Word: transformation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with "civilization," envied those "more elegant European nations that were still untroubled by the presence of black men on their shores." Yet, he continues, if we are not to share in Europe's decay we must "accept ourselves as we are, bring new life to Western achievements, and perhaps transform them." Then this phase of the argument reaches a climax...
...mesta (from La Cenerentola)--and Miss Berganza has something of a reputation as a Rossini specialist--one again heard impeccable vocalism which managed to be utterly unexciting. Though Non Piu mesta is one of the silliest both Giulietta Simionato and Victoria de los Angeles are still able to transform what is essentially a vocalise into something quite thrilling, for they seem to believe, at least for the duration of the aria, that it is really a terrific piece of music, and that they are singing it better than it has ever been sung before...
Much more successful were Charles Ives' three miniatures for chamber orchestra, The Rainbow (1914), The Pond (1906), and The Unanswered Question (1906). The first two are really instrumental solos, which Ives also composed as songs. In their accompaniments, lines slither around to transform the traditional harmonic basis into something quite live and active. In The Unanswered Question Ives exploits a favorite device of his, two independent ensembles. One, the muted strings, provides a constant background, labelled "the eternal silence of the Druids." The other, a few woodwinds, attempts to answer the question proposed by a solo trumpet. The woodwinds...
...possibly a study for the painting that has been lost-has a sensual rhythm not often revealed by Leonardo. Rembrandt's landscapes and village scenes are masterful mixtures of meticulousness and freedom. Holbein could almost carve with his crayon, and Rubens, with his delicate and flowing line, could transform an act of drudgery into an act of grace. Somehow, the workings of genius are never more clear than in drawings of the quality of the collection at Chatsworth...
...with out sense, vauge enough when it is stated abstractly, of the way things are. Against this stock reality made up of ordinary routine, gesture, and response, all carried by the expected rhythm of a voice, are placed those moments when particular dreams assert themselves in an attempt to transform nature...