Word: rhythmic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...toms, kettledrums, triangles, and various other percussion instruments will accompany the chantings of the Greek chorus, which is to consist of two groups of eight singers (members of the Giee Club in everyday life.) The music, or "rhythmic score" as it is known in this instance, has been written especially for "A Bride for the Unicorn" by Virgil Thomson, a rising star among young American musicians...
Virgil Thomson, composer of the rhythmic pattern score of "A Bride for the Unicorn" the Harvard Dramatic Club production, arrived in Cambridge yesterday to take personal charge of the chorus and orchestra for the production. Thomson's big work has been the composition of the musical score for Gertrude Stein's "Four Saints in Three Acts." The score, dedicated to the Harvard Dramatic Club...
This is followed by Mr. Thompson's 2nd Symphony written in Switzerland a short time ago. The composer has said of this symphony: "I have been sparing in my use of percussion punctuation in an attempt to make the music itself intrinsically rhythmic." In this he has amply succeeded. He has been so involved in this technical feat, however, that by the time the third movement is reached, the music strikingly resembles a popular tune. This is a fact not in the least derogatory to the symphony but it is likely to shorten its life when it becomes more generally...
...play was first produced in Dublin last year, but the original score has been lost. The new rhythmic score, which is being written for incidental songs and choral chants, is to be played by percussion instruments exclusively, with a kettledrum bearing the main burden. The chorus is composed of two divisions of eight men, and is being provided by the Glee Club...
Last week, in Gary Ross's Manhattan studio, Zelda Fitzgerald showed her pictures, made her latest bid for fame. The work of a brilliant introvert, they were vividly painted, intensely rhythmic. A pinkish reminiscence of her ballet days showed figures with enlarged legs and feet-a trick she may have learned from Picasso. An impression of a Dartmouth football game made the stadium look like the portals of a theatre, the players like dancers. Chinese Theatre was a gnarled mass of acrobats with an indicated audience for background. There were two impressionistic portraits of her husband, a verdant Spring...