. Programme. ot stirred astraws length from themselves and their proud madness. Schu-mann, Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt^ the leaders of the revolutionarymusical movement after Beethoven (in which period Schumannhimself hoped for a Messiah and indeed in—Brahms!) have goneover our symphonic composer and not left a trace. Then Wolfdrew a comical but bitter picture of Brahms returning home likea long absent ghost and finding spider webs in the deserted paper all yellow, an inkstand choked with dust, and a rustedpen excite his attention. He sits down and thinks and thinks andthinks in vain. A
. Programme. ot stirred astraws length from themselves and their proud madness. Schu-mann, Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt^ the leaders of the revolutionarymusical movement after Beethoven (in which period Schumannhimself hoped for a Messiah and indeed in—Brahms!) have goneover our symphonic composer and not left a trace. Then Wolfdrew a comical but bitter picture of Brahms returning home likea long absent ghost and finding spider webs in the deserted paper all yellow, an inkstand choked with dust, and a rustedpen excite his attention. He sits down and thinks and thinks andthinks in vain. At last he recalls the good old time, now toothless,wrinkled, shaky, squeaking and chattering like an old woman. Atlast he grasps the pen. What he writes are, on my honor, notes, amass of notes. These notes are now stuffed according to the rulesinto the good old form, and that which comes out of them is—asymphony, The object of music, said Athenseus, is to promote affability andarouse a gentleman-like SYMPHONICHAPvMOKY XX MOMOTOMEBACHRACH MANUFACTURERS FURRIERS RETAILERS RELIABLE FURS RELIABLE INFORMATION RELIABLE PRICES NO MISREPRESENTATIONAS TO VALUES COLD STORAGE 72 Chauncy St., Boston Tel. Beach 48
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