Word: johanne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bethlehem's destiny as a musical centre might have been thwarted when Steel intervened. Instead, no less a tycoon than Charles Michael Schwab boosted it and it was an outgrowth of the same Moravian choir which, more than 100 years later, gave the first complete U. S. performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's supreme Mass in B Minor. Now Bethlehem is as much Bach's as Steel...
Gallardo Secundo Mrs. Marye Brownlo William Byrde The Lord of Salisbury his Pavin Galiardo Orlando Gibbons Fugue in D minor Polonaise in C minor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord: Ralph Kirkpatrick '31 II Sonatine for Flute, in D major Harry Seaver '33 Flute; E. DuBois Swart '32 Pianoforte: Harry Seaver '33 III Violin Sonata in A minor Clair Leonard '23 Violin: Malcolm Holmes '28 Pianoforte: Clair Leonard '23 IV Variations on a Theme by Haydn (opus 56b) for two pianos Johannes Brahms...
...Judas. Guido Mayr, hale, clever woodcarver, is to be villain for the second time. But Johann Zwink, who played the role several times, will continue to be missed whether Mayr is good or bad. For Zwink, a mellow, watery-eyed, lovable ancient, now exceedingly poor, is considered by many in the village to have been the best character actor that Oberammergau ever had. His was naturally a Judas face. Because his spirit was quite otherwise, he used to rehearse his part by walking about town, mumbling imprecations in his beard against the Christ until he almost believed them, became suicidally...
...Director is Johann Georg Lang, 40, a teacher of woodcarving who is unrelated to either Alois or Anton Lang. A lively man of theories, he has eliminated much of the archaic flavor of the production; has, for example, substituted for the usual motley of costumes a color scheme of white, gold and grey...
...quality is concerned, is still of shorter duration than that of most capital cities. This year its ten-week season will be distinguished by the performance of two complete Ring cycles, by the addition to the repertoire of Montemezzi's L'Amore del Tre Re and Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus. Among new singers will be Tenor Beniamino Gigli of the Metropolitan Opera, Soprano Edith Mason of the Chicago Civic Opera. Soprano Rosa Ponselle, sensation of last year, will return...