Word: precisionism
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Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder (chorus, orchestra and soloists conducted by Rene Leibowitz; Haydn Society, 3 LPs). Lush, early work-written before his atonal period-by the late Austrian composer in a performance that is not likely to be surpassed for precision and clarity.
His fine sense of precision also went into the post-war organization of UNESCO and other groups for international cooperation. But a visit to Russia's Science Jubilee and his stand against rough treatment for the soviets brought charges of "sympathizer," and an eventual clash with Congressman Rankin's Un...
The picture is almost rescued, however, by several searching performances and Miss Gardner's physique. The latter is well known. Humphrey Bogart, Edmund O'Brien and Marius Goring account for the talent. Bogart grows in stature with each new picture, and is most bengin and forceful as Maria's director...
Most remarkable of all, the German boom is now spreading to West Berlin (pop. 2,250,000), for years a chronic invalid needing daily injections of more than $1,000,000 in U.S. and West German aid. Apartment houses are rising from the ruins at the rate of one three...
Unfortunately, he had no knack for rhymed comedy and little gift for seduction, but that did not stop him from trying. To drive himself on, he noted tactical maneuvers with military precision, e.g., the sneak attack camouflaged by an embrace verging on strangulation, accompanied by the lover's deceptively...