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...with Paganini's only pupil. Fritz Kreisler happened to play in Marseille when Francescatti was a boy. and the youngster never got over it. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but Francescatti had his mind made up; he would be a fiddler. He made a success ful Paris debut in 1925, later toured England with Maurice Ravel and English Soprano Maggie Teyte. He was already a major name in Europe when he made his U.S. debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1939. His sweet and singing tone and his flowing, sinuous style were an immediate success...
...teaching of mathematics, science, foreign languages and physical fitness. The bill then went to the balky House Rules Committee, which already had dangerously delayed the Administration's controversial public-school bill to spend $2,484,000,000 on construction and teachers' salaries. House leaders were fear ful of defeat for both bills as tempers rose over the traditionally touchy issues of federal aid to education and separation of church and state...
...World Council leaders were care ful to warn against too optimistic a picture of a Catholic-Protestant alliance. Said the Rev. Henry P. Van Dusen, president of Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary: "Anything which suggests the possibility of closer unity among Christians is of course to be welcomed. But frankly, no one here really thinks that there is any possibility of reunion with Rome...
...style, with hands carried high in front of his face, which has been criti cized on the ground that it inhibits his punching power. Says he: "You'd be sur prised at the number of times I've felt their gloves hit my gloves and how grate ful I was that my gloves were there...
...conductors, 61 instrumentalists, 72 singers, ten operatic and orchestral groups, and 161 musical terms. From this generous supply every player must, of course, select his own repertory of names. A good random beginner's list might include Hector Berlioz ("EC-tor BEAR-li-oss"), Emil Waldteufel ("VAAL-toy-ful"), Kurt Weill's Die Dreigrosch-enoper ("Dee Dry-GROSH-en-oper"), Puccini's Gianni Schicchi ("Johnny SKEE-ky"), Prokofiev's ballet, Chout ("Shoo!"), Conductor Eugen Jochum ("OY-gen YOK-hum"), Pianist Jorge Bo-let ("HOAR-hay Bo-LETT"). Advanced players will discover certain unaccountable omissions: where are Monteverdi's Il Combattimento...