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When U.S. composers set out to exploit uniquely native material, they all too frequently lose sight of the folk for the folksiness. Pulitzer Prizewinner Douglas Moore, 62, a Columbia professor, has been a notable exception. At least one of his previous operas, The Devil and Daniel Webster, achieved an easy lyrical style which has kept it alive in repertory as an authentic domestic classic. For his fourth opera, premiered last week at the legend-laden Opera House in Central City, Colo., Composer Moore once again mined some rich native lore: the story of Colorado Silver Millionaire Horace Austin Warner...
...refute the gibe, in fact rather proudly points to some of his own drudgery; e.g., he meticulously checked numberless musical scores rather than reprint other men's findings, with the "minor" result that he explains and translates "probably a greater number of musical directions than that in any previous publication...
...these factors are important, and they all underscore the basic point that Cambridge professional drama has under-gone a fundamental reorientation from previous years. In 1951, at the peak of the Brattle's success, one New York producer said, "There are two kinds of people in the theater today: those who like Mike Todd and those who like the Brattle." At long last, however, the plans for the Festival seem to indicate that the men formerly associated with the Brattle have discovered that maybe they can at least learn something from such men as Todd...
There was one big difference between the Shakespeare Festival last summer and the previous regular, year-round production. This was the community response. Whereas the regular Theater group had depended largely on the Harvard community for its audience, the Festival depended on the entire Boston area. The producers even placed one ad in the New York Times because, as they explained, "Many people around here don't read the Boston papers." The response was overwhelming, proving decisively that "people don't necessarily want to see Desert Song in the summer...
...more or less by the same people as The Harvard CRIMSON. But, like the Holy Roman Empire, it is neither The Harvard CRIMSON nor holy, which means that we welcome whatever talents you may have in the newspaper line. Reporters, reviewers, photographers, advertising men, and cartoonists are all welcome. Previous experience is not necessary or even important--we like our staff unfettered by previous misconceptions...