Emory has it right. Aside from the Britten premiere, as I said in my posting, if it is Elayne Jones playing timpani (and I'm sure it is) in the film, it was the summer of 1949. I wish it were John Graas in the student ensemble, since it would be really nice to see him in action, but it is not possible given the 1949 date.
Peter Hirsch Message: 4 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:10:34 -0500 (EST) From: Eww02 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Tanglewood sometime in the 1940s To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" It looks like 1949 must be the year for this film. One confirmation would be that 1949 is the year Britten's "Albert Herring" (the opera that's being rehearsed in the film) had its US Premiere. Emory Waters -----Original Message----- From: Susan McKeever <[email protected]> To: horn <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 15, 2010 1:16 am Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Tanglewood sometime in the 1940s >From a section of the bio I wrote about my uncle John Graas: In June 1940 he received a scholarship to the Tanglewood camp at the erkshire Music Center and studied there with Willem Valkenier, principal orn with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he received detailed study. n September 1941 Graas became a member of the Mozart Festival Orchestra, onducted by Thor Johnson. In September 1941 he received notice of a cholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, but a month later he turned own the Julliard scholarship to perform as first horn with the Indianapolis ymphony. . Graas left classical music for a brief time when in May 1942, e became a member of the Claude Thornhill cool bop big band. He recorded everal songs which featured him, such as "Buster's Last Stand" and "Lullaby n the Rain". Then it was back to Tanglewood under Koussevitsky. .. So, John Graas was there the summers of 1940 & 1942. There is a horn player n the far left in the shot of about 4-5 horn players, where I can't make ut the whole person, so I'm not sure, but he may be in this film. Susan Graas McKeever _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
