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...century's major British composers whose relatively small output melded lyricism with contemporary rhythms; of a heart attack; at his home on the island of Ischia, Italy. At 21, Walton scandalized London with his first important work, Fagade, irreverent musical parodies written to accompany poems by his patron Edith Sitwell. He later turned to more conventional forms, such as the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast and his romantic concertos for violin, viola and cello. A slow, painstaking composer who once complained, "A lot of the time music irritates me to madness, especially my own," he nonetheless wrote...
...opera. Few other music and drama societies, while putting off the most ambitious of feats, strive to emulate the Metropolitan Opera House. At the 44th Annual Lowell House Opera, by contrast, the ushers wear black velvet, the concentration of Faculty members and other non-students is high, especially on "patron night" and the sets, voices and period costumes dazzle with ornateness. Toward the end, a giant spritzer even douses the stage and audience with flower scented must...
...Reagan!" somebody yelled outside. "Why a royal party on a movie set?" Said she, smiling: "Why not?" Especially when the place was lent by Fox Owner Marvin Davis, a Reagan contributor, and the dinner was underwritten by eight conservative California tycoons, including Reagan Patron Holmes Tuttle and Union Bank Chairman John Heidt. "We're doing it," said Heidt, "because we want it to be a private-enterprise situation." The menu was Reagan's favorite food from his favorite Los Angeles restaurant: Chasen's chicken pot pie and "snowballs," ice cream rolled in toasted coconut and covered with...
DIED. Florence Gould, 87, longtime patron of the arts who gave moral support and millions to leading French literary figures, and in the post-World War II years surrounded herself with something of a Parisian Bloomsbury group that included André Gide, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali; in Cannes. Born in San Francisco of French parents, she married Frank Jay Gould, son of the railroad robber baron, in 1923; together they invested shrewdly in Riviera real estate and built the casino, and the cachet, that made their Juan-les-Pins resort famous...
...deep racial divisions and financially outflanked by more than 10 to 1, Washington was the decided underdog. His opponents in the three-way race were Incumbent Jane Byrne, a protegee of legendary Mayor Richard J. Daley, who ruled Chicago for 21 years until his death in 1976, and her patron's eldest son, State's Attorney Richard M. Daley. After Washington's upset win last week, however, it appeared the twice-elected Congressman and his staff might not only enter city hall but own it. "You want Harold?" he cracked to a chanting throng of jubilant well...