KHRUSHCHEV HAS A PASSION FOR MUSIC, BUT NOT ALL MUSIC
Moscow (JFK+50) Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev has a passion for music according to Bernard Gwertzman of The Evening Star.
The premier told a recent meeting of the Communist Committee...
"When I am resting, I always switch on the radio for music. Some musical broadcasts are good. There is less noisy and bombastic music than there used to be."
Mr. Khrushchev went on to say...
"There is a kind of music that gives you a feeling of nausea and a pain in the stomach.
I like to listen to David Oistrakh* playing the violin. We are for music that gives inspiration."
SOURCE
"Cacaphony** He Can't Stand," by Bernard Gwertzman, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 6, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
*David Oistrakh (1908-1974) was born in Odesa, Ukraine & became a premier violinist, violist & conductor. DO was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
**cacophony is a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds, in music it refers to the frequent use of severe discords as opposed to harmonious melodies.
