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...Chen had bolder dreams, which might now be in his grasp. He had sung...
...this is too much for Composer Villa-Lobos, or probably anyone else, to triumph over. It is yet a tribute to him that Magdalena is often something to be enjoyed rather than endured. Some of his music is pleasantly (and all the more pleasantly for being well sung) in the florid, full-bosomed tradition of operetta; while the best of it has real color and wit, is truly folkish or stylish. On the good side, too, are some of Jack Cole's slithery dances, and the genuine if old-fashioned showmanship of Singing Comedienne Irra Petina (Song of Norway...
...America is systematically inculcated in Russians. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow (relates Welles) never locks its front door-because the penalties for associating with Americans are far heavier than the penalties for theft. He recalls Lenin's words: "We cannot live in peace; memorial services will either be sung over the Soviet republic or world capitalism." Welles nevertheless believes that war with Russia can be avoided forever if the U.S. will help non-Communist countries to help themselves...
...crowd, predominantly young with a sprinkling of greyheads, rose to its feet, cheering wildly. It clapped to hot music and spirituals sung by a Negro quartet. It listened, hushed, as Paul Robeson sang Ol' Man River, and applauded the Negro baritone when he declared: "I want to share with you the spirit of triumph I feel in the strength of Henry Wallace. He has marched into the Southland and given hope to Negroes all over the land...
...Pianist Artur Schnabel. They had seen Mozart's operatic masterpieces, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan Tutti, given with polish by a company that is fast becoming the best in the business-Britain's Glyndebourne. They had heard superlative choral works, including Bach's B Minor Mass, sung by a chorus with few peers-the Huddersfield Choral Society...