive book, both ping stone to the greatest of all etudes within and without. for the piano: those of Chopin." Musical America Price $1.00 net THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 1 20 Boylston Street 1939 violoncello (Op. 1); eighteen violin sonatas with bass (Op. 2 and 5); "Estro Poetico," twelve concertos for four violins, two violas, violon- cello, and organ bass (Op. 3); twenty-four concertos for solo violin, two violins ripieni, viola, and organ bass (Op. 4,' 6, and 7) ; "Le Quatro Stagioni," twelve concertos for four and five voices (Op. 8) ; "La Cetera," six concertos for five voices (Op. 9) ; six concertos for flute, violin, viola, violoncello, and organ bass (Op. 10); twelve concertos for solo violin, two violins, viola, violoncello, and organ bass (Op. 11 and 12). GYMNOPEDIES NOS. 1 AND 3, ORCHESTRATED BY DEBUSSY Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, known as Erik Satie (Satie, born at Honfleur, France, on May 17, 1866*; died at Arcueil, near Paris, on July 3, 1925. Achille Claude Debussy, born at St. Germain (Seine and Oise), France, on August 22, 1862; died at Paris on March 26, 1918.) Satie wrote three "Gymnopedies" for the pianoforte in 1888. (He wrote for the same instrument three Sarabandes (1887) and three "Gnossiennes." He wrote three in each case, for he said: "Les deux manches et la belle.") Debussy orchestrated the first and the third, but in the score the third stands first.
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