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...Nineteenth century thieves' cant: a blackjack...
Dohnayi's Screnade in C, for violin, viola, and cello, is a delightfully original work, full of truth and good humor. The third movement, with its nonsensical chattering between violin and viola punctuated by the lugubrious comments of the cello, gently satirizes the typical Nineteenth Century but is at the same time good music in its own right. The versatile who had sounded in the Beethoven, changed their tone for Dohnanyi; clarify gave way to richness, and relaxed give and take took the place of precision...
Upperclassmen will be offered Humanities 120. "Counter Currents in the Nineteenth Century," which emphasizes crities of their age like Dosteovsky and Nietzsche. And Professor Harlow Shapely will conduct a survey of Cosmography for which, he says, "the only prerequisite is persistent curiosity...
Upperclassmen will be offered Humanities 120. "Counter Currents in the Nineteenth Century," which emphasizes crities of their age like Dosteovsky and Nietzsche. And Professor Harlow Shapely will conduct a survey of Cosmography for which, he says, "the only prerequisite is persistent curiosity...
...done. Certainly the characters, Billy Budd, the personification of good, and Claggart, the personification of evil, are that old morality theme incarnate. And the first act suffers a bit in drawing this Maichean point too bluntly. Maybe you could get away with it in the Nineteenth century, but this is the Twentieth century, and this boy Billy Budd is just a little bit too good to be true, and Claggart--what motivates the man to behave so meanly? You find yourself wondering why he is in secure--but then you realize that Melville didn't think in those terms...