New-York tribune., 1906-11-11
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR

Eunday-Daly's Theatre. $50 D. m concert
by Victor Herbert and his orchestra; Hippo.
drome, $50 p. m, concert by Creatore and
his band; Carnegie Hall. 3 p. m. concert Of
the New York symphony Orchestra, Walter
Damrosch. conductor.
sionday-Garden Theatre, s p. m. first per-
Torrance in New York of Puccini's opera
Madam Butterfly" in English.
Tuesday-Mendelssohn Hall. SIS p. mr concert
OF chamber music by the Kneisel Quartet,
assisted by DR.. Neitzel.
wednesday-AIendelssoh Hail. $50 p. m. song
recital by Nine. Niessen-Stone.
Thursday-carnegi Hail. 8 p; m. concert by NJ
symphony Orchestra; S:15 r. m, concert of
the Russian symphony Orchestra: Men
delssohn Hall, SID p. m, recital OF violon-
cello music by Carl Grienauer; Waldorf-As-
toria, IL a. m, concert of the HARLEM Phil
harmonic Society; Baptist Temple. Brooklyn,
song recital by Nine. Marcella Sembrich.
Eriday-Carnegie Hall, 2:30 p. m. first after
noon concert Of the philharmonic Society,"
Mendelssohn Han, S:15 p. m, concert Of
original compositions by s. Coeridge-TaylOr.
Eaturoay-CaTnegie Hall. 3 p. m. pianoforte
recital by Rosenthal S:15 p. M. first evening
concert by the Philharmonic Society; Car
neg1e Iyceum, S:15 p. m, concert by Nine.
Anna Arnaud
The Hrst afternoon concert this season OF the
philharmonic Society viii take place next Friday
n Carnegie Hall Lhevinne will play Rubin
Etein's pianoforte concerto IN D minor. which
The composer introduced to the Philharmonic's
viii be Beethovens ''Coriolan' overture and
Tschaikowskys fifth symphony. A novelty TO
The Philharmonic repertory is Mozart's "Eine
Eleine Nachtmusik" a serenade for strings
Concerning IL the official snnotator OF the pro-
0remmes has this 10 say:
This composition has been variously classified
by music publishers and historians Being four
voiced and for strings. IL has been listed among
the composers string Quartets and is so set
down IN Kochefs thematic index; the fact that IL
llQ 0nF,Tra hoes zNf,
Jed 10 its being called string quintet; it's de-
scriptve title places II among the serenades OF
MH4cu mozart composer a round oozen- There
are other forms with which il might have been
associated. We're 1t not that strings only are
employed in II, an easy argument might be made
"a favor or placing 1t among the symphonies
AS 6 matter OF fact. II belongs TO the class OF
herenades, divertimentos and cassations which
the composers Of Mozart's time wrote as "occa-
tionaP music and which differed very little from
each other, II at al. except. possibly. in the
90 which they were put All OF these works con-
sisted OF any desired number Of movements and
any desired combination OF Instruments both
elements depending. apparently. circum-
Etances. There might be string instruments
alone. or wind instruments alone or string and
wind instruments combined. One composition
of the kind. TO which Mozart gave the title
Serenata Aotturna, is written for a solo band
OF strings. and ripiene band, like q concerto
crosse with the added popularity OF part for
bettledrums. Another, which he called Not
turno," has strings and two horns. II may serve
Tor popular and general description TO say that
The divertimentos and cassaiions were written for
and serenades for outdoor entertainment by
night. In the last part OF the eighteenth CEN
tury IL stil customary II had been in
the sixteenth for lover 10 bring the tribute OF
musical performance TO his mistress. and II did
not always take the form OF a ''Woful ballad"
sung 10 the eyebrow. Frequently musicians
were hired, and the tribute took the form Of
nocturnal concert. In Shakespeare's 1.-TWO Gen.
uemen Of Verona" Proteus, prompting Thurio
what 70 do 10 win Silvia's love. says:
Visit by night your lady's chamber window
With some sweet concert: 10 their instruments
Tune CeplOr1ng dump: the nights dread silence
VIII well become such sweet complaining grievance.
II for such purposes that the serenade
Invented instrumental form Sir Thurio's
musicians were 10 play out Of doors, and there
fore they would have used wind instruments.
The Oldest serena6es were composed for oboes
and bassoons. Afterward viols were added. and.
may be guessed from the example before US,
81 the occasion called for Il, string alone were
Thought TO suffice. The serenades down to the
time Of Beethoven We may observe In his
trio. op, 8 opened with q march. to the strains
OF which may imagine the musician ap-
preaching the lady's chamber window. Then
came rninuet. 10 prepare her for the "rde-
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