Puns and Pitfalls in Pronunciation and Notation
A reflective piece on musical nomenclature and allusion cites B as B flat and H for B natural, notes how composers and critics like Loeffler and Coolidge interact through initials, and dwells on mispronunciations, Spoonerisms, and errors in scores, printing, and orchestral transcriptions. It laments slips in speech, names, and foreign words, with anecdotes about Horowitz and Munch and remarks on transcription practices.
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Charles Martin Loeffler
Boston
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
E.S.C
Vladimir Horowitz
Carnegie Hall
Asia
Caribs
Ian
Bridge tensions and missteps in a single hand
West opens with king heart and shifts to club, aiming for a ruff with partner's ace of clubs. East's four hearts promise support but not strength. South wins with ace clubs, ruffs a heart, returns a diamond, and loses the queen to West's ace. West
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West
East
South
Don't Count On Partner After His Shutout Bid
Bridge puzzle narrative describes West dealer after a defensive sequence. North-South vulnerable, South ruffs and finesses to force nine tricks. West’s optimal defense is subtle, but the given hand and description frame the decision and resulting strategy.
Bonnie Prudden Publishes Quick R for Fitness Book
Bonnie Prudden of Stockbridge releases Quick R for Fitness a ring bound hard cover guide from Grasset & Dunlap. The volume provides a split page layout with a top half listing a numbered exercise table of contents and bottom halves detailing each exercise with photographs by Joel Librizzi of Eagle.
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Bonnie Prudden
Stockbridge
Grasset & Dunlap
Eagle
Joel Librizzi
Tanglewood Opens With Mozart Concerts By Boston Symphony
The Boston Symphony Orchestra begins its 28th season in the Berkshires with three weekend concerts by a chamber group drawn from the orchestra. Director Eric Leinsdorf conducts six Mozart pieces with soloists Malcolm Frager and Claude Frank. Notable works include Mozart piano concertos Nos. 9 and 8, and Haydn Sinfonia Concertante. Open rehearsals for the pension fund and schedule details follow.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Berkshires
Berkshire
Eric Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Claude Frank
Chamber Players
Mr. Leinsdorf
Joseph Silverstein
Jules Eskin
Ralph Gomberg
Sherman Walt
Haydn
Mr. Silverstein
Burton Fine
Tanglewood
Couple Opens Lenox Gallery With Music Inspired Paintings
Jeffrey and Suzy Sussman plan a July 2 opening for Need le in the Haystack in Sun nybank Guest Home Lenox displaying Leslie Powell paintings inspired by music and concert performances. The Sussmans intend to make the Berkshires their home and feature other artists alongside Powell in the new gallery setting.
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Leslie Powell
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Sussman
New York University
Berkshires
Powell
Gallery to feature Berkshire artists seeks new works
The gallery will present Elaine Wesley Robert Finnegan James Juthstrom Jean Einbeck Susie Andrews Henry Schneideman and Susan Levy. The Sussmans plan to expand the collection this season focusing on Berkshire artists and adding works by local creators.
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Elaine Wesley
Robert Finnegan
James Juthstrom
Jean Einbeck
Susie Andrews
Henry Schneideman
Susan Levy
Sussmans
Berkshire
NAACP Plans August Art Show
The Berkshire County NAACP will host a one day art show on a Saturday in early August with local artists donating prints drawings or works to be sold for 10 to 35 dollars Proceeds support the Mississippi summer project aiding voter registration civil rights legislation and adult education The branch expects at least one volunteer worker and may send funds donors can arrange pickup by contacting Mrs Arthur J Derkman or Mrs William F Bell The sale date will be announced soon.
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Berkshire County
NAACP
Eula Aiken
Mississippi
Alabama
Arthur J. Derkman
West Main Street
Stockbridge
William F. Bell
Housatonic Street
Lenox
Eric Simon Featured at Music Mountain Opening
Clarinetist Eric Simon will perform with the Berkshire Quartet at the opening concert of Music Mountain’s 36th season in Falls Village Connecticut on July 3 at 3 p.m. The program includes Reger’s Clarinet Quintet in A major Op 146 Haydn Op 74 No 5 and a Ravel string quartet. Simon, a Mannes College of Music faculty member, has played with ensembles such as the New Music String Quartet Kolisch Quartet and Lenox Quartet.
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Mozart
Malcolm Frager
Tanglewood Music Shed
Leinsdorf
Frager
Eric Simon
Berkshire Quartet
Music Mountain
Falls Village
Conn
Mr. Simon
Max Reger
Haydn
Ravel
New Music String Quartet
Kolisch Quartet
Lenox Quartet
Victor Polatschek
Vienna Philharmonic
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Simon
Benny Goodman
Stockholm Wyndel Quartet
Mannes College of Music
Arico Rossi
Pianist Tucker to headline Cummington concert
The opening chamber music program at the Cummington School of the Arts on July 4 at 3 30 p m features pianist Gregory Tucker MIT music professor with Sonya Monosoff violin William Wittig flute both Cummington faculty and visiting cellist Charles Forbes. Seven concerts slated for the 41st season with a Labor Day baroque weekend. Regular Sunday concerts by donation. tickets sold for the baroque series.
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Cummington School of the Arts
Cummington
Gregory Tucker
MIT
Sonya Monosoff
William Wittig
Cum- Tington
Charles Forbes
Berio
Mozart
Tucker
Schubert
Movie Boom at Fox Adds Three New Stages
Hollywood reports a film industry surge as 20th Century Fox starts three new stages amid a strong market. The expansion signals confidence in production demand and future releases for the studio and its partners.
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Hollywood
20Th Century Fox
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