Word: kinkaid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flutists are divided into two classes: those who have and those who have not studied with William Morris Kinkaid...
...Haves occupy the first-flute chair of virtually every major U.S. orchestra; the Have-Nots are often unemployed. Last week Kinkaid made a televised farewell appearance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, where for almost 40 years he has been demonstrating that he plays the flute better than anybody else in the land...
Holding the $6,000 platinum flute long familiar to Philadelphia audiences, he launched into Kent Kennan's Night Soliloquy. Not even the uncertainties of TV sound could obscure Kinkaid's pure, clear and sweet tones, nor his carefully parsed phrasing. As always, Kinkaid's playing seemed effortless, as full of colors and nuances as a first-class singing voice. "No one is indispensable," said a fellow horn player at concert's end. "But Kinkaid...