Word: minuet
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Only a practiced and attentive follower of the diplomatic minuet could make out all that was going on in Europe last week. From Paris to Rome a bewildering assortment of alphabetical outfits solemnly assembled; the air was murmurous with a busy shuffling of diplomatic papers, the inquiries of Wise Men, the reports of soldiers, the undertone of simultaneous translations. Among them...
...middle," and "late," and illustrated many of the most typical features in the composer's development. In performing Opus 18, No. 5, the Quartet seemed particularly conscious of the movement's overall characters. The performers maintained drive throughout the entire first movement, including the quieter parts, and played the Minuet with delicacy and reserve, even in the few places marked forts. The familiar theme and variations brought out the amazing tone and balance of the group in pianissimo passenger such as the fourth variation, and the bouncing fifth variation illustrated the great exuberance that the calm-looking performers could convey...
From an observation tower, the Wildlifers watched the pair through telescopes. Yes, they assured one another hopefully, there was interest stirring. The great birds had been noted prancing a little and tossing their black-tipped wings in the air in the courtship minuet of the whooping cranes. The Wildlifers smiled like doting parents and waited...
...literally true, as Biographer James Parton wrote of him, that at 32, only months before he wrote the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson "could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, dance a minuet, and play the violin...
...approach...is a firm and disciplined one. He takes no nonsense from a piano. He sits erect before the instrument and in full command of it. His wrists are rigid and his bony fingers strong and sure...Not only does he play such numbers [as the Paderewski Minuet in G] completely and correctly, seldom if ever missing or muffing a note, but he evidences keen insight into the composer's intent by subtle shadings of interpretation...[When] he tackled a bit of Chopin...I was downright floored. I knew he played well-but not that well...