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Hovhaness and Cage: Piano Compositions (Maro Ajemian at the piano with Alan Hovhaness assisting at piano, gong and drums; Disc, 4 sides). Hovhaness composes with ancient Armenian instruments (tar, kanoon, oud and saz) in mind, achieves a marimba-like effect on Jie piano which is near-hypnotic in its insistence on repeated notes. Maro Ajemian performs John Cage's Amores, I & IV on a Cage "prepared piano" (TIME, Feb. 22, 1943) which gives off intriguing thwacking sounds, graduated in pitch and timbre. Performance: excellent...
Mateo Ruiz's word to Goodyear last week was that Jie expects production to soar, now that Zamboanga has been retaken by MacArthur's troops. It would help considerably, he said, if Goodyear would send him an outboard motor: it was needed to replace the rotted sail on the small boat used to collect food and coconut oil on Sibuguey Bay. Also, Manager Ruiz anxiously hoped that Goodyear officials would understand another item: due to inflation in the Philippines it had been necessary for him to raise his salary-to $150 a month...