Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-07
ORCHESTRA TO HONOR
COMPOSERS MEMORY
AT It's Opening Concert win :.
Played a Tribute to Mar
Roger, Now Dead

with that nose for musical n...
lack Of which reduces annals 10 .,.,,.''
and programs 10 pedantry, the r,...
Of the Philadelphia Orchestra has -. -
a story about Max Reger which Vim !.
interest 20 his patrons. and. indeed. "a -
who mourn the loss OF a talented -.
poser. Let the story speak for lta,l,.
I'm the program which Mr. s,ot,... \.
has arranged for the opening concrr,, =
the Philadelphia Orchestra on Friday a.
ernoon and Saturday evening news 49,
Il is very hitting that Max Rerer,. ~
riations ana Fugue on n Theme Of rln'-
should be played IN memory OF one - ~
greatest musicians OF modern tlrns. ~
gers name looms up big In the n., =
great musicians who have died durln. y.
progress OF the European war. and il Nv
case OF Roger even the exact date ~ NJ
death Ia not known. The cable 49,
flashed the news 10 this side Of the Atls..-
came from Holland some time durlns ~
May. and gave no particulars a. ~
until the close OF tho war Il Us NOT 49, .
able that anything very definite wiiI 4,
learned about Rogers last days.
"Reger was only fcrty-three wear. i.
AZ the time OF his death, having been ~.
in 1879, at Brand, In the Bavarian uus-
Paiatinate He was the son OF a fear.-- .
highly gifted in music. who gave his -,
lessons az an early age In harmony plsr-
organ and violin. Max Reger, howsv.-
was educated with a view 10 sclentls, I
profession, and II was not until he ~
heard Parsifar and Die Meisterslne-< .
at Beyreuth, In 1859. that he dennis1s
made up his mind TO devote himself AZ
tirely 90 music. After his studies wa>
RlemAnn he became a teacher OF piano ~
organ in the conservatory at Wiesbadu1 .
and later on we find him in Munich. Con.
- -. -
director OF music at the sUnversity 4
Leipzig and teacher Of composition Al N
conservatory.
'Reger Is much better known In Germary
than in this country. where his really rres1
gifts were appreciated. In fact, his Il
mirers boldly proclaimed him a mode1
Bach, and in his composations they Al.
covered a new testament of organ mu<1
The variations which figure on next week1
programs will come almost as a novelty 4
Philadelphia Orchestra audiences. sire
their only previous performance was durre
the season 1907-os" ~
SERIES OF CONCERT TALKS
In connection with the opening Of the d.
| chestra's season. details OF which wen
given I'm this column last week. II may IL
noted that Philip H. Goepp. who writes N
notes, will lecture on the programs OF n
concerts at the College of Music, Temrs
1nlNeFSllys OiANttHNn foduhOm ElIU&X
Friday mornings at IL.
Whatever else may be urged against h
artistic appreciations, the United States
profoundly fond OF newness, both In wh.
| II hears and in the Interpreters II mini
almost pay musical editors 10 keep Etard.
| ing New Artists" headline from week
| week. Even the Boston Symphony. whicA
| is not fanatically radical, announces I've
| new assisting artists for a pair of its con
| certs here, in November and Februarx
| They are Susan Millar. the young rnezro-
| soprano, and Carl Friedberg, the pianI4
| The latter is not well known in AmerIn
yet. But foreign advices state that he ID 4
fine technician.
Miss Millar is virtually a debutante.
Virglnian by birth, she is pupil Of Mar
| celia Sembrich, which augurs well for ~
training. She has been signed for six con
| certs with the Boston. The orchestra n
| turns to this city with an only slightly
changed personnel. having lost by dssth
| Peter Sadony, for the last ten years frx
bassoonist Of the organization. His plao
will be filled by some one from abroad
NEW BOSTON SINGERS.
Singers whose appearance in Phiiadsl-
| phia will be a novelty are promised iy
the Boston National Grand Opera Com
| tan In November. An important one y
Vicente Ballester, youthful Spanish bari
| tone. native OF Valencia, and studeH
| at Barcelona, Paris and Milan.
Just what other new artists are comil
the management doesn't say but II dos
forecast production of Iris" OF rost|
/ note. Scenery, costumes and propertIu
were made In Japan after models fro1
the places depicted in the Mascagni opefA
The final scene," lyriclzes the press agent
| rs veritable masterpiece OF spectacuar
| gorgeousness," which has q truly Hamine'-
steinlan air about IT, Tamaki Miura, tM
| Nipponese prima donna; Luisa Viilani ~
| sterling Zenatello, Baklanoff and ofhe5
who helped to make the Boston's last se1
son here so fruitful Of interest are stil "a
the company. We hope the loud trumpt
blasts about the presentation Of Rubin
stain's Demon" were not premature. a
| promise is a promise, Mr.. Rabinoff How
| ever. this is not to impugn, In adyarc&
| the purposes and worth of a company thai
has an abundance Of what is vulgarly cal&
| push" That Is q quality welcome y
| OPERA TO reviewers and the public, too oft1
fed up with stale repertories.
We cannot accuse the New York pn1s.
harmonic, which Ii coming the same we&|
In November, OF lacking the artlstloAl4
| aggressive sense. The Dyorak symphcFV
| and the Roger variations are dlstincly
fresh In local appeal, and the bare -
that Mr.. 6transky will conduct Is news
Altogether II is not going 10 be e9*|
and-dried season. which Is well. ~
desiccation has no place In what IL rap1{
becoming the great civic passion---or o@
OF them--good music brilliantly played.