Word: tenorizing
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...elevation of simple virtues, the author may dwell longer than necessary on the nobility of dumb animals. She even allows selected dogs and cats to speak intelligently to the mystical child Giuseppe. Such sentimentality intrudes on the book's naturalistic tenor but seems, in the end. integral to Morante's purpose: to look at horror with innocent eyes and ask "Why?" In articulating that question, this demanding, powerful novel meets the stipulation laid down by Albert Camus: "The writer's role is not free of difficult duties. By definition he cannot put himself today in the service...
AFTER SELTZER and Gustafson, encomiums are harder to parcel out. Linda Greenbaum, as the Lady Ella, has an unusually winning voice, and Stephen Montgomery as the extremely eligible Duke of Dunstable sings in a rich, clear tenor. As Major Murgatroyd, David Brown stumbles out of step, mugs and affects a Cockney accent with comic virtuosity. On the other hand, Jeanette Worthen's characterization of the irksome Lady Jane, who clings to Reginald when the rest of his admirers have deserted him for Archibald, is blunted by an annoying hamminess...
...really hard-core folkies might want to check out "In Praise of Folly," a satiric revue of English music written in the 16th century by Erasmus of Rotterdam. The Greenwood Consort, a six-member group of lute, tenor viol, recorder, krummerhorn and Flemish harp players, performs the revue Saturday at 8:30 p.m. at the Longy School, 1 Follyn St. in Cambridge. Tickets are $3.50 at the door $2 for students...
Sunday at 4 p.m. Norman Janis, tenor, and Jane Meyers, piano, give a recital of Yiddish songs in the Adams JCR. The recital, part of the Holocaust Memorial Week, is sponsored jointly by Adams House and Hillel...
...Sayer: Endless Flight (Warner Bros.). For years, Sayer's own sweet soaring tenor (reminiscent of Elton John's) was obscured as he comported himself onstage in thick white makeup and a clown suit. Now Sayer has shucked his Petrushka image. Instead he diverts his energy into making rock music of a high order. A gifted songwriter, he has come up with an album of infectious melodies in a sophisticated rhythm-and-blues vein. In addition to the breakaway single You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, he has a winner in the ballad When I Need...