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APPOINTMENTS, AWARDS, COMPETITIONS

of Music, wherehe is now directorof studies; he succeeds Gordon Clinton. and Meredith Davies has been appointedpermanent conductor musicdirector of theRoyal Choral Society. has been appointed directorof the KennethMontgomery Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Rodion Shchedrin has been elected head of the Composers' Union of theRussianFederation; he succeedsGeorgy Sviridov. David Cusick (tenor) and Haroutine Bedelian and Gerald Robbins(violinand piano duo) each won second prize in his class at theInternational ofJeunesses Musicalesin Competition from western Belgrade;theyweretheonlycompetitors Europe. and Jonathan have won first and second Barry Guy Harvey Music Award. prizesin the Radcliffe of Canterbury's The Archbishop Music was Diplomain Church awarded to Colin George Edmundsonof Solihull. Sylvia Sas has been awardedthe gold ringand medal in the International at Sofia; the first SingingCompetition prizefor womenwas won by Hristina and thefirst Angelakova prizefor menby BulatMinjilkiev. InternationalSinging Competition,'s-Hertogenbosch prizewinners: sopranoclass,Adrienne Csengery (first prize),Miriam Bowen and Cornelia Pop (second prizes); mezzo-soprano/alto class, Vibeke Bjelke and StefaniaToczyska (second prizes); tenor class, AntoniusNicolescu and JamesWagner (second prizes); baritone/bass class,PeterTschaplik (secondprize).
John Bishop has been appointed head of the Birmingham School

David Wardhas beengiventhehonorary of LL.D bythe degree of Strathclyde. University Sir ThomasBeechamScholarship: foropera singers;age limit for?132 per month(usuallyforone year); 25-35; scholarship entries of the Leche by March 4. Details fromthe Secretaries Gartmore Investment Ltd,CayzerHouse, 2 St MaryAxe, Trust, London EC3A 8BP. Donald Tovey MemorialPrize 1974: to assist in researchin the philosophy, or understanding of music,or in the history of workalreadydone in thesefields;no age limit; publication prize of ?200; entriesby May 15. Details fromthe Head Registry Clerk, University Registry (Annex), 74 High Street, Oxford. forsingers;age limit MemorialScholarships: Kathleen Ferrier 21-5; scholarships by Jan31. Details from up to ?600; entries 29 the Royal Philharmonic Exhibition Society, Road, London SW7 2AS. International Paris, June8-12; age limit SingingCompetition, 32 for women, 35 for men; prizes totalling40,000 francs; theSecretariat, 14 bis, avenue entries by April30. Details from du Pr6sident Wilson,Paris 16e. of InternationalGaudeamus Competitionfor Interpreters or Music, Rotterdam, April 5-10: instrumental Contemporary or unaccompanied, and ensembles vocal soloists,accompanied age limit 35 for soloists and duos, up to nine performers; average age limit 35 for ensembles;prizes totalling21,450 guilders; entriesby Jan 31. Details from the Gaudeamus Netherlands. PO Box 30, Bilthoven, Foundation,

Obituary
PIERRE DUCLOS, theFrench diedon composer, November to numerous 25; he was 44. In addition filmscores he composeda symphony and two
operas, La religieuse portugaiseand Le voyageur.

BRUNO MADERNA, the Italian composerand died in Darmstadt on November13; conductor, he was 53. Born in Venice,he studied there with Malipieroand in Milan with Pizzetti;afterthe war he also studied withScherchen in conducting Vienna.Attending theDarmstadt summer courses, he became associatedwith the European avant to teach at garde, and from1956 he returned wherehe made his home. Maderna Darmstadt, tookan early interest inelectronic music: hisMusica
su due dimensioni work (1952) was probablythe first

After a spellas theSydney ducted operacompany. principalconductorof the Radio Eireann SO to Australia to conduct the (1961-8),he returned AustralianOpera and in 1971 was appointed of the West AustraliaSO, Perth.He conductor citizen in 1955. an Australian became choir died WILHELM PITZ, the German trainer, in Aachen on November21; he was 75. At at theAachenOperaand 15 he becamea violinist in 1933,a task master there was appointed chorus When the Bayreuth he performed outstandingly. in 1951, he was invitedto Festivalwas revived to do this selectand trainthechoir;he continued He also trained festivals. the at all thesucceeding chorusof theViennaStateOpera. In 1957,when Chorus to the addedthePhilharmonia Walter Legge he engagedPitz as choir Philharmonia Orchestra, trainer. The exceptionally accomplishedbody ofitshigh international owedmuch created standing and enthusiasm of Pitz. He was to the energy OBE in 1970. an appointed honorary mezzoJENNIE TOUREL, the French-Canadian soprano,died in New York on November23; of Russianparents, she was 63. Bornin Montreal and she was educated in Russia, Switzerland France.She madeherdebutat theOp6ra-Comique of as Carmenin 1933, takingthisrole hundreds timesthereas well as Mignonand Charlotte (in In 1940 she wentto Americaand sang Werther). and Stokowski. She underToscanini, Kusevitsky in 1944, where sheappeared joinedtheMetropolitan as Rosinain theoriginal coloratura mezzo-soprano version. Shegave the first ofHindemith's performance revised version of Das Marienleben (1949)and sang The Baba theTurkin thepremiere of Stravinsky's at homein lieder, Offenbach and folksong as artist, wellas coloratura rolesand contemporary operatic shecombined a keenintelligence and musical music, witha fine, insight virtually technique. self-taught
65 Rake's Progress (1951). An exceptionallyversatile

to combine a liveinstrument with (flute) tape,and in 1955,together with he founded theStudio Berio, di Fonologia Musicalein Milan. In his last five he produced a number ofconcertos and other years orchestral worksof a rare bigness, breadth and warmth. Theseworks gavefullscopeto theprojectionofhisqualities as a conductor, and he was also notedfor hisperformances oftheearly 20th-century classics.His last publicappearance in thiscountry was in a memorable accountof the Schoenberg Piano Concerto in theFestival at an EBU concert
Hall on November 5. P.G.

EDITH MASON, the American soprano,died in San Diego on November26; she was 80. She in Parisand Milan and madeherdebutin studied Bostonin 1912. She sang lyric at theMetroparts from 1915andfor at theChicago politan many years in Opera (1921-42). She also sang extensively at CoventGardenin 1930. Europe,appearing TIBOR PAUL, the Hungarian died in conductor, on November Sydney 11; he was 64. A graduate of the BudapestAcademy, he went to Australia in 1950; for the nextten yearshe taught at the NSW State Conservatorium and from1951 con-