Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sunday nearest George Washington's birthday, U.S. Presidents generally attend services at Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Va., where Washington himself was a vestryman. John Kennedy was one exception, and for a while it appeared that Lyndon Johnson would be another: he informed the Rev. William Sydnor, rector of the 192-year-old church, that he would be unable to appear, then suddenly changed his mind...
Mother: Joe, Joe. It's Washington's Birthday Monday. They just don't publish then. He never meant to hurt...
Mother: No, no, Joe. He loves you. It's just Washington's Birthday...
...party-for critics and audiences. For while Tippett ranks second only to his friend Benjamin Britten as England's most notable living composer, his music has not been widely played hitherto, chiefly because its polyphonic complexities and juggled rhythmic patterns scare off most performers. Now, thanks to the birthday boom, performances of Tippett's music are finally winning the popular recognition that conservative Britons have long denied...
Meanwhile, the birthday bandwagon keeps rolling. In the next six months half a dozen new recordings of Tippett's works will be released-equivalent to his entire previous output on disks. This summer the Leicestershire, Bath and Edinburgh festivals will all feature special programs of Tippett's music. In July he will visit the U.S. to serve as composer-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. At 60, the late-blooming composer is at the peak of his creative career. And, as Britten says, he has a lot more notes to write...