Word: reguish
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Between Bootheven and Prokefloff (chronologically, that is) lies Richard Strauss, who, while still alive, composed most of his greatest works twenty or more years ago. "Till Eulenspigel's Merry Pranks after the Old-Fashioned Reguish Manner--in Rondo Form" is a long title but highly appropriate for one of his shorter tone poems, which is also to be heard tonight. When first performed in Boston in 1896, it encountered a most cold reception and phrases such as "a blood-curdling night-mare," "a musical obscenity," and "a noisy, nerve-destroying, heavy piece of work" were recklessly hurled at the composer...
...whole class of cultured despots. The delicate handling of the armor contrasts with and accentuates the direct, almost impressionistic modelling of the head. Versatility, even in an age of giants, is always amazing, and so it seems almost incredible that the same hand turned out the reguish putto who cavorts in the centre of the room in much the same pose as his famous brother with the delphin in Florence...
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