Word: martinu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Each night the students will present two Mozart operas conducted by Joel Lazar '61, Bastien and Bastienne, and Martinu--Comedy on the Bridge. Besides the operas, the festival may include several chamber music recitals, according to Burton A. Melnick '62, director. Melnick also hopes to have a prominent poet visit the House and read some of his works, but he has not yet selected the writer...
Died. Bohuslav Martinu, 68, Czech composer and onetime visiting professor of composition at Princeton, who turned out a flood of operas (The Miracle of Our Lady), symphonies (Fantaisies Symphoniques) and chamber music, saw one of his operas (The Marriage) become a U.S. TV hit; near Basel, Switzerland...
...opening work was the quaint Duet in D Major by Haydn. There followed the Duo for Violin and Violoncello by the contemporary composer Bohuslav Martinu, a work that is full of technical difficulties and cadenza-like passages for the two instruments. The final work was Ravel's splendid Sonata for Violin and Violoncello, which elicted the most enthusiastic response from the audience...
...program, open to the public, will include Haydn's Duet in D Major, Martinu's Duo for Violin and 'Cello, and Ravel's Sonata for Violin and 'Cello...
...composers who have come to America from abroad, Bohuslav Martinu has achieved a large measure of recognition in this country. His Czech origins shine through his music more in his melodies than in his harmonies or forms, which are modern in convention yet somewhat Baroque in spirit. He is a prolific composer, and his many pieces include mediocre works along with decidedly more successful ones. Westminster has just put out a record that illustrated both facets of his talent. The Concerto Grosso is a fine piece of music, with incisive themes and strong rhythmic drive. But its companion...