Word: paderewskis
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Such opinions were quite beside the point, which was that a master stroke of testimonial advertising had been achieved?testimony by one of the immediate family of the medium's publisher. It quite outshone other current testimonials, outshone even the portraits of Paderewski and Hoffman in Steinway's dignified, colorful series; outshone Vladimir de Pachmann's long letter?"Through you I live forever!"?to the AutoPneumatic Action Co. (Welte-Mignon pianos); even Countess Starzynska's pearl-festooned pose in a Patou gown; even the fact that Rigaud perfume was used to scent the house at Consuelo Vanderbilt's wedding...
...Coolidge attended a recital by Paderewski at Poll's Theatre (see Music...
Since the War, Ignace Jan Paderewski had consistently refused to play the piano at Washington, D. C., and had approached (professionally) no nearer the Capital than Hagerstown, Md. (TIME, Nov. 30). A most sensitive individual, M. Paderewski was revolted by the thought of charming dollars out of the pockets of statesmen whom he had known officially during his historic term as Prime Minister of Poland. Thus when Mrs. Coolidge entered her box at Poli's Theatre with Mmes. Dawes, Hoover, Longworth and Mr. John Coolidge, it was to hear him play for charity (American Legion Endowment Fund for Disabled Soldiers...
...having been written for him by Wagner; he tumbled a sunset thunder-mountain into the fustian stalls of Carnegie Hall; he rocked the hearts of shriveled critics so that they swore no one who ever lived had an equal magic in his finger tips. He was Ignace Jan Paderewski...
Next day Ignacio Zuloaga's portrait of Paderewski (including a sky of Zuloaga mauve, a grand piano, the eagle of Poland, and some law books on a stool) was exhibited at the Reinhardt Galleries. Mrs. Paderewski inspected it, apologizing for the absence of her husband. He had bruised his finger in the recital, she explained, and was confined to his apartment under the care of a physician...