Word: harman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transatlantic DC-6B, with only twelve of 66 seats occupied, was just 25 miles from the safety of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. The pilot, Captain Charles Harman, 36, a veteran of 170 Atlantic crossings, was more than an hour ahead of schedule on a flight from New York's Idlewild Field. Some time in the next few minutes, the plane plummeted into the cold waters of the North Sea. Residents of the Dutch town of Schoorl reported that they heard an explosion, but no one knew what had gone wrong. All aboard were killed: 21 persons, including seven...
...guess there are some links between flying and music," says Harman, "sensory things, like the sense of spanning time and space. High in an airplane you feel that you are going very slowly; a scherzo sounds fast, but you know the actual passage of time is really slower...
...Harman came to TIME after five years as a music critic for the New York Times. Among his notable stories: TIME'S cover on Rosemary Clooney (Feb. 23). Harman keeps constant watch for new talent, e.g., Concert Pianist Charles Rosen (Dec. 29), Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck (Nov. 10). He also spends days in his soundproofed, hi-fi-equipped office reviewing the most interesting new records. Musician Harman is often hard on Critic Harman, for this reason: "There's often no way to describe music except by music. Words can be fifth-rate. So my problem is to describe...
...music, Harman's professional career really started when he was studying at Columbia University after World War II. Columbia's Otto Luening told him, "You've got more in your head than you can write. It's all clogged up. Why don't you only put down the simple things you're sure of?" So Harman wrote some children's songs. They came out on a record entitled Mary Martin Sings for Children. It sells well...
...also continues work on his opera, and I am sure it will get a hearing soon. As a matter of fact, Harman's story seems to be a success story after...