Word: martelli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Academy of Music stage. Koussevitzky's entrance was dignified, unflurried. Stokowski fairly flew from the wings. But then Stokowski had a longer first lap. He had the gloomy Fourth Symphony of Finnish Jan Sibelius to get through with, whereas Koussevitzky had only a trifling piece by Corsican Henri Martelli. Stokowski's pace was brisk but with odds so against him it was not surprising that Koussevitzky was ready first to start on the first U. S. performance of Maurice Ravel's new Piano Concerto...
...most striking works in the exhibition are undoubtedly the portrait of Diego Martelli and the three studies for it, though a close second is the carefully planned and competently executed portrait of Jules Finot, the painter. Other paintings and pastels deserve careful attention from the point of view of design, color, and fine drawing...
Degas, who lived from 1834 to 1917, is known especially for his studies of dancers, for his realistic racing scenes, and for his mastery of design, although his carefully-composed portraits are of equal importance. The "Portrait of Jules Finot" and "Portrait of Diego Martelli" are excellent examples of this type of work...