THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Thomas L. Sidlo, President Mrs. D. S. Blossom Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss Honorary Vice Presidents Lewis B. Williams Vice President Grover Higgins Vice President Percy W. Brown 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 Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss Mrs. D. S. Blossom Grover Higgins Mrs. Arthur Shepherd A. A. Brewster Adella Prentiss Hughes Thomas L. Sidlo Percy W. Brown Jay Iglauer C. J. Vosburgh A. C. Ernst Frank G. James Whitney Warner Paul L. Feiss I. L. Jennings Lewis B. Williams E. W. Garfield E. J. Kulas TRUSTEES Kenneth L. Allen Edgar A. Hahn Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss Mrs. George P. Bickford Samuel H. Halle Joseph Remenyi Mrs. D. S. Blossom Grover Higgins Ralph S. Schmitt Charles Bingham Bolton Mrs. Allan C. House Mrs. Arthur Shepherd A. A. Brewster Adella Prentiss Hughes Thomas L. Sidlo Percy W. Brown Jay Iglauer M. L. Sloan W. M. Clapp Mrs. R. Livingston Ireland Mrs. Abraham Strauss Henry S. Curtiss Frank G. James Mrs. Charles H. Strong 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 Warner E. W. Garfield W. G. Mather Mrs. Fred R. White Msgr. John R. Hagan Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride Lewis B. Williams Victor B. Phillips A. A. Brewster, General Manager C. J. Vosburgh, Manager The Musical Arts Association The Cleveland Orchestra and Severance Hall 11001 EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO sse SEASON CALENDAR — SYMPHONY CONCERTS 1939—1940 Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 October 12-14 Opening Program 19-21 Orchestral Program 26-28 Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano November 2-4 Orchestral Program 9-11 Orchestral Program 16-18 Emanuel Feuermann, cello 23-25 Orchestral Program December 7-9 Jascha Heifetz, violin 21-23 Beryl Rubinstein and Arthur Loesser, piano 28-30 Rudolph Ringwall, conducting January 4-6 Rudolph Ringwall, conducting Oscar Levant, piano 11-13 Orchestral Program 25-27 Orchestral Program February 1-3 Orchestral Program 22-24 Artur Rubinstein, piano 2M Orchestral Program March -2/ 7-9 Albert Spalding, violin 21-23 Josef Hofmann, piano April 4-6 Orchestral Program 18-20 Berlioz’ Damnation of Faust The Cleveland Philharmonic Chorus The Singers Club of Cleveland Artur Rodzinski, music director Boris Goldovsky, conductor and Rosa Tentoni, soprano Charles Kullman, tenor Ezio Pinza, basso .‘140 ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL First Violins Clarinets Josef Fuchs Daniel Bonade Concertmaster George Rowe Carl Kuhlmann Felix Eyle Alfred Zetzer Second Concertmaster Bass Clarinet Paul Gershman Ben Silverberg Carl Kuhlmann Albert Edelman Bassoons Homer Schmitt Frank Ruggieri Jac Gorodetzky August Rickert Eugene Bergen Marcello Bucci Ernest Kardos Contrabassoon Bernard Goodman Artur Rodzinski Samuel Salkin Marcello Bucci Morris Morovitsky Conductor Louis Berman French Horns David Klinger Rudolph Ringwall Rudolph Puletz, Jr. Associate Conductor Alexander Andru Second Violins • William Namen Hyman Schandler Ernani Angelucci Principal Basses Jacques Posell Erwin Miersch Willis Reinhardt Richard Lurie Salvatore Fiore Principal Joseph Koch Michael Lamagna Trumpets William Dosch Thomas Pivonka Louis Davidson Irving Fink Clarence Totten Alois Hruby Arpad Bognar Olin Trogdon William Hruby Edward Matyi Hyman Goldin Alfred Käufer Andre Callot Theron McClure Sam Willis Erwin King Frank May Trombones