Word: classicall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jazzman Sidney Bechet soloes in his own Ballet, which has been a success in France. The story concerns a somnambulist who kills his family while he is asleep, only to be led to his own death by a slave. The music at first alternates between late romantic and jazz styles...
Philip J. McNiff, Lamont Librarian, yesterday announced plans for a possible expansion of the library's facilities to include a circulating classical music record collection.
But the end of World War II left Benny-and the other big jazz bands-far behind. The standard unit became the combo (three to eight musicians) and the music they played took off into outer space of cold, interstellar atonalities. Benny Goodman spent more and more time at his...
The Pollock-De Kooning breakthrough soon found a following, and a label: abstract expressionism. Like most labels, this one has proved inadequate. It is used loosely to suggest merely the expression of strong feeling without any reference to objective reality. Young idealists in search of an ideal, and middle-aged...
Rubens' paintings show a grandness of conception that reminds me of Michelangelo. The larger than life figures of the Renaissance master are, however, classical in their dignity and spirituality. In contrast, Rubens' figures are treated romantically. They are overly real and sensual. Passions are magnified rather than reason or the...