Word: oedipus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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April 10-13-Production of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, jointly by League of Composers and Philadelphia Orchestra Association; at Philadelphia. Direction: Leopold Stokowski. Scenic designs: Robert Edmond Jones. Chorus: Princeton University. April 21-Oedipus Rex in Manhattan. Direction by Stokowski; chorus from Harvard. April 23-25-Festival of chamber music; at Washington, D. C. Sponsor: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. April 27-Opening of London opera season; at Covent Garden...
...been little recognition of the far reaching possibilities of the moving picture field. These are gradually coming to light and as a result the movies are becoming increasingly interesting and entertaining. The announcement that Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will make a sound recording of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" and Prokofleff's "Pas d'Acier" is another indication that the moving picture is slowly coming...
...movies in the future. With the present technical knowledge it is doubtful whether music for its own sake will ever be really important in the sound picture, but in combination with visual forms it still has far to go. What the movies need now, which the filming of "Oedipus Rex" should illustrate, is the development of an art and technique peculiarly suited to the medium of the screen. Chaplin has worked out one type of movie style, the silhouette is another, but in most cases movies are but literal translations of an art which is at its best...
...built for the movies which will combine the elements of music and stage in a new way., Mickey Mouse has successfully done this for comedy and it should be possible to do the same type of thing for great music and plays. Perhaps Mickey Mouse and "Oedipus Rex" are destined to be the forerunners of a new art indigenous to the movie which will evolve from the union of sound and form by means of a new technique...
...orchestral director made a special week-end trip to Cambridge in order to work with a chorus from the Glee Club, which is preparing Stravinski's "Oedipus Rex" for two performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, on April 21 and 22. Shortly after the finish of the practice Stokowski left for Philadelphia. He was the guest of Dr. A. T. Davison '06, director of the Glee Club, during his stay here...