Word: concertized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hardy Martha Truman had rallied briefly when her son first arrived, again when Mary Margaret canceled her Pittsburgh concert to fly to Grandview, Mo. Mrs. Truman had pork chops for lunch one day, fried chicken for dinner the next, wheat cakes and syrup for breakfast. With all her determined firmness, she announced: "I'm going to get better tomorrow...
...with only 17,581. In voting Newton into office, Denver citizens not only rid themselves of machine government, but unlocked state politics as well-Old Ben had been a dominant influence for years. Denver also showed discrimination in voting for bond issues-it rejected a new art museum, a concert hall, a plan to expand the zoo, but approved improvement and expansion of its airport, its water system, its general hospital. It shrewdly made sure that its city charter, basis of Old Ben's power, would be revised...
...twelve-year-old was a wise prophet. In 40-odd years of concert touring, Artur Rubinstein has logged some 1½ million miles, and played for more people than any concert pianist in history. Last week in San Francisco, Rubinstein reached the end of his longest U.S. tour. At 58, he had made go appearances in seven months, and to capacity audiences everywhere. After a few weeks' rest in his Hollywood home, he will set out again on a 34-concert tour of South America. Then will come a tour of Western Europe-except Germany, where Rubinstein has refused...
Pain & Revolt. No classical artist demands and so often gets Rubinstein's high minimum guarantee ($3,500 a concert), but he is a good investment. At one concert in Lincoln, Neb. last year, Rubinstein earned $5,400 as his share of the box-office receipts. His Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 was Victor's 1946 best-selling classical album. The $85,000 he collected for three days' piano playing for the movie I've Always Loved You is still a Hollywood record...
Schubert: Quartet in E Flat Major (Guilet String Quartet; Concert Hall Society, 6 sides). The freshness and tunefulness of Schubert at 20, without the skill and maturity of Schubert at 30. Performance: excellent...