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Frank M. Cross Jr. is Handcock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages at Harvard and one of the world's most expert interpreters of Dead Sea scrolls. Last spring he landed in a Beirut airport, and dialed the phone number of his "contact." A man answered, abrupt and frightened...
Anyone for $50 Million? Though Chicago's 19th century French paintings are its crowning glories, the museum also owns one of the top half-dozen Oriental collections in the U.S., a superlative selection of prints and drawings, and an impressive cross section of European paintings from the 15th century...
In the scrubby wilds near Fort Lauderdale, he wanders untrammeled through woods and dunes, killing king snakes, munching Powerhouse candy bars. He regards mysteries of life with the eerie moral neutrality of boyhood. "Suddenly two of the birds rush at each other in the air. Quick as a wink, one...
Start 'Em Young. Today, while many Oriental string players get their major training in the U.S. with such top teachers as Gregor Piatigorsky and Juilliard's Ivan Galamian, home-grown instruction has turned into a near industry. The most famous Oriental string teacher is Japan's Shinichi...
Ironically, as the number of Oriental string players rises, the decline in America is becoming more acute. Nearly every major U.S. orchestra is starved for accomplished stringmen, and the famine is even more apparent in lesser orchestras. So bereft is the great Cleveland Orchestra that it was obliged recently to...