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...illuminated music manuscripts ever held in the U.S. One of its finest items (lent by the Cleveland Museum of Art) is reproduced on the following page. Below the figure of Christ enthroned in a huge capital A is the opening of a hymn which begins, "Aspiciens alonge, ecce, video dei potentiam" (As I look from afar, behold, I see the power of God). The square music notation is a style still used for Gregorian chant...
...Milan last year, Art Critic Lionello Venturi paused before The Martyrdom of St. Matthew, famed masterpiece of 17th century Michelangelo da Caravaggio. Venturi had seen the painting often before in Rome's dimly lit church of San Luigi dei Francesi. But this time, aided by the strong artificial light of the Milan gallery, where it was on loan, he thought he saw a vague overlapping of paint surfaces around the fallen figure of St. Matthew. He persuaded government art authorities to X-ray the canvas...
...Forte dei Marmi (Lucca), Italy...
...piece orchestra and three male soloists. Lovers of La Bohème and Tosca recognized in the youthful sacred work hints of those later sensuous operas. Listeners familiar with the composer's Manon Lescaut got a bit of a turn at the end: the peaceful Agnus Dei of the Mass was note-for-note identical with Manon's madrigal...
From one point point of view, the reign of George VI might be considered a succession of dismal retreats and impoverishments, broken only by a gratifying climax to the second world war. British coin, which at the beginning of his reign was enscribed with "Georgius VI Dei Gra Britt Omn Rex Fid Def Ind Imp" and was worth nearly $5 a pound, now says simply "Georgius VI Dei Gra Britt Omn Rex Fid Def" and is worth $2.80. The structure of the Commonwealth has become a good deal more flexible, and the entire Commonwealth has been overshadowed by the great...