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Andante con moto. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace. Trio. IV. Finale: Allegro vivace. Franck Symphonic Poem, "Le Chasseur Maudit" (" The Wild Huntsman ") Saint-Saens Symphonic Poem No. i, "Le Rouet d'Omphale," Op. 31 ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel ") Saint-Saens Symphonic Poem No. 3, "Danse Macabre,'* after a poem by Henri Cazalis, Op. 40 There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony TJie doors of the hall will be closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before ffi^ end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be- tween, the numbers. Gtty of Boston. Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898.— Chapter 3, reiatlntf to the coverinii of the head in places of public amusement. 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J 47 Tremont Street^ Boston. 942 Symphony in C major, No. 7 Franz Schubert (Bom at Lichtenthal, Vienna, Jan. 31, 1797; died at Vienna, Nov. 19, 1828.) The manuscript of this symphony, numbered 7 in the Breitkopf & Hartel list and sometimes known as No. 10, bears the date March, 1828. It is said that Schubert gave the work to the Musikverein of Vienna for performance; that the parts were distributed; that it was even tried in rehearsal; that its length and difficulty were against it, and it was withdrawn on Schubert's own advice in favor of his earlier Symphony in C, No. 6 (written in 18 17). All this has been doubted; but the symphony is entered in the catalogue of the society under the year 1828, and the statements just quoted have been fully substantiated. Schubert said, when he gave the work to the Musikverein, that he was through with songs, and should henceforth confine himself to opera and symphony. It has been said that the first performance of the symphony was at Leipsic in 1839. This statement is not true. Schubert himself never heard the work; but it was performed at a concert of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, December 14, 1828, and repeated March 12, 1829. It was then forgotten, until Schumann visited Vienna in 1838, and looked over the mass of manuscripts then in the possession of Schubert's brother Ferdinand. Schumann sent a transcript of the sym- phony to Mendelssohn for the Gewandhaus concerts, Leipsic. It was produced at the concert of March 21, 1839, under Mendelssohn's direc- tion, and repeated three times during the following season,—December 12, 1839, March 12 and April 3, 1840. Mendelssohn made some cuts in the work for these performances. The score and parts were pub- lished in January, 1850.* * Hanslick says in "Geschichte des Concertwesens in Wien" (Vienna, 1869) that the sixth, not the ninth, symphony was performed at the concert In Vienna, December 14, 1828; that the ninth was first heard in Vienna in 1839, when only the first and second movements were played, and separated by an aria of Eonizetti; that the first complete performance at Vienna was in 1850. Grove makes the same statement. But see Richard Heuberger's "Franz Schubert" (Berlin, 1902), p. 87. ''GIRL of the GOLDEN WEST'' PUCCINI'S LATEST OPERA First performance in any country, early in December, by the Metropolitan Opera Co., New York Followed by performances in Boston, by the Boston Opera Co.; in Chicago, by the Chicago Opera Co. Vocal Score and separate numbers, vocal and instrumental, in preparation BOOSEY & COMPANY, 9 East Seventeenth Street NEW YORK CITY 943 TORREY, BRIGHT dz CAPEN CO. 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Only the Finale seems to have satis- fied him as originally conceived, and this Finale is written as though at headlong speed. The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, kettledrums, strings. There is a story that Schubert was afraid he had made too free use of trombones, and asked the advice of Franz Lachner. The second theme of the first movement has a decidedly Slav-Hun- garian character, and this character colors other portions of the sym- phony both in melody and general mood. The rhythm of the scherzo theme had been used by Schubert as early RUDOLF F R I M L JUST ISSUED Op. 61, Etude fantastique . $0.60 Op. 62, No. 1. Fleeting Thoughts. .50 No. 2. Marche grotesque . .50 No. 3. Reverie appassionee .60 Hymne Celeste 40 Op. 35. SUITE MIGNONNE Complete, 75 cents {Schfrndfs Edttcatio7ial Series No. j) ofisiiff^cnofirte Solitude—Morning Song Valse Romantique—A Little Story ' TSSiTIOAI, OfROSES Danse Bohemienne—Contemplation . An 0l.DTl0iMA3TE R-i « Roubioeavx Vista. , TtouNTAiN Cascade » TRort Spanish DaVs J Or AiMoe 8I.9S50M3 This suite is valuable particularly for what it Comfcaed by offers as study in interpretation. At the same time the pieces present many opportunities for RaDOLFFhiML applying technical principles in an artistic manner. Ops'/ P,-\(X>n. SENT Thematic Catalogue of Com- Also Published Separately. FREE positions by Rudolf Friml. ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT 120 BOYLSTON STREET (take elevator) AND FOR SALE BY ALL MUSIC DEALERS 945 — as 1814 in his quartet in B-flat. It may also be remarked that the scherzo is not based on the old menuet form, and that there is more thematic development than was customary in such movements at that period. There is a curious tradition—a foolish invention is perhaps the better phrase—that the Finale illustrates the story of Phaeton and his cele- brated experience as driver of Apollo's chariot. Others find in the Finale a reminiscence of the terrible approach of the Stone-man toward the supper-table of Don Giovanni. Schumann, after a performance of the symphony at Leipsic, wrote a rhapsody which might well take the place of an analysis: " Often, when looking on Vienna from the mountain heights, I thought how many times the restless eye of Beethoven may have scanned that distant Alpine range, how dreamily Mozart may have watched the course of the Danube which seems to thread its way through every grove and forest, and how often Father Haydn looked at the spire of St.