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Word: musicians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years after the birth of his child, Detroit Symphony Musician Eugene Braunsdorf did everything in his power to make her happy and comfortable. It was a heartbreaking task; Virginia was a spastic child, and grew slowly into a helpless parody of womanhood. At 21, she was only four feet tall, could not hold her head upright, and talked in gobbling sounds which only her father could understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Murder or Mercy? | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...echoes of the old composer's most mellow and memorable days. They spoke of a calm tiredness, deep autumnal peace, affection for his wife. At Sunset ended with a quiet and resigned interrogation: "Is this perhaps death?" As the last soft sounds died in the orchestra, one listening musician said, "What an epitaph to write for oneself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Richard Strauss's Epitaph | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

Trademark. In Plymouth, England, when Pianist Theodorus Peonides sued his hairdresser for ?200 damages, on the ground that he had contracted a hair-destroying skin disease, the judge awarded him only ?60, ruling that the loss of long hair does not detract from the earning power of a musician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 5, 1950 | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...Dyer-Bennet sang at Cabot Hall last week, he wore a tuxedo. He had no raucous accent, no sack of coonskin tales, and his shoes and his guitar were clean. While Dyer-Bennet was less colorful than the night-club hand, he was more effective because he was a musician with folk-song only as part of his repertoire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM THE PIT | 5/24/1950 | See Source »

...Blue Night and an instrumental interlude) to Michael Todd's Peep Show, a Broadway musical now in production. At first fearful that having part in a Broadway show might impair his royal dignity, Phumiphon was won over when Todd pointed out that Margaret Truman is also a professional musician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Speaking Up | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

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