Word: herman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stravinsky conducts the New York Philharmonic-Symphony in Fireworks, Ode, Norwegian Moods and Circus Polka, plays piano for Violinist Joseph Szigeti in Russian Maiden's Song, leads the Woody Herman Orchestra in Ebony Concerto. With the exception of Fireworks, Composer Stravinsky is represented by inconsequential pieces, but the disk (2 sides LP) will be a valuable, though perhaps dusty, collector's item. Recording: fair...
...University of Michigan was proud of Professor Malcolm Herman Soule, 54. A precise and brilliant scholar, an exacting teacher (students called him "The Hatchetman of the Freshman Medical School"), he was also one of the nation's top bacteriologists...
...Road's tricky 14-mile course, the British quickly swung into a 3 to 1 lead, needed only one more victory to rule the waves. Then a minor disaster sent the Americans' fortunes even lower: the helmsman of Goose (from Oyster Bay, N.Y.) fell sick. U.S. Captain Herman Whiton had to reshuffle his whole lineup. But to everyone's surprise the U.S. took the next two races, evened the match. The deciding race was marked by the most seamanlike maneuver of the series. Running bow & bow with Britain's Johan, the American Llanoria suddenly luffed into...
...such serious musicians as Dr. Peter Herman Adler, the conductor who worked with him in The Great Caruso, the case of Mario Lanza is a peculiarly American tragedy. "Opera singers are like wild animals," says Dr. Adler. "They must be trained, kept in strict discipline. In Italy, there are a dozen opera houses for young singers to train where they can be in the right artistic atmosphere. Where in America can a young singer go but these two opera houses in New York (the Met and the N.Y. City Opera), to sing once or twice a week in minor roles...
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. '24 and Ambassador Ernest A. Gross '27 discussed foreign policy Monday; on Tuesday night Manly Fleischmann, Director of Defense Production Administration and the National Production Authority, and Herman Sommers, assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, spoke on the domestic aspects of mobilization...