Word: musician
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...each constantly trying to outwit the other. There are the two young nieces and the two young apprentice thieves; the gay niece pursues the sad thief and is repulsed, while the gay thief pursues the sad niece and is repulsed. Elderly Lord Edgard wants peace and quiet; the youthful musician thrives on sound and activity. There are Dupont-Dufort pere and fils, who always dress alike--the father trim and intelligent, the son fat and dull-witted; and they fall into the hands of a pair of cops, who of course also dress alike...
...imaginative young directors in the theatre today, quite rightly kept in mind that this work is not a straight play. Moliere called it a comedie-ballet. This production retains all the songs and dances called for in the original. Moliere had as his composer and conductor the famous musician Jean-Baptiste Lully; the Lully of this show is Richard Wernick. Wernick has written a dry and witty score fully in keeping with the play; and he presides over a small live orchestra (all in period costume) of winds and percussion, and plinks on a harpsichord from time to time himself...
...early spring, industry sophisticates were joking about the musician who listened to Welk for Lent...
...soloists were Sarah-Jane Smith, who, as well as having a lovely voice, is a fine musician, and Thomas Beveridge, who is a true bass and not a warmed-over baritone. Oboist Cynthia Deery played with a fine woody tone, but had a curious way of ending a phrase abruptly. The strings were fine, especially in the final duet, but the high point of the cantata was the accompanied recitative for the two soloists, with daring harmonies and beautiful, sweeping, melodic lines...
...show in Turkey, exhibited his canvases in both Paris and New York (TIME, Nov. 10, 1952). ¶ Ates Pars, 14, son of an Ankara State Opera tenor and a former member of the opera chorus, both of whom were violently opposed to his becoming a musician ("The life of an artist is too hard"). Two years ago they made the mistake of buying a piano, which Ates promptly began to play. After only 22 lessons, his music teacher sent him home, saying "I can't teach him any more." Last year visiting British Composer Benjamin Britten heard Ates play...