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SIR WINSTON'S FINEST STORY: The Magnificent First Volume of His History of the English-Speaking Peoples; in ..

... ces of a close friend of Beethoven's, adding, in his explanatory note, that this man, Zmeskall, was, of all the people who appeared for any length of time in Beethoven's life, quite literally the only one with whom Beethoven never fell out for so much ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1956
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1581 | Page: 40 | Tags: Review 

JESUS THROUGH THE EYES OF MARY

... 1809 he died, his long life spanning one of the greatest of all musical ages, and the period when Mozart at one end and Beethoven at the other were enriching the world with their genius. Joseph Haydn His Art, Times and Glory (Gollancz. 1 8s.) is a worthy ...

Published: Saturday 20 January 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1675 | Page: 36 | Tags: Review 

MUSIC AND MOTORS: The Careers of Artur Schnabel and Louis Renault; Autobiography of a Clippie; European Unity ..

... musician, and it is as a musician of wide appreciation as well as a brilliant pianist that he will be remembered. Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert were to him the three great composers and his interpretation of their music was unforget table. In Mr. Cesar ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1957
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1662 | Page: 34 | Tags: Review 

A SCOTSWOMAN IN EGYPT: Reminiscences of Seven Years in an Egyptian Village; Assessment of Toscanini; An Eye ..

... subject. THE TOSCANINI LEGACY (Putnam. 30s.) is a critical study, by Mr. Spike Hughes, of Arturo Toscanini's performances of Beethoven, Verdi, Brahms, Mozart and other composers' works. The legacy that Toscanini left behind him is really in two parts: the ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1959
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1794 | Page: 35 | Tags: Review 

THE VIVANDIÈRE PAR EXCELLENCE: Juana de Leon, Whose Romance with Harry Smith Provides a Dramatic and Vital Story

... d hypochondriac, an Englishwoman who believes that she has married beneath her and who finds her only solace in playing Beethoven sonatas. The elder daughter works as a sheepherder and spends most of the day in a saddle, but has a mute longing for some ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1952
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1653 | Page: 36 | Tags: Review 

A BOURBON OF BOURBONS: A Biography of a Seventeenth-century French Duchess; a Study of an Elizabethan Countess; ..

... frustrations and setbacks and, as he prepares for death, he decides that he will be ready to go and that Bach and Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, will play me out. A sober but never a depressing book, objective to a degree and with an unornamented style ...

Published: Saturday 18 April 1959
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1787 | Page: 36 | Tags: Review 

THE BULWARK OF THE CHANNEL: English Sea Power on the Narrow Seas; In the North of Alaska and the Australian ..

... the Royal Festival Hall in London. With the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Josef Krips, he is playing all five Beethoven concertos during the ninth series of concerts of music by the composer. The last concert is on Monday, June I. Although his ...

Published: Saturday 30 May 1959
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1867 | Page: 35 | Tags: Review 

A MAN OF MANY PARTS: Théophile Gautier, French Poet, Critic, Painter and Journalist; A History of Modern ..

... EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: Otto Klemperer conducts the Phiiharmonia Orchestra at the Usher Hall. The orchestra played a Beethoven programme, opening with the Consecration of the House overture, followed by the Sixth Symphony. With the main work, the Fifth ...

Published: Saturday 06 September 1958
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2288 | Page: 37 | Tags: Review