BOSTON SYAPnONY ORCnCSTRH r\ THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON «1%W^'^ wmjSm J9I7-J9I8 ^iW PRoGRT^AAE Established 1833 WEBSTER • , AND ATLAS NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Washington and Court Streets AMORY ELIOT. President RAYMOND B. COX. Vice-President>resident fOSEPHTOSEI L. FOSTER. Cashier. - - • ROBERT E. HILL, Asst. Cashier FiFRANK B. BUTTS. Asst. Cashier Capital $1,000,000 Surplus and Profits $1,500,000 Deposits $10,000,000 The well established position of this bank in the community, the character of its Board of Directors, and its reputation as a solid, conservative institution recommend it as a particularly desirable depository for ACCOUNTS of TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, and INDIVIDUALS For commercial accounts it is known as A STRONG BANK OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE DIRECTORS CHARLES B. BARNES RAYMOND B. COX WALTER HUNNEWELL fOSEPH S. BIGELOW AMORY ELIOT HOMER B. RICHARDSON ROBERT 'A. BOIT JOHN W. FARWELL DUDLEY P. ROGERS THEODORE G. BREMER ROBERT H. GARDINER THOMAS W. THACHER WILLIAM R. COROrNOLBY EDWARD W. GRliW WALTER TUFTS 8 SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES { Office ) Telephones Ticket „ , P 1^09 °^'^'^ ^^^ ^^^^ Branch Exchange ( Administration Offices \ THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON. 1 91 7-1 91 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor Aftei vemng Coecerfc WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 21 AT 2.30 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 22 AT 8.00 O'CLOCK COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C, ELLIS. MANAGER 513 FROM the very beginning of a musical education, nothing is so important as a correct appreciation of tone. Hence the child should receive its early impressions from a Steinw^ay Piano. The exquisite Steinway tone is recognized as ideal, and it has made this instrument world- famous. Superior craftsmanship builds the Steinway for lifetime usage, and all the strain of * prac- tice years" does not make its action uneven or lessen its sweet- ness and resonance of tone. Under these circumstances, no other instrument is "good enough to begin on." Consider, too, that a Steinway costs but little more than an ordinary **good" piano. .514 2)jmpinioiny uwc K^ [Lil ^ Thirty-seventh Season, 1917-1918 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor PERSONNEL Violins. Witek, A. Concert-master. , jQeproducim^ jr^iano ^ TiiG aDsoiuic fi^ciiii/ y^iik wAicn iiM Von3er*>\?or^in^ AMPICO in inc reproduces me mriilin^ pcrjorinances oj SjodoVsAif, inisoni, JvaiiLDOTir^, Umsiein, Jiuer anS scores oj omers c^iVes us io3ax|, and pre- serves jor juiure ^cneraiions oj music loVers ail ine po^^'cr and Deauii/ of mQ inicrprciaiions of eminoni living ariisls. AMPICO RECITALS aw Md dai/i/ in iAe CmCKERING WAREROOMS 169 TREMONT ST., BOSTON io x^^Aic/i i/ou are cordiadu inxhted. THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON. NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 21. at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 22. at 8 o'clock Cherubini Overture to the Opera-Ballet "Anacreon" Chausson . "Poeme" for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25 First time at these concerts Saint-Saens Havanaise " for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 83 First time at these concerts " Beethoven . Symphony in F major, No. 6, Pastoral," Op. 68 I. Awakening of serene impressions on arriving in the country: Allegro, ma non troppo. II. Scene by the brook-side: Andante molto mote. III. Jolly gathering of country folk: Allegro. In tempo d' allegro. Thunder-storm; Tempest: Allegro. IV. Shepherds' song; Gladsome and thankful feelings after the storm: Allegretto. SOLOIST Mr. SYLVAIN NOACK Thete will be an intermission of ten minutes before the symphony Tite ladies of the audience are earnestly requested not to put on hats before the end oj a number. The doors oj the hall will be closed during the perjorntance oj each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval between the numbers. City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3, relating to the covering 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 covering which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provicled for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk 517 Holiday Gifts We are featuring Useful Gifts at Moderate Prices GLOVES. HANDKERCHIEFS. HOSIERY, NECKWEAR SILK and WOOL SWEATERS