Harley Holmes Alfred Käufer Harp Merritt Dittert Emil Sholle Alice Chalifoux Warren Burkhart John Coffey Flutes Tuba Violas Maurice Sharp Tom Brennand Julius Baker Adolph Moser Principal Emil Pagano Tympani David Schwartz Robert Morris Wolf Kalinovsky Godfrey Layefsky Samuel Goldblum Piccolos Percussion Frederick Funkhouser Emil Pagano Constant Omers Vladimir Coonley Julius Baker Frank Sholle Ben Selcer David Klinger Fred Rosenberg Oboes Emil Sholle Philip Kirchner Joseph Senyak Piano Le Roy Collins Ernest Serpentini Bert Gassman Leon Machan Cellos Robert Zupnik Celesta Leonard Rose English Horns Jeanette Pearlstein Principal Bert Gassman Organ Charles McBride Ernest Serpentini Vincent Percy Harry Fuchs Isadore Gordon E Flat Clarinet Librarians Frank Grant George Rowe Constant Omers Alford Hampel William Dosch Raymond Gerkowski Robert Swenson Personnel Manager Baggage Master Henry Hensel William Dosch George Higgins 341 THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEE of THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA OFFICERS Mrs. George P. Bickford, President Mrs. Frank H. Teagle Mrs. Siegmund Herzog Mrs. James S. Abbott, II Vice Presidents Mrs. Sterling Newell Miss Phyllis Peckham Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Recording Secretary Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Frank Billings Mrs. Chester C. Bolton Mrs. Howard P. Eells Mrs. Charles G. HickoX Mrs. Prentiss Hughes Honorary Vice Presidents TRUSTEES Mrs. George P. Bickford Mrs. Richard C. Findley Mrs. Victor B. Phillips Mrs. D. S. Blossom Miss Katherine M. Halle Mrs. Frank M. Roby Mrs. Henry T. Bourne Mrs. Frank I. Harding, Jr. Mrs. Alexander C. Robinson III Mrs. A. A. Brewster Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Mrs. Frank H. Teagle Mrs. Percy W. Brown Mrs. Siegmund Herzog Mrs. Charles H. Strong Mrs. George J. Chapman Mrs. Walter T. Kinder Mrs. E. R. Wagley Mrs. Erie Devlin Mrs. Sterling Newell Mrs. Herman Wolf Miss Phyllis Peckham SUBCOMMITTEES Children’s Concerts Mrs. Richard C. Findley, Chairman Mrs. Robert M. Clements, Vice Chairman Mrs. Henry T. Bourne Miss Barbara Ginn Miss Lucy Ann Webb Mrs. Carl Breithaupt Mrs. Carl A. Hamann Mrs. L. C. Wykoff Mrs. Benjamin P. Gale Mrs. Walter S. Root, Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Yost Membership Mrs. Frank M. Roby, Chairman Mrs. Henry T. Bourne Mrs. Frank E. Taplin Mrs. Clifton L. Wyman Miss Phyllis Peckham Mrs. George Stanley Young Music Memory and Appreciation Mrs. Walter B. Johnston, Chairman Miss Lillian L. Baldwin, Advisor Miss Alma Lorena Bake Mrs. Clark Bole Mrs. Louis S. Peirce Mrs. Cleon M. Bell Mrs. Walter M. Bucher Mrs. Charles E. Scanlon Mrs. Tell Berna Miss Olive Gibson Mrs. Avery L. Sterner Mrs. Arthur W. Huning Program Interpretation Mrs. Henry Hunt Clark, Chairman Mrs. Edward S. Bassett Mrs. Joseph M. Hayman, Jr. Mrs. Alfred R. Willard Mrs. Robert A. Weaver Speaker s Division Mrs. Walter T. Kinder, Chairman Miss Celeste Beckwith Mrs. Howard C. Hollis Miss Phyllis Peckham Mrs. Albert Edelman Mrs. Thomas H. Jones Mrs. Victor B. Phillips Miss Katherine M. Halle Mrs. Philip Kirchner Mrs. Arthur Quimby Mrs. Frank I. Harding, Jr. Mrs. Arthur Shepherd Record Lending Library Mrs. Arthur W. Huning, Director Activities for Small Children Mrs. E. R. Wagley, Chairman Miss Marie Martin, Director Mrs. William Chisholm II Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Mrs. John P. McWilliams Mrs. Richard C. Findley Mrs. Lawrence Hitchcock Mrs. P. C. O’Brien Mrs. Charles