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...patriots (and a fighting handful of the 40,000 Italian soldiers on the island), two French destroyers brought more guns, strong detachments of French commandomen, 40 tough U.S. Rangers. After seven days of savage fighting, hundreds of Germans lay dead, all the way from southern Bonifacio to northern St. Florent. The Nazis lost the port and capital Ajaccio, began disordered retreat to Bastia. All but won for the Allies was an island which offers: 1) five naval ports; 2) three airports; 3) another springboard for invasion...
...Hitler and Mussolini had agreed on their hatred of modern music. As World War II approached, many of the league's European members wavered between exile and totalitarianism. Spain's famed Manuel de Falla (The Three-Cornered Hat) signed with Dictator Franco. Parisian Composers Arthur Honegger and Florent Schmitt toured Germany as honored guests of the Third Reich. Italian Modernist G. Francesco Malipiero began writing Fascist anthems for Mussolini. Unable to cope with political wanderings, in 1939 the embarrassed league restricted its composer membership to U.S. citizens...
...second work on the program is from the colorful pre-war period. Florent Schmitt's Lied and Scherzo has undergone two transformations since its original conception as a double wind quintet. The composer transcribed it both for piano and violoncello and for piano and horn. It is in the latter arrangement that it will be played tonight with Willem Valkenier of the Boston Symphony as hornist. A quartet composed of Mr. Glazer, Mr. Lauga, Mr. Chardon, and Mr. Schoettle will close the program with the first Boston performance of Paul Hindemith's new Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano...
...remainder of the program consists of "The Tragedy of Salome," by Florent Schmitt, noted modern French composer, and Metropoulos's own arrangement for orchestra of Bach's Fantasia and Fugue in G minor for organ. The former was composed near the turn of the century and was intended to accompany the ballet of the same name. It is generally regarded as Schmitt's best known orchestral work and by incorporating the lurid scenario into the music gives both brilliance and dramatic atmosphere. Unlike many modern orchestrations, it does not attempt realistic methods (as, for example, did the Rivier overture...
...Harvard University Orchestrs, Pierian Sodality of 1808, will give a concert tomorrow in Paine Hall at 8.15 o'clock. The program conducted by Mr. G. W. Woodworth, will consist of music by Bach, Beethoven, deFalls and Florent Schmitte...