In a word, Miss. Tomaszewska's manifest technical abilities take too high-handed a control of her tempos, and her sensibilities, She should be implored, to depose the sovereignty of technical brilliance. There are speeds at which it is no longer humanly possible to establish a coherent reproduction of the written notes, laying aside the question when ther it is meet these speeds should be used, were they, possible. The rate at which most of the Carnaval (excepting the wickedly dificult Paganini, which was magnificent), sections of the Chopin Fantasy and Polonaise, and the Liszt were taken, dissolved' contours and details of the music into a confluence of sound.
The name of Szymanowski, for the critic, stood out before all others on the programme, not because of his intrinsic merit in comparison (assuming that to be feasible), but because he is @ composer of considerable importance in the modern world, Szymanowaki, who died in 1997, did not conform to any rigid system in the technique of his composing, Such as has existed as almost a criterion in some recent European schools. His music is not the product of abstract reasoning. It is a reassuring answer to those who would exalt the music of the mind over that of the heart. The tonalities he uses are dictated by his fancy, and although his music is modern, and may employ atonality and polytonality, it still retains the lyricism and emotion of a man who was essentialy human, and also a poet.
No contradiction will be-forthcoming, I believe, if I say that Miss "Tomaszewska's playing of Szymanow-Ski's Theme and Variations was the first performance in Shanghai of any of the music of this and her enterprise should be saluted with respect. For my part, Szymanowskis was the most enjoyable music on the programme.—H. the blockade more severe, but no one could neglect the serious character of political decisions which were dictated by relations with foreign countries. A balance had to be maintained.
Dealing with shipping losses Mr. Churchill seid: "In the first six months of the war we lost 63,000 tons of warships, or about half the losses of the first six months ofthe last war. We lost on balance of gain and loss, less than 200,000 tons of merchant shipping out of a total of 21,000,000 tons."
"This could be compared with 450,000 tons lost in the single deadly month of April, 1917. They had captured more cargoes in tonnage destined for the enemy than they had
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