Word: oratorio
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Died. Albert Stoessel, 48, violinist, conductor, composer; of a heart attack while conducting; in Manhattan. He was also a distinguished teacher, in 1921 succeeded Walter Damrosch as maestro of New York's Oratorio Society, wrote an American opera (Garrick), was a guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony...
Honegger's "King David" always brings up the question of whether it should be played by orchestra (scored for woodwinds, double bass, piano and harmonium), or as an oratorio. Both methods have been tried, the former at Mczieres in 1921, and the latter in Rome five years later. There were passages in it, as heard last night, which may have sounded somewhat strange, or out of place; but all in all, the combined groups did not disappoint the many people who have waited so long to hear it performed, and proved that it is as effective a piece of choral...
Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio of J. S. Bach (Fri. 2:30 p.m. Mutual) rendered by the Philadelphia Orchestra...
That first performance, thought Composer Thomson, had been "too perfect"; it scared off any second attempts. To prove that the opera could be done in simple oratorio form, this spring he reassembled the original cast, drilled them at length, stormed when they failed to articulate to his satisfaction such Steinese as "He asked for a different magpie."With Mr. Thomson at the piano, Four Saints was presented in dress rehearsal at one of the Museum of Modern Art's "Coffee Concerts" (TIME...
Future Coffee Concerts include: an oratorio version of the chichi-melodious Gertrude Stein-Virgil Thomson opera, Four Saints in Three Acts; Spanish music (with the bagpipers); voodoo dancers and Brazilian Soprano Elsie Houston; a "Jubilee" of gospel-singing Negro quartets (some with three or five members) and the guitar-playing bishop. The bishop, the Rev. Utah Smith, wears paper wings, lately inspired Composer-Critic Thomson to write: "As a stimulator of choric transports he incites the faithful to movements and behavior not very different from those of any true jitterbug. Myself, I found it distinctly pleasant to hear good swing...