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...Music Minus One recorded chiefly classical releases, began to rake in the profits when it added jazz. It omits every instrument in the orchestra but the harp, often makes a single piece of music available in several mutations: Schubert's "Trout" Quintet can be bought without piano, violin, viola, cello or bass. The company's bestseller (20,000 copies) is a household nightmare: Rhythm Section Backgrounds for budding vocalists and various instruments. The best classical seller is an album of Mozart quartets for either violin or flute. Recently, for those who would like something grander than Sing Along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Missing Thrill | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

...Saturday (3-5 p.m.) program at Matthews Common Room will be Sibellius, Four Legends, Opus 22; Mahler. Symphony no. 1 in D major; Piston. Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon; Thompson, Suits for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola; Rieti, Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano; and Jongen, Concerto, Opus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer Notes | 8/3/1961 | See Source »

Drawing on the experience of both plays, Shakespeare was then able to fashion a masterpiece, Twelfth Night, whose characters surpassed those in the two earlier works. Beatrice and the self-disguising Rosalind yielded the similarly self-disguising Viola; Dogberry and Co. led to Sir Toby and Co.; Jaques grew into Malvolio, and Touchstone (plus Amiens) into Feste...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: As You Like It | 7/13/1961 | See Source »

Since its beginning in 1954, the group has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. The members are Marc Gottlieb, violin; Vladmir Weissman, violin; William Soheon, viola; and Irving Klein, cello...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Claremont Quartet to Perform Tonight in First of Series | 7/6/1961 | See Source »

...opinion shared by most people who have heard it. The astonishment derives in part from the fact that Modernist Composer Carter treats his four instruments as individuals with "individual behavior patterns." The first violin is fantastic, ornate and mercurial," while he second violin is "laconic and orderly " the viola merely "expressive." and the cello "somewhat impetuous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Composer for Professional! | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

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