Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the air was finally clear of flying dancers, the audience rose and gave the performers the old Sol Hurok Opening Night Locomotive. The dancers applauded back with enthusiasm. The reviews glowed. Box offices along the company's 16-city cross-continent route rang to the clink of coin. As for Impresario Hurok himself, his restless eye was probably already roving the map of Russia that was included in the official program. A ballet troupe from Monchegorsk, perhaps? Or sword dancers from Pinsk...
...expansive warmth and enthusiasm of Maurice Eisenberg reflect his conception of the real function of music. Mr. Eisenberg does not talk in terms of form or period--these he calls only the "vocabulary" of music--, nor does he dwell on esthetic doctrine. His concern is for the expressive power of the art which he describes radiantly as "the most potent means of communication between...
Singer describes the split of the Jewish community over two great issues, Communism and Zionism. The old religious enthusiasm was channeled into these new causes, further alienating the Jews from Polish society...
...That enthusiasm has to hold you through two rather unexciting scenes, but then comes "C'est Magnifique," and then a well-choreographed "Quadrille." And so it goes, up and down, all evening. Happily, the downs are not serious, and the ups are frequently glorious. A notable up is a very funny duel scene featuring Hillaire Jussac (Charles Breyer) and Boris Adzinidzinadze (Harry Knopf...
...were made. Although Composer Cage was preaching the aleatory doctrine eleven years' ago (in his Imaginary Landscape No. 4, he conducted an ensemble that played twelve radios simultaneously), the big boom in music-by-chance has come only recently; summer festivals at Donaueschingen and Darmstadt perform it with enthusiasm...