Comparing Generations: Musicians and Athletes Through Time
The piece argues that comparing leaders and champions across eras is entertaining but flawed. It notes that record-breaking feats like the 100 yard dash and four minute mile surpassed old limits. It contends skill in piano and violin cannot be fairly measured against athletic events, and many modern pianists surpass 19th century masters in discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
Rocky Graziano
Willy Mays
Ty Cobb
Duke of Wellington
Gen. MacArthur
Liszt
Paganini
Standards and Stars in Opera and Piano Performance
A reflective piece on changing musical standards from operatic embellishments to strict fidelity to the score. It notes past diva liberties, conductor edits, and the shift toward disciplined technique, praising modern pianists Horowitz Serkin Rubinstein and others while contrasting with historic improvisation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toscanini
Stokowski
Tanglewood 25th Anniversary Berkshire Festival Concert
The Boston Symphony Orchestra marks the Berkshire Music Center's 25th anniversary with a July 25 Berkshire Festival concert at Tanglewood conducted by Seiji Ozawa, featuring Beethoven Triple Concerto with Stern Rose Istomin and Franck Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Berkshire Music Center
Tanglewood
Serge Koussevitzky
Music Center
Boston Symphony
Sciji Ozawa
New York Philharmonic
Chicago
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Ozawa
Isaac Stern
Leonard Rose
Eugene Istomin
Franck
Hindemith
The
Tanglewood Institute
Symphony Hall
Boston
Mass
Movie Timetable and Drive-In Listings Summary
Palace shows The Truth About Spring at 2 30 5 45 9 90 Blood on the Arrow at 1 00 4 50 7 30 Union Square screens Behold a Pale Horse at 2 30 5 50 9 10 The Outlaws Is Coming at 1 00 4 20 Berkshire Drive-In features Young Hawkes at 8 00 None But the Brave at 9 50 Pittstidd DriveIn offers I d Rather Be Rich at 8 00 Strange Bedfellows at 9 45 Sunset Drive-In presents John Goldfarb Please Come Home at 9 40 Shack Treatment at 7 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Square
Berkshire Drive-In
Pittstidd
Sunset Drive-In
John Goldfarb
Bond Connery to star with Claudine Auger in Thunder Ball
Hollywood reports Sean Connery will lead in Thunder Ball with Claudine Auger, a 23 year old French beauty, as the film's new leading lady. The project marks another high profile joining for the James Bond franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ufi
Sean Games
Bond Connery
Claudine Auger
Phillips Simpson Lead Roles in Sound of Music
Vickie Phillips stars as Maria and Norman Simpson as Captain von Trapp in Town Players production of The Sound of Music at Wahconah Regional High School Dalton May 14 15 21 and 22 with an extra show May 16 at 2 30 p m. Phillips serves as children s director and Workshop director. Simpson has directed three Town Players plays and teaches drama at Berkshire Country Day School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Players
Vickie Phillips
Maria Rainer
Norman Simpson
Georg von ‘Trapp
the Sound of Music
Town Players Workshop
Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Fred Graham
Kate
the Duke
Berkshire Playhouse
Berkshire Country Day School
Lee
Wahconah
I Dalton
Dalton
Wabonah Regional
Wolfe hits New Yorker as Salinger and peers defend Shawn
Tom Wolfe skewers the New Yorker in a Trib magazine piece April 11 and 18 with E B White and other contributors replying. Debate centers on Wolfe's portrait of William Shawn, the paper’s editor, and the magazine’s role in public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wolfe
New York Herald Tribune
New Yorker
William Shawn
Trib
New York
E. B. White
Wolfe
Shawn
Tribune
Free Press
J. D. Salinger
Muriel Spark
Richard Revere
Ved Metha
Boston
George Frazier
Joseph Alsop
Harvard
Viet Nam
West 43d Street
Harold Ross
Alsop
The
John Hersey
Hiroshima
James Baldwin
Dwight MacDonald
Michael Harrington
America
Rachel Carson
Hannah Arendt
Eichmann Itl
Jerusalem
Selma
Berkeley
Taylor
Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy
Margo Miler
Bostom
Bridge Loops to Six Spades Aboard a Plank Strategy
In a complex bridge problem, South should avoid leaping to six spades. A three clubs bid creates a plank to slam, masking the intended club force and guiding the play. The reader is guided through what hand signals and leads shape the final contract, with a focus on deceptive bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Dummy
Diamond Holdings
West
East
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Schumann
Horowitz
Serkin
Arthur Rubinstein
Richter
Chopin
Ole Bull
Koussevitzky
Serge Kousky
Fom
Tangiewood
Charles Munch
Erich Leinsdorf
Brando
UPI
Marlon Brando
Sam Spiegel
Marty Poppins
Shirley Maclaine
Peter Ustino
Richard Crenna
Pittskelp
Frank Siratra
Tatsuya Mihashi
Takeshi Kato
Howard
Sohn Tst
Frank Snara
Youngblood
RTE
Tere
South Vietnam
Phillips
A Wolfe
Margo Miller
Alfred Sheinwold
Neavy
Rex In
Harrison
Movieland Waa Ie
Hayley Mills
John Mills
James MacArthur
Date Robertson
Walt Disney
Werrial BD
Galton Ave
San
Mon
Three Stooges
Dio
Gregory Peck Anthony
Quinn
DWO
Bagcki
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