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James Woods' rendition of the Copland Clarinet Concerto was one of the performances that impressed me most. Though written in 1947, the work is much in the spirit of many compositions composed in the 20's which experimented with assimilating jazz into symphonic writing. Its two movements contrast two features of the jazz clarinet style--the yearning poignancy of its extreme high register and the brashness of its strident declamation. Mr. Woods overcame every difficulty of this work with perfect assurance...
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (Nancy Walker, Louise Carlyle, David Craig; Walden LP). A fetching collection of ten off-beat tunes with lyrics ranging from innocence to sophistication. Only three are by Ira's brother George; the others are by Vernon Duke, Kurt Weill, Aaron Copland, Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz...
...dared the Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe his background, has come through cleaner than a hound's tooth. Two minor clerks in General Eisenhower's office, presumably not so prudent as Mr. Dulles, have been consigned to outer darkness for their past indiscretions. And the music of Aaron Copland, a man who is said to have "a long and questionable record of questionable affiliations," has been stricken from the program of the inaugural concert to be held in Washington this evening...
...cannot question the desire of any government to present a spotless record of honesty and loyalty to those it serves. One may question, however, whether the type of prophylaxis represented by the Copland episode can give us a government that is clean without being sterie. While it will probably make little difference to the boozed-up bigwigs who attend tonight's concert whether they hear the music of Mr. Copland or not, many people in Washington will learn from this episode that the new government does not want anything to do with anything that is "questionable" in any way. Some...
Representative Busbey congratulated the Inaugural Concert Committee for dropping Copland compositions, including "A Lincoln Portrait," from the concert to be held in Constitution Hal, Tuesday...