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...best of today's art songs, says: "They are colleagues of mine, speaking the same language with different accents." In fact, he adds, the Beatles' haunting composition, She's Leaving Home-one of twelve songs in the Sgt. Pepper album-"is equal to any song that Schubert ever wrote." Conductor Leonard Bernstein's appreciation is just as high; he cites Schumann. As Musicologist Henry Pleasants says: "The Beatles are where music is right...
...Schubert Paderborn, West Germany...
...Emperor of the Universe--is the paradoxical box that is bigger inside than out. Though it seems unlikely, Stephen DeAngelis's production of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell takes place in just such a box. The Charles Playhouse, home of Godspell, is tucked behind the larger, more brightly lit Schubert Theater. The stage is small and the theater itself seats only...
...rehearsal room, you know." Martins used to be a regular at performances of other dance troupes and at Broadway musicals. He is around much less nowadays, because it distracts from his listening time. "It means an evening, and that means five records. I look for music constantly-right now, Schubert. This is what I do instead of sleep. Sometimes I think it was easier when Mr. B. was handing me records and saying...
...friend and former N.Y.C.B. colleague, Robert Weiss, 33, the new artistic director of the Pennsylvania Ballet, will get Martins' version of Bournonville's La Sylphide. For the Hartford Ballet, Martins will do a ballet set to Schubert. There is doubtless more Schubert in store for the home company too, but before that he will set a Rossini overture for Merrill Ashley, N.Y.C.B.'s allegro virtuoso...