Word: mengelberg
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...other evening Mr. Mengelberg and the Philharmonic orchestra applied themselves to a laborious task. This was Mahler's Seventh Symphony, which represents hard work for all hands through a full hour and a half. The result of the adventure was to renew the loud chorus of those who dislike Mahler's music. They are many, and their dislike is intense. The criticisms of the work in the morning papers were savage...
...there is a veritable cult of Mahler worship. In Europe Mahler festivals are held, and the composer's music is played everywhere to the accompaniment of extravagant applause. In this country Mr. Mengelberg gives the Mahler symphonies with great enthusiasm, while Mr. Bodansky, with his admirable " Friends of Music " organization, performs the composer's smaller orchestral and choral pieces with devoted artistry. It is difficult to evaluate the Mahler works without many hearings. On first impression, they are bad, shapeless, strident, vulgar, but after listening in boredom for half an hour you get a vague sense...
William Van Hoogstraten was chosen to take the place of Josef Stransky, recently resigned, as conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra, along with William Mengelberg. Both Mr. Mengelberg and Mr. Van Hoogstraten are Hollanders. With his wife, Mme. Elly Ney, pianist, the latter came to New York for the first time last season, when he twice conducted the Philharmonic, with his wife as soloist...