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...George Eastman...
...genius back of it all was Vladimir Rosing, who five years ago was no more than a good tenor. He was returning then to Europe after engagements in the U. S. and in the crossing he met George Eastman, rich kodakman of Rochester, N. Y. There were many hours to spare aboard ship. Mr. Eastman's hobby was music and Tenor Rosing had time to talk of his ideal to produce opera for English-speaking audiences in their own language. Mr. Eastman listened well, tucked it all away in the corner of his mind. That summer Tenor Rosing received...
...Slommsky, the new conductor o the Orchestra, studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory. During the Russian Revolution he went to France where he continued his tudies. There he met Serge Koussevitsky, now conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and through his agency came to this country to teach in the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, New York. At present be is conducting the Boston Chamber Orchestra and accompanying visiting artists on the piano...
...Rochester, last week, the Philharmonic Orchestra, under Dr. Howard Hanson of the Eastman School of Music, submitted to a large audience and a jury of six, four manuscript orchestral works of U. S. composers. Pageant of P. T. Barnum by Douglas Moore and Darker America by William Grant Still (Negro) were chosen for publication...
Putting the Eastman-Cotsworth calendar to use would be best and least confusing in a year when Jan. 1 fell on a Sunday. Such a year will be 1928, too soon for legislatures to act. However, 1935 also begins on Sunday...