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Died. Olga Samaroff Stokowski, 65, plump, hearty, onetime concert pianist, and Texas-born first wife of Conductor Leopold Stokowski; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan. Christened Lucy Hickenlooper,* she adopted the Russian name as more appropriate to an artistic career, for 50-odd years taught bankers and clubwomen how to listen to music, and budding pianists how to play...
...Sire," he informed King Leopold from London exile, "the war is not finished . . . Politics do not consist of always choosing the best card. It is sometimes necessary to know how to play a bad card. At certain times it is better to perish in beauty than miserably to survive...
After the war, the question of Leopold and the monarchy rocked Belgium to its commonsensible core. The Socialists were bitterly opposed to Leopold's return, the Catholics strongly in favor. A regency was set up under Leopold's Eton-educated brother Charles, an able, inoffensive prince who is interested in archery. Thanks to Spaak's efforts, the "royal question" was put well back on the shelf...
...Beinum plans to fly the Concertgebouw on its first trip to the U.S. next year. One American who knows a lot about orchestras has already given his verdict on Amsterdam's. Said Leopold Stokowski, after guest-conducting the Concertgebouw last year: "A superb instrument...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Stravinsky's Concerto for Strings, selections from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde; Leopold Stokowski conducting...