Tfie National Conservator!] of music OF AMERICA. 126 and 128 East 17th Street, New York. [Incorporated September 21, 18S5.] OFFICERS. Pres., Mrs. JEANNETTE M. THURBER. Treas., RICHARD IRVIN, Jr. Secretary, CHAS. INSLEE PARDEE, A.M. Founded for the benefit of Musical Talent in the United States, and conferring its benefits free upon all applicants sufficiently gifted to warrant the prosecution of a thorough course of studies, and unable to pay for the same, and upon otheis of the requisite aptitude on the payment of a small fee. FACULTY. Dr. ANTONIN DVORAK Has been engaged as Director, and will enter upon his duties September 23, 1892. Singing. Principal of Vocal Department— Signor Romualdo Sapio. Mrs. Beebe Lawton. Mme. Elena Corani. Mr. Christian Frksch. Mr. R. Sapio. Preparatory. Miss Katherine W. Evans. Mr. Oscar Saenger. Mr. Wilford Watters. Opera Class — Herr Emil Fischer. Oratorio Class — Mrs. Beebe Lawton. Ensemble and Operatic Chorus — Mr. S. Camille Engel. Piano. Mr. Rafael Joseffy. Miss Adeie Margulies. Mrs. Jessie Pinney Baldwin. Miss Elinor Comstock. Mr. Leopold Winkler. Mr. J. G. Huneker. Piano. Preparatory — Miss Mabel Phipps. Miss Carrie Konigsberg. Miss Adelaide Okell. Miss Grace Povey. Organ — Mr. Samuel P. Warren. Harp — Mr. John Cheshire. Mr. Horatio W. Parker. Violin. Mme. Camilla Urso. Mr. Leopold Lichtenberg. Mr. Jan Koert. Mr. Juan Buitrago. Viola — Mr. Jan Koert. Violoncello — Mr. Victor Herbert, Mr. Emile Knell. Contrabass — Mr. Ludwig IVianoly. Flute — Mr. Otto Oesterle. Oboe — Mr. Arthur Trepte. Clarionet — Mr. Richard Kohl. Bassoon — Mr. Adolf Sohst. French Horn — Mr. Carl Pieper. Cornet — Mr. Carl Sohst. Harmony, Counterpoint, and Composition. Mr. Bruno Oscar Klein. Mr. F. Q. Dulcken. Solfeggio. Mr. John Zobanaky. Mr. Emile Guyon. Miss Leila La Fetra. Chamber Music — Mr. Leopold Lichtenberg. Orchestra and Chorus — Mr. Frank van der Stucken. History of Music—Mr. Henry T. Finck. Diction — Mr. W. V. Holt. Italian — Signor Pietro Cianelli. Stage Deportment — Monsieur Mamert Bibeyran. Fencing — Monsieur Regis Senac. Accompanist — Sig. Ernesto Belli. Moniteurs — Miss Annie Wilson. Miss Lucille Du Pre. Semi-annual Entrance Examination. The semi-annual entrance examina- 10ns will take place as follows : — Violin, Violoncello, Contrabass, Harp, and all other Orchestral Instruments — January 4th, from 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Applicants are required to bring their instruments and music with them. Piano and Organ — January 5th, at same hours as Violin. Applicants are required to'.bring their music. Voice — January 7th and 8th, from 9 to 12 a.m., from 2 to 5 and from 8 to 10 P.M. Applicants are required to bring their music. Orchestra — January 4th, from 4 to 6 p.m. Applicants are required to bring their nstruments. Chorus — January 6th, from 8 to id p.m. Operatic Chorus — January 7th, from 8 to 10 p.m. For further particulars, address CHAS. INSLEE PARDEE A. M., Secretary. MUSIC HALL, BOSTON. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. ARTHUR NIKISCH, Conductor. Eleventh Season, 1891-92. PROGRAMME OF THE Tenth Rehearsal and Concert. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 24, AT 2.30. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, AT 8.00. WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES PREPARED BY PHILIP HALE. PUBLISHED BY C, A. ELLIS, Manager. ^305) MASON & HAMLIN HALL (Season 1891-92.) FOUR MORNING HOURSMMUSIC Consisting of Music for Liszt Organ, Liszt Organ and Piano, and other Combinations, from eleven until twelve o'clock, as follows : First Recital, December ist, by Mr. FRANK LYNES. Second Recital, December 8th, by Mr. J. ELIOT TROWBRIDGE. ] Third Recital, December 17th, by Mr. J. FRANK DONAHOE. Fourth Recital, December 30th, bv Mr. HERMAN P. CHELIUS. Tickets for the Fourth Recital may be had on application at Mason & Hamlin Hall, 154 and 155 Tremont Street. (306) Tenth Rehearsal and Concert Thursday Afternoon, December 24, at 2.30, Saturday Evening, December 26, at 8.00. PROGRAMME. Handel - Concerto for Strings and Two Wind Orchestras, in F major Pornposo ; Allegro. Allegro ma non troppo. Largo. A tempo ordinario. Allegro. (FIRST TIME., Wagner - - - Prelude, "Parsifal" Rubinstein - - Ocean Symphony (Original Version) Allegro maestoso. Adagio. Allegro. Adagio; Allegro con fuoco. The Programme for the next Public Rehearsal and Concert will be found on page 333. (307) : SHORE LINE BOSTON Trt NEW YORK NEW YORK iU BOSTON Trains leave either city, week-days, as follows, except as noted DAY EXPRESS at 10.00 a.m. Arrive at 4.30 p.m. BUFFET DRAWING-ROOM CARS. AFTERNOON SERVICE at LOO p.m. Arrive at 7.30 p.m. Dining Car beween Boston and New London. "GILT EDGE" LIMITED at 5.00 p.m. Daily, Sundays included, and arrive 11 p.m. Royal Smoking Car through. DINING CAR BETWEEN BOSTON AND NEW LONDON. The last trains between the two cities to leave and arrive at termini the same day. