Word: tempests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world know that, in spite of the late unpleasantness, their state is still the earthly paradise. That there was a slight frolic of the elements, that rain drops fell, that breezes blew--all this the Floridians admit. But of disaster they will have naught. Photographs, presumably taken after the tempest, are spread over the country, and they show scenes in a peaceful southern clime, with slightly battered palms outlined gracefully against...
...Strong, U. S. composer living in Geneva (Josef Szigeti, soloist); the first performance of Scriabin's piano concerto (Gitta Gradova, soloist); a fantasy by Darius Milhaud for piano and orchestra; Szymanowski's Third Symphony; J. C. Bach's Sinfonia; Bloch's Israel, Honegger's Tempest overture; Pfitzner's three preludes from Palestrina and a De Falla composition for piano and orchestra...
...Prospero is the chief character of Shakespeare's Tempest. He is a benign gentleman, always unruffled before storm or calm. He has magic powers over the earths, the airs, the waters, over men and beasts. These he controls through his servant Ariel, a sweet-voiced sprite, who often gives him sage advice...
...ancient beauty, rose in protest. "What will happen to our fine old town," they asked, "if you bring here a transient population half as large as that we now have?" This was not an isolated cry such as now and then rises in other towns. It was a tempest which echoed through the town's newspapers and received not little press support. Only to those who live in Santa Fe does the Outcome of the struggle between the old and new directly matter. But it matters to the country that there is at least one town where such...
...ordered from you recently its strings began suddenly to vibrate, drowning the sound of nearby church bells. Not without trembling I perceived that the shadow of Franz Liszt, who was once a guest here, had entered the instrument and was producing with long immaterial fingers a beautiful rhythmic tempest. "This is a place of mysteries and prodigies. Rejoice with me!" (Signed) Gabriele d' Annunzio Gardone, Lago di Garda...