Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925Wister, Frances Anne
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Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925
Wister, Frances Anne
Philadelphia Orchestra
PHILIP H. GOEPP, 1909: Philadelphia, March 5-6, conducted his own
Academic March; February 1, 1911, conducted his own Wedding March;
April 2, 1913, conducted his own Wedding March, one number by Wm.
Gerstley and one by H. Pfitzner—all Philadelphia.
SAMUEL GARDNER, 1919: Philadelphia, October 24-25, conducted his own
“New Russia.”
HENRY HADLEY, 1910: Philadelphia, November 25-26, conducted his own
“Culprit Fay”; New York, March 9, 1920, conducted his own overture,
“Othello.”
VICTOR HERBERT, 1912: Philadelphia, February 16-17, conducted the
prelude to Act III of his own “Natoma.”
HENRY ALBERT LANG, 1911: Philadelphia, March 1, conducted his own
Fantastic Dances (Popular Concert); Philadelphia, April 2, 1913,
conducted his “Fantasies of a Poet” (Manuscript Music Society Concert).
WASSILI LEPS, 1908: Philadelphia, February 21-22, conducted entire
Programme on account Pohlig’s injuries from railroad accident; also
Philadelphia, March 13-14, 1908, and March 5-6, 1909, conducted his own
“In the Garden of the Gods”; Philadelphia, February 15, 1911 (Popular
Concert), conducted Clarence Bawden’s “Ballade” for Piano; Wilmington,
February 5, 1912, conducted entire Wagner programme; Philadelphia,
April 2, 1913 (Manuscript Music Society Concert), conducted his own
aria for soprano and orchestra, “Nirvana.”
WILLEM MENGELBERG, 1921: Philadelphia, March 18-19, conducted entire
programme.
DARIUS MILHAUD, 1923: Philadelphia, January 26-27, conducted entire
programme.
OTTO MUELLER, 1913: Philadelphia, April 2, conducted his own Symphonic
poem “Atlantis,” at Manuscript Music Society Concert.
HORATIO PARKER, 1911: Philadelphia, March 29, conducted his own aria
“Crépuscule,” at National Federation of Musical Clubs Concert.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF, 1909: Philadelphia, November 26-27, conducted his
own Symphony in E minor and Moussorgsky’s fantasy, “Une nuit sur le
mont chauve”; also played group piano soli.
HERMAN SANDBY, 1915: Philadelphia, February 19-20, conducted his own
orchestral suite, “The Woman and the Fiddler.”
CYRIL SCOTT, 1920: Philadelphia, November 5-6, conducted his own “Two
Passacaglias for Orchestra.”
FREDERICK STOCK, 1924: Philadelphia, January 18-19-21; Washington,
January 22; Baltimore, January 23, conducted entire programme.
RICHARD STRAUSS, 1904: Philadelphia, March 4-5; Boston, March 7-8;
conducted “Tod und Verklärung,” “Till Eulenspiegel,” also a group of
his own songs; Philadelphia, November 30, 1921; New York, October
31, 1921; November 15, 1921, December 13, 1921, December 27, 1921;
Philadelphia, December 23-24, 1921, conducted entire programme.
IGOR STRAWINSKY, 1925: Philadelphia, January 30-31, conducted entire
programme of own works.
GUSTAV STRUBE, 1915: Philadelphia, December 31-January 1, 1916,
conducted his own “Variations on an Original Theme.”
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