Word: stokowskied
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...were spent. But modernists have continued to watch him closely, for even in his "classicism" his rules have been his own. He wrote Les Noces for percussion, pianos and chorus. For Oedipus Rex, his "operaoratorio," the Greek story was adapted by Frenchman Jean Cocteau, then translated into Latin. When Stokowski gave it in Philadelphia the soloists were represented by 15-foot puppets (TIME, April...
...Conductor Leopold Stokowski left for California last week. After all the fracas with the Orchestra board (TIME, Dec. 24, et ante), he promised to return for three months next season as guest conductor...
...Record said: "This year the radio advertisers were chary of dealing with Stokowski. They decided he was too expensive. For a series of nine Friday afternoon concerts in the fall of this year, a broadcasting chain offered $10,000 the concerts to be broadcast purely as sustaining programs since no commercial sponsors could be obtained. Of this sum Stokowski got $5,000 and the orchestra...
...tumult & the shouting which attended Leopold Stokowski's final Youth Concert, Philadelphia last week came near forgetting a dark-haired, 19-year-old girl and the composition she had played by his Symphony Orchestra. Stokowski's youths (aged 13 to 25) had worked themselves into a frenzy over his prospective de parture (see above). They yelled for the conductor and, like young Curtis Bok, they aggressively demanded the orchestra board's resignation...
...midst of the turmoil Stokowski played a Christmas Fantasy by young Ann Wyeth, daughter of Artist Newell Convers Wyeth, famed for his illustrations of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Philadelphia critics usually refrain from appraising the youthful talent which Stokowski presents. Miss Wyeth described her piece as "an expression of my personal reactions to Christmas day in our home : a weaving together of the solemn spirit of Christ's birthday with the festivities of a family holiday...