Word: masterly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Allen, a shrewd peacemaker in Philadelphia since his appointment year ago, figures out the Orchestra's payroll which amounts to about $10,400 per week, exclusive of Stokowski's salary. Invaluable to the Orchestra is bald-headed Marshall ("Curley") Betz, who acts as librarian and general baggage master. Marshall Betz allied himself with the Philadelphia band the same day that Stokowski did 24 years ago, understands the conductor's and the players' moods. With the current tour Betz faced his stiffest undertaking. He is responsible for the many scores that are to be played...
...representing the action of the Passion and at the same time of giving due weight to the devotional element is solved in the most perfect way imaginable. The more we realize the dramatic plan of the "Saint Matthew Passion", the more we are convinced that it is a master piece...
...characters, to use an overworked expression. His negroes are authentic, and so are his "planter" aristocrats. Ben, the loyal old slave, who betrays the insurgents; Melody, the mulatto mistress of the white rascals; Juba, the slave girl who is in love with the hero; Mr. Moseley Sheppard, Ben's master; Pharaoh, the other traitor--all these characters remain fixed in the memory some time after one has finished reading the book. Gabriel, the hero, who had pondered on the exploits of Toussainat L'Ouverture, the Haitian patriot, is not so forceful as a better novelist would have made...
...President Gar field's master thought that an "unseen force" was at work. Other ships of U. S. registry were also having crew troubles. Reports of a "wave of insubordination" aboard U. S. merchantmen were getting worried attention in Washington...
Married. Michael Grace ("Mike") Phipps 27, grandson of the late Steel-master Henry Phipps and the late Shipping Tycoon Michael P. Grace, international polo player (handicap: eight goals); and Muriel Pillans Lane, British socialite; m Palm Beach...