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS at 12.00 o'clock. Daily, Sundays included, and arrive at 7.00 a.m. The LAST TRAIN from either City. Wagner Drawing-room Cars on Day Trains. Compartment Sleeping Cars on Night Trains. Trains leave Boston from Park Square Station ; New York, from Grand Central Station. R. KENDRICK, Gen'l Manager. GEO. L. CONNOR, Gen'l Pass'r Agent. J. OLD OOLOGY RAILROAD. ROYAL BLUE LINE. Finest and Safest Trains in the World BETWEEN New York and Washington VIA Jersey Central, Philadelphia & Reading, and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads. All trains vestibuled, heated by steam, lighted by the Pintsch Gas System, and pro- tected by Pullman's Anti-telescoping Device. Pullman Day Coaches, Parlor Cars, Sleeping Cars, and Dining Cars. New York to Washington in Five Hours. Tickets on Sale at all Railroad Offices. Boston Office, - - 211 Washington Street. (308) Concerto for Strings and Two Wind Orchestras, in f major. Handel< Pomposo ; Allegro. Allegro ma non trop/w. Largo. A tempo ordinario. Allegro. We know very little of the history of this work. We do not know the date of its composition, we do not know where or when it was first per- formed, or whether it was performed in Handel's time. Mr. W. S. Rock- stro in his Life of Handel (1883) gives the following account of it : — " The volume, in the Royal Collection, labelled ' Sketches,' which con- tains the. disputed Magnificat and the two unpublished versions of ' How beautiful,' contains, also, a long and extremely elaborate composition, which has never yet been brought before the public. M. Schoelcher was evidently aware of the existence of the manuscript; for, at page 139 of his Life of Handel, he quotes it as a proof that certain portions of the ' Messiah ' were much more fully accompanied than the world has gener- ally supposed. The manuscript, filling eighty-four pages of paper, ex- actly similar in size, texture, and water-mark to that used for the Magnifi- cat, resembles that work so closely in the character of its handwriting that L. F. HOLLANDER <&> CO. ANNUAL GRAND SALE OF •LADIES' • DRESSES- Commencing MONDAY, DEC. 1 4th, closing out of this Attractive Assortment of NEWLY IMPORTED MODELS, And all of our own productions, at a very great sacri- fice. Everything marked down without regard to cost. Orders taken for balance of season at greatly reduced prices. 202 BOYLSTON ST. AND PARK SQ (309) ^ [/YDIEr^' ]A?Lop, SPECIAL SALE. OUR MODELS of Gowns, Jackets, Coats, and Wraps (plain, braided, and fur trimmed), are now to be sold at HALF OUR REGULAR PRICES, to insure their immediate sale. : : : : : 256 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON OYSTERS AND SALADS WEBER'S A SPECIALTY. GENUINE VIENNA ICES. 25 Temple PI. and 33 West St. JACOB THOMA, VIOLIN MAKER, j FROM VIENNA. (Awarded a Prize Medal at the Vienna Exposition. ^ Old Violins, Violas, 'Cellos, ARTIST ITALIAN STRINGS, SILVER G'S, Artist Bows, Paris Rosin, etc. INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. ARTISTIC REPAIRS A SPECIALTY. BOWS REHAIRED. Music Hall Building, Room 7, - BOSTON. (310) there can be no doubt that it was produced at very nearly the same period ; that is to say, between the years 1737 and 1740. It consists of nine dis- tinct movements. The first is a stately pomposo. The second intro- duces the descending passage of semiquavers which forms so prominent a feature in the Hailstone Chorus. The subject of the third begins like that of ' Lift up your heads.' The ninth breaks off at the end of the second bar, and the remaining pages are missing; but the loss is less deplorable than might have been supposed, for the seventh, eighth, and ninth move- ments are reproduced in a complete though modified form in an organ concerto published by Arnold in 1797." This concerto, written. for string quartet and two choirs of two horns, two oboes and two bassoons, has been arranged for use in these concerts in the following manner. The first movement, a pomposo, and the second, an allegro, are run together. The former is in the conventional form of what is known as the Lully overture ; and the latter introduces the Hailstone figure, to which the attention has already been called. The second move- ment is really the fifth, an allegro in 3-4, which is followed by a largo in D minor in 12-8, partaking of the character of a Siciliano, The fourth move- The Hoosac Tunnel Route. SHORT LINE TO Troy, Albany, Binghamton, Syracuse, Homellsville, Rochester, Buffalo, Ni- agara Falls, Detroit, Cleveland,"WESTCincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, and all points The three largest Tunnels in the world are : Europe, St. Gothard, 48,885 feet, 9% miles long. Mount Cenis, 39,482 feet, 7% miles long. America, Hoosac, 25,081 feet, 4^ miles long. 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