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Much more successful were reprises of two of the most important works ever commissioned by Fromm: Luciano Berio's Circles (1960) and Elliott Carter's Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras (1961). These performances flanked a rare public appearance by Fromm in which he pleaded eloquently for better integration of contemporary and traditional music rather than a mere "busing of indiscriminately chosen new music to the halls of Brahms and Beethoven...
Eboli had worked in the rackets for at least 40 years, mainly in New York's Greenwich Village. Although long considered too rash for high command, he was once summoned to his native Italy to receive the personal praise of his deported boss, Lucky Luciano, for jumping into a Madison Square Garden ring and slugging the referee after one of his fighters, Rocky Castellani, was beaten. He climbed steadily in the family of Luciano's successor, Vito Genovese, partly by shooting straight. He reportedly carried out a contract in 1962 to gun down Anthony Strollo, another rising Genovese...
Directed by SERGIO LEONE Screenplay by LUCIANO VINCENZONI, SERGIO DONATI and SERGIO LEONE...
...lucky coincidence, says Movie Producer Martin Gosch, that The Godfather has burst upon the movie-going world just ten years after Lucky Luciano gasped his last in the Naples airport. When Lucky suffered his fatal coronary, he and Gosch were discussing a movie of the mobster's life-a movie that Gosch agreed would not be made for ten years. Now the ten years are up and Gosch plans to start shooting next year. "This man was No. 1, the kingpin, probably one of the most complex personalities that ever lived," he says. "He designed the rackets...
There was brilliance, too, from Tenor Luciano Pavarotti (TIME...