Word: musicale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Comparing the influence of the long-playing record to Gutenberg is not as far fetched as it sounds. When they were first put out in 1948, LP records seemed to offer only an assortment of mechanical advantages: economy, convenience, less surface hiss. Like the 78 r.p.m., though, the LP at...
What pleases all composers is the way the LP has broadened the taste and intelligence of the listener. "Once only kings made love to music," says Berio. "Now everybody does." Adds Germany's Hans Werner Henze: "Audiences have learned to hear pieces of music more than once and thus...
∎ Serious musicians have always regarded the accordion as a lightweight in the company of musical instruments. But is it really? (See Music.)
TAKE ME ALONG is Bob Merrill's musical version of the Eugene O'Neill classic, Ah, Wilderness!, which focuses on the problems of a Connecticut family at the turn of the century. It will be staged at Boiling Springs, Pa., Aug. 19-31.
ON TIME, a new musical revue of the generation gap through the ages, has music by Charles Burr and stars Alfred Drake. Gaithersburg, Md., Aug. 26-31.