Author: Hale, Philip.
Title: Boston Symphony Orchestra Programmes for the 1913-1914 Season. Dr. Karl Muck, Conductor. With Historical and Descriptive Notes by Philip Hale. (24 Issues Bound in One Volume).
Description: Boston: C.A. Ellis, Manager, 1913-1914. 1913-1914. - Octavo, 8-5/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. 24 programs bound together without the original wraps into three-quarter black morocco & marbled boards. The covers are detached with the leather chipped at the corners. The spine is partially detached with much of the leather rubbed or chipped away. The contents consist of 1,610 consecutively numbered pages. A number of pictorial black-and-white ads are included; however, the 14-16 pages of ads at the end of each program were not bound in. There is some soiling to the blank endpapers else the contents are clean and in very good condition. This volume includes the programs for 24 concerts from October 10, 1913 through May 2, 1914 with historical and descriptive notes throughout by Philip Hale. The volume includes 19 pages of highly useful indexes and summaries at the end. Karl Muck was music director. Among the soloists featured in these concerts were pianists Harold Bauer, Teresa Carreno, Ruth Deyo, Josef Hofmann and Ignace Jan Paderewski. Singers included Elisabeth van Endert, Geraldine Farrar and Louise Homer. Violinists who performed as soloists included Carl Flesch, Sylvain Noak, Anton Witek and Fritz Kreisler. Other soloists included cellist Heinrich Warnke, flutist Andre Maquarre and harpist Alfred Holy. On March 7 Otto Urack conducted the World Premiere of his Symphony No. 1 in E. Good .

Keywords: BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES FOR THE 1913-1914 SEASON; PHILIP HALE; KARL MUCK; BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; PROGRAMS; PIANISTS; HAROLD BAUER; TERESA CARRENO; RUTH DEYO; JOSEF HOFMANN; IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI; SOPRANO; CONTALTO; ELISABETH VAN ENDERT; G


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