Word: movement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...works was undoubtedly a handicap to the orchestra in the first place. The major work, Haydn's Symphony No. 44 in e minor, is not one of his happiest compositions, being almost devoid of humor or lightness. The orchestra was having problems of intonation, and not until the last movement did they relax and play freely. By that time, the nervousness and tension which dominated the first half of the program began to wear off, and both the tone and the ensemble work improved noticeably...
Katherine Gratwick, the new concertmistress, and Michael Nieland were soloists in Bach's Double Concerto. They were extremely competent, but could both have used more warmth in the slow movement and subtlety throughout. If they left some opportunities unexplored, they did perform with spirit and clarity...
...more responsive to public opinion than to the will of God. Like the politicians who are afraid of losing the support of the citizens of the South, some spiritual leaders seem fearful of being deserted by much of their congregation if they do not blast the integration movement...
...square a great movement of blue and glittering brass stiffened to attention. A whistle blew and the hundred members of the Saint William's Catholic Youth Organization Champion Band marched up the street, blasting their way through the Washington Post March. Half a dozen puttee'd policemen leaped on their machines and raced ahead to clear the way. The bass drum thumped into the smoky air and crowds of civilian marchers fell in behind. The firemen followed, in step, bearing posters that read VOTE YES ON 4. A red-white-and-blue semi-trailer truck rumbled into the square snorting...
...years as professor of pastoral theology at Manhattan's General Theological Seminary. Handsome, jovial "Lichty" Lichtenberger, onetime choir boy, football player and still a devoted Milwaukee Braves fan, holds a solid middle ground between high and low church. He is also known as a wheel in the ecumenical movement. When he heard of his election in Miami Beach, Bishop Lichtenberger went for a swim and wryly told his wife that he would like to keep right on swimming-east. Was he reluctant to take up his new post? "Yes. This is not a thing one chooses...