Word: sonata
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...with us in the person of Jan Smeterlin, Polish pianist, who played the Chopin concerto in F minor with the orchestra. Mr. Smeterlin is to give a recital in Jordan Hall this Saturday afternoon, and he has chosen a program which is both interesting and well-balanced. Beethoven's Sonata in G major (opus 79) is the first number and it is followed by the impressive Brahms Variations on a Paganini theme. Works by Raval, Albeniz, and Chopin complete the list. It is, of course, Mr. Smeterlin's execution of the works of the last named composer which has brought...
Jeno Swislowski, pianist, will perform Back's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor, opus 57, Schumann's "Papillon" as well as several short works of Chopin at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Jordan Hall...
Elevation to the Senate did not make Hugo Black politically potent, but it enabled him to become politically respectable. As an Alabamian and an anti-utilitarian, he played second fiddle to Senator Norris on the long Muscle Shoals sonata. He got his fellow Alabama veterans costly favors. He picked up the 30-hour-week idea and, to the great delight of Labor, brandished it menacingly about the Senate chamber. In 1933 he got his 30-hour-week bill passed by the Senate amid a great spatter of headlines. Then came NRA which also promised short hours, and Senator Black adroitly...
...quality and volume. Nevertheles the harpsichord with its thin, clear tone required a much more delicate touch than the piano, invented in 1711. Bach knew of the piano but thought it an unmusical contraption. He wrote such great works as the Goldberg Variations for the harpsichord. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was actually intended to tinkle along on the harpsichord but in his last sonatas he was the first composer to utilize the vast dynamics of the piano...
...concert sponsored by the musical clubs of Harvard and Radcliffe and presenting instrumental and vocal selections will be given at 8.15 o'clock this evening in Paine Hall. The program will include Moxart's "Piano Sonata for Four Hands," the "Stabat Mater" of Thomson, Bach's "Sonata for Flute and Clavier," Hindemith's "Frau Musica," and several other selections...