B. Gleason Mrs. James L. Luke Mrs. Francis Sherwin Mrs. William C. McCally THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ARTUR RODZINSKI, CONDUCTOR FIFTEENTH PROGRAM Thursday Evening, February 22, 1940 at eight-thirty Saturday Evening, February 24, 1940 at eight-thirty ARTUR RUBINSTEIN Quartet for strings Debussy Arranged for orchestra by Frank Black Concerto for piano, No. 4, G major, Op. 58 Beethoven Allegro moderato Andante con moto Rondo INTERMISSION Symphony No. 3, C minor, The Divine Poem, Op. 43 Scriabin Struggles— Delights— Divine Play The Steinway is the official piano of The Cleveland Orchestra and is used by Mr. Rubinstein The Lyon and Healy is the official harp of The Cleveland Orchestra 346 PROGRAM NOTES By ARTHUR LOESSER Quartet for strings Claude Debussy Arranged for orchestra by Born August 22, 1862 in St. Germain Frank Black Died March 26, 1918 in Paris With this work and the Afternoon of a Faun, written contemporaneously with it, Debussy graduated from being a promising young composer into one of the most important musical personalities of his time. The Quartet was first performed on December 29, 1893, by Messrs. Ysaye, Crickboom, Van Hout and Jacob at the Société Nationale before an audience that included many devotees of the chamber music of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. In a recent book* Oscar Thompson says of these listeners : “Some of these were nonplussed, others irritated, even scandalized. The part writing was regarded as too orchestral; there were objection to the persistent pizzicato, to the mandolin and guitar suggestions. One reviewer spoke of ‘orgies of modulation’ ; the composer was credited with being ‘rotten with talent.’ Not until after Pelléas was the Quartet to achieve any such measure of recognition and understanding as to make it other than dubious material for the program makers of Paris.” Mr. Thompson says further: “Though Debussy wrote no other of its kind, the work has retained its original listing as his ‘First Quartet.’ Of all Debussys’ compositions, it most nearly corresponds to classic form, in the internationally accepted sense. The Quartet is not free of influences, Franck and Borodin among them, but its determinative qualities are purely Debussyan. An individual application of the principle of community of theme, as then much publicized in connection with the cyclic form of Franck and his disciples, is one of the salient features of the structure. To fill out the form in the required dimensions, Debussy undertakes a kind of development not characteristic of his methods.” Frank Black, the arranger of the Quartet, is General Music Director of the National Broadcasting Company. 1 Debussy, Man and Artist. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York City, 1937 i=—gtlpQkfaelattbJiatituieiiffDttait—= announces an ORCHESTRA CONCERT on Friday evening, March 1st, at 8:30 at John Hay High School Auditorium Admission gratis FRANK WILCOX, of the Cleveland School of Art, will speak on . “Renaissance Painting in Italy" Friday morning, March 1st, at 11:30 BERYL RUBINSTEIN, Director • 2605 Euclid Ave. • Pros. 2637 347 Concerto for piano, No. 4, Ludwig van Beethoven major, Op. 58 Born December 16, 1770 in Bonn Died March 26, 1837 in Vienna The melodic atmosphere of the first movement of this Concerto is one of warm serenity; a vernal contentment is projected by the main themes, from which quite naturally sprout the florid tendrils of figuration of which the solo part mostly consists.