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From the Gulf of California to the Strait of Magellan, 125 million Latin Americans braced themselves hopefully this week for the gayest, gaudiest carnaval in years.
With Getulio Vargas' inaugural this week, Rio planned the greatest carnival in history. Every night tambourines sounded in samba time from the capital's shanty-lined favela hills. For the favela folk, pro-Vargas almost to a man, the return of the "father of the poor" called for...
The pre-carnival samba competition broke all records with 700 new entries. At week's end, two were declared 1951 co-winners. One was a coldhearted ditty called For Your Information ("For your information, there's someone else in your place"). The second, fretting over the city'...
In your desire to escape the memory of dining hall food, you will probably rush madly hither and you. Let the following guide you. The Carnaval Room of the Sherry--Netherlands offers dinner and supper dance music by sundry gypsies and Lester Lanin. Down the street a bit, Le Ruban...
Schumann: Carnaval (Claudio Arrau, piano; Decca-Parlaphone, 2 sides LP). Chilean-born Pianist Arrau won his first U.S. fame with this romantic piece. Playing cleanly, deeply and without schmalz, he shows the reason why. Recording: good.