Word: counterpoint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Heitor Villa-Lobos, 72, self-taught, prolific Brazilian composer who combined the counterpoint of Bach with the vigorous rhythms of native Brazilian music in more than 2,000 works (Bachianas Brasileiras, Seréstas), gloried in the fact that he constantly shifted his style, followed no one line of development or school, founded the Brazilian National Academy of Music, directed massive choruses drawn from all levels of the population; in Rio de Janeiro. In a life of strenuous activity, Villa-Lobos lived up to his own code: "Life is a gamble, and I'm for gambling." He voyaged...
After graduating Summa Cum Laude, he began teaching at the University in 1928. Piston became an associate professor in 1938 and a full professor in 1944. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music in 1948, and is the author of Harmony, Counterpoint, and Orchestra...
...felt was due the top Communist boss anyway. But after Los Angeles (TIME, Sept. 28) things changed. San Francisco was friendly and Conductor Khrushchev brought up his muted strings. While the theme never changed, the U.S. relaxed, sat back to listen and watch-even to drum a little counterpoint. Result: a grand show, spiced with pathos, comedy, touches of heavy drama, acrobatics-everything, in short, except Eliza and a cake...
This elaborate counterpoint confused even Confidante Maxwell, tireless companion of the rich, who had just thrown her annual party at Venice's Danieli. After consulting her friend "Ari," she supplied a breathless answer to the question of whether Callas and Onassis would marry: "I guess...
...something "wildly irregular."] Malvolio has a phrase in the play, "the fools' zanies." I'll just interpret that as "the Fool's zanies" and create two new characters, a singing zany and a dancing zany, to accompany Feste the Fool; and the three of them will provide a running counterpoint throughout the show...