Word: stokowskis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Leopold Stokowski, nearest to the zenith among conductors, will direct only half the Philadelphia Orchestra concerts next season, and thereafter less and less...
...such a school opened its doors -the Curtis Institute of Music, named in honor of Mrs. Bok's mother, consisting of three mansions donated by its founder in Rittenhouse Square. The first year's faculty included Josef Hofmann, piano; Marcella Sembrich, voice; Karl Flesch, violin; Leopold Stokowski, orchestra. By the end of its third year, Curtis Institute had taken its place as one of the leading schools of music in the world. In 1927, Mrs. Bok increased the endowment to a total of $12,500,000, announced the appointment of Mr. Hofmann as director. Students at the Curtis...
...Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Prize offered by the Library of Congress for a composition for piano and wind sextet. Contestants of 33 nationalities had submitted 135 scores. Prizeman Hüttel's work chosen unanimously by five judges (Judges Georges Barrere, Philip Hale, Ernest Henry Schelling, Leopold Stokowski and Chief Carl Engel of the Music Division of the Library of Congress) will be played next October at the Festival of Chamber Music in Washington...
...being "primitive." He is "primitive" no longer, but Les Noces is a perfect example of what used to be meant by that term. Written for percussion instruments, piano, four soloists and a chorus, it was given last week under the enthusiastic baton of Philadelphia Conductor Leopold Anton Stanislaw Stokowski...
...bride is being prepared for her wedding night, her long hair is being combed. On the other one sees the anointing of the groom. Then comes the blessing and departure of the bride, to the lamenting of her parents. Finally the nuptial celebration, described this way by Conductor Stokowski for the League of Composers' program note...