Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rocket Research scientists are prepared to go even farther to pare down the orbital weight of a MONEX W rocket. They plan to use a soluble cement to bond powdered metal into such structures as special instrument panels that are used only in the early stages of the flight. When their purpose has been served, the structures will be tossed into the blender. The moist wastes will dissolve the cement, returning the metal to its powdered form and making it a suitable ingredient for MONEX...
...Laurence Rosenthal's new musical, Sherry, for its opening in Boston in two weeks. More than just a copy cat, Arnstein not only translates Stravinsky's fuzzy pencilings and Virgil Thomson's smudges into readable music, but also extracts and copies the music for each instrument, calculates the appropriate rests so that a player can turn the page without getting tangled in his instrument, and writes in all the cues. Beyond that, he clarifies the symbols, catches wrong notes, adds missing flats and sharps. Says Aaron Copland: "In his own way, Arnstein is an artist. He makes...
...familiar question, "Do you really mean this?" In the case of obvious irregularities, many composers trust him so implicitly that they tell him to do the patchwork. In one instance, when Arnstein was confronted with a low F for the violins-it just does not exist on that instrument-he juggled the music for the entire string section to correct it. "Few composers," says he, "know much about the technicalities of copying," and he can lecture for hours on the proper method of indicating the duration of a glissando. "Arnie," says Composer Ned Rorem, "has an aural...
...long overdue restatement of the structure and function of the U.S. Our democratic republic has always been the pioneer of the brotherhood of nationalities, the hope of the democratic governments and the champion of the U.N., so that this institution of all nations shall emerge as an effective instrument of peace and justice for all. As long as this American function continues, it will substantially encourage the pursuit of world improvement...
...difficult for me to envisage any kind of melting pot. As far as I know, in a melting pot all colors turn out grey. I see the American ethnic groups as a huge symphony orchestra in which each instrument retains its own characteristics, makes its particular contribution and, together with the other instruments, creates a wonderful or a terrible sound. Surely, to achieve a good sound, a French horn does not become a violin, nor does a piccolo turn into a kettledrum; rather, each strives harder to play in harmony with the others...