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Joseph Szigeti
(Reprinted from the Harvard Crimson, Feb. 22, 1963. Mr. Szigeti will lecture on his recordings with Bartok in Paine Hall
Saint Pelagia
A month ago I attacked the student opera The Cursed Dauncers for its facile use of medieval setting. The Conversion
Student Music
The management of this concert showed some worthwhile innovations. Several of the performers were musicians hired for the occasion, and
Israel in Egypt
A Handel oratorio is almost too much fun; it's just so easy to bellow out that "good old Handel," the
The Cursed Daunsers
Some simple facts about The Cursed Daunsers' presentation at the Loeb are worth acclaim in themselves. The opera presents the
Beethoven and Cage
The program which Adams House presented on Wednesday night seemed at the start totally miscellaneous. The Beethoven Violin Sonata, Op.96,
Schrade Discusses Fate In Development of Opera
Baroque opera laid the ground for all music drama that was to follow it, contended Leo Schrade at his fourth
Rebirth of Music Drama, Tragedy Was Limited, Schrade Maintains
"Is the story of the rebirth of the music drama that of the miscarriage of tragedy?" Leo Schrade asked at
Schrade Describes Role of 'Daemon' in Tragedy
"The affinity of the tragic and the daemonic is the chisel with which to cut in relief the face of
Henry Swoboda
As Henry Swoboda, the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, greets you, he shoots out his baton hand with disarming
Harvard Wind Ensemble
The formation of a University wind ensemble apart from the Harvard Band was a wise move, as the Harvard Wind
Leon Kirchner
Leon Kirchner has had a startling career as a professional pianist, a most prominent composer, and now Professor of Music
The Glee Club and Choral Society
The joint concert of the Harvard and Radcliffe choruses Friday night was not an Etcetera concert. That was fortunate: choral
The Claremont Quartet
Since the Claremont Quartet played three modern works Thursday night, the question naturally arises of how radical each quartet was--traditional?
Dido and Aeneas
Ideals of love as high as Dido's demand much from a production if they are to be convincing. Dido, of
