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Koussevitzky's interpretation of Bach's Mass in B Minor yesterday afternoon and evening in Symphony Hall would not have satisfied a purist. The retards on cadences were exaggerated, the orchestral part at the end of "Et Resurrexit" was omitted and so was the first Osanna. The soles were taken more slowly than regulation, particularly the bass aria, "Et in Spiritum Sanctum," for it is quite frankly a pastoral dance, inspired by the word "Vivificantem" (Giver of life...
...good old days a band of silent observers surrounded the quivering machine but restrained their comments until the end of each game. Modern pinster's are greeted with a horde of noisy sideline philosophers drinking frappes, shouting conflicting directions, and inadvertently bumping the machine in their enthusiasm. Pinball purist Harry Saxe doesn't allow "any of that horse play" in his Bow Street parlor...
...recognize irreligious music when they hear it, "pieces like the popular setting of The Lord's Prayer, a ballad as voluptuous as anything in Faust, will cease to be bestsellers; organists will cease to play as voluntaries pieces that would do very well as background for Hollywood erotica." Purist Gore's plea: "0 sing unto the Lord a new song...
...Asked Purist M.P. Ian Mikardo: "Will the Honorable Lady do what she can to ensure that the French is correct? Is she aware that on today's luncheon menu no fewer than four accents were missing...
...Lady Byng trophy, given annually to the "most gentlemanly" player in the National Hockey League. Donated in 1924 by a purist hockey fan from England, it was won last year not by a Leaf but by "Toe" Blake of the Montreal Canadiens...