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...that's not bad. But I also wanted to learn more Handel, Brahms and Haydn, whether or not I played them in public." He also decided he was "not really a piano buff," that he was more "interested in the ideas behind the music" than in one instrument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Poet of the Piano | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

Ergometer--An instrument for measuring work or energy...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Rags to Riches | 3/17/1976 | See Source »

...these days, and this is Simpson's only virtue. There is no need for the facile theme of having Simpson discover his "manhood" through his experiences--only Simpson feeling immensely pleased with himself at the end of Dirty Story for hitting an armed man from behind with a blunt instrument...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: My Senior Thesis | 3/11/1976 | See Source »

...recently released a poll indicating that an election at the present time would give the PC such a victory. In that case, the PC could not be denied participation--of some variety--in the government. It is clear then that anti-Communism will soon cease to be a viable instrument of foreign policy. No matter how much money or State Department rhetoric is aimed at Italy there will be Communists in the government within a year...

Author: By Lorenzo Mariani, | Title: Italian Communism and U.S. Foreign Policy | 2/26/1976 | See Source »

...part, he often conducts with his bow; when he is playing, he conducts with his head and his body gestures. Rostropovich and Seiji Ozawa seem almost to dance together, even when they lose eye contact. If Rostropovich has a comment to make to the orchestra--and he knows every instrument's part--he demonstrates what it should sound like on his cello. Rostropovich is a thorough musician, and when he plays or rehearses with an orchestra, he takes charge...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: From Russia, With Love | 2/25/1976 | See Source »

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