The following year Piston wrote his Symphony No. 1, and conducted its premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on April 8, 1938.

Piston studied the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg and wrote works using aspects of it as early as the Sonata for Flute and Piano ( 1930 ) and the First Symphony ( 1937 ).

He received a Master of Arts degree ( 1977 ) and Ph. D. ( 1981 ) in musicology from Cornell University, where he wrote his thesis, " Walter Piston and His Music ", under the supervision of William Austin.

Concertos and concert works for two pianos have been written by Bach ( two to four pianos, BWV 1060-65, actually harpsichord concertos, but often performed on pianos ), Mozart ( two, K 242 ( originally for three pianos and orchestra ) and K 365 ), Mendelssohn ( two, 1823-4 ), Bruch ( 1912 ), Béla Bartók ( 1927 / 1932, a reworking of his Sonata for two pianos and percussion ), Poulenc ( 1932 ), Arthur Benjamin ( 1938 ), Peter Mieg ( 1939-41 ), Darius Milhaud ( 1941 and 1951 ), Bohuslav Martinů ( 1943 ), Ralph Vaughan Williams ( c. 1946 ), Roy Harris ( 1946 ), Gian Francesco Malipiero ( two works, both 1957 ), Walter Piston ( 1959 ), Luciano Berio ( 1973 ), and Harald Genzmer ( 1990 ).

Pollack's books include Walter Piston ( 1982 ); " Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and his Students, from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski " ( 1992 ); " John Alden Carpenter: A Chicago Composer " ( 1995 ); " Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man " ( 1999 ); and " George Gershwin: His Life and Work " ( 2006 ).

However, the Lakers won the game, 103 – 102, on a pair of last-minute free throws by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar following a controversial foul called on Bill Laimbeer, referred to by many Piston supporters, and Laimbeer himself, as a " phantom foul.

The most critical Piston injury belonged to Isiah Thomas who had surgery on his wrist just prior to the NBA Playoffs.

Piston skirts and rings risk being extruded into this port, so it is always better to have them pressing hardest on the back wall ( where there are only the transfer ports ) and there is good support.

* Concerto for Orchestra by Walter Piston ( 1933 ), which is based in part on Hindemith's work

" Piston Cup " is a parody of a NASCAR trophy, once named " Winston Cup " to circumvent regulations on direct advertising of tobacco.

Piston engines on airplanes required a great deal of attention throughout the flight with their multitude of gauges and indicators.

Another type of reciprocating compressor is the swash plate compressor, which uses pistons which are moved by a swash plate mounted on a shaft-see Axial Piston Pump.

* the second degree ( II ) of A minor ( B ) ( Piston, Walter 1941, Goldman 1965 ) ( Schoenberg, Arnold, 1954 ), as a French sixth ( F-A-B-D ), based on the transcendent principle of closeness on the circle of fifths with IV being farther than II, with G seen as an accented passing tone, or

After the FIA effectively outlawed the Wankel engine the next year, the Mazdaspeed team raced one more year at Le Mans in a Piston powered car which came fourth, then turned away from professional racing and focused instead on enabling third-party competition of Mazda vehicles.

While highly popular among Piston fans, Laimbeer was despised by opposing players and fans for committing hard fouls himself, while seeming to bait officials into calling fouls on opponents by flopping to the ground after slight contact.

For critical standby power, Exelon depends on eight Fairbanks Morse Opposed Piston 38D 8 1 / 8 Emergency Diesel Generator sets that deliver 26 MW of power and are capable of achieving rated speed within ten seconds of start.

Piston plating was done on a 46 operation automatic line.

** Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston ( Associated Music Publishers ), first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

The band ’ s A & R director and photographer Stephen Paley recalled how " together " Sly Stone was while working on Stand !, down to his constant referencing of Orchestration, a how-to book on orchestral arrangement by Walter Piston.

Nicknamed the Junkyard Dog ( or JYD ) by Rick Mahorn in his early days as a Detroit Piston for his hard work and hustle ( as stated in an interview while he served as a commentator on NBA TV ), Williams sometimes referred to himself in the third person.

The previous Piston to reach 20 had been Bynum's childhood idol, Isiah Thomas on April 12, 1985.

