Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some Germans became upset last July when Cyrus Vance, then Secretary of the Army, appealed for volunteers for Vietnam from the U.S. Seventh Army in Germany. If the demands of the Vietnam war should ever necessitate removal of American troops from Germany, a very abrupt and highly vocal about-face in German opinion can be expected...
...made it appear that a majority of U.S. students share their views. Now, mainly in reaction to the protesters, overt campus activity in support of U.S. policy is growing. As a petition signed by 1,300 Harvard stu dents puts it, many students "wish to disassociate ourselves from that vocal minority which, distrusting American intentions, seeks to obstruct and mis represent American policy...
...teenager, Ghiaurov had no interest in singing, gained fame in local circles as an actor and star athlete with the town soccer and volleyball teams. Drafted into the army for two years, he wangled a job as conductor of a 120-member chorus and orchestra, first discovered his vocal gifts while trying to teach others to sing. He won a state scholarship to the Moscow Conservatory, graduated with top honors in 1955, made his big debut in the West four years later in Milan. Soon he had established himself as "the pillar of La Scala...
...massively endorsing Louise Hicks, Boston has reminded the nation that democracy has two faces: "This-tonight-is a vote of confidence," Mrs. Hicks said Tuesday. "The people are speaking. Sometimes we hear just a vocal minority, but tonight, through the democratic process, we are hearing the majority." Next morning, defeated candidate Melvin King, a Negro, was telling reporters, "A little bit of democracy died in Boston yesterday...
Wilkinson's vocal and instrumental score is unsurpassably integrated. There are about two dozen cues, ranging from five seconds to five minutes. We have Gregorian chants, and an organ fantasia in the style of Cabezon. But most noteworthy is the substantial amount of Indian music and sound effects, performed both on and off stage. This has been meticulously written out, with a vast instrumentarium including slide-recorders and some twenty varieties of exotic percussion. Its impact is indescribable...