. Programme . ent from Hamburg to Baden-Baden in 1876. On September 25 heplayed to Mme. Schumann the first and last movements, and twoweeks later the whole symphony. She noted her disappointmentin her diary. To her this symphony was not comparable with theQuintet in F minor, the sextets, the pianoforte quartets. I missthe melodic flight, however intellectual the workmanship may am debating violently whether I should tell him this, but I mustflrst hear the work complete from an orchestra. When she heardthe symphony the next year in Leipsic, it made an oerpoweringiinpression on her, and she


. Programme . ent from Hamburg to Baden-Baden in 1876. On September 25 heplayed to Mme. Schumann the first and last movements, and twoweeks later the whole symphony. She noted her disappointmentin her diary. To her this symphony was not comparable with theQuintet in F minor, the sextets, the pianoforte quartets. I missthe melodic flight, however intellectual the workmanship may am debating violently whether I should tell him this, but I mustflrst hear the work complete from an orchestra. When she heardthe symphony the next year in Leipsic, it made an oerpoweringiinpression on her, and she was pleased that Brahms had uncon-sciously changed the character of the Adagio to suit her wishes. Max Bruch in 1870wished to produce the symphony, but therewas only one movement at that time. When the work was com-pleted Brahms wished to hear it before he took it to Vienna. Hethought of Otto Dessoff, then conductor at Carlsruhe, and wrote tohim. For some reason or other, Dessoflf did not understand the drift. SUITE209-210 420 BOVLSTON STREET THE MAKANNA SHOP TAKESPLEASURE IN PRESENTING TOYOU THEIR NJEW LINE OF HAND-MADE CREPE-DE-CHINE ANDGEORGETTE DRESSES, BLOUSESAND A SPECIALTY. 420 BOYLSTON STREET. BOSTON CAKOLlWt o. MiMmery hade Many of her Exclusive Models have now reachedthe Department $ , . AND . $ NO TWO ALIKE IN FORM OR COLOR480 BOYLSTON STREET (BLOCK OF BRUNSWICK HOTEL) 594 BOSTON of Brahmss letter, and Brahms was impatient. Offers to producethe symphony had come from conductors in Mannheim, Munich,and Vienna; but, as Brahms wrote again to Dessoff, he preferred tohear the thing for the first time in the little city that has a goodfriend, a good conductol* and a good orchestra. The symphony was produced at Carlsruhe by the grand dukesorchestra on November 4, 1876. Dessoff conducted. There was aperformance a few daj^s later at Mannheim where Brahms con-ducted. Many musicians journeyed to hear the symphony. Sim-rock came in answer to this let


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