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1907-08 Scrapbook, Aug 21, 1907 - May 25, 1908
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Record Group
- Communications/Public Relations
Series
- Press Clippings
Folder Title
- 1907-08 Scrapbook
Dates
- Aug 21, 1907 - May 25, 1908
Subjects
- Bach Choir
- Catholic Oratorio Society
- Conductor Profiles
- Critics
- Death of Edward MacDowell
- Grieg: Peer Gynt
- Hofmann: Piano Concerto No. 3
- Mahler
- Metropolitan Opera House
- Metzl: The Sunken Bell
- Opera
- Orchestra Member Profile
- Philharmonic Comparisons
- Press Clippings, 1907-08
- Rimsky-Korsakoff: Fete de Paques
- Rubinstein: Ocean
- Russian Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists Show Top 4
Names
- Arnold, Richard
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Carreño, Teresa
- Damrosch, Walter
- Dethier, Edouard
- Goodson, Katherine
- Grieg, Edvard
- Gérardy, Jean
- Hofmann, Josef
- Kirkby-Lunn, Louise
- Kreisler, Fritz
- Kubelík, Rafael
- MacDowell, Edward
- Mahler, Gustav
- Paderewski, Ignace Jan
- Safonoff, Wassily
- Schelling, Ernest
- Schmitt, Henry P. Show Top 4
Abstract
- Gustav Mahler is named conductor of the Metropolitan Opera House
- Soloists announced for the coming season
- The program for the Philharmonic Society's opening two concerts was changed to include Grieg's "Peer Gynt" in memory of the late composer, who died the previous summer
- Safonoff and several musicians arrive from Bremen on the Kronprinz Wilhelm steamship
- Fritz Kreisler brings fiddle valued at \$15,000; has his hands insured for \$50,000
- Philharmonic celebrates 66th season
- Richard Arnold, concertmaster, is forced to miss the opening concerts of the season after suffering a bad fall, which resulted in a broken rib. Henry Schmitt replaces him as concertmaster
- Philharmonic performs Anton Rubinstein's "Ocean"
- Edouard Dethier is well received by New York audience
- Bach Choir of Montclair, N.J. sings with the Philharmonic Orchestra on Berlioz's "The Flight into Egypt" and Scriabin's "First Symphony in E major"
- Profile of orchestra members
- Various approval for Fritz Kreisler
- Criticism of music critics
- New York Times: "Concerning the Effect of the Conductor's Tempo on the Performance"
- Teresa Carreño is engaged as soloist for an all-Tchaikovsky program
- Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Fete de Paques" is performed in New York for the first time
- MacDowell, Edward Obituary
- Macdowell, Edward Memorial Concert
- "The Sunken Bell" by Vladimir Metzl, former pupil of Safonoff, is performed by the Philharmonic for the first time
- Catholic Oratorio Society performs H.J. Stewart's "The Nativity" at Carnegie Hall
- World premiere of Josef Hofmann's "Piano Concerto No.3," the first public performance of any large work by Josef Hofmann
- Comparisons between the New York and Boston Philharmonics
- Final program of the regular season is split between Beethoven and Wagner
- Two extra programs are added by the Philharmonic, with one of the programs dedicated to Tchaikovsky
- Confirmation that Wassily Safonoff will return to conduct the Philharmonic in the 1908-09 season
Project Funder
- Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
1907-08 Scrapbook, 21 Aug 1907 - 25 May 1908, Folder 555-002-01, Communications/Public Relations Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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