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Haydn: Quartet in D Major, Op. 64 No. 5 (Budapest String Quartet; Columbia, 6 sides). This quartet, the "Lark," does not fly with quite the grace and charm of Haydn's earlier and better quartet, "The Bird" (Op. 33, No. 3). The Budapesters don't soar with their earlier ease either. Recording: fair...
...Lark Said: "Carry On!" When ecstatic August walked by her side, her small feet appeared so much part of him that he "seemed to be walking on four legs." Pouring out his passion, he wrote her: "Forgive me!!!!!! Sunday morning. I will, I will be mad. Now I've talked about it all. Who to? To the spring, to the oaks, to the willows, to the anemones, and the bells sang and the lark said: 'Carry on!' ... I love you, I love you, I love...
...Lark? In Knoxville, Tenn., firemen ministered to a pigeon which had eaten too many ripe cherries, fallen out of a tree...
...stay in the house, in 1940 and meets a young flyer. They, too, are in love but manage to hide it from each other until almost too late. The elderly uncle observes all this with disquiet, and divides his time between hearing the voice of the non-dead Lark and advising the girl to get off the dime and marry...
...whole situation is saved by the happy advent of a Heinkel bomber, which blows up the house, kills the old man, lays Lark's ghost, and throws the two current lovers violently together. This leaves everybody happy but the customers...