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Kirchner's Sonata Concertante, for violin and piano, composed in 1952, came off best. He has said that "an artist must create a personal cosmos, a verdant world in continuity with tradition," and the Sonata indeed shows the stamp of this belief. Every moment of its sustains a high emotional pitch, ranging from raucous frenzy of hushed placidity. The work requires great virtuosity throughout, but these demands always have a purpose: for example, the piano provides either intricate counterpoint or a clamoring backdrop for the violin's protesting flourishes. Kirchner and Silverstein had the necessary technique, and established the rapport...
Although on record against special previews of upcoming shows, CBS provided a special closed-circuit preview of the program last week to its affiliated stations and received the stamp of approval from Robert D. Swezey, director of the National Association of Broadcasters Code Authority. He said the show did not violate the NAB's code...
...more accurately, to talk about making out). On the beach a couple of fast-slapping guitar players started up a hot beat. Within moments, a score of college kids were doing the twist while cheering onlookers, some of them wearing sweatshirts marked "Property of Daytona Beach Jail" and "Stamp Out Virginity," raised their beer cans on high...
...from America's Fuji-Mount Rainier-to the snow-capped Olympics rising beyond white-capped Puget Sound. Forty-eight governments have exhibits in the fair, ranging from France's $1,000,000 exhibit (a bargain by world's-fair standards) to tiny San Marino's stamp and pottery show...
Like a man who had no time to wait for his own considered opinion, he set down his reactions to things literary, political, social and philosophical at the drop of a stamp. He had great friendships and great enmities, usually with the same people, and wrote them all down at white heat. He was often wrongheaded, but even his most outrageous opinions generally nick a vein...