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...Alan Mandel: Forty Works for the Piano by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (4 disks; $23.25; Desto). Though not a complete collection of Gottschalk's piano works, this sizable sampling runs the gamut from the macabre to the silly, from the awesome to the danceable. Gottschalk's music is a curious and attractive blend of styles-Creole rhythms, American folk tunes, European romanticism-all transformed into brilliant display pieces for a flashy pianist. Mandel plays it all with sufficient flair-and some serious technical shortcomings. But until a better-equipped pianist decides to improve on this set, Mandel gives...
...scholars filed suit in a Federal Court in Brooklyn yesterday to allow Mandel to speak to groups who "want to hear him engage in a free and open academic exchange...
...Mandel had ostensibly been denied the visa as a result of a previous visit, during which he allegedly broke certain rules applying to foreign visitors...
...Mandel said that he was not aware of the rules, which apparently were violated when an anti-war group solicited donations at one of his speaking appearances...
Interviewed yesterday, Leontief said, "As a citizen and a scholar I would like to protect my rights and those of other scholars. Mr. Mandel has no legal rights since he is not a citizen, but I feel that Ihave a right to communicate with others whose ideas. I may find important...