Word: harping
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...desk of Cornell football coach Tom Harp is a little reminder that he has kept close to him since last year. It says Princeton 51, Cornell 14, and he hopes it will inspire his Big Red to turn the tables on the Tigers at Princeton today and pull the rug out from under the Bengal's undefeated season...
...thousand comedians trying to top him; following heart surgery; in Hollywood. Behind the idiot grin, Harpo (real name: Adolph) was a witty, gentle soul, married to one woman for life, and the doting father of four adopted children; he was also, of course, a brilliant musician, frequently playing his harp in serious concerts and always using it as a soothing counterpoint to his impish movie imagery...
...Dudley Moore. Al-though it is a bit obvious in spots, it serves the work handsomely. Right from the ominous opening trombones, it is clear we are in for something impressive, a far cry from the satirical score he provided for Beyond the Fringe. Woodwinds, percussion, harp, a long viola solo, harpsichord, and even wordless voices--all function with telling effect...
...humorous note with the Three Little Little Pieces of Mark DeVoto '61. In the first, very brief, piece, one anxiously awaited the entrance of the guitar player--who obliged with one strain at the very end of the movement. In the second, the sole twelve-tone piece, pizzicato strings, harp and per cussion executed difficult rhythms gracefully if not perfectly. At the end of the third piece, a dirge with an ostinato bass, the orchestra turned into a chorus and sang the final chord. Happily, Biss repeated the performance for an amused audience...
...concert also featured the first East Coast performance of a cantata written last year by Randall Thompson, for mixed voiced, brass choir and harp. The second of the piece's three parts was pleasant; a lovely, smooth harp passage was answered softly by a muted trumpet and by the voices. "Blow up the trumpet in the new moon," the voices sang...