University Daily Kansan / Monday. August 27, 1990
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Compositions retell pain of Nazi camps
The Associated Press
LENOX, Mass. — They were just four of the millions who perished in Nazi camps. But in the shadow of death, the Jewish composers created a musical legacy that has outlived the horror of their fates.
Today, a musician is organizing performances of the almost forgotten pieces by Gideon Klein. Pavel Haas, Victor Ullmann and Huska Krasa — him imprisoned in a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
"It's amazing, and it's inspiring," said Mark Ludwig, a Boston Symphony Orchestra violist. "Our mission is . . . to make the public aware not only of the great talents of these artists, but there's a spiritual resistance, a spiritual form of resistance which is also very insinning."
Ladwig spent two years tracking down scores from composers at the Nazi camp in Terezin, Czechoslovakia, a village north of Prague. He concentrated on the four composers, who had promising careers in prewar Praague. Krasa's "First Symphony," for example, had been performed by the Boston orchestra in 1926.
Many of the scores came from the state Jewish museum in Prague and the Terezin National Monument, where they had been deposited after
the war and largely ignored. Others came from survivors entrusted with the music.
Some of the pieces, mainly chamber music, express "a great deal of pain and desolation." Ludwig said. "There are also others that are reminiscent of times past, good times, if you will, a way of momentarily distracting the audience from their environment."
The concentration camp known as Theresiensi station originally was a walled garrison town. The camp served as a way station for transports to death camps in the east and the center of a Nazi propaganda effort.
To bring the music before the public, Ludwig founded the nonprofit Terezin Chamber Music Foundation. So far, concerts have been in Worcester and at a Holocaust memorial service at the Massacre Museum. Both venues are planned next year for Amsterdam, Boston and the Berkshires.
The pieces are mainly short works such as string trios, quartets and sonatas.
Next year's programs include music that hasn't been heard since it was first written and performed in the concentration camp — a time when the musicians probably were never sure of their fate, Wiladgw. said
Landlords kept busy with repairs
Many Lawrence apartments lay vacant this summer, but that did not mean all was quiet.
Kansan staff writer
By Karen Park
From recarpeting and repainting rooms to more extensive work, apartment owners and managers prepared during the summer for
A pitched roof is under construction on one Stouffer Place apartment building.
"We didn't do anything out of the ordinary," said Herb Weidensau, co-owner of the Malls Old English Village, 2411 Louisiana St.
Wewaenslaid the complex did not need major work because it was reroofed and nurses were recarpeted two years ago. Normal work includes recarpeting, painting and installing appliances in some apartments.
"We raise rent about like the cost of living," he said.
Weidensaul said rent increased only five or six dollars a month this year.
Other apartment complexes needed more improvements.
Pat Leipair, manager of Cedar
Apartments, 4112 Cedarwood
Ave., said she tried to improve
different areas every summer.
"This summer we built outside entrances that have indirect lightening, and we put new carp in the boxes in one building," she said.
Leipard said she raised rent this year by five dollars a month to maintain the apartments.
Vacated apartments are always cleaned and painted, Leipard said. Carpets are replaced if they are in bad condition.
Stouffer Place Apartments, which are operated by the University of Kansas for married students and students with children, are undergoing major improvements.
said one of the 22 Stouffier Place, buildings was having a new roof installed. The roof, which is called a pitched roof, will replace the flat roofs, which were placed on the apart- tion by the late 1950s and 1960s, he said.
"It gives the buildings a nicer and more residential look," Stoner said. "So far I've had excellent response to the new roof."
Ken Stoner, director of housing.
Stoner said that the $60,000 roof was a prototype and that the housing department planned to put
similar roofs on three more Stoufer Place buildings within the next year and a half if the prototype worked well.
In a few weeks, construction will begin on a $50,000 sheltered bus stop near the Anna Drive entrance to Stouffer Place, Stone said. The bus stop will be used by both school and Lawrence station buses.
"The cost of the prototype roof and the bus stop were taken out of our reserve funds," Stoner said.
Students feel heat of possible gas hikes
Increase would take effect in January
Kansan staff writer
By Carol Krekeler Kansan staff writer
Although utility officials do not foresee major increases this year in water and electric services, KU students must be prepared for gas service may face higher gas bills.
