BEETHOVEN Slow Movement from Symphony No. 7, in A major THEODORE N. ELY November 3-4, 1916 BEETHOVEN Eroica Symphony Marcia Funèbre HAROLD ELLIS YARNALL April 7-8, 1917 MACDOWELL “Dirge” from Indian Suite Tribute to the memory of our soldiers and sailors who have fallen in the war November 15-16, 1918 BEETHOVEN Eroica Symphony Marche Funèbre THEODORE ROOSEVELT January 17-18, 1919 * * * * * “RESOLUTION PASSED AT MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NOVEMBER 26th, 1919 “WHEREAS, the Directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association note with deep sorrow the death of Major Henry Lee Higginson, “And WHEREAS, they recognize that by his death the cause of good music throughout the country has sustained an irreparable loss, “And WHEREAS, they recognize their own deep debt of gratitude to him for his pioneer work in the said cause of music, “BE IT RESOLVED that they place on record their very real sense of this great loss and their feeling of sympathy in it not only with the members of his family, but with every officer and member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Association. “It is further ordered that the Secretary of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association transmit a copy of this resolution to Mrs. Higginson and to the officers and members of the Boston Symphony Association.” “The Dirge from MacDowell’s ‘Indian Suite’ will be played IN MEMORY of The Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra MAJOR HENRY LEE HIGGINSON November 18, 1834—November 14, 1919” November 28-29, 1919 SCHUBERT Unfinished Symphony, Andante GEORGE W. ELKINS December 5-6, 1919 WAGNER Funeral March from “The Twilight of the Gods” MRS. ALEXANDER J. CASSATT January 23-24, 1920 Resolution passed by the Women’s Committee, January 20th, 1920. MRS. ALEXANDER J. CASSATT “Mrs. Cassatt was associated with the Women’s Committee for the Philadelphia Orchestra, as an Honorary Vice-president, at the time of its organization in 1904; in 1909 she was elected to the Board of Managers, and in 1914 became a Vice-president, which position she held until her death on January 9th, 1920. She was Chairman of the Nominating Committee for many years and conducted its affairs with discretion and ability. She was also Chairman of a Committee, which during the winter of 1912 devoted much time and thought to the revision of the By-laws.