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...chapter in the history of the art. Before the great age of conductors, Composer Robert Schumann spoke of the orchestra as a republic, not subject to higher authority. But the giants of the last generation, following such 19th century models as Richard Wagner, Hans von Bülow, Artur Nikisch and Gustav Mahler, acted...
Violist Michael Tree offered a suggestion. "Maybe," he told the old man, "you could come in a little slower, maybe more quietly." Violinist John Dalley agreed with a nod. "Fine," said the old man, "let's try it." And Artur Rubinstein, a month short of his 81st birthday, led three members of the Guarneri Quartet, whose average age was 36, back to the microphones for another try at Brahms's Piano Quartet in G Minor...
Last week a vast panoply of pianistic tal ent sat in Manhattan's Philharmonic Hall to hear one of their number, Gary Graff man, play Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms. Afterward, led by the formidable Artur Rubinstein, they went back to the Green Room to shake hands...
Norman Vincent Peale occasionally watches Lucy, Bonanza and The F.B.I. Van Cliburn often unwinds between practice sessions or before performances with afternoon soap operas. So does Artur Rubinstein, who on request can unravel the complicated plots of a half dozen of the soapers. ("Those organs!" says Rubinstein, holding his nose and unmistakably imitating their quavering tone.) William Buckley says that he finds no time for TV, but Chicago Lawyer Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission chairman who described TV as a "vast wasteland," still watches fairly regularly. Among his favorites: Get Smart...
...Kennedy's Virginia estate, admitted that he has been invited to join Jackie and friends in a trip to Cambodia next month and would like to go along. ∙∙∙ Five thousand miles from home, having just played a concert at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, Artur Rubinstein, 78, was greeting visitors in his dressing room. Among them was a tall fellow who walked up and said: "Permit me to introduce myself. I am your partner." "My partner?" asked the pianist in bewilderment. "Of course," replied the fellow. "I'm Sheldon Cohen, U.S. Commissioner of Internal...