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...listened to Chubby Checker albums. A rare Andropov interview published in the West German magazine Der Spiegel brought the rumor mill grinding to a halt. Andropov acknowledged that he had traditional tastes. He said that he did not play tennis but did enjoy Beethoven's "Pathétique" Sonata. But even these sparse revelations about his personal hie were not shared with the Soviet people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soviets: An Enigmatic Study in Gray | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies; Piano Sonata (Nonesuch). One of the landmarks of 20th century keyboard music, the Sonata (1945-46) is definitively Interpreted by the late Paul Jacobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: THE BEST OF 1983: Music | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...concert at Paris' Theatre des Champs-Elysees programmed by the maestro himself. "Composing a concert is like composing a menu," he announced, explaining his choices of Debussy, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Mozart and Schubert. "I believe in musical digestion. If you start with light pieces and play a 45-minute sonata after the interlude, it's like starting dinner with hors d'oeuvres and dessert and finishing with a Chateaubriand and vegetables." 1980: Life with a Congressman need not be dull, especially if the Congressman is Democrat John Jenrette, who lost his House seat in the November election after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People 1982: A History of This Section | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

July 31-August 1--Autumn Sonata--4:00, 7:50 p.m. Cries and Whispers--5:50, 9:35 p.m. (also Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT is to be DONE? | 7/29/1983 | See Source »

...writer fond of doing the unexpected--previous works include A Clockwork Orange, a translation of Oedipus Rex and a sonata--Burgess strives for effect by interweaving the life of Freud, a sci-fi apocalypse, and Trotsky's visit to New York. Styles range from a libretto to a TV-play, at times in utter parody of themselves...

Author: By Hanne-maria Maijala, | Title: Prime Time Doomsday | 5/3/1983 | See Source »

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