Word: vocalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...faulty logic and incredible naiveté of Letter Writer Thome [July 22] is shocking, but illuminates the reasoning of the nonthinking, highly vocal minority...
...difference between a moment of prayer in unicorn and a moment of silent prayer or meditation so momentous for public education, and so plainly in the advantage of the vocal ceremony, that the extraordinary machinery of a constitutional amendment should be set in motion to achieve this alternative...
...American on the jury of the international Tchaikovsky Vocal Competition in Moscow, I share the feeling of pride that TIME demonstrated in its story [July 8] on Winner Jane Marsh, who displayed vocal beauty, technical skill and flawless musicianship...
SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE AND LIEDERKREIS (Deutsche Grammophon). One of the very finest lieder recordings since the war. The artist's vocal beauty, technique, phrasing, intelligence and imagination combine to magnify Schumann's songs and Heine's words. The singer, of course, is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...
GUSTAV HOLST: A CHORAL FANTASIA/ PSALM 86 AND GERALD FINZI: DIES NATALIS (Everest). An opportunity to compare two widely diverging paths in modern vocal music. Hoist is sophisticated and eclectic: his bold Fantasia has a concerto-like role for the organ along with choral and solo sections; in the Psalm, he spins a gossamer a cappella prayer. By contrast, Finzi's quiet music comments on the lyrics, in this case Metaphysical Poet Thomas Traherne's musings on the innocence and beauty of children. Tenor Wilfred Brown's impeccable diction helps to make this a delightfully accessible, intimate...