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Catalina Hotel & Beach Club
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- Outdoor pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Reduced mobility rooms
- Refrigerator in room
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Historical Traveler Reviews Catalina Hotel & Beach Club Miami Beach
Don't stay hereeeeeeeeeeee, nooooooooo!
I stood here for 3 days the experience was HORRIBLEE!!! Unfortunately the threw us to the half built part of the hotel. That part of the hotel is not even properly prepared yet for guest . The noise was crazy!!!! With all the construction going on. The room we got had two full size beds in which my husband and i had to sleep separate, they refused to give us a king size supposely due to "availabilty". They suggested we move a table that was in btwn the beds and join um! I refused to do that! They still didn't help!!!!!!!!!! In the bathroom two people don't fit! We had spiders coming out of our sink hole. The towels were only changed once while we were there. The beds sheets were all white but with a whole lot of cigarette burns. The floors are wooden white and are dirty which look gray. I didn't feel a bit comfortable with the room doors they were not secure at all and were like 30yrs old. The staff was very stuck up and didn't serve for help for nothing!!!!!! The lobby we had to go through to get to our rooms were filled with constuction materials and were hard to even get by. The valet parking is incredible. You have to pay $22.75 per day and you have to call 45mins. to 1hr. in advance to get it and it arrives in like 1hr an 1/2. It is sooooooo not worth staying here place make another choice. This is the worst hotel i've ever stood in and we travel a whole lot. Feel free to email me for any further ques.
3 star hotel with 5 star service
visited south beach for the first time march 30 & 31 and we loved the service at the catalina. the pool area was very relaxing and constantly being tended to by 2 workers who were very friendly. we thoroughly enjoyed the breakfast in the am and the grill by the pool along with the free beer and sodas. hotel was very quiet at night and very comfortable.
A mixed bag
We just returned from a week at the Catalina, and as a poster below notes, the northern building (the former Maxine hotel) was a construction site. We turned down the two rooms they first tried to give us there.
Even when this interesting renovation is finished, though, some structural issues will remain: Even in the main building, where we ended up and which is largely done, the standard rooms are modest and the bathrooms are tiny. Our bathroom had one small glass shelf and a hook but no towel bar, which made storing toiletries and wet towels and bathing suits for two a challenge. (There are Gilbert & Soames toiletries, but apparently no room for a box of Kleenex.) There's an open closet with shelves -- no space for drawers -- and a short rod with the worst variety of those annoying anti-theft hangers, the ones that can't be removed at all.
The room-to-room noise level can be high, and the hall-to-room noise level is even higher because the old doors don't fit tightly in their frames. (Some doors have been replaced by brushed stainless steel ones; maybe that helps.) When someone coughs in a neighboring room, you hear it. When someone walks around upstairs, you hear it.
The place has its good points: The good-sized pool area was pleasant and relaxing (except the afternoon when someone seized the sound system and pumped techno at high volume). The towels are big and thick and the bedding is great; the Tempurpedic beds were extremely comfortable. There's a free continental breakfast and free cocktail hour in the hip-looking, shiny-white lobby and free beverages and snacks by the pool. The staff is friendly and helpful and tries to be accommodating under difficult circumstances. The location is terrific, a short walk from the beach and Lincoln Road.
We became aware during our stay that many guests had gotten rates that were far better than we were able to get through Hotels. We averaged $225 (plus 13% tax, a Hotels service charge and a $5 "resort fee") for a six-night stay that spanned a weekend, when rates in South Beach can be sharply higher, but we met others who had reserved through human, offline travel agents and had rates of $140 and $179. Unfortunately this type of late discovery is not covered by the Hotels rate "guarantee."
Best new hotel in miami beach - cool without trying
i have never recommended a hotel before but i have to in this case because the catalina hotel will within the year be known as the coolest newest trendiest - yet not pretentious - hotel/beach club in miami beach. with its prices 50% less than the delano (which is situated across the street), great engaging staff, location across the street from the cool part of the beach, free happy hour & tasty free breakfast in the cool lobby facing collins ave, it was no surprise to me when i stayed there and learned that the catalina is the new miami hotel favorite of bono, eva mendes and tom brady - among others. well, the staff treated me like a celebrity too and gave me too much helpful advice on where to go to dinner and shop while getting the most for my money to name. if you don't stay at the catalina - you're missing out - i mean it. if you see bono say hi from me !
