Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There'll be couples sprawled on the grass, babies in strollers, pregnant women, and Cambridge dowagers in ancient linen at the second Yard concert at 7 p.m. tonight. The Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society will sing Bach and Randall Thompson...
Previous recipients of the medal include Albert Schwietner (last year); Randall Thompson '20, retiring Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music; Ralph Vaughan-Williams; and Charles Munch. It was first given...
...Randall Thompson '20, Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music, disagreed with the opinion that the jury is conservative. "I think they're very broad-minded and liberal, and certainly without prejudice...
...Thompson also supported the Pulitzer advisory board for rejecting the music jury's recommendation that a special citation be given to Duke Ellington. Although Ellington is an accomplished musician, Thompson said, "the prize was not created for music in that sphere...
...with the Alleluia, probably the best known motet produced in this century. It's sung almost too much, but Friday night, when the Glee Club and Choral Society started it, I thought I could listen to it a hundred times more. Let us hope hat in his retirement, Randall Thompson will write more music that sings and sounds as well as that little piece...