Kansas Public Service, which provides gas service for Lawrence, proposed May 11 at $15 million increase in revenue to cover rising operation costs, said Bev Agut, KPS manager of accounting.
Under the proposal, the average monthly gas bill for students living in apartments would be $52.99, a $4.84 more from the current $48.31. Agut said.
an increase in gas costs was necessary.
"I don't like it," he said. "But
She said the 11 percent increase most likely would go into effect in January. The proposal first must be approved later this year by the Kansas Corporation Commission, which盤ulates all utility costs in Kansas.
Johnny Chuang, Overland Park senior, lives in an apartment that has gas service and said he did not think
'it's just kind of part of apartment life. But we haven't really thought of the impact until we know what the cost of utilities will be.'
Liz Songer Wichita junior
there's probably nothing we can do about it."
Johnson said the cost of electricity varied, depending on the user.
Kansas Public Service is proposing an 11% or $1.6 million increase in revenue. The increase, if approved, would go into effect in late January or early February.
Steve Johnson, divisional manager at Kansas Power and Light, said he did not foresee any significant electricity in large-sized apartment. Lawrence has an average monthly electric bill of $48.94.
"This monthly average cost does not reflect people's personal habits,"
| | Before | After |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Customer service charge | $3.95 | $8.00 |
| Service initiation fee | $0 | $5 |
| Disconnect fee | $10 | $18 |
| Price of gas buffer | | $.43 |
| Average Residential Cost per month* | $48.31 | $52.79 |
| Total monthly increase | $4.48 | |
Total monthly increase
- based on 10,000 cubic feet of space Source: Kansas Corporation Commission
Johnson said "Someone may choose to use their air conditioner in the middle of the winter."
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Sharon Martin, Lawrence water department supervisor, said apartment occupants could expect a $14.74 minimum water bill. The cost of people using the utility on the amount of people using the utility within the apartment, she said.
The cost of water typically rises 4 percent each year because of increasing operation costs, Martin
said. The utility department may not increase the price of water this year because of lower operation costs.
Liz Songer, Wichita junior, said she and her three roommates considered the extra cost of utilities before booking a payment for the first time, this春暑假.
"It's just kind of part of apartment life," songer said. "But we haven't really thought of the impact until we know what the cost of utilities will be."
French official guards rock 'n' roll resources
The Associated Press
PARIS — Rock 'n' roll, never a prime concern of the French government, is getting a boost through France's new junior minister of rock.
"Monsieur Rock," as he is called, is 27-year-old Bruno Lion. His official title at the Culture Ministry is for mission for rock and pop music.
He was picked last year by Culture Minister Jack Lang to revitalize a domain long dominated by foreign talent or homecomed copycats.
His appointment came at a time when French rock and pop were beginning to outgrow their reputation as mediocre.
However, Lion's appointment met with ridicule from critics who think rock ceases to be rock once pulled into the mainstream.
"He should resign; that would be the 'rock' thing to do," said Lionel Rotcage, editor of the French edition of Rolling Stone.
Lion has persevered, chasing down financial and media support. With a 1990 budget of $7.8 million, he expects to set up a solid support structure, including subsidies, for musicians and industry professionals.
His tasks also involve promoting native talent at home and abroad, no
easy matter given France's dearth of concert space and reputation as a poor inspiration for rock.
"France is underequipped compared to its neighbors," Lion said in an interview. "When I took the job, we had as many concert halls as there are in greater London or in Holland, and we're 12 times bigger."
Since he took office, the government has helped build about 100 new venues.
"A little investment can go a long way," Lion said, noting that France earns more than $180 million a year in taxes from record sales.
At the recent New Music Seminar in New York, about 250 French musicians performed, compared with only 10 in 1988, Lion said.
Lion, however, is concerned about the new U.S. immigration requirements for artists seeking temporary work permits, which virtually prohibit foreign performers who can prove "financial success and artistic worth."
"The American laws discriminate against foreign artists." Ion said.
Lion said the European Economic Community may be forced to retaliate.
"Looking ahead to 1993, we're talking about a European market of 340 million people," he said.
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