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...stunt was conceived and conducted by Leonard Bernstein, music's most gifted showman. The proceedings of that TV program and of several others are collected in a bestselling book in which Conductor Bernstein proves himself as handy a man with a pen as he is with a baton...
...critics fumed about "the cynical impudence of this brutal music maker." The response was characteristic of most Mahler premières. Venerated by a handful of his fellow musicians, Mahler was misunderstood by his public and despised as a martinet by the singers and players who performed under his baton. Now, in the centennial year of his birth, the musical world is taking a fresh look at the last of the great Austrian symphonists. A spate of anniversary performances was inaugurated last week by the New York Philharmonic, playing Mahler's Fifth Symphony under Guest Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos...
Steak v. Duck. On Monday, Dietzel flew to Natchez to talk to young Perry Lee of L.S.U.'s winning tradition, national reputation, big stadium and aca demic standing. Next day Dietzel had the boy flown down to Baton Rouge for a two-day stay, produced All-America Billy Cannon to chat with his prospect. Thursday, back in Natchez, Perry Lee had a steak with Coach Wade Walker of Mississippi State, then excused himself to down another with L.S.U.'s Quarterback Warren Rabb and two other players specially flown in by Dr. Phillips...
...Radcliffe seniors were elected to the Radcliffe chapter of Phi Beta Kappa: Rowena M. Green, of Madison, Wisc., a concentrator in Biology; Gall W. Lapidus, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Government; Anne G. Tanner, of Baton Rouge, La., Social Relation; Barbara L. Talamo, of Washington, D.C., Biochemistry; Lise A. Vogel, of New York City, Mathematics; and Phyllis Williamson, of Providence, R.I., History and Literature...
...sultry night air, the chant from the Louisiana State fans was plaintive and profane: "Go to hell, Ole Miss, go to hell." Down on the field at Baton Rouge's Tiger Stadium, Mississippi not only had a 3-0 lead in the fourth quarter, but was insolently twisting the L.S.U. Tiger's tail. So confident was the Mississippi quarterback of his team's defense that he was kicking on first down, hoping that tired L.S.U. would fumble deep in its own territory...