Evening star., 1896-09-19
| N MUSlCAL CIRCLES
Great Work Done by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra During Its Career.
Interesting Compilation Made by Mr..
Fred. r.. COmec-What Some Local
Musicians Are Doing.

Mr.. Fred. r. Gomez has made a very in
teresting compilation of the work done in
Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
during the fifteen years Of its existence,
which will be read with interest by the
large number Of admirers of that splendid
body Of musicians in this District. Mr..
Comee says that reckoning two perform
arces p. week, for the Friday afternoon
public rchearsals have come to be ranked
separate performances, there have been
gwen 752 performances The total num-
her Of composers interpreted is l63; total
Number of selections, 3,313; orchestral Sc
lections, 2,21O; solo selections, lob; in
strumental solos, 543, and vocal solos, 500
AS to nations, Germany is represented by
70 composers and 2,245 selections: France
II composers and 296 selections; Hungary,
3 composers and 164 selections; Russia. 6
composers and 132 selections; Bohemia, 3
composers 104 selections; America, IL COM
posers IS selections; Poland, composers
80 selections; Italy, Is composers, "a selec-
tions; Norway, composers, 36 selections;
England, composers, 81 selections; Den
l1ark, composers, 2S selections; Belgium,
4 composers, % selections; Holland . CON-
posers, selections, and Scotland, / COM
poser and selections. Mr.. Gomez con-
tinues:
That the question OF nationality is
vexed one is painfully realized by all who
make this subject study, but the above
table Is as accurate can be made frcm
the leading authorities. In few instances
the claims of the individual concerned and
the customary rules of establishing alton
ality are so at variance that absolute ac-
curacy is impossible. A list of the COM
posers in the numerical order of their
works performed is appended:
Beethoven, SS4; Wagner, 2G6: Schumann,
115; Mozart, ia; Brahms. 159; Schubert,
;Ers ITal.S.
lO4; Dvorak, So; Berlioz. 81; Bacn, "A; Ru-
| binstein, "a: Saint-Saens, -; Handel. 60;
Haydn. 90; Chopin, 81; Goldmark, II; Eolk-
| mann. A: Ra1, A.; Bruch, Al; Tschaikow-
| sky, 40: Gluck, 3S; Spohr. 81; Cherubini, 80;
Henschel 2S; Massenet. %; Gade 26; Grieg
"a: Gounod. %; Paine, Is; Chadwick, IS;
Lalo, 16: Reinecke, IL: Auber. II: Smetana,
| IA; MacDowell, IA; Foote, II; Vieuxtemps,
! IA; Bizet. Il; Moszkowski, l.; Svendsen, IL;
| Fuchs. II; Bargiel. II; Goetz, -; Gericke.
II; GODDARD, L.; Meyerbeer. 10; Richard
! Strauss. 10; Cowen. s; Deibes, S: Bennett,
s; Glinka, S; Hitler, 8; Franz Lachner, 8;
| Mehul, s; Reinhold. S; Sullivan, 8; Floers-
helm, s; D'Albert, G; Bach, Phi. f., 6; Bo-
| rodin, q; Ernst. u; Henselt, 6; Paganini, q;
| Pergolesi. e; Paderewsk, 6; Loeff1er, q;
Rheinberser, 6; Boieldieu.
| -Four selections were played of each of
| the following composers: Busoni, Graun,
Gradener. Grammar, Heuberger Huss,
Litolff, Lassen, Lang CMargareD, Mack
| enzie, Mas, Molique, Monsigny, Nicoai
| Pepper, Rietz, Sgambau. Strube, Thomas
| (Ambroise), Thomas CA Goring) Wieniaw-
| ski, and two each of the following: Ber-
nard E), Buhmeister. Bird, Buck, Boe-
| cherini, Bulow, Bruckner. Benoit. Corne-
Illus, Chabrier, DavidoT, De Swert, Dupont,
| Esser, Eckert. Ferrari, Franz, Giordani,
| Gcltermann, Gernsheim, Grimm, Gilson,
Hauptmann. Herbeck, Hoffman. Herold,
| Hartmann, Hum:nel, Isouard, Johns, Kor-
bay, Klughard, klengel. Kahn, Knorr,
Linlner, Lachner (V.), Luther (M), Lam
| ger, Mascagni, Moscheles Muller Berghaus
| Martucci, Marschner, Nicode. Purcell, Pom
| chielli, Rubinstein (Nic), Rossi, Rossini
| Reznicek, Riemenschneider. Singer, Schar.
| wenka CXD. Scharwenka (Ph.), Strauss
Uoh.), Secchi, Stradella, Stanford, Spon.
TIM, Thieriot Viotti, Vogrich, Weld, Zoll-
| ner, Parker (H.), Parry. Two of the com.
posers in the list, Messrs. Loeffier and
Strube, are first violnists in the orchestra
the former having written two compost
tions for violin and orchestra and one fol