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Villa-Lobos: Trio for Violin, Viola & Cello (Members of the New York Quartet; Columbia). Whether he uses a full orchestra or limits himself to a mere three instruments, Villa-Lobos pours out ideas and melody as lavishly as rain in the jungles of his native Brazil. The trio teems with strong rhythm and ear-twisting changes; the three strings sometimes sound as rich as an orchestra...
...William Walton stands second in England's current trinity of famous composers. Less prolific than either 80-year-old Ralph Vaughan Williams or 39-year-old Benjamin Britten, he has turned out some pieces (e.g., his Symphony and Viola Concerto) that are considered better than any of their more celebrated works. In the U.S. he is known for Façade, an impudent accompaniment for Edith Sitwell's eccentric verses; Belshazzar's Feast, a big dramatic choral work; and Orb and Sceptre, a grandiose march commissioned for the coronation. Visiting the U.S. with his Argentine born wife...
Born. To Raymond Loewy, 59, industrial designer (Studebaker bodies, the Lucky Strike package), and his second wife, Viola Erickson Uzzell Loewy, 31: their first child, a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Laurence. Weight...
Boomerang. In Woonsocket, R.I., after ordering city police to enforce a strict no-fix'' policy on motor-vehicle viola tions. Mayor Kevin Coleman learned who had received parking tickets as a result...
August Wenzinger, Horatio Appleton Lamb Lecturer on Music this year, will perform on the viola da gamba. Mrs. Anne Gombosi, former member of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis will accompany him on her violin, and Mclville Smith, director of the Longy School of Music, will play the harpsichord...