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...Adolf Hitler who brought the long latent Chamberlain-Eden quarrel to a crisis. The action of the Fuhrer fortnight ago, after cracking down on German Army leaders, of appointing as his Foreign Secretary dynamic, scheming, adventurous Joachim von Ribbentrop, was taken by the English as a storm signal for Europe, especially since last week Ribbentrop was closeted with the Dictator in his mountain retreat. With what policies should His Majesty's Government seek to steer majestically through the storm? It came to Mr. Eden's ears that Mr. Chamberlain, in commenting to other members of the Cabinet upon...
...only that he accepted the resignations of Field Marshal von Blomberg and General von Fritsch but also that he assumed control of the War Ministry himself and further-to make his defiant mood unmistakable-accepted the resignation of Foreign Minister Baron von Neurath, appointing to replace him Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, the chief Nazi architect of the anti-Communist pact of Germany, Japan and Italy (TIME...
Schumann's score had actually never been lost at all. The romantic, mentally ailing composer had left the concerto to Violinist Joseph Joachim, whose will consigned it to remain unheard until the 100th anniversary of Schumann's death (TIME, Aug. 23). (Joachim considered the concerto not up to snuff.) Since 1907 the concerto had rested securely in the archives of Berlin's Prussian State Library, where its existence had been well known to scholars and had been noted in dozens of bibliographies and musical dictionaries. Last April, German Music Publisher Wilhelm Strecker sent photostats of the original...
...premiere last week the much-discussed concerto's orchestral score was outlined by a piano accompaniment. Judging by the rather sketchy results, critics were inclined to support Joachim's deprecation of the work. Typical of Schumann were its lyric melody, its cyclical form and the elusive rhythm of its slow movement. Also typical was its occasional awkwardness for the violin (Schumann was a pianist). Very obvious, despite Menuhin's contentions, was the need of editing. Most of the important violin concertos by great masters have either been edited by, or written in collaboration with, some eminent violinist...
...document signed by Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, by Japanese Ambassador Masaaki Hotta and by German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop last week declares that "Italy will be considered an original signatory of the pact" between Japan and Germany, although it was signed last year, and that Italy's signature last week is "equivalent to signature of the original pact." Ambassadors Hotta and von Ribbentrop, having signed this ludicrous concession to a Dictator's vanity, were each rewarded by Vittorio Emanuele III, King and Emperor, with the Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice & Lazarus...