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Walter H. Piston '24, Walter W. Naumberg Professor of Music, received a commission last week to write a major orchestral work to be used to mark the 100th anniversary of the University's of Minnesota...
Minnesota President J. L. Morrill made the announcement of Piston's acceptance of the commission...
...Piston has agreed to complete the work by January, 1951, in time for performance during the university's centennial year, Morrill said...
...work, to be composed for full orchestra, will be given its world premiere in the university's Northrop Memorial Auditorium by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, whose conductor, Antal Dorati, was instrumental in interesting Piston in the commission...
...much as a diesel engine 13 times as heavy. The turbine needs no cooling system, runs at full power without any warming up, and operates on either gasoline, kerosene, light or heavy fuel oil or bottled gas. But its fuel consumption is still much higher than that of piston engines. Boeing has road-tested the truck for 200 miles, will spend the next few months hauling heavy freight in further tests. This summer, the company will put the same kind of engine in a small boat...