Word: harped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...based WOMEN'S PHILHARMONIC, an all-female ensemble conducted by Jo Ann Falletta, is important in our collective consciousness-raising. On an eponymous new CD (Koch Classics), the group unearths a splendid Overture by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (Felix's sister). But the real pleasures are in the Concertino for Harp and Orchestra by Germaine Tailleferre, perhaps the least known of Les Six, and in two pieces by Lili Boulanger, Nadia's sister. Boulanger's D'un Soir Triste, 12 minutes of heartbreaking pathos, ought to be in every man's repertoire...
Critics were quick to harp on this lack of balance. Jesse Jackson mixed metaphors to complain that they were "cut from the same stripes," and Republican National Chairman Rich Bond sneered that the Democrats have "written off the rest of the country." Gore, however, does add some strengths to the ticket besides reinforcing its generational and centrist appeal. Like Clinton, he is an adroit balancer: he voted for the Persian Gulf war but maintained party credentials by vigorously defending the patriotism of the many more congressional Democrats who did not. Work on the Senate Armed Services Committee has given...
...section marked "Music From Around the World," customers can find a musical spoon, a jaw harp or even a kazoo...
...Student Concerts--presents Wilson Hseih, viola; and Dawn Watkins, harp. Killian Hall, room 14W-111, 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 21, noon. Free...
Jeffries' speech was not only entertaining but also informative. Why doesn't anyone speak of the issues his speech raised, instead of continuing to harp on the alleged quotes and the magnitude of the unified protests? Why doesn't anyone attempt to answer his challenge and produce scholarly research that contradicts his documented findings...