The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-16


the Toscanini concerts (The Stream
Mr.. Leonard brings an orthodox
musical background to his work
which is concise, readable and en-
phasizes the human element. He
says: &c. If we are to find the
meaning of any piece of music, the
reasons for its peculiar form and
style, we must look to the artist
himself"
BY sympathetic Interpretation OF
the life and times of such men as
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven through
to Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Sibe-
Illus he tells the whole story of Gre
alive music.
While this book Is aimed at the
reader who seeks appreciation" Of
music rather than the student, the
vast amount of material which has
been compressed and correlated il
small space will interest, and profit
the professional musician as well.
Soviet Russia's liberal encourage.
ment and assistance Is in a large
part responsible for the successful
biography of composer Peter Ilich
Tchaikovsky just completed blu mu-
sic historian Herbert Weinstock
'"Tchaikovsky" (Knopf: So is the
first such work in English since
1906, and it contains much hither-
to untranslated material which has
been discovered by Russian re-
searcherS.
Weinstock writes of Tchaikovsky
the man and dwells on his music in
a secondary vein. That the music
master had an eventful life Is not
doubted and a new insight into the
many incidents of his years in 10th
century Russia Is given through ex-
animation of his correspondence and
his dealings with friends and pub
llshers. Fully reported are his IA
nous writings to his inspirational
guide, Nadezhda Won Meek.
In addition to being the first COM
plete Tchaikovsky biography in Eng
fish, the book includes as an ad-
denda full list of his compositions
The language is rough-but the
action is rough. The characters
are tough-but the action is tough.
And in such way Is written Will
liam Martin Camps Retreat, He'll"
appleton Century: So.
IT'S a novel, one built around the
Marines that were removed from
Shanghai after witnessing the hor-
rors of Japan's attack on that
peaceful land and just before the
treacherous raid on Pearl Harbor.
Author, who was in China as q
newspaperman in 1882 when the
Yellow rats bombed Shanghai, has
built swell yarn around three
characters, likened to the Three
Musketteers. AS Marines, they SUI
fer the ignominy of attack ON Ba-
tam without adequate preparedness,
fight with all the courage and back
ground Of the Marines behind them.
Maybe you'll hold your ears at some
of the language, but the Marines
are no bunch of sissies-and the
book leaves you with chill going up
your spine.
NOSTALIA
Their spheres are widely separat-
ed, but Lucius Beebe and Edward
r. Hewitt write of little burg that
has an alumni, official and other
wise, bigger than Notre Dame-New
York City.
Beebe, the perfection of attire,
the intimate of the famous in sump-
tuous settings and secondary soul
leries, the columnist of Broadway
who extols the virtue of San Fran
cisco, is at his best in "Snoot If You
Must" (Appleton-Centur $25O).
Feeding and frolicking with the
nations playboys from the rock
bound shores to the Heaven Of the
West, Mother Beebe's boy, Lucius, is
we'll at home. Maybe you won't be
with one of his described night club
courses-"the pate maison at the
very nice Baroque in 53rd Street,
not to mention the pompano belle
meniere, the venison steak grand
veneur :" Beebe does a swell job
OF taking you to the places you've
always wanted to go to, but couldn't
because the baby needed shoes. or
F1do needed flea powder.
Hewitt is better known as fish
erman than writer of nostalgia
tales. His treatises on fly fishing
for trout are bywords among pis-
catorial FASTENERS. But his Those
Were the Days duel, Sloan g.
Pearce: So not only is reminiscent
OF what our elders call the good
old" era, but traipses into Germany,