Word: milhand
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...whole approach not been so modest, it would have seemed almost arrogant to wedge five short pieces by Levy himself between Brahms' gigantic variations and the sublime introspection of late Beethoven. His Piano Pieces Nos. 6, 8, 9, 12, and 18 seemed eclectic in origin, with traces of Milhand, Bartok, and especially John Alden Carpenter. They were clearly organized but almost invariably dull. Yet they did illustrate the same painstaking care that Ernst Levy has lavished on all aspects of his musical art. ROBERT M. SIMON
...Forever." In between, the orchestra played the usual Pops potpourri ranging from Tchaikovsky to Irving Berlin. The musicians, all members of the B.S.O., played well on the whole, with the exception of their rather lackadaisical reading of Komzak's "Girls of Baden" Waltz. The highlight of the program was Milhand's clever little Fantasy for piano and orchestra, with the young and brilliant Eugene List as soloist...
...Elshuco Trio. She inaugurated in 1921 the Coolidge Prize for chamber music compositions and began commissioning works by contemporary composers. The list of those she has helped in this way, who have dedicated their works to her, contains virtually every name in modern music. Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Malipiere, Ravel, Copland, Milhand, Sowerby, Piston, Bartok, Martinu, Hindemith, Harris, Hanson, Prokoileff, and Britten are among the composers who have benefited from her generosity. In fact, at a recent con- cert, her son pointed out that Beethoven was the only man on the program who had not dedicated his composition...
...public has been invited to the meeting, which will be prefaced by Milhand's Suite for violin, clarinet, and piano, and the Mozart piano quartet in G minor...
...Band program will include: three Souza Marches, the Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale Medleys, Milhand's "Suite Francais," the "Military Suite" in E flat by Gustav Holst, the March from "Opus 99" by Sergei Prokofleff, and "Pavaue" by Morton Gould, Of special interest will be "Radcliffiana," a musical sketch of the Annex arranged by Leroy Anderson...