Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...complained that Aeschylus stops his show four times early in its first act to insert a choric ode? It is likewise complained that the external action of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde all but stops in the second act, and does stop in the third. Yet if one understands what is going on in Wagner's orchestra, Tristanfrom beginning to end is a blaze of emotional excitement; and if one understands what is going on in the orchestra ("dancing-place" of the Chorus) in the Agamemnon, the blaze of intellectual excitement is almost unbearable... As if Beethoven, a poet...
Last week the producers found a solution to both problems. Into the script they had the show's writers insert a scene in which Jeff's life is unceremoniously snuffed out-and with it Rydell's career in As the World Turns. This week Jeff is scheduled to die in an automobile accident, thrown from the wreckage of his car out onto the rainy highway. Said the show's producer, smiling over Jeff's lifeless form: "A loved one passes-it's good for the story...
...TIME editors also heard the news Sunday morning, after the magazine had gone to press. Contributing Editor Barry Farrell was called in to write the obituary, and the press run was interrupted long enough to insert the article. More than 88% of TIME'S copies carried the news...
...involves cutting into blood vessels in the arms or legs to insert tubes. Permanent implantation of the tubes for repeated treatment is still experimental (TIME...
...variations, wherein Hindemith invokes the style of Kabalevsky's 24 Easy Pieces for Children; and paraphrases one of Bach's chorales. What a bibliography! In this compilation, Hindemith acts as a member of the "wrong-note school" of composing: you simply take a beautiful theme, insert a few wrong notes, and arrive at modern music. (It's too bad this sonata was chosen, because Hindemith has written some fine viola music...