Word: maestro
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...little maestro, apprehensive that the orchestra was no longer what it used to be, arrived for his first rehearsal an hour ahead of time. But by rehearsal's end he was pleased as Punch. Said he: "They have remembered everything I taught them. Nothing is missing...
...rhythm of the first four notes), and will probably survive many more. The recent Columbia recording of the Fifth is the most satisfactory to date, Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic giving it a more intelligent and broadly conceived reading than that of the present Toscanini recording wherein the Maestro's excessive zeal transformed the first movement into a severe case of the jitters...
...always been dedicated to the three Bs - Barrelhouse, Boogie-woogie and the Blues. So conceived and so dedicated, it has endured since 1940, giving twelve of NBC's staff musicians a weekly opportuni ty to cut "Maestro"' loose Paul with Laval the and joint "Dr." Henry conductors, ("Hot-lips'") Levine (trumpeter with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band...
Trained in Vienna, the maestro worked under both Bruno Walter and the great Toscanini, before being recommended to the Metropolitan in 1938. After a short period of adjustment, Leinsdorf emerged as a leading man in the company's staff, his versatility being complemented by his understanding and genius for Wagner...
...product of Leopold Stokowski's 1940 pilgrimage to South America with his Youth Orchestra came to light this month: a pair of lively albums (Native Brazilian Music, Vols. 1 & 2; Columbia; 8 sides each) made in Rio by native groups under the platinum-haired maestro's guiding hand. Local orchestras play sambas (the best most danceable to date) and macumhas with dizzy cross rhythms. Pixinguingha, a 250-pound Negro medal winner of the Brazilian National Academy of Music, puts in some featherweight flute-playing. Two sides are emboladas: as folkish to Brazilians as Frankie and Johnny...