Word: waltz
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BEETHOVEN: DIABELLI VARIATIONS (RCA Victor). Thirty-three variations on a waltz by the Austrian composer Anton Diabelli pose a formidable test for the virtuoso talents of 32-year-old John Browning. Much talked about but seldom performed, they strain the pianist's technical mastery and his emotional ambience. Browning, who is one of the best of the "percussive" school, passes the technical trials splendidly, but in the melancholy later variations, when he should be exploring Beethoven's darker nature, he appears to be marking time before the florid finale...
...semifinals Adelsberg eliminated defending champ Jack Waltz of Yale, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, and in the finals he dumped Dartmouth's Charlie Hoevler...
...with hand cramps later in the afternoon, managed to team with Brian Davis for a victory over Yale's second doubles team of McCallum and Jay Westcott. Harvard's other doubles combo of Kileff and Adelsberg, however, was eliminated in the first round by Yale's strong team of Waltz and Mike Brooks...
Hoevler, a lefty with a wildly spinning twist serve and sharp volleys, defeated the equally aggressive Waltz earlier this season in a team match. These two stand stop the field, with Adelsberg and Kileff just a little below. Gonzalez and Friedman should not be discounted as factors, however, after their impressive match play of the past few weeks...
...doubles, Yale's Mike Brooks and Waltz should be the top seed. They reached the finals last year, bowing there to Harvard's powerful duo of Chum Steele and Dean Peckham. Hoevler also is quite a doubles player, and the Dartmouth first team may prove stronger than the Yale pair...