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If last season was designated as an orchestral
season, what shall we say of the one which lies
before us with all its ravishing announcements
of orchestral delights? Indeed, the promises on
the tapis make us happy, not alone for ourselves
but for the outlying cities that are to be privi-
leged if they take advantage of the opportunities
which will be presented them. We may indeed
ask whether it is the orchestra or the conductor
which is the attraction, and presume that we may
answer the question by saying it is the conductor,
since it is he who permeates the spirit of the or-
ganization before him, and as a matter of fact,
with the exception of the Boston and the New
York Symphony Orchestras, there has been no
opportunity for the conductor to stamp himself
upon his organization, as there have been con-
stant changes at the baton of the other great
bodies of musicians. While this is to'be regretted
Paris, Madrid and St. Petersburg, where for five
seasons he has had the direction of a series of
symphony concerts, all this in addition to his
work as conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic
Orchestra. Dr. Kunwald, of Frankfort, has had
a mixed career in so far as he was first operatic
conductor, having produced the Wagnerian music
dramas in Spain. Later he was conductor of the
opera in Frankfort and in Berlin, but since 1903
he has devoted himself exclusively to conceit con-
ducting. Also a distinct notable is Fritz Stein-
bach, of Cologne, who succeeded Hans Von Bulow
as conductor of the Meiningen Orchestra in 188C,
where he remained until 1902. For the last three
years he has conducted the Gurzenich Symphony
concerts at Cologne. He also is essentially mod-
ern, being a noted interpreter of Brahms.
Safonoff will have two concerts in the regular
The New York Symphony plans are very elab-
orate. New York will have sixteen concerts, four
of which will be conducted by Felix Weingartner
and twelve by Walter Damrosch. This organiza-
tion will also be heard on tour with both con-
ductors.
It is impossible at the present moment to offer
a list of the soloists who will be heard with the
different organizations. It must be sufficient to
say that all of the important ones will be heard
in turn. The only announcement which has been
made comes from the Boston Orchestra, and the
list includes: Harold Bauer, Adele Aus der Ohe,
Alfred Reisenauer, Ernest Hutcheson, Olga Sama-
roff, Rudolph Ganz, Waldemar Lutschg, pianists;
Willy Hess, Marie Hall, Henri Marteau, Timothee
Adamowski, Felix Winternitz, Jacques Hoffmann,
violinists. Heinrich Warnke, Elsa Ruegger, 'cel-
lists; Emma Eames, Olive Fremstadt, Mme. Gad-
ski, David Bispham, Ellison Van Hoose and Ben
Davies, vocalists. It is also understood that
Rafael Joseffy will make a long tour with the
New York Symphony Orchestra and Walter Dam-
•ph.
Although the season seems a long way from
open, it is customary to believe that it has begun
after the Worcester Festival has occurred. This
great New England event took place September
27, 28 and 29. Unquestionably the great success
of the entire list of attractions was Harold Bauer,
who played the Tschaikowsky Concerto for piano
and orchestra as it has never been heard before.
Mr. Bauer has reached a height which we hardly
dare measure by anything that has gone before.
His is the most sincere and most unaffected play-
ing conceivable, and great as he was we are Justi-
fied in feeling that he returns greater and bigger
than ever. He left for the Pacific Coast, opening
his recitals in Portland, Oregon, October 11.
After playing in San Francisco and other coast
cities, he will return for the season here.
Courtesy of The New York Times.
VICTOR
from a certain side, we cannot fail to be im-
pressed with the remarkable education that this
importation of conductors has brought about, be-
cause we have had the opportunity to witness
every school of every country and to draw com-
parisons with what we have of our own, compari-
sons indeed which have served to show us how
great our own conductors are.
series and one extra concert, but this will not be
our only opportunity to hear the Russian favor-
ite, since he will assume charge, in connection
with Modest Altschuler, of the Russian Symphony
concerts, both in New York and on a tour. With
this enterprise will be identified Rachmaninoff,
the great Russian composer, and J. Lhevinne, a
Russian pianist, who for political reasons was dis-
missed from the Imperial Conservatory at St.
The announcement of the Philharmonic Society Petersburg.
It would not be at all surprising if America
is keenly interesting, not only on account of the
four strangers to these shores, but also because were to have the unexpected visits of other
we are again to hear Safonoff and Victor Herbert noted Russian artists, who have just been dis-
with the Philharmonic players at Carnegie Hall. missed from the Imperial Conservatory, also, for
The new men are William Mengelberg, Max Fied- political reasons, and it is further stated that
ler, Dr. Ernst Kunwald and Fritz Steinbach. Men- their works will not be permitted performance
gelberg, who will conduct the first pair of con- in Russia. These are no less personages than
certs, is director of the Concert-Gebouw Sym- Rimsky-Korsakoff, Liadow, Glazounow and Mme.
phony Orchestra of Amsterdam, which is one of Annette Essipoff, who was formerly the wife of
the noted organizations of the Old World. His Leschetitzky.
programme will contain Richard Strauss' sym-
phonic poem, "Ein Heldenleben," which composi-
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will also de-
tion was dedicated to the conductor after his pre- part from its custom and for a number of concerts
sentation of that work at the Strauss Festival in Mr. Gericke will yield the baton to Vincent
London. He is essentially modern in his tastes D'lndy, the great French conductor and com-
and is especially noted as an interpreter of poser, who is at the head of the great musical in-
Strauss' music. Max Fiedler, of Hamburg, is not stitution known as the Schola Cantorum. D'lndy,
unknown to the music lovers of America who are of course, will be heard in New York and on the
familiar with the musical doings of Europe, for regular tours which the Boston organization
he is identified with a great many successes In makes every five weeks.
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The opening of the Institute of Musical Art of
New York will occur October 11, when an invita-
tion concert will be given in the Assembly Hall
of that institution. In so far as the faculty in-
cludes some of the greatest artists living, it will
not be difficult to offer an attractive programme.
One of the most interesting engagements was that
of Sigismund Stojowski, who will be at the head
of the piano department, this noted artist being
an excellent teacher, as well as concert pianist.
His work will be supplemented by that of Mrs.
Thomas Tapper, for years one of the foremost
teachers of Boston, and the greatest representa-
tive of Leschetizsky in this country. Arthur
Hochmann will also teach and the identification
of the Kneisel Quartette is too well known to re-
quire even a comment.
Frank Damrosch, director of the institute, has
already proven himself a master if in no other
way than through the engagements he has made.
Also the rearrangement of the old Lenox mansion
was a splendid piece of engineering, because as
it now stands it is an ideal home for an institu-
tion of this kind, every line breathing a dignity
and an atmosphere of majesty which is well In
keeping with the aims of the institution.
One of the latest announcements is the en-
gagement of Henry E. Krehbie] for a course of
thirty lectures upon "How to Listen to Music."
These talks will be given every Tuesday morning
and will, among other things, serve to explain the
historical, musical and literary points of the great
symphonic and operatic works to be presented
during the season.
One of the most important gifts to the new In-
stitute of Musical Art, was the entire circulating
musical library presented by Rudolph Schirmer.
The negotiations are completed for a large pipe
organ, to be erected in Assembly Hall, when the
organ instruction will be treated as completely as
any other branch of instrumental, theoretical and
vocal music. The number of pupils already en-
rolled is far beyond the expectations of those
most closely interested, and it is now a foregone
conclusion that this enterprise will be one of
the greatest influences ever brought to bear on
the musical life of this country.
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EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.