Word: accompanimental
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By substituting harpsichord for piano, Victor has produced a version (DM-1035) of J. S. Bach's Third Sonata for violin and clavier in E flat more faithful to the Seventeenth Century style than the recording cut several years ago by Yehudi Menuhin and his sister Hepzibah. Although the harpsichord...
Then, to the accompaniment of eerie music and the sound of loud explosions, a succession of breathless news announcers pleaded with Parisians not to panic. "You are helpless in any case," they added. They begged listeners to remain calm "even if you see sudden flashes in the sky, hear claps...
Conducer Thompson Stone added force and precision to a fervent chorus that was obviously enjoying itself immensely. Its exuberance brought out the utmost from Handel's skillful use of such words as "Surely," "Wonderful," or "Hallelujah." The orchestral accompaniment, revised first by Mozart and later by Robert Franz, was capably...
The Sugar Plum Fairy danced to a set of camel bells, the Arabs to an accompaniment of carefully modulated burps. Tchaikovsky's flutes, piccolos and muted strings were drowned out by washboards, police sirens, breaking glass.
When John Harvard marched off to war in 1941, the Savoy Cafe in the 400's of Columbus Avenue was already established as THE jazz spot of Boston. Manager Stevens Edward Connolly did S.R.O. business with Sabby Lewis, Pete Brown, and Frank Newton alternating as bandstand headliners to the accompaniment...