Word: symphonicment
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In Washington and Cleveland Sinatra appeared on summer programs with only temporary damage to symphonic dignity and considerable benefit to the box office. In Manhattan the Philharmonic hired him and held its nose all for nothing-he scarcely half-filled the bleachers of Lewisohn Stadium
The announcement of Frankie's appearance in the Hollywood Bowl had thrown Los Angeles high-brow music lovers into a self-righteous williwaw, Sinatra's fans at Pasadena, where he got off the train, into a squealing ecstasy (see cut). But Frankie's Los Angeles symphonic debut...
When Dmitri Shostakovich finally got married, it was almost over solicitous Sonya's dead body. But Dmitri nevertheless grew to be a mildly self-assertive scholarly-looking young man, who could play the piano as well as anybody in Russia, and whose enormous talents as a symphonic composer were...
Walker and Royal have the popular, tuneful touch. Bennett and Spialek, both composers of long classical training, specialize on choruses and symphonic build ups. But sometimes one of the men does an entire score. Of current Broadway shows Richard Rodgers' Oklahoma! is entirely Bennett's. Fats Waller'...
To many, the theory that the great age of symphonic composition is past may seem a foregone conclusion. But few musical theorists would put any time limit on music of distinctive character and value. What won Creston his award was the deft workmanship of his composition. Bristling with intricate rhythms...