Word: musician
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...musician, the actor, the interpreter of other's work--he is important only because he is a personality, only because we can see him, hear him, associate with him. In short, he is a responsible member of the world community along with the rest of us, because his sole contribution to art and culture rests entirely upon his physical presence. Here we can draw the line; here we can say that as an individual "you have failed, therefore you may not perform before us--others will do just as well...
...After years of wrestling his bull fiddle in & out of taxicabs, a Newark musician named Peter Ruggiero invented a collapsible bass viol which folds into a package no bigger than a saxophone case...
Elizabeth Firestone, 25, an ambitious young musician who wants some day to write musical comedies, took a big step in the right direction. Over a coast-to-coast radio hookup for The Voice of Firestone-sponsored by the rubber company that her grandfather Harvey founded-she played one of her own piano concertos. The audience thought it sounded fine...
More cherished are the thanks of all those whom she has helped or to whom she has given joy. One musicologist wrote not long ago, "She receives the homage of every musician the world over." A declaration from President Roosevelt for the celebration of her eightieth birthday probably best expresses the gratitude of the public. "Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge has done what none before her had found the means to do. No one has contributed more to the understanding of music in America, and no one has given greater encouragement to writers and performers of music in America than Mrs. Coolidge...
...Waistcoats. The Chicago Orchestral Association's directors were still not sure about that. After a series of musical fiascos in recent years, they wanted a "great" conductor to resurrect the orchestra's fame & fortune. Said one director: "The board all want him. He's a great musician, though I understand he's a little on the prima donna side. He might be hard for Eddie [Association President Edward Ryerson] to handle." There were other considerations. Said one symphony musician: "Maybe it's just as well if Furtwangler doesn't come. I understand his beat...