Word: accompanimental
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George Friederich Handel, one of the greatest of Thorough Bass composers, made an important advance in the development of the concerto. In this period it was more common for composers to write a concerto grosso, a form of music in which a group of solo instruments are heard against a...
Last week a fourth stocky figure joined Café Society's three boogie-woogie graces. Though similarly barrel-shaped, the new comer was white and wore a beard. He was Proseur Elliot Paul, longtime Paris expatriate, onetime editor of the word-shattering magazine Transition, author of one good book...
Reverse is much more Hinesish in style with Jesse giving drum accompaniment with his right foot. This one, called "The Sell Out", has much more to it in my opinion than the other. Its ideas are more original and have more life. His technique is a little spotty in places...
Heldentenor. Lauritz Melchior is not a natural tenor. Jealous Italians refer to him sniffily as a misplaced baritone. Actually, he is an authentic example of a very rare type of singer: the true Wagnerian Heldentenor (heroic tenor). Most tenors have fairly light voices: their honey-voiced wailing is orchestrated to...
Last week Italy not only suddenly removed six Cabinet members but went a long way toward changing allies when Il Duce violently shook up the Fascist hierarchy. The side-changing had been hopefully expected by Great Britain and France for some weeks, but few had supposed so many big Government...