Word: elizabethanism
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Returning to the directorial podium refreshed by an extended European summer, Dr. Koussevitsky submits an interesting, effectively contrasted program to his Cambridge subscribers, where Town and Gown--Brattle Street on the one hand, balanced by delegations, of the music-hungry from Harvard and Radcliffe--crowd the Elizabethan stalls and galleries in the dim light of the ancient gas chandelier. Three major works are listed for performance: Weber's brightly pointed overture to his opera "Oberon"; Borodin's Second Symphony; and the mighty D Minor Symphony of Cosar Franck which was played last week at the opening pair of concerts...
...name was for the cabin's owner. Jean Thomas, a small, sprightly blonde who was there dressed in a billowy Elizabethan costume. Mountaineers called her ''the traipsin' woman" because as a court reporter she followed the Law from one hilly settlement to another. Eventually her chief interest became folksongs and ballads, particularly those which could be traced back directly to the folk music...
...parents and grandparents sing, about Sourwood Mountain, turnip greens. old coon dogs, Napoleon Bonaparte. Because many an expert believes that these are the rarest of U. S. folksongs, cameramen were present to film the proceedings for the Library of Congress. Feature of the afternoon was supposed to be an Elizabethan wedding celebration in which Marion Kerby, Chicago ballad expert, soloed. But outsiders were more interested in Jilson Setters, the 75-year-old fiddler whom Miss Thomas took to Lon don a year ago to perform in Albert Hall. Jilson Setters has earned wide publicity for Miss Thomas' folksong society...
Another interesting group is the collection of short, frequently excellent lyrics which Mr. Craig has chosen. These show the Spanish-Americans in a gay, tipping, gallant mood. One could almost compare them to some of the Elizabethan sonnets and short poems on inconsequential but very pleasant subjects...
...original designs by Inigo Jones (1573-1652), first of Britain's stage designers, producer of Ben Jonson's elaborate Elizabethan masques...