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Word: ostinatos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...entrance of the guitar player--who obliged with one strain at the very end of the movement. In the second, the sole twelve-tone piece, pizzicato strings, harp and per cussion executed difficult rhythms gracefully if not perfectly. At the end of the third piece, a dirge with an ostinato bass, the orchestra turned into a chorus and sang the final chord. Happily, Biss repeated the performance for an amused audience...

Author: By Geoffrey P. Hellman, | Title: Bach Society Concert | 5/11/1964 | See Source »

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