FOOTNOTES:[25]The only published work devoted specifically to this subject is O. G. Sonneck's 'Early Concert Life in America,' which seems to have exhausted all available sources of information. We have used it freely as our authority for the facts on early American concerts set forth in this and the preceding chapters.[26]The Concert Hall was probably built in 1754, though the exact date of its erection is unknown. It was torn down in 1869 to allow the widening of Hanover Street.[27]Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.[28]Samuel Felsted. Practically nothing is known about his life. His oratorio, 'Jonah,' was published in London in 1775.[29]ByMartini il Tedesco(1741-1816), whose real name was Paul Ægidius Schwartzenburg. His opera, 'Henri IV,' was produced in 1774.[30]In Mr. Sonneck's opinion the 'Ode on Masonry' was unquestionably composed by Tuckey.[31]Bremner was a relative of the Scottish music publisher, composer, and editor, Robert Bremner. He came to Philadelphia in 1763, conducted a music school, was for a time organist of Christ Church, and was the teacher of Francis Hopkinson.[32]Thomas Alexander Erskine, sixth earl of Kelly (1732-81), pupil of Stamitz and an amateur composer and violinist of some celebrity in his day. He wrote a number of minuets, overtures and symphonies, the most popular of which was an overture called 'The Maid of the Mill' (1765).[33]So spelled after 1790.[34]The appearance of a Mozart symphony on a program of 1797 is distinctly noteworthy. Hippeau inBerlioz et son tempsquotes from theJournal des Débatsof 1801 to the effect that the best orchestra in France, after ten rehearsals, found a symphony of Mozart beyond its power, setting a precedent for the orchestra of the Vienna Opera House, which succumbed to the difficulties ofTristan und Isoldeafter forty-seven rehearsals—if we remember rightly.
FOOTNOTES:[25]The only published work devoted specifically to this subject is O. G. Sonneck's 'Early Concert Life in America,' which seems to have exhausted all available sources of information. We have used it freely as our authority for the facts on early American concerts set forth in this and the preceding chapters.[26]The Concert Hall was probably built in 1754, though the exact date of its erection is unknown. It was torn down in 1869 to allow the widening of Hanover Street.[27]Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.[28]Samuel Felsted. Practically nothing is known about his life. His oratorio, 'Jonah,' was published in London in 1775.[29]ByMartini il Tedesco(1741-1816), whose real name was Paul Ægidius Schwartzenburg. His opera, 'Henri IV,' was produced in 1774.[30]In Mr. Sonneck's opinion the 'Ode on Masonry' was unquestionably composed by Tuckey.[31]Bremner was a relative of the Scottish music publisher, composer, and editor, Robert Bremner. He came to Philadelphia in 1763, conducted a music school, was for a time organist of Christ Church, and was the teacher of Francis Hopkinson.[32]Thomas Alexander Erskine, sixth earl of Kelly (1732-81), pupil of Stamitz and an amateur composer and violinist of some celebrity in his day. He wrote a number of minuets, overtures and symphonies, the most popular of which was an overture called 'The Maid of the Mill' (1765).[33]So spelled after 1790.[34]The appearance of a Mozart symphony on a program of 1797 is distinctly noteworthy. Hippeau inBerlioz et son tempsquotes from theJournal des Débatsof 1801 to the effect that the best orchestra in France, after ten rehearsals, found a symphony of Mozart beyond its power, setting a precedent for the orchestra of the Vienna Opera House, which succumbed to the difficulties ofTristan und Isoldeafter forty-seven rehearsals—if we remember rightly.
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[25]The only published work devoted specifically to this subject is O. G. Sonneck's 'Early Concert Life in America,' which seems to have exhausted all available sources of information. We have used it freely as our authority for the facts on early American concerts set forth in this and the preceding chapters.
[25]The only published work devoted specifically to this subject is O. G. Sonneck's 'Early Concert Life in America,' which seems to have exhausted all available sources of information. We have used it freely as our authority for the facts on early American concerts set forth in this and the preceding chapters.
[26]The Concert Hall was probably built in 1754, though the exact date of its erection is unknown. It was torn down in 1869 to allow the widening of Hanover Street.
[26]The Concert Hall was probably built in 1754, though the exact date of its erection is unknown. It was torn down in 1869 to allow the widening of Hanover Street.
[27]Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.
[27]Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.
[28]Samuel Felsted. Practically nothing is known about his life. His oratorio, 'Jonah,' was published in London in 1775.
[28]Samuel Felsted. Practically nothing is known about his life. His oratorio, 'Jonah,' was published in London in 1775.
[29]ByMartini il Tedesco(1741-1816), whose real name was Paul Ægidius Schwartzenburg. His opera, 'Henri IV,' was produced in 1774.
[29]ByMartini il Tedesco(1741-1816), whose real name was Paul Ægidius Schwartzenburg. His opera, 'Henri IV,' was produced in 1774.
[30]In Mr. Sonneck's opinion the 'Ode on Masonry' was unquestionably composed by Tuckey.
[30]In Mr. Sonneck's opinion the 'Ode on Masonry' was unquestionably composed by Tuckey.
[31]Bremner was a relative of the Scottish music publisher, composer, and editor, Robert Bremner. He came to Philadelphia in 1763, conducted a music school, was for a time organist of Christ Church, and was the teacher of Francis Hopkinson.
[31]Bremner was a relative of the Scottish music publisher, composer, and editor, Robert Bremner. He came to Philadelphia in 1763, conducted a music school, was for a time organist of Christ Church, and was the teacher of Francis Hopkinson.
[32]Thomas Alexander Erskine, sixth earl of Kelly (1732-81), pupil of Stamitz and an amateur composer and violinist of some celebrity in his day. He wrote a number of minuets, overtures and symphonies, the most popular of which was an overture called 'The Maid of the Mill' (1765).
[32]Thomas Alexander Erskine, sixth earl of Kelly (1732-81), pupil of Stamitz and an amateur composer and violinist of some celebrity in his day. He wrote a number of minuets, overtures and symphonies, the most popular of which was an overture called 'The Maid of the Mill' (1765).
[33]So spelled after 1790.
[33]So spelled after 1790.
[34]The appearance of a Mozart symphony on a program of 1797 is distinctly noteworthy. Hippeau inBerlioz et son tempsquotes from theJournal des Débatsof 1801 to the effect that the best orchestra in France, after ten rehearsals, found a symphony of Mozart beyond its power, setting a precedent for the orchestra of the Vienna Opera House, which succumbed to the difficulties ofTristan und Isoldeafter forty-seven rehearsals—if we remember rightly.
[34]The appearance of a Mozart symphony on a program of 1797 is distinctly noteworthy. Hippeau inBerlioz et son tempsquotes from theJournal des Débatsof 1801 to the effect that the best orchestra in France, after ten rehearsals, found a symphony of Mozart beyond its power, setting a precedent for the orchestra of the Vienna Opera House, which succumbed to the difficulties ofTristan und Isoldeafter forty-seven rehearsals—if we remember rightly.