Word: rimsky
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is a legend, fostered notably by a Pushkin poem and later by Rimski-Korsakov in an opera (Mozart and Sa-lieri), that Salieri poisoned Mozart. Scholars discount the thesis, but there is no doubt that Salieri hindered the career of his younger colleague. Small wonder. Salieri was a hack who saw Mozart as a threat to his own reputation. Is such historical byplay justification enough for combining the two works at this late date? Alas, no. Prima la Musica has about 15 minutes of passable music; at a length of 70 minutes, it is maddeningly vapid...
...lights dim and rooms fill once again with the familiar strains of Rossini's William Tell Overture, theme music for The Lone Ranger. Or with Rimski-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, accompanying another episode of The Green Hornet. Once more The Shadow purrs, "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" Sergeant Preston of the Yukon hustles his huskies, Our Gal Sunday strives to find happiness with a wealthy, titled Englishman, and 15-year-old Speed Gibson of the International Police doggedly pursues his archfoe, The Octopus...
...children received their first exposure to classical music when they heard the background to The FBI in Peace and War (Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges), or to The Lone Ranger (Rossini's William Tell Overture, Liszt's Les Preludes), or to The Green Hornet (Rimski-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee). The Hornet and the Ranger were creations of Fran Striker and George W. Trendle, who furnished them both with similar appurtenances. The Masked Rider of the Plains had a faithful Indian companion, Tonto, and a 200-carpower horse, Silver. The Green Hornet...