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...years, but faints away on the cold floor of the stacks when he finds no English composers except a little Vaughan Williams and Holst; none of the Italian, Malipiero; no scores of the Hungarians, Bela Bartok and Kodaly; no modern German or Austrian except Schoenberg; some Russians, but no Prokofleff. The final shock comes when he finds modern America represented solely by MacDowell and Foote. Upon regaining his senses, the poor student borrows what he can from the private collection of his tutor, the pages of whose music are already falling apart from being loaned too often...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC IN THE AIR | 3/22/1935 | See Source »

Beethoven Music to Geethe's "Egmont." Soprano: O. Averino Reader: R. Hale Randall Thompson Symphony No. 2 in E Minor Prokofleff Incantation for Tenor, Chorus, and Orchestra Soloist: C. Stratton Lambert Rio Grande Borodin Polovetzkian Dances from "Prince Igor...

Author: By H. W., | Title: The Music Box | 4/14/1934 | See Source »

...reaching possibilities of the moving picture field. These are gradually coming to light and as a result the movies are becoming increasingly interesting and entertaining. The announcement that Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will make a sound recording of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" and Prokofleff's "Pas d'Acier" is another indication that the moving picture is slowly coming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS | 4/7/1931 | See Source »

...program of tonight's concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which Serge Koussevitsky will lead in Sanders Theatre this evening is as follows: Prokofleff Classic Symphony Op. 25 Solo Concerto for violincello and orchestra Schumann Symphony in B-flat major...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symphony in Concert Tonight | 2/10/1927 | See Source »

...ballet suite, "Chout", follows, and comprises four parts: (a) Danse des filles des buffons, (b) Dans la chambre a coucher du marchand, (c) La jeune femme est devenue chevre, and (d) Danse finale. Prokofleff wrote the ballet in 1915, but it was not produced until 1921. The music is quite colorful throughout, and might even be characterized as rowdy in spots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KOUSSEVITSKY TO LEAD FIRST SANDERS CONCERT | 10/14/1926 | See Source »

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