Word: magical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Stewart This Royal Magic...
MAHLER: SONGS FROM DBS KNABEN WUNDERHORN (Vanguard). In the 1890s, Mahler was so drawn to the German folk poems in the old anthology called The Youth's Magic Horn that he not only turned them into songs but turned the songs into symphonies. The texts are often grim or sardonic. The "tra-la-lee" in Reveille celebrates a roll call when "dead comrades muster," and after St. Anthony preaches to the fishes, "the carp's still a glutton, and sermon forgotten." Felix Prohaska conducts the orchestral accompaniment for the Swiss baritone, Heinz Rehfuss, and the Canadian-born contralto...
...This Rough Magic, Stewart...
...This Rough Magic, Stewart...
...Montana has a trainload of Western collector's items, including an invitation to a hanging, Calamity Jane's thundermug, and Buffalo Bill's silver-handled toothbrush. Alaska has brought in Chilkat Indians to custom-carve totem poles (at $100 a running foot). General Cigar offers a magic show. Indonesia demonstrates shadow puppets, Oregon runs a lumberjack carnival, Polynesia sells chunks of fresh sugar cane. Socony Mobil tests your reflexes in a simulated driving-hazard test. Sinclair Oil has a forest of dinosaurs, and the Scott pavilion boasts the best rest rooms of all, with a diaper-changing...