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Bruno MadernaAuthor(s): P. G.Reviewed work(s):Source: The Musical Times, Vol. 115, No. 1571 (Jan., 1974), p. 65Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/957720 .Accessed: 25/07/2012 07:03

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APPOINTMENTS, AWARDS, COMPETITIONSJohn Bishop has been appointed head of the Birmingham Schoolof Music, where he is now director f studies; he succeedsGordon Clinton.Meredith avies has been appointed ermanent onductor ndmusicdirector f the Royal Choral Society.Kenneth Montgomery as been appointed director f theBournemouth infonietta.Rodion Shchedrin as been elected head of the ComposersUnion of the RussianFederation; e succeedsGeorgy viridov.David Cusick (tenor) and Haroutine Bedelian and GeraldRobbins violin nd piano duo) each won second prize n hisclassat the nternational ompetition f Jeunesses usicales nBelgrade; hey were heonly ompetitors romwestern urope.Barry Guy and Jonathan arvey have won first nd secondprizes n the Radcliffe usic Award.The Archbishop f Canterbury s iploma n ChurchMusicwasawarded to Colin George Edmundson f Solihull.Sylvia Sas has been awarded the gold ring nd medal n theInternational inging Competition t Sofia; the first rize forwomenwas won by HristinaAngelakova nd the first rizeformen by BulatMinjilkiev.International inging Competition, s-Hertogenbosch rize-winners: oprano lass,Adrienne sengery first rize), MiriamBowen and Cornelia Pop (second prizes); mezzo-soprano/altoclass, Vibeke Bjelke and Stefania Toczyska second prizes);tenor class, Antonius Nicolescu and James Wagner secondprizes);baritone/bass lass,PeterTschaplik second prize).

DavidWard has been given hehonorary egree f LL.D by theUniversity f Strathclyde.Sir ThomasBeecham cholarship: or opera singers; ge limit25-35; scholarship or 132 per month usually for one year);entries y March 4. Details from he Secretaries f the LecheTrust, Gartmore nvestment td, CayzerHouse,2 St MaryAxe,LondonEC3A 8BP.

Donald Tovey MemorialPrize 1974: to assist n research nthe philosophy, istory r understanding f music, or in thepublication f work lready done in these fields; no age limit;prize of ?200; entries by May 15. Details from the HeadRegistry lerk, University egistry Annex), 74 High Street,Oxford.Kathleen errier Memorial cholarships: or ingers; ge limit21-5; scholarships p to ?600; entries y Jan 31. Details fromthe Royal Philharmonic ociety, 9 Exhibition oad, LondonSW7 2AS.International inging Competition, aris, June 8-12; age limit32 for women, 35 for men; prizes totalling 0,000 francs;entries y April 30.Details from he Secretariat, 4bis, avenuedu Pr6sident Wilson,Paris 16e.International Gaudeamus Competition or Interpreters fContemporary usic, Rotterdam, pril 5-10: instrumental rvocalsoloists, ccompanied r unaccompanied, nd ensemblesup to nine performers; ge limit 35 for soloists and duos,average age limit 35 for ensembles; prizes totalling 1,450guilders; entries by Jan 31. Details from the GaudeamusFoundation, O Box 30, Bilthoven, etherlands.

ObituaryPIERREDUCLOS,the French omposer, ied onNovember 5; he was 44. In addition onumerousfilm cores he composeda symphony nd twooperas, La religieuse ortugaise nd Le voyageur.BRUNO MADERNA,the Italian composer nd

conductor,ied in Darmstadt n

November 3;he was 53. Born n Venice,he studied herewithMalipiero nd in Milan with Pizzetti; fter hewar he also studied onducting ith cherchen nVienna.Attending heDarmstadt ummer ourses,he became associatedwith the European avantgarde, and from 1956 he returned o teach atDarmstadt, where he made his home. Madernatook n early nterest nelectronic usic: isMusicasu due dimensioni 1952) was probably the first workto combine live nstrument flute)with ape, ndin 1955, ogether ith erio, efounded he tudiodi Fonologia Musicale n Milan. In his last fiveyears eproduced number f concertos nd otherorchestral orks of a rare bigness, readth ndwarmth. hese works avefull copeto the projec-tion f hisqualities s a conductor, nd he was alsonoted or isperformancesf the arly 0th-centuryclassics.His last public ppearance n this ountrywas in a memorable ccount of the SchoenbergPianoConcerto t an EBUconcert n the FestivalHall on November 5. P.G.

EDITH MASON,the American oprano, ied inSan Diego on November 6; she was 80. Shestudied n Paris nd Milan and made her debut nBoston n 1912.She sang lyric arts t the Metro-politan rom 915 nd for many ears t theChicagoOpera (1921-42).She also sang extensivelynEurope, ppearing t CoventGarden n 1930.TIBORPAUL, the Hungarian onductor, ied inSydney n November 1; he was 64. A graduateof the BudapestAcademy, e went to Australiain 1950; for the next en years he taught t theNSW State Conservatorium nd from 1951 con-

ducted heSydney pera ompany. fter spell sprincipal onductor f the Radio Eireann SO(1961-8),he returned o Australia o conduct heAustralian Opera and in 1971 was appointedconductor f the West Australia O, Perth. Hebecame n Australian itizen n 1955.

WILHELMPITZ, the German hoir rainer, iedin Aachen on November 21; he was 75. At15he became violinist t the AachenOpera ndwas appointed horusmaster here n 1933, taskhe performed utstandingly. hen the BayreuthFestivalwas revived n 1951,he was invited oselect nd train he choir;he continued o do thisat all the ucceeding estivals. e also trained hechorus f the Vienna State Opera. n 1957,whenWalter egge dded he hilharmonia horus o thePhilharmonia rchestra, e engagedPitz as choirtrainer. The exceptionally ccomplished bodycreated wedmuch f ts high nternationaltandingto the energy nd enthusiasm f Pitz. He wasappointed n honorary BE in 1970.

JENNIE TOUREL,the French-Canadian ezzo-soprano, died in New York on November 3;she was 63. Born n Montreal f Russian arents,she was educated in Russia, Switzerland ndFrance. he made her debut t the Op6ra-Comiqueas Carmen n 1933, taking his role hundreds ftimes here s well as Mignon nd Charlotte inWerther). n 1940 she went o America nd sangunder Toscanini,Kusevitsky nd Stokowski. hejoined heMetropolitann 1944,where he ppearedas Rosina n the original oloratura ezzo-sopranoversion. he ave he irst erformancefHindemith srevised ersion f DasMarienleben1949) nd sangBaba the Turk n the premiere f Stravinsky s heRake s Progress (1951). An exceptionally versatileartist, t home n ieder, ffenbach nd folksong swell s coloratura peratic oles nd contemporarymusic, he ombined keen ntelligencend musicalinsight ith fine, irtually elf-taught echnique.

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