Word: fa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...used a reduced chorus of two dozen. An interesting comparison was afforded in two settings, a half century apart, of the same text--one, by Vecchi, lyric and smooth; the other, by Arcadelt, more dramatic. The singers displayed excellent precision in Lo Schernito, one of the bright and rapid fa-la-la pieces that Gastoldi made a specialty. There followed an amusing Impromptu, written last year by the talented young composer Kirke Mechem...
...good-neighborliness of conflicting styles. The steep-roofed Hôtel de Ville, a noble example of middle Gothic, rests comfortably alongside the fantasia of the guildhalls; the light, vibrant stone tracery of the late Gothic Broodhuis (Bread Market) surpasses, without clashing against, the ornate, 18th century classical façade of the House of the Dukes of Brabant...
...great Renaissance square in Paris. Henri IV first had in mind using it as a silk factory to rival Milan, but it later turned into one of the most fashionable addresses in Paris. The square, with its colonnade, is actually a series of joined houses; by royal decree the façades were kept similar. Built of brick and stone, it became a model for Inigo Jones when he came to design Covent Garden, London's first square in the Italian manner...
...take one elliptical segment of the oval form that Bernini used for St. Peter's Square, and throw it boldly along the city's outskirts, with an open prospect of unspoiled countryside. Binding together the 30 individual houses was a curtain wall modeled on a Palladian façade with its Ionic columns; behind it, Wood allowed for a variety in depth to the buildings to suit each owner's demands...
...like that. She is not too sophisticated. She gives you a feeling of compassion." Says Cameraman James Wong Howe, who shot Picnic: "What makes her interesting is the combination of her classical beauty with a sensual, lush quality." Says Director George (The Eddy Duchin Story) Sidney: "She has the fa cade and the equipment of a bitch in the long shot. Yet when you look in Kim's eyes in a closeup, she's like a baby. There is a fire with the sweetness, a bitchery with the virtue, all in one package...