JjeQleiielanii Ordjfötrat ARTUR RODZINSKI, CONDUCTOR TWENTY-THIRD SEASON 1940-1941 SEVENTH PROGRAM November 28 and 30 THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Thomas L. Sidlo, President Honorary Vice Presidents Mrs. D. S. Blossom Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss Lewis B. Williams Vice President Grover Higgins Vice President E. J. Kulas Vice President Adella Prentiss Hughes Vice President and Secretary A. A. Brewster Treasurer C. J. Vosburgh Assistant Treasurer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mrs. George P. Bickford Edgar A. Hahn Charles B. Merrill Mrs. D. S. Blossom Grover Higgins Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss A. A. Brewster Adella Prentiss Hughes Mrs. Arthur Shepherd Percy W. Brown Jay Iglauer Thomas L. Sidlo A. C. Ernst Frank G. James M. L. Sloan Paul L. Feiss I. L. Jennings C. J. Vosburgh E. W. Garfield E. J. Kulas Lewis B. Williams TRUSTEES Kenneth L. Allen Edgar A. Hahn Charles B. Merrill Mrs. George P. Bickford Samuel H. Halle Victor B. Phillips Mrs. D. S. Blossom Grover Higgins Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss Charles Bingham Bolton Mrs. Allan C. House Ralph S. Schmitt A. A. Brewster Adella Prentiss Hughes Mrs. Arthur Shepherd Percy W. Brown Jay Iglauer Thomas L. Sidlo W. M. Clapp Mrs. R. Livingston Ireland M. L. Sloan Henry S. Curtiss Frank G. James Mrs. Abraham Strauss A. C. Ernst I. L. Jennings Mrs. Frank H. Teagle Miss Frances Ernst E. J. Kulas C. J. Vosburgh Paul L. Feiss Mrs. E. J. Kulas Whitney L. Warner E. W. Garfield W. G. Mather Mrs. Fred R. White Msgr. John R. Hagan Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride Lewis B. Williams A. A. Brewster, General Manager C. J. Vosburgh, Manager The Musical Arts Association The Cleveland Orchestra and Severance Hall 11001 EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO 147 SEASON CALENDAR — REMAINING SYMPHONY CONCERTS 1940 — 1941 Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 December 5-7 Bela Bartók, piano 12-14 Louis Krasner, violin 19-21 Jascha Heifetz, violin 26-28 The Cleveland Philharmonic Chorus Artur Rodzinski, music director Boris Goldovsky, conductor January 2-4 Eugene List, piano 9-11 Orchestral Program 23-25 Joseph Szigeti, violin Orchestral Program February 20-22 Alexander Brailowsky, piano March 6-8 Egon Petri, piano 13-15 Felix Eyle, violin April 3-5 Gregor Piatigorsky, violoncello 10-12 Closing Program "DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIVE WELL" One - two - three room suites After the Symphony with or without cooking facilities CORAL LOUNGE BAR Fine liquors - Supper entertainment Euclid and East 107th — GArfield 5760 FENWAY HALL 148 ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL First Violins Clarinets Josef Fuchs Daniel Bonade Concertmaster George Rowe Carl Kuhlmann Felix Eyle Second Concertmaster Bass Clarinet Paul Gershman Carl Kuhlmann Ben Silverberg Samuel Carmell Bassoons Albert Edelman Frank Ruggieri Homer Schmitt August Rickert Eugene Bergen Marcello Bucci Ernest Kardos Jac Gorodetzky Contrabassoon Bernard Goodman Artur Rodzinski Marcello Bucci Morris Morovitsky Samuel Salkin Conductor French Horns David Klinger Rudolph Puletz, Jr. Rudolph Ringwall Alexander Andru Associate Conductor Second Violins William Namen Emani Angelucci Hyman Schandler Erwin Miersch Principal Basses Edward Matyi Jacques Posell Trumpets Willis Reinhardt Principal Louis Davidson Joseph Koch Michael Lamagna Alois Hruby William Dosch Thomas