Word: martino
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...leftist parties drew abreast of the Christian Democrats for the first time since World War II, with each side winning about 38% of the island vote for local offices. Although Sardinia was not mentioned by name around the brocaded table, the returns encouraged Socialist Party Secretary Francesco de Martino to demand "a different relationship with the constitutional opposition, and the Communist Party in particular...
...What De Martino in effect wanted was a policymaking vote for the Communists even if their party is not a formal partner in the government...
...Fletcher, from the Roxbury-based United Community Construction Workers, Hugo Morales, from the United Farm Worker's (UFW) Support Committee, and Jean-Calude Martino, from the Haitian Action Committee echoed Jharad's call for a unified working class movement...
...Martino used tonal centers strong enough to appease the eighteenth century ears with which most listeners are equipped, but he did not do so in a blatantly reactionary fashion. It is an accomplishment to expand the appreciation of an audience without offending it: at best, the result is a Mozartean perfection of pre-established forms; at worst, it is misguided invention better spent writing yet another Bach chorale. In between those extremes, only the passage of time can determine whether the effort was a mere transitionary stroke or a truly original statement...
...pieces have an honest religiosity without sacrificing craftsmanship. Martino's use of the lowest alto range in "God hath two wings" was clever: effective not for the low notes but for severely limiting the range for the entire length of the stanza. Martino over-used violent marcato attacks, lending a cheap theatricality quite out of character with the over all tone...