Word: 200th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result (not necessarily bad) is that the U.S. will celebrate its 200th birthday in a myriad of small celebrations in towns, cities and national parks across the land...
...200th anniversary of the birth of the United States of America is still four years away, but already the celebrations and national self-inspections are beginning-cultural as well as political. Last week in Washington, one of the first and most promising took form on the stage of the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall: a panoramic view of the U.S.'s musical past. The performers were the Paul Hill Chorale, a lively fixture on the capital scene. Called The Music Has Always Been There, their program was both a sonic trip into bygone times and an entrancing prelude...
...proposal to draft, sign, and display The Declaration of 1976, to place it before the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission for staff study and a plan for possible implementation. This commission was created by Congress in 1966 (Public Law 89-49) to plan and coordinate events marking our 200th anniversary...
Today is Beethoven's 200th birthday. In the year he turned 175, the Harvard Glee Club heard the most important address ever delivered at one of its annual banquets. Entitled "Amphion's Lyre," the speech was given by the late Lucien Price '07, talking without notes. Price, the author of many books, was for almost half a century the chief editorialist of the Boston Globe. Beethoven starts his third century in a year plagued by war. Below are the concluding paragraphs of Price's remarks spoken 25 years ago in another time racked...
...maybe it was just that 1970 happens to be the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. A Song of Joy perpetrates structural mayhem upon the original score, and Rios' adenoidal crooning makes Dean Martin sound like Cesare Siepi. Still, it does contain a genuine chunk of Beethoven and someone is definitely listening. From Mobile to Manhattan, pop radio stations are giving A Song of Joy heavy air play. The record is high on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and still climbing. As for Rios, A & M will release his new LP this week and is sponsoring...