Word: old
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hendl believes both that "Bach should be heard more," and that "Jazz and show music contain examples which . . . can only be called good music . . . and will find a permanent place in our musical culture." Hendl plans to serve his listeners a menu made up 65% of old masters, 35% of new music or music new to Dallas...
Serge Koussevitzky had retired as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but not as a friend of music. Last week the Library of Congress received a gift of more than $100,000 from the wealthy, 75-year-old conductor, to be used for commissioning original compositions. The library was also establishing a Serge Koussevitzky Foundation Music Collection, consisting of manuscripts of 35 works commissioned by Koussevitzky since 1942. Among them: Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes, Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, Darius Milhaud's Symphony No. 2, Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3, Arnold Schoenberg...
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (the RCA Victor Chorale of Women's Voices, with Laura Newell, harpist; Robert Shaw conducting; Victor, 6 sides, 45 r.p.m.). Benjamin Britten's settings of these Old English verses, some of them anonymous, are ingeniously simple and tonally beautiful. Performance and recording: excellent...
Schumann: Fantasia in C (Rudolf Firkusny, pianist; Columbia, 2 sides, LP). One of Schumann's greater works, played with poetry and power by a 37-year-old Czech pianist who is one of the best of his generation. Recording: good...
Because the risks are generally considered too great, most surgeons shy away from operating on old people. So when Manhattan-born, European-trained (University of Budapest) Dr. John Toma was appointed attending surgeon for the 500 residents of two California homes for old folks, he knew that his job would not be an easy...