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There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony The doors of the hall will be closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those tvho wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be^ tween the mimbers. City of Boston. Revised Regulation of Au({ust 5. 1898.— Chapter 3. relating to tk» 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 ooTerlnc which obftructa the view of the exhibition or performance m such place of any person seated in any seat thereut ivovided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which dots oat otxtruet tuch view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN, City Clnrk. 1117 ^m6^8 THE WORLD'S BEST PIANO is the one piano not only abreast of the times, but today, more than ever, is solely and purely representative of faultless con- struction, exceptional durability and that tonal sublimity that cannot be successfully imitated or equalled. C C HARVEY CO. 144 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON 1118 Symphony in E major, No. 7 Anton Bruckner (Born at Ansfelden, in Upper Austria, September 4, 1824; died at Vienna, October ri, 1896.) Bruckner's Symphony in E major was composed in the time be- tween September, 1881, and September, 1883. The first movement was completed December 29, 1882; the third, October 16, 1882; the fourth, September 5, 1883. The symphony is dedicated "To His Majesty the King, Ludwig II. of Bavaria, in deepest reverence," and was pubhshed in 1885. The statement is often made that the Adagio was composed as funeral music in memory of Richard Wagner. As a matter of fact, this Adagio, as some say, was completed in October, 1882.* Wagner died February 13, 1883. The singular statement has been made that a premonition of Wagner's dealth inspired Bruckner to compose a dirge,—this Adagio. Bruckner, who had what the Germans call "peasant cunning," may have agreed to this in the presence of those who were thus affected by the thought, but he himself knew, as will be seen by his letters to Felix Mottl in 1885 concerning the first performance at Carlsruhe, that the movement had not in all respects the character of a dirge. Indeed, he pointed out the measures of the funeral music: "At X in the Adagio (Funeral music for tubas and horns)," etc.; also, "Please take a very slow and solemn tempo. At the close, in the Dirge (In memory of the death of the Master) , think of our Ideal ! . Kindly do not forget the jff at the end of the Dirge." Bruckner wrote to Mottl in a letter published February 10, 1900: * Dr. \V. Niemann in his analysis of this symphony says the second movement was completed April 21, 1883, and gives as authority autographic notes of Bruckner in the score in the [Imperial Library at Vienna. Rudolf Louis, in his Life of Bruckner (p. 206), says that the Adagio was completed in October, 1882, and that Bruckner's wish for conductors to acquaint their audiences with the fact that the news of Wagner's death led him to compose the Adagio is, to say the least, singular. SONGS WORTH SINGING ! Sung by Madame Nordica. "NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL." Composed by Roger Quilter. 3 keys. Sung by Madame Marchesi. "A COTTAGE SONG." Composed by Laura G. Lemon. 3 keys. Sung by John McCormack. "THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE." Composed by John F. Larchet. 3 keys. Sung by Harry Dearth. "TOMMY LAD." Composed by E. J. Margetson. 2 keys. BOOSEY ^ COMPANY, 9 East Seventeenth Street NEW YORK And London, England 1119 L P. Hollander & Co. 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The entire second floor, with its pleasant open fires and its comfortable furnishings, is reserved for their exclusive use, and makes a convenient place to rest or read, to keep appointments, or telephone. Old Colony Trust Company COURT STREET TEMPLE PLACE U20 "At one time I came home and was very sad; I thought to myself, it is impossible that the Master can live for a long time, and then the Adagio in C-sharp minor came into my head." The first performance of the symphony was at Leipsic, December 30, 1884, when Mr. Nikisch conducted the work at a theatre concert in aid of a Wagner Monument Fund as some say, though the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik (1885, p. 17), reviewing the performance, said nothing about any purpose for which the concert was given. The composer was present. The symphony was performed at Munich, March 10, 1885, with Levi as conductor, and at Vienna at a Philhar- monic concert led by Richter, March 21, 1886. Dr. Muck conducted the symphony at Graz on March 14, 1886,^—the first performance in Austria,— and in Berlin, January 6, 1894. Bruckner was present at each performance. Richter produced it in London, May 23, 1887. • The first performance in the United States was at Chicago by Theodore Thomas's orchestra, July 29, 1886. Thomas conducted the symphony in New York at a concert of the Philharmonic Society, November 13, 1886. The first performance in Boston was at a Symphony Concert led by Mr. Gericke, February 5, 1887. Dr. Muck conducted the work at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston, December i, 1906. The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, four tubas, one double-bass tuba, a set of three kettledrums, triangle, cymbals, strings. First movement: Allegro moderato, E major, 2-2. 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