Word: musics
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manuel Manduley '31. This Mexican folk song rendition, which will be incorporated in the flesta scene of the third act, is expected not only to lend additional beauty and realism to the production, but also to supplement the stringed orchestra which the Dramatic Club is assembling from its regular music unit especially for the play...
...talents of both Cordova and Manduley in this direction are well known at Harvard. The former is a native of Porto Rico and, in addition to concerts and solo work, has done extensive research work in the folk music of his country and Mexico. Manduley, whose home is in Havana, is possessed of exceptional ability with the guitar and is cast for one of the leading parts. The duet, which fits well into the theme of the play, should not only round it out pleasingly and naturally, but vie closely for the favor of the audience with the special dance...
...suffered from the aversion that the monotony of unvariated repetition must rouse even in the musician most given to his art, and all the more powerful in the amateur environment of a college orchestra. But the possibility of reviving enthusiasm by appeal to the desire for novelty in music has been rather completely neglected at Harvard until the regime of Mr. Slonimsky. Apparently the example of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with its successful treatment of new selections has inspired the conductor of the Pierian to attempt a similar step...
...artistic merits of the type of music represented by Krenek's opera are sure to be unsettled for a long time; but this very difference of opinion and the debatable questions inspired by it give pungency to every performance of works in the new manner. The old has played to nearly empty houses; the new has at least regained interest...
...Haydn and the Sonata Form", Professor Spalding, Music Building...