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    Edwin Olin Downes, better known as Olin Downes (January 27, 1886 – August 22, 1955), was an American music critic, known as "Sibelius's Apostle" for his...
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    critic Olin Downes wrote that the piece is very simple at climaxes but reasoned that the simple chords create significance for the piece. Downes went on...
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  • Aldrich (February 1, 1920). "The Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 21. Olin Downes (February 18, 1927). "Hailed As Best American Opera" (PDF). pp. 1, 24...
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    Kenneth Edward Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, television director, and producer. As an actor, Olin is known for his role as Michael Steadman...
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  • ISBN 978-0-87930-638-0 Downes, Olin (April 11, 1926). Programs of an Orchestra Season Qualities of Works of Modern Men. The New York Times Downes, Olin (October 9...
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    Olin Corporation is an American manufacturer of ammunition, chlorine, and sodium hydroxide. The company traces its roots to two companies, both founded...
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  • The Franklin W. Olin Foundation, founded as the Olin Foundation in 1938 by Franklin W. Olin, was an independent grantmaking foundation from its founding...
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  • Edward Olin Davenport Downes (August 12, 1911 – December 26, 2001) was an American musicologist, professor, radio personality, and music critic. He was...
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    leading critics included Eric Blom, Neville Cardus, Martin Cooper, Olin Downes, Harold C. Schonberg and Virgil Thomson. Influential music critics from...
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    New York Times. p. 18. Olin Downes (January 3, 1924). "Music; Tragedy and Comedy at Opera". The New York Times. p. 13. Olin Downes (January 3, 1926). "Opera:...
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    concertgoer excited with the sensation of a new talent finding its voice." —Olin Downes, The New York Times, February 1924 In contrast to the warm reception...
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  • Charwoman (uncredited) Emile Boreo as Henry Walter Damrosch (conductor) Olin Downes (music critic) Jascha Heifetz (violinist) Harry James (trumpeter) Vaughn...
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  • Library for the Performing Arts: Folder: Philadelphia Civic Opera Company Olin Downes, "STRAUSS OPERA HAS AMERICAN PREMIERE; Feuersnoth, in One Act, Is Sung...
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    life is now in ruins, collapses in grief after a final frantic aria. Olin Downes (April 23, 1939). "New Radio Opera of Menotti Given: The Old Maid and...
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  • conducted by Arturo Toscanini, and it was well received, according to Olin Downes' review for the New York Times. Toscanini, who championed the overture...
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  • professional golfer Olin Hatfield Chilson (1903–1991), United states federal judge Olin Downes (1886–1955), American music critic Olin Dows (1904–1981),...
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  • his orchestra. Jazz began to be recognized as a notable musical form. Olin Downes, reviewing the concert in The New York Times, wrote, "This composition...
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    life. Later in life, Sibelius was championed by the American critic Olin Downes, who wrote a biography of the composer. In 1938 Theodor Adorno wrote...
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    prior to the premiere. Olin Downes of The New York Times described this lack of disclosure as a "dense secret". Of the libretto Downes stated, "The book is...
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    Schwartz, Alexandra (January 15, 2024). "Retrospective". The New Yorker. Olin Downes. The Opera: Scotti Cheered as Chim-Fen in "L'Oracolo"-Tribute to Mme...
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    Downes (Irish: Ó Dubháin), is a surname of Irish and English origin, and may refer to: Aaron Downes (born 1985), Australian footballer Aidan Downes (born...
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    "Ancient Aztec clothing". www.aztec-history.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021. Olin Downes (November 4, 1942). "Double Bill Given by the New Opera: Damrosch's 'The...
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  • 1952. Olin Downes (August 11, 1952). "TANGLEWOOD ENDS WITH BERLIOZ OPUS; Munch Conducts His Requiem in 1952 Finale". The New York Times. Olin Downes (March...
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    Retrieved 4 June 2017. Downes, Olin (21 February 1936). "Toscanini Offers Eloquent Pianist". The New York Times. Downes, Olin (12 January 1937). "Rudolf...
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    The symphony was received tepidly in the Soviet Union and the West. Olin Downes expressed his disappointment in the piece, but Carlos Chávez, who had...
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    "Madagascan Songs" "The Child and the Spells" In The New York Times Olin Downes wrote, "Mr. Ravel has pursued his way as an artist quietly and very well...
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    know" the piece. Horowitz's rapport with his audience was phenomenal. Olin Downes, writing for The New York Times, was critical about the tug of war between...
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  • with exception to The Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Rite of Spring. Olin Downes of The New York Times too hailed the quality of sound that Fantasound...
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  • Tommasini's full name, Anthony Carl Tommasini, in Tommasini (1984, p. 234) Olin Downes was chief classical music critic for 31 years, from 1924 to 1955. Nancy...
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    able to inform the New York Times music critic Olin Downes—one of his greatest admirers—that he had set down two movements of the Eighth on paper and had...
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