1903-04 Scrapbook, Sep 1, 1903 - Apr 23, 1904

- Press clippings 1903-04 Season - Richard Strauss debut in America - Conductors from Europe come to America to conduct the Philharmonic - Richard Strauss conducts his own Love Scene from "Feuersnot" and "Death and Transfiguration" - Richard Strauss conducts Mozart's "Jupiter Symphony" - Wassily Safonoff conducts Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony - Jacques Thibaud plays Lalo Violin Concerto No. 1 - Negative criticism of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and prediction that his music will not survive - Edouard Colonne conducts a rare performance of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - Warm response to conductor Edouard Colonne - American debut and great praise of pianist Alfred Reisenauer playing Liszt - Felix Weingartner conducts Beethoven's Seventh Symphony - Philharmonic debut of composer/conductor Felix Weingartner - Season of star foreign conductors 1903-1904 - Article on the dearth of good players in symphony orchestras countrywide, blames unions - David Bispham sings songs of Richard Strauss - Weingartner on conducting - Extra concert with conductor Felix Weingartner and pianist Alfred Reisenauer - Bravos for conductor Felix Weingartner - Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with pianist Alfred Reisenauer and conductor Felix Weingartner - Great praise for pianist Alfred Reisenauer - Return of violinist Maud Powell - Admission of women to union membership - Negative critique of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 - Praise for conductor Edouard Colonne - Royalties paid to heirs of Richard Wagner from performances of his music in France