Word: minority
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...give the second of his expositions of Chamber Music. He himself will play the following program on the pianoforte: Schumann 1810-1856 Phantasie, C. major. Opus 17 Debusay 1862-1918 La Cathedral engioutie Ravel 1817 Valses Nobles of Sentimentales Bach 1685-1750 Pretude-Sarabande-Bourree From English suite. A minor, transcribed for the pianoforte by Mr. Arthur Whiting. Chopin 1869-1849 Noeturne, D. flat. Opus 27 Polonaise. A flat. Opus...
Boston went on a pianistic spree over the week end, with Mr. Bauer and Mr. Grainger conducting the celebrations. The latter gave a recital Saturday afternoon, in Jordan Hall, of which it is hard to speak moderately. Playing the Chopin B minor sonata, a Bach prelude and fugue, Schumann's Symphonic Studies, and Balakirev's Islamey, he proved himself to be a skilled pianist and musician, truly worthy of being classed with the greatest. His playing of the Bach fugue drew enthusiasm even from the most skeptical, who were...
...program follows: Prelude and Fugue in D minor Bach Elevazione Zipoli Pavane Byrd Gagliado Schmid Adagio (Sixth Symphony) Widor Menuet Gothique Boellmarn Choral Improvisations Karg-Elert a. Jesu Geh Voran b. Est ist der Hell uns Kommen her. Tocate (Fifth Symphony) Widor
...illustration of descriptive music, impressive and poetical; and several Chopin numbers, examples of the most idiomatic treatment of the modern key-board instrument. Ravel's "Vaalses nobles at sentimentales" show the modern method of tone-color, and Mr. Whitings's own transcription of Bach's English suite in A minor, originally written for the harpsichord, is a pianoforte rendering of that music...
...never come into favor with the professional actors or their audiences. Realizing the difficulty of his task, Goldoni, in his earlier comedies, did not deal too drastically with the old favorite stock-characters, and only gradually deprived them of the monopoly of the stage, by relegating them mostly to minor parts. He abolished, however, the element of improvisation. In the main, Goldoni was successful with his innovations, experiencing less opposition from his audiences than from jealous rivals...