Word: somes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, in Manhattan, the most discussed musical arrival was Clemens Krauss of Vienna and Frankfort, one of the Continent's outstanding maestros, on his way to be guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. For luggage Conductor Krauss carried the latest novelty from Vienna, a specially constructed suitcase of...
Some years ago after a concert by the Flonzaley Quartet in a small U. S. town, a man in the audience rushed up to the second violinist and said: "Beautiful, but not like old times." "What do you mean?" asked the second violinist, bewildered. "You should have heard Mr. Flonzaley...
The Record. When the Flonzaleys first came to the U. S., the sole chamber ensemble of any importance was the quartet of Franz Kneisel, violinist of the Boston Symphony. Kneisel was the pioneer. The Flonzaleys have spread the gospel, making it possible for many to become acquainted with much of...
The quartet has been bound by a rule which prohibited the four men from giving private or solo performances, and from teaching. Of all audiences they have preferred those in the U. S. The reason for their farewell was not announced. Some say that they agreed to separate after 25...
"Emmett Lawrence's strange gift," says Sculptor Barnard, "comes to perhaps one man in many thousands. He obeyed the laws of gravity with uncanny instinct, toiled always with supreme patience, and was one of the finest characters I have ever known. He could judge by his eye, to the...