Word: bernstein
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stored away in them with full cooperation from the Germans, who never realized that running right alongside the air raid shelter and art sanctuary was a path to freedom for Allied airmen. On some of these walls, men whiled away their time by chiseling inscriptions-one of them: "Izzy Bernstein, Brooklyn, passed this way, 1943, on way back to Brooklyn." It is sad to read that what was once a haven for men in war turned into a hellhole in peace...
...with the possibilities of a row of sixteen tones and an unpitched bong, and his piece exploits this unique combination fully. The next number, the finale of Haydn's "Toy" Symphony provided an effective contrast. In listening to yesterday's delicate performance, the acute and profound commentary of Leonard Bernstein came to mind: "This 'little' work is actually one of the greatest musical portrayals of the nobility of man, his struggle for freedom, and his indomitable Faith in the forces of good over evil...
...tied to a good newspaper-the New York Times's WQXR. Department editors went on the air to read stories; other staffers chatted conversationally among themselves on topics of the hour. Taped interviews with Timesmen overseas gave listeners a Timeslike ration of international affairs. Every day Theodore M. Bernstein, the Times's able, shirt-sleeved assistant managing editor, patiently and expertly filled for his audience, column by column, an imaginary Times Page One-and emerged as a radio personality in his own right...
...York papers. By missing its mid-December Sunday issue, the Times alone lost some $1,000,000 in ad revenue. Characteristically, the Times went on in its role as daily recorder of history. A full force of newsmen under Managing Editor Turner Catledge and Assistant M.E. Theodore M. Bernstein went imperturbably through the task of putting out a paper every day, writing copy and headlines, dummying the pages and then sending the work to the morgue instead of the composing room. When the strike is over, the Times will publish a condensed edition bringing history up to date with...
Young People's Concerts (CBS, 12-1 p.m.). Conductor Leonard Bernstein, undisputed champion of the music-appreciation game, leads the New York Philharmonic through snatches of Mozart, Beethoven, Sibelius, Gershwin, explaining all the while the musical chromosomes at work when a symphony is in the fetal stage...