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...excludes him in, and satirizes the egomania of stars by scraping the mike head along the floor like a vacuum cleaner during Hambro's only solo number. Later, in a howling display of virtuosity, the duo intertwine legs, arms and hands and march their fingers up the keyboard in a centipede's version of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody. With the election over, Borge has also decided that the White House is in humor's public domain again: "I had the great honor [muttered aside] and vice versa to meet the President of the United States...
...practically profitable jobs as laying out real estate subdivisions. Dozens of other whirring and flashing machines demonstrated how they simulate Gemini space flights, balance million-dollar corporate ledgers in a split second, or tap out a frighteningly human message-"Oh, that tickles"-in response to a rap on the keyboard. Such was the scene at the semiannual Joint Computer Conference, where many of the 5,000 producers, programmers and users in attendance boasted that their machines now can do any job that can be defined...
BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, PART 1 (2 LPs; Archiv). "Clavier" means keyboard, and no one knows whether these preludes and fugues were written for harpsichord, organ or clavichord. Ralph Kirkpatrick is recording them on the clavichord, preferring its subtlety. Infinitely varied within their small compass, like snowflakes, the pieces have a severe fascination when played on the soft, monochromatic instrument. The late Wanda Landowska chose the harpsichord as her clavier, and her performances (RCA Victor) will be preferred by listeners who demand greater contrast and majesty...
...because the performer is so exposed. Fernando Valenti need fear no such exposure, and has recorded more than 400 of Scarlatti's short sonatas. Scarlatti started to write them when he was 53; all but one of these twelve were written in his late 60s, when his earlier keyboard virtuosity made way for more provocative harmonies and modulations. Valenti's interpretation is vigorous, with a flamenco flair now and then, well-suited to Scarlatti's Spanish side...
Each electronic learner had daily half-hour sessions in an isolation booth outfitted with one of the devices. First he was allowed to noodle on the keyboard, pressing keys at random; each time he hit a key, the corresponding letter materialized two ways: typed jumbo-size on the paper in the machine and spoken by a recorded voice. After two or three sessions, the recorded voice began to assume more authority: instead of repeating letters as they were struck, it started to dictate them to the pupil. All keys on the typewriter locked except for the demanded letter...