Word: beethovens
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...Russian front. Settled in Vienna after the Armistice, he has lived there quietly ever since, proclaiming in poems, essays, plays and novels his tragic philosophy: the brotherhood of man. Great frequenter of cafés, he is fond of lapsing into Oriental calm, seeking inspiration while in that state. Beethoven-locked, corpulent, 44, Author Werfel is known in Austria primarily as a poet. Some of his U. S.-translated novels: Verdi, The Man Who Conquered Death, Class Reunion...
...have no names on the figures," says Sculptor Milles. "The only one is Beethoven." The deaf composer, his body lean and naked, his face seamed with anguish, raises imploring hands...
...describe a triptych painted by Mathias Grünewald in the 16th Century. Hindemith in writing it had worked himself into a mystical mood, produced occasional passages of eerie loveliness. Critics praised his craftsmanship, his few concessions to melody. Laymen were glad for intermission, impatient for January, Toscanini & Beethoven...
...very own Leopold Stokowski. Slender and elegant as ever, he was bursting with energy. He had spent a quiet summer studying Persian music in the British Museum. But like any shrewd showman he first gave his subscribers just what they wanted: his own arrangement of Bach, a Beethoven symphony, a magnificent high-powered reading of Death and Transfiguration. Only flaw was the Prelude to Hans Pfitzner's long-winded Palestrina. But of that no one took much notice...
...campaign's commander, Marshall Field his gravely alert assistant. Together they underwrote the drive for $500,000. And Marshall Field became so interested in the Orchestra that he subscribed generously to the summer Stadium Concerts, went to many of them, gained a deeper understanding of Bach, Brahms, Beethoven...