Word: symphonicment
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SYMPHONIC, ETC.
Most pompously egotistical work in all symphonic music is Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life). It not only brassily depicts its hero besting his detractors, but, by quoting snatches from Don Juan, Don Quixote, Death and Transfiguration, etc., announces that the hero is Herr Strauss...
Every year about this time, for merit, for publicity, and for fun, people get awards. Last week the following awards made news: In New Hampshire, Colby Junior College elected Wendell L. Willkie honorary king and Katharine Hepburn queen of its Winter Carnival. Marking the Golden Jubilee of his U. S...
SYMPHONIC, ETC.
It is in the Fourth Symphony that the qualities of intensity and warmth one associates with Brahms attain their final fusion, and at the same time their most complete expression. The First Symphony had dangled awkwardly between saccharinely and fustian. The Second was better unified, but its succession of lush...