Word: budapests
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...three evenings a group of American ambassadors scored a triumph for the U.S. that diplomats or dollars have rarely matched. The language was international, and the Americans spoke it eloquently. The successful envoys: the 102 members of the touring Philadelphia Orchestra and Conductor Eugene Ormandy. When Budapest-born, U.S.-naturalized Ormandy and his musicians finished their series of Paris concerts last week, they had a fistful of rave reviews...
...Budapest, a man asked a party propagandist the difference between a capitalist and a Communist. "That's easy," said the comrade. "The capitalist loves money above all else, while the Communist values the human being." "I see," said the student. "That's why capitalists lock up their money, while the Communists lock up people...
...week's end reports were leaking through of widespread arrests among Nagy followers in Budapest. As for Nagy a few days after Malenkov's fall, he had taken to his bed with a "serious heart condition...
...opening its Concert Series with the Budapest Quartet and closing on Sunday afternoon with the Paganini, Picrian sodality has made comparisons inevitable. The contrast, however, is not of mere quality--both are superb organizations--but rather of differing musical conceptions...
Beethoven's Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 received similar treatment. Particularly for this piece, comparison with the Budapest group became unavoidable. Many people insist that Beethoven's chamber music be performed with the masculine vigor of the Budapest, for all its lack of suavity. The Paganini, on the other hand, emphasized grace and subtlety. But from a critical standpoint, the integrity of either approach is unquestionable. The greatness of the Paganini Quartet lies in the perfection of its own musical objectives...