Raver Action Essays in Honor of Francis Fergusson
A Rutgers University Press volume gathers 20 essays by Fergusson’s colleagues and students. It surveys Aristotelian theory, Dante, translation, and Shakespeare, with notes on Fergusson’s influence at Bennington College Princeton Seminars and Rutgers. Notable contributors include E. D. Blodgett John Ciardi and Howard Nemerov.
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Francis Fergusson
Alan Chease
Richard Koffler
Rutgers University Press
New Brunswick
N.J
Fergusson
Rutgers University
Bennington College
Princeton
Rutgers
Lewis Webster Jones
University
Bennington
Acquinas
Dante
E. D. Blodgett
John Ciardi
God
Stanley Edgar Hyman
Eric Bentley
College
Howard Nemerov
St. Louis
John O. McCormick
Berlin
Richard W. B. Lewis
Alan Cheuse
Alejo Carpentier
Cheuse
M.I.T
Brecht
Euripedes
Tasso
Coleridge
Novalis
John Clare
Dostoyevsky
Emerson
Vico
Zbigniew Herbert
Copland’s 70th year yields varied Columbia recordings
Aaron Copland celebrated his 70th with a wide range of Columbia releases featuring him conducting and performing. Recordings include his piano quartet, sextet for clarinet piano and string quartet, and violin cello piano trio with the Juilliard String Quartet. Dickinson settings sung by Adele Addison. and choral works with the New England Conservatory Chorus. Other items include his ballet scores Rodeo and Billy the Kid, film music for Music for a Great City and Statements with the London Symphony. plus a reduced-price two-record Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic set of Appalachian Spring Billy the Kid El Salon Mexico and Rodeo.
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Delos Smith New York
UPI
Aaron Copland
Copland
Columbia
Juilliard String Quartet
Emily Dickinson
Adele Addison
New England Conservatory Chorus
el Salon Mexico
Billy the Kid
London Symphony
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
el Salon
Mexico
TV documentaries in crunch era face cuts and questions
The piece discusses budget cuts in TV funding for nonessentials like documentaries as Nixon trims aid, while defense spending rises. Fred Freed of NBC argues for clearer, more honest programming amid a generational shift and a fragmented society, with plans to revive public discourse on television.
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Nixon
Defense Department
Defense
Washington
Bach Brahms Berio concert by New York Camerata in Hanover
The New York Camerata performs a Milton Gill Series program blending Bach Bach’s G minor sonata for flute and harpsichord Brahms F major sonata for cello and piano and Berio Sequenza I for solo flute. Taped humpback whale sounds accompany slides readings from Moby Dick and The Year of the Whale with Haydn fantasy and two American pieces. Tickets $2 with student rate $1. Tickets from Hopkins Center Box Office.
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Hanover
N.H
Bach
Brahms
Berio
Hopkins Center
Milton Gill
New York
Bermuda
Charles Forbes
The
Camerata
Moby Dick
Victor Sheffer
J. S. Bach
Luciano Berio
Juilliard Ensemble
New York Camerata
Joseph Haydn
William Sydeman
Howard Rovics
Anthony Pagano
Glenn Jacobson
Europe
Beebe Foundation
Maurice Eisenberg
Pablo Casals
Bernard Greenhouse
Troy
Ala
Upper Valley
Hanover High School
Stevens High School
Claremont
Dartmouth
New film approach from Cannon Films chief in Tampa
Chris Dewey president of Cannon Films advocates low cost on location productions to counter major studio turmoil. He cites Jump about stock car racing filmed in the Southeast with real races and a family focus as a model for American cinema to draw audiences from television and avoid overblown spectacles. Dewey aims to make relatable films like Joe featuring everyday people and real settings.
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Tampa
Fla
Dewey
New York
Southeast
No No Nanette revives Broadway with gifted cast and score
Broadway reels from flops to shine with two bold shows. Ruby Keeler leads the 1930s nostalgia as No No Nanette returns at 46th Street, while Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company stage A Midsummer Night's Dream at Billy Rose Theatre in a daring, humorous revival. Top performances elevate both productions.
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New York
UPI
46Th Street Theater
England
Peter Brook
Royal Shakespeare Company
Billy Rose
Nanette
Ruby Keeler
Burt Shevelove
Vincent Youmans
Bobby van
Helen Gallagher
Jack Gilford
Susan Watson
Patsy Kelly
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Catharine 0
Foster
Robert Fitzgeralds
St. Thomas
Shakespeare
Hyman
Speaking of
Garbo
Grand Hotel
Manchester Cinema
Southern Vermont Art Center
John Barrymore
Museum of Modern Art Stills Archive
Milton R. Bass
Fred Freed
National Broadcasting Co
Freed
the Berkshires
NBC
Vietnam
Herbert Marcuse
Chicago 7
Tre
Kirk Douglas
Henry Fonda
Judy Garland
Frank Morgan
Ray Bolger
Bert Laha
Jack Haley
Bath Ensemble
Fishman's
Main St
Bach, Brahms, Berio
Broadway
Jack Gaver
UPI Drama
Athens
Brook
Young
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Barbra Streisand
George Segall
Williamstown
Ae Pussycat
Bradford House
Monument Plaza
SU Ee Fae Ae
Oris Vay
Vames Garner
Wien
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