Word: harped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When O'Casey's mind leaves the theater, he brightens perceptibly. He loves national flags-except for that of Ireland which "should replace the sickly-looking tricolor of green, white and yellow" with "the old flag, a lovely one, of the green field with the harp in its center." In "The Power of Laughter: Weapon Against Evil," O'Casey voices his deepest conviction: "Laughter is wine for the soul . . . Once we can laugh, we can live. It is the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living ... It is odd how many seem...
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (Decca). One of Debussy's last compositions in a topnotch performance...
...right answer; and 4) "Cold-Sweat music," to match the audience mood as the contestant broods inside the illuminated box during the 30 seconds allowed before he tries for the big money. According to Leyden, the best suspense music is supplied by muted brasses, and combinations like the piccolo, harp and xylophone. A piece like Ravel's Bolero is best for times of tension...
...with the splendor of the floodlit Acropolis and Parthenon. He had his wish. A downpour washed the first concert indoors-not before King and Cabinet Ministers were consulted on the crisis. The switch came so late that Chief Baggage Master Vincent Jacoby tried to shoulder the orchestra's harp into a bus in order to get it to the theater in time, was thrown out by the bus conductor. (He finally made it by hitching a ride on a truck.) King Paul, Queen Frederika and their two oldest children applauded the maestro's interpretation of Schumann...
...taking lessons on the harp...