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...steady diet of chestnuts when, with a little brio and imagination, music directors could offer them something fresher and equally palatable? Instead of Zarathustra, for example, why not Strauss's eloquent valedictory, the Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings? Instead of yet another oft-encountered romantic symphony, how about Austrian Composer Franz Schmidt's dark, troubled Fourth Symphony? Instead of one more go at Dvořák's "New World" Symphony, why not his exhilarating tone poem The Wood Dove...
DIED. Maria Jeritza, 94, soprano golden girl of opera's golden age; in Orange, N.J. Combining a radiant voice with flamboyant acting, the Austrian-born singer began her ascent to stardom in 1912, when the Emperor Franz Josef invited her to join the Vienna Royal Opera. At the Metropolitan Opera, where she sang from 1921 to 1932, the director reported that the largest ovation he had ever heard followed her "Vissi d'arte, "the great second-act aria in Tosca; she sang it prostrate on the floor. A tempestuous diva onstage and off, Jeritza gathered three husbands, prompted...
Last month, in a remarkable comeback from a 2½-year layoff, two-time world Formula One Champion Niki Lauda won the Long Beach Grand Prix. The layoff had been voluntary. The little Austrian simply stepped out of the cockpit one day and announced, "I have lost the desire." Lauda could no longer bring himself to take the car "to the limit, as I am supposed to do." So he quit...
Mark Donohue, the 1972 Indy winner, quit for a time because of an expressed feeling of dread. He got over it and died in the Austrian Grand Prix at Graz. Dashing Peter Revson gave "Miss World" a playful squeeze and asked, "Is there a better life?" His ended in the South African Grand Prix at Johannesburg...
DIED. Helmut Dantine, 64, Austrian-born actor whose greatest fame in a 40-year career came in vintage World War II movies (Mrs. Miniver, Casablanca, Edge of Darkness), playing Nazis of all shades from quasi sympathetic to ultrasadistic; of a heart attack; in Beverly Hills, Calif...