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...doggedly goes to the eighteenth century, where again he finds little beyond Bach, Handel, Rameau, Mozart, and Hayden. Having perhaps studied the nineteenth century, our student skips a hundred years, but faints away on the cold floor of the stacks when he finds no English composers except a little Vaughan Williams and Holst; none of the Italian, Malipiero; no scores of the Hungarians, Bela Bartok and Kodaly; no modern German or Austrian except Schoenberg; some Russians, but no Prokofleff. The final shock comes when he finds modern America represented solely by MacDowell and Foote. Upon regaining his senses, the poor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC IN THE AIR | 3/22/1935 | See Source »

...when we are witnessing an unmistakable trend towards cultural autocracy, it is extremely interesting to consider this volume written by Mr. Vaughan Williams, an English composer best known in America for his "London Symphony." In it he propounds the thesis that music is not the "universal language," but is rather a profound expression of a nation's soul...

Author: By R. C. H., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 3/22/1935 | See Source »

Last week Editor Blossom pronounced the experiment a success. In the first month the black seal of an accepted story was broken to admit Borden Chase, a hydraulic engineer. Soon others were unmasked: a Chicago newshawk using the name Kimball Herrick; a Montana professor named Brassil Fitzgerald; Allen Vaughan Elston, previously unknown outside of the pulp magazines. And more than one professional with a front cover name received a rejection slip, unaware that his story had been judged and discarded solely on merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sealed Fiction | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

Under the guidance of Coach Frank Vaughan, intra-mural swimmers will start shortly to polish up their strokes for the first House meets, scheduled for December 11. In addition to swimming a regular schedule of meets, the natators will organize an all-House team to take part in outside engagements and may also swim between the events of Varsity meets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 12/1/1934 | See Source »

London's Carlton and Ritz were represented by Director Reginald Charles Vaughan, who used to be Comptroller of the Refreshment Department of the House of Lords and originated, the idea of improvement classes for waitresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hotels of the World | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

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