Word: tone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the start, the tone of the meeting was cordial. Macmillan was waiting at dockside with outstretched hand as the President, arriving in Hamilton harbor aboard the missile cruiser Canberra, stepped ashore from a U.S. Navy launch. "Harold, how are you?" Ike said warmly. That evening, the Big Two's big four-President, Prime Minister, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd-gathered for a roast-beef dinner in the private dining room of Macmillan's suite. Despite white dinner jackets, it was a friendly and informal meeting. Before ranging off into the problems...
...instrumentalists were all of a high caliber. Flutist Karl Kraber exhibited a lovely dark tone in Bach's Sonata No. 2. He also kept his volume down so that the right hand of the piano, which is equal to the flute in trio sonata style, could be heard. In Bach's Second Violin Sonata Michael Day played with admirable musicianship; Bertram Baldwin accompanied at the harpsichord. Violinist David Hurwitz closed his part of the concert with a fine performance of Handel's Sonata in F. He played with restraint and a warm tone, and was ably assisted by Jonathan Thackeray...
...string group, the results were less good, as lack of rehearsal meant the strings were out of tune. Much of the Stabat Mater is written for soloists: the two girls who sang the parts had agreeable voices, but not the faintest idea of how to breathe to support their tone. Luckily, the general good humor of Pergolesi's music plus some spirited choral singing saved the work from falling apart. Nonetheless, it was the impressive individual performances rather than a smooth combination that made the concert worth-while...
Price: $7,000-$ 10,000. Depending on the tone subtleties to be achieved, it takes from six weeks to three months to do a panel. The price: $7,000 to $10,000, and the market is brisk. In the first two days of the current show, collectors snapped...
...possibilities of gemmaux for decoration are considerable. But glass has too brassy a tone to catch certain delicate color harmonies more suitable to paint on canvas. Aware of the medium's possibilities and limitations, Picasso is already working on several designs specifically intended as gemmaux. If other artists of quality follow his lead and create originals for gemmaux, the medium may well develop into what Picasso has called...