Boston Symphony Orchestra* SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON, HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES, (Telephone, J492 Back Bay.) TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON, 1 905- J 906. WILHELM GERICKE, CONDUCTOR {Programme OF THE SECOND REHEARSAL and CONCERT VITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, AT 2.30 O'CLOCK. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, AT 8.00 O'CLOCK. Published by C. A. ELLIS, Manager. 73 A PIANO FOR THE MUSICALLY INTELLIGENT ^ Pianists, piano students, and those gen- erally interested in music in its artistic sense, cannot know the achievement and progress in piano construction and tone development without investigating the PIANOS ^ An excellent opportunity for a critical examination of these, instruments is offered at the retail warerooms of the ilasfl«^iaralin(!l0. 492 Boylston Street {Opposite Institute of Technology) BOSTON 74 Boston Symphony Orchestra. PERSONNEL. Twenty-fifth Season, 1905-1906. WILHELM GERICKE, Conductor. First Violins. Hess, Willy, Cottcertmeister. Adamowski, T. Ondricek, K. Mahn, F. Back, A. Roth, O. Krafft, W. Eichheim, H. Sokoloff, N. Kuntz, D. Hoffmann, J. Fiedler, E. Mullaly, J. Moldauer, A. Strube, G. Rissland, K. Second Violins. Barleben, C. Schuchmann, F. E. Kurth, R Kuntz, A. Akeroyd, J. Tischer-Zeitz, H. Goldstein, S. Fielder, B. Fiumara, P. Marble, E. B. Berger, H. Traupe, W. Swornsbourne, W. W. Eichler, J. Edw. Violas. Zach, M. Sauer, G. F. Hoyer, H. Krauss, O. H. Ferir, E. Kolster, A. Kluge, M. Gietzen, A. Heindl, H. Zahn, F. Violoncellos. Warnke, H. Loeffler, E. Barth, C. Hadley, A. Keller, J. Nagel, R. Heindl, A. Nast, L. Adamowski, J. Heberlein, H. Basses. Keller, K. Bareither, G. Butler, H. Schurig, R. Kunze, M. Seydel, T. Gerhardt, G. Elkind, S. Flutes. Oboes. Maquarre, A. Brooke, A. Longy, G. Sautet, G. Fox, Paul Maquarre, D. Lenom, C. English Horn. Clarinets. Bass Clarinet. Miiller, F. Grisez, G. Mimart, P. Vannini, A. Fritzsche, O. Bassoons. GONTRA-BASSOON. Sadoni, P. Debuchy, A. Giinzel, F. H. Helleberg, J. Regestein, E. Horns. Hackebarth, A. Lorbeer, H. Hain, F. Hess, M. Phair, J. Schumann, C. Trumpets. Trombones. Kloepfel, L. Mann, J. F. Hampe, C. Mausebach, A. Brenton, H. E. Merrill, C. Kenfield, L. S. Harp. Tuba. Tympani. Drums. Schuecker, H. Dworak, J. F. Rettberg, A. Ludwig, C. R. Cymbals. Triangle, etc. Tambour. Castanets. Librarian. Bower, H. Burkhardt, H.' Senia, T. Ludwig, C. F. Sauerquell, J. 75 T6 : TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON, I905-I906. Second Rehearsal and Concert* FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, at 2.30 o^cIock. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2J, at 8.00 o'clock. PROGRAMME. " Smetana . Overture to the Opera Libussa." First time Liszt ..... Concerto in A major, No. 2, for Pianoforte Richard Strauss . Tone-poem, "Death and Transfiguration," Op. 24 Tschaikowsky .... Symphony No. 4, in F minor, Op. 36 I. Andante sostenuto. Moderate con anima in movimento di valse. II. Aiidantino in modo di canzona. " " III. Scherzo, Pizzicato osiinato : Allegro. IV. Finale : Allegro con fuoco. SOLOIST Mr. WALDEMAR LUTSCHG. The pianoforte Is a Kknball. There will be an intermission of ten minutes before the symphony. The doors of the hall will he clotted during the performance of each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an intervai be- tween the nutnbers. City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898.— Chapter 3, relatlnor to the covering of the head In places of public amusement. Every licensee ihall 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 mch view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN, City Clerk. 77 L. P. 