May 03, 1959

… MAGAZ IN E Vol. V, No. 8 Sunday, May 3, 1959 SPECIAL ISSUE: Literature the Arts …

…Restoring Handel to His Proper Place 4;., Common Illusions About Him Are Disappearing By MICHAEL COREN THIS YEAR marks the two hun- English have devotedly performed lived and soon disappeared from dredth anniversary of the many of Handel's oratorios for the the catalog. Westminster has re- death of George Frederick Handel. last two hundred years, but in leased "Israel in Egypt" and "Ju- Ann Arbor musicians in keep- America only the "Messiah"...…

…Give 'Em What They Want Satisfying Popular Tastes Hinders Ann Arbor Theatre By AL PHILLIPS ANN ARBOR theatre as it now" The Drama Sedson, as it stands, stands is exactly what the is a imety taiancea piugram win people want. "iuazingiy goo taent. it, were Let us name the suitors. &nown auw ar it is to use up Number one: the Drama Season reaiy gooa actors, even in lairy is placed in the number one spot oig motney wieatres, te respect because it...…

…Not Flourishing, Not Declining (Continued from Preceding Page) is basically a conservative one. "What sort of reviews did it get?" is a fairly familiar question. The local audience is tied to and de- pendent on the New York critics, which automatically kills the chance of an experimental theatre. Second, the repertory situation Is a tricky one. Bernard Shaw points out the difficulties of rep- ertory companies in the Preface to the collection ...…

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…A Million Saturday Nights "Nothing will kill the movies would be less pontifically extreme. but education'"-Will Rogers And if anyone were to deny that the movies are an art form there A FEW YEARS ago someone would be a long tradition of great asked William Saroyan why he moments and great films to point went to he movies. "I don't look to; films as valid and beautiful in for anything in a film," Saroyan the immediacy of our experience said, ...…

…The Ubiquitous Paperback A Brief and Unauthoritative Explanation Concerning a Recent Development in American Reading Habits By FRED SCHAEI "BACK" is a very important word on any campus. On most cam- puses, with the exception of the University of Chicago, the root word is prefixed with "half-", "quarter-", or "full-". But by now, everyone knows there has been a philological revolution; in these spheres there is a new dominant influence: the p...…

…and no concerts are scheduled. Col- lege and staff who have a chance to take trips to Lake Michigan for beach parties, drive to Frank- fort to climb the Dunes, or if nothing more imaginative can be devised make the 14 mile trip to Traverse City Many forms of recreation are found in camp, from sweaty bas- ketball games, to sailing and swim- ming, to bridge games in the college hangout, the "Minny" (Minnesota) Building. Many college students spe...…

…Glenn Gould ... By SELMA SAWAYA ONE OF THE most gifted-and summed it up admirably in a re- still highly controversial-art- view of a Gould performance in ists on the musical scene today is March, 1958. Of the aforemen- pianist Glenn Gould. tioned eccentricities of perform- Since making his American de- ance, he writes: but in 1955, Gould has inspired, "It would be easy to dismiss all through public performances, de- this as deliberate exhibiti...…

…bottles. Valiantly! And now. the hard-cover publishers form alli- ne with the paperback pub- PAPERB CK REVOLUTION: A Philolo ical Questionlshes a sort of NATO of the Even the University of Michi- ga's general library has been affected by the paperbacks. It now (cntinued fr page7) expense change his entire selec- quired in large numbers by the mnent" books have fallen out, etc., buys paperbacks and has them N ADDITION to the lower tion of books...…

…National Book Awards On Saleability or Quality? By W. G. ROGERS EVERY YEAR criticism of some continues to be in theory that the ies, they voted, with no one dis- sort from some quarter fol- judges should have the book- senting, that the direction and or- lows the announcement of the seller in mind when they pick a ganization of the jury part of the winners of the National Book book. He's got to make a living, awards should be entrusted en- Awa...…

…THE BEA There Is Nothing Left TE By AlT YOUNG Oh the world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind a few dead minds in the higher places or a bomb or two now and then in your upturned faces or other such improprieties as our Name Brand society is prey to with its men of distinction and its men of extinction Carthyism, soared high. Econon ically, the official cry was "Ba to normalcy!" which was suppos to mean back to the way th...…

…Challenge of Electronic Music By GORDON MUMMA 1 HE TWO most significant and fruitful trends in 20th Century mnusic are the development of serial techniques, and, more re- cently, the exploration of timbre. The lay-public is familiar with "serial music" by the notorious title of "12 tone music." Actually, "12 tone music" is an early and now rather crude concept. The exploration of timbre began shortly after the First World War with the music o...…

…Architectural Genius Frank Lloyd Wright By JAN RA1M FOR OVER 70 years Frank Lloyd Wright conceived a new type of Wright designed buildings of architecture, something which he all kinds as he believed they should called "organic," and defined it as be built, and for over 70 years one in which entity is the ideal, Wright was a center of contro- with the nature of the materials versy. and the nature of the purpose In 1887, when he began his de-...…

…Scu pture: the Form and Method Of the Many Arts, it is Probably Least Accepted and Least Understood in the United States 'tBy DAVID GUILAUME THE AMERICAN people have a or anyone who did not do or make gross telling of a tale, a literary strange and traditional dis- something. notion translated (usually badly) 'trust of their senses. While leisure is a sought after into a three dimensional state- The American ethic has found entity, it is desir...…

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