Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes: Historical, Critical, and Descriptive Comment on Music and Composers

accompaniment adagio allegretto allegro molto allegro vivace andante ballet bass clarinet bass drum bass tuba beautiful Beethoven begins Berlioz Brahms Bruckner cadenza chief theme chords coda composer composition concert conductor crescendo cymbals D major dance death Debussy December dedicated Don Quixote double basses double bassoon English horn episode Faust figure finale flat major four horns full orchestra G major given harp Haydn hear heard introduction kettledrums Leipsic Liszt London March measures melody Mendelssohn ment motive Mozart night oboes opera overture Paris passages passionate performance Philharmonic phony phrase pianissimo piano pianoforte piccolo played poco poem prelude programme published rehearsal rhythm scene scherzo Schubert Schumann score second movement second theme Sibelius solo violin song Strauss strings symphony Tchaikovsky tempo Theater thought three flutes three trombones three trumpets tion tonality triangle trio trombones troppo Variations Vienna violas violoncellos Wagner wind instruments wood-wind instruments wrote