Small rooms but very great location on Sth Beach
A friend and I stayed March 4/5, 2005. Staff were pleasant and friendly, free happy hour and pool side entertainment an added bonus, the hotel location is also great for partying in South Beach. Rooms very small and probably overpriced.
Underconstructed and overpriced
Do not stay at this hotel! The hotel is still under construction and it is only the greed of the financiers who are forcing the staff to attend to guests staying in a half-built wing.
There are two buildings that comprise this hotel. One of them has finished its refurbishing and is perfectly nice; the other is still undergoing construction and shouldn't be rented out. If you are unlucky enough to get a room in the unfinished building, you will be subjected to all kinds of inconveniences. These include a locking system on the door that didn't function properly so that we had to go to the front desk three different times during a three-day stay to be let into our room. Wall sockets that have not been installed so that there are naked wires sticking out into the room. A new toilet flushing apparatus that is not working properly and is a systemic problem, not just a problem in our room. Horrible noise from constructing on the roof during the day. The construction crews hogging the sole elevator to transport materials to and from various sites.
The location is good and the staff is nice, but the hotel should not yet be open. Stay elsewhere.
Trendy and pretty decent...
We planned a weekend trip to party at South Beach's nightclubs and at very last minute, checked into this hotel, as literally almost all of the hotels were booked in South Beach.
I read the other reviews and although I did not inspect the room as thoroughly as others, I was satisfied with the room. The beds were huge and comfortable, with special therapeutic mattresses and the decor was like something out of IKEA.
Staff was very friendly and the room was extremely clean. A little pricey but we were not surprised compared to the rates at the other hotels that had availability without a prior reservation.
Cheaply trendy
This hotel is hard to describe - it was recently renovated (they were actually still adding coats of paint while we were there, so we got high on paint fumes in our room!), and it seems as if they were going for "trendy" when they designed the place, but cut some corners to do so. I really liked the look of the room - almost all white with a big red lamp for some nice mood lighting. However, the details were sloppy: the bathroom door wasn't hung right in the frame, so the door wouldn't close; white paint was splattered on the silver doorknob; the light bulb in our lamp had to be replaced; the drain in the shower was so slow that I was quickly ankle deep in water. So at first glance the room looked fine, but up-close seemed cheap and artificial, as if you were in a movie set.
There were good points though: the airport shuttle and complimentary breakfast were nice amenities; the pool area is secluded, relaxing, and well-furnished with teak chairs, couches, and beds; the Catalina is in a great location - one block from the beach and lincoln drive; we had no problems with noise, even being only two rooms away from the lobby; and the whole hotel seemed to have the atmosphere of a close-knit neighborhood where all the staff and guests were friendly to each-other. Overall, I'd say that we had a pleasant stay in a fun hotel with average rooms.
Nice place
Stayed for a week in January 2005. The Hotel Catalina was a great place to spend a week in Miami. The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful (especially Eric, the concierge). The rooms are funky with a large TV (although the stations were limited) and stereo. The beds are very comfortable. Would prefer carpeting to the wood floors. The bathrooms are very small with walk-in shower (would prefer full bathtub). Nice huge towels! Breakfast is basic. They also have a "Happy Hour" with free drinks from 7-8 pm. This is not to be missed, as you can hang out and meet the other guests. Given how expensive many bars are in Miami Beach, it was nice to have a free drink! All of the amenities pale in comparison to the incredible pool. They have huge outdoor "beds" with pillows in addition to the very comfortable lounge chairs. The pool is large but very cold in January. They even have a big gas grill (but we didn't use it). There was construction going on next door, so it could have been more peaceful, but this will likely end in a few months. The location is great, close to the beach and to shopping on Lincoln Street. Good rates ($150/night + $5/night "resort fee"). Would definitely stay there again.
