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 The following events occurred in Juilliard's history in November:
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| The Siamese Music Ensemble, featuring Boonyong Katekong (front left) and Bruce Gaston (front middle), visited Juilliard in 1988. (Photo by Sherry Pudloski) |
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1945 November 23-24, a festival of three concerts of music by Paul Hindemith was held in celebration of the composer's 50th birthday. Hindemith conducted the final program, which consisted of Hérodiade, Five Songs on Old Texts, and Theme With Four Variations (The Four Temperaments). Among the festival participants were violinist Isaac Stern, the Budapest String Quartet, contralto Enid Szantho, flutist Samuel Baron, cellist Madeline Foley, a chorus from the Institute of Musical Art, a chamber orchestra from the Juilliard Graduate School, and pianists Bruce Simonds, Rosalind Simonds, Jane Carlson, and Alexander Zakin.1958 November 4, composer Karlheinz Stockhausen spoke at Juilliard on "New Instrumental and Electronic Music."
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1945 November 21, Sergei Prokofiev's opera-ballet Cinderella, choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov, was premiered in Moscow. Olga Lepeshinskaya and Mikhail Gabovich danced the two leads.1958 November 6, Maria Callas was dropped from her Metropolitan Opera contract by manager Rudolf Bing after a disagreement over performances for the next season.
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1971 November 12-13, the Juilliard Dance Ensemble performed a special program of premieres. Anna Sokolow's Scenes From the Music of Charles Ives and José Limón's Revel (music by Elizabeth Sawyer) were presented in their world premieres, and in honor of Ted Shawn, Limón's The Unsung was given its first New York performance. The concert also included Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels (music by Norman Dello Joio). James Conlon conducted the Juilliard Repertory Orchestra.1988 November 11, the Siamese Music Ensemble from Bangkok presented a workshop and performance at Juilliard, one day before their official American debut at the Asia Society. The virtuoso group, formed by Boonyong Katekong in the 1950s, was dedicated to the performance of ancient Thai music and the creation of new works through modern instruments and techniques.Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard's archivist.
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