Forgotten Painter Returns from Obscurity in New Book and Exhibit
NEW YORK AP says Rufus Porter, a self taught American primitive artist and prolific inventor, is recalled through the book Rufus Porter Yankee Pioneer by Jean Lipman and a Whitney Museum exhibit of his 10 wall paintings from a Westwood house. Porter, born 1790s and died 1884, combined painting with inventive schemes from flying machines to a revolving rifle later linked to Colt.
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New York
Rufus Porter
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo
Samuel F. B. Morse
Porter
Jean Lipman
Clarkson N. Potter Inc
Whitney Museum of American Art
Westwood
Mass
Northwest
Hawaii
New England
Colt
Samuel Colt
California
East Coast
West Coast
Jesus and the Zealots in Primitive Christianity study
Robert Marks reviews Dr. S. G. F. Brandon’s book arguing Jesus was a Zealot and a political rebel in Judea under Roman rule. The author traces Jewish factions, the 66 70 A.D. upheavals, crucifixion as Roman method, and the Kingdom motif in gospels versus Messiah as atonement.
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Jesus
Brandon
British
Royal Chaplain Corps
University of Manchester
Judea
Galilee
Roman Empire
Babylon
B. C
Pompey
Jerusalem
Temple
Empire
Israel
Barabbas
Jesus of Nazareth
Kingdom of
Rome
Christ
New Snow Novel Is Dull Reading Review
Book review of The Sleep of Reason by C. P. Snow, England 1962. Sir Lewis Eliot, late 50s, retired civil servant and writer, navigates Oxford Cambridge society while tepidly engaging with a vice chancellor dispute and a trial about a torturing killing. The piece condemns the novel as digressive, dull, and overly reverent to 19th century traits.
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England
Time
Sir Lewis Eliot
Eliot
Cambridge University
Snow
Mas
Music Composer Taps Junkyard For New Sounds
Dallas based composer Dr. Donald Erb explores junkyard objects as percussion ideas for future orchestral works. He plans a Broadway wrecking yard inspired percussion concerto and an April premiere, blending electronic tape with live orchestra. Erb predicts electronics will redefine music with future players controlling devices yet unnamed.
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Christine M. Hanson
Associated Press
Dallas
Donald Erb
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Erb
Eric
Broadway Wrecking
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald Johanes
Dallas Orchestra
Dallas Symphony
Earl
Cleveland Institute of Music
Ert
Music Notes on Ed ith Peinemann and Atlanta Concerts
Music critic discusses Edith Peinemann rescheduled High Point recital and program including Schumann Bach Debussy Brahms Mozart and Ravel. He contrasts Atlanta Orchestra under Shaw with Sopkin era and praises international conductors while defending reviews and praising Atlanta Art Center and Orchestra Hall.
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Z. Melnikov Enterprise Music
Edith Peinemann
High Point Community Assn
Lew Lewis
Fine Arts
High Point College
Schumann
Bach
Debussy
Brahms
Mozart
Ravel
Greensboro Civic
Music Assn
Shirley Verrett
Metropolitan
Orchestra de Paris
Atlanta Symphony
Shaw
Atlanta Orchestra
Shirley L. Rivers
Atlanta
High Point
Enterprise
Rivers
High Foint
Robert Shaw
Henry Sopkin
Serge Baudo
Cleveland
Zell
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ormjandy
Art
Jet Set Turns Into Ski Set Snow Gods
Frederic Morton’s World Publishing satire follows a glamorous elite enclave in a Swiss Alpine resort. A power hungry airline owner, a racially charged mime, a neurotic writer, and a German pianist collide in a world of status and publicity as Morton mocks their luxury obsessed lives.
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Frederic Morton
World Publishing
Morton
New York
Force 10 From Navarone Sequel by Alistair MacLean
Intrigue and action drive a continuation of The Guns of Navarone as Capt Mallory and Dusty Miller lead three Marines on a mission in Yugoslavia to aid Partisans, rescue British agents, and assault a dam and bridge amid German and armored forces in a high Bosnian valley.
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Keith Mallory
New Zealand
Dusty Miller
Andreas Stavros
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Marshal Tito
Mallory
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