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Aldous Huxley, nephew of the great Darwinian, smart, fashionable, blasé, ice-cold, most devilishly clever of all the devilishly clever young littérateurs who make the waterside, of Chelsea inundate all London with lavender and mauve intellectual meanderings, has written down his opinion of the popular music of today. The essay has been published-in Vanity Fair. It defends the thesis that the evolution of popular music has run parallel, on a lower plane, with the evolution of serious music. Beethoven, ultimately and indirectly, is responsible for all the lan- guishing waltz tunes, all the dramatic jazzings...
...President Lowell's conviction that in a university with good traditions professors will be more ready to rely on the fairness and wisdom of a well-constituted board of trustees than on a board composed of "some of their own number, each affected almost unavoidably by a blas in favor of his particular subject." Boston Transcript...
Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1.March, "Old Berlin," Blon 2. Overture, "Ruy Blas," Mendelssohn 3. Ballet Scenes, "Toreador and Andalouse," Rubinstein 4. Waltz, "Gold and Silver," Lehar 5. Selection, "Traviata," Verdi 6. Gavotte, "Rendezvous," Aletter 7. Aubade Printaniore, Lacombe 8. Rhapsody in F major, Liszt 9. Overture, "Frau Meisterin," Suppe 10. Waltz, "Wine, Woman, and Song," Strauss 11. Selection, "Mlle. Modiste," Herbert 12. March, "King Karl," Uurath
Following is the program for the Pop Concert at Symphony Hall this evening: Wagner Night. 1Tannhauser March Wagner 2 Overture, "Ruy Blas" Mendelssohn 3 Scarf Dance Chaminade 4 Prelude to Act III., "Meistersinger" Wagner 5 March from "Leonore" Symphony Raff 6 Romanza Violin Solo, Mr. Hoffmann. Wagner 7 Perpetuum Mobile from Suite Moszkowski 8 Kaiser March Wagner 9 Prelude to Act I., "Lohengrin" Wagner 10 Waltz, "Tales from Vienna Woods" Strauss 11 Selection, "Dolly Dollars" Herbert 12 Military March Zach
Following is the program for the Pop Concert at Symphony Hall this evening: 1March, "Matschricbe" Borel-Clerc 2 Overture, "Ruy Blas" Mendelssohn 3 Selection, "Babes in Toyland" Herbert 4 Waltz, "General Consul" Reinhart 5 Fantasy, "I Pagliacci" Leoncavallo 6 Gavotte Linke 7 Overture, "Freischutz" Weber 8 Waltz, "Chain of Roses" Strube 9 Overture, "Poet and Peasant" Suppe 10 Selection, "The Earl and the Girl" Caryll 11 Waltz, "Herreinspaciert" Ziehrer 12 March, "Hoch Habsburg" Kral