Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...They probably taste to him much as they taste to another man, but because he is a great painter he is capable of liking them more passionately and more concretely than your common fellow. It is not merely their savor that appeals to him; it is their mass and rhythm. The concentric ovals of their yolks and whites, the fecund chromes bewitched to a dark gold, haunt his dreams with the memory of a beauty marvelous and fugitive. To satisfy the demands of that memory, he painted them, the fried eggs of his dream, in a form as compact...
...very well illustrated collection of drinking songs and poems under the title of "Full and By." A. P. Herbert's "Laughing Ann" has the gaiety of Milne's "When We Were Very Young," but it has more grace and skill if it lacks something of the jolly quotable rhythm. Miss Lowell's "What's O'Clock," published a few months after her death, contains some very charming poetry of her familiar variety. "Earth Moods? by Hervey Allen surveys the world from its creation in a large and hearty manner and then continues in pleasant detail to recite further history including...
...absurd as to suggest a return to the awkward clownish movements of a few years back. The company that performs with Mr. Dunham demonstrates conclusively that barn dances, at least, must never supplant the fox-trot and the new waltz. There have been periods of graceful polished dancing when rhythm and ease and picturesqueness gave color and beauty to the ballroom. But evidently Mr. Ford has never heard of them...
Using two saxophones in the orchestration, developing at times a rhythm "allegro a la fox trot," the composer, W. Franke Harling, has created an English opera of powerful originality. The matter is unpleasant, but the art, the intriguing harmonies, are often sublime. Certainly he has created dinner-talk for a season...
Jacques Renard will be stationed in the living room with his Mansion Inn Orchestra, while the rhythm for the dances in the Reading Room will be furnished by the Reinberg Calabres orchestra. Tickets will be limited to 900. Only members of the Union will be admitted. The price is 4.50 for single tickets, while the price for couples is four dollars. Tickets may be secured daily at the newstand between 9 and 4 o'clock. The Union management urges all members who are planning to attend to secure tickets promptly. The supply of tickets on the night of the dance...