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In Paris, George Gershwin, flanked by Dimitri Tomkin and Vladmir Golschmann, took his bows. A Paris audience had just listened to his "Concerto in F," and they were wildly applauding its composer, soloist, and conductor. Some of the members of the audience were greatly disturbed by the bizarre joy and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gershwin | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

In the woven chase, God and Gabriel had more than these companions. A jovial company of gentlemen, urging great horses and blowing on golden horns, were riding, running, through a wilderness of flowers. Their meek quarry fled through the brilliant fields; behind him, silent and happy, the pursuit increased and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pioneers | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

At the end of the performance, the portion of the audience which had remained clapped and cheered. The conductor took his bows, then motioned to his musicians to acknowledge their share of the ovation. This they refused to do; instead, they too applauded their conductor. For though they had played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Spring Stravinsky | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

Robed and stately sheiks of the Arabian plateau gathered, last week, to imprint loud, smacking kisses of fealty on the tip of their potent Sultan's nose. The monarch thus saluted was Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, bronzed and stalwart Sultan of Nejd, King of the Hejaz. He subjects his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARABIA: Holy War' | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

Mrs. Rufus T. Bush, mother of Irving T. Bush, owner of the famed Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, last week sent his yacht a present. The boat, building in Germany, will have no filthy foreign wine over her bows at christening. A California vintage, 40 years old, was despatched to Dresden to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

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