Word: leginska
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Antonia Brico is a conductor who, like helter-skelter Ethel Leginska, affects a jacket which resembles an old-fashioned Prince Albert.* She grew up in Oakland, Calif., studied for five years with Karl Muck in Germany. She has conducted successfully in Berlin, Hamburg, Manhattan. Women proclaim her a genius. Men say that she is an excellent musician who has a clean, sure beat...
...Both Leginska and Brico have been accused of aping masculine attire. Fact is, the shoulder straps of a conventional evening-gown could never survive an evening of strenuous conducting...
...Ethel Leginska still plays the piano far better than most members of her sex. With her new-founded orchestra last week, she played Mozart's A Major Concerto, bent low over the keys one minute, stood up the next, urging her women to keep to the brisk pace she had set for them. Her showmanship captivated a great audience. Critics thought that her players, considering their inexperience, responded very creditably to her tense, determined leadership...
...practical reasons Leginska wears a black velvet costume something like a Prince Albert. Frail shoulder straps would never survive the passion she puts into her music. Only Debussy and the like could be conducted with safety by a lady in conventional evening dress...
...Francisco Symphony has three lady violinist?, two lady 'cellists; Minneapolis has a lady violinist; Los Angeles and Cincinnati a lady pianist each: Cleveland a lady viola player. These fortunates get union wages. When the Chicago Woman's Symphony feels pinched, its members play for $5 a week. Leginska and her players gave their services...