Word: mechem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kirke Mechem's Rules for Behaviour (1955), with piano obbligato, bore up well on second hearing. Written in a crisp, clean Irving Fine manner, it took its text from some amusing rules for children found in a 1787 church in Williamsburg, Virginia. The concert, like the telecast, ended with Vaughan Williams' robust and lusty antiphon Let all the World in Every Corner Sing...
...novelty on the program was Kirk Mechem's amusing Rules for Behavior (1955). Effectively written, it shows much the same style and spirit as Irving Fine's Alice in Wonderland music. Also of recent vintage was "The Promise of Living" from Copland's opera The Tender Land. This warm work needs a slightly larger body of singers. The concert ended with Vaughan William's hearty Let All the World in Every Corner Sing, which wanted only a more robust accompaniment...
...roster of additional composers, largely American contemporaries, include: Aaron Copland, Irving Fine, Kirke Mechem, and Ernst Bacon...
...Democratic Governor John F. Simms Jr. (pro-Stevenson) narrowly missed becoming the first incumbent governor in the state's history to lose in a primary election, defeated State Corporation Commissioner Ingram B. Pickett (pro-Harriman) by less than 2,300 votes. Simms will face ex-Governor Edwin L. Mechem, the Republican choice...
...Mexico, two good men bowed deeply to each other, then started down the track in what is expected to be a close race for the U.S. Senate. Said popular Governor Ed Mechem: "I guess I'm the only Republican simple-minded enough to run against my opponent." Said Democratic Senator Clinton Anderson: "Thank God I'm running against a clean, honest...