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...place of Wagnerian and other German music in the world today will be discussed by Erich Leinsdorf, leading Wagnerian conductor, over the Crimson Network at 4 o'clock today. Leinsdorf, who is in Boston to lead three of the Metropolitan's German productions this week, will also describe several of the works of the great 19th century master, including the famous "Ring" cycle...
Leinsdorf became the Met's leading German conductor in 1939, and has broadcast with the N. B. C. Orchestra and other musical groups as well as leading Wagnerian productions with the New York company. On various occasions he has stepped from his German role to conduct Italian and French opera...
Malcolm H. Holmes '28, conductor of the Harvard, Radcliffe, and Wellesley College orchestras will direct the musical portions of the opera. The production committee is headed by Gifford and includes S. Leonard Kent '43, John A. Holabird '42, William M. Green '42, John E. Sawhill '43, Thomas Matters '43, and Niles Chubb '43, all of Lowell House...
...Deum composed in 1936 by the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Budapest's emancipation from Turkey. The program -by the Cleveland Orchestra -was short-waved "live" from Cleveland's Severance Hall, reached Bataan at churchtime Sunday morning. Said Conductor Artur Rodzinski, introducing it: "To you, our salute and our prayers." Said Commentator Kay Halle: "In such moments a hymn of praise and thanksgiving can say more than any words...
With his All-American Youths Stokowski took a crew of Columbia recording engineers, mainly to make symphonic discs on shipboard. But while the ship was docked at Rio, Conductor Stokowski lined up Brazilian talent. In one mad session lasting a whole day and night, native groups filed on & off the boat. Results: these two albums...