Word: vocalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...instrumental Septet (1953), the Cantata (1952), and Three Songs from Shakespeare (1953) comprised the program. The quality of performance throughout was superb with the exception of William Hess' tenor; and its strained quality was probably attributable to a cold. Both Mr. Hess and mezzo-soprano Eunice Alberts mastered vocal parts of exceptional difficulty. The modulations of mood and expressiveness which Miss Alberts achieved were striking. The precision and suppleness of conductor Spies' rhythmic impulse and the virtuosity of the instrumentalists resulted in a vital reading of the Septet...
...Little Boy Lost cantata is such an experiment. Based on Blake's Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence, it was written in 1952 and received its first complete performance at Kirkland House Sunday afternoon. While many of the work's fifteen sections--nine orchestral and six vocal--are quite fine, I could find little unity among them, either musical or dramatic...
Replied Kinsey: criticism of his methods of collecting data was either "careless reasoning or malicious misinterpretation." He tried to cut Menninger off from his colleagues: "I do not believe that those [psychiatrists] who have been most vocal in criticizing what we have done represent the mass of you." In fact, he said, there has been "no more loyal group" than the psychiatrists supporting his research...
Love Affair (Felicia Sanders; Columbia). An intense lament with a fine tune, sung in a rough-tender style that puts Songstress Sanders right on top of the vocal heap...
They Didn't Believe Me (The Hi-Lo's; Trend). A new vocal quartet that perks up its smooth work with subtly timed vocal exclamation points, gives full delight to the happy old lyrics...