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...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major; Villa-Lobos' Bachiana Brasileira, No. 1; Respighi's Fountains of Rome; Wilfred Pelletier, conducting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Oct. 7, 1946 | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...Music (Victor; 10 sides; $5.50). First big phonographic collection of works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazil's No. i composer and one of the lustiest living. Beautifully recorded by Soprano Elsie Houston, the Schola Cantorum, conducted by Hugh Ross, a scratch orchestra under Burle Marx. Villa-Lobosities: a Bachiana Brasileira for eight cellos attempting to fuse the spirits of Bach and Brazil; a Nonetto for chorus and small orchestra, purporting to describe Brazil's geography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: SYMPHONIC, ETC. | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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