Word: friederich
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usually assembles its best casts for Boston performances, and next week is no exception. There will be a chance to hear their beautifully sung and staged "Orfeo," the magnificent Wotan of Friederich Schorr, who will very soon be leaving the boards altogether, the fiery Carmen of a French newcomer, Djanel, and the unique Marschallin of Lotte Lehmann in "Der Rosenkavalier" who, like Monty Woolley in "The Man Who Came to Dinner," has spent her whole life training for the part. Keeping such a hugely expensive company on its financial feet during the war is becoming increasingly difficult, and this...
...slain officer was Lt. Col. Friederich Karl Holtz, the highest ranking Nazi officer, yet to be shot since the occupation of 1940. He was cut down by pistol shots, reportedly fired by two youths, as he left his Nantes home yesterday on route to his office...
...George Friederich Handel, one of the greatest of Thorough Bass composers, made an important advance in the development of the concerto. In this period it was more common for composers to write a concerto grosso, a form of music in which a group of solo instruments are heard against a full orchestra, instead of the concerto where the contrast is made with a single instrument. But Handel needed relaxation between the sections of his Oratorios, so he turned to the Concerto, which in its contemporary state proved to be too heavy. Either some new form was needed, or some...
...Boston, Second Officer Wilhelm Harren of the German tanker Pauline Friederich, which took refuge there four months ago carrying $250,000 worth of lubricants, last week filed a libel action in Federal court, demanding that the vessel be sold to satisfy his claim of $98.60 in back wages, and more for the hungry crew. Wilhelm Harren of Hamburg announced he was through with the Nazi regime. His spokesman: Boston Attorney Hyman Katz...