Word: teutonicisms
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Indian and Pakistani newsmen, who had read of Philip's informality and friendliness, were startled by his repeated rudeness. But it was an old story to British reporters, who still recall the duke's 1957 visit to Gibraltar, famed for its cave dwelling monkeys. On meeting the reception...
Giuseppe Verdi called the opera his "best beloved child," but audiences have consistently agreed with George Bernard Shaw, who sneered that Verdi tried to turn Shakespeare's tragedy into another Trovatore. Last week, when Manhattan's Metropolitan staged Macbeth for the first time in its 76-year history...
VistaVision. To some listeners, Scherchen's musical concepts seem to have an oppressively Teutonic solemnity, partially because he sometimes favors slow tempi. But in large works, such as Berlioz' Requiem Mass, he succeeds in conveying a stunning sense of power. His recent recording (for Westminster) of the Requiem...
Neither in San Francisco beatnik saloons nor Manhattan dives could this inspired narrative have been heard last week, but it echoed through Munich jazz cellars. U.S.-style rock 'n' roll, with its clog-shoe tempo and its far-out jargon, is sweeping Germany and leaving the language in...
The fact that Corinth's instincts were always poetic makes his flaw particularly lamentable. Shimizu might take his cue. When Corinth does a watercolor like The Beautiful Imperia, a loose wash of lucid color, he arrives at a quality which most of his Teutonic contemporaries generally lack--a naive loveliness...