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Among the other actors, Judith Namias and John Allman rise above their compatriots. Jane Jackson makes the tedious Lady Would-Be into a funny but off-times unintelligible character. Paul Gomberg struggles vainly to overcome his costume, a purplish concoction which, like most of the costumes, doesn't quite make...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Volpone | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...compositions, uses other instruments sparingly. In Evolution, a French horn appears briefly as well as a voice (Phyllis Curtin's). Progressions' percussion is punctuated by a flute. Impressions is said to be about painters, including Jackson Pollock, who would probably never recognize himself as portrayed by Ralph Gomberg's oboe. And vice versa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Oct. 8, 1965 | 10/8/1965 | See Source »

...Paul Gomberg served as president of the Women's Student Government at the University of Pennsylvania for barely on day last month, a rapid and slightly confusing series of events yanking her out of office as dramatically as she had entered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES FROM THE OUTSIDE | 3/5/1964 | See Source »

...night after her election Miss Gomberg and two friends were caught leaving their dormitory at 2 a.m. All three were put on social probation, and restricted to their dorms after 9 p.m. for the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES FROM THE OUTSIDE | 3/5/1964 | See Source »

...scarce and because the instrument is extremely difficult to play, first oboists are often the most highly paid men in the orchestra, sometimes even better paid than the concertmaster. Most oboists make their own reeds, the shape and size of which largely determine the instrument's tone. Harold Gomberg, who has made trips to Europe in search of cane of the proper hardness, grain and color, maintains a studio where he spends dozens of hours a week whittling reeds to size (he uses as many as three reeds in a concert). The trick in oboe playing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Oboe Brothers | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

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