Programme . picturesthe tragedy of human life. He sees in the Andante a waste and ruinedfield, as the Campagna near Rome. He notes the appearance of apassage from Brahmss song Auf dem Kirchhofe with the wordsIch war an manch vergessnem Grab gewesen. To him the Scherzois the Carnival at Milan. While Speidel saw in the Finale the burialof a soldier, Kalbeck is reminded by the music of the passage in Soph-ocless CEdipus Coloneus: Not to have been born at all is superiorto every view of the question; and this when one may have seen thelight, to return thence whence he came as quickly as possible,
Programme . picturesthe tragedy of human life. He sees in the Andante a waste and ruinedfield, as the Campagna near Rome. He notes the appearance of apassage from Brahmss song Auf dem Kirchhofe with the wordsIch war an manch vergessnem Grab gewesen. To him the Scherzois the Carnival at Milan. While Speidel saw in the Finale the burialof a soldier, Kalbeck is reminded by the music of the passage in Soph-ocless CEdipus Coloneus: Not to have been born at all is superiorto every view of the question; and this when one may have seen thelight, to return thence whence he came as quickly as possible, is far the next best. ** * The symphony was published in 1886. It is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, one double-bassoon, four horns, * Brahms attended the production of Johann Strausss operetta, Die Gottin der Vernunft, March 13,but was obliged to leave after the second act, and he attended a rehearsal of the Raeger-Soldat Quartet lessthan a fortnight before his death.—Ed. .. Costume^ Coats and Waists DANCING DRESSES A SPECIALTY717 BOYLSTON STREET TELEPHONE. 5818 138 two trumpets, three trombones, a set of three kettledrums, triangle,and strings. The tonality of this symphony has occasioned remark. Dr. HugoRiemann suggests that Brahms chose the key of E minor on accountof its pale, wan character, to express the deepest melancholy. Eminor is the tonality of the fall of the year: it reminds one of the per-ishableness of all green and blooming things, which the two sistertonalities, G major and E major, are capable of expressing so truthfullyto life. Composers of symphonies have, as a rule, avoided E minoras the chief tonality. There is a symphony by Haydn, the Trauer-symphonie (composed in 1772), and, in marked contrast with Rie-manns view, Raffs ninth symphony, In Summer (composed in1878), is in E minor. One of Bachs greatest organ preludes andfugues, Beethovens Sonata, Op. 90, and one of the quartets of his are in this tonality,
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