New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-17
cert Of the New-York Symphony Orchestra, Car
negis Hall, to-day. at $50 o'clock:

cert Of the New-York Symphony Orchestra. Car
negis Hall, to-day. at $50 o'clock:
PART L
symphony No. Tscn1fkewzky
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% Jhe Awakening Of Brinnhfds
Br1Innhide~Mrs MIhr-rIardy.
ta) segfried's Rhine Journey.
The custom begun at the first 'sParsifai- concert
that OF singing ali vocal excerpts in English VIII
THE Messiah" will be rendered by the Peoples
Choral Union February % at Carnegie Hail.
1t has been the custom of Frank Damrosch TO bring
his chorus before the public in the spring Of each
year. He now proposes to introduce additional
midwinter concert and take up THE Messiah"
Among the soloists is David BisphaIn, who is not
new TO this work. as this will be his hfty-second
performance. The names of the other sooists have
not been announced yet. The work of the chorus
rs always interesting. especially when 1t is known
Singing classes work TX begun by Mr.. Damrosch in
1892 TO further the love and culture Of music among
working people.
At Mendelssohn Hall next Friday afternoon VIC
tor Beigels concert win be given, with Miss Susan
Metcalfe, soprano; Mrs. Adele LseYs Baldwin. con-
tra-to. and John Bland. tenor. The programme;
FurihondO. aria "Partenope' ............H Handel
sxISaat1s Old Songs Of Base Bretagns
Mrs. I-aeIs Baldwin.
Auf dss Trniglas zines verstOTbenen freunoes
rrOvenoa:ishes Lea. .;............J
CTirst appearance in New-York) ,u,
fisett. Eighteenth Century BerEsrs.t.
Care selve
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ss!GeseinsainSeit Brahms
Miss Susan Metcalfe
Wiesenlied Taussrs
Mrs Adele Laeis Baldwin.
R EaisPn mei sUI ssce icsarS strauss.
Mr. Bland
B BS;e ns DER 1J:6. Brahms
Richard Strauss will arrive IN New-YorlS about
the middle OF next month accompanied by his wife.
Frau strauss-de Alma, and will make his American
debut In the last OF the Wetzler Symphony Or
chestra concerts in Carnegie Hall on the evening Of
February 25. this TO be followed by three supple
mentary concerts with the Wetzler Symphony Or
chestra and Richard Strauss song recital, when
Strauss Will at the piano. and of his songs
part of the Programme for this recital is to con-
sst Of Strauss meodramatio music to E G2,6
Bspham. BY invitation Richard Strauss is to con-
concerts Of the Wetzler symphony Orchestra the
Philadelphia Pittsburg and Chicago symphony or
nns With Ffa@ Alma IN the prn
cipal cities OF the East and Middle west
Strauss is now forty years old. His father
member OF the court orchestra at Munich and was
one OF the finest horn players in Europe He too,
was a composer. but only OF compositions for his
tavorite instrument Richard Strauss received his
first lessons in music from his mother at the age
of four. When six years old he composed his first
selection a polka This followed by aChrist-
mas song OF which he wrote down only the music
The words had to be written by his mother as the
boys pothooks too large to be placed under
the notes In rapid succession there followed songs
pianoforte pieces. sonatas. and even an overture
for orchestra 1.-The precocity Of the boy composer
is amusingly shown IN anecdote told of him by
his father" says THE London Musical Times:
well remember that Richards mother used to
Thai the boy would use the coverings for scrib-
bling his musical ideas during the progress OF his
were a Herr Tonbo, from whom he received piano
sTueaon ana on the violin His
teacher was Hofkapellmeister FIR. ". Meyer; OF
eouPss Of sTct 'SSH The Year $50 When
S 4sen Of OF n Of his eompos
Toms They We're three songs INTERPRETED The
year a string quartet was performed by the
Benno Walters Quartet and nd shortly aeTwar6
major. It was this symphony which Grew the at
s yearod Ok composer one and the possbes his
future creatye powers In the winter Of i ss- an
philharmonic Society, and later the same winter
Meihn gen orchestra. Produced serenade by
Strauss which, was written for wind instruments
better auspices, for the main attributes OF TINS
orchestra have always been rOQnu III the excellence
OF its wind instruments. Won Bdlow took a great
fancy 10 this serenade and showed his practical
interest In young Strauss by performing II at many
concerts during the tours OF the Metntngen Or
chestra. Since then Strauss has steadily pursued
his course till his compositions number about four
hundred nearly all of which are published They
include songs for male and female voices plano
forte pieces, sonatas, concertos symphonies, tone
poems, two operas and oyertures.
Hermann Hans Wetzler has engaged Leopold
I.ichtenberg as the soloist for the fourth OF iae
Wetzler Symphony Concerts Saturday after
noon, January g. Those who knew musical Amer
tca a little less than decade ago win remember
that Leopold Liehtenberg Of the young
virtuosi Of his time. and made tour OF this coun-
try from end end with the greatest European
artists. Born In San Francisco in 1861, at twelve
years Of the youthful player first attracted the
attention OF no less master than Wienlawski
who pronounced MIN the greatest violin talent
of the day and took the boy 10 Paris his pupil
Vieuxtemps' A minor concerto. work not all too
familiar here, and of ample TO test the per-
former as musician and as yrtuoso.
BY placing on his programme Bchuberts major
symphony Mr.. Wetzler has. IL WERE thrown a
last sop to thu classical Cerberus before entering
on the highly seasoned duties of his Strauss
certs
The Leonore overture No. g. is the orchestral
pendant to the Schubert work on tbs Wetzler pro-
gTaInIne
Daniel Frohman announces that the last Dam
rosch recital wagner's ''Parsifai" will take
place at the New Lyceurn Theatre tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 o'clock.