Word: concert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ignace Jan Paderewski's U. S. debut was no sensation. A stormy crossing from England on a small steamer had upset his stomach. The unexpected news that he was supposed to play six lengthy piano concertos during his first week in Manhattan had upset his nerves. After the concert he returned in a panic to his hotel room, where he immediately started to practice for his second appearance. The other guests banged angrily on their radiator pipes. So he went out again, woke up the watchman at the Steinway Piano Company's warehouse, and spent the rest...
...second concert," he later remarked, "was much better." But it was not until he had spent another night in the warehouse whipping up concertos by Rubinstein and Chopin that Pianist Paderewski became Manhattan's biggest show since P. T. Barnum's Museum...
...third concert the audience caught fire. Women crowded to the stage to shower him with bouquets. The box office grossed $3,000. When it was over, Paderewski found himself the lion of Manhattan. His success was repeated in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia. His first U. S. tour netted...
...With romantic Paderewski, food is a romantic passion. He is partial to lamb, chicken and turkey, worships caviar, pheasant and sweet champagne. If he is about to visit a town famous for some particular dish, he always telegraphs ahead to have some of it specially prepared for him. On concert days he lunches at 4 p.m., dines at midnight...
...days after this rather unusual swing concert, the band went down to New York where, with a little persuasion, a famous band leader listened to her, dismissed the girl he had hired only a month before, and hired Helen O'Connell as the feminine vocalist for Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra...