Word: schuman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Schuman: Symphony for Strings (Concert Hall String Symphony, Edgar Schenkman conducting; Concert Hall Society, 4 sides). This is Manhattan's William Schuman, not to be confused with Clara's Robert. His fifth symphony, it adds little in ideas or execution to what he had to say in the other four. Performance: good...
...thought this all up, Adolph P. Schuman, 38, president of Lilli Ann Co., the junket seemed well worthwhile. As president of the Manufacturers' and Wholesalers' Association of San Francisco, he got other members to chip in, persuaded the city to contribute $5,000 towards a total expense of some $65,000. What the group hoped to do, Schuman said, was to combine French ideas on fabrics, ornamentation and accessories with U.S. manufacturing techniques...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Schuman's American Festival Overture; McDonald's Santa Fe Trail; Walton's Façade suites; Chabrier's España. Conductor: Izler Solomon...
...closing feature of the three day symposium of music criticism, Martha Graham and her dance company staged two ballets, "Dark Meadow," with music by Carlos Chavez, and "Night Journey," with music by William Schuman, Saturday evening at the Cambridge High and Latin School. Both works were commissioned for Miss Graham, who was the author of their choreography, by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress. "Dark Meadow" had been presented before, but Saturday night's audience was the first to witness "Night Journey...
...discussing a new ballet must limit his comments mainly to its musical aspect. The subject of "Night Journey" is the Jocasta of the Oedipus legend foreseeing her destiny. It is a theme of dark and unrelieved tragedy, and its prevalent emotional atmosphere is reproduced with general conviction on Mr. Schuman's score. The score is expertly wrought in the treatment of its musical ideas, and in the atmospheric contribution of its scoring and instrumental hues. It gives a sense of portentousness, while it seemed at times rather less revealing of the full scope of the emotions of the protagonist...