Word: musical
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most remarkable forces in our present music world is the modern virtuoso orchestra. Orchestral players have developed such faultless technique that it is very seldom that audiences find occasion for dissatisfaction. When occasion does arise, however, it is surprising how often the trouble seems to be in the brass section...
...touchy. The hornets or trumpeter is dependent on subtonic adjustments of his breath and lip muscles rather than on the finger and arm motions, which most other musicians employ. The difficulty of tone production is especially important when the player must enter after a long period of rest. In music of the pre-Romantic period--for example, Beethoven's First Symphony in the next Friday and Saturday symphony concerts--the player must continually pick out notes without preparation after his instrument has become cold and his lips have stiffened...
Taft himself shared the inability of the country at large to shake off the spell of the Rough Rider; but Pringle's evidence makes it clear that in certain essential particulars Roosevelt left his friend to face the music. T. R.'s liberalism had somehow avoided the high tariff; Taft had to cope with that. T. R. had swung the big stick against the trusts; Taft had to make it connect. T. R. had been supple enough to play politics with a conservative Congress without seeming to do so; Taft had to temper Uncle Joe Cannon...
...concerned but also in regard to the emotional compactness of the entire artistic production. Bakst's designs for scenery and costume were unique in that every element (motif, color and content) was harmoniously combined in one complete impression. Colors used by him were in direct accord with the music of each particular ballet; and the line pattern supplemented the style of each respective dance...
...dance is informal and tickets will go on sale at the Union immediately. The price of admission is only one dollar, and Ken Reeves and his orchestra will provide the music...