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...Heart of the Ballet (Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra; Victor, 10 sides). Just in time for balletomanes who want a musical refresher before Britain's Sadler's Wells Company arrives in the U.S. next week. Includes excerpts from the music for Giselle, Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, The Nutcracker, etc., all well-Stokowskied. Recording: good...
...Belgium's Prince Baudouin last week assumed the dull duties (though not yet the full pomps) of kingship. In Brussels, the Belgian Parliament voted to accept King Leopold Ill's offer to stand down from the throne; Baudouin would become "Prince Royal" and act as regent until his 21st birthday, then become king. Thus Parliament hoped to end the state of near-civil war which has rocked Belgium since Leopold's return from exile (TIME, July...
...about to take the oath of allegiance to the constitution when a piercing cry rang through the hall: "Vive la République!" The cry had been voiced by Julien Lahaut, white-maned president of the Belgian Communist Party. His shocked fellow deputies (who wanted to get rid of Leopold, not of the monarchy) broke into hurried applause for Baudouin. The prince blushed furiously, his eyes downcast. Finally order was restored and Baudouin managed to say: "I swear to observe the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people...
...government and began consultations with political leaders to select a Premier. Social Christian Paul van Zeeland accepted. Baudouin's father, meanwhile, who had so stubbornly and desperately wanted to be King of the Belgians, stayed in gloomy Laeken palace, a virtual prisoner at his shadow court. This week, Leopold flew to Geneva, brought back his wife, the beautiful Princess de Rethy, to brighten the shadows...
Conductors Leopold Stokowski and Arthur Fiedler, who have already tried being radio disc jockeys, were joined this week by Britain's loquacious Sir Thomas Beecham. New York City's WQXR began a series of recorded Beecham chats (Wed. 8:05-9 p.m.). Vacationing in Paris, Sir Thomas told a TIME correspondent how he happened to do the transcriptions...