Word: performances
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over his many teaching jobs, he says, "I'm glad I've done more than compose. The other jobs make composing more interesting." His aim is to write music for the present which is typical of America. He is proud that high school choirs all over the country frequently perform his "Peaceable Kingdom," "Tarantella," and "Testament of Freedom." He particularly enjoys the mail from people who like his music, saying he is more pleased by a letter of appreciation from an out-of-the-way place than by a glowing newspaper write...
...Eddie Waitkus, recovered from his shooting by a deranged girl last year (TIME, June 27). With young Pitchers Curt Simmons (21), a lefthander, and Robin Roberts (23), winning a total of nine of their team's first 16 victories, while losing only three, Sawyer was watching "my boys" perform with pleasure and some surprise...
Five soloists will perform in two concerts at Kirkland House this week. The concerts, sponsored by the Pierian Sodality and the Harvard Music Club, will be held in the Junior Common Room at 8 p.m. tonight and Friday...
...squirrel in captivity; unfortunately the movie is not good Durante humor. The Great Proboscis, forced to share top billing with the damn squirrel, has been given only a few really funny lines and he never goes into one of the long stories which are his specialty. Durante does, however, perform at the piano a couple of times...
...acting of the supporting cast is uniformly excellent. I especially enjoyed Thayer David's gross portrayal of Sir Jasper Fidget, though Earl Montgomery, Bryant Holiday, Eleanor MacLean, Leslie Paul, Naomi Raphaelson, and Jeanne Tufts all perform well. Kenneth Scott was imperturbably droll, though silent, in the part of Balthazar, a little colored boy who attends Sparkish (in its zest for "business" the Brattle group created this role out of thin...