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University Daily Kansan Friday. February 13, 1953
New York Quartet To Play Here Feb.18
The Chamber Music Series will present as its third attraction on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Strong Auditorium the New York Quartet in a program for piano and strings.
The four eminent musicians comprising the New York Quartet played together for the first time in 1947 at the suggestion of the Mercury Recording corporation, which was intent on obtaining the finest combination of instrumentalists for the purpose of perpetuating on records their performances of the great masterpieces for piano and strings.
With the release and outstanding critical success of the quartet's first album, there were demands from all over the country for personal appearances. These met with so warm a response that the New York Quartet continues as a permanent concert ensemble.
The pianist, Miesczław Horoszowski is known internationally both as a solo pianist and chamber musician. He is familiar to music lovers for his appearances as soloist with Arturo Toscani and his performances with the celebrated cellist Pablo Casals.
Alexander Schneider, violinist, was for many years a member of the Budapest String quartet and of the Albeneri Trio, which he organized. In recent years he has devoted himself to a concert career, gaining special critical acclaim for his violin and harpscholars recitals with Ralph Kirkpatrick and his performances of the six Bach partitas and sonatas for solo violin.
Milton Katims, violinist, is one of the world's foremost virtuosis on this instrument. In addition to his many solo appearances, Mr. Katims frequently appears as assisting artist for the Budapest Quartet and is first violinist in the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toccanini. Mr. Katims is well-known for the many programs he conducts and for his brilliant guest appearances as conductor of the NBC Symphony.
Frank Miller, cellist, has long been known as one of America's outstanding cellists in both ensemble and solo playing. He was the principal cellist and assistant conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra and since 1939 has been solo cellist of Toscanini's NBC Symphony. He has made many distinguished solo appearances with both organizations.
Sculptor Talks On Creative Art
"Primitive art is affecting present-day artists for the first time through modern methods of communication," Bernard "Poco" Frazier, Kansas-born sculptor, said yesterday at a fine arts convocation.
Slides and photographs of Mr. Frazier's work will be shown in the Pine room of the Student Union at 7:30 p.m. today.
"It is inevitable that the spotlight of world prominence in the creative world, which has been on almost every other country, will now move to America and become our obligation," he said at the convoiation. He impressed upon the audience the power of art in the world past and present, and gave credit to creative people of all time and places for "their thought, philosophies, and innovations which have so strongly directed mankind."
Thursday night Mr. Frazier, former University track star, showed slides of cave paintings and carvings in the region of the Pyrenees mountains, and color slides of modern American Indian paintings.
Newman Club to Hold Dance
The Newman club will sponsor a dance for all Catholic students from 9-12 p.m. Saturday in the Jayhawk room of the Union. A combo will play. No admission will be charged.
CHAMBER MUSIC ATTRACTION—The New York Quartet will present a program in strings and piano Wednesday as the third presentation of the Chamber Music series. The quartet is composed of four eminent musicians who started as a temporary recording group in 1947 but achieved such outstanding success that they have continued together. Alexander Schneider and Milton Katims are the violinists, Mieczslaw Hoznowski is the pianist and Frank Miller is the cellist.
Canadian Librarian Addresses KU Group
Mr. Harlow, who went to British Columbia in 1951 from California, said, "Because of its background, Canada has much more of an international feeling than the United States. Canadians have a great deal of faith in the United Nations, and UNESCO."
"Canada is truly one of the coming nations of the world and should not be ignored," Neal Harlow, head librarian of the University of British Columbia, said Tuesday, speaking to a group of librarians and faculty members in the Little Theater of Green hall.
Nehru Fears Formosa Action
New Delhi, India — (U.P.)— Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today there is widespread fear that President Eisenhower's deneutralization of Formosa may make the situation worse in the Far East.
Mr. Nehru indicated that he will send special instructions on the issue, and on the Korean war generally, to the Indian delegation to the United Nations assembly which meets in New York Feb. 24.
It was at Mr. Nehru's request that the Indians introduced in the UN last year a proposal for an armistice
in Korea which the Allied countries, and other non-Communist nations, accepted but the Soviet bloc rejected.
Mr. Nehru said "it is not clear" what withdrawal of the U.S. 7th fleet from Formosa means "but there is no doubt that the general impression in many countries is that it might lead to a worsening of the situation."
India was not consulted by the U.S. before President Eisenhower freed Chinese Nationalist forces, Mr. Nehru said.
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