Jazz Is The Result Of

Upper Berth, Lower Berth, That's The Difference Between Talent And Genius.

Music Sets Up Certain Vibration Which Unquestionably Results In A Physical Reaction. Eventually The Proper Vibration For Every Person Will Be Found And Utilized.

A Skyscraper Is At The Same Time A Triumph Of The Machine And A Tremendous Emotional Experience, Almost Breath-taking. Not Merely Its Height But Its Mass And Proportions Are The Result Of An Emotion, As Well As Of Calculation.

Porgy Is...an Interesting Example Of What Can Be Done By Talent In Spite Of A Bad Setup. With A Libretto That Should Never Have Been Accepted On A Subject That Should Never Have Been Chosen, A Man Who Should Never Have Attempted It Has Written A Work That Has A Considerable Power.

Gershwin's Tragedy Was Not That He Failed To Cross The Tracks, But Rather That He Did, And Once There In His New Habitat, Was Deprived Of The Chance To Plunge His Roots Firmly Into The New Soil.