Word: overeating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The pleasantly dissonant tuning up and chatter stopped in mid-note as the grey-haired man in the tan sport coat walked briskly across the stage to the podium. For a few silent moments his glance flickered over the musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, his shale-blue eyes and...
A Flat Stomach. When Bostonians heard Munch conduct their orchestra on his 1946 visit, his music had shocked some. It seemed more violent and more rushed, particularly in the allegro movements of Beethoven symphonies. But one man was not at all surprised when Munch was asked to succeed Koussy. The...
The orchestra to which Charles Munch has fallen heir was not the U.S.'s oldest. It was founded in 1881, 39 years after the New York Philharmonic. But it was the second oldest symphonic organization, and Conductor Munch was a descendant of a distinguished line of "permanent" conductors. Founder...
Summers in Paris. But most of the time, Charles Munch likes to work over scores at his small kidney-shaped desk or at the spinet piano in his study. On mornings when there is a rehearsal, he gets up at 8, eats an unusually hearty breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs...
Texas to the Congo. It was as simple as the first: to publish a speller that would include pronunciation, meaning and usage, with exercises to match. The new speller and workbook swept the nation. Over the years, every schoolchild in Texas and Alabama, and half of those in ten other...