Word: poetics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...longer poems are better, however. "Die Stunde zu Endor," "The Hour at Endor," is a long, rambling plaintive piece, filled with biblical allusions and curiously moving. Her series of "Choruses" sums up the spirit of longing and sorrow which is the backbone of her whole poetic work, and most of the poems display the marvelous strength of her use of the language...
...dramatic strength makes it all the more remarkable that this was the first staging ever of a Delius opera in the U.S. The man responsible for the revival was Stage Director Frank Corsaro, on loan from the New York City Opera. He reinforced Koanga's quality of poetic make-believe and pantheistic sultriness perfectly by using slides and films (photographed especially in the Louisiana bayous), as well as surrealistic light patterns. So well did production and opera blend, so superb the singing of Baritone Eugene Holmes and Soprano Claudia Lindsey in the lead roles, that sellout audiences erupted into...
...observers of the U.S. scene foresaw that political passions on the campuses would become muted in a new emphasis on "privatism." One who was right on, however, was Arthur Koestler, who said late in 1969 that writers and film makers "will discover again that pubic hair is less poetic than Gretchen's braids." The enormous success of Erich Segal's gushingly romantic film and novel Love Story has already proved him right...
...ground. Partly, this reflects rock's recent absorption of jazz and the blues, in which the piano has always played a predominant role. More important, many of today's leading rock composers find the range and nuance of the piano more suitable for the personal, diverse and poetic turn rock is taking...
...concertos Nos. 17, 20 and 21 are still too bland and bloodless. This year's set of the complete Beethoven 32 (like his current Tully Hall cycle) has weaknesses, notably a prevailing glibness in the remote, mysterious late sonatas. But his approach has deepened to provide brilliant moments, poetic tone painting as well as intellect. Clearly, Barenboim is working on his problems. As he puts it disarmingly: "You don't get better at music by not playing...