and SCARFS PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE ASSORTMENT OF KNITTING and SERVICE BAGS BOYLSTON STREET and PARK SQUARE. BOSTON Henr^lf.Jiiilkr M OVEJRTURE TO THE) OpERA-BALLBT "AnaCR^ON". LuiGI ChERUBINI (Born at Florence, September 14, 1760; died at Paris, March 15, 1842.) "Anacreon; ou, 1' Amour Fugitif," opera-ballet in two acts, book by Citoyen Mendouze, music by Citoyen Cherubini, ballet arranged by Citoyen Gardel, was produced at the Opera, Paris, on "le 11 vendemiaire, an XII." (October 4,* 1803). The chief singers were Lays (or Lay), Anacreon; Mme. Branchu, Corinne; Miss Jannard, Venus; Miss Lacombe, Glycere; Miss Hymm, 1' Amour; Miss CholLet, premiere esolave; Bloy, Bathille; Mme. Gardel, Athanais (a dancing and singing character). The chief dancers were Mmes. Gardel, Vestris, Taglioni, Coulon, and le Citoyen Vestris. The opera in rehearsal was known as 'Anacreon chez lui." In 1 80 1 Cherubini wrote only iour or five vocal pieces of slight im- portance and an ensemble to be added to " Les Deux Journees" (1800). In 1802 he wrote only a duet and a chorus for an opera-comique that was not completed. In 1803, he wrote only "Anacreon." Cheru- bini during these unproductive years was disgusted with the empti- ness of art. Late in December, 1800, Napoleon, First Consul, received •This date is given by Lajarte, librarian of the Opera archives. The date October s is preferred by Gustav Chouquet. Even the year of the performance is "1804" according to "Annales Dramatiques" (Paris, 1808, vol. i.). It is said by some that Aignan assisted Mendouze in the libretto. JUST ISSUED NONSENSE RHYMES AND PICTURES SriRlT MORE NONSENSE RHYMES THE AND PICTURES A© OLD iiOUf Text by EDWARD LEAR Price $1.00 each AN ELEGY FOR THE Complete, bound in cloth. Price $2.50 PIANOFORTE GRANDMAMA'S SONG BOOK OP. 58 For the Children PRICE 50 CENTS 19 Songs with Illustrations Price $1.00 MARGARE' From the Programmes of Prominent Singers AN IRISH LOVE SONG TRYSTE NOEL Sung by DANIEL BEDDOE. REGINA Sung by WILLARD FLINT HASSLER-FOX. MME. GADSKI. LAURA LITTLEFIELD ALMAGLUCK. ETTA HAMILTON MORRIS. MME. SCHUMANNHEINK. SOMEWHERE MARIE SUNDELIUS Sung by ETHELYNDE SMITH DAY IS GONE AN IRISH MOTHER'S LULLABY Sung by LAURA LITTLEFIELD. JOHN McCORMACK, CLAUDE WARFORD Sung by MARIE MORRISEY THERE WOULD I BE A GARDEN IS A lOVESOME THING Sung by CHARLOTTE LUND Sung by CLAUDE WARFORD THE ARTIlUR P. SCHMIDT CO. 120 BOYLSTON STREET. BOSTON. MASS. For Sale by all Music Dealers 519 at the Tuileries deputations from societies and public institutions. Napoleon said in the course of a conversation with the composer: "I am very fond of Paisiello's music; it is "gentle, peaceful. You have great talent, but your accompaniments are too loud." Cherubini answered: "Citizen Consul, I have conformed to the taste of the French." Napoleon persisted: "Your music is too loud; let us talk of Paisiello's, which lulls me gently." "I understand," answered Cheru- bini: "you prefer music that does not prevent you from dreaming of affairs of state." Napoleon did not soon forgive the answer, and Cherubini felt himself put aside as a mediocre person. He devoted his spare time to raising flowers. Like Mehul, a few years later, he found consolation in horticulture. The libretto of "TVnacreon" was based on an ode of the Greek poet concerning the perfidy of the god Eros, an ode familiar to Frenchmen through the translation of La Fontaine. The libretto was condemned as intolerably stupid, yet certain scenes provoked wild gayety, as when Anacreon, wishing drink, addressed his favorite odalisque as "Esclave intdressante." The laughter was loud and long; the actor was unable for some time to continue. The dissatisfaction of the audience found vent at last in hissing; and it is said that "Anacreon" was the first opera hissed at this theatre. Yet the air of Corinne, " Jeunes filles au Savi;ng^ie Jewelry WISEST of giving points to worthy jewelry —to gifts whose value will constantly increase and whose pleasant function of reminding of the giver will progress through the years. Thus Christmas finds this House of Jewels decidedly an invest- ment house. 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"4th of October, 1803," exclaimed Castil-Blaze in 1855; "remember that date; it is the last good, beautiful, complete overture that we shall have to notice in the course of this history [of the Op6ra] . Since then one has made at our Opera, for our Opera, only honorable or un- fortunate attempts in this direction.