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Harvard's triumph in serious music took the form of Elliott Carter's Defense of Corinth. In the two chansons by Pierre Certon (1510-1572) with which the Harvard Glee Club began, El Forbes' boys displayed their tremendous energy...
...Hassler's Gratias Agimus Tibi, they showed that they were virtuosos in articulation; 130 of them could say "tea" and have it sound as if one person said it. But not until The Defense of Corinth did they combine these virtues with their extraordinary flexibility in dynamics, their impeccable intenation and their sense of humor...
...widely and perceptively over ideas and legend. It may light on the aging Admiral Christopher Columbus, appearing on deck in the darkest watch of night "hollow-eyed and crumpled, like a dry, wind-driven, scurrying leaf." Or on Diogenes: "His castle was an upended winevat by the gates of Corinth. Alexander the Great called on him there. All radiant, the Conqueror leaned down across the neck of his white charger, doffed his golden helmet and inquired what he might do for Diogenes. 'Move on,' Apollo's man suggested. 'You're in my light...
Spirit to Die For. Though nationalism of one sort or another seems ingrained in modern man, it is historically very young-dating from the 18th century American and French revolutions. In the ancient world, a man's loyalty was given to his city-Athens or Corinth or Sparta...
Death Discovered. Peter Wallace, 19, Yale University junior and son of TV Interviewer Mike Wallace, missing on a European hiking vacation since Aug. 4; when his body was found at the base of a steep ravine near Corinth, Greece...