Word: accompanimental
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Mozart's C major Concerto (K. 467) was an entirely different story. The two-piano arrangement captured the infectious gaiety of the music, and Mrs. Sapp (formerly a teaching fellow in Music 1) played the sole part impeccably. Particularly in the last movement, she exhibited a strong but delicate technique...
Mozart's tuneful Clarinet Quintet opened the program. In his divertimenti, symphonies, and particularly in this quintet, one is well aware of Mozart's skill in exploiting the distinctive tone of the woodwinds. The clarinet's warm timbre is well suited to this warm music. Clarinetist Aaron Johnson, '49, turned...
Ruth Posselt, the soloist in the Hindemith, is a magnificent violinist. She adapted herself admirably to the vicissitudes of an amateur orchestra, playing with understanding and beautiful tone, and communicating her enthusiasm for the concerto to the orchestra. The accompaniment was for the most part excellent.
When Bach performed the "Passion," he had the congregation join in the chorales heartily. The accompaniment was full orchestra, fortissimo, and this is the way it should always be, even today. The way Mr. Munch did it, a cappells, pianissimo, was very effective but not historically accurate. Some modern audiences...
"My Radcliffe Girl," "Bluestocking Blues," and "I Know What Little Girls Are Made Of" are among the "Drumbeats" numbers which will go on Ace Company wax. Robert Ashenhurst '51, who wrote the words and music, will provide a piano accompaniment.