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...concert to works from Mozart to Hindemith will be played tonight at the Longy School by members of the faculty. The long and exceptionally interesting program includes a Sonata for twelve hands by Hindemith, Intermezzi Ohue Ende in E-Flat major and C-major and the Dusseldorf Rhapsody in B-minor by Brahms, Schumann's A-minor Piccolo Sonata, and the Trombone Sonata in D-major by Mozart...
...Schumann Sonata, a rarely heard work, represents the very small part of his music which was written in a classical form. Schumann gave titles to the majority of his works, and thought that others would be more attractive without titles. Indeed, to Schumann, the "mood effects" were everything...
...Longy School open house concert tonight is made up of four small chamber works--Violin and Viola Duos by Mozart; Konzert in G dur by Heinichen for oboe, two violins, violoncello, and harpsichord; a Handel sonata for oboe and harpsichord, and a Harpsichord Solo by Bach. Concerts like this typify the contemporary tendency to play harpsichord music on the harpsichord rather than on the more common piano. This tendency is an interesting result of the musicological development which has led to the revival in modern times of so much old music and several old instruments...
...much more traditional program will be given tonight at the Longy School by Miss Huminston, contralto, who will sing works of Brahms, Purcell, and Vaughn-Williams. The accompanist, Mr. Heiber, will play the Beethoven Sonata in C major...
...around band in the country. And at a great many things, it shades Dorsey. I can remember very few times when I got as big a kick from just the way a band played its music as I did from such things as Lunceford's rendition of the Beethovan Sonata Pathetique. The band puts on a terrific show, plays an easy bounce style of dance music, and has excellent soloists. Jimmy Young (trombone) ranks in the top three. Paul Webster (trumpet) is recognized as the highest in the business. Willie Smith and Joe Thomas can play sax for anybody...