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Eight of the twelve numbers on the programme, Stigelli's "Tear, " which Letsch, the trombonist, sentimentalized so pleasantly, Schumann's ' 'Traumerei, " the overture to ' 'William Tell, " Strauss's ' 'Blue Danube Waltz, " and his polkas "Lob der Frauen" and "Jocus, " Meyerbeer's first "Fackeltanz, " and the Titl "Serenade" for flute and French horn, are now rarely taken from the shelf. There were three numbers, however, which had stay- THEODORE THOMAS, JULIUS FUCHS, ADOLPH \V. DOHN, IN 1875 RE...MINISCENCE AND APPRECIATION 119 ing qualities Mendelssohn's ' 'Midsummer Night's Dream" music, the overture to ' 'Tannhauser, " and the allegretto to Beethoven's Eighth Symphony, the last two belonging to his programme "pillar" work, of which he speaks elsewhere. It was the little reverie of Schumann's, however, with its Matzka romanza, and the Thomas string setting, that proved to be the musical revelation. The "Traumerei" had been played the evening before upon the same stage by a local orchestra under the direction of Hans Balatka.
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