Word: musician
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wish to nominate Arturo Toscanini .. .because he is the greatest living musician. ... He sets the ultimate in standards for musicians and music lovers throughout the world...
...formidably bearded Swiss musician first came to the U.S. as an orchestra leader, accompanying a dancer. When her tour folded, he wound up in Manhattan, where he used to impress friends by accompanying himself on the piano while he sang passionate cello passages from his own Schelomo. That was 30 years...
Born of Armenian parents in Stalin's native Georgia, young Aram appeared at a Moscow music school when he was 19, with little more to offer than a conviction that he was a musician. In three years he learned to scrub passably on the cello, studied composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Miaskovsky, who had been a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov. When Aram graduated in 1933, his name was carved on a marble panel, an honor reserved for star pupils. Khachaturian still draws heavily on his native Armenian and Georgian folk themes and rhythms for his symphonies and concertos...
...Virginia expedition cost the Band $4000, a large part of which actually came from the pockets of individual members as each musician has already chipped in more than $35 to the treasury. Current expense are paid for by "Ivy League Album" sales, Borgatti said...
...Erskine Kennedy is not only a poet; he is also a music-lover. More specifically, he likes to sing, and whenever the Glee Club rehearses, he joins forces with the second basses. Although he does not read music--"I shouldn't be put down as a noted musician, I shouldn't think"--he can blend accurately with surrounding voices. Neither Mr. Kennedy nor Professor Woodworth recall the exact year in which he first appeared in Sever 13, but it was in the neighborhood of 1935. Since then he has missed few rehearsals, attended most of the Club's concerts...