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Most composers have as much trouble as writers of program notes trying to explain with words what their music is trying to say. An exception was redhaired, articulate Hector Berlioz. He had been commissioned by the ministers of Louis-Philippe, the citizen-king, to commemorate the 1830 Revolution's tenth anniversary with a symphony. It was a proud era for France. Chopin, Liszt and George Sand reigned in the salons. Berlioz set out to do justice...
This week, only the roar of an occasional plane and the distant hum of automobiles interfered with the music in Manhattan's Central Park when Hector Berlioz' long-buried Grande Symphonic Funebre et Triomphale had its first U.S. performance...
Government of All the Talents. As the result of the campaign "roundtables," Aléman came to office the best-briefed President in Mexico's history. He proceeded to surround himself with strong men. Some were old university friends, such as Gobernacion Minister Hector Perez Martinez and Treasury Minister Ramon Beteta. Some were political veterans. Strapping Antonio Bermudez, a former treasurer of Chihuahua, marched out of the President's office with an armload of reports and charts, the new boss of Mexico's oil resources. Others were new to the game of politics. Antonio Ruiz Galindo, millionaire...
Elaine Limpert, Radcliffe '48, as Lizzle Twohig; Mary Maloney, Radcliffe '48, as Helene; Claire Gilman, Radcliffe '48, as Christine Lambert; Robert E. Miller '48 as Eddie Twohig; Robert Claflin '40 as John Twohig; Cathleen O'Connor as Constance Constantia; John Mannick '49 as Hector De La Mare; Anna Prince, Radcliffe '48, as Annie Twohig; Alex Bzdula '47 as Peter Hurley, T.D.; Tom Dunn as Michael; Thomas Mantel '50 as John Hegarty; William N. Jenkins '49 as William Slattery; Michael Aherne as Tom Mooney...
...Hector McNeil British Minister of State, said that in his opinion that was the most important issue before the Council, as it opened its fourth session with more than 30 items on its agenda...