Augustus D. Juilliard died on April 25. His will left approximately $20 million for the advancement of music in the United States; the bequest was unprecedented as the largest of its kind.

April 27, students of the Institute of Musical Art held a "recital-reception" for the Hungarian pianist and composer Ernó Dohnányi. After hearing several piano students play, Dohnányi responded with a performance of his Hungarian Rhapsody and Beethoven’s Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110.

April 27-29, the Juilliard Dance Theater with artistic director Doris Humphrey presented the world premiere of José Limón’s King’s Heart. Music by faculty member Stanley Wolfe was commissioned by the Juilliard Musical Foundation for the Festival of American Music. A queen, exhorting her captains to valor in the face of the approaching enemy, reminds them that although her body is that of a weak woman, her heart is that of a king. Melisa Nicolaides, Patricia Christopher, and Anna Friedland danced the role of the queen in different performances. Pauline Lawrence designed the costumes, and Durevol Quitzow designed the sets.

José Limón’s King’s Heart, with music by faculty member Stanley Wolfe, was given its premiere at Juilliard in April 1956. Photo by Flatow.

April 20, playwright Arthur Miller gave a master class at Juilliard.	Arthur Miller visited Juilliard in April 1979. Photo by Peter Schaaf

Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard’s archivist.