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...master of his instrument, of his audience, and of the music he played, was magnificent. It was an orgiastic reincarnation of Franz Liszt holding all Europe spellbound with his fustian brilliance. And from there on the concert retained that atmosphere. The last ensore, Horowitz's own variations on Mendelssohn's Wedding March--a composition completely Lisztian in its blend of bombast and puckishness--was the perfect bravura curtain line for the whole exhibition. Horowitz the genius; Horowitz...
Jaffa's request was made after HYD chairman Harry A. Mendelssohn '48 bad labelled the faculty decision "a clear violation of the NSA bill of rights...
Rebutting the faculty position in a counter-statement released after yesterday's conference with Dean Bender, Harry A. Mendelssohn '48, HYD chairman, delared that "the publication of such a magazine with outside circulation and contributions is a legitimate activity of a Harvard organization, and one which has ample precedent in earlier Harvard publications...
...Mendelssohn: Elijah (Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Huddersfield Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting; with Isobel Baillie, soprano, Gladys Ripley, contralto, James Johnston, tenor, Harold Williams, bass-baritone; Columbia, 32 sides). It was Mendelssohn who revived Bach's great St. Matthew Passion 100 years after it was written. Now, 100 years after Mendelssohn's death, his own choral masterpiece, a work of simplicity and directness, gets an excellent performance on records. Recording: good...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Arturo Toscanini, marking the 100th anniversary of Mendelssohn's death with an all-Mendelssohn program...