. Programme . erty to the conductors in the choice ofworks to be performed. Major Higginson, as a young man, studied music and formed amusical taste, but he did not allow his own taste to dictate a was unwilhng to impose his taste upon the audiences that in a largemeasure aided his undertaking. He had his likes and his dishkes, butno conductor was hampered by them; no programme voiced them. Hewas behind the orchestra; he did not stand between it and the pubHc. Thus while he was alive he had built for himself a monument: notof marble or bronze to his own glory, but a sonorous, euph


. Programme . erty to the conductors in the choice ofworks to be performed. Major Higginson, as a young man, studied music and formed amusical taste, but he did not allow his own taste to dictate a was unwilhng to impose his taste upon the audiences that in a largemeasure aided his undertaking. He had his likes and his dishkes, butno conductor was hampered by them; no programme voiced them. Hewas behind the orchestra; he did not stand between it and the pubHc. Thus while he was alive he had built for himself a monument: notof marble or bronze to his own glory, but a sonorous, euphonious, elo-quent witness to his love of music, his generosity, his regard for hisfellow-men. Five years ago, at the celebration of his eightieth birth-day, he heard many glowing tributes, for he was prominent in variouswalks of life. Surely no tribute could have been more grateful to himand more significant than this simple statement: He was the founderand the sustainer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. p. SUITE420 BOVLSTON STREET THE MAKANNA SHOP TAKESPLEASURE IN PRESENTING TOYOU THEIR NEW LINE OF HAND-MADE CREPE-DE-CHINE ANDGEORGETTE DRESSES. BLOUSESAND A SPECIALTY. 420 BOYLSTON STREET. BOSTON Many of her Exclusive Models have now reachedthe Department $ , . AND . $ NO TWO ALIKE IN FORM OR COLOR 480 BOYLSTON STREET (BLOCK OF BRUNSWICK HOTEL) BOSTON 366 Unfinished Symphony in B minor Franz Schubert (Born at Lich ten thai, near Vienna, January 31, 1797; died at Vienna,November 19, 1828.) Two brothers, Anselm and Joseph Htittenbrenner, were fond ofSchubert. Their home was in Graz, Styria, but they were living atVienna. Anselm was a musician; Joseph was in a government took Schubert to call on Beethoven, and there is a story thatthe sick man said, You, Anselm, have my mind; but Franz has mysoul. Anselm closed the eyes of Beethoven in death. These brotherswere constant in endeavor to make Schubert known. Anselm wentso far as to pubhsh


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