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tuiiity for the dose observation of a great orchestra at work.
World Famous Musicians on faculty
Dr. Kroussevitzky has brought together at the Center some of
the world's most outstanding musicians to make up its faculty. Dr.
Koussevitzky himself assisted by Stanley Chappie has charge of
the department of conducting, and of orchestral and chamber music.
Gregor Piatigorsky, the noted Violoncellist, with the assistance of
the Faculty Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra also con-
ducts courses in chamber music. The department of composition
is under the guidance of such men as Aaron Copland and Paul
Hindemith. Opera with its many divisions including not only
voice but staging and scenery, is in the capable hands of Herbert
Graf. Boris Goldovsky, and Richard Ryehtarik. Under the instruc-
tion and counsel of these artists the student not alone studies but
gains the practical experience which can only be derived from
taking a part in the actual presentation of music in its various
forms.
Symphonic Festival Is Climax
But it is the Symphonic Festival which is the climax of the
school term that draws to Tanglewood music lovers from all parts
of our Country and Canada. Here this great Orchestra gives its
concerts of which the eminent critic, Olin Downs, of The New
York Times has written "performances of the supreme finish and
distinction of those of the Berkshire Symphonic Festival are not
given anywhere else in the United States during the summer
months." At the Festival during the past summer the programs in-
cluded Handel's Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, No. 10 in D
Minor; Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 ; Hindemith's Violoncello
Concerto with Gregor Piatigorsky as Soloist; Mozarts' "Fine
Kleine Xachtmusik," Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"; Vaughan
Williams' "London" Symphony, and Sibelius Symphony No. 6.
The true importance of the Berkshire Symphonic Festival and
Music Center lies in the rare circumstance of a great orchestra
under its own conductor and with its complete personnel free to
perform the works of any composer regardless of race, color, or
creed ; of musicians who are not barred from sharing their abilitv
and experience ; of students free to believe and hope in the future
of music in which they may participate; and of the vast thousands
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of music lovers from all over this great continent who are free to
go and to listen.
There may be darkness and terror in Furope. There may be
suppression and dispair. But here in the Berkshires there is hope.
For us of the music industry, all this has a more personal
significance. And as we prepared the material for this article we
were glad to be associated with an industry which is so conscious
of its part in great events such as the founding of Tanglewood.
We have learned that for the student who is so fortunate as to
be qualified and able to attend the Berkshire Center, the House
of Baldwin has given him a fine instrument with which to work.
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DECEMBER, 1941
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