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Word: forli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Ernest ("Uncle Ernest") Henry Schelling, 63, lanky, walrus-mustached U. S. pianist & composer, for 16 years avuncular if unsensational conductor of New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society's Young People's concerts (for children); suddenly, of cerebral embolism; in Manhattan. At deathbed-side was his four-month bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 18, 1939 | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Died, James Harvey Gravell, 63, president and only stockholder of American Chemical Paint Co., who three years ago paid off $100,000 in personal debts for 76 employees; of cancer of the liver; in Abington, Pa. In the last three years he issued $200,000 in bonuses. Reason for his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 18, 1939 | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

This season, grand opera at Manhattan's Metropolitan opened with a slightly fussier fuss than usual. Last week, however, the Met got in the groove-a few new voices and a new red carpet, but the same old scenery, same old gilded box holders, and opera's perennial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Opera Buff | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Since 1931, for the privilege of broadcasting to some 10,000,000 music lovers and a countless short-wave audience, NBC has paid the Metropolitan a cool $100,000 a season. Some years it has been higher, with sponsors like Lucky Strike, Listerine. This year there is no sponsor, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Opera Buff | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

In Box 44 sit two men the radio audience never hears. Engineer Charles C. Grey has a control panel at his fingertips; Production Man Herbert Liversidge hardly lifts his eyes from an edited, last-minute score. Liversidge reads the score some six bars ahead, keeps Grey posted with hand signals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Opera Buff | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

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