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THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE FEBRUARY 25, 1962 Walter He Souaht for Polish And Really Excelled With Germanic Music 44 A By CYRUS DURGIN Bruno Walter, when he died at the age of 85 In Beverly Hills, a week ago yesterday, was among the last of the eldest great conductors. Very few of the generation born in the 1870'i now are left Only Pierre Monteux, who will be 87 next Apr. 4, and Tullio come readily to mind as living and functioning artists. Leopold Stokow-ski missed that generation by three years, he having been born in 1882, and Carl Schuricht by one year. All the rest of the elder statesmen among masters of the baton are younger stilL Bruno Walter Schlesineer, treatment of musicians at re who dropped his family name, hearsal.

He was ever soft-spoken but candid, fully aware of was a remarkable combination precisely what he wanted and firm his will to obtain it But he followed the method of per suasion, not of harsh demand. As a result he got what he of versatility, practically, intellect and idealism in music He exemplified the 19th Century European and especially Germantradition as a master in the performance of both symphonic and operatic music. (Our American conductors now developing will unfortunately not have that good fortune, unless wanted in full measure, and musicians liked him. Mutable Face In the door at the right of the they are able to obtain operatic stage, as the audience views it in Symphony HalL is drilled experience in Europe. Also Pianist hole through which one looks directly at the conductor.

I re member standing there one "In his earlier years, Walter also was an excellent pianist, night when Bruno Walter, as guest was conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra in AS SAM NORKIN SAW "I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE" in rehearsal: From the left, Elliott Gould brings gifts to his mother, Lillian Roth, and dances with joy because of good fortune in his garment manufacturing career; Harold Lang is the dancer with a necklace; and his secretary, Marilyn Cooper, is announcing fashion show. Opening Tuesday at the Colonial. Mozart and he was one of those few who could give a fine performance at the keyboard and conduct simultaneously. Not all His mutable face reflected in its changing expressions the great musicians have sprung quality he desired in the music. Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

origin was the field In which especially tenderness, but his Tucker Honored Walter introduced after Mahler dark eyes remained coolly alert Mozart was perhaps his specialty, and I do believe that no had died so tragically in 1911, and purposeful. He possessed the proverbial head of ice and Forrest Tucker, star of "The Music Man," at the Shubert Theater has been awarded a waiter was talented as a other conductor I have heard ever managed just the same Fair Consultant Jean Dalrymple, director of the New York City Center Drama and Light Opera Companies, has been appointed Consultant for Performing Arts to the New York World's Fair 1964-1965, says Stuart writer, although his style must have been somewhat stiffly neart or nre. it was an emotional experience to see their blend of charm, elegance and citation by Lowell State Teachers College, for his "in power in Mozart. He was a from noted musical families, and Walter was one such. His father was a Berlin shopkeeper.

a native-born Berliner, Walter displayed as interpreter much more concern for polish and sculptured outlines inmusic than power and grandeur. It is pleasant to imagine that this aspect of his artistry was in-culated by his master, Gustav Mahler, and his work as a young man in Vienna. Nor was he a tyrant in his outward expression in Bruno Walter's face and eyes. master with Beethoven and terest young people and North German. That comes over even in translation.

His book on Mahler is probably the definitive one at present. His Brahms, and his extreme sensi professional music educators, Festival at Smith A week's Festival of 20th Century music will be held March 11 to 18 at Smith College, Northampton. Included will be a debate on the question "Does the American Orchestra Do Enough to Encourage Contemporary Music?" The affirmative side will be upheld by A. Beverly Barksdale, manager of the Cleveland Orchestra, with New York Timet critic Eric Salzman taking the, negative. tivity to style was constantly He was a perfectionist, In his Tucker, who has portrayed Constable, Fair vice-president.

"Theme and Variations" is an the role of the instrument Miss Dalrymple will per evident in those composers. Wis dynamics in Mozart were quite different from those in Bee own technic and In his work with musicians. Time and effort were expenlaei freely in patient work to dnw lust the! salesman in the musical com form a similar service for the thoven. edy for almost four years, will engaging autobiography. Walter's last volume, a translation of a work published in German in 1957, was "Of Music and Music-Making," and it was is right arch of a phrw, the exact ct-rAnffK A on owaMtf 4k New York Fair as she did as Coordinator of Performing Arts for the United States at the Brussels World's Fair in French and Italian music, it receive the citation at a luncheon at the college, Feb.

27, at er cut of a rhythtTrhanks eme Jo were, Per- sued last late Summer. It is a 11:00 a.m. 1958. the miracle of rwrding, profound study of music as have preserved iltasrtratlons cf Walter experienced it, with notable emphasis upon con cess, any snore than Toscanini really gauss superlative performances the French repertory. That if; no discredit.

Even the way Walter worked, His Best Music of German style or the create masters are not THE CRITICS RAVE ducting. It is concerned not technical "how to," but with artistic approach, and will be required reading for all serious rruuicians. I IT 60ES JUST BEAUTIFULLY!" gifted to set forth all music equally welL CARLO MARIA GIULINI Hughes. Herold: "M4D AND FRANTIC! ANYTHING lm EVERYTHING GOES!" Bruno Walter probably did Bruno Walter was a great men, his personal life at certain will appear for the first tunes in Boston as guest conductor of Deuiar, Traveler points tormented by tragedy more to encourage performence of the music of Gustav Mahler than did any other man. Their the Boston Symphony Orches Elliot Norton, Record Americtn 1 Kevin Kent, Glob Ammj Mtytot Attufat T.TTaO That he so surmounted those crises was testimony to his BOSTON CHILDREN'S THEATRE HI.

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He was my favorite conductor of "Das Lied von der Erde" which, with MEREDITH WIILSON'S 10 DAYS ONLY! OPENS WED. 8 P.M. I with C0LEY WORTH 4- COMPLETE 2 HR. MUSICAL COMEDY -Jr DINNER AND 0ANCIN8 SPECIAL GROUP RATES OPENS FEB. 27 AT 8 P.

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