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GABRIEL himself might have envied his heaven-splitting, jubilant sound. His glossy face and keyboard-size grin were a national treasure-and a welcome sight in homes that would not dream of entertaining any other member of his race. He was a musical genius, a remarkable technician of the trumpet who went on to even wider fame as a singer. The fact that his voice sounded exactly like a wheelbarrow crunching its way up a gravel driveway made no difference at all. Legends don't need voices...
...Every part of a typist, with the exception of her eyeballs and fingers, is supported," says Colani. Installed in the contraption, a typist can lean against a contoured back and headrest, with elbows planted on concave platforms and wrists braced on two flexible supports just below the keyboard. Earphones provide music or can be connected to a dictating machine. Colani, who calls his device an "integrated mobile module," spent three months and $20,000 developing it. But he is somewhat pessimistic about its future. "Like most of my best ideas," he says, "it's too far ahead...
...Robbins' The Goldberg Variations. The unspectacular title refers to the music that both inspired and accompanied the work: the 30 variations based on a theme from the Anna Magdalena Pianobook composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1742. Just as Bach's music constitutes a lifetime lesson in keyboard knowledge, Robbins' variations in motion add up to a passionate yet restrained encyclopedia of dance. The Goldberg Variations, which has been made part of the City Ballet's repertoire, is a collaboration that transcends the centuries, a joint work of art as remarkable as the flawless translation...
...Gathering, another lengthy "pure" ballet that was set to some piano pieces by Chopin. Robbins himself refuses to play the game. "I am not in a contest with anything," he says, and insists that it was only by chance that his last two major ballets were both inspired by keyboard works. Clearly, though, Dances is in every sense a Romantic work-open, playful, exuberant, instantly approachable. Variations is far more formal and classic, and far more demanding as well...
Which is understandable. Today's rock climate is far removed from the sugary days of Phil Spitalny and his all-girl orchestra. There is nothing particularly feminine about strumming a deafening electric guitar, flailing with feet and hands at an electric keyboard, or stomping the stage shouting overamplified sex lyrics. The few females to succeed in rock (Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Genya Ravan) have usually been singers in all-male bands...