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...first important period in American opera, the '30s-a decade that also saw Louis Gruenberg's The Emperor Jones and Howard Hanson's Merry Mount. Other composers who have tried their hand at native grand opera include William Schuman, Aaron Copland, Douglas Moore, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions and the prolific Gian Carlo Menotti. But few of their works are frequently heard. The American national opera remains an elusive ideal, and even Porgy, for all its popularity, does not quite qualify...
...Council's liaison to the Beat's booking agent was James Barber, music director of WHRB Barber said that by the time the Council was ready to put in a bid for the group, it was already scheduled to play five other nights directly before and after the date requested...
...approval with a 243-to-102 vote. "This is not a perfect bill," declared weary Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr. "But we are not a perfect body. It is not the last word, but it is the best we can do at this time." Said Republican Barber Conable, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee: "It may not be a work of art, but it is artful work...
...Russell Barber, director of the ICA, said he will leave Harvard this year to pursue a teaching career. He added, "It's better to cut the risk in the short run rather than to see what happens in the long...
...Barber added that his planned departure created other administrative problems for the ICA, another factor in the decision to end its work...