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Word: musicale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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West Side Story. Well. Well well. Hmmm.... Yes. Hate to say it, but I think this film is shit. That's a highly personal opinion--the movie won a ton of Oscars and has left millions sobbing away for poor Natalie Wood. Steal "Romeo and Juliet"--or borrow it under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Cinema of Paradise: Carne, Bogart, Astaire ... ... Woody, Dustin, and Deliverance-- from finals | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

The Band Wagon. These are the best musicals: the ones about the addictive greasepaint itself. And this Vincente Minelli masterpiece comes delightfully close to topping them all. It swirls and taps about a musical within a musical, featuring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse as two cool professionals who warm up...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Cinema of Paradise: Carne, Bogart, Astaire ... ... Woody, Dustin, and Deliverance-- from finals | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

Many Indian musicians who come to the U.S. become intrigued with the plastic milk and honey they find here. As a result, their art is compromised by their materialistic lifestyle, and ultimately they have lowered their musical standards.

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: The Sound is God | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Classical Indian music is connected deeply with the Hindu religion in which it was born. According to legend, several yogis created the music 4000 years ago. They devised a musical system whereby each note symbolized a feeling and part of the body. The music's purpose was utter self-realization...

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: The Sound is God | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

It was a mystical way to understand the universe's infiniteness. The vogis assigned each raga (a musical composition based on a scale) to a time of day, year and mood. To many Western listeners, the music seems monotonous because its patterns and melodies change so subtly. Unlike Western music...

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: The Sound is God | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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