Word: dei
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little to be said except to commend them all. The chorus sang excellently, and they knew exactly what they were doing, which is always a help. Ditto for the orchestra. The soloists, Ellen Faull, Eunice Alberts, David Lloyd, and George London, were almost uniformly fine (I found the Agnus Dei particularly well done), and over them all was Koussey, red-faced and snorting, combining his usual technical perfection with a magnificent conception of what it was all about, outdoing himself, as the saying goes. Champagne and lotus blossoms for all hands...
...Flagship Ethiopia had crashed about 160 feet below the summit of Santa Maria dei Monti, which rises directly behind the villages of Ravello and Scala. Toll: 21 killed, four hurt...
Bach: Sacred Arias (Carol Brice, contralto, with the Columbia Broadcasting Concert Orchestra, Daniel Saidenberg conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). The Agnus Dei and Qui Sedes from the B Minor Mass, and two arias from the Magnificat, warmly sung by a Negro of considerable talent, who is not yet a Marian Anderson. Recording: good...
...overflowing with holy joy in commemoration of Christ's entry into Jerusalem. The priests read the Gospel: "Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord." Then the congregation clutched palm branches. Meanwhile, in Genoa's drab Via Albergo dei Poveri...
From the opening blasts of the trombone choir to the contrapuntal majesties of the Sanctus and the serene Agnus Dei, Bach's B Minor took nearly three hours. During the 45-minute intermission the choir drank coffee and the audience gossiped over Cokes...