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Word: lyrichord (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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Berg: Sonata, Op. 1 (Benjamin Tupas, pianist; Lyrichord, 1 side LP). This early work, composed a dozen years before Wozzeck, is full of powerful expressiveness without the contorted effects that came later. Well played by a young Filipino pianist. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, may 28, 1951 | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

Foss: The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Burton Trimble, tenor; Ruth Biller, soprano; Paul Ukena, bass-baritone, and others; Frederic Kurzweil, pianist; Lyrichord, 2 sides LP). Brilliant young (28) Lukas Foss's adaptation of Mark Twain makes Foss look like one of the brightest hopes of American opera. Well done by the enterprising After Dinner Opera Co. cast which gave the work its Manhattan premiere (TIME, June 19), The Frog even jumps smartly on records. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, may 28, 1951 | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

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