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...Rome this spring have been a bit surprised to discover that most Europeans do not seem particularly interested in-let alone shocked by-the Watergate scandal. "They think wiretapping is immoral but inevitable," says a French journalist. It may also be, however, that Europeans are more intrigued by a spate of stories about illegal bugging closer to home. Items...
...Frederic Chopin. Chopin was a romanticist who detested the very word; Bach and Mozart were his gods. Nonetheless, the romantic volcano that he triggered continues to erupt over a century after his death. To many concertgoers, a great pianist still means a great Chopin pianist, and if the recent spate of Chopin recordings is an indication, the artists agree. Some of the best...
That a Harvard Paper should bother to print up such a spate of letters, however, comes as a great shock...
...form. SR Executive Editor Ronald P. Kriss says that there is a "cash-flow crisis." It is the second such crunch since last summer. Executive Committee Chairman Frederick S. Wyle, who represents the investors behind Veronis and Charney, confirmed last week that more funds are needed but denied the spate of rumors that one or more of the monthlies are about to fold. As part of a refinancing last fall, said Wyle, "we had planned to look for more money later. We've moved the plan forward...
Chapin believes that artistic matters should be left to artists. He regards himself strictly as an administrator "with veto power." Pending the arrival next season of Artistic Director Rafael Kubelik, this policy has created a certain decision vacuum, one result of which has been a spate of scheduling snafus. Looking over the spring rehearsal calendar, the manager of one conductor discovered his client and the singers were scheduled for rehearsals on different dates. "The Met used to be run like an efficient concentration camp," he growled. "Now it's run like an inefficient day camp." The second half...