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...books, The Bernal Díaz Chronicles, is the first new English version in 50 years of Díaz' famed history of Cortés' conquest of Mexico. The new translation is so smooth that the story gains as a narrative but lacks something of the awkward dignity with which the proud old soldier must have recalled his years of service under Cortés. The book inevitably evokes Herodotus-another old soldier who lived to remember and tell-as Díaz begins: "I am an old man of 84 and have lost my sight...
...chorus is always important in setting the tone of a performance, and this chorus was spirited and brisk, without being obtrusive. The finale of Act I was a superb rendition of a very difficult scene, which combined dramatic excitement with important plot lines. The Yeomen, led by Robert Cort-right and William Nethercut, should be mentioned for their fine singing. The crowded theatre weekend should not keep lovers of good Gilbert and Sullivan from a brilliant performance...
Scores of musical contests (set up by foundations, wealthy individuals, schools) offer prizes that include cash fees, scholarships, performances, recordings, or expenses for study abroad. One of the classiest contenders in this musical prize ring is Ramiro Cortés. 21. Born in Dallas of Mexican parents, he took up music seriously when the conductor of his high-school choir took an interest in his compositions. His first prize was a Charles Ives scholarship to the Indian Hill Music Workshop, at Stockbridge, Mass., three summers...
After three months with the 45 entries (all sent in anonymously), the judges picked Sinfonia Sacra, by Ramiro Cortés.* Last week, in Manhattan's Carnegie Hall, Conductor Mitropoulos played Cortés' work with the Philharmonic-Symphony. Its first movement (Kyrie) was a slightly stolid development of an oId Mexican tune in slow tempo; its second (Sanctus) was as reedy and antique sounding as a drafty baroque organ; its finale (Dies Irae), driven by busy motoric rhythms, included some fine furious flights of imagination and a paraphrase of an ancient Gregorian Dies Irae...
...Composer Cortés happily collected his prize-including, in addition to the coveted Philharmonic performance, $1,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to New York. Already working out for his next bout, he is writing an orchestral work that he intends to submit for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra award...