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Word: saxonian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Einem: Concerto for Orchestra (Saxonian State Orchestra, Karl Elmendorff conducting; Deutsche Grammophon, 6 sides). A grotesque and bombastic try by the composer of the opera Danton's Death (TIME, Aug. 18, 1947). Performance and recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Aug. 29, 1949 | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major (Saxonian State Orchestra, conducted by Karl Bohm; Victor; 18 sides in two volumes; $10). Devout, naive-he gratefully tipped Conductor Hans Richter one thaler (71?) after the first performance of his fourth symphony-Composer Anton Bruckner wrote some of the most prolix symphonies in history. Dresden's orchestra, one of Europe's finest, gives Bruckner's long melodies a fine recording, the only one now available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: SYMPHONIC, ETC. | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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