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There are comic scenes that approach the .best in Sean O'Casey, as when a shrewd old lag with a game leg solicits a massage from a warder in order to get drunk on rubbing alcohol. "Which leg is it?" asks the warder. "To be on the safe side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jig on the Trap | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

Saved from Grubbing. Paul Fromm's reward for his good works is the knowledge that he has saved many a first-rate composer from moneygrubbing. (On the theory that too much money can be as destructive as too little, he has also vowed never to expose his daughter to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rescuer of Necktie Salesmen | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

Old Vienna never cares much for premières of new music. The new composition on the Vienna Symphony concert program one night last week was included not as a première, but as a novelty. It was Piano Concerto No. 1 by Los Angeles' young (32) Benjamin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Composer to Watch | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

A round-faced young man with a crew cut and a muscular build, Lees was born (1924) of Russian parents in Harbin, China. The family moved to San Francisco the next year, bought the boy a piano when he was seven. Lees studied music for two years at U.S.C., then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Composer to Watch | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Ben Lees finished his studies two years ago, by now is far better established than most colleagues of his age. His works have been performed in six countries; his String Quartet No. 1 has been played by several ensembles, including the Budapest Quartet; his Profile for Orchestra has been broadcast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Composer to Watch | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

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