Symphony Stories

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Excerpt from Symphony Stories: North Carolina Little Symphony, Children's Concerts, 1977-1978February fifteenth, 1955, was an important day in the life of the American composer, Mary Howe. On this day her two miniature tone poems, stars and sand were performed for the first time in Vienna. The performance by the small Vienna orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. Less than a year later the two pieces were played by the National Symphony Orchestra, under Howard Mitchell, in Washington, D. C. As the titles of these pieces suggest, borh works are descriptive or program music, and they are highly imaginative. Mrs. Howe said that stars was inspired by the gradually overwhelming effect of the dome of a starry night - its peace, beauty, and space. As the music progresses one's imagination is carried into the contemplation of the awesome depths of space and the sense of mystery with which man compares his insignifi cance to infinity. You can probably say this in simpler words, something like this: When I look at the sky on a starry night there seems to be no end to space, and it makes me feel very small.In a booklet on American Composers Mary Ellen Murphy and Alexander Richter describe stars in this way.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.