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...Phantom's glorious credo, The Music of the Night, contains one of Lloyd Webber's most daring dissonant endings. Overt classical references abound: Cats has a fugue, the Dance section of Song & Dance is an extended set of variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice, and Phantom boasts an intricate sextet called Prima Donna that is reminiscent of Donizetti. (Song & Dance played for 13 months in New York City. It was cobbled together from Lloyd Webber's song cycle Tell Me on a Sunday and Variations, a piece for cello and rock ensemble originally written for Julian.) Eclectic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Magician of The Musical | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...Then, at a dramatic midnight news conference, Attorney General Carlos Villalaz announced that the papers outlined a plot to dissolve the 67- member legislature and hand over power to a civilian junta. Authorities issued arrest warrants for six Crusade leaders, accusing them of conspiracy to overthrow the government. The sextet went into hiding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama Down and Dirty | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...Cambridge-based "New Voice Jazz Sextet," the rhythm and blues ensemble "Little Frankie and the Premiers," the sixties folk group "Battery Park," and the Caribbean band "Salsa Nova" played for the busy shoppers. For younger fairgoers, the fair featured Beep the Clown, pottery demonstrations, cotton candy, scooter rides and a merry-go-round...

Author: By Anil Shrivastava, | Title: Fourth May Fair Draws 5000 To Music, International Bazaar | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...Carla Bley Band, a sextet jazz rhythm section, will perform at Cambridge's Jonathan Swift's Pub on Wednesday November...

Author: By William Pao, | Title: Jazz Musician Carla Bley Performs With Jazz Band | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...also loves horses. His personal favorite is the Anglo-Arabian El Alamain, a gift from former Mexican President Jose Lopez-Portillo, and during the just ended Reagan vacation, the First Rider and his mount were out daily. Nancy is partial to a quarter horse named No Strings. The stable sextet is rounded out by Gwalianko, a retired Arabian; two younger Arabians, Catalina and El Saraff; and Dormita, another quarter horse. As for the unnamed ducklings, they were a recent purchase by Caretakers Trisler and Barnett. (Somebody hold those fellows back.) The rabbits started showing up intermittently this summer, prompting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 15, 1986 | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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