Word: musicalities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...song hit of Leave It to Me! is My Heart Belongs to Daddy. In a new Persian skit added to Noel Coward's Set to Music, Beatrice Lillie blacks out with: "My heart belongs to Bagdaddy...
...Patriot. Like all Poles, Paderewski is a fervent patriot. For him only one thing has been more important than his music: his life-long dream of an independent Poland. When the World War broke, Paderewski saw his big chance to make that dream come true. For the duration of the War he toured England and the U. S., playing, speaking at dinners, lobbying with politicians, devoting all the proceeds of his concerts to Polish relief. At this tea-table politics he was a great success. In 1917, with the help of his close friend, Colonel House, he prevailed upon President...
...founding of America. Strangely enough, industry and mechanics, which are the death warrant of spontaneous public art, are the spark of life of this second type of folk art. And even more strange is the fact that money, industry, and high-pressure salesmanship which are today strangling literature and music and drama into a complete state of mediocrity are the essentials which have made Disney's work what...
...With the music of Claude Hopkins and his orchestra from 10 to 3 o'clock, Winthrop House holds its annual winter formal dance tonight in the main dining room of the Gore Hall...
...classical fan was heard to say the other day that he didn't like swing because he liked his music slow and easy." That is a very interesting quote, since the best swing music is played slow and easy. Somehow, and with the aid of Benny Goodman, the general misconception has arisen that music only swings when played loud and fast. That is not true. The things that the good swing musician tries to attain are relaxation and sincerity of expression. The idea of technique is secondary in jazz; that's why a good swing piano man doesn't like...