Bold yet comfortable
After our original hotel overbooked they sent us to the Catalina for one nite. It was very interesting to look at....everything was white with bold accent colors...particularly red. We checked in after 10pm and it went very smoothly altho we were not informed about the pool or breakfast...I think I read about it somewhere. They gave us a king room in the back.....completely white except for the glowing red lamp above the bed. The room looked as tho they had just finished painting it and hadn't gone back to clean up a few mistakes or plug in the phone, but other than that it was fine. The bed was extremely comfortable and the tv was a nice big one up high in the corner. The room also had a cute little stereo and a fridge. The bathroom was small with a walk in shower ...nice toiletries and great fluffy towels, but nowhere to hang anything, like I said I'm not too sure if they were completely finished with this room. Before checking out we had breakfast...just basic fruit and croissants, coffee and juice..self serve. The people at checkout were very helpful...they called our original hotel to see if we could check in yet and they said it was too early, so the Catalina held our bags. For one nite this hotel was fine, great location as well.....no idea how to get to the pool tho.
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The wage and salary series increased 1.8 percent for the current 12-month period. The change for the period ending December 2009 was 1.3 percent.
The cost of benefits for private industry workers increased 2.9 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2010, higher than the December 2009 increase of 0.9 percent.
Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-month period ending December 2010 ranged from 1.5 percent for service occupations to 2.4 percent for production, transportation, and material moving occupations.
Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the current 12-month period ranged from 0.9 percent for construction to 2.8 percent for manufacturing.
These data are from the BLS Employment Cost Trends program. Compensation costs (also known as employment costs) include wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. For more information, see "Employment Cost Index — December 2010" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-11-0086.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Private industry compensation costs increase 2.1 percent in 2010 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110201.htm (visited September 30, 2016).
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METCO stands for the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity. Founded in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, the program is the longest continuously running voluntary school desegregation program in the country and a national model for the few other voluntary desegregation busing programs currently in existence.[1]
As defined by the original METCO Grant, the purpose of the program is, "To expand educational opportunities, increase diversity, and reduce racial isolation by permitting students in Boston and Springfield to attend public schools in other communities that have agreed to participate. The program provides students of participating school districts the opportunity to experience the advantages of learning and working in a racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse setting." [2] METCO was originally created as a short-term program designed as a stop-gap measure as Boston addressed its most under performing schools.[3] However, due in part to the initial success of the program (and the continuing failure of many of Boston's public schools), the program has been in place consistently since 1966.
The mission of METCO is two-fold, to give students from Boston's under-performing school districts the opportunity to attend a high-performing school and increase their educational opportunities and to decrease racial isolation and increase diversity in the suburban schools. It has been reported both qualitatively and quantitatively that most families weigh the opportunity for an excellent education as far more important than decreasing racial isolation. While families may acknowledge it as an important side factor, it is generally referred to as secondary to the goal of maximizing educational opportunity.[4] The program focuses heavily on the support network and environment in each of the towns in which it operates. METCO partner families or METCO "buddies" are designed to bring the communities together and provide support for students within the program in the town in which they attend school. A look at any of the community sites is generally filled with advertisements for community events, such as the Wayland/METCO Florence Adler 5k Walk/Run, Weston/METCO Family Friends WHS Pumpkin Festival or the Weston/METCO Family Friends Ice Cream Social.[5]
Funding and administration[edit]
METCO is a state-funded grant program run by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. While the Department has final authority related to the grant program, the Department works closely with the METCO Advisory Committee on policy, which consists of representatives from the community, directors, superintendents, METCO Inc, and parent representatives.[6] Overall, the program has two levels of administration. The central office in Roxbury organizes placements, transportation, special programs, and policy decisions. METCO directors and counselors in the suburbs work with students in the program, their parents, and the personnel in the school district. The program was originally supported through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation and the United States Office of Education. While some of the participating suburban communities pay for a portion of the costs themselves, the program is paid for in large part by the state.
