Word: violins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...testing executives for new jobs, S.R.I. depends chiefly on its own applications of psychologists' "thematic-apperception test," in which the subject is asked for his reaction to certain pictures. Among the ten pictures used by S.R.I.: a boy, leaning on his chin, contemplating a violin and bow; a boy and a woman in conversation; a boy at a window looking up into the sky; a man on a rope...
...reason for this enthusiasm can be found partly in the excellence of the two performers, and partly in the broad appeal of the music itself. But the fact that the music was played on the instruments for which it was written--violin and harpsichord--is what made the concerts truly memorable...
Ralph Kirkpatrick and Alexander Schneider, harpsichord-violin due, offered the first in their series of three free concerts last night in Sanders Theatre. Tonight's program, made up entirely of works of Bach, will continue the series, which will conclude tomorrow evening. Concerts start at 8:15 o'clock and are open to the public without tickets...
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Erica Morini, violin, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defauw conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Perhaps the best recorded version, yet of Tchaikovsky's familiar work, played by the leading U.S. woman violinist. Recording: good...
...Skating mamas" are a strange breed, like the mothers of violin prodigies and child movie stars. They watch over their daughters like circling hawks, and fuss around them like anxious hens. This week, as usual, they will sit around hotel lobbies in St. Moritz, discussing other skating mothers who are out of earshot-and their daughters. Mrs. Scott is understandably possessive and protective of her daughter, but does her best to avoid the infighting among "skating mamas." She wants Barbara Ann to stay as she is: winning titles by trying harder and being more precise than her rivals...