Word: music
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...common at concerts of contemporary music, the performances were often a good deal better than the works peformed, although every composer on the roster was a "big name." Still, half the program offered music of high quality...
...Empire State Music Festival owes much of its vigor to Minnesota-born Impresario Frank Forest, 54. Forest studied agricultural engineering at the University of Minnesota, later helped found a profitable pharmaceutical firm (White Laboratories of Kenilworth, N.J.), gave up business to follow a lifelong interest in singing. He spent twelve years performing leading tenor roles in opera houses all over Europe, also appeared in a number of films (Champagne Waltz, I'll Take Romance with Grace Moore). In 1955 he started pouring his energies and money into the creation of the Empire State Festival...
Dallas, State Fair Music Hall: Bob Crosby and Janis Paige make music in High Button Shoes...
...Fair Lady holds the musical field, with The Music Man a close second, and Redhead (Gwen Verdon up) followed by Flower Drum Song just about rounding the box-office turn...
Oxon Hill, Md., Rosecroft Music Circus: Brigadoon, starring Doretta Morrow...