Author: Hale, Philip.
Title: Boston Symphony Orchestra Programmes for the 1918-1919 Season. Henri Rabaud and Pierre Monteux, Conductors. With Historical and Descriptive Notes by Philip Hale. (24 Issues Bound in One Volume).
Description: Boston: Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1918-1919. 1918-1919. - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. 24 programs bound together, 22 without the original wraps and 2 with the original wraps, into three-quarter black morocco & marbled boards. The original wrappers for the first and last concerts are bound in. The covers are detached with the leather chipped at the corners. The spine is heavily rubbed and chipped with pieces out. The contents consist of 1,352 consecutively numbered pages. A number of pictorial black-and-white ads are included; however, the 14-19 pages of ads at the end of each program were not bound in. The blank endpapers are soiled and stained. The front endpaper and the first 3-4 pages have minor dampstaining, else the contents are clean and in very good condition.

From the library of New York Times music editor William B. Chase with the shipping label from Symphony Hall mounted on the front pastedown. Chase was the music editor for The New York Sun from 1896-1916 and for The New York Times from 1916-1935.

This volume includes the programs for 24 concerts from October 25, 1918 through May 3, 1919 with historical and descriptive notes throughout by Philip Hale. The volume includes 26 pages of highly useful indexes and summaries at the end. Pierre Monteux was the music director for the first two concerts. Henri Rabaud commenced his stint as music director with the third concert. He remained in this post for only a single season. Among the soloists featured in these concerts were pianists Josef Hofmann, Raoul Laparra, Mischa Levitzki, Olga Samaroff, Alfred Cortot, Harold Bauer and Sergei Rachmaninoff performing his own Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor. Singers included Merle Alcock, Sophie Braslau, Florence Easton, Mabel Garrison, Emilio De Gogorza, Arthur Hackett, Olive Kline and Reinald Werrenrath. Cellists included Joseph Malkin. Violinists who performed as soloists included Fredric Fradkin, Jacques Thibaud and Jascha Heifetz. Heifetz made his first appearance in Boston in 1918. He gave recitals on March 17, 31, and November 3. He appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on January 3rd and 4th, 1919 performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto. The season included the world premiere of Raoul Laparra's "A Basque Sunday, for orchestra and pianoforte". Laparra was the piano soloist in his own work. Fair .

Keywords: BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES FOR THE 1918-1919 SEASON; PHILIP HALE; PIERRE MONTEUX; HENRI RABAUD; BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; PROGRAMS; COMPOSERS; RAOUL LAPARRA; PIANISTS; JOSEF HOFMANN; MISCHA LEVITZKI; OLGA SAMAROFF; ALFRED CORTOT; HAROLD BAUER;

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