BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES FOR THE 1916-1917 SEASON. Dr. Karl Muck, conductor. With Historical and Descriptive Notes by Philip Hale. (24 issues bound in one volume).

Hale, Philip.

Published by Boston: C.A. Ellis, Manager, 1916-1917. 1916-1917., 1916

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- Octavo, 8-1/2 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 heavily rubbed and chipped. The contents consist of 1,572 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. From the library of New York Times music editor William B. Chase with the shipping label from Boston Symphony manager C.A. Ellis laid in. Chase was the music editor for The New York Sun from 1896-1916 and for The New York Times from 1916-1935.This volume includes the programs for 24 concerts from October 13, 1916 through May 5, 1917 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 Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, Winifred Christie, Carl Friedberg, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Heinrich Gebhard, Ernest Schelling and Ignace Jan Paderewski. Singers included Johanna Gadski, Elena Gerhardt, Julia Culp, John McCormack and Louise Homer. Violinists who performed as soloists included Albert Spalding, Anton Witek and Fritz Kreisler.Cellist included Joseph Malkin and Heinrich Warnke. Mrs. Beach performed her own Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor. The season included the World Premieres of Edward Ballantine's "The Eve of St. Agnes" and Philip Greeley Clapp's "Symphony in E-flat" conducted by the composer. Works by Ernest Bloch and Frederick Shepherd Converse were conducted by the composer.

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• Title: BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES FOR THE 1916-1917 SEASON. Dr. Karl Muck, conductor. With Historical and Descriptive Notes by Philip Hale. (24 issues bound in one volume).
• Publisher: Boston: C.A. Ellis, Manager, 1916-1917. 1916-1917.
• Publication Date: 1916
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
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