The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04


ciety and to make New York the i'm
portant field of their work. This guar
antee fund lacked the element Of per-
manence, inasmuch as it was subscribed
for only a few years at a time. The
orchestra. like all the other great or
chestras, consumed more than 1t received
Even the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
which has an extraordinary patronage.
does not yield a profit. Consequently
the history OF the present year is re-
garded as Of epoch making importance
by the symphony Society.
Harry Hardness Flagler has for years
past been one OF the inner brotherhood
| OF serious music lovers In this city
He Is present at all musical perform
ances OF genuine artistic worth and his
taste and discrimination are we'll known
to local connoisseurs. He has long been
regarded az a tower OF strength in that
small body OF amateurs who make pos
sble the continued existence OF such
organizations as the Kneisel and Flon-
zaley quartets, the Musical Art Society
and kindred institutions.
| Last spring Mr.. F'lagler astounded the
board Of directors Of the symphony So
ciety. OF which he Is president. by an
nouncing at the annual meeting that
he was prepared to set aside 100000
year to further the artistic aims Of
the organization and to meet any pos
sible pecuniary deficit.
This gift makes the New York Sym
phony Society the richest orchestral or
ganizatlon in the country. II will en-
able the conductor to procure the best
| musicians available in any part OF the
world. to have as many rehearsals az his
| judgment tells him are necessary for
any work. to engage the best soloists
and in general to embark upon a policy
OF the most liberal artistic enterprise
free Of pecuniary cares.
The season will consist OF thirty-eight
concerts in this borough. nine in Brook
| Ign. and short tours In October, Novem-
Der. January and February. There will
also he a series OF concerts in the
SIEVE nty- First Regiment Armory for the
pleasure OF wage workers. The solosts
engaged include Nine. Schumann- Heink.
Elena Gerhardt. Olive Fremstad and
Alma Chuck. singers Josef Holman,
Harold Bauer, Feruccio Busoni. Leonard
Berwick and Ossip Gabrilowitsch.
pianists and Efrem zimbalst. Carl
Flesch. Fritz Kreisler and Frank Gittel-
son. volin!sts. Mr.. Paderews!a win
make his only orchestral appearance in
this city with the symphony Orchestra
on February L.
Josef Stransky. conductor III the Phil
harmonic Society. arrived last week
from Norway. When the war broke out
Mr.. Stransky was in Bavaria; he is q
Bohemian and consequently an Austrian
subject. but is exempt from military
duty. For the first couple of weeks of
| mobilization and war he remained in
I Munich and then via Germany he made
his way TO Norway. which is the home
OF Mrs. Stransky. He sailed from Chris
tIania about two weeks ago.
Leopold Kramer. the concertme's ter
OF the orchestra. who. rlSe Mr.. Stransl<y
is n, bohemian and is also exempt from
military duty. has been the only member
Of the orchestra unheard from, but Mr.
Stransky brings with him the good news
that he has been in communication with
Mr.. Kramer; his passage has been ar
ranged for and he will sail shortly for
America.
Mr.. Stransky IL anticipating with the
greatest enthusiasm the coming seasons
work and will begin rehearsals In the
very near future. He is delighted &c
find that the Philharmonic Orchestra Is
practically intact, IL having been for
tunate enough to escape almost entirely
the drafts which European conditions
have made on many OF the musica
bodies in America. Two members OF
the orchestra are serving in the French
army, but the management has been
able to MI their positions most salts.
factoriy through the dissolution Of tn,
Chicago Opera.
The music for the novelties announced
to he performed by the Philharmonic
Orchestra during the coming season wa.
received here before war was declared
and Mr.. Stransky Is eager to give hli
New York audiences an opportunity t,
hear these compositions. which had III,
greatest success in Europe.
The tickets for the concerts which IN,
Boston Symphony Orchestra Is to Clvt
in Carnegie Hail during the comm.
season will be sent by registered mail e
subscribers within a few days. TIL,
management wishes 10 give n fna
notice to such subscribers as have no
taken up their tickets that failure to d,
so Immediately will result in the allot
ment ~ such tickets to persons on tn,
waiting list.
DIR. Karl Muck, the conductor OF tn,
orchestra, is due to arrive here from
Europe next Tuesday and on his arriva
1t Will be possible TO announce hi
musical plans for the season. The frs
rehearsal of the orchestra has bee,
called for October 12 and the season
begins in Boston October IS.
The Young Mems Symphony Orchcstr
OF New York, an organization foundo,
and endowed by the late Alfred Sellg
man for the gratuitous training of younI
musicians in orchestral playing. an
nounces its thirteenth season under tn
direction of Arnold Volpe. Rehearsal
@ will be held on Sunday mornings he
Il ginning October IS. and two publ