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Although she has lived in Palestine and Israel for more than 53 years, Mrs. Meir still speaks Hebrew with a distinctive Middle American accent. She was born Goldie Mabovitch in Kiev-her earliest memories, she told Pope Paul at the Vatican, were of pogroms-and immigrated to the U.S. at eight with her family. In Milwaukee, her home for nearly 15 years, she became Goldie Myerson...
Beyond their role as the mob, the Collegium sang a number of meditative chorales. In the earliest performances of the Passion, these were probably sung by the whole congregation, a large untrained group which doubtlessly obliterated the breathtaking subtlety and power of these short masterpieces. The Collegium, however, sang with clarity and grace, bringing to these contemplative pieces the same deep involvement and energy with which they performed the loud and menacing mob choruses...
...Syria), which flourished more than 3,000 years ago, Kilmer deciphered the thin cuneiform script as the words and musical symbols of an ancient song. Older by 1,400 years than the 400 B.C. papyrus that contains music for Euripides' play Orestes, Kilmer's finding is the earliest specimen of notated music. Her discovery puts music's birthplace in the Middle East, debunking the prevailing theory that Western music originated in Greece. "These findings have absolutely revolutionized thinking about the age and history of Western music," she says...
...Federal Energy Office made it official last week: it has "certainly decided" against beginning nationwide gasoline rationing on March 1. Administrator William Simon had previously picked that date as the earliest the agency could begin distributing the ration coupons the Government has been printing. So, for at least the time being, the only hope that motorists have for shrinking the long and frustrating lines stretching from gasoline pumps lies in the local rationing plans that are spreading across the country. Last week six more states-Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington-and a number of cities, including...
Julia Margaret Cameron was a Victorian of great eccentricity, some means and considerable connections. She was born the year of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and did not take a picture until 1864, when her daughter and son-in-law gave her one of the earliest models, which consisted of two wooden boxes, one sliding inside the other. "It may amuse, Mother, to try to photograph," they wrote her fondly. Little did they guess. At first Mother could hardly tell the difference between treacle and collodion, the sticky fluid used to coat her glass negatives...