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A four- handed arrangement of the overture was also published. Only inti- mate friends were allowed to see the score of the opera itself. In the year 1880 a prize of one thousand guldens was offered for the best serious opera by the Society for the Building of a Czech National Theatre, and Smetana took the prize with his "Libussa." The opera was produced at the dedication of the theatre. The deaf composer sat in the directors' box and could not hear a note. The stor\' of the Princess Libussa also moved Smetana to compose an orchestral piece about 1870, entitled "The Judgment of Libussa,'* to accompany a tableau vivant. The Boii, a Celtic race which gave Bohemia its name, were expelled by the Marcomanni, and they, converted to Christianity, established a kingdom, but were in turn supplanted by the Slavonic race. The new-comers were in danger of subjugation or expulsion by the Avars, but they maintained their supremacy, according to their own account, which is possibly a legendary one, by the hero Samo and later by the brave knight Krok. Libussa was the youngest daughter of this Krok, and she ruled for a time as princess, but at last, on account of the insubordination of her folk, she resolved to take to herself a husband, and Premysl, a countryman, found favor in her eyes. The boots worn by him when MINIATUBE ORCHESTRAL SCODES LATEST ADDITIONS HAYDN. Symphony in G, " The Surprise." " Symphony, " The Oxford." CHERUBINI. Overture, " Anacreon." " Overture, " Die Abenceragen." " Overture, " Der Wassertrager." " Overture, " Medea." GLINKA. Overture, " La Vie pour le Czar." " Overture, " Ruslan and Ludmila." CORNELIUS. Overture, " The Barber of Bagbad." " Overture, " Der Cid." SCHUMANN. Overture, " Genoveva." " Overture, " Manfred." MOZART. Fifth Concerto for VioHn and Orchestra. " Sixth Concerto for Viohn and Orchestra. " Twenty-sixth Piano Concerto (Coronation). TO BE HAD OF ALL LEADING DEALERS OR BOOSEY & COMPANY, 9 East 17th Street, NEW YORK 79 ^» galXat^tC nna ^01X6 WE ARE NOW EXHIBITING New Paris Models AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF Sole mak e r s of PLAIN and FANCY TAILOR GOWNS, THe RICH CARRIAGE COSTUMES, EVEN- Ballard ING WRAPS, and DRIVING COATS Safety ... AND ... Riding A collection of ClotHs, Velvets, and iSilKs most stiperb Habit in Qtiality 256 ^crtjlstcrn ^ixtti, Boston ."' *-f i/^iHC^cU.jemM. 8#; ; the ambassadors sent by Libussa found him ploughing were still pre- served in the Duke's chamber of the Wyscherad, or citadel of Prague, in the eleventh century. She and Premysl, who assisted her in the government, founded a dynasty which was not extinguished until 1306. Premysl Ottocar I. (i 197-1230) encouraged German immigra- tion, and introduced the right of primogeniture in the succession to the throne. The princess was described by Cosmas, a chronicler of the eleventh century, as "a wonderful woman among women, chaste in body, right- eous in her morals, second to none as judge over the people, afifable to all and even amiable, the pride and glory of the female sex, doing wise and manly deeds; but, as nobody is perfect, this so praiseworthy woman was, alas, a soothsayer." She lived on the Wyscherad, in the imperial castle built by her, it is said, on the right bank of the Moldau and two hundred and forty feet in height. This "higher castle," or acropolis, was probably the earliest inhabited spot within the present precincts of Prague, and according to the legend it was from the highest rock that Libussa prophesied the building of a city whose glory should reach the stars. The first church in Prague was erected on this rock. The original castle was destroyed in the Hussite wars. The present fortifications were constructed in 1848. jlyibussa's Wyscherad, or Vysehrad, has been the theme of many poems, and Smetana's symphonic poem "Vysehrad" (No. i of the cycle, "My Country") is familiar to this audience. i Libussa is also the heroine of operas by von Lannoy (Briinn, 1818) Konradin Kreutzer (Vienna, 1822); Denzi,—"Praga, Nascente da Libussa e Primislao" (Prague, 1734); Albonini, "Primislao, Primo Re di Boemia" (Venice, 1698); Bernardi (Prague, 1703). An asteroid is named after her. * Mrs. H. H. A. BEACH ORGAN NOVELTIES JUST ISSUED Callender, Romaine. Reverie $0.40 Demarest, C. Cantilena ... .75 Op. 61. Give me not Love . 1^050 Duet for Soprano and Tenor. Elgar, Edward. Salut d'Amour .75 William. Op. 62. When Soul is joined to Soul .60 Faulkes, Marriage Benediction . ./j^.., .,75 Song for Soprano or Tenor. Quilmant, Alex. Sonata No. 7 . 2.40 Latest Pianoforte Compositions West, John A. Andante Religioso .60 No. I. Scottish Legend . ;?o.30 Op. 54, SCHHIDT'S ORGAN COLLECTION No. 2. Garotte Fantastique .60 Edited by E. E. Truette, $1.50 ARTHUR P. SCHniDT BOSTON NEW YORK CHARLES W. HOMEYER & CO. 120 BoylstonSt 136 Fifth Ave. 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 81 The Pall Mall Gazette not long ago published the following " literary- note": "M.