The program grew out of the dissatisfaction and frustration with the Boston School Committee. A large number of black parents boycotted the Boston Public Schools for their failure to integrate. As this was happening, the Brookline Civil Rights Committee of Brookline, MA (a Boston suburb that borders the city) broached the possibility of enrolling black students from Boston in the Brookline Public Schools, sparking the conversation that would lead to the development of the METCO concept.[7]
In 1966, METCO's first year of existence, METCO Inc. was established and seven school districts (Braintree, Lincoln, Arlington, Brookline, Lexington, Newton and Wellesley) began to accept students.[6] The program was established in 1966 as the service provider, and facilitates the admissions process and day-to-day operations. Today[when?] there are approximately 3,300 students enrolled in the program,[citation needed] the majority of whom come from the city of Boston (about 150 come from the city of Springfield). As of 2001, approximately 4,300 students have graduated from the program since its founding.[1] In the 2010-2011 school year, 75.2% of METCO pupils were African American, 3.4% were Asian, 16.8% were Hispanic, and the remaining 5% were classified as multi-race or "other." The majority of the 37 receiving districts are largely white: 40% of the districts have populations that are over 90% white, and only two of the 37 districts were under 70% white. The METCO program was established to shift students from "racially imbalanced" (>50% nonwhite) to "racially isolated" (<30% nonwhite) districts, and the majority of receiving districts remain racially isolated. Boston's school district is currently 35% African-American, 41% Hispanic, 13% White and 8% Asian.[8]
In order to qualify for the program, a student must be a resident of Boston or Springfield and be non-white. Eligibility does not take into account a student's record (including academics and behavior), English language proficiency, socioeconomic status, attendance record or immigration status.[9] The program (including transportation which may be a lengthy drive depending on town) is completely free and also provides free after-school tutoring and transportation.[9] Chapter 76, Section 12A of Massachusetts General Law provides for the METCO program: "The school committee of any city or town or any regional district school committee may adopt a plan for attendance at its school by any child who resides in another city, town, or regional school district in which racial imbalance, as defined in section thirty-seven D of chapter seventy-one, exists in a public school. Such plan shall tend to eliminate such racial imbalance, shall be consistent with the purposes of said section thirty-seven D, and shall include an estimate of the expenses necessary to implement such plan."[10] Chapter 71, Section 37D defines "racial imbalance" as a public school in which more than 50% of the students are minority (non-white) students. "Racial isolation" is defined as existing in a public school where under 30% of the student population consists of non-minority (white) students.
Current challenges[edit]
The size and the scope of the METCO program has changed dramatically, but the essential goals and logistics remain unchanged. However, a 2007 Supreme Court ruling has the potential to fundamentally alter the METCO program. Through the decisions Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, the Supreme Court determined that race cannot be a factor in school assignments. Should METCO be legally challenged by a white student, the program may be forced to use income instead of race to screen applicants. This would impact the program's usefulness as a desegregation tool. [11] No lawsuits challenging the program have yet[when?] been filed, but several communities have begun to discuss whether income should be used instead of race.
Participating municipalities[edit]
- ^ a b Eaton, Susan. The Other Boston Busing Story. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001. Print.
- ^ "Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs." Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Welcome to METCO, Inc." Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity. 6 October 2011.
- ^ Orfield, Gary, et al. "City-Suburban Desegregation: Parent and Student Perspectives in Metropolitan Boston." Harvard Civil Rights Project.Cambridge: John and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1997.
- ^ "Weston/METCO Students Strive for Excellence." Weston Public Schools. 7 October 2011.
- ^ a b "METCO Program." Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 5 October 2011.
- ^ Angrist, Joshua and Kevin Lang. "Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program." Evaluation of Labor Market Policies and Projects. Bonn: The Institute of the Study of Labor, 2004.
- ^ Logan, John, Deirdre Oakley, and Jacob Stowell. "Segregation in Neighborhoods and Schools: Impacts on Minority Children in the Boston Region." Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research. Albany: University of Albany, 2003.
- ^ a b "Public School Options Grades K-12 in Massachusetts". MassResources.org. 11 October 2011.
- ^ "General Laws." The 187th General Court of Massachusetts. 6 October 2011.
- ^ Jan, Tracy. "METCO Fears For Its Future." 26 July 2007, Boston Globe. 9 October 2011.


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Alexandre Tansman (born Aleksander Tansman) (12 June 1897 – 15 November 1986) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of Jewish origin. He spent his early years in his native Poland, but lived in France for most of his life. Although having a French passport, he have always identified himself as a Pole, what is significant in his guitar works, such as Hommage a Lech Walesa or Hommage a Chopin. His music is primarily neoclassical, drawing on his Polish Jewish heritage as well as his French musical influences.[1]
Early life and heritage[edit]
Tansman was born and raised in the Polish city of Łódź during the era when Poland did not exist as an independent state, being part of Tsarist Russia.
