Word: pianistics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pretext for moral anarchy" but can be truly enjoyed only by those who have "respect for the truth." The Philadelphia crowds were as fervent as any in the U.S. and, as everywhere, included many non-Catholics, who found the Pontiff far more than a touring curiosity. Lois Kukcinovich, a pianist at the New Generation of Disciples of Christ Church in Philadelphia, slept Wednesday night with her clothes on so that she could get out early Thursday to see the Pope. Said she: "The vibrations from him are just wonderful...
...curt with aides who lack his sense of punctuality. Last week he caused mild pandemonium at the U.N. by arriving 14 minutes early for a meeting with Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. He is fond of attractive women but is close to his family: Wife Carmen Romano, an accomplished pianist, Daughters Paulina, 20, and Carmen, 23, and Son Jose...
...technical sophistication, is such a limited one. The finished product is pervaded by technology and by the physical properties of the subject itself. I enjoy Adams' work and respect his skill, but if I were he, I would prefer to have been known as a pianist...
...profound distrust of parsons." He went to Oxford, earning first-class honors in classics, philosophy and ancient history. He did not decide on a clerical career until his final year. During his years as a chaplain and tutor at Cambridge, he married Rosalind ("Lindy") Turner, an accomplished classical pianist known for spirited opinions ("I can't bear a lot of religious pomp and circumstance"). They have two children. Among Runcie's hobbies: breeding prize pigs...
What's your pleasure? A "steel pianist" who plays Beethoven's Für Elise on the cut-off top of a 55-gal. oil drum? Step right up. A conga drummer with a silver earring in one nostril and a red gem in the other, or a classical guitarist in top hat, tails and tennis shoes? Right this way. String quartets, punk rockers, brass quintets, bagpipers, country crooners, dixieland stompers, ad hoc duos of every string, woodwind and percussive persuasion? Just around the corner...