See articles on individual configurations listed in Piston engine configurations for detailed discussions of particular configurations.

He played trumpet in a jazz band in his youth, before studying music first in Cincinnati, Ohio and later in Boston, Massachusetts with Roger Sessions, Walter Piston and Nicolas Slonimsky.

Walter Hamor Piston Jr., ( January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976 ), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter.

Piston was admitted to Harvard in 1920, where he studied counterpoint with Archibald Davison, canon and fugue with Clifford Heilman, advanced harmony with Edward Ballantine, and composition and music history with Edward Burlingame Hill.

Piston often worked as an assistant to the various music professors there, and conducted the student orchestra.

Ronell was born in Omaha, Nebraska, studied music with Walter Piston, and was married to producer Lester Cowan.

" According to Walter Piston ( 1944 ), " the rhythmic life contributed to music by means of the underlying changes of harmony.

* Walter Piston ( composer and music theorist )

Sam followed his father into the music profession, earning degrees from Boston University and Harvard University ( where he studied with Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith, Paul Pisk, Walter Piston, and Randall Thompson and earned an M. A.

In 1925 Anderson entered Harvard University, where he studied theory with Walter Spalding, counterpoint with Edward Ballantine, harmony with George Enescu, composition with Walter Piston and double bass with Gaston Dufresne.

During the 2006 offseason, the Pistons offered Ben Wallace a four-year, $ 48 million contract which would have made him the highest-paid Piston ever.

He also formed the short lived L ' Beato in the early 1990s, an industrial-oriented outfit reminiscent of Tackhead, which released one EP " The Piston Song ".

( Hare Inspired Piston Powered Ingenious Exoskeleton Hops Over Parents ) which is thoroughly armed with missiles and gets destroyed in every episode it appears in, with Numbah 3 parachuting out afterwards.

The film begins with the last race of the Piston Cup championship, which ends in a three-way tie between retiring veteran Strip " The King " Weathers, perennial runner-up Chick Hicks, and rookie Lightning McQueen.

: 23 Piston rod — Connects the piston to the cross-head axle, which drives the main / connecting rods.

Born in New York City, of Jewish descent, Berger studied as an undergraduate at New York University, during which time he joined the Young Composer's Group, as a graduate student under Walter Piston at Harvard, and with Nadia Boulanger and at the Sorbonne under a Paine Fellowship.

Injuries played a factor in their defeat, particularly a rib injury to leading scorer Wade during Game 5, which prevented him from playing Game 6 and severely hindered him in Game 7, both Piston wins.

Piston engines are lubricated by oil which is pumped into various bearings, and thereafter allowed to drain to the base of the engine under gravity.

Piston engine aircraft with constant-speed propellers also use inches of mercury to measure manifold pressure, which is indicative of engine power produced.

Piston and tilt are not actually true optical aberrations, as they do not represent or model curvature in the wavefront.

Piston samplers, employing a thin-walled tube, are most commonly used for the collection of less disturbed samples.

Piston resistance comes from hydraulic cylinders that are attached to the handles of the rowing machine.

Piston engines under the same circumstances are prone to seizing or breaking parts that almost certainly results in major internal damage of the engine and an instant total full loss of power.

Piston rings are not perfect seals: each has a gap to allow for expansion.

Piston engines ( especially if turbocharged ) also need well-maintained filters, but they are more resilient if the filter does fail.

Piston and ring construction are typical parts, with rods varying between large and very large for stock V6 production engines.

The violin concertos of Samuel Barber, Ernest Bloch, Benjamin Britten, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Paul Hindemith, and Walter Piston are contemporary, and Berg's, Schoenberg's, Sessions's, Bartók's second, and Prokofiev's second violin concertos were completed within the three years preceding the start of Walton's composition.

Piston pumps are more expensive than gear or vane pumps, but provide longer life operating at higher pressure, with difficult fluids and longer continuous duty cycles.

Also new are KIBS ( Kawasaki Intelligent Braking System ) as their optional ABS system, a completely new design, adjustable foot-pegs, larger throttle bodies, a horizontal rear suspension, lighter three-spoke wheels, Showa Big Piston Fork ( BPF ) front suspension, and an LCD panel dashboard.