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...Books" by rival bibliophiles who often watched him skim off the cream of the rare-books sales, "Rosy" owned, at one time or another, a $25,000,000 collection of rare volumes. Among them: eight Gutenberg Bibles, between 30 and 40 first folios of Shakespeare, and the famous Bay Psalm Book, first book printed (1640) in Britain's American colonies, which he bought for a "reasonable" $151,000. While still a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, Rosy made his first big find in a Philadelphia auction room: the long-lost first edition of Dr. Johnson's Prologue...
...struck out at the evils of Prohibition, which he pictured as "Mr. Dry," a sniveling, psalm-singing, bluenosed personification of cant and bigotry. When the Ku Klux Klan invaded the Midwest in the '20s, Kirby flayed its leaders mercilessly. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, the last in 1928 for a pro-Al Smith cartoon, 'Tammany!", which showed a paunchy, string-tied figure labeled "G.O.P." raising his hands in horror at the very thought of Tammany Hall, while behind him stood an unsavory chorus of such figures as Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, Attorney General Harry Daugherty...
Richard Sogg '52, stole the show in the first B.S.O. performance of Vaughn Williams' Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm Tune. This is the same work that created such a tremendous impression when played by Harvard and Radcliffe musicians in Sanders Theatre last month. Sogg handled the pyrotechnics of the piano part with understanding and showmanship. He didn't sound quite as exciting as he did last month, but that might have been due to the more vital orchestral accompaniment, or to the less brilliant tone of the Baldwin piano. The Radcliffe Choral Society and Harvard Glee Club were perfect...
Dello Joio: Psalm of David (Crane Orchestra and Chorus of the Potsdam (N.Y.) Teachers College, Helen M. Hosmer conducting; Concert Hall Society, 2 sides LP). Talented, 39-year-old Norman Dello Joio (TIME, May 22, 1950) describes this first oratorio as "a 20th century treatment of early French and Italian music." His treatment is skillful, freshly contemporary without being harsh or clashing, altogether distinctly beautiful. Performance and recording: good...
...closing work, a stupendous Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm Tune for piano, chorus, and orchestra, should quiet once and for all those critics who call Vaughan's Williams' music austere. This is virtuoso piece with colorful orchestral effects and dramatic abandon for all concerned. The performers, supposedly the largest assemblage of musicians in Sanders Theatre's history, sounded truly jubilant. The final "Prayse ye the Lorde's name," sung fortissimo with cymbals and brass blaring in the orchestra, drew cheers even before the theatre had stopped reverberating. Richard Sogg '52, deserves special credit for his energetic playing...