The composer wrote the following about his childhood and heritage in a 1980 letter to an American researcher:
- "... my father's family came from Pinsk and I knew of a famous rabbi related to him. My father died very young, and there were certainly two, or more branches of the family, as ours was quite wealthy: we had in Lodz several domestics, two governesses (French and German) living with us etc. My father had a sister who settled in Israel and married there. I met her family on my [concert] tours in Israel. ... My family was, as far as religion is concerned, quite liberal, not practicing. My mother was the daughter of Prof. Leon Gourvitch, quite a famous man."[citation needed]
Though he began his musical studies at the Łódź Conservatory, his doctoral study was in law at the University of Warsaw. Shortly after completing his studies, Tansman moved to Paris, where his musical ideas were accepted and encouraged by mentors and musical influences Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel, as opposed to the more conservative musical climate in his native Poland. While in Paris, Tansman associated with a crowd of foreign-born musicians known as the École de Paris; though Honegger and Milhaud tried to persuade him to join Les Six, he declined, stating a need for creative independence. Tansman later wrote a biography of Stravinsky that was extremely well received.
Tansman always described himself as a Polish composer, though he spoke French at home and married a French pianist, Colette Cras, daughter of the French composer Jean Cras.
In 1941, fleeing Europe as his Jewish background put him in danger with Hitler's rise to power, he moved to Los Angeles (thanks to the efforts of his friend Charlie Chaplin in getting him a visa), where he made the acquaintance of Arnold Schoenberg. Tansman composed the score for at least two Hollywood movies: Flesh and Fantasy, starring Barbara Stanwyck, and a biopic of the Australian medical researcher Sister Elizabeth Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell. He scored six films in all. For the 1946 Academy Awards ceremony, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, for Paris Underground. There was a huge field of 21 nominations, and the winner was Miklós Rózsa for Spellbound.
Though Alexandre Tansman returned to Paris after the war, his disappearance from the European musical scene left him behind the musical currents of the time, and no longer fresh in the minds of the public, which slowed his previously fast-rising career. No longer in tune with the French fashions, which had moved on to the avant-garde style, Tansman returned to his musical roots, drawing on his Jewish and Polish background to create some of his greatest works. During this time he began to reestablish connections to Poland, though his career and family kept him in France, where he lived until his death in Paris in 1986.
According to the Paris-based Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs, Tansman used the name "Stan Alson" when he composed jazz music.
Today the Alexandre Tansman Competition for promising musicians is held in his honour every other year in his birthplace of Łódź, in order to promote his music and the local culture. Notable students include Yüksel Koptagel, Turkish composer and pianist.
Tansman was not only an internationally recognized composer, but was also a virtuoso pianist. From 1932–33 Tansman performed worldwide for audiences including Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Mahatma Gandhi; he was regarded as one of the greatest Polish musicians. Later he performed five concert tours in the United States, including as a soloist under Serge Koussevitsky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as having a thriving career in France as a concert performer.
Tansman's music is written in the French neoclassical style of his adopted home, and the Polish styles of his birthplace, drawing on his Jewish heritage. Already on the edge of musical thought when he left Poland (critics questioned his chromatic and sometimes polytonal writing), he adopted the extended harmonies of Ravel in his work and later was compared to Alexander Scriabin in his departure from conventional tonality.
One of Tansman's letters states that "it is obvious that I owe much to France, but anyone who has ever heard my compositions cannot have doubt that I have been, am and forever will be a Polish composer."[citation needed] After Chopin, Tansman may be the leading proponent of traditional Polish forms such as the polonaise and the mazurka; they were inspired by and often written in homage to Chopin.[citation needed] For these pieces, which ranged from lighthearted miniatures to virtuoso showpieces, Tansman drew on traditional Polish folk themes and adapted them to his distinctive neoclassical style. However, he did not write straight settings of the folk songs themselves, as he states in a radio interview: "I have never used an actual Polish folk song in its original form, nor have I tried to reharmonize one. I find that modernizing a popular song spoils it. It must be preserved in its original harmonization."[citation needed]
He is perhaps best known for his guitar pieces, mostly written for Andrés Segovia — in particular the Suite in modo polonico (1962), a collection of Polish dances. Segovia frequently performed the work in recordings and on tour; it is today part of the standard repertoire. Tansman's music has been performed by musicians such as Segovia, Walter Gieseking, José Iturbi, Jane Bathori, Joseph Szigeti, Pablo Casals, Gregor Piatigorsky, Igor Zubkovsky, Christopher Parkening. Most recently Chandos Records has increased his profile with the start of a series of his orchestral works, recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Oleg Caetani.
