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...Astaire?s achievement can be considered alone; he?s solus rex. But Kelly, more than any top Hollywood star I can think of, cannot be discussed without reference to another star; he must be appraised in relation, or opposition, to Astaire. Kelly was the younger brother, way brasher, more overtly ambitious, letting the steel and sweat show - Gene was No. 2, he had to try harder. Fred was No. 1 with a ballet. And in American movie dance, there was no third...
...played trumpet parts. Richter varied his tempi quite a bit though they were generally fast by standards of only twenty years ago (such as on the Scherchen recording of 1952). Richter had the courage to vary the tempi quite a bit to his taste. The bass aria Quoniam tu solus was taken very slowly. The horn playing in the obbligato solo to this aria is the best that might ever be expected. The soloist exhibited a precision of control that allowed for the most subtle variation in tone, dynamics and attack while preserving melodic integrity. Even his placement...
Enthusiasm and confidence, indeed, were a distinctive feature of the evening. In the first half of the program, the orchestra, solus, attacked the more-than-Mozartian Beethoven with refreshing vigor. Too often enthusiasm is the mark of the obvious (like Sir Arthur Sullivan) or the sloppy (like Dmitri Mitropolous). But the HRO has struck a balance: their performance of the Second Symphony was robust and remarkably successful. Mr. Senturia's tempos were well chosen, his dynamics well modulated, his orchestra's tone large and rich. And if the winds sometimes seemed a bit lost, the strings were at their best...
Nunc ad illos transco qui principales partes agunt. Ex quibus primi cum primis nominandi hi Roscii: ille servus sollers, virgarum lascivia (quem nos T. Hilarem appellamus), et cius alter, Shillius Homo (qui solus intellegit uti miser sit homo qui amat), et Norris noster nobilis (qui verba blanda pro auro et dicta docta prodatis pracbet). Nec quidem vos estis mihi practereundac, o amatrices dicaculae et sagaces, tu, M. Paludis Filum et tu, o matre forti filia fortior, M. Tabum; nec tu, dura Dersofia; nec vos, o nymphae graciles, meae Mariac ambae; nec denique tu, o vox aurea cuius nomen barbarum Latin...
...Colony, bearing books. One by one, each approached the table with the words: "I give these books for founding a college in Connecticut." By the next year the new "Collegiate School" had a charter, and by the year after that, one student-a wistful sophomore called Jacob Heminway, who, "solus, was all the College the first half-year...