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Symphony - -I lt;Continued from page 1)mto me it is a story of one of those small towns. 1 thought of a title like ‘Blue Ridge Saturday Night,’ but it isn’t very colorful for a musical score.”Composer at the a$e of eight when he turned out a piano piece for his father’s birthday, graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D., musical student under Roger Sessions in New York, Weisgall has been conducting orchestrasand choirs since he was 15.He plays instuments so poorly he decided to be a conductor, Weisgallconfesses.He has led the Baltimore String Symphony, Baltimore Alliance Symphony Orchestra and the New York Chamber Opera Guild Orchestra. One of his compositions, “Ballet Suite,” was played by the New York Philharmonic last year and his “Art Appreciation” ballet has beenplayed widely.The “American Comedy,” whichincludes music he composed years ago, ris dedicated to his parents.
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New York Stars and Stripes
New York, New York, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1943
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