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...pair then played Mr. Sapp's own Concertino, dedicated to Walter Piston (who supplied the theme of the second movement.) This work, commissioned by Town Hall, has already been played in France and Germany, and last night marked its second local performance. Mr. Sapp, who is now teaching Music 102, uses a jazzy, dissonant idiom which hints at times of Milhaud and Hindemith, but is distinctly his own. Nobody will be whistling any of the tunes, but the work holds together well and indicates real ability. The performance, of course, was authoritative...
...Walter Piston in the Department's most famous man and one of the outstanding American composers. Soft-spoken and slow moving, he teaches with an authority based on vast knowledge and experience...
...Third Symphony of Walter H. Piston '24, Naumberg Professor of Music, will be the featured work in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's annual spring concert on Friday, May 11, Peter H. Judd '53, general manager of the Orchestra, announced yesterday...
...Piston's symphony was chosen after the Boston Symphony decided not to perform it this year because of scheduling difficulties. This will be the first of Piston's works ever performed by the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra...
...earsplitting, nerve-jangling wail. But it may be only "an audible illusion," says General Electric Co. After measuring both with decibel tests, G.E. announced last week that the air-to-ground noise of a jet engine is actually about the same as or even less than that from a piston-driven plane of equal horsepower. A jet just seems louder because it travels faster and its noise strikes the ear more abruptly. Also, said G.E., the shriek of a jet is a comparatively new sound and thus attracts more attention...