Word: cadenzaed
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...stepped off a train at Truckee, Calif, into a Sierra Nevada snowstorm to help wait out her Reno divorce (due April 20). Meeting him in a secondhand Cadillac which she had just learned to drive, Gloria released the clutch as he crossed in front of the car. Only a cadenza-like leap saved him. Unruffled, the heiress drove him to her Lake Tahoe cabin while Manhattan friends & relatives dispatched frantic wires warning her not to marry the sixtyish conductor. Working on the side of the anti-romancers was 1) Stoky's shingles, 2) the weather (which did Stoky...
That Mr. Simonds not only is a remarkably able pianist but also possesses a thorough knowledge of Beethoven's Concerto was evidenced by the facility and technique of his performance. His cadenza in the First Movement presented the theme powerfully, yet simply, and throughout the second (Largo) and third (Rondo Allegro) movements his interpretation continued to be spirited and full. It was regrettable that the attack of the orchestra seemed slightly rusty in the first movement, but this fault decreased as the work progressed...
...same may happen to "New World a Comin," but I think that as a whole the piece is out of line as a jazz composition and not at all satisfactory from any other standard. In particular, I could not take the piano interludes and clarinet cadenza--which had nothing to do with jazz and appeared to have nothing to do with the rest of the composition...
Because of the human voice's limited range and flexibility, Haussermann decided to lay most stress on variety of color. In one of the four movements the voice is used in a hushed, introspective mezzo voce; in another, in light coloratura vein. There are runs, trills, even a cadenza. Commented Conductor Goossens...
Record sales soared like a soprano saxophone cadenza during the month past. Decca twice and Columbia once postponed new popular releases, pleading a rush of orders. One reason for the boom: anticipation of the Federal 10% tax on discs which went into effect Oct. 1. With the announced aim of acquainting newcomers with the wonders of the Victor classical catalogue, Victor began hawking two $1 classical discs for the price of one. First pair of discs was a good buy at the price: the Faust Ballet Music by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston "Pops" Orchestra; Strauss's Emperor Waltz...