Obituary: Leonard Pennario

www.guardian.co.uk | Jul 28, 2008

The American pianist Leonard Pennario, who has died aged 83, had one of the great concert and recording careers of the postwar era. Yet he was a public figure more akin to the Hollywood golden-age movie stars among whom he lived than a conventional classical musician.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/29/classicalmusicandopera.usa?gusrc=rss&feed=music

Let's Pay Tribute to the Spectacular Wrongness of William F. Buckley

www.alternet.org | Mar 5, 2008

He could throw around more ten-dollar words than his beloved Catholic Church has sinners (even excluding the priesthood). He knew all the right places to ski and the proper wines to drink while listening to this concerto or appreciating that symphony.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/78662/

Design/Miami: A Musical Racket -- by Design

blog.fastcompany.com | Dec 10, 2007

<p>George Antheil, the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music," was likely rockin' in his grave last Friday night as partygoers wearing earplugs gathered at the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami to hear his crazy composition the way it was designed to be heard -- a mere 80 years after he first wrote it. The

http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/12/10/designmiami_a_musical_racket_by_design.html

Search Results - Week in Review: Stocks and News

At year's end, I watch Charles Osgood's "Sunday Morning" and its annual celebration of the lives of some of those who died during the past year. Two of my all time favorites, Victor Borge, and Jason Robards, were among those on the list.

http://www.stocksandnews.com/searchresults.asp?Id=168&adate=1/9/2001

Historical – Charlotte County Government

The purpose of the program is to increase public awareness of the rich cultural heritage of the county, to encourage historic preservation and to enhance the enjoyment of local historic sites by its citizens and tourists.

http://www.charlottecountyfl.com/Historical/historicalmarkers.asp?big=110

Once the danger-point is reached, the sound produced by the whistle, M, does not cease till the...

www.flightglobal.com

Once the danger-point is reached, the sound produced by the whistle, M, does not cease till the speed has been reduced to its normal, but increases in proportion to the velocity of the current of air.

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1910/1910%20-%200734.PDF

CRAFTS

( 20 cm x 25 cm). Very nice original brown pictorial cloth gt. Many interesting advertisements on front and black endpapers ( illustrated, for example: a screw-cutting lathe, camera, electric bells, Watchmakers and Jeweller s Lather, Tool chest, printing press.

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NewMusicBox

The self-styled "Bad Boy of Music" (the title of his 1945 autobiography), George Antheil sparked riotous clamor with the first performances of his piano works in 1923.

http://www.newmusicbox.com/page.nmbx?id=54tp15