Word: laudamus
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...church-although it may not be a church that many today recognize. "The temple is destined to become much less congested. The decrease in traffic will be accompanied by the increase of small but solemn assemblies engaged in the kind of worship that expresses its Te Deum Laudamus in the market place and civil courts. The throngs of the disenchanted will be replaced by the communities of disciplined Christians equipped to be the church as they invade the social orders...
...horns and strings, Poulenc's 25-minute Gloria proved to be a work of sharply profiled contrasts, at times deeply reverent (in the manner of his opera Dialogues of the Carmelites), at times mischievous and almost jazzy. Among its memorable moments: the opening of the second section, "Laudamus Te," with the dissonant cry of French horns followed by the syncopated chanting of the chorus; the movingly lyric third section with its bell-like soprano solo. "Domine Deus"; the quietly majestic ending in a mood of "pity and peace...
...numbers after intermission were as well received as their predecessors. Kodaly's Te Deum Laudamus, a massive composition demanding endurance as well as musicianship, was presented with the fervor it requires. Soloists Margaret Lapsley, Marcia Heintzelman, Franklin van Halsema, and Thomas Beveridge were impressive in both vocal quality and understanding interpretation. A brilliant accompaniment was supplied by pianists Jonathan Thackeray and Bernard Kreger. In equally excellent accompaniment by a brass choir from the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra highlighted the performance of Jubilate Deo, a robust sacred work by the 16th Century Venetian master Giovanni Gabrieli. The choice of this concluding work...
...undertone was sober and reflective. New York's tabloid Daily News caught the feeling: instead of an editorial for V-E day it printed the Te Deum Laudamus. Most of the advertisements in Manhattan's press were expressions of thanksgiving. The churches were crowded early...
Wriggling through all this dense tedium-laudamus, like a Pekingese lost in a shopping rush, is a story. George Raft, a hoofer, marries Vera Zorina, a dancer. But George can think of nothing but camp shows and Vera can think of nothing except their impending baby (about which she is too miffed to tell him), so they part. Before they can make it up Raft dies, a hero, in the Pacific. His widow becomes the pride...