Word: christopher
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...Christoph Wolff, the Music Department's chairman, said Friday both offers were made in an effort to tie together the department's programs in composition and scholarship He said he hopes to hear decisions from them by the spring...
When the Cleveland Orchestra recently chose a new music director, it reached across the Atlantic to select Christoph von Dohnányi, a German of Hungarian descent who is head of the Hamburg State Opera. It is a familiar story. Once again a major U.S. conducting post has gone to a foreign-born musician. Where are all the Americans...
...blameless. "We believe the Europeans are too timid in dealing with paci fist sentiment," says a Pentagon official. "They see no political rewards for themselves in speaking out on nuclear weapons policy and tend to back away from the debate. These governments have to do it for themselves." Says Christoph Bertram, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies: "There are a lot of people in West Germany today who would accept a reasonable explanation of why the government believes [defense] is so important. The people are confused and frightened, and the current level of debate makes...
...there is more than just naiveté involved in West Germany's dilemma about its policy toward the Soviet Union. The country is at a watershed. Says Christoph Bertram, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies: "The Federal Republic is simply much more affected than most other European countries by the state of East-West relations. As it has profited from détente between East and West more than most other Western countries, so it will suffer from a decline or breakdown of détente more than most others...
...Baroque opera the voices have primacy. Some musicologists feel that the instruments have been overemphasized in contemporary performances of Baroque opera. Says Christoph Wolff, chairman of the music department at Harvard...