Word: concerting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Jazz music is descending into the final pit of banality by becoming serious. The other evening Paul Whiteman with his Palais Royal band treated Manhattan to a formal jazz recital in a concert hall. It was billed solemnly as a recital of the true and indigenous American music, from which all native American music presumably is to spring. As press-agentry it was too good not to have had some such motive among its unmentioned purposes. However, Whiteman made a speech which rang straight from his heart. He mourned and denounced the contempt with which jazz is held...
Three Conductors. The Symphony Orchestra put three conductors on display in a single concert. The regular director, Mr. Stock, began the program, giving place for the central items to Mr. Eric DeLamarter. Mr. Carl Busch conducted his own Indian Rhapsody...
Professor Hill has, however, written a "Jazz Study for Two Pianos" which has been played considerably on the concert stage in the past year...
...Today's concert is a feature of the Music 4 program, which aims at an analytical study of symphonic masterpieces from the point of view of the listener...
...concert is open to members of the University free of charge, and seats will be reserved for students on the main floor of the hall until the program begins. The public is admitted to the balcony, but the purchase of tickets is necessary...