Selected works[edit]
Tansman's many hundreds of compositions include:
- Petite Suite for piano (1917–19)
- 8 Mélodies japonaises, voice and orchestra (1918)
- Le Jardin du paradis, ballet (1922)
- Légende, orchestra (1923)
- Trois Pièces de piano (1923)
- Piano Concerto no. 1 (1925)
- La Nuit kurde, opera (1927)
- Piano Concerto no. 2 (1927)
- Suite pour deux pianos et orchestre (1928)
- Suite - Divertissement for piano quartet (1929)
- Cinq Pièces for violin and small orchestra (1930)
- Concertino for piano and orchestra (1931)
- Rapsodie hébraïque, orchestra (1933)
- Fantaisie pour Cello & Orchestre ou Piano (1934)
- orchestration of Federico Mompou's piano suite Scènes d'enfants (1936)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1936–7)
- Violin Concerto (1937)
- Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1937)
- La Toison d'or (The Golden Fleece), opera (1938)
- 24 Intermezzi for piano (1939-1940)
- Valse-Impromptu for piano (1940)
- Rapsodie polonaise, orchestra (1940)
- Pièce concertante (Konzertstück) for piano (left hand) and orchestra (1943)
- Adam and Eve, Part 3 of Genesis Suite, for narrator and orchestra, collaboration with Arnold Schoenberg, Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ernst Toch and Nathaniel Shilkret, after Genesis (1944)
- Partita no. 2 for piano and small orchestra (1944)
- Concertino for guitar and orchestra (1945)
- Isaïe le prophète, choir and orchestra (1950)
- Cavatine, for guitar (1951)
- Concertino for oboe, clarinet and string orchestra (1952)
- Concerto for Orchestra (1954)
- Hommage à Manuel de Falla for guitar and chamber orchestra (1954)
- 4 mouvements symphoniques, for orchestra (1956)
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1957)
- Sabbataï Zévi, le faux messie, opera (1957–8)
- Suite, for bassoon and piano (1960)
- Musique de cour for guitar and chamber orchestra (1960)
- Psaumes, for tenor solo, choir, and orchestra (1960–61)
- Suite in modo polonico, for guitar (1962)
- Cello Concerto (1963–64)
- Hommage à Chopin, for guitar (1966)
- Suite concertante, for oboe and chamber orchestra (1966)
- Concertino for flute, piano and string orchestra (1968)
- Stèle in memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for orchestra (1972)
- Les dix Commandements, orchestra (1978–9)
- Musique pour harpe et orchestre à cordes (1981)
- Hommage à Lech Walesa, for guitar (1982)
- "Musique pour Clarinette Si flat et Quatuor à cordes (1984?)
