Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Married. Sylvia, Lady Ashley, 44, London chorus girl turned socialite; and Prince Dimitri Djordjadze, 53, imperial Russian cavalryman turned Manhattan hotel executive (the Ambassador) ; she for the fifth time (among her others: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.; Clark Gable), he for the third; in Fort...
...heart, had earlier mentioned that he might go to the U.S. for further treatment. A Zurich busybody started an international ruckus by warning a royal aide that U.S. immigration laws would prevent the King and his wives from so much as getting off the boat. After a chorus of hospitable noises arose from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. consul general in Zurich last week proclaimed that Tribhubana and his exotic entourage may enter the U.S. any time, provided they don't arrive as immigrants seeking to set up polygamous housekeeping. On getting the news, the King beamed, muttered...
...concert began, the reasons for the success of the work practically hammered at the listeners' ears: this kind of music sounded big and flashy without forcing the audience out of its after-dinner stupor. The chorus sang the simplest kind of melody, from mild love lyrics and nursery-rhyme interludes to rowdy drinking songs and Teutonic gallops, set against passages of syncopated whispering and of sudden, surprising fortissimos. The orchestra sometimes provided halfhearted modernities, medieval primitivisms. Its percussion section was usually busy as a steam calliope on circus day. Most of the lyrics were in vulgarized but vital Latin...
...while, all of this was fun to hear. Conductor Stokowski, his genius undimmed at 72, had trained the Boston University Chorus and Orchestra into a unit of high professional caliber. But soon it appeared that Composer Orff was blowing up his perfectly acceptable tunes to puffed-rice dimensions, repeating too often, underlining points that were clear from the start. Before he reached the three-quarter mark of his work, it was clear that he was not headed anywhere...
Most people who attend a Pudding show expect hairy-legged chorus lines, gusty performances, and an over-all cheerful raucousness. This year they will find their investment rewarded with all those ingredients in abundance; a top book and score would only be an added dividend which the Pudding this year did not declare...