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On 17/04/06, Steven Smolian wrote: > Is this a different competition? My memory (again): I have "Song of > the Bayou" by Rube Bloom and I foget the other piece, each on one side > of a 12" Victor record as well as the sheet music to the Bloom with a > note about his prize on it. > > I'll dig out the rest of the data if anyone wants. It does seem that there were two competitions. One for an orchestral composition (i.e. classical) and the other for a "modern American" composition (i.e. symphonic jazz). >> There were actually only 4 composers because Robert Russell Bennett >> was awarded 2/5 of the prize. Here's from the liner notes to a Naxos >> recording of Bennett's _Abraham Lincoln_ (quoted at >> http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559004&catNum=559004&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English): >> >> __________________________ >> In Paris and Berlin in 1927-28, on a Guggenheim Scholarship, he >> noticed an >> RCA Victor competition with a prize of 25,000 dollars for an >> outstanding >> orchestral composition, with a small prize for a lighter piece of >> music. >> He submitted the two works on this disc - the patriotic Abraham >> Lincoln >> and the abstract orchestral painting of Sights and Sounds. Both >> pieces >> were scored for an enormous band of musicians and are of large >> proportions. >> >> RCA Victor's jury consisted of Leopold Stokowski, Serge >> Koussevitzky, >> Frederick Stock, Rudolph Ganz and Olga Samaroff. They decided no >> work was >> better than any other to win outright and awarded five prizes to >> Aaron >> Copland's Dance Symphony, Louis Gruenberg's Symphony, Ernst Bloch's >> Helvetia and two 5,000 dollar awards to Bennett's pieces. >> >> Despite their huge orchestral forces, Bennett's prizewinners were >> then >> published. Abraham Lincoln was first performed by Stokowski and the >> Philadelphia Orchestra in October 1931, with a second performance >> given a >> fortnight later at the dedication of the Juilliard School's new >> auditorium. For this, Bennett wrote his own programme notes, drawn >> from >> below. >> ___________________________ >> >> Alec >> >> At 11:19 AM 4/17/2006, Paul Charosh wrote: >> >> >> In 1929, RCA Victor offered a prize of $25,000 for a new symphonic >> work. The >> prize was divided among five composers. Copland was one; he received >> $5,000 >> for his submission. >> >> How to find out who were the other four recipients? Also, who at >> RCA/Victor >> was in charge of the competition? Can one find out who were the >> judges? Can >> one find out who submitted works? >> >> Paul Charosh >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Alec McLane >> Scores & Recordings/ >> World Music Archives Phone: (860) 685-3899 >> Olin Library Fax: (860) 685-2661 >> Wesleyan University mailto:[log in to unmask] >> Middletown, CT 06459 http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/srhome/srdir.htm >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: >> 4/16/2006 >> >> > Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]