Hindemith as First Resident Composer at Tanglewood
A profile of Paul Hindemith, tracing his rise as a major modernist, his anti Nazi-era clashes, and his career across Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, and the United States. Details cover his works, teaching, citizenship in 1945, and influence on contemporary music, plus anecdotal notes on his personality and annual Christmas cartoon cards.
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Mathis der Maler
Pittsburgh
Wlilacs
Walt Whitman
Germany
Wilhelm Furtwaengier
Berlin
Angora
Hindemith
Turkey
United States
Switzerland
Hochschule Fur Musik
Tse
Library of Congress
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Yale University
New Haven
Paul Hindemith
Boston Symphony
Serge Koussevitzky
BSO
Berkshire Music Center
Berkshire Center
Births Recorded at Pittsfield General and Nearby Homes
Birth notices list numerous families with newborns including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert E Butcher of 6 Elmhurst Ave and twin daughters for Mr and Mrs Vincent J Boliver at Elaine Drive. Several other couples report sons and daughters born Saturday or Friday, with locations in Lanesboro Westfield Chicago Edison Avenue and Mary Hospital. Grandparents named in several items.
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Pitsfield General
Robert E. Butcher
Elmhurst Ave
Vincent J. Boliver
Elaine Drive
Robert ¥. Holmes
Oak Town
Friday
Little Company
Mary Hospital
Evergreen Park
Chicago
Holmes
Marilyn Hughes
Francis J. Hughes
Myrtie St
John Stadnicki
Westfield
Susan Marie Friday
Noble Hospital
Williamset
Edwin Stone
Essex St
Miss Pittsfield pageant entries noted at Berkshire tea
Berkshire County girls filled in Miss Pittsfield contest applications at a tea hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce with about fifty attendees. General chairman Charles Ferrero and producer Robert Boland oversee the February 15 Berkshire Community College pageant. Harold McKenna hosted. Jaycee president John Whalen spoke briefly.
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Berkshire County
Zoning Board Sets Hearings In City Hall Office
The Zoning Board of Appeals schedules two public hearings. Aldo Delmeling of Cheshire seeks permission to build a one story dwelling at 74 Yorkshire Ave despite side yard limits. Joseph R Carnevale of 27 Donna Ave requests a variance to permit construction of four dwelling units in a two family house at 115 Bartlett Ave.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
City Auditor's Office
Aldo Delmeling
Cheshire
Yorkshire Ave
Joseph R. Carnevale
Donna Ave
Bartlett Ave
City Winter Sports Facilities Open Across City
About 9,000 people used the skating sliding and skiing areas last week as the Department of Parks and Recreation reported. Skating rinks at West Memorial and Deming opened this afternoon for the first time this season with additional rinks at Oscenla Clapp Springside and the Common also operating today.
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Department of Parka and Recreation
West Memorial and Deming
Oscenla
Clapp
Springside
Burns Holds Ground In Meet the Press Bout
Prof James M Burns of Willissues debated Congress on a Meet the Press panel alongside two party supporters. Burns blamed Congress for inaction on civil rights and tax cuts while praising recent education aid. He warned continued negation could deepen public contempt for Congress and noted its neglect of urban needs.
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Prof. Burns
James M. Burns
Willissues
Politi
Meetcal
Kennedy
Nixon
Congress
Burns
Richard Wilson
Cowles Pub.lications
Wiltang S. White
United Press International
Confess
White
Franklin T. Roosevelt
Allendale Merchants Association Seeks Incorporation
Six Allendale men filed with the secretary of state for incorporation of the Allendale Merchants Association located at the Allendale Shopping Center. Applicants are Raymond C. Houghton James E. Stevens Albert Tavares Dominic Ruscella Howard Kaufman and Arnold B. Atrowitz.
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Pittsfiexi
Secretary of State
Allendale Merchants Association
Allendale
Raymond ¢. .Houghton
James E. Stevens
Albert Tavares
Dominic Ruscetla
Howard Kaufman
Arnold B. Atrowitz
Ski centers draw crowds despite thin snow in Berkshire
Berkshire ski centers drew crowds over the weekend despite calls for more snow. Abesquet reported 19 Saturday and 1,500 Sunday, Jiminy Peak 13 Saturday and 579 Sunday, Otis Ridge 5M Saturday and 858 Sunday, and the newly opened Butternut Basin in Great Barrington logged 50 inches each day in its debut weekend.
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Berkshire
Abousquet’s
Jim‘iny Peak
Otis Ridge
Butternut Basin
Great Barrington
Chipmunk bite sends child to hospital
Police said five year old TDan tel Mars of 27 Howard St. was treated at St. Luke's Hospital Sunday after he was bitten on the hand by a chipmunk outside his home.
