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...musical life of the college; and to attract the most exciting musicians as concentrators. This has led to the peculiar situation in which it is considered ignominious to concentrate in music, and the categories of "musician" and "music major" are almost mutually exclusive. If someone is a flutist and a physics major or a 'cellist and concentrator in history and literature, he's really an ace. But if he concentrates in music, he is in grave danger of losing whatever musicality he might have had in the first place. The Harvard musician's aversion to the idea of intensive study...
...make their appearance in "The Alcotts," a merciless parody of all the cliches of nineteenth-century musical sentimentality. Of the four, the "Thoreau" movement is the kindest to its namesake. Its big surprise is the sudden addition of a lyrical, low-register, and entirely unseen flute. Monday night the flutist was nowhere on the program and even refused to come...
...their turf next to their mounts and squatted on the ground shining their Nazi helmets. Up near the Weeks bridge, a semipro combo formed the nucleus for what became an ever increasing circle of sound. There was a full set of skins, bongos, congos, a bass, sax, and crazy flutist...
Died. William M. Kincaid, 71, flutist, hailed as one of the world's top performers during his 39 years with the Philadelphia Orchestra and renowned as a teacher of virtually every first-rank U.S. flutist active today, who learned breath control as a child diving for pennies in Honolulu harbor, played in various mainland orchestras until 1921, when Leopold Stokowski lured him to Philadelphia, where he pleased audiences with his lyrical solos on the "metal nightingale"; of a heart attack; in Philadelphia...
...matched the brilliance of the Mozart. Harpsichordist G. S. Rousseau ripped through his part with a technical virtuosity that left listeners breathless. His concern with speed caused him to rush in all three movements, but his control and clear phrasing helped make up for this. Violinist Marylou Speaker and flutist Leslie Claff both played very sensitively, executing their imitative sections elegantly. Miss Speaker's tone was rich and warm; Miss Claff's was clear but, unfortunately, was often covered by the orchestra. The strings, especially the violins, were astonishing: their sound blossomed in the opening bars and rarely let down...