- film music: Poil de Carotte (1932), Flesh and Fantasy (1942), Paris Underground (1945), Destiny (1944), Sister Kenny (1946), The Bargee (1964)
- 9 symphonies (1917; 1926; Symphonie concertante [Symphonie no. 3] pour violon, alto, violoncelle, piano et orchestre 1931; 1939; 1942; In memoriam 1944; Lyrique 1944; Musique pour orchestre 1948; 1957–8)
- 8 string quartets (1917; 1922; 1925; 1935; 1940; 1944; 1947; 1956)
- 7 Novelettes, for piano
- Variations on a Scriabin Theme, for guitar
- Sonatine, for bassoon and piano
Selected recordings[edit]
- Concerto for Orchestra, Etudes for Orchestra, and Capriccio for Orchestra - Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Antonio de Almeida, conductor - Marco Polo (Naxos) - recorded 1994
- Symphonies Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Oleg Caetani, conductor - Chandos - recorded 2006 to 2008
- ^ Pierre Guillot Hommage au compositeur Alexandre Tansman: (1897-1986)
- Caroline Rae: "Alexandre Tansman". Grove Music Online, ed. L Macy, accessed 21 Mar 05. (subscription access)
- Anne Girardot, Richard Langham Smith: "Alexandre Tansman". Grove Music Online (OperaBase), ed. L Macy, accessed 21 Mar 05. (subscription access)
- usc.edu Polish composers: Tansman
- Tansman competition biography
External links[edit]
- Tansman Competition home page
- Alexandre Tansman at the Internet Movie Database
- Free scores by Alexandre Tansman at the International Music Score Library Project
- Alexander Tansman, biographical sketch at Musica et Memoria
- Finding aid authors: Amanda Clark and GlendaLynn Ainsworth (2014). "Alexandre Tansman papers". Prepared for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Provo, UT. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- 1897 births
- 1986 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century French musicians
- 20th-century classical pianists
- Composers for the classical guitar
- French classical composers
- French classical pianists
- French film score composers
- French male classical composers
- French opera composers
- Fryderyk Chopin University of Music alumni
- Jewish classical composers
- Jewish classical musicians
- Male film score composers
- People from Łódź
- Polish classical composers
- Polish male classical composers
- Polish classical pianists
- Polish emigrants to France
- Polish Jews
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In this Sept. 2010 photo, the sign outside Cornerstone Baptist Church displays its message to drivers in Farmington Hills, Mich.
Welcome to the challenge for pastors eager to update the age-old practice of luring in worshippers with messages on marquees out front of the church. Long the place for Gospel quotes and Christmas Eve sermon hours, now the signs are often clever, pithy or funny. But pastors are finding that joking about religion is a serious business, and it's easy to cross a line.
When Darrin Lee launched his suburban Detroit church six years ago, he had just 11 members, a rickety old building and a plywood board marquee. The sign was replaced, thanks to a benefactor's $5,000 donation, with a roadside one Lee now uses for slogans he credits for helping his Cornerstone Baptist Church flock grow to more than 100.
"I think that sign added life to this church, saying, 'Hey, we're up to date. We're not some old relic church,'" he said from his church, which is passed daily by about 45,000 vehicles. "When you look at other churches with marquees that don't put up messages, I think they're missing the boat."
He has hit a few bumps. One of his slogans - "Don't Let Worry Kill You. Let The Church Help" - made the rounds on Facebook and Twitter, leaving him to offer the obligatory confirmation that "obviously we're not in the killing business." One caller wanted to chat about evolution after his marquee read: "If Man Came From Apes, Why Do We Still Have Apes."
Dozens of websites and social media sites collect pictures of church signage, celebrating those that seem to work - "Many Who Seek God at the Eleventh Hour Die at 10:30" - or panning others, such as, "Stop, Drop and Roll Doesn't Work in Hell."
Some even inspired books. Pam Paulson and her husband, Steve, took a four-year, 122,000-mile trek through all 50 states to chronicle interesting church marquees after noticing the changing signs at two churches near their Florida home. With a van full of hundreds of maps, it was a slow go after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, with churches seldom straying from patriotic themes. But around the middle of the decade, Pam Paulson said, cleverer messages began emerging.
"A lot of people we talked to thought it was just a good way to get people to at least acknowledge their church. It was true," the 59-year-old Methodist said. "We weren't looking for the humorous, but they were always the ones that caught our attention."
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GRANITEVILLE, S.C. – Mr. Richard L. Harris, age 59, of Graniteville, S.C., son of Francis Leon "Johnny" Harris of Augusta, Ga. and the late Ruth Carpenter Harris, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. In addition to his father, he is survived by daughters and son-in-law: Brandi and Shawn Hutto of Graniteville, S.C., Nicole Jones and her companion, Chad Adams of North Augusta, S.C.; a son, Richard Joshua Harris and his companion, Ariel Prothman of Graniteville, S.C.; grandchildren; Jordan Thomas, Paiton Hutto, Haley Harris, Drake Hutto and Isabella Harris and special friends, Ronald and Krystal Williams. He was born in and was a lifelong resident of Aiken County, S.C. He was of the Baptist faith. He was employed by Rainbow Falls Bait Shop in Graniteville. The family stated that he was a good man, always doing whatever he could for everybody, and he never said anything bad about anybody. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends and all whose lives he touched during his lifetime; however, his memories shall live on forever in their hearts. A service celebrating his life will be held in the Chapel of Napier Funeral Home on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 4:00 PM with Rev. Walter Youngblood officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. The interment will be private. Memorials, in his honor, may be made to a charity of one's choice. Napier Funeral Home, Inc., 315 Main Street, Graniteville, S.C. 29829 is in charge of the funeral arrangements.
