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...have to have a tradition. You can't tear it all to pieces and expect to produce anything important. Composers from Mozart to Richard Strauss changed the language slightly, but it still remained the same language. Basing my judgment on his operas, I would say Strauss is the greatest composer of the 20th century. Leoš Janáček is another great composer, who is just beginning to be discovered...
Since many of the faithful had come at 11 p.m. to hear chamber music, by 1:30 in the morning it was clear that an intermission was more a curse than a blessing. Professor Yannatos eliminated it, conducting the well-known Strauss Till Eulenspiegel right after the Prokofiev. It was a perfectly light-hearted conclusion to an unusual evening. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra has demonstrated an exciting and impressive level of skill in their second concert of the season...
...changing critical climate seems to make Sir James uneasy. "I hope our public realizes that we're not going to change in the same way," he says. "We're in the business to make money, not to win Oscars. If the public decided tomorrow that it wanted Strauss waltzes, we'd be in the Strauss waltz business...
When Jahn opened his second restaurant in Stuttgart, he wanted a suitable name, redolent of Austria. From Johann Strauss's Tales from the Vienna Woods, inspiration struck. Jahn traveled to the U.S. "to learn the system"-and then added a thick Germanic accent...
Intramural standings are not only a matter of House pride. At the end of the season each House accumulates points towards the Strauss cup which is presented to the House with the most points at the end of the year...