Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...basic philosophy characterizing Munch's approach to the orchestra is that every musician is talented and a master of his instrument. Otherwise he would not be a member of the orchestra, Munch reasons. Consequently he seldom corrects individuals in rehearsals, and though he is careful of details, he does not pick out one particular player for picayune criticism. Only when he strongly disagrees with a man's particular interpretation will he stop a rehearsal to correct him. Thus, although he spends as much time in rehearsal as other conductors, less of this time is spent in repetition of short phrases...
...articles are going to appear in the next few weeks on Dr. Koussevitzky's career in Boston, but he himself summed it up accurately in his short talk to the audience Saturday. "We have done a tremendous achievement," he said. "We have worked together and created the most perfect instrument that exists in all the world...
...remarks to Roosevelt are sometimes genially humble ("I am so grateful to you for all the trouble you have been taking . . ."), sometimes confidently flattering ("I am sure that, with your comprehension of the sea affair, you will not let this crux ... go wrong for want of ... destroyers"). The blunt instrument is reserved for extreme use: "Mr. President, with great respect I must tell you that in the long history of the world this is a thing...
...offered the concentrator in Music, courses dealing with both the historical and theoretical aspects of music. They follow logically one from another, and, with the exception of Music 1, are designed primarily for students who have considerable ability and interest in the field and have mastered one musical instrument...
...slowed down and was back on the other side of sound's great wall. Chuck scavenged the last of the dangerous oxygen and alcohol from the system by flushing it with nitrogen. Then he began the long glide to earth, listening to the clock ticking on the instrument panel. He somehow found this "awful boring," he says, and welcomed his spurt of interest when he landed the X-1 at close to 165 miles an hour and rolled to a stop on Muroc's smooth surface...