New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

In Mendelssohn Hall, on the evening OF
| next Wednesday,:
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Menuet sara ,ats
On mex. Thursday afternoon, IN the
chamber music room Of Carnegie aaii'
Kathryn Innes-Taylor will give concert
Of French, German and English ChrislInaS
songs, the list being as follows:
Guilarne Antoine Pierre. .XVIth Century
Un Flambeau, Jeannette, isabelle, ,,.
From the Noel de Saboly, AV1lth century
Noel Bressan ,..,,
Mel des queteurs Bressan. Old Bressan Meiooy
Mel Bourguion- -. .-oo
Les MenStrers. Bernard de Ia Monnoye, Losi-I ~
Voici Noei ....... Arranged by ]. 3. Weckeriin
Engel und nirten.. :Aitb9hmische& & velhswese
From the Kdlner Gesangbuch. 1879
Morsen kommt der
Ais das Christkind ward zur Welt gebracht
>'' o''' Robert Schumann. 1856
HIans Christian Anderso1)
Die Hirten ... ---.-'-.--. .ie'er ooine''us
4 Bab. Is Born. .Xvth Century
The Holly and the Ivy. Traditlonai
The Coventry Carol Covent'y yr'sbirs
At q concert. the first of the season OF
the Brooklyn Amateur Musical Cluo' TO-
morrow afternoon, In the banquet room OF
the Academy of Music. in that borough
Siegfried Phillip. a young Danish barytone,
Of whom good things are spoken, Will sing.
Miss Kitty Cheatham (who. by the way,
gave Puccini his first taste OF American
folk music, in q private recital OF old negro
songs, has q most unusual and interesting
programme to offer this year. There are
TWENTY-FIVE new songs and stories in the
long and varied list. Part i introduces us
Oor the first time) to one of the beautiful
Christ Legends" of Selma Lagerloff-'The
Holy Night" which Miss Cheatham has
adapted. After this comes a group aptly
illustrating the joys OF Christmas trees and
songs about a brand new top" ana Il
"bisdue dolly" which adorn It. Then we
go back century and hear a delightful
description which Keats wrote Gin 1879 20
his sister (Fanny) OF ono OF his own ad-
venturous wanderings. This IS an almost
unknown poem of keats's, which he calls
"A Song About Myself" Then comes
Hurnperdinck in one of his eXqusitely
simple cradle songs, followed by a char
acteristic group Of Dutch, Swedish and
Russian songs. And there will be a happy
ending 70 the first part, with "Alice's Ad-
one showing the alluring suggestion which
| the Whiting makes TO his friend the Snail,
ir "Will you walk a little faSter?' Lewis
Carrolls verses have been set by Alfred
| Scott Gatty, in q very modern. involved
/ Strauss-Debussy fashion. Part II begins
with the legend Of THE Robin Redbreast, -
which Selma Lagerioff includes in her
Christ Legends" and which Miss Chea-
than has also adopted. Then. as usual
: come the old negro songs. Harry T. Bur
leigh has llarTTlonized some ''Spirituals and
| "Jingles,'' which Miss Cheatham will in
! troduce for the first time. Part Ill
further accentuates the holiday spirit by
! giving ten minutes to Mother Goose in q
dozen nursery rhymes (six OF which are
! MSS. and written for Miss Chcatham by
| Edmond Rickett, well known English
musician). Then comes Hiiaire Belloc 5
. amusing satire Matilda" cautionary
tale with moral. and as her Christmas
/ gift i'll response TO many requests. few
| Of the oldtime fayorites Will finish the
| programme.
Following IS the programme for the
Peoples Symphony Socety's concert, in
| Carnegie Hall. this afternoon:
Overture, "Phedre' e'............... Massenet
Variations on a Roccoco Theme. Tgchaikowsky
For 'caIlo solo and orchestra
| Soloist. Willy Lsmplng.
| Rustic Wedding Symphony. Goldruari,
/ March No I, "Ponp and Circumstance
| The organ recitals by Samuel A Baldwin
at the City College this week will be the
last until January =.
| Following are the programmes:
! SUNDAY. DECEMBER IS, Ar4 p. VI.
Sonata in j miner. .Guimant
Prelude and Fusue III A minor. ............. .Bacf,
! Inc CurIew- IiorsfIaY
Christmas PaStOrale. Rogers
Theme tvaried) IN E---.....-...........Fa Fa u likes
+ Overture, ''TannhauseTy' y'..-..........W Wasner
| WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER II. AT p NJ.
| Sonata in A minor. r.................. FarIkes
Andante con Moto from Fifth Symphony.
| FantasIe and Fusue in C minor. ....... ch
! Asrch or the Magi. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dubois
Elevation - - - A'VusAe-il
Fugue on Choral from ''The Prophet . Iiszt
| Frederick Stock, conductor of the Theo.
! dore Thomas Orchestra, OF Chicago has
undertaken the task OF presenting Ferruc-
| clio Busoni's concerto for orchestra. piano
! forte and full chorus. in that city, on Janu-
ary 13. with the composer himself at the
piano. Yesterday this interesting compost
ton, which bears the opus number go was
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