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Schubert: Sonata In C Minor (Webster Aitken, piano; Elaine Music Shop, 2 sides LP). Since 68-year-old Artur Schnabel retired from touring, concert audiences seldom get to hear any of the three splendid "Grand Sonatas" Schubert composed in the last year of his life (1828); most other pianists consider them too long and repetitious. This one, the first, does not have so much spontaneous melody as the other two, but Schubert lovers will not want to miss it in Aitken's strong, clean performance. Recording: excellent...
Died. Robert I. Aitken, 70, noted sculptor, whose public monuments and statues are sightseeing musts in many U.S. cities; after long illness; in Manhattan. His major work: the west pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court building, in which he included a statue of himself...
Died. Peter Aitken, 35, auto-racing younger son of British Newsmagnate Lord Beaverbrook; of a heart attack; in Stockholm, where he was vacationing...
...Dublin. Aboard was a group of German children, aged 6 to 14, en route to Eire to be cared for by the Irish Red Cross, under a plan called "Operation Shamrock." During the trip their escorting Red Cross nurse left the children momentarily in the care of Mrs. Penelope Aitken, daughter of Sir John Maffey, British representative to Eire, and wife of William Aitken, a nephew of Lord Beaverbrook. One little German girl, aged about 12, stared at beauteous, blonde Mrs. Aitken a long time, then fingered her coat and said: "That is a lovely coat; where...
Married. Group Captain the Hon. John William Maxwell ("Max") Aitken, D.S.O., D.F.C., 36, Member of Parliament, elder son of newspaper publisher Lord Beaverbrook; and Mrs. Jane Lindsay, 26, granddaughter of the Duke of Abercorn, onetime Governor of Northern Ireland; both for the second time; in London...