Word: movement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was early discord among the pals. Menachim Beigin's ultra-nationalist Freedom Movement refused to be called a right-wing party, ignored its allotment of seats on the chamber's extreme right, and stubbornly sat down on the left. The Communists objected to the seating of their own backslid deputy, Eliezer Preminger, who, they claimed, had been purged for 1) robbing a bank, and 2) planning secession from the party. The Assembly ignored the Communist protests and seated Pal Preminger...
Scheele said that there are only 30,481 beds available in the United States for the care of chronically ill patients. Yet within the past few years, he stated, a widespread movement has arisen to awaken interest in chronic illness problems...
...highlight of the evening for me was Allen Sapp's second Violin Sonata. The dry-tang texture of the first movement, caused by the conflict of harmonies between violin and piano, combines with the many melodies to give a very striking effect. Perhaps the finest moment in the piece comes in the carefully built-up climax of the second movement. Except for a few scattered parts, the writing throughout the Sonata is tight; the piece never seems too long for its contents. My only objection is to some of the bowing effects in the first movement, which don't really...
Trio No. 4 in D Major, Op. 70 (Adolf Busch, violin; Hermann Busch, cello; Rudolf Serkin, piano; Columbia, 6 sides). This trio ("The Ghost") is of lesser nobility- except for its fine misterioso slow movement -than his Trio No. 6, Op. 97 ("The Archduke"), but here it is splendidly performed. Recording: excellent...
...string orchestra; Columbia, 6 sides). One of the most delightful, if not the most profound, of all fiddle concertos; cleanly, clearly and delightfully played. Recording: good. Symphony No. 88 (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 6 sides). Also one of Haydn's most charming, but in the slow movement Conductor Ormandy drags where he should be warm and graceful. Recording: good...