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''Columbia Workshop'' was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946-47. ==Irving Reis== The series began as the idea of Irving Reis.〔Much of the information in this article is drawn from Robert Kosovsky's ''Bernard Herrmann's Music for the Columbia Workshop''〕 Reis had begun his radio career as an engineer and developed a fascination with the possibilities of the relatively new medium. His idea was to use experimental modes of narrative to enhance the way a narrative was conveyed over the radio. Reis had isolated attempts to experiment on the radio: Before the ''Columbia Workshops debut, he had directed at least a few radio dramas. For Reis, the ''Columbia Workshop'' was a platform for developing new techniques for presentation on radio as noted in the debut broadcast: :The ''Columbia Workshop'' dedicates itself to the purposes of familiarizing you with the story behind radio, both in broadcasting, as well as in aviation, shipping, communication and pathology, and to experiment in new techniques with a hope of discovering or evolving new and better forms of radio presentation, with especial emphasis on radio drama; to encourage and present the work of new writers and artists who may have fresh and vital ideas to contribute.〔Reis, Irving. Excerpt from script of the ''Columbia Workshop'' premiere broadcast.〕 As a sustaining program, the ''Workshop'' served as a symbol to prove to the public (and the Federal Communications Commission) that CBS was concerned with educating and serving the public. Early shows on the ''Workshop'' exemplified Reis's penchant for experimentation through narrative and technical means. The second program, ''Broadway Evening'' followed a couple as they meandered down Broadway during an evening. A subsequent show had at least 30 characters functioning within a half-hour drama. Among the technical demonstrations were sound effects, the use of various kinds of microphones to achieve various aural effects and voice impersonators (including sound effects produced by voice). Reis called upon others to try their hand in writing new or adapting existing material for the experimental nature of the Workshop. Orson Welles did a two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' (mentioned along with the Workshop in the fictitious film Me and Orson Welles), as well as a 30-minute condensation of ''Macbeth''. Irwin Shaw contributed one show, and Stephen Vincent Benét adapted several of his short stories. Reis also experimented with readings and dramatizations of poetry, including works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Masefield and Edgar Allan Poe. One of the most notable presentations of Reis's tenure was Archibald MacLeish's original radio play, ''The Fall of the City''. With a cast that included Burgess Meredith, Orson Welles and 300 students, the play was notable for its portrayal of the collapse of a city under an unnamed dictator, a commentary on fascism in Germany and Italy. Reis recognized music as an important part of radio presentation. As part of CBS's commissioning of five classical composers to write original works for radio, Deems Taylor narrated a concert (November 7, 1936) which demonstrated the possibilities of idiomatic music composition for radio by playing orchestrations of three works by staff arranger Amadeo de Fillipi.〔https://ia700607.us.archive.org/6/items/Columbia.Workshop_174/Columbia_Workshop_36-11-07_Scoring_for_Radio_Vocabulary_of_Music.mp3〕 Among the most significant musical contributions Reis made was appointing Bernard Herrmann music director of the ''Workshop''.〔As announced on the show of December 12, 1936.〕 Herrmann had previously worked on CBS primarily as a conductor. He had composed his first radio drama for the ''Workshop'', but it was only after his second program, ''Rhythm of the Jute Mill'' (broadcast December 12, 1936) that the appointment was made. Thereafter Herrmann composed many radio shows himself, also conducting the music of others and even proposing a show entirely devoted to music composed for the ''Workshop''.〔The suggestion is made by the announcer at the end of the ''Melodrams'' show of May 14, 1938, but it never took place.〕 Other significant musical contributions during Reis's directorship include Paul Sterrett's and Leith Stevens's score for a two-part presentation of ''Alice in Wonderland'' in which music took the place of all sound effects, and Marc Blitzstein's half-hour musical ''I've Got the Tune'', which similarly tried to convey sound effects and long-distance travel through purely musical means. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Columbia Workshop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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