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...many pious German devotees of Johann Sebastian Bach, the singing of the St. Thomas Church Choir in Leipzig, East Germany, is the voice of Holy Writ. The choir school, attached to Leipzig's famed Evangelical Lutheran Thomaskirche, proudly points to J. S. Bach's service as its cantor for 27 years (1723 to 1750), has long constituted itself chief guardian of his music. Last week the 80-boy choir made a sortie from behind the Iron Curtain. Occasion: the Bach Festival at Ansbach, West Germany. Critical verdict: St. Thomas' parade-drilled ten-to-18-year olds...
...Thomas Choir soared through three Bach motets, developing the counterpoint with the honed accuracy of an efficient cable-weaving machine. Under the conducting of Kurt Thomas, 53, who made his debut as the group's cantor (i.e., choirmaster) only four months ago, the tone was rich and powerful, the movement of sound clear and regular. An audience of 2,000 Bach lovers gave Thomas and his singers an ovation...
...more widely publicized Vienna Boys Choir that the Boston Symphony does to the Boston Pops. St. Thomas was founded in 1212 by local decree (signed by one Dietrich the Oppressed), and long before Bach took it over, the choir was known throughout Europe. Bach, the 15th St. Thomas cantor, persistently complained about his teaching chores, fought a running battle with the school administration, nevertheless managed to compose enough church cantatas for one to be sung every Sunday for five years without repeating. Few St. Thomas cantors have ever made a serious stab at composing since. The post still carries great...
Comic Eddie Cantor, 65 last January, was set to join the small roster of well-heeled showfolk collecting Social Security old-age benefits (some others: Francis X. Bushman, Marjorie Rambeau, James Gleason). Whenever Millionaire Cantor and wife Ida get their monthly $161.70 (for any month in which Eddie earns less than $80), they will forward it to a New York boys' camp where Cantor gamboled 53 summers...
Died. Eugene Edward (Gene) Buck, 71, longtime (1924-42) chief of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), composer of some 500 songs (Hello, Frisco!, Tulip Time) and talent scout for Flo Ziegfeld (he boomed such unknowns as Ed Wynn, Eddie Cantor, Will Rogers); of an aneurysm of the aorta; in Manhasset...