Word: acclaims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from Mr. Koussevitzky as a result of a series of brilliant public concerts given in Symphony Hall during the past year. Last spring, the rendering of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" was heralded a great achievement and established the organization as one of the foremost male choruses in America. The acclaim with which the recent performance of Brahms's "Requiem" was grooted, marks, however, a still greater triumph M. Koussevitzky paid the Glee Club a signal honor by acting as is cost conductor; now he adds his high praise in words which carry the weight of undoubted authority. He not only...
...walls of the Union, which have echoed to the mighty reverberations of Harvard rallies, will shake with mirth this evening, for Copey makes his annual bow. Those whom he has in years past enthralled with his declamatory ability and delighted with his originality will acclaim him, and those who know for the first time this famed denizen of the Yard will soon become his idolaters. This evening's reading is an event impatiently awaited both by the intimates of this marvel and by those who reverently regard him from a distance...
...Simone. The words and music of criticism and acclaim have been combined endlessly to record the career of this French actress, long a personage among the principals of the Parisian stage. She has visited in this vicinity before to barter her accomplishments with local buyers; therefore the major item of importance regarding her return is her importer. Anne Nichols is the individual. Hitherto, Miss Nichols has been chiefly conspicuous as the author and impresario of the ubiquitous Abie's Irish Rose. Artistically one of the worst and financially the greatest achievement of the U. S. Theatre, Abie has put Miss...
Sixteen years ago, a new star was heralded on the horizon of music. A young Dutch violinist, Peter van der Meer, late of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, gave a violin recital in Carnegie Hall. His interpretation of Paganini's Concerto in D Major met with especial acclaim. But soon Van der Meer was forgotten. In 1915, he became blind, after a long illness. He spent six years in the Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan. Recently he was pronounced cured-but his sight had left him forever...
...abilities, however, cannot be judged purely from these facts. Captain Klevenow, Papke, and Hollquist all established a dangerous reputation in their 1923 Stadium performance. The fourth member of the Vermont quartet, Lobo, was out of most of last year's games on account of an early season injury. Critics acclaim him a brilliant ballcarrier and expect him to give trouble to the Harvard forwards...