Word: all-german
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...husband and a wife gave an all-German program at Steinway Hall, Manhattan, last week. The husband, Otto Klemperer, tall guest conductor of the New York Symphony, lifted no baton that night. Dramatic, he sat at the piano; his long fingers played accompaniments to four songs of his own composition, while his wife, Johanna Klemperer, sang. Her voice, except when she lifted it above F sharp, was rich, colorful, expressive. The song "Es war ein Koenig in Thule" was the most original...