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Kevin Parker's perfectionist tendencies went into overdrive on last year's "Lonerism," psychedelic band Tame Impala's sophomore full-length album. Besides insisting on playing nearly all the instruments in the studio, Parker mixed the album two times, flying from his native Australia to New York on both occasions, to get the details just to his liking.
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Michael Harvey's"The Innocence Game" (Knopf) draws its title from academic and legal projects that seek to exonerate people wrongly convicted of crimes.
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WTMJ says coarse blooper 'fake'
WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) says a still photograph of a coarse blooper that appeared to have been taken from one of its newscasts was "fake."
"It appears," Steve Wexler vice president of radio and TV for Journal Broadcast Group which owns WTMJ-TV, wrote in a statement the photo "was in fact a hoax." »Read Full Blog Post(1)
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BelAir Cantina in Wauwatosa is open
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It's the second location for the restaurant, serving a Cali-Mexican menu of tacos, tamales, burritos and fajitas; the first location is at 1935 N. Water St. »Read Full Blog Post
Dragon Boat Festival coming to Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival will bring a bold swath of color to the lakefront on July 13.
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American Folklore Theatre casts magic spell
Fish Creek — In the late 19th century, a wide-eyed boy goes to sea and becomes a man. During World War II, a young woman learns how to weld and discovers a resilience she didn't know she had. Somewhere on Green Bay, two lonely fishing guides finally lose their fear and find each other.
Those are the stories being staged this summer at American Folklore Theatre, where scandalously cheap ticket prices allow an entire family to enjoy original musicals that combine G-rated entertainment and big-hearted, often sophisticated explorations of adult themes — all of it unfolding outdoors, in the woods and under the stars in Door County's Peninsula State Park. »Read Full Article
Travel through time with Andrew Sean Greer on Wednesday
It's a Billy Pilgrim year for literary fiction: many characters seem to be coming unstuck in time.
In Kate Atkinson's dynamic "Life After Life," an English woman keeps being reborn in the 20th century after each of her deaths, as though she had a destiny to fulfill. In local writer Andrea Lochen's "The Repeat Year," a nurse wakes up with the chance to relive the past year of her life. »Read Full Blog Post
Time Warner says Journal Broadcast wants 'outrageous' 200% fee increase
WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) is facing a possible retransmission dispute with Time Warner Cable.
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Last week for Jeppa Joes cart. Related: Edgewater Supper Club reopening in Jefferson
This will be the last week Jeff Steckel will have his Jeppa Joe's sandwich cart on the streets of Milwaukee, as he prepares to lead the kitchen at Jefferson's Edgewater Supper Club, reopening this summer.
New owners Bill and Vicki Millis are opening the Edgewater, N3522 Highway K, which closed a couple of years ago. They'll use naturally grown produce and meat from their own farm and from farmers in the area. »Read Full Blog Post
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Tonight, Serie A leaders host daring the daring Tottenham Hotspurs and silky Spaniards Valencia look to build an advantage over Schalke of Germany as the 2011 UEFA Champions League recommences after a two-month hiatus.
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Over in Spain, both hosts Valencia and visitors Schalke have enjoyed strong league form and have players who can win any game: Roberto Soldado is making a name for himself in La Liga as a robust forward who can score important goals, while Schalke boast a frontline of formidable experience and skill in Raul and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
There will be lots of goals, given the nature of the teams playing and what the competition has thrown up so far.
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According to the manufacturer, Botox is one of the many trade names for the neurotoxic protein called botulinum toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. In large doses, the protein causes botulism, a rare paralytic illness often linked to food poisoning. While daunting, the protein that is used cosmetically uses a vey small amount of diluted botulinum toxin that enables the controlled weakening of muscles. Specifically, Botox is used by Total Med Solutions patients to treat moderate to severe brow furrow, uncontrolled blinking, lazy eye, wrinkles, and facial creases.
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