Word: yales
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brown Medley," Columbia Medley," and a new medley of Yale songs, "Serenade for the Blue," all arranged by a former bandsman, John Finnegan '47, were played for the first time last fall...
...look for a series of familiar tunes on the records of the new Band record album. They aren't there. Except for 'Wintergreen' and Yale medley, everything is new; the first album handled the ivy-covered schools, leaving Brown, Columbia, and Cornell for the new 6-side product...
There is one major defect in this album: John Finnegan '47 is not so good an arranger as Leroy Anderson '29. This becomes obvious when the "Serenade for the Blue' is compared with the old Yale medley. Unfortunately, most of the new medleys are Finnegan's, which makes for a uniformity of form, cadence, and orchestration that is unfortunate at the least...
...member of the Council for Soviet-American Friendship, Marsalka recently extended an invitation to Dmitri Shostakovich to come to Yale for a "Peace Rally and Concert." Plans collapsed when university officials refused the use of a building for the rally and the State Department denied extension of the composer's visa...
Spokesmen for Yale asserted that the Shostakovich incident "had nothing to do" with the decision not to reappoint Marsalka. Assistant professors get reappointments for three year terms, and those may or may not be renewed. Marsalka was informed over a year ago that his appointment would not be continued after it expired this year...