Word: musician
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...change my mind. Not only does the Orchestra sound different, it sounds better, something many people would have thought impossible. Mr. Munch seems to instill the men with his boundless enthusiasm, extracting every ounce from the music without crossing into the realm of sensationalism. He is a musician through and through; it is as a musician that he has already won the full confidence of his audience, and the ovation he received on Saturday predicts growing support in the years to come...
...from Menotti if they just yell at him." So far no one has been able to yell him down on his own notions of artistic integrity. Menotti's formula is simple: "I take less money and get the kind of contract I want." He is probably the only musician ever to extort a contract from Hollywood (for two scripts in 1947) which provided that not one word, nor one note of his music, if he chose to write any, was to be changed. To nobody's surprise, no movie ever came of it. He has been embarrassingly direct...
...said Acheson, the muses had fought to control González' future. In the end, only four remained in the running. One touched his tongue and made him an orator, another touched his head and made him a statesman, a third touched his fingers and made him a musician. "And," said Acheson, "the fourth muse, Terpsichore, touched his feet-and I don't have to tell you what happened." González roared with laughter. After dinner, he went to a reception at the Brazilian embassy where he sambaed until 3:30. The next night...
Detroit's Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra actually goes back some 20 years. Early in its history the late motor magnate William S. Knudsen, who liked to relax with his Scandinavian friends, gave them a bass viol. The orchestra had no musician to play it, but that was fixed in a hurry. Violinist Chris Marck was tapped because he had a car large enough to carry a bass viol...
Twenty-nine concerts have already been booked in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. For one Copenhagen concert, they thought they had a guest conductor all lined up: amateur musician King Frederik IX of Denmark, who was quite interested in the whole idea...