Montagu a driven polymath of love and learning
Anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu, author of Sex Man and Society, edits and writes across nations and disciplines. He values non stop work, reading, and writing over leisure, linking biology, gender, and human behavior to social change. He lives in Princeton with a vast library and a belief in love as the basis of all conduct. A Russian Journey by Jacob and Hogarth chronicles Soviet travel with sketches and narrative, praising Eastern Russia while noting bureaucratic hurdles.
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Putnam
Dr. Montagu
Harvard
Columbia
Alaric Jacob
Paul Hogarth
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Suzdal
Sanarkand
Central Asia
Jacob
Hogarth
Russia
Alice Tully Hall donor and singer's lasting influence
Alice Tully endowed a Lincoln Center recital hall focusing on listener comfort and acoustics. Born in Corning New York with ties to Steuben Glass, she pursued music in Paris and London, helped in WWII as a Civil Air Patrol pilot, and supported the Alliance Francaise and Maison Francaise at NYU.
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Houghton
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Paris
Jean Perier
Pelleas
Debussy
Pelleas Et Melisande
Twen
Salle Gaveau
Aeolian Hall
London
Wigmore Hall
Jordan Hall
Boston
Pietro Belluschi
New York
United States
Civil Air Patrol
Alliance Francaise
Maison Francaise
New York University
Alice Tully
California arts center a bold exciting venture
The article profiles the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, funded by Walt Disney with 54 million dollars to create a large modern arts center near Los Angeles. It outlines its aims, admission philosophy, and key musical faculty including Mel Powell, Rafael Druian, Mort Subotnick, and Leonid Hambro, highlighting an interdisciplinary, discipline-focused approach.
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Los Alamos
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Valencia
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Calaris
Los Angeles
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School of Music
Benny Goodman
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Mort Subotnick
Leonid Hambro
New York Philharmonic
Victor Borge
Dean Powell
Powell
Druian
Hambro
Subotnick
Acoustician Heinrich Keilholz Shapes Alice Tully Hall
Chronicle notes Heinrich Keilholz, a German acoustician, as key to the sound design of Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The article argues how modern halls blend architecture and acoustics and praises Keilholz for his role in recent, wood-inspired sonic success across major venues.
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Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
Heinrich Keilholz
Severance Hall
Cleveland
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Holz
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