I just rememberd that this was issued on a Victor Program Transcription disc. 10 inch , If memory serves? Don't know if there was a special sleeve for this one or not. Bob Hodge Robert Hodge, Senior Engineer Belfer Audio Archive Syracuse University 222 Waverly Ave . Syracuse N.Y. 13244-2010 315-443- 7971 FAX-315-443-4866 >>> [log in to unmask] 4/17/2006 6:17 PM >>> There was an insert and special sleeve for this record. A copy is at the Johnson Victorla Muesum, Dover, DE. It is also still Victor, not yet RCA. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Tait" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] RCA symphonic work competition - 1929 > I have a copy of the 78 to which Steve Smolian referred, Victor 36000. > The > labels read > > 36000-A -- TWO SYMPHONIC SKETCHES > (a) Nocturne (b) March > (1st Prize Award) > (Thomas Griselle) > > 36000-B -- SONG OF THE BAYOU > (2nd Prize Award) > (Rube Bloom) > > The Griselle is credited to the Victor Concert Orchestra, the Bloom to > the > Victor Salon Group (male voices). The conductor of both is Nathaniel > Shilkret. > > It's interesting that the label doesn't say what contest these works won, > but I gather from what Steve wrote that there was accompanying publicity > (that > would be typical of Victor) and perhaps the company assumed that > purchasers > would know. > > Don Tait > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't this the composition for which Tom Griselle won a prize for his Two > American Nocturnes? (Also on a Naxos CD, Symphonic Jazz.) > > dl > > Alec McLane wrote: > > 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