Word: harped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Debussy: The Fall of the House of Usher; Andre Caplet: Conte Fantastique (for harp and strings); Florent Schmitt: Etude pour "Le Palais Hante." (Georges Pretre conducting the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Angel.) Thanks to the translations of Baudelaire and Mallarme, the works of Edgar Allan Poe became popular in France during the late 19th century. Inevitably, they cast their spell on the imaginations of the country's leading composers; Debussy, for example, long considered writing a pair of one-act operas based on Poe's fantasies. He made a start on The Fall of the House of Usher, preparing...
...still needed permission to have a female guest, and sign a registration list," says Harp. "Women had to be out of our rooms around the dinner hour, except on weekends when it was a bit later...
...These were very strict rules--you just didn't fool around with them," Harp adds...
...were all full of middle-class morals--we didn't question the rules at all." Harp says...
...There were groups, racking our and buses, trying to tip them over, Harp says, adding that he limited was hit by some police tear...