Word: romanticizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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BUSONI: CONCERTO FOR PIANO, ORCHESTRA AND MALE CHORUS (Angel; 2 LPs). A first recording of a huge, seldom heard work that dates in time to 1904 and in style to a still earlier romantic era. Ferruccio Busoni was a pianist in the tradition of Liszt. He was a teacher who...
Much more is necessary to raise a performance beyond this simple level. The introspective Chopin Ballades demand an affinity for the unique style in which they were conceived. This is a stiff order for a young pianist but he must--through coaching or through other methods of consciousness expansion--steep...
WHILE he employs these conventional symbols, he also develops his own calligraphy to visually communicate otherwise intangible essences. Evoking the petty frenzy of the city, the pathos of a serious little king, the baroque speech of a gossipy lady, the spirit of Los Angeles, and the monumentality of a romantic...
Schoenman is no romantic. He dismisses those who have "romanticized" Che Guevara by emphasizing personal bravado, "at the expense of his vision." Che's vision--which Schoenman shares--is that of the continuing revolution. He quotes Che: "The struggle for the Cuban Revolution is the struggle for the extension of the Revolution in Latin American." Schoenman pauses, and then continues, "Elan is only a thing which can mobilize the people...
Whether you really believe that sports are that romantic depends, of course, on where your romantic interest lies, but everyone admits that a string of sports conquests deserves recognition of some sort.