Search Details

Word: harping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...neither radio listeners nor Dallas concertgoers (who saw a concert version) had to worry about that. Bluebeard's doors gave Bartok plenty of chance for variety, e.g., a broad, majestic theme in full brass when Judith opens the door looking out upon Bluebeard's rich manorial lands; harp arpeggios when Judith comes upon door No. 6 and the pool of water signifying the vale of tears. Hungarian Bass Desire Ligeti and Soprano Olga Forrai had few standout moments; Bluebeard, with its conversational style of recitative and declamation, reminded some, of Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande. But Bartok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bluebeard in Dallas | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...carves, knocks off now & then to serve tea. "When I get bored with myself I go and see what the students are up to. I don't dictate, and I don't make them work too much from the model. The important thing is memory; I harp on that. For instance, coming across the campus this afternoon I saw a girl with her skirt blown back against her thighs. Now you can be inspired by a lovely glimpse like that, but never by copying. Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Woman on a Pedestal | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...considers the world's best. But Chicago's is still a runt-only four manuals and 126 stops-compared to Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall monster, which has ten manuals and 364 stops, including a bass drum, glockenspiel, Chinese gong, xylophone, a grand piano, harp and two bird whistles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Earth Shaker | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

Hyperthyroidism types are touchy, temperamental, "respond to the environment like an Aeolian harp." They are emotionally sensitive, and can be upset by harsh words or looks. Their moods swing so wildly between ecstasy and depression that they may become insane; many are artists, poets, actors, writers. They are emotionally immature, often sexually cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How's Your Psychosoma? | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

...plane. There, at 10:05 a.m., he stepped into a naval launch and was sped out to the light cruiser Euryalus in the anchorage. On the dock, a bagpiper skirled the melancholy tune of The Minstrel Boy (". . . His father's sword he has girded on, and his wild harp slung behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Reluctant Dragon | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

Previous | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | Next