Word: beethovens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this series will be devoted to Journalism and will feature three Nieman follows, Hodding Carter, Stephen Fitzpatrick, and William P. Vegol. 8:30 Light Theatre Music 8:45 Reading of his own poetry by Dr. Howard Baker 9:15 Jazz-Lab: Louis Armstrong 9:45 Masters of Music: Beethoven 10:45 CRIMSON News, Sports results, interview...
...Stabat Mater," presented with the Simmons College Glee Club and with Janie Steinseld '43, alto, and Hedwig Miehle '41, soprano, as soloists; Bach's "Wir Glauben all' an einem Gott" arranged and conducted by Ellis Kohs 1G; the Purcell Dance Suite with solo flute, Gabriel Jackson '42; and Beethoven's Overture to Prometheus comprise the program...
...there is one generalization which can safely be drawn concerning music today it is that this is a primarily symphonic age. All over the country people flock to concert-halls to hear the modern orchestra, like some gigantic cocktail-shaker, dish up a little Beethoven, Wagner, and Rimsky-Korsakov...
...with one ear glued to a radio that blares. Even the programs of symphonic concerts, in their limitations, echo this love for the loud and violent. They are filled with music of an aggressive character, with strong rhythms and climaxes. Such a piece of music is the Beethoven Fifth Symphony. Its short, ruthless opening theme collars the attention of the listener at once, and holds him throughout the movement in a bull-dog grip...
...reward of this extra concentration is well worth the effort. For in training oneself to appreciate these smaller forms, not an insuperable task by any means, one will become acquainted with the greatest music of Schubert and Haydn, and much of the greatest of Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven...