"Fliver 10,000,000"
Bostonians wriggled, grimaced and guffawed last week at "a joyous epic; fantasy for the orchestra composed by P. S. Converse, inspired by the familiar legend 'The Ten Millionth Ford Is Now Serving Its Owner.'" When the Boston Symphony ceased its jolting cacophony, no insults were hurled at Composer Converse, bowing on the platform. His sense of humor, unlike that of Composer George Antheil (see above), is not inscrutable.
Subtitles in the manuscript tell the story of the rattling, crashing, squeaking, honking burlesque:
Dawn in Detroit; Chanticleer [a siren] announces the dawn; the...
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