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=== Number 2 (January 1944 – February 1944) === | |||
*Page 66: M. Larionov, Sketch of Prokofiev, Diaghilev, and Larionov "At a Rehearsal of the Ballet Russe in Paris during the 'twenties" [image] | |||
*Pages 67-69: Serge Prokofiev, "My Cinderella" | |||
*Pages 70-75: Marcelle de Manziarly, "On Rhythm, Complex and Simple" | |||
*Pages 76-81: Jacques de Menasce, "Berg and Bartok" | |||
*Pages 82-84: William Strickland, "The Army Way Today" | |||
*Pages 85-88: "What Makes a Good War Song? Report from V.O.K.S. on the Moscow Meeting of Composers" | |||
*Pages 89-95: Darius Milhaud, "Through My California Window" | |||
*Pages 96-111: Forecast and Review | |||
**Pages 96-97: Colin McPhee, "Winter Stars and Lesser Lights" | |||
**Pages 98-100: Lou Harrison, "Composers, Singers and Chamber Music" [comments on Britten's ''Seven Sonnets'', Douglas Moore's ''Three Divine Sonnets'', songs by John Edmunds, Miklos Rosza's ''Variations'', Anis Fuleihan's ''Piano Sonata Number Two'', etc.] | |||
**Pages 100-102: Lawrence Morton, "American Symphonists in Los Angeles" [William Schuman's Third, Paul Creston's First, Robert Russell Bennett's ''Four Freedoms'', etc.] | |||
**Pages 102-104: Moses Smith, "Boston Goes All Out on Premieres" [Berezovsky's Fourth Symphony, William Schuman's ''Symphony for Strings'', Howard Hanson's Fourth Symphony, etc.] | |||
**Pages 104-106: Vincent Persichetti, "Philadelphia Takes a Flier" [world premieres of Martinu's ''Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra'', and Hindemith's ''Cupid and Psyche'', etc.] | |||
**Pages 107-108: Cecil Smith, "Breaking Trails in Chicago" | |||
**Pages 108-110: Alfred Frankenstein, "Milhaud's 'Midian' in Orchestral Debut" | |||
**Pages 110-111: Frederick Dorian, "Music Boom in War-Time Pittsburgh" | |||
*Pages 112-113: Scores and Records (remarks by Colin McPhee) [Hindemith's ''Ludus Tonalis'', Piston's ''Passacaglia'' for piano, etc.] | |||
*Pages 113-116: Dancing on Broadway (remarks by S.L.M. Barlow) | |||
*Pages 116-118: On the Hollywood Front (remarks by Lawrence Morton) | |||
*Pages 118-119: In the Theatre (remarks by Paul Bowles) | |||
*Pages 120-121: Over the Air (remarks by Charles Mills) [Schoenberg orchestration of Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, Villa-Lobos's ''Choros Number 1'', etc.] | |||
*Pages 121-123: The Torrid Zone (remarks by "Mercure") | |||
*Pages 124-127: Recent Books | |||
**Pages 124-125: Israel Citkowitz, "And Now, Basic Music" [reviews of ''Models for Beginners in Composition'' by Arnold Schoenberg, published by Schirmer; and ''Traditional Harmony'' by Paul Hindemith, published by Associated Music Publishers] | |||
**Pages 126-127: Donald Fuller, "Biography, Premature or Overdone" [reviews of ''Dmitri Shostakovich, the Life and Background of a Soviet Composer'' by Victor Ilyich Seroff with Nadejda Galli-Shohat, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1943; and ''Charles T. Griffes, the Life of an American Composer'' by Edward M. Maisel, published by A. Knopf in 1943] | |||
*Page 128: Contributors to this Issue | |||
=== Number 3 (March 1944 – April 1944) === | |||
*Page 130: Arnold Schönberg, Self-Portrait (March 1944) [image] | |||
*Pages 131-145: "Homage to Schönberg" [Schoenberg] | |||
**Pages 131-134: Ernst Krenek, "The Idiom and the Technic" | |||
**Pages 135-138: Lou Harrison, "The Late Works" | |||
**Pages 139-145: Kurt List: "Ode to Napoleon" | |||
*Pages 146-149: S.L.M. Barlow, "The Artist in South America" | |||
*Pages 150-154: André Breton (translated by Louise Varèse), "Silence is Golden" | |||
*Pages 155-158: Paul Nettl, "Music as a Weapon of War" | |||
*Pages 159-182: Forecast and Review | |||
