Word: bach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...them he drilled and disciplined as soldiers had never been disciplined before. He won battles, and became the hero of his countrymen. But battles palled, he was not amused. So he built Sanssouci, which in its Baroque lushness reflected his Northern, Germanic, emotional temperament; he became the patron of Bach, whose rich music fitted his rich taste; he imported Voltaire, who satisfied the needs of his rational, concise, superficial intellect; he tempted from France and Austria the most beautiful dancers of Europe to be his favorites and paramours...
...additions to the Literary Board and two to the Business Board were announced by the Harvard Advocate last night. H. B. Barnes '33, L. A. S. McCabe '35, J. S. Bach '36, James Laughlin, IV '36, J. J. Slocum '36, and F. E. Sweetser '36 have been added to the former, while R. R. Lucas '34, and T. J. Ripley '35 are the new members of the Business Board...
Many numbers which have been sung by the club for many years are included on the program which follows: Cavalier Song Stanford Dirge for Two Veterans Holst Adoremus Te Palestrina To Thee Alone be Glory Bach Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite Handel Prayer of Thanksgiving Netherland Folk Song...
...Bach '36, and D. H. Gordon '36, delivered the two long arguments for Harvard and C. M. Kerr and O. W. Dennis for Yale. The rebuttals, delivered by T. H. Quinn '36, for Harvard and L. B. Harris for Yale were the high spots of the evening, both speakers giving firm and pertinent talks. The debate was closed by the minute and a half rebuttal for Harvard by H. G. Sullivan. A short forum on the topic of the debate was held while the judges made their decisions...
...worth $200,000. Two years later on one of his frequent visits to Germany the Grand Duke of Hesse gave him the cordon of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous in recognition of his hearty German goodness. Ten days later he died of dropsy at "Villa Lily" in Langenschwal-bach on the hills above Wiesbaden...