. Programme . nable him tomake his scheme a fact. This man, as aU Boston soon found out, wasMr. Henry L. Higginson. The whole plan was his conception, and,like Colonel Sellers, he was only waiting for a missing ingredient,for an orchestral conductor in whom he should have sufl&cient confidenceto warrant his taking the first practical step. And it was the H. M. Concert of March 3, 1881, that at last brought this missingingredient to his appreciative notice. Miss Lillian Bailey, the admirable young soprano, had recentlyreturned from Europe for a concert tour in this country, bringing


. Programme . nable him tomake his scheme a fact. This man, as aU Boston soon found out, wasMr. Henry L. Higginson. The whole plan was his conception, and,like Colonel Sellers, he was only waiting for a missing ingredient,for an orchestral conductor in whom he should have sufl&cient confidenceto warrant his taking the first practical step. And it was the H. M. Concert of March 3, 1881, that at last brought this missingingredient to his appreciative notice. Miss Lillian Bailey, the admirable young soprano, had recentlyreturned from Europe for a concert tour in this country, bringing in hertrain her London teacher, Mr. Georg Henschel, the baritone, who soonafterwards married her. Both sang at the concert in question, whichbilled a quite unusual array of solo performers; for, beside the twoartists already named singing solos and a duet, Dr. Louis Maas playeda pianoforte concerto of his own. There were only three purely orches-tral numbers on the programme, one of which was Mr. Henschels. G. SCHIRMER, INC, Publishers ofSymphonic Music THREE EAST FORTY-THIRD STREETNEW YORK I VIOLIN MAKERSAND REPAIRERS to the Boston Symphony Orchestra 47 WINTER STREET BOSTON. MASS.


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