**Pages 159-164: Lou Harrison, "Mid-Winter in New York, 1944" [discusses Hindemith performances, Dukelsky's Violin Concero, Miaskovsky's Second Sinfonietta, Stanlet Bate's Second String Quartet, etc.] | |||
**Pages 164-169: Donald Fuller, "Style in Recent Chamber Music" [discusses chamber works by Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Vladimir Dukelsky, Benjamin Britten, etc.] | |||
**Pages 169-171: Lawrence Morton, "The Harris Third and Other Works in L.A." [Menotti's ''The Old Maid and the Thief'', Tchemberdji's ''Dance Suite'', Harold Shapero's Violin Sonata, etc.] | |||
**Pages 171-173: Moses Smith, "Stravinsky Meets the Boston Censor" | |||
**Pages 173-175: Alfred Frankenstein, "Reviving Henry F. Gilbert" | |||
**Pages 175-177: Vincent Persichetti, "Revueltas Reaches Philadelphia" | |||
**Pages 177-179: George H. Lovett Smith, "Americana, New and Old" | |||
**Pages 179-180: Ray Brown, "Piston's New Symphony in Washington" [Second Symphony] | |||
**Pages 180-182: Roberto Garcia Morillo, "Argentine Season" | |||
*Pages 183-184: Scores and Records (remarks by Colin McPhee) [mentions increasing American interest in Mahler, discusses Virgil Thomson's Third Piano Sonata, etc.] | |||
*Pages 184-186: On the Hollywood Front (remarks by Lawrence Morton) [discusses Bernard Herrmann's score to ''Jane Eyre'', etc.] | |||
*Pages 186-188: With the Dancers (remarks by S.L.M. Barlow) | |||
*Pages 188-191: Over the Air (remarks by Charles Mills) [discusses Stravinsky's Symphony in C, Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, Antheil's Fourth Symphony, Hanson's Fourth Symphony, Persichetti's Piano Trio, Diamond's Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, etc.] | |||
*Pages 191-193: The Torrid Zone (remarks by "Mercure") [comments on the singing of Mildred Bailey, etc.] | |||
*Pages 194-195: Recent Books | |||
**Pages 194-195: Arthur Berger, "The Rediscovery of Consonance" [review of ''The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West'' by Curt Sachs, published by Norton] | |||
**Page 195: Colin McPhee, "One More for the Record" [review of ''Jazz, from the Congo to the Metropolitan'' by Robert Goffin, published by Doubleday Doran] | |||
*Page 196: Contributors to this Issue | |||
=== Number 4 (May 1944 – June 1944) === | |||
*Pages 199-202: Elliott Carter, "Ives Today: His Vision and Challenge" | |||
*Pages 203-207: Arthur Lourié, "The Approach to the Masses" | |||
*Pages 208-211: Theodore Chanler, "Rhythm and Habit" | |||
*Pages 212-216: W.H. Mellers, "New Trends in Britain: A Note on Rubbra and Tippett" | |||
*Pages 217-220: Aaron Copland, "On the Notation of Rhythm" | |||
*Pages 221-224: E. Power Biggs, "Organ Revival: Music Old and New" | |||
*Pages 225-232: Donald Fuller, "American Composers, XXI: Bernard Wagenaar" | |||
*Pages 233-258: Forecast and Review | |||
**Pages 233-237: Lou Harrison, "Season's End, May 1944" [includes a negative review of Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, as well as brief reviews of Barber's Second and William Schuman's Fifth Symphonies; also includes remarks on music by Harry Partch and John Cage, etc.] | |||
**Pages 237-240: Donald Fuller, "Bernstein, Ballet, and Chamber Music" | |||
**Pages 240-243: Gail Kubik, "London Letter" [contains significant remarks on Michael Tippett's music, etc.] | |||
**Pages 243-246: Cecil Smith, "Composers to Chicago" [recounts performances of music by Copland, Gassmann, Thomson, Hindemith, Prokofiev, etc.] | |||
**Pages 246-248: Bernard Rogers, "The New Works at Rochester" [treats William Bergsma's Second Symphony, Burrill Phillips's ''Declaratives'', Douglas Moore's ''In Memorium'', Gardner Read's ''Night Flight'', Elliott Carter's First Symphony, etc.] | |||
**Pages 248-251: Vincent Persichetti, "Some Firsts in Philadelphia" [remarks on Eugene Zador's ''Biblical Triptych'', etc.] | |||
**Pages 251-253: Moses Smith, "Americans and Shostakovich in Boston" [remarks on Shostakovich Eighth, Roy Harris's music, Barber's Second Symphony, Piston's Second Symphony, etc.] | |||
**Pages 253-255: Frederick Dorian, "The New and Contemporary in Pittsburgh" | |||
**Pages 255-257: Lawrence Morton, "Diminuendo in the West" [remarks on William Schuman's ''A Free Song'', etc.] | |||
**Pages 257-258: Ray C.B. Brown, "War Brings More Music to the Capital" | |||
*Pages 259-260: Scores and Records (remarks by Colin McPhee) | |||
*Pages 261-264: With the Dancers (remarks by S.L.M. Barlow) | |||
*Pages 264-266: On the Hollywood Front (remarks by Lawrence Morton) | |||
*Pages 266-267: In the Theatre (Paul Bowles) | |||
*Pages 268-270: Over the Air (remarks by Charles Mills) [more remarks on Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, remarks on Harris's Sixth Symphony, etc.] | |||
*Pages 270-271: The Torrid Zone (remarks by "Mercure") | |||
*Page 272: Contributors to this Issue | |||
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