n play it
fortissimo. What's the good of my working two hours with a pupil to
get it down fine when you upset everything by playing it in this
tumultuous way?" To which Mr. MacDowell answered: "Did I mark that
pianissimo? When I got ready to play it I could n't remember whether
it was pianissimo or fortissimo, and I said, 'March Wind,' 'March
Wind,' that must be very loud and roaring; and so I played it
fortissimo."

But however this may be, it can be said of Mr. MacDowell that he has
illustrated his talents as a composer in a wide variety of styles, and
always in a delicate and finished manner. He is, therefore, a composer
to be treated seriously, and to be looked up to as a master, with an
expectation of even more beautiful and satisfactory works still to
follow.

PROGRAM.

I. First Suite. Opus 10.
Praeludium.
Presto.
Andantino and Allegretto.
Intermezzo.
Rhapsodie.
Fugue.
2. Woodland Sketches.
"To a Wild Rose."
"Will o' the Wisp."
"At an Old Trysting Place."
"In Autumn."
"From an Indian Lodge."
"To a Water Lily."
"From 'Uncle Remus'."
"A Deserted Farm."
"By a Meadow Brook."
"Told at Sunset."
3. Two Songs from Opus 33.
"Cradle Hymn."
"Idyll."
4. Selections from Opus 39.
"Romance."
"Arabeske."
"In the Forest."
"Idylle."
"Shadow Dance."
"Witches' Dance." Opus 17, No. 2.
5. Eight Songs. Opus 47.
"The Robin Sings in the Apple-tree."
"Midsummer Lullaby."
"Folk-song."
"Confidence."
"The West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees."
"In the Woods."
"The Sea."
"Through the Meadow."
6. Sonata, "Eroica." Opus 30.

CHAPTER VIII.

ARTHUR FOOTE AND MRS. H. H. A. BEACH.

There is nothing especial in common between the composers here
mentioned that they should be put together in one program, excepting
the fact that they both live in Boston; nor, on the other hand, is
there anything especially contrasting between them. For this reason I
think it better to give the selections of the different composers
separately, leaving the superintendent of the concert to arrange the
program of selections in any order most pleasing to him.

ARTHUR FOOTE.

Arthur Foote