Word: concerte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first time since he was elevated nearly 14 years ago, Pope Pius XII left his Vatican palace to attend a concert half a mile away. The event: an oratorio and other sacred works composed and conducted by Lorenzo Perosi, director of the Pope's music, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday...
...Kingdom of Swing (Benny Goodman, his orchestra and combos; Columbia, 6 LPs). Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, his more recently released Jazz Concert No. 2 and two recordsful of other reissues, boxed for the carriage trade. Price...
...Charles Rosen is a Ph.D. in French literature (Princeton) who also plays the piano. Last week, after listening to a Rosen concert in Manhattan's Town Hall, the critics told him, in effect, to quit the literature business and concentrate on the recital business. "[He may become] a figure of real consequence on our musical landscape," said the Herald Tribune. "The type of mind that is going to grow with the years," seconded the Times...
...Tokyo, on a concert tour, Metropolitan Opera Soprano Helen Traubel announced that she would detour to Korea to sing Christmas carols to the troops...
...playing records changed the record business. Inside the box was Columbia's new high fidelity phonograph (the 360) designed by Dr. Peter Goldmark, who developed Columbia's LPs. Until last week, most "hifi" sets, which reproduce music in the home with the clarity and realism of the concert hall, were custom-made from standard parts by small radio & phonograph shops at a cost of from...