Word: virtuoso
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...book is a virtuoso demonstration of the skills that helped make Schlesinger a Pulitzer prizewinner at 28 (with The Age of Jackson) and a bestselling author (with all three volumes of his still incomplete The Age of Roosevelt) who is also held in high respect by his fellow historians. Those skills include an almost unique combination of encyclopedic knowledge, sharp reporter's eye, extraordinary facility and a literary style any novelist would be proud of. Schlesinger has no use for the notion of the historian as a scientist. To Schlesinger, the historian is one who "noses around in chaos...
...Handel arias, it floated lightly and lonely as a lark above the bustle of the orchestra. The performance had all the fresh appeal of a lost art rediscovered, which, in fact, it is. Deller is now 53, but when he first achieved recognition, he was the first virtuoso countertenor in 120 years. Almost singlehanded he has sparked a revival of interest in baroque vocal music...
...With a virtuoso performance on the red bumpers and masterful flipper control. Willig scored an all-time record 2785 on the Tommy's Lunch pinball machino, shattering the previous mark of 2330 held by Jeff Hobbing...
Divorced. By Betty Grable, 48, Hollywood's wartime pinup queen (Million Dollar Legs), now often gamboling on the Las Vegas stage (Guys and Dolls): Harry Hagg James, 49, once perhaps the world's greatest trumpet virtuoso, still tooting as a successful bandleader; on uncontested grounds of extreme cruelty; after 22 years of marriage, two children; in Las Vegas...
...STANDARD SONNY ROLLINS (RCA Victor). These are virtuoso saxophone interpretations of supple old standards like I'll Be Seeing You, Love Letters, Trav'lin' Light. The unique phrasing that is Sonny's signature can catch even the aficionado up short, and the tone of the record is witty and ingenious. For contrast, there are a few calmly contemplative moments, notably Night...