Word: johana
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...nationalized after World War II, but has kept producing a premium brew from first-rate water, malt and hops that to this day matures for three months in white lagering tanks in the brewery's chilly cellars. "It is a symbol of Budejovice," says 20-year-old resident Johana Stejskalova when asked what Budvar means...
...Johana Demetrakas spent four years filming the making of the "Dinner Party," and her 90-minute movie, "Right Out of History" shows in conjunction with the exhibit. "The film is like a time-warp," Demetrakas said. "It captures people in the twentieth century as they are unearthing history that goes back 4,000 years, bringing back women of the past through women and men who are making the piece...
...native land than of Europe. "America," he said, "is the richest, strongest, best fed of countries. Why should our composers produce fussy little bits of emaciated music based on secondhand European prototypes?" He wrote 16 symphonies and 185 other major works, many of them for his pianist wife, Johana. His Symphony: 1933 was the first American symphony ever recorded; the Harris Third (1937) is now a repertory staple...
...working through until midnight, Harris finished his 22-minute symphony in one month. As played last week, it had all the ardor, the sinewy strength, the luminosity and clarity of theme of Harris' best works. Among the more unusual touches: an amplified piano, played by Harris' wife Johana, that at times seemed to envelop the entire orchestra...
...Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (Nell Tangeman and chamber group; M-G-M). A deeply pulsing lament of heavy piano chords (played by Composer Harris' wife Johana) and elegiac countermelodies played by the violin and cello. Mezzo-Soprano Tangeman sings the Vachel Lindsay words with power and feeling to produce some fine music...