Word: franko
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stingy with praise for his contemporaries, had called it great and noble from first note to last. Said he: "This symphony will live as long as there is a nation that calls itself France." But after Berlioz' death in 1869, his symphony for band was largely neglected. Richard Franko Goldman, son and heir-apparent of famed Bandmaster Edwin Franko Goldman (now 69) had come across it in the scarce diggings of classical band literature, adapted its score for the 56 instruments in the Goldman Band. Said he: "Few, if any, bands today could manage to produce the eight bassoons...
Tonight's selections include works by Aaron Copland, Leroy Robertson, Richard Franko Goldman, Roy Harris, Roger Sessions, Bela Bartok, and Zolton Kodaly. Also featured will be "improvisation," by Walter Piston '24, professor of Music, and Two Etudes by Virgil Thomson...
Milhaud: Suite Franchise (New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Darius Milhaud conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). Light-hearted folk tunes from five French provinces which homesick Exile Milhaud first put together during the war for Edwin Franko Goldman's brass band. Performance: good...
Silver-haired old Edwin Franko Goldman is dean of American bandmasters and a firm believer in himself (as "internationally famous") and in the soothing magic of music. Bandmaster Goldman thought he knew one reason why G.I.s were so unhappy in the Pacific (see ARMY & NAVY) : they didn't hear enough music, and what they did hear was awful. He had made a U.S.O. tour to the Philippines and Japan to lead U.S. Army bands. When he got back, he blew a loud blatt at the War Department...
...John Philip Sousa rest in peace; his marches are not being played in "jive tempo" and his scores are not being touched up with "hot licks and modern dance-hall harmonies." And let Bandmaster Edwin Franko Goldman forget his rage. He was misinformed...