Word: scholas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Worcester (Mass.) Academy, where he got into trouble for writing off-color lyrics; Yale, where he got a B.A. and wrote the Eli football songs Bingo and Bulldog; Harvard, where he took the law dean's advice to switch to music; Paris, where he studied at the Schola Cantorum with Composer Vincent d'Indy; and the playgrounds of the Continent...
Says Headmaster Keep: "It's a great success. The boys are thoroughly serious. They expect to serve in the armed forces." Berkshire's motto is Pro vita, non pro schola discimus ("We learn not for school but for life...
...Festival of Brazilian Music (Victor; 10 sides; $5.50). First big phonographic collection of works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazil's No. i composer and one of the lustiest living. Beautifully recorded by Soprano Elsie Houston, the Schola Cantorum, conducted by Hugh Ross, a scratch orchestra under Burle Marx. Villa-Lobosities: a Bachiana Brasileira for eight cellos attempting to fuse the spirits of Bach and Brazil; a Nonetto for chorus and small orchestra, purporting to describe Brazil's geography...