Word: contests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feels that there are plenty of young conductors around with more talent than they can shake a stick at. Why not test them with a first-rate orchestra? He invited Cologne-born William Steinberg, conductor of both the Pittsburgh Symphony and the London Philharmonic, to help him judge a contest for musicians under 40. The pair screened 90 applicants, "weeded out all the dilettantes,'' ended with a list of 19 competitors from nine countries. Each had to prepare a repertory of twelve classical orchestral works, four works with soloists, any two of a list of four modern works...
...single winner stood out sharply above the others. The winners: India's Zubin Mehta, 22; Detroit-born Haig Yaghjian (pronounced Yog-jun), 33, founder of the semiprofessional Fresno (Calif.) orchestra; Norway's Sverre Bruland, 35. Conductor Steinberg, 58, was disappointed, but not particularly surprised that the contest did not turn up the "fair-haired wonder boy we were looking for." Said he: "Conducting is, in its best sense, conveying experience. How can young men convey experience...
...seniors wonder who will make their graduation famous by receiving honorary degrees at Commencement. With due sense of humility about the embarrassment it may cause to some but with its mission of truth firmly in mind, the CRIMSON takes some pleasure in announcing its Third Annual Name the Honoraries Contest...
Honorary degrees, of course, are awarded according to a system with which any gambling-minded contest entrant should be familiar. There are various categories of achievement which must be recognized at every Harvard Commencement--politics, religion, the arts, education, and what...
First prize in the CRIMSON contest will be $25, and the award for second, as usual, will be a second-hand copy of the Yearbook. All entrants should submit a list of eight names to 14 Plympton St. before June...