Word: johann
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...contrast to the graceful organ style of Handel, is that of Johann Sebastian Bach, whose organ music is more of a religious nature. He seems to think of the organ as a sacred instrument. The music he composes for it is inborn. While Handel0 adapted to the organ many ideas which he used in other forms of music, making it easier for the listener to understand, Bach treated the organ as an instrument whose great resources offered new ideas for music...
...agreeable if upsy-downsy show, Reunion in New York would be better were its performers less wistful about their homeland. In spite of a girl who wails that she wants Artie Shaw, and not Johann Strauss, the group does quite a bit of gulping for the Wiener Wald. It's understandable; but on stage, as off, a little heartbreak goes a long...
...German A "cultural sections" are sponsoring a showing of "Der Unsterbliche Walzer" at the University Theatre tonight. The film is a musical story of the life of Johann Strause, the Waltz King. Also to be shown is "Remember the Night," starring Barbara Stanwyck...
...then the U. T. performs a signal act of merit which makes everyone forget its occasional Grade B pictures. Last year it was the showing of "Mayerling" which brought plaudits, and today it is "Der Unsterbliche Walzer." In presenting this German language movie about the life of Johann Strauss, the U. T. is making a real cultural contribution to the Harvard community...
When the scripting team of Gene Towne and Graham Baker announced that it would film Swiss Family Robinson as its first fling at producing, story-starved Hollywood gasped with admiration, wondered why Johann Rudolf Wyss's century-old best-seller had been overlooked so long. The wonder has abated. Even versatile Gene Towne is hard put to it to make the uneventful life of Eden entertaining for 93 minutes. He is equally hard-pressed to keep the book's romantic inspirations from seeming merely grotesque when viewed by the literal lens of a camera. A tame ostrich (apocryphally...