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currentmusicology-4814	Beeson, Jack	Opera at Columbia University, 1941-1958	2000	19	.pdf	application/pdf	5041	360	61	Its purpose is to provide young composers of opera-Moore Fellows-with residence in opera companies that produce new works; to learn the ways of singers, conductors, and stage directors; to experience the pleasures and perils of collaboration; and perhaps to play rehearsals, coach singers, and conduct a bit. Through these changes in leadership, and with the Ditson Fund made available to commission and underwrite the produc­ tion of a new opera each spring, a modus operandi was established which was to continue for about thirteen years, though with several changes of stage director.	cache/currentmusicology-4814.pdf	txt/currentmusicology-4814.txt