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The work is a free-tonal fantasy for the solo instrument, which is set off against an ensemble that includes bongos, gongs, chimes, temple blocks, harp, amplified harpsichord and vibraphone but omits the orchestra's trumpet and violin sections. It is a felicitous concept, but, alas, the composer's rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Making the Strings Sing Again | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

Battle's range spans two and a half octaves, from a low A to a high E. Her voice has a color and flexibility that allow her to go beyond soubrette roles to encompass the death-defying coloratura declamations of Handel's Semele, or dramatically richer lyric parts like Melisande...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: At the Head of the Class | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

To a Hollywood that capered through the Depression, Welles introduced the cinema of melancholy. With Citizen Kane--a tale of power and love, and the loss of both--American film found the dark, seductive side of its own success story. For the next decade, domestic dramas, spy pictures and detective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orson Welles 1915-1985: The Man Did Make Movies | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

Collaboration is the leitmotif--if there is any at all--on Who's Zoomin'. A bunch of Hot Stars get in on Aretha's Action as if they all wished to exploit (whoops, I mean insure) the Rebirth of a Legend. In addition to Lennox and Stewart, Peter Wolf chimes...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Vinyl in Boston | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

The up-and-down price movements of IBM stock during the twelve-month period are the melody. When the trading volume rose sharply, the music is stronger. For variety, other sounds were added to the score. Bells and chimes ring when there were indications of insider trading, and surf crashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stocks: Rhapsody in Big Blue | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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