Word: pistons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fast tax write-off certificate for a big new expansion program. American plans to spend $47 million for 25 Douglas DC-7s (bigger and faster than DC-6s), hopes to start flying them on its routes late next year. The DC-7s, said American, will be the last piston-engine transports it will buy. After them, the airline hopes to get into the jet age (see below...
...Boston premiere of a new symphony by Walter Piston highlighted the pair of concerts given last weekend by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch conducting. The symphony, Mr. Piston's fourth, was commissioned by the University of Minnesota and first performed as part of that school's centennial celebration in the spring...
...know whether a composer always intends that there be a connection between the spirit of the occasion for which a work is commissioned and the spirit of the work itself. In the case of Mr. Piston's latest two symphonies, however, such a connection, seems to be suggested. The third Symphony, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Fund was dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky. That gripping and often somber work won the Pulitzer Prize in the year of its premiere...
...symphony exemplifies Mr. Piston's well-known mastery of the classical forms, a mastery which includes freedom in their manipulation as well as overall adherence to them. The first movement, marked Piaccoole (pleasant), opens with a smooth, easy-going melodic line. Although is the climaxes this melody is transformed into a vigorous and exciting rhythmic force, the movement as a whole has a restrained air about it and fully bears out its unusual appellation...
...classical forms; but the material which comprises it is anything but classical. The main section, written largely in irregular meters, is a wild affair with much brilliant display by the brasses. One of the contrasting sections is a sentimental waltz tune. The movement also includes one of Mr. Piston's rare samples of folk Americana, a country fiddler's tune...