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A-ONE-AND-A-TWO-Members of the Joseph R. Pearson small ensemble begin the song that captured first place in the Spring Sing. Left to right are James Jupe, Phillipsburg junior,
Martin Atkins, Fort Scott sophomore, Richard Brownlee, Kansas City senior, and Robert Joseph, Calidonia, Panama, graduate student.
Abstract and Functional Music Are Different, Says Composer
Mr. Kubik was a guest lecturer in the Second Annual Symposium of Contemporary Music, sponsored by the University School of Fine Arts. Mr. Kubik said;
There is a definite difference between abstract and functional music, Gail Kubik, composer of numerous background scores for major motion pictures, said yesterday.
"Abstract music has a sense of the architecture built in. In functional composition, architectural form is ignored. Music is written to fit the architecture."
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A MICROPHONE can be placed to project a solo role above its background. Movie sound effects can be blended with music also in sort of a harmony." he said.
Mr. Kubik said there are advantages of electronics in writing film music,
Mr. Kubik said the combination of sound effects and music in movies has posed a great technical difficulty in film-making.
The guest speaker said film music must be direct and to the point, or primitive because it must set dramatic mood. It must represent protagonist and antagonist, he said.
"There is no room for subtlety of form or presentation. The music must tell the story," said Mr. Kubik.
HE SHOWED CUTS from the film "C-Man," for which he composed and conducted music. To represent villains, percussion instruments and a heavy brass section backgrounded a drumming, a single-chord piano rhythm.
"If film sequence music was used to create atmosphere, the passages may be able to stand on their own two feet. However, this is rare."
Mr. Kubik said film music becomes a series of mere musical sketches for the composer because fast transitions ruin smooth composition.
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four-day series of lectures and critiques at the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
2-4 p.m. — Orchstral readings, in the University Theatre, the symposium orchestra, Robert Baustian, associate professor of orchestra, conducting. Readings will include "Africa," by Bernard Rogers, "Elegreia" (1959) by Charles Fussell; "Aria and Allegretto" by Robert Lombardo and "Pennsylvania" (1947) by Gardner Read.
A PARTIAL SCHEDULE is as follows:
4 p.m.-address by Dr. Bernard Rogers, guest composer, Swarthout Recital Hall. Topic: "The Composer and His Environment."
8 p.m.-choral works program. University Theatre: annual spring concert, the University concert
choir, Clayton Krehbiel, associate professor of music education and choral music, conducting. Included will be "Poems by a Little Girl," adapted by Joseph Lukewitz; "Behold the Fowls of the Air," by Peter Sacco; "Why East Winds Chill," "Winter Wakens All My Care," and "The Lord Is to Me a Shepherd," all adapted by Robert Middleton; "Five Short Songs for Chorus" adapted by Kirke L, Mechem, and "She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways" adapted by Albert Lee Carr.
"Cantos Anejo" adapted by Fedor Kabalin; "A]l Pleasant Things" by John Pozdro; "Twice Away" by Henry Campbell; and "A Letter From Pete" by Bernard Rogers.
Tomorrow—
10 a.m.—Program of Works for String Quartet, Swarthout Recital Hall, the Fine Arts Quartet.
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Alderson: 'Fewer Pranks When I Was in School'
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, smiled as he leaned back in his office chair.
"Springtime pranks when I was in school?" he asked the reporter seated across from him. "Oh, I don't think there were too many. Those were the war years and most students didn't have cars. I suppose prankish activity in organized houses was much the same as it is now.
"YOU KNOW." the dean continued. "society has changed since the roaring college days. Pranks are no longer accepted. Children are taught nowadays that pranks aren't socially accepted."
Dean Alderson was reminded of the generous coat of yellow paint that statue Jimmy Green got recently.
"Well," he said. "People are more active in the springtime. Haven't you felt more energy on balmy, spring days? This is even more obvious this year due to the heavy snows we've had all winter."
"IVE HEARD Dean Woodruff say many times that this is why the Russians have their military show in the spring — to work more enthusiasm."
The dear further pointed out that during the twenties pranks were the only way to release this "pent up emotion." He cited some of his boyhood memories of "hideous" pranks played by the citizens of his small Missouri hometown.
He suggested that the stunts pulled even now are done to "leave the prankster's mark on the University just as his dad and grandad did."
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