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MUSIC FOR 'MEDEA':
Trogan Tries to Capture Mood of Play
Elaborate Dress of Operetta Creates Many Costume Problems
By DONNA HANSON
Combining the mellow brass of
the French horn, the sharp stac-
coto of the percussion and the
melodic boom of the tympani,
Roland Trogan, '54, created the
' incidental music for Dramatic Art
Center's "Medea."
"I tried to capture some of the
mood of the play-to help the play
with my music," Trogan said.
After studying the play and con-
ferring with its director, Trogan
was left with the task of selecting
the right combination of instru-
ments to capture the flavor of the
play.
"I had to think of several differ-
ent kinds of ensembles that would
be a satisfactory group of instru-
ments from the standpoint of
sound and getting as large a sonor-
ity as possible from a few people,"
Trogan explained.
The instruments were chosen on
the basis of this practical expedi-
ency and from the standpoint of
the kind of sound one would asso-
ciate with a Greek tragedy, he
said.
"I also tried to inject into a
sort of quasi medieval sound."
Trogan said the DAC would
have preferred using a "live" en-
semble, but because of expenses
had to resort to a recording of the
music. The ensemble was com-
posed of music school students.
Writing the music for "Medea"
isn't the first of Trogan's musical
By JOAN KAATZ
Elaborate dress of the Gilbert
and Sullivan operettas often pro-
duces many problems in costum-
ing, according to Thelma Kav-
anau, '57, production manager of
the Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
Work begins on the costuming
before the actual casting is done.
Many hours are spent looking up
the particular type of dress worn
in the era of the operetta.
The forthcoming production,
"Princess Ida", takes place in the
late fourteenth century which was
typified by elaborate dress. Vel-
vets and satins trimmed with fur
and jewels were especially popu-
lar at this time.
The costumer has to draw up
detailed pictures of each outfit.
Every intricacy of the outfit has
to be specified for the dressmaker.
The costuming company fulfills
all requests, even to the strange
butterfly headdress worn by Prin-'
cess Ida.
All the tradition of Gilbert and
Sullivan operetta must be taken
into account. In the coming pro-
duction the society will use a
Wagnerian headdress, a white
beard, and three heavy coats of
armor "which will come apart at
will."
When the drawings are com-
pleted they will be sent to the
costume company. The Tracy Co.,
well known producers of G & S
costumes, complies with all the
society's wishes, hunting up every
type of material requested.
"Interesting situations always
arise in costuming," Miss Kava-
nau observed. For the society's
production of "Patience" the cos-
tumer had difficulty making size
54 velvet knicker suit. For the
same character an English dra-
goon uniform of the 1850's was
needed.
In the premiere production to
"Thespis" one student had to fall
off a chair as part of the plot.
This he managed successfully, but
when he arnse, he left his pants
behind. Cause of the embarrass-
nent was a broken drawstring
which held up the parts.
Many costume difficulties are
often discovered at the last
minute. In the production of
"Thespis", the girls' chorus was
outfitted in fairy costumes of thin
material. However, the transpar-
ency of the dress wasn't realized
until fina, rehearsal. This called
for some quick remedes in the
form of long cotton s:ps.
Often costumes which refuse to
"behave" are incorporated into
the act. Such was the case of the
ghost's robe collar in "Ruddigore".
Each time the standing collar fell,
the ghost made an angry motion
which restored the collar's height
and provided much amusement as
well
YOUNG COMPOSER- Roland Trogan used an unusual combin-
ation of instruments to capture the flavor of DAC's "Medea."
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FINISHING TOUCHES-Thelma Kavanau adds the last details
to a costume design for the forthcoming Gilbert and Sullivan
production "Princess Ida" to be presented March 14, 15, and 16 at
the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
accomplishments. The young music
school teaching fellow wrote the
music for a Cornell production of
"The Good Woman of Setzuan,"
and has composed music for some
WUOM radio shows.
A few years ago Trogan collabor-
ated with another composer in
writing the libretto for the opera,
"The Hat Man" which was award-
ed first prize in a composition con-
test. The opera has been performed
in Chicago and the University-
sponsored national music camp,
Interlochen.
"Now I'm writing a libretto for
another opera on my own," Trogan
said.
He termed the "Medea" music
"a pretty clear-cut job. It was eas-
ier to write music for this play
than 'The Good Woman of Set-
zuan' because I had more freedom
with the music. In this play, there
were no kind of stipulation where
the music should be."
Trogan said he enjoyed working
in collaboration with dramatic
productions. "It is one of the most
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practical outlets
nowdays."
for composers
Futurewise, Trogan said he
would like to teach music at the
University or college level-"and of
course compose."
Chemistry Improves Our Way of Life
By MARY SARROS
A great deal has been said in
recent years about the improve-
ments chemistry has brought to
our way of life.
"In large measure, developments
in the application of chemistry for
a more favorable existence have
been due to advances in our fun-
damental knowledge of chemical
phenomena," Prof. Leigh C. An-
derson, chairman of the, chemistry
department, said recently.
"The chemistry department has
made significant contributions in
several areas," he commented.
Among past and present mem-
bers of the department who have
made such contributions are Pro-
fessors Moses Gomberg, Werner
Bachman and Kasimir Fajans.
'Free Radicals'
Prof. Gomberg first defined the
existence of "free radicals" in 1900,
a discovery which has proved to
be of vital importance in under-
standing how atoms are bound to-
gether.
The discovery has shown that
a very large number of reactions
involving organic molecules pro-
ceed by first becoming free radi-
cals.
Formerly an outstanding teacher
at the University as well as a
graduate, Prof. Gomberg later
established a scholarship fund for
chemistry students.
Chemistry of Penicillin
Prof. Bachman, winner of many
coveted awards, including the
King's Medal of the British gov-
ernment, is noted for his contri-
butions to the chemistry of peni-
cillin.
Prof. Fajans, retiring this year
from the faculty, was one of the
developers of the concept of iso-
topes, in a pioneer study of radio-
activity. He formulated the laws
of atomic transformation caused
by the loss of atomic disintegra-
tion.
Many of the men whom Prof.
Fajan trained were among those
selected to work on the Manhattan
Project, the United States' first
atomic bomb project.
Effects of Radiation
Prof. Anderson has recently been
studying the effect of radiation on
chemical reactions.
Because various types of chemi-
cal reaction must have a certain
amount of energy for them to act,
he is attempting to discover how
radiation will function as another
form of catalyst.
Another aspect of his research
concerns finding chemical reactions
which occur due to a gamma par-
tical hitting an atom or molecule
and affecting its behavior.
That is, it might knock an atom
off a molecule leaving a fragmen-
tary atom which may be a free
radical or ion, thus giving reac-
tions that are different than those
found from other forms of energy.
National Recognition
Since 1844, when the first chem-
istry course was offered here, the
department has attained national
recognition for its outstanding
contributions in the field of re-
search.
Once located in a small one-
room laboratory in the center of
campus, the chemistry building
has been enlarged to include equip-
ment of almost inestimable value.
In the past one hundred years,
enrollment in chemistry courses
-has grown, reaching the three
thousand mark last fall.
While the department is a sci-
ence unit in itself, students in
engineering, pharmacy, dentistry,
and medicine make up a consider-
able percentage of the enrollment.
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