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Word: conductivity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...SUBJECT of the men who conduct and their orchestras is both intriguing and dangerous. The fascinations surrounding a Toscanini or a Koussevitzky are well known; but there is always the fear that attention may be diverted from the music itself to mere personalities. Mr. Ewen has quite evidently endeavored to avoid this pit-fall by mirroring the famous conductors in their musical interpretations rather than through biographical facts alone or individual comparisons. The latter are not neglected, to be sure, for enough of the personal history is given to shed light on the backgrounds of the men themselves...

Author: By A. C. B., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 4/30/1936 | See Source »

...Italy will then open a peace conference, but not within the tainted confines of Geneva. Instead it will conduct negotiations at Ouchy, the lakeside section of Lausanne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Diplomacy Widow | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

...Animals Anniversary Week and a Kentucky Colonel. Her offices are not limited to the U. S. She is president of the Chum's Club of Scotland (400,000) and of the Kiddies Club of England. The 165,000 moppet members of the latter swear to imitate her character, conduct and manners. Possibly the smallest of her international titles is that of mascot to the Chilean Navy. President Arturo Alessandri, an admirer, conferred this dignity on her, together with a special uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Peewee's Progress | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

...once belonged to Jan Kubelik. Tubaman Philip Donatelli is the orchestra's winemaker, father of seven daughters. Two Spanish Torellos play in the double-bass section. Father Anton is an oldster in the Orchestra. His son Carl is there to follow in his footsteps. Trumpeter Saul Caston is conducting in Evansville, Phoenix and Holdrege, Neb. Caston conducted first at a Dell summer concert in 1931, when Albert Coates was suddenly taken ill. For a few hair-raising moments then, there was no Coates and no Caston, who had been arrested for speeding on his way from Atlantic City. Caston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Philadelphians in Pullmans | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

Fresh from yesterday's successful four hour performance, the Harvard Glee Club, 128 strong, will combine with the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Boston Symphony Orchestra this afternoon and evening for its second presentation of Bach's renowned "St. Matthew Passion." Dr. Serge Koussevitzky will conduct...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB WILL SING ST. MATTHEW PASSION IN TODAY'S CONCERT | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

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