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...prestissimo for his fingers, and the opening of the final slow movement lacked the needed singing quality. The final minutes of the work more than made up for this lack, though, and Mr. Fischer's playing of the final variation, with its incredibly long (and beautiful) trills and arpeggio passages, was nothing less than spell-binding. With the final return to the simple theme, the audience breathed again...

Author: By Arthur D. Hellman, | Title: Egbert Fischer, Pianist | 12/7/1960 | See Source »

Rippling his muscles in a meaty arpeggio, the Strong Man tells the gods: "I want to live like any other mortal. I want children of my own." The dialogue is typical of one of the funniest pictures to reach U.S. screens in years-although the humor is not deliberate. A sort of Homeric Tarzan, heavy on sex and mixed-up mythology, Hercules is also the biggest surprise box-office smash in Hollywood's memory. Starring a onetime (1947) Mr. America named Steve Reeves, Hercules drew $900,000 in its first week when it opened in 145 neighborhood houses last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: All Muscle | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...learned this song from a buddy down home," he drawled, motorcycle boot pounding in time to the strum-scratch arpeggio-scratch of his guitar. "A member of the Party. There's two kinds of party, you know. He was in the one with a capital...

Author: By John R. Adler and Paul S. Cowan, S | Title: Hoot, Brother | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

...behind the soft, pine-muffled bulk of an island; then it reappears behind another island whose barren rocks are as abrupt as a cymbal crash. The picture opens out, like a swelling andante, into the expanse of the lake, the welcoming bridge. Above, square black flags are a dancing arpeggio. Movement of eye and mind is brought to a massive stop at the looming palace gate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: MOVING PICTURE | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...Guitarist Tal Farlow, who had gazed vaguely into space as he played, began to take an interest in the way his fingers rambled up & down the fingerboard. Clarinetist Shaw began to interpolate light-hearted musical comments on his own flights-the raised eyebrow of a grace note, the shrugging arpeggio, the delayed take, the impudent echo. His glum face relaxed into smiles, and the crowd began to hear the new Artie Shaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Native's Return | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

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