Word: characterizations
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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George Friederich Handel, one of the greatest of Thorough Bass composers, made an important advance in the development of the concerto. In this period it was more common for composers to write a concerto grosso, a form of music in which a group of solo instruments are heard against a...
There is little to be gained in singling out the salient details of the film; every feature is outstanding. The scenes are only rivalled by the acting. We have never despised a woman more than Scarlett, nor loved one more than Melanie. We thought perhaps breeding would tell, but for...
And, on the whole, we should be happier not to find him in such an unfriendly world, mingling blood-feuds with his seductions and urbanity with his conforming to the mores of a primitive society. For the result fails of inclusion in any of the three categories of the old...
Miss Hellman has increased the ugliness of the play by chiselling each character to the bone. One or two incidents seemed a little more overwhelming than they had to be. Tallulah Bankhead, hungering for the fruits of wealth and waiting for her husband to die, performs to perfection the subtle...
"Mediator." Apart from the charm with which it is written, The Other Germany, by the son and daughter of Thomas Mann, is valuable as a discussion of important elements in Germany and in the German character which Europe's rebuilders will have to face. Like Rauschning, the Manns are...