Pivonka William Hruby Louis Berman Olin Trogdon Alfred Käufer Salvatore Fiore Hyman Goldin James Ceasar Theron McClure Trombones Erwin King Frank May Merritt Dittert Irving Fink Clarence Totten Warren Burkhart Vincent Greicius John Coffey Alfred Käufer Emil Sholle Harp Alice Chalifoux Tuba Adolph Moser Violas Flutes Tympani Tom Brennand Maurice Sharp Wolf Kalinovsky Principal Julius Baker David Schwartz Emil Pagano Percussion Frederick Funkhouser Piccolos Constant Omers Samuel Goldblum Frank Sholle Ben Selcer Emil Pagano David Klinger Milton Thomas Julius Baker LeRoy Collins Emil Sholle Fred Rosenberg Oboes Piano Godfrey Layefsky Philip Kirchner Leon Machan Joseph Senyak Ernest Serpentini Bert Gassman Celesta Violoncellos Jeanette Pearlstein English Horns Leonard Rose Organ Principal Bert Gassman Ernest Serpentini Vincent Percy Charles McBride Harry Fuchs E Flat Clarinet Librarians Nathan Chaikin Nathan Stutch George Rowe Constant Omers Robert Swenson William Dosch Isadore Gordon Channing Robbins Personnel Manager Baggage Master Frank Grant William Dosch George Higgins 149 150 THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEE of THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA OFFICERS Mrs. George P. Bickford, President Vice Presidents Mrs. Henry Hunt Clark Mrs. Frank H. Teagle Recording Secretary Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sterling Newell Mrs. James S. Abbott, II Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Honorary Vice Presidents Mrs. Frank Billings Mrs. Chester C. Bolton Mrs. Howard P. Eells Mrs. Charles G. Hickox Mrs. Prentiss Hughes TRUSTEES Mrs. James S. Abbott, II Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Mrs. Sterling Newell Mrs. George P. Bickford Mrs. Joseph M. Hayman Mrs. Victor B. Phillips Mrs. Charles E. Bodurtha Mrs. Frank Hovorka Mrs. Frank M. Roby Mrs. Henry T. Bourne Mrs. Walter B. Johnston Mrs. Charles H. Strong Mrs. Percy W. Brown Mrs. Frank E. Joseph Mrs. Frank E. Taplin Mrs. Henry Hunt Clark Mrs. Walter T. Kinder Mrs. Frank H. Teagle Mrs. Richard C. Findley Mrs. John S. Lucas Mrs. Herman Wolf SUBCOMMITTEES Children’s Concerts Mrs. Richard C. Findley, Chairman Mrs. Henry T. Bourne, Vice Chairman Mrs. Robert M. Clements Mrs. Carl A. Hamann Miss Lucy Ann Webb Mrs. Benjamin P. Gale Mrs. Rankin C. McCaskey Mrs. L. C. Wykoff Mrs. Frank K. Griesinger Mrs. Thomas E. Sauters Mrs. Edward H. Yost Mrs. Nathan E. Van Stone Membership Mrs. Frank M. Roby, Chairman Mrs. Charles E. Bodurtha Mrs. Frank E. Joseph Mrs. Frank E. Taplin Mrs. Henry T. Bourne Miss Phyllis Peckham Mrs. Clifton L. Wyman Music Memory and Appreciation Mrs. Walter B. Johnston, Chairman Miss Lillian L. Baldwin, Advisor Miss Alma Lorena Bake Mrs. Tell Berna Mrs. Louis S. Peirce Mrs. Cleon M. Bell Mrs. Clark Bole Mrs. Charles E. Scanlon Mrs. Robert L. Bender Miss Olive Gibson Mrs. Avery L. Sterner Mrs. Arthur W. Huning Program Interpretation Mrs. Henry Hunt Clark, Chairman Miss Lillian L. Baldwin Miss Celeste Beckwith Mrs. Joseph M. Hayman, Jr. Mrs. Edward S. Bassett Mrs. F. W. Eisele Mrs. Alfred R. Willard ■ Speakers’ Division Miss Celeste Beckwith, Chairman Miss Katherine M. Halle Mrs. Leon Machan Mrs. Frank E. Taplin Miss Phyllis Peckham Record Lending Library Mrs. Arthur W. Huning, Director Music for Young Children Mrs. William C. McCally, Chairman Miss Marie Martin, Director Mrs. Carl L. Breithaupt Mrs. William Chisholm, II Mrs. John S. Lucas Mrs. Leonard H. Bruce Mrs. G. Richard Hunter Mrs. Henry