. Programme . and conductedby Mr. Webb. They could make nothing of the symphony, and itlay on the shelf for one or two years. Then they tried it again,saw something in it, but somehow could not get the swing of it,possibly on account of the syncopations. Before my return fromEurope, in 1854, I think they finally played it. In speaking of it,Mr. Webb said to my father: Yes, it is interesting; but in our nextconcert we play Haydns Surprise Symphony, and that will livelong after this symphony of Schumanns is forgotten. Many yearsafterward I reminded Mr. Webb of this remark, whereupon he said,Will
. Programme . and conductedby Mr. Webb. They could make nothing of the symphony, and itlay on the shelf for one or two years. Then they tried it again,saw something in it, but somehow could not get the swing of it,possibly on account of the syncopations. Before my return fromEurope, in 1854, I think they finally played it. In speaking of it,Mr. Webb said to my father: Yes, it is interesting; but in our nextconcert we play Haydns Surprise Symphony, and that will livelong after this symphony of Schumanns is forgotten. Many yearsafterward I reminded Mr. Webb of this remark, whereupon he said,William, is it possible that I was so foolish? (Memories of aMusical Life, by William Mason. New York, 1901, pp. 40, 41.)Mr. John S. Dwight reviewed the performance in his Journal of Established in 1842 Exclusive models inCoats, Coatees and Capes, etc. The best of Good A rtist CraftsmenPrices moderate 19 ARLINGTON STREET, Next to Arlington Street ChurchOur only place of business ;ets iD4Jii-^ii>::ij 100,. 101 Music, January 22, 1853: We doubt not, very various opinionswere formed of this composition among the audience. To manyits novelty (without superficial brilliancy) and its very richness,fulness, earnestness of meaning made it dull, and would have madeit so, had it been ever so perfectly presented. On the other hand,the initiated, intimate admirers of Schumann (what few there werethere present) were naturally keenly sensitive to every fault of exe-cution, and could scarce contain themselves from crying out aboutthe murder of their hero. ... If parts were blurred and confused;if here and there passages were roughly rendered; if inovementswere unduly hurried or retarded (a matter about which we wouldonly surmise, not knowing the work beforehand) ; if flutes andoboes and violins sometimes returned a thin and feeble answer tothe over-ponderous blasts of the trombones—still an imposing, al-though now and then obscured, outline loomed before us of a grand,consistent, origina
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