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...four) are related, while the middle movement "night music" stands on its own. Furthermore, as Corigliano wrote in the program notes, "the symphony is based upon a motto composed of even repetitions of a single tone, and a sequence of disjunct minor thirds. There are also four pitch centers recurring throughout the work: C, C-sharp, G and G-sharp." These elements were ingeniously woven throughout the piece...

Author: By Anthony Cheung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A New Work for the Ages: The BSO Premieres Corigliano | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

Though Queensbury's polemics are occasionally melodramatic, his voice rising in pitch too quickly to sustain the rest of the speech, he successfully develops the attention-starved, almost crazed qualities the part requires. Stephen Fritsch '03, whose Irish accent is nearly impeccable, overcomes the fact that he looks nothing at all like Shaw and becomes the endearing rotund, white-haired, and belligerent playwright...

Author: By Nichole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Aestheticist's Anguish | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

Plants says he also wonders if Barkley's student services versus activism pitch is too dated...

Author: By Margaretta E. Homsey and Ross A. Macdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Election Profile: Justin A. Barkley & Adam M. Johnson | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...There's no question about that. He has perfect pitch, none of the rest of have pitch. He knows more music than the rest of us, he can memorize and remember music, he has that type of mind. He's just very talented...

Author: By Malik B. Ali, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jazz Culture: Marsalis Blows His Own Trumpet | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...paid for the Florida recounts? A:For the most part, local taxpayers are picking up the tab. In some counties, ballot counters are government employees who are racking up overtime pay, while others are temporary workers paid about $7.50 an hour. The counties also pitch in for counters' lunches and dinners, at a cost Broward County officials estimate at $1,450 a day. Some speculate the recounts could cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time it's all over. And let's not forget the attorneys! Lawyers who have been retained by local government officials are also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Q&A | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

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