P. Rankin, Jr. Mrs. Alexander T. Bunts Mrs. Edward P. Judd Mrs. Thomas L. Sidlo Mrs. Alfred Kelley 151 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ARTUR RODZINSKI, CONDUCTOR SEVENTH PROGRAM Thursday Evening, November 28, 1940 at Eight-thirty Saturday Evening, November 30, 1940 at Eight-thirty Suite in B minor Bach-Mahler Overture: Grave — allegro Rondo Badinerie Air Gavotte I Gavotte II Suite from the Ballet, “The Incredible Flutist” Piston Introduction — Dance of the Vendors — Entrance of the Customers —Tango of the Merchant’s Daughters— Arrival of the Circus — Circus March — The Flutist — Minuet — Spanish Waltz — Eight O’clock Strikes — Siciliano — Polka Finale Rhapsodie Espagnole Ravel Prelude á la nuit Malagueña Habanera Feria INTERMISSION Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Beethoven Allegro con brio Andante con moto (Allegro [Finale The STEl NW A Y is the official piano of The Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra records exclusively for COL UMBIA 153 PROGRAM NOTES By ARTHUR LOESSER Suite in B minor Johann Sebastian Bach Born March 21, 1685 in Eisenach Died July 28, 1750 in Leipzig Edited by Gustav Mahler Born July 7, 1860 in Kalischt, Bohemia; died May 18, 1911 in Vienna The orchestral Suite in B minor was, in all likelihood, composed during Bach’s stay in the town of Cothen, while he was filling the position of Capell- meister of the chamber music of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen. In fact all of Bach’s instrumental music, except that for organ or clavier, dates from this six-year period. Thus the Suite, one of six of the same general pattern, is cognate and contemporaneous with the composer’s Brandenburg Con­ certos. It is scored for string instruments plus a single flute. The princely Cöthen orchestra comprised about eighteen players, and it is likely that the Suite was originally performed by a still smaller number. The Suite, like other compositions of that name, is a succession of more or less idealized dance forms, the whole preceded by a prelude or overture. Bourrée is originally the name of a rustic dance from central France. Badinerie is in a dance-like rhythm, but is not the name of any particular dance. The word means something like “playfulness,” almost “foolery.” MME. ELSA SCHIAPARELLI WILL LECTURE ON "COSTUME AS AN ART” Severance Hall, Saturday afternoon, November 30, at three Tickets 50 cents to $2.50 — Severance Hall and Halle Bros. Co. Benefit of The Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra FLOWERS Ä $ Segelifgs Carnegie Avenue at East 90th Street gpp QbManhXtiBtttMte nf (I)ustr Comparative Arts Lecture GIOVANNI PERGOLESI by HERBERT ELWELL Friday morning, December 6, at 11:30 The Institute operates a TEACHERS PLACEMENT BUREAU for the benefit of its graduates Beryl Rubinstein, Director, 3411 Enclid Avenne, HEn. 4040 155 DR. RODZINSKI IN CHICAGO A,S GUEST conductor of the Chicago Opera Company on Thanksgiving night, Dr. Rodzinski presented Richard Strauss’ “Salome” with Rose Pauly in the title rôle. Cecil Smith, music critic of the Chicago Daily Tribune, wrote of the performance as follows : Thanks to Dr. Rodzinski’s staggering mastery of the score, to Miss Pauly’s exceptional self-command and equally exceptional operatic gifts, and to the high merit of the other principal artists, this revival of “Salome” was absolutely electric. The huge audience responded, after the final curtain, with one of the greatest ovations Chicago has seen and heard in a decade.