Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even though at first some did not recognize the singer. In five months, tiny (4 ft. 8½ in.), once-tubby (201 lbs.) Dorothy Maynor had lost 72 pounds by rigorous dieting, slimmed down to a more curvaceous 129. But last week, as the first guest soloist on the NBC Symphony's new U.S. Steel-sponsored Summer Concert series, the little Negro soprano proved that great singing does not necessarily come by the pound...
...rehearsal, she puzzled Guest Conductor Fritz Reiner with her embellishments in the spiritual she was going to sing; she could not mark the places in the score for him so he could be sure to keep the NBC Symphony in step: "I'm sorry, I just have to do it as the spirit moves me." In the broadcast last week, the spirit was moving little Soprano Maynor-but with a faultless taste and timing that kept Conductor Reiner and her listeners moving right with...
...NBC Symphony (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Featuring Lauritz Melchior...
Cavalcade of America (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). Ralph Bellamy in Ridin' Shotgun...
University Theater (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy...