SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Commonwealth 1492 INC. Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-NINTH SEASON, 1929-1930 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT i President BENTLEY W. WARREN Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE . Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT FREDERICK E. LOWELL ERNEST B. DANE ARTHUR LYMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN. Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 1733 *h* STEINWAY that you buy today will serve your children's children three ordinary pianos, besides giving you the depth and beauty of tone which only a Steinway can give. There are many models and prices. Make your visit to your nearest Steinway dealer—today. 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Reiman, Holmes, and Page. The first performance in Boston was by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Koussevitzky, conductor, on October 12, 1928. Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russe brought out the work in Paris at the Sara Bernhardt Theatre in June, 1928. Serge Lifar mimed Apollo; Mmes. Alice Mkitina, Terpsichore; Lubov Tchernicheva, Calliope; Felia Doubrovska, Polymnia. The choreography was by George Balanchin. Stravinsky conductor "Apollon Musagete," also the ballet "Ode"* by Nicolas Nabokov. Scene I : Birth of Apollo. Scene II : Variation of Apollo (Apollo and the Muses) —Variation of Polymnia—Variation of Terpsichore—Variation of Apollo Apollo and Terpsichore—Coda (Apollo and the Muses) —Apotheosis. *This "Ode" is written to the verses of an eighteenth-century poet. The verses celebrate the glory of God as represented in an aurora borealis. FOR TERCENTENARY PROGRAMS PIONEER AMERICAN COMPOSERS A Collection of Early American Songs Edited and Augmented by HAROLD VINCENT MILLIGAN "... .songs, which will be found to compare not unfavorably with the songs of the same time in England and on the continent, and to furnish further evidence that the Americans of the eighteenth century were not all musical barbarians with their artistic instincts stifled by the hardships of pioneer life." (From the author's preface) INCLUDES SONGS BY PETER A. von HAGEN, probably born in Charleston, S.C.; lived in New York and Boston. TIMOTHY SWAN, born in Worcester, Mass., lived in SufHeld, Conn., and Northfield, Mass. VICTOR PELISSIER, orchestra player of New York and Philadelphia. RAYNOR TAYLOR, organist in Annapolis and Philadelphia. JAMES HEWITT, one of the leading musicians of New York. ALEXANDER REINAGLE, conducted and played at many concerts in Philadelphia and Baltimore. JAMES WILLSON, organist and composer, of New York. BENJAMiN CARR, organist, pianist, ballad singer, concert manager, composer, publisher, of Phila- delphia and New York. (Further details regarding composers included in the volumes) Two volumes each for high and low voice. Each book $1.25 net {Published in Schmidt's Educational Series) 1739 "Apollo Musagetes," with; the; Same dancers and conductor, , was produced in London at His Majesty's Theatre on June 25, 1928. The other compositions Avere ^Cimarosiana," conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, and "The Fire Bird," conducted by Stravinsky. The Paris correspondent of the London Times wrote for the issue of June 22 this article concerning the production at the Sarah " Bernhardt Theatre : "A new work by Stravinsky is inevitably an event of some im- portance in the world of music, but the developments of his style are perhaps awaited and discussed with greater interest in Paris than in any other capital. The interest of 'Apollo Musagetes' cer- tainly lies primarily in the music, though with the attention half distracted by the color and movement of the stage it is difficult to appreciate fully the beauties of the score. " 'Apollo Musagetes' has no story and is little more than a series of 'divertissements' dealing with the birth of the god and his in- spiration of the Muses. It is dancing rather than action or symbolic significance which counts in 'Apollo.' The choreography by M. Bal- anchin is founded no doubt on the steps and movements of the classic school, and, while presenting new elements of striking origi- nality and beauty, avoids the grotesque attitudes which have Bonds of the highest grade Harris, Forbes & Co Incorporated Harris Forbes Building 24 F*d«r«l St., Boston 1740 uture From our large and exclusive collection In of original Jr aris dresses and suits we are prepared to make facsimile copies or modifications at reasonable prices.