Word: archaicism
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...poorly, and practically all are in the hands of very experienced players. Doubtless, in the succeeding performances, the clearness of enunciation which marked the latter parts of Friday's play, will persist from start to finish. The players should remember that the audience at the start knows neither the archaic speech nor the diction of the actors, and needs to hear every syllable. The action may be rushed, but, above all at the opening, not the speech...
Saint Saen's septet for trumpet, strings and piano, formed the piece de resistance, a work which in spite of obvious defects has a strange attraction considering the archaic and persistently impersonal character of its musical sentiment. It is, however, well worth hearing, if only to mark the enormous advance in chamber music achieved by modern French composers. The performance was exceptionally good as to ensemble, especial distinction is due Mr. Anderson for his trumpet playing, and to Mr. Clifton for his sensitive and well-balanced reading of the piano part...
Thursday, March 10, in the Archaic Room, by Mr. Lacey D. Caskey, on "Archaic Greek...
...sudden attack upon the colonists fort has real dramatic force, skillfully manipulated so as to lead to a conflict of motives in the breast of one of the defenders. One or two of the characterizations are somewhat perfunctory, and the language is here and there a little too consciously archaic: but Mr. Grandgent's persons, no less than Mr. Townsend's, live and act like human beings
...SEMITIC CONFERENCE. Archaic Egypt in the Light of Recent Investigations. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Mr. J. E. Quibell, of the Department of Antiquities, Cairo. Semitic Museum...