The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1959 Page: 5 of 10
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NOVEMBER 6, 1959
THE THRESHER
Five
TENDER
appear in "He
SCENE—Maurice Ronet and Nicole Burger
Who Must Die" now at the River Oaks.
In Third Symphony Concert
American Comp osers Saluted
By JOE KRUPPA
Thresher Fine Arts Columnist
The significant and the not so
significant in contemporary
American music were given a
hearing in the third concert by
the Houston Symphony under
Stokowski. It was an evening of
music that enabled one to es-
tablish a revealing scale of val-
ues.
o Two American Works
Stokowski centered his atten-
tion on two works by modern
American composers, a Symphony
for Strings and Percussion by the
young percussionist of the Boston
symphony, Harold Farberman,
and Variations for Orchestra by
the aging iconoclast, Henry Co-
well.
The works invite comparison,
since both rely heavily on per-
cussive effects. Faberman's work,
despite its clever utilization of
a variety of percussion instru-
ments, cannot hide its thematic
shallowness.
Cowell Very Good
Cowell's work, on the other
hand, is a well worked statement
of musical ideas, illustrating the
composer's ability to use unusual
orchestral effects and yet keep
these within certain limits. What
I mean to say is that the genesis
of the Cowell work is a guiding
musical idea or principal, while
Farberman starts with an inter-
est in a specific means of musi-
cal statement and ends there,
with nothing in between.
The first part of the program
saw Leopold Stokowski demon-
strate three components of a
symphony orchestra, and then, so
to speak, put them together. A
Sonata Piano Forte by Gabrieli
was a revealing glance at the
woodwind and brass sections, with
woodwinds getting the upper
hand although the brass turned
in an astonishingly sure per-
formance.
"He Who Must Die"
Emotion-Filled Film
Now at River Oaks
v By GEARY EPPLEY
Thresher Staff
In an action approaching mar-
tyrdom, the River Oaks Theater
has presented Houstonians with
a rare treat, an outstanding film.
"He Who Must Die," a French
film adapted from The Greek
Passion, a novel by Nikos Kazant-
zakis, and filmed on the island of
Crete under the direction of Jules
Dassin, is easily one of the best
films of recent years. The action
occurs in a small Greek village
under ^Turkish domination near
the end of World War I. With the
approval of the Turk in charge,
the traditional passion play is
planned and the characters are
selected.
The town whore is selected to
play Mary Magdalene; her chief
consort, to play Judas; a postman,
innkeeper, and son of the town's
leading citizen, to play disciples;
and a stuttering*shepherd, to play
Christ.
As the plot progresses, these
players become deeply involved
and assume the personalities of
the characters they are portray-
ing. With the proposition that if
Christ returned to earth, the
Christian Church would crucify
Him, the picture builds to an end-
ing of emotion-shattering inten-
sity.
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Dr. Johnson turns another elegant phrase:
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Sir? if it hasnt
it hasnt
Old Dr. Sam has done it again—brought
his dictionary up to date in terms of
modern Winston usage.
Winston(win'ston), n. A cigarette with
Filter-Blend on one end and a wise man
on the other.
Taste (tast), n.What decorators argue
about and Winston smokers enjoy.
Filter-Blend (ffl'ter-blend), n. A happy
marriage of art and science. Light, mild,
flavorful tobaccos are artfully selected,
then scientifically processed for filter
smoking.
got it there,
got it!
Slogan (slo'gSn), n. (e.g.. Winston
tastes good like a cigarette should). A
statement of disputed grammar but un-
questioned fact.
Front (frunt), n. (used in conjunction
with the preposition "up":). The section
of a filter cigarette where if it hasn t
got it, it hasn't got it. Also, the section
that counts, the section where exclusive
Filter-Blend is to be found.
•Boswell (bSz\v£l). Nickname for a
guy who is always hanging around to
cadge Winstons from you.
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man
by which so much happiness is produced ..
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1959, newspaper, November 6, 1959; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231129/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.