Word: beethoven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...artistry of the renowned cellist, Madeline Foley and of David Gross, who is perhaps the finest undergraduate musician at Harvard, produced a concert Monday evening which was of the highest quality by any standards. Choosing three of the greatest sonatas in the cello and piano literature, Beethoven's Op. 5, No. 1, his Op. 102, and Brahms' Op. 99, they emphasized the intensity of emotion and spaciousness of these works. Their performance of the Brahms, in particular, revealed to the highest degree its nobility and magnificence...
...Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso, Op. 28, (A); Bach: 'Cello Suite #3 (L); Haydn: Symphony #104 (London) (W); Prokoviev: Quartet #2 in F. Op. 92 (A); Handel: Royal Fireworks Music (L); Beethoven: Sonata #8 for piano, Op. 13 13 (Pathetique...
Late in life Beethoven declared that the one old master who might still teach him was Handel. Cezanne owed much to Poussin. But Cezanne's work resembles Poussin no more than late Beethoven resembles Handel. What these men acquired were the deepest lessons of the past. They learned the inner architecture of their field...
Madeline Foley, world famous cellist, and David Gross '61, will give a concert tonight in Paine Music Hall at 8:30. They will perform selections by Beethoven and Brahms...
...hostess must be ready, too, for any conversational emergency. Example: if Mr. Smathers down the table should remark: "Beethoven's Quartet, Opus 18, Number 6, is truly magnificent," the Prepared Hostess will instantly reply (preferably with an imperceptible flutter of the eyelashes): "Yes. but Bartok scores the gaps. That's the difference." This will immediately show the guests that she is the sort of person who knows about hollyhocks, and almost guarantee that the guests will hurry home to hunt up their copy of this week's TIME, flip quickly to NATIONAL AFFAIRS, and read Fried Shoes...