Word: serials
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concerto combines twelve-tone serial procedures with traditional structural designs. From a sonata-form first movement, it moves through a ternary slow movement to a rondo finale. He uses a 12-tone row, both forwards and backwards, but the piece is still easier to follow by ear than most serial works. Cordero's orchestration is so skillful that even the rambunctious finale never swamps the solo violin. Like its famous Alban Berg predecessor of 1936, this work is a rare masterpiece among serial violin concertos...
...recording of the flute-and-organ option features Jean-Pierre Rampal and Marie-Claire Alain. But the flute cannot execute the double stops and many other subtleties possible on the viola d'amore, a little-used instrument with more strings than the normal viola. In this piece Martin fused serial and tonal procedures skillfully, and Thompson's interpretation particularly emphasizes the work's pain...
MARRIED. Sally Kellerman, 43, spacy blond movie comedian (Foxes, Serial) who rose to fame as Major "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the 1970 movie MASH; and Jonathan Krane, 28, a Los Angeles tax attorney; she for the second time, he for the first; at the Malibu, Calif., home of Actress Jennifer Jones and Art Collector Norton Simon...
...critics. Spirit is the fundamental strength in those who fight. Otherwise, forget it. When they came in on that morning there was no bitching, no real despair. When they spilled out of the C-130s they were ordered to line up like soldiers and give their name, rank and serial number. The men quietly obeyed their orders, eyes showing profound disappointment. But, the commander noticed, no chins were down. That, he thought, is a beautiful sight in the world of those who go to fight...
...Serial's only attempts at contemporaneity are buzz words and phrases of the '60s and '70s. Whenever possible, "mellow" or "hot tub" or "finding my space" are worked into the dialogue. Most of the major gags, however, betray the film's true sensibility by ridiculing big-breasted women and homosexuals. No actors or director could save this material. The cast and crew of Serial, largely recruited from television, do not even...