Word: williamson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Occasionally they were joined by two lush lady harpsichordists in 18th-Century lace and velveteen. To all this harpsichordery their audience listened reverently, applauded with loud smacks. For they were listening to the No. 1 harpsichord team of the U. S.: Chicago's famed Philip Manuel and Gavin Williamson...
When they are not giving concerts, Chicago's Manuel & Williamson tinkle their harpsichords in privacy in a handsome old greystone house on the South Side. Its 14 large, high-ceilinged rooms are filled with obsolete instruments, antique pictures, books about music of the long ago. Inseparable bachelors, they act, talk, think alike, have identical handwriting, birthdays within 24 hours of each other (June 29 and 30). Though they have toured the whole U. S., they have never appeared in Manhattan because Manhattan concert managers insist that they hire their own hall...
...Manuel & Williamson all music written since the 18th Century has come a long way down hill. Occasionally, for relaxation, they visit the concerts of Frederick Stock's Chicago Symphony, consider the ponderous 19th-Century classics they hear there as comparative fluff. Last month when they heard Harpsichordist Yella Pessl play a lick of swing on a harpsichord broadcast, they turned away their dial in horror. Asked why they prefer 18th Century to all other music, they reply: "It makes us feel spiritually spick & span...
...ends Ivy Williamson has plenty of material--none of it more than adequate. Joe Zilly, the only letterman, is a tall rangy Junior, especially adept at snaring passes in the old Kelley manner, and may be developed into a first-class end if he can overcome his weakness on the defense. Brownie Brinkley, another Senior, played well early last season but was forced to drop football. Al Bartholemy, a Sophomore, and Tom Lussen, another Senior, better noted for his pole-vaulting prowess, are due for plenty of active service...
...Bigelow, III, John Morton Blum, John Crapo Bullard, Gaelen Lee Felt, John Michael Harrington, Jr., Robert Heywood Hoskins, Edward Eyre Hunt, Jr., Martin Collins Johnson, Allan Lewis Levine, Harold Thayer Meryman, Henry Whitney Munroe, Joseph Crawford Scott, Carl Bryce Seligman, Preston Wood Smith, Jr., John Leland Sosman, John Finley Williamson, Jr., Brooks Wright...