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From the ceiling of the Capitol office hangs a magnificent chandelier, circa 1802. Its crystals oscillate freely. They touch and tinkle in a sparkling Mozartian minuet. But hark! Whence comes this counterpoint that shivers the crystals into new and shimmering song? It comes from the man behind the desk-a big-handed, big-boned man with a lined, cornfield face and greying locks that spiral above him like a halo run amok. He speaks, and the words emerge in a soft, sepulchral baritone. They undulate in measured phrases, expire in breathless wisps. He fills his lungs and blows word-rings...
...went to live in England where she fell in love with the Earl of Peterborough. Her father forbade the match because the earl was Catholic. A broken-hearted Evelyn returned to Virginia where, she died at the age of 29. The name Evelyn is missing in the sixth generation (circa 1830), but has shown up in every other, impartially divided between male Byrds and lady Byrds...
Some of Stravinsky's recent works, such as his seven-minute Gesnaldo Monumentum, which is little more than an orchestration of three madrigals by Don Carlo Gesualdo (circa 1560-1613), have suggested that nowadays the old revolutionary talks better about music (in interviews with Protege Conductor Robert Craft) than he composes. Although, in the U.S. at least, Stravinsky remains the most widely played living composer, the works that turn up most often in the concert halls are early masterpieces like Firebird and Petronchka, with their gorgeous colors, their richly varied rhythms and brilliant orchestrations...
...Samuel Bronston; Allied Artists). Don Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, Spain's greatest military genius, was born circa 1043 of noble yet obscure descent. Nevertheless, so extraordinary were Don Rodrigo's courage and character that at 28 he became commander in chief of the armies of Castile. Not for long. The able but treacherous King Alfonso VI, jealous of his vassal's victories and virtues, banished him. Undaunted, Don Rodrigo gathered an army of admirers, and off and on for 30 years beat back the Moslem armies. Though generally far outnumbered, he never lost a battle...
...already found a way to keep their sense of duty without paying for it. Rather than buying the usual perfumes, cashmeres, cameras and bone china, they have found that antiques make some of the best bargains in Europe (e.g., a London shop sells a fine cut-glass Georgian decanter, circa 1770, for $15; or, for the collector's library, Discovery of a World in the Moone, written in 1638 by Bishop Wilkins of Chester, for $75). And certified antiques are items that age cannot wither nor Customs nail-they are still 100% duty-free...