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Peter Van Slyck, who had a hard time taking his Princeton player, will oppose Henry Foster in the number one match. Mike McLanahan will match his all round game with Hugh Foster's playing. Peter Vought, a ranking intercollegiate squash player, will oppose Captain Jim McKittrick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Squad to Play Yale Today; Blue Aims at Title | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

Nicholas Van Slyck directed the 15-piece Harvard Chamber Orchestra in a score he wrote for the Idler production. Mr. Van Slyck said his music was "built upon 18th Century patterns but lies solidly in the 20th Century harmonically and instrumentally." It seems to have made the transition with more case than Mr. Congreve's play but like it was very gay and spirited. The music is by no means an incidental part of the Idler production, and combined with the lively acting of the Idlers, should give an amusing and interesting evening's experience to anyone who drops around...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Way of the World | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...play features 7th century situations in modern settings, modern dress by Bonwit Teller, a modern musical backdrop by Nicholas Van Slyck 2G, and the latest quotes from T. S. Eliot '10 in place of Herrick, Lovelace, and Suckling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idler Production Opens Saturday | 12/2/1948 | See Source »

Musical backdrop, suggesting the satiric parallel between 1700 and 1948, was composed especially for the production by Nicholas Van Slyck 2G, director of the Harvard Chamber Music orchestra. Slyck, a student of Walter Piston, worked 14 hours a day for two weeks turning out the complete musical score which he terms "a blend of 18th century patterns with modern harmonies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hot Gavotte. . . | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

...newcomer to musical composition, Slyck has had his works performed by the Boston Civil Symphony, by his own Chamber Music Orchestra, and at Tanglewood last summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hot Gavotte. . . | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

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