. Programme . nds. As aresult everybody grew good-humored. Then the prince demandedthat the whole oratorio should be rehearsed again, so that it wouldgo well at night, and the first work of this kind that Beethovenhad produced might be performed publicly in a manner worthyof the composer. The concert began at six oclock, but it wasso long that certain pieces were not performed. The prices ofadmission were raised. Some were doubled, and the prices of thereserved seats were tripled. The receipts amounted to eighteenhundred gulden. The review of the concert published in the Allgemeine musik-alisc
. Programme . nds. As aresult everybody grew good-humored. Then the prince demandedthat the whole oratorio should be rehearsed again, so that it wouldgo well at night, and the first work of this kind that Beethovenhad produced might be performed publicly in a manner worthyof the composer. The concert began at six oclock, but it wasso long that certain pieces were not performed. The prices ofadmission were raised. Some were doubled, and the prices of thereserved seats were tripled. The receipts amounted to eighteenhundred gulden. The review of the concert published in the Allgemeine musik-alische Zeitung, May 25, 1803, was very short, and no mention was * An interesting account of this prince and his relations with Beethoven is to befound in Beethovens Widmungen, by Dr. Carl Leeder, of Vienna, a series of articlescontributed to Die Musih, Jahrg. III., Heft 12, 13, 19, 23; Jahrg. IV. (904-05), Heft21, 22. Vmncnnmuuiaiiniinmia! iiiaiitiiiiiiiiiDiriitijiimpjiiii][iima>:ini]iiDDimiFininainiiiitiiiin:. jm mcntn a itnn n nnnu n FAN C H ONETTE A SerenadeKathleen Blair Clarke A true serenade of the loveliest kind, this song iswell within the compass of the average voice. Its rareeffectiveness does not depend upon interpretation—itis part of the song itself. Mr. John McCormack has accepted the dedication. 3 East 43d St. • G. SCHIRMER • New York ^^^ ^ ( rmti nc n i i jiiiDiiiimiimEirmiiiinnciiiimiimtimiiimiirciiiiiiimi i [ c [ t n [ 12 made of the symphony. The reviewer gave four lines to the oratorio,and reproached Beethoven for having raised the admission symphony was performed at Leipsic, April 29, 1804, andSpazier characterized it as sl gross monster, a pierced dragonwhich will not die, and even in losing its blood (in the finale), wildwith rage, still deals vain but furious blows with his tail, stiffenedby the last agony. Spazier, who died early in 1805, was describedby his contemporaries as a learned and well-grounded musicianand a man of sound judgme
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