Word: vocalized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alfred Deller, Counter-tenor, sings these works now usually sung by contraltos, but in Bach's day by boys. Deller has an amazingly pure voice, much like a child's in quality yet capable of handling the difficult Bach vocal line. He is accompanied by a small Baroque orchestra, and the combination is probably quite close to the music's original sound. The recording is difficult to appreciate on the first hearing, but the result is a wonderful kind of impersonal exaltation. (Bach Guild...
...music is Hindemith at his very best, reaching great emotional depth in the last act. The score does not compromise; it is a far cry from a Puccini or a Menotti opera. But the vocal lines float like ships on the great tidal wave of the orchestra, and, as the scenes go by, the music becomes more lyrical until at the end no one notices that the style is difficult and unfamiliar; the drama and the music have become a single experience in the listener's mind. Mathis der Maler is one of the most moving works of 20th century...
...their outrage at his enemies. In past years, a visit to Boston, for example, was certain to induce an outpouring of loyalty among large elements of the population, much as Antaeus in the Greek myth gained renewed strength by contact with Mother Earth. The Senator's supporters were still vocal enough to cause a mistrial when he came to testify in the Kamin trial, but there seemed to be fewer of them. He spoke to rows of empty seats in Boston late in October, despite the presence on the platform of such stalwarts as Joseph P. Kennedy, James Michael Curley...
...solo part inflects the words so poignantly as to enhance their individual meanings, spinning a melodic line of horizon-to-horizon dimensions. The vocal line almost never goes where ears accustomed to traditional melody expect it to go. But the effect is not selfconscious; before the work is over, the melody attains a sort of naturalness...
...between him and other Democratic hopefuls. Said he: "I do not expect at this time to try to point out the differences between the attitudes, for instance, of Mr. Stevenson or Harriman or Lausche or others, on public issues, as compared with my own position. These gentlemen are all vocal and speak frequently, and whatever differences there may be, and the differences that come up in the future, I'm certain the press and the public will be quick to discern them." What, Kefauver was asked, makes him think he can win if President Eisenhower runs again? Kefauver, with...