Word: yellin
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...first opera by Victor Yellin, '49, is a distinct disappointment considering the fine writing that is so evident in his other works. Prescription for Judy, his short one-act piece presented by the Musical Guild Sunday night, is purportedly an attempt to unite operatic form with the American language and the American scene. This is a fine idea, but the prescription lacks several important ingredients...
...Yellin's music is supposed to approximate normal speech inflections, but it does not even come close. There can be no excuse for accenting the second syllable of "Larry" (this happens at least twice) or for writing crescendo that reach their peak at the most unimportant word of a sentence. Nor does the music ever serve to heighten the dramatic situation. Instead, it is mildly pleasant background music that certainly does not represent Yellin at his best...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra then presented orchestral selections by Robert Moevs 1G, Victor Yellin 2G, and Leland Proctor (special student). I would prefer not to make any critical appraisal of these works until they receive a better performance. It was foolish optimism to suppose that a student orchestra could do Justice to difficult modern music after only two rehearsals. The result was muddled and destructive...
...program included works by John H. Davison 1G, Joel Mandelbaum '53, Yehudi Wyner 1G, Leland H. Proctor (Special Student), Victor Yellin 2G, and Robert W. Moevs...
...corroborated by 11-year-old Sister Mary Catherine who, when twitted by the prosecutor for forgetting certain details, leaned out of the witness chair and yelled: "And you wouldn't remember so good either if you had been as scared as I was that night with Pappy a-yellin' and a-cussin' and Edith a-tryin' to outrun him!" Edith, argued her lawyers, had exercised no more than her "God-given right of self-defense." But that did not impress the mountain jury, which, after less than an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict which...