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Rehearsal and Concert SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUI^TINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES : : : Telephone, 1492 Back Bay TWENTY-SIXTH SEASON, 1906-1907 DR. 'KARL MUCK, Conductor Programme of t\}t Thirteenth Rehearsal and Concert WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- TIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE 'FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 25 AT 2.30 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26 AT 8.00 O'CLOCK PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER 9G9 PIANOS "Without exception the finest HAROLD BAUER piano I havQ ever][met with." " Truly artistic instruments of ARTHUR NIKISCH the very first rank." " Unsurpassed by any Ameri- GEORGE CHADWICK can orEuropean instruments." "One can sing expressively VINCENT D'INDY on your piano." "Great beauty of tone and CH. M. LOEFFLER unusual capacity for expres- siveness." " I congratulate you on the great success achieved by the ANTOINETTE SZUMOWSKA untiring work devoted to the perfection of your instru- ments." f "Musical instrument of the FRANZ KNEISEL I highest artistic stamp." 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Serenade of a Mountaineer of the Abruzzi to his Mistress: Allegro assai. Allegretto. scenes : IV. Orgy of Brigands ; Recollections of the preceding Allegro frenetico. SOLOIST, Mme. MELBA. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the Mozart selection. The dom'8 of the hull will be closed during the perf'ormanre of «uc?i number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval l»e- tween the numbers. Gity of Boston. Revised Reifulation of Auiiust S, 1898.— Chapter 3. relatinii to. the coverinii 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 coverirvg which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein prorided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obotrtict s«ch view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. 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The fantasy is scored for three flutes (one interchangeable with piccolo), two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clari- net, two bassoons, one double-bassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one bass tuba, a set of three kettledrums, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, harp, strings. Whitman's poem was first published in the Kansas Magazine of February, 1872. It was afterward published by Whitman in a thin volume entitled "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free" (Washington, D.C., 1872). This volume contained a prose preface of six pages dated Washington, May 31, 1872, and these poems: "One Song, America, before I go"; "Souvenirs of Democracy"; "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free," a Commencement Poem, read at Dartmouth College, June 26, 1872, on invitation of the United Literary Socie- ties;* "The Mystic Trumpeter"; "O Star of France!" (1870-71);! "Virginia—the West"; "By Broad Potomac's Shore"; and eight * For an interesting account of the'delivery of this poem see Bliss Perry's "Walt Whitman," pp. 203-210 (Boston, 1906). S- ( t i' i- i . t "O^Star of France " was published originally in the Galaxy. ' Translated into French by Jules Laforgue: "Les Brins d'Herbes (traduit de retonnant poete amdricain, Walt Whitman), 'O Etoile de France,'" it was published in La Vogue (Paris, July 5-12, 1886). Other poems by Whitman translated by Laforgue and pub- lished in La Vogue were "Dedication" and "A Woman waits for me." The Imperial Edition of Song Books Unquestionably the finest collection of highest class Popular, Standard, and Classical Songs, with original text and English translation. SOPRANO ALBUM, 42 Songs TENOR ALBUM, 43 Songs MEZZO ALBUM, 46 Songs j BARITONE ALBUM, 46 Songs CONTRALTO ALBUM, 49 Songs BASS SONGS, 43 Songs Price, $1.00 each, paper cover, or handsomely bound in limp cover, {ilt ed{es, $l.5t ? [LIST OF CONTENTS FREE ON APPLICATION TO YOUR DEALER or «OOSEY & COMPA/NY, 9 East 17th Street, New York'Citg 976 GV^BAltARDfi<^SoN3 TO TRAVELLERS GOING SOUTH AND OTHERS In anticipation of an early demand for SPRING STREET AND TRAVELLING SUITS, VISITING COSTUMES, LINGERIE DRESSES AND WAISTS, SHIRT WAIST SUITS, ETC., We have made special preparation, having secured advance fashions and fabrics from London and Paris The Ballard Safety in great variety. side-saddle and for astride Habits are Prices reduced one month. perfect in design and fit, and are made from the best 256 English cloths. BOYLSTON STREET 976 pages of advertisements of Whitman's books, John Burroughs's "Notes on Walt Whitman," "Foreign Criticism on Walt Whitman," etc., forty pages in all.* "The Mystic Trumpeter" is here printed as Whitman wrote it and pubHshed it in "As a Strong Bird." I have followed Whitman's division. Mr. Converse omitted an episode which is here enclosed in brackets, the episode that refers to the mediaeval pageant. "This because I wished only to use the elemental phrases of the poem: mystery and peace, love, war or struggle, humiliation, and finally joy. vSo I divided the poem into five parts ai:d my music follows this division. Each section is introduced or rather tied to the preceding one by characteristic phrases for trumpet." The divisions made by Mr. Converse are indicated by Roman numerals on the side of the page. THE MYSTIC TRUMPETER. Hark! some wild trumpeter— some strange musician, Hovering unseen in air, vibrates capricious tunes to-night. I hear thee, trumpeter—hstening, alert, I catch thy notes, Now pouring, whirling like a tempest round me, Now low, subdued—now in the distance lost. Come nearer, bodiless one—haply in thee resounds Some dead composer—haply thy pensive life Was fill'd with aspirations high—unform'd ideals. Waves, oceans musical, chaotically surging, That now, ecstatic ghost, close to me bending, thy cornet echoing, pealing, Gives out to no one's ears but mine—but freely gives to mine. That I may thee translate. * A presentation copy of this book with Whitman's signature brought twelve dollars and a half in New York, April i8, 1906, at the auction sale of Dr. Burnet's library. MARGARET RUTHVEN LANG RUDYARD KIPLING'S Op. 40 Jusl' So Song Book FOUR SONGS SET TO MUSIC BY Somewhere. G (f-g) . if0.5b Day is Gone. A (e-g), B-flat (b-flat-d) .50 EDWARO QBRmArV The Bird. P'-sharp (f-g-sharp) . .50 Price $1,25 Love is Everywhere. F (e-g) . .60 Op. 42. Nonsense Rhymes and Pict= ures. Complete . .1.00 For sale by CHARLES W. HOMEYER CO. Arthur P. Schmidt 165 Tremont Street 120 Boylston Street, Boston, riass. Boston, Mass. 977 ! : 3- Blow, trumpeter, free and clear—I follow thee. While at thy liquid prelude, glad, serene, The fretting world, the streets, the noisy hours of day, withdraw; A holy calm descends, like dew, upon me, I walk in cool refreshing night, the walks of Paradise, I scent the grass, the moist air, and the roses; Thy song expands my numb'd, imbonded spirit — thou freest, launchest mc, Floating and basking upon Heaven's lake.
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