Word: iberia
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...Debussy: Iberia (Pittsburgh Symphony, Fritz Reiner conducting; Columbia; 6 sides). Debussy's moon-drenched impressionist landscape of Spain (one (of his finest orchestral works) has yet to get an ideal recording. The Pittsburghers lack the New York Philharmonic's (Barbirolli; Victor) finish, but Conductor Reiner paints Debussy's highlights more subtly...
...Crimson Concert Hall: Richard Strauss, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Debussy, Iberia...
...sergeant in the National Guard in World War I. Then he hunted for oil in Texas - and found it, near Wichita Falls. He found more in Oklahoma and in California. In Louisiana he struck it really rich because he found not only plenty of oil around New Iberia but also Robert Maestri, cagey political boss of New Orleans...
...Debussy: Iberia (Piero Coppola and Paris Conservatory Orchestra; Victor: five sides) and Strauss: Death and Tranfiguration (Albert Coates and London Symphony Orchestra; Victor: six sides...
...foreign recognition of their musical possibilities, Spaniards, began to apply themselves with greater success to serious composition. By combining characteristics of their national folk song with a basic European idiom the modern Spanish school has developed a brilliant style full of highly decorated melodies and dancelike rhythms. . . Selections from Iberia by Albeniz are the only familiar pieces from the modern group, which includes works by Rodriguo, and Rodolpho and Ernesto Halffter...