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...Sense of Urgency." As Army Chief of Staff from 1955 to 1959, Taylor fought unsuccessfully for a bigger and better-equipped Army, finally quit in frustration, and poured his theories into an outspoken book he called The Uncertain Trumpet. As a sort of casual afterthought, Taylor admitted in his book that his program would call for a budget of from $50 billion to $55 billion a year, a sum that invoked scoffing laughter in Congress. But the book caught the eye of Senator Kennedy, who contributed a blurb for the publisher: "This volume is characterized by an unmistakable honesty, clarity...
...Saturday's concert from 3-5 p.m. will be Telemann's Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo and Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Two Oboes and Continuo; Boyce's Symphoiny no. 2 in C major and Symphony no. 4 in F major; Locatelli's Concerto no. 2 in C minor for Violin, Opus 2; Schuman's Carnaval; and Stravinsky's The Fairy Kiss, complete balled...
...serve as a military and intelligence planner in the cold war. The specifics of the job were vague, but there is nothing vague about the views that Max Taylor brings to the White House: they have been bluntly and controversially stated in his 1959 book, The Uncertain Trumpet, and in his public statements...
...rarely run longer than three minutes. Most popular Anderson concert piece last season was Sleigh Ride, a jog-trotting exercise complete with sleigh bells (jingled by a percussionist) the crack of a whip (two hinged pieces of wood slapped together) and the sound of a whinnying horse (a trumpet with valves half closed...
...ensemble's cool jazz style is less weird, but technically just as adroit. With his left leg swinging, Pianist Eaton may toy with harmonies and tempi, bounce themes to the fluid clarinet, trade solos with the limpid trumpet. Underneath it all is a rock-solid bass. Last week the boys wound up with Long Ago and Far Away and a driving Summertime. The palazzo shivered, and the audience applauded. "An intellectual Newport," said a delighted U.S. composer as he made his way from the hall...