Word: vaughan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...started out as a child in the brass section of a Salvation Army band, now plays tuba for both London's Philharmonia Orchestra and the London Symphony. Six weeks ago, he got an important call. The London Symphony, preparing for its soth jubilee concert, had asked Ralph Vaughan Williams, Britain's No. 1 composer, to write a special composition for the celebration. Vaughan Williams just happened to have a tuba concerto * lying around, agreed to have it played if the orchestra had a tubaman up to the job. Would Catelinet like to audition for Vaughan Williams? Into London...
...Vaughan Williams' house in Regent's Park, he played for the old (81) composer, who quickly approved. Catelinet practiced till he knew the concerto inside and out, rehearsed only twice with the orchestra (under Sir John Barbirolli) before the big night...
...then a stifling congestion of stables and cab-choked cobble streets. But as Mayfair spread out and the Edwardian upper crust turned the stables into mews flats, Farm Street became top-drawer. The best known Farm Street figure of this elegant era was handsome, well-born Father Bernard Vaughan, whose sermons packed such dramatic punch that professional actors came to church for pointers...
...When the FBI heard White's name had been sent to the Senate for confirmation as US Director of the International Monetary Fund, a 28-page dossier of secret information "whose reliability has been established either by inquiry or long-established observation and evaluation," was delivered to Gen. Harry Vaughan on Feb. 4, 1946. The following observation was made in that report: "As will be observed, information has come to the attention of this Bureau charging White as being a valuable adjunct to an underground Soviet espionage organization operating in Washington, D. C." In all, seven reports mentioning White were...
...seven communications went to the White House bearing on espionage activities, wherein Harry Dexter White's name was specifically mentioned . . . The FBI, of course, has a duty to evaluate its sources of information. In the 28-page summary concerning White, dated Feb. 1, 1946, delivered to General Vaughan on Feb. 4, 1946, the information contained therein came from a total of 30 sources, the reliability of which had previously been established...