Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After eliminating everything he could think of from alcoholism to witchcraft, Dr. Majoska got one shred of evidence which supports the dream-death theory. It came from the Philippines (where Tutop left a wife and four children). There, similar cases have been reported and called bangugut, implying that the victim died in a nightmare...
...Great Dream. At 17, "Koussy" left his home town of Vyshny-Volochek to study the bass fiddle in Moscow. Soon he was playing with the Imperial Opera orchestra, toured on the side for ten years as a soloist. Not content with his specialized fame as the world's greatest virtuoso performer on the double bass, he began conducting in Germany, England and France. In 1909, already rich* and respected, he went back to Russia to head the Imperial Music Society's concerts in St. Petersburg. His reputation as a conductor spread throughout Russia, but in 1920 he fled...
Thus began the fulfillment of Serge Koussevitzky's great dream. Composers in both Europe and the U.S. soon learned that in Boston, if nowhere else, their music could get a sympathetic hearing. Nearly every program Koussy scheduled included pieces by such contemporary foreign composers as Sibelius, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, and such Americans as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Walter Piston, Howard Hanson, William Schuman and Samuel Barber...
...dream grew. In 1936 Koussy and the orchestra began playing concerts at the Berkshire summer symphonic festivals. Four years later, he became head of Tanglewood's Berkshire Music Center. At Tanglewood, students and laymen came each year to play, to listen and to learn. There they also could see their benevolent chief, wearing his favorite tweed cape, strolling along the lanes and chattering in his broken English...
...Perfect Gem. In 1949, tired and grey, Koussy turned his baton over to Charles Munch. In 25 years, he had brought to U.S. ears more contemporary music than anyone else in history. His Koussevitzky Music Foundation had commissioned works from such giants as Bartok and Britten. His dream was realized...