Word: fasano
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week 14 brand-new recordings began spinning on Italy's phonographs. Made by such top performers as the two Fasanos, a blonde-brunette sister team, and Singer Carla Boni and the Angelini Orchestra, the tunes were the kind that might be danced to in any cantina, whistled by any office boy. But the lyrics were different. Sang the Fasano sisters to a one-step that sounded something like The Donkey Serenade...
Like the Metropolitan Museum's sculpture survey of last year (TIME, Dec. 17), this one turned out to be largely leaden and sometimes laughable. The unassuming grace of Clara Fasano's small terra cotta Siesta ($450) made it a legitimate standout. But the more typical exhibits, e.g., Maurice Glickman's hard-bitten Struggle ($5,000 in bronze) and Bernard Rosenthal's insectile Accordion Player ($750), were notable mainly for their strangeness. Granting that the nation's demand for sculpture is unfortunately limited, a good deal of the national supply seems to be unhappily misshapen...