Word: aztec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good of the Paganini Quartet to retrieve Ginestera, currently Argentina's leading composer, from the limbo to which serious Latin American composers are relegated. Ginestera's Quartet No. 1 (1950) attempts, according to Henri Temianka, first violinist, to evoke ancient Aztec and Incan civilizations. It combines the performance effects of Ravel and Debussy, the rhythmic drive and insistence of Bartok, and a peculiar harmonic clarity which could be interpreted as simple-mindedness. Both the first and second movements, in spite of constant, rapid, and vigorous rhythms, remain static on D. Open fifths, played tutti, reinforce the strength of the rhythms...
...than 30 papers until a heart condition forced him to become a freelancer. The day his death was announced, the New York Daily News ran one of his last short stories: Lovers' Quarrel, a fanciful tale of an estranged couple's reunion amid the ruins of the Aztec pyramids in Mexico...
...anachronism, Senior Birdman Max Conrad, 58, still flies the featherweight flivvers of his youth, stocks his cockpit with a rhyming dictionary for versifying while aloft, has made 79 solo crossings of the Atlantic. Last week, the latter-day Lindbergh landed his Piper Aztec at Miami International Airport after logging a 25,457-mile trip around the world. His time-eight days. 18 hours, 49 minutes-chopped 20 days off the previous record for light piston craft...
...Another error, which distresses Mexicans. Correct name of the Aztec emperor: Moctezuma...
...accounts for one-third of all private aircraft produced, although its chief competitors, Cessna and Beech, are ahead in dollar volume. Last year Piper sold $40 million worth of planes, ranging from its two-seat, single-engined Super Cub ($7,880) to its de luxe, twin-engined Aztec ($55,000). Though sales are holding up, Bill Piper expects profits to be down somewhat this year because of spending on research and new models...