Word: appalachians
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...almost beyond criticism. Yet I feel that its simplicity, facility, and accessibility collapsed into a mere smile of irritating urbanity. Nearly every one of Britten's works is charming; in fact, so is nearly every British and American work that is ever performed. Billy the Kid, Rodeo, Red Pony, Appalachian Spring, The Incredible Flutist, and Tender Land are all charming. The Tallis and Greensleeves fantasias, Young Person's Guide, Ceremony of Carols, and Spring Symphony are all exquisitely charming, irresistibly delicious. But I, for one, am slowly drowning in this unendurably "childlike" floodtide of syrup and sugarplums. The popular repertoire...
...journey could be measured better in years than in miles or hours. As the nine-car train rumbled through Appalachian passes, it would cross decades of U.S. expansion as well?the scarred hills of West Virginia, the black earth of Illinois, the railroad yards of St. Louis and Kansas City. When it reached the prairies of Abilene, it would arrive in another era. In spirit, if not in time, the contemporary chapel on the grounds of the Eisenhower Center where he will be buried was not so distant from the Abilene he knew as a youth...
...modern composer faces an audience whose taste is a brew of remembrance and indigestion, appealing for Beethoven, Tchaikowsky, and Verdi and refusing to acknowledge the existence of post-war music. For most of these people "modern" music consists of The Firebird, La Mer, Bolero, the Rachmaminoff Piano Concertos, and Appalachian Spring...
...they call a "British gypsy folk-music band." Mike admired the poems that Robin had been scribbling. Robin was impressed with the songs that Mike had been writing. Yet when they decided to string along with each other, they thought they were forming a jug band to play traditional Appalachian tunes. Could they have foreseen that ahead lay Atlantis and soapy pictures like crocodiles? Incredible...
...sending him to the Senate. The vote for Independent George P. Mahoney, an eight-time loser of Wallace-type opinions, cut into the total for liberal Democratic Incumbent Daniel B. Brewster. Winner Mathias, 46, a hard-working House member since 1961, has backed civil rights, education bills, Medicare, Appalachian aid, rent supplements and even rat control...