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Word: beethovens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...utmost type of heroism, which alone is worthy of the name, must be described, merely, as complete self-faithfulness: as integrity. On this level the life of James Joyce has its place, along with Blake's and Beethoven's, among the supreme examples. It is almost a Bible of what a great artist, an ultimately honest man, is, and is up against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Portrait of an Artist | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...unfortunate that the Stradivarius Quartet concert scheduled for Wednesday evening had to be postponed. The quartet was to play Beethoven's Quartet in E flat, op. 12; a Wolzan-Kodaly Serenade for two violins and viola; and Quartet No. 4 by Milhaud. It is to be hoped that this concert will be given later in the season...

Author: By L. C. Holvik, | Title: The Music Box | 2/13/1940 | See Source »

Thursday evening in Sanders Theatre Koussevirky will conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first time in several weeks. The program includes only three works, Beethoven's First Symphony, the Brahms Second Symphony, and Faure's Pelleas and Mclisande. The brief Faure work is liable to go unnoticed between the Beethoven and the Brahms--a treatment which it in no way deserves...

Author: By L. C. Holvik, | Title: The Music Box | 2/8/1940 | See Source »

...Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2 (Coolidge Quartet; Victor: 7 sides). First modern (and topnotch) recording of an early-vintage Beethoven quartet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: February Records | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

...much more traditional program will be given tonight at the Longy School by Miss Huminston, contralto, who will sing works of Brahms, Purcell, and Vaughn-Williams. The accompanist, Mr. Heiber, will play the Beethoven Sonata in C major...

Author: By L. C. Noivik, | Title: The Music Box | 1/9/1940 | See Source »

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