Word: beret
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take-offs on Wagner, Kabalevsky and Sousa. A waiter sang Ol' Man River and a porters' quartet turned to on Down by the Old Mill Stream, Finally, at his musicians' urging, the 83-year-old little perfectionist stood up to conduct them himself in shirtsleeves and beret. "That was a little out of tune, Maestro," grinned a trumpeter, afterward. Toscanini beamed happily: "Well, a little, but it was good...
...amazing virtuosity. With the utmost case she shifted from the characters to another. She played young women, middle-aged women, and old women; women from Kentucy, Ohio, New England, Sweden and France. All this she accomplished with no more of a costume range than the rearranging of a red beret...