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Tdantel Mars
Howard St
St. T Luke’s Hospital
Clam River Watershed gets 1.5 million federal aid
Senator Simon Coates announced that Orville Freeman approved a 1.5 million flood center project in the Clam River watershed at Sandisfield. The weather program includes seven dams with four recreation sites, funded 1.5 million total by federal 8.6 million state and local share 301 008 state share. Additional watershed projects in Wester Massachusetts include Bradley Brook and Broad Brook in Holyoke Easthampton Southampton.
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Simon Coates
Orville T Freeman
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
W U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Clam River
Sandisfield
Wester Massachusetts
Bradley Brook
Westfield River
Blandford
Russell
Broad Brook
Holyoke
Easthampton
Southampton
Conte
Morgan House
A Broken Leg Turns Out A Family Affair
Ray Simo a 15 year old second rider and son of ski patrolmen Betty and Al Simo broke his left leg on a jump near the upper Jewett Yokun trail. His mother splinted the leg and his father guided the toboggan to the hill. He was treated at St Luke's Hospital and released.
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Bousquet
Ray Simo
Betty
al Simo
Ray
Jewett
Mrs Chapman Breaks Back In Toboggan Accident
June Chapman, 28, of South Acton, sustained a back injury in a Saturday tobogganing accident at Berkshite Hills Country Club. She is in good condition at Pittsfield General Hospital with her 11 year old niece Cheryl Chapman treated and released for a back sprain.
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June Chapman
South Acton
Pittsfield General Hospital
Chapman
June Minkley
Pittsfield
William A. Chapman
The
Eagle
Pupo Seeks Ward 6 School Board Seat Challenge
Frank M. Pupe, longtime City Council veteran, enters the race for the vacant Ward 6 School Committee seat. He will face attorney Ralph Cianflone Jr. in a joint vote by the City Council and School Committee. Pupe, Pittsfield native, lives at 66 Circular Ave and has three stepchildren with his current wife. He previously ran for council seats in 1949 and 1958, with a 1991 victory sandwiched between defeats.
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Frank M. Pupe
Palitics
Ralph Cianflone Jr
Pupe
Dilson
William B. Walker
Pupo
Pittsfield
Circular Ave
Rosemary Cudahy
Daniel J. Healy
WERK
Patrick Callaghan
GE Employees To Get Seven 3 Day Weekends 1964 Calendar
The 1964 GE calendar grants Pittsfield General Electric employees seven three day weekends. Holidays that fall midweek are observed on those days and weekend holidays shift to adjacent weekdays. The first three day weekend is Washington's Birthday observed Feb 21. Other dates include Patriots Day on Apr 20, Memorial Day on May 29, Independence Day on Jul 3, Labor Day on Sep 7, Columbus Day on Oct 12, and Christmas on Dec 25 observed on Friday.
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Pittsfield General Electric Co
Washington
Dillon Retires From GE Tomorrow
Mayor-elect Robert B. Dillon officially retires from General Electric tomorrow. He will become mayor Jan. G. Dillon, a GE production specialist, after a career with the company since 1928.
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Robert B. Dillon
General, Electric Co
Jan. G. Dillon
Windsor Graduates Receive Pins and Clasps at Hall
Windsor June graduates of Crane Community School were given class pins and tie clasps Sunday at Town Hall. Mr and Mrs Peter Menard and Mr and Mrs Paul Hoag chaperoned the trip to Boston. Slides showcased the trip and Kremen's summer picnic.
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Windsor
Crane Community School
Town Hall
Peter Menard
Paul Hoag
Boston
Kremen
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Tanglewood
Hindemith Was
Hanau
Frankfurt
Robert Rudolf Emil Hindemith
Sophie Wamecke
Toni Hindemith
Rudolf
Munich
Paul
Frankfurt Opera
Hoch’s Conservatorium
Zurich
Yale
Europe
Prt
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton von Webern
Sylvester Eason
Linden’ S
John A. Simpson
Lanesboro
Danke
Edward Szklasz
Edison Ave
Arthur B. Romaine
Otis
Gerald Holian
Lee
Pascuanfierrez
Cheshire Road
Armand Tou- Ponce
Joseph Jaz
Memorial Drive
Milton R. Sheltry
Church St
S County
James
Duello
James Jewelers
South St
Massachusetts
Ditello
Jaycees
Zoning Board
Poll
Wilson
Williamstown
Allendale Group
John ¥. McInerney
Dorchester Ave
Tee
Johnny's Ice Service
Waheanah St
Dalton Ave
Dial
Ren. Conte
Freeman
Ruth Ride
Clinton Avenue
Pittsfielt
Innsbruck
Bousqueis
Resnard
Tel
Frank Pupo
Potts Ifield High School
Ordnance
Usl
Frank M. Pupo
Dillon
Ski Boots Molitor—Kastinger—Bass
Moelay, Nec
Pat” Broderick
Mickey Freeman
Hart Schaffer
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