Word: iberia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Circus Maximus episode. Lions roared. Christians sang their martyr songs. Part of it would make excellent accompaniment for a Griffith cinema with its bells and serenades and saltarellos, but Toscanini made it seem important for itself, almost a worthy companion to Debussy's Iberia, which followed; and to the Tannhauser overture which, for once, said all that Wagner intended...
...Ambassadeur there was an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Loyola University, such as was given to le Maréchal Foch some years ago. Then they set out with Maurice de Simonin, the French consul-general, for the small towns and villages-Donaldsonville, Napoleonville, St. Martinville, New Iberia, in the bayou country...
This program will open with Berlioz' "Overture to 'Benvenuto Cellini'", and will continue with Brahms' "Symphony No. 3" and Debussy's "'Iberia': 'Images' for Orchestra No. 2", concluding with Stravinsky's "Orchestral Suite from the Ballet, 'Petrouchka...