Word: duos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...know that he'll never be old and grey. Is Tom Mullin any relation to the comic character, Moon? Eager Abe Zaleznik gets our vote as the eagerest individual in the unit--a certain roomie of ours notwithstanding. Dante Maggiotto and DeLoretto get the nod as the eagerest duo...
Debussy: En Blanc et Noir (Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, duo-pianists; Columbia; 4 sides). Late, comparatively poor-quality Debussy, principally interesting for the quaint way in which the war-saddened composer (who died during World War I) surrounds and satirizes a Lutheran hymn. Performance: good. Recording: good...
Burns is also curiously remembered by a foursome at Los Angeles' Hillcrest Country Club. An inconspicuous character and a wild-eyed man who somewhat resembled Harpo Marx asked to be allowed to play through. This proper request was granted. A few minutes later another duo made the same request. They bore a strange resemblance to the first pair except that they were heavily mustached. Shortly after they had disappeared ahead, the foursome was hailed by still another pair. This last couple was uncannily like the others save for caps and full beards...
...natural twang of real mountaineer goings on. These upcountry proceedings continue for an hour over CBS Station KMOX, a 50,000-watter with some 2,500.000 steady listeners. They emanate from a radio group known as Cousin Emmy and Her Kin Folks. There is square-dance music, a female duo singing something like Back in the Saddle Again, a comedy rube act, a "Western instrumental trio," and Cousin Emmy, who best describes the rest of the show: "First I hits it up on my banjo, and I wow 'em. Then I do a number with the guit...
...Erich Leinsdorf conducted the premiere of Martinu's Second Symphony. In Manhattan, Artur Rodzinski conducted the premiere of a Martinu symphonic poem called Memorial to Lidice. In Philadelphia, Eugene Ormandy was rehearsing a third new Martinu composition, a Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, with the help of duo-Pianists Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff. In Boston, Sergei Koussevitzky was planning a December premiere for Martinu's third Violin Concerto...