Word: maestro
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...Chicago we shall established our headquarters; from Chicago we shall disseminate our information." Feodor Chaliapin, famed Russian basso: "At a rehearsal in Chicago for Boris Godunov, opening opera of the season, I lost my temper. ' Imbeciles! Pigs! ' roared I to the musicians. Maestro Spadoni, who was in charge, stalked toward me, hit me squarely on the nose." Clara Clemens, daughter of the late Mark Twain: "At Town Hall, Manhattan, I gave a recital. Said the critics: 'Sincere, eager, creator of a poetic atmosphere . . . technical shortcomings as a singer . . . indistinct pronunciation.' My husband, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, who usually...
...gala night came. The public, respectfully heeding the great maestro's command that no late comer be admitted, arrived in early crowds. They were greeted by a file of soldiers who lined the lobby and began searching everybody. The search went slowly and the crowd swelled before the theatre. The people who had been searched trooped back to check their cloaks. In the cloakroom stood the same single old fellow of yore. Nobody had thought of putting on extra help for the wholesale cloak checking. Between these two sources of delay only a few hundred people got into the auditorium...
Today's program for the organ recital which is one in the series being given daily during the period of the final examinations is as follows: Fifth organ SonataMendelssohn Andante. Andante con moto. Allegre maestro...
...established an enviable reputation for Stanford when it sang at the Pasadena Easter Sunrise Concert at the Hotel Huntington. In San Francisco music lovers showed their approval of the organization by giving it seven curtain calls at a special Sunday morning concert at the California Theatre. L. H. Behymer, Maestro-Impresario of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and probably the greatest musical manager of the Pacific Coast, recommends the Club as follows: "Stanford's Glee Club is the best of its class I have ever heard in my musical career...
...Maestro's Virgin" is the narration of an incident in the life of Perugino. It is charmingly told, and the article shows great care...