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WPA MUSIC ?P..OG.5.Al1! TO EM?HASIZE PAN A:fERICAif ifTJSIC
Sym:_Jhony and c once rt orche stras a nd c011cert 'ua.nds 0 f t he 11PA Eusic
Program n ill IJ::.·es ent music of Latin- Am,3 rican comu0sP.rs b e f o re audiences L1
many parts of the colmtry this ·Neek in observcmce of the fiftieth ;;.nni ve r sD.ry
of the f01.i:.1ding of the Pan Am e rican Uni_o n , Mrs • Florenc e Kerr , Assi:=;to.c1t
Cnmmissione r in cha r ge of Professional and Servic e ?ro jects , an...'1ounced. t oc'.a,Y .
The pe rf or manc e s will be continued several ,,eeks during t he s :·)ring
and many ·9hases o f Lat in-American musical c ompos iti o n will be r ap r esei-;.t ed. .
Dii:; lomatic 1:.nd consula r a e;e nt:, will be patrons or s ne ci a l {(.Ll e sts at sone of
t he p r ogr 2. ns , Ers . Ke rr added .
Dr . ::Ja rl Vincent Hoore , Direct o r of t he :T?A Music Program , s a~.a. t ha t
music in t ~1c 1:. brari e s of th e Pan Amer:i. can U:1ion and t he band s and o rc:1es tras
of the U. S . Wavy, krmy and. ;,,i arine Cor~J s nave be en r.·! ade ava ilab l e on SO- 0.a,y
loans for clistributi o n t o r, r o ject units .
Muc:h of t h is music is in ncm- n o t a-
tion manus cri Jt and Lieut enant Cha-rles Ben t e r , Ca-ckd n Ti10 ri12.s Dnrc? , and
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Cap t a in TTilli t'.D Sa ntelman~ , l oaders o f t he r espect iv e servi ce units , cav e
pe rs ona l assi st2.;1ce in nss e.mb lin:; it f or t he f o rthcor:,i ng ~ r o[; r .?.ms .
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o f t he va ri ed a.ud. i ence t y:;:ie s r eaclrnd by t he 'VPA Mus ic
Dr . Moore said , fl we are able t o c ontribut e mrcteri;ci.lly t o e,n i m-
p r ove d m1de rstanding and r.ipp r e ci.:1.ti on of th e mus ic of La tin Ameri ca .
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widely cel eb r ~ted. anni v e rs a r :r o f t he f ou..l'J.di ng of t he Pt'.n A,11eri can Union c.ffo r ds
an admirabl e op9o rtu.Y1ity to e mpho.size t h is music, and t he rrojec t r:n:!.sicL--.n s
are off e ring every coope rati on with t he p ro ;,o sed p rogrrun .
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Wh ile most of the r e cognized c ompcse rs in th e La tin- Americ.::tn
countri e s
t o be r ep r esen t cd on the prog r.uns , ho c ontinuecl , pr e do;:1ir..aat
int e r es t s a r e r e fl e ct 0d in t he r c:, quests for lo a ns of com:ios i ti ons by Aloerto
ililli ams , Abel Ruffino , J cse }.i. Castro , and Pa,scu., ,l RJJs:1.t is , of Ar t::;8~:: ti na ;
Ant oni o C2,Tlos Go:1e z , He.ctor Villa- Lobos , and Luiz Lev-J , of Br azil ; Ce l e riuo
Percen-i, of Chil e ; Er,1ilio Rc ir.o so and Lui s Cas e s Rome ro , of Cuba ; Vi cente
Garcia m1d Veco Augusto , of t he Dominica n Repub lic ; Domingo Sant a , of El
Salvador; Jesus C2,s till o and Vi c t o r Figue r oa , of Guatemala ; Justi :n Eli e , of
Hai ti ;
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Ado.l id- Gamero , of Hornluras ; F . ; •• ? a rtichel i , cf iEexico ; Ce..rl Sc~1nohl ,
of Parai;;L,1.;_,1,J· ; Oriheu.la and Eduo.rd(" Stubbs , of P e ru; Benone Cal vac eccllio. , of
Uruguay , nnc. AU{;usto Brandt and Andr es D. Pa rdo of Venezuelo.. .
Thr ee s:9ecial p r ograms on ''Musi c of t he Al:10 ric n.s fl were gi v e:..1 r ocontl~,r
by t ho \TPll ~.fo.sic Pro j e ct 0f Now Yo rk City a t wl1ich c onsu.l c:: r of fic ers of
vario us Lo,t in- A.rnerican countri e s ser ved a s p1:!.t r ons , Dr . lloore said .
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ut t h e se ) rogr:1;-as were Burle Mar x , comrioser and forme r c onduc t o r of ti: o Ri o de
J aneiro Philh2-,r,noni c Orch,:istrn , who ho.s be en o. ;;ucs t c onductor wit~: ;,r o j c ct
orchestrL'. s in Eost-::m and New York; Dr . Carl t o n Sor a ;;uo Srni th , chi ,; f c f the
mus ic divisi on of the Ne w Yo r k Public Librr., r y , a nd l,fr.i e . Irma Lab ::i.still o .
Cor.Toosc rs r ep r esent ed on these p r ogr o..ri1s include Enr ique So r o , of C:1iJ.e ;
E. Ville: Lobo s , nnd J . Octnviano , of- :Brazil ; So.lvc..do r Co!1tr or as , P ri.b lo i,ic nc2,yn ,
Daniol A;/::i.,12., o..nd ~l.'.'..s Galindo , of Mexico ; Juan J oso Castro and Honori o Sicco..rdi ,
of Argontino., 1 1:..nd Al ojnnd.ro Cc1.tu.rla , of Cuba. .
Host of t h is music w2..s wri ttcn
as a rt sonc s , o r for ch3.l!lb c r ensembl e s .
Throughout t ho seri es th o purpcso to "fos t e r good will /JJJlonc tl10
r epublics of Am ;:) rica through music , 11 vms om-phasizcd , Dr . Moore decL·. r c d .
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