Word: counterpointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the ceiling of the Capitol office hangs a magnificent chandelier, circa 1802. Its crystals oscillate freely. They touch and tinkle in a sparkling Mozartian minuet. But hark! Whence comes this counterpoint that shivers the crystals into new and shimmering song? It comes from the man behind the desk-a big-handed, big-boned man with a lined, cornfield face and greying locks that spiral above him like a halo run amok. He speaks, and the words emerge in a soft, sepulchral baritone. They undulate in measured phrases, expire in breathless wisps. He fills his lungs and blows word-rings...
...York Times termed "symbolic appropriateness''-at sea. After a farewell whirl of champagne-and-caviar parties tossed by Manhattan's ever-doting socialites, Edward, 67, and Wallis, 65, boarded the liner United States for a trip to Europe and a quiet, high-seas celebration in perfect counterpoint to the carnival atmosphere surrounding their 1937 wedding at the Château de Candé near Tours, France...
...continuity with tradition," and the Sonata indeed shows the stamp of this belief. Every moment of its sustains a high emotional pitch, ranging from raucous frenzy of hushed placidity. The work requires great virtuosity throughout, but these demands always have a purpose: for example, the piano provides either intricate counterpoint or a clamoring backdrop for the violin's protesting flourishes. Kirchner and Silverstein had the necessary technique, and established the rapport such music needs...
...composer, one grandmother a famous singer at l'Opera-Comique. Her father won the Prix de Rome for composition in 1835. For variety, her mother was a Russian princess. As a student at the Paris Conservatoire, she carried off first prize in every field she studied: harmony, counterpoint, fugue, organ, and accompaniment. With this array of musical proficiency, she took responsibility for the musical training of her first student: her sister, Lili Boulanger. As a teacher, she succeeded. In 1913 Lili Boulanger won the Grand Prix de Rome in composition, the first woman ever to do so. Characteristically...
This quartet naturally demanded a form of its own; for categorizing these feelings as movements would sap their strength and question what such emotions really have to do with one another. The two movements present a succession of moods, often with sudden changes. One passage superimposes a subdued counterpoint in the violins over coarse grindings from the other pair and thereby stresses each feeling all the more. (It is interesting that Elliot Carter did the same in his first quartet--here, if you demand it, is a Zeitgeist.) But unlike Carter and Moevs, Layton does not set slow, soft melodies...