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Word: wum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...playing time, most music lovers will want to pick and choose among the ten volumes. Among the most outstanding are Volumes I and II, which include beautifully clear and simple performances of the six Brandenburg concertos, with such noted soloists as Violinists Joseph Szigeti, Alexander Schneider, Flutist John Wum-mer, Oboist Marcel Tabuteau. The chief interest in Volume III is The Musical Offering (which Bach began as an improvisation on a theme supplied by Frederick the Great). Volume VI contains two memorable performances: Casals playing the Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano, and Pianist Rudolf Serkin's performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jan. 8, 1951 | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...twied hot spithed wum in every form (cheers), and I know what I'm talking about. (Bully old man!) I have twied one spithe, and two spithes, three spithes(Hurrah!), four spithes, five spithes (Hear! Hear!), and thix spithes, and upon my word as a sthudent of Yale I declare that hot spithed wum without thix spithes is but a vulgar thubterfuge! (Prolonged cheering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: . . . Where the Eli Meet to Eat | 11/25/1950 | See Source »

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