Word: allegro
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Allegro Vivace HAYDN...
...being particularly beautiful. The adagio was received with unmistakable enthusiasm; and at the end the audience insisted on calling Mr. Paine before the house. Although written in strict conformity with the dogmas of the classical school, traces of Wagner's all-pervading influence were noticeable in the first movement (allegro con brio), and in the last (allegro vivace). We should certainly take pride in the success of our Professor in a branch of art so rarely attempted by Anglo-Saxon genius...
...Pierian played better than we have ever heard them, their playing of the allegro from the Symphony being particularly good, showing faithful practice and intelligent conducting. Their spirited rendering of the "Hoch Konig Johann" march obtained an encore. This march was a great favorite last Class...