~ MUSICAL AMERICA April 27, 1918 w ·Ho WILL BE DR. MUCK'S SUCCESSOR~ Here Are ,Seven Prominent Conductor:j Whose Names Have Been Conspicuously Mentioned as Candidate:; for the Directorship of the Boston Symphony Orchestra-1\'ot One of Them Is an American=born-But There May Be a "Dark Horse" 1-/f You Were in Major Higginson's Place Whom Wou/J You Select for the Position? Write the Name of your choice on a PJstal Card, sign your nam~ and address and mail it to the Editorial Department "Musical Amer_ica," 501 Fifth Avenue, New York Photo Boston Photo News Sermce Major Henry L. Higginson, Owner of the Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Sergei Rachmaninoff is one of the best-known and most popular of contemporary Russian com­ OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH. posers, though not a radical in the sense of Stravinsky and Scriabine. Ossip Gabrilowitw h, though in­ He is known to Americans espe­ ternationally famous as a pianist, cially by his piano works, his songs has been exercising his talents as and his symphonic compositions. conductor only a comparatively Rachmaninoff visited this country short t@e. He made a number of eight years ago and on that occa­ appearances at the head of orches­ sion conducted performances of his tras in Europe and has conducted tone poem "The Isle of t he Dead" a series of concerts in New York when the Russian Symphony Or­ both last year and this, earning chestra played it in New York. He much critical commendation, nota­ also gave some piano recitals and bly for his treatment of.symphonic appeared as soloist with the New works of the classic school. York Symphony, the Russian Symphony and others in presenta­ tions of his Second and Third Piano Concertos. Photo by Bain News Service P hoto Aime Dupont LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SIR HENRY J. WOOD Leopold Stokowski, conductor of Sir Henry J. Wood, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Or­ the Queen's Hall Orchestra in Lon­ chestra, is one of the youngest don, is one of the foremost of liv­ leaders of an important symphonic ing British conductors. He has orchestra. From the organ-bench made a distinguished reputation in at St. Bartholomew's Church, New t he English capital, having intro­ York, he was chosen as conductor .duced the most important modern of the Cincinnati Symphony Or­ works for orchestra to London's chestra, holding that position for music-loving public. A warm friend a number of years. He was chosen of English composers he has each conductor of Philadelphia's sym­ year devoted time to the prepara­ phony orchestra upon his resigna­ tion of his countrymen's new or­ tion from the Cincinnati Orchestra. chestral compositions. He visited As conductor of the Philadelphia America a decade ago as one of Orchestra he has added consider­ the guest-conductors of the New ably to his reputation, accomplish­ York Philharmonic Society, his ing among other things the feat of conducting making so deep an im­ conducting Mahler's "Eighth Sym­ pression t hat he was talked of as phony,'' ''The Symphony of a coming to this orchestra to succeed Thousand," a few years ago, with­ Gustav Mahler. out a score.. Bain News Service PIERRE MONTEUX VINCENT D'INDY Pierre Monteux, now conductor Vincent d'Indy, head of the of French opera at the Metropoli­ Schola Cantorum in Paris, repre­ tan Opera House, is one of the sents one of the most solid forces younger French conductors. He in French composition. A pupil of has won his way from the position Cesar Franck, and 1the biographer of solo viola of one of the Paris of that master, his creative ten­ symphony Qrchestras (just as dencies are of a distinctly con­ Frederick Stock rose to the con­ servative cast. His works, sym­ ductorship of the Chicago Sym­ phonic, vocal, operatic, have a phony Orchestra 'from the post of . rather astringent flavor that has first viola in the same orchestra withheld from them a speeciy pop­ under Theodore Thomas), and has ularity. Yet they have been fre­ prior to his Metropolitan conduc­ quently performed in ·.America. torship been as!<ociated with the D'lndy conducted the Boston Sym­ " Concerts Monteux" in Paris, the phony on the occasion of his trip Diaghileff Ballet Russe (both in to America ten or more years ago. Europe and America) and' the Civic Orchestra of New York. c Jlte117oifl .