Word: leos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Catholic Club yesterday elected Leo V. Zavatone '56 of Dudley Hall and Quincy, as president...
...During the whole romantic and impressionist era, only a handful of composers bothered to write for the organ, and what they wrote was largely insignificant. But in recent decades, the pope of the musical world has begun a major comeback. Modern U.S. composers * Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, Quincy Porter, Leo Sowerby-have written dozens of organ pieces, and U.S. audiences have found a new interest in long-lost chords. Leader of the organ revival is E. (for Edward) Power Biggs, 48, the U.S.'s most noted organist, who plays weekly (Sunday mornings) CBS radio programs. His Columbia LP recordings...
...sort of compromise program: Handel, because after all he's buried here, Bach, then Daquin and Soler [both 18th century] for the traditionalists, Hindemith, Jehan Alain, a young French composer who was killed in World War II, finishing up with the Rondo from the Symphony in G by Leo Sowerby. Something for everyone, in fact." But not everyone in his audience approved. Playing with precise tranquillity, Biggs went through the program without ever playing full organ. The British, despite their reputation for restraint, like their organ music romantic and thunderous; Biggsie's classical auster-ty caused some shifting...
...winning the Winthrop Sargent competition, Henry Steele Commager, Jr. '54 will receive $150. Commager's essay was on "The Imagery in Antony and Cleopatra." Honorable mention went to Leo F. McNamara...
playing at the Dedham, Country Club, the Crimson's number one man, Ted Cooney, whipped B.U.'s Leo Mullin 5 and 4, and carded a 69 in his match. Sophomore Bill McAllister, won 4 and 3, shooting...