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...complete program follows: 1. March, "Veritas" Densmore 2. Overture, "Poet and Peasant" Suppe 3. Fantasia, "Faust" Gounod 4. College Songs by Harvard Freshman Glee Club A. W. Wright, Leader 5. Finale of "Scheherazade" Rimsky-Korsakov Festival at Bagdad. The Sea. The Ship goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior. Conclusion. 6. Spanish Dance--Granados Kreisler (Arranged by S. Seiniger '13) 7. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Jessel 8. Ride of the Valkyries Wagner Football Songs by Harvard Freshman Glee Club 9. Ballet Suite, "Nutcracker" Tschaikovsky (a) Overture Miniature (b) Dance Chinois (c) Trepak (Russian Dance...
...when the Ptolemaic dynasty came to an end, Egypt became a part of the Roman Empire and was governed by the Romans until 639 A. D. From that date until 1517, Egypt passed through a series of quasi-independent dynasties under the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphs at Bagdad (the second of the two great dynasties of the Mahommedan Empire). From 1517 until 1914 Egypt was an integral part of the Ottoman Empire, with the exception of the years 1798 to 1801, which mark the period of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Up to 1841 Egypt was governed by Pashas?...
Owing to the unprecedented thaw of snow in the South Kurdistan mountains [Mesopotamia] the Tigris burst its left bank 17 miles north of Bagdad, leaving that city an island in a flooded area of 100 square miles. Both the Zab and the Little Zab rivers between Mosul and Bagdad are pouring their swollen tribute into the waters of the Tigris. It will be impossible to repair the breach until the river has fallen ten feet...
...Bagdad the civil jail was destroyed, but the prisoners were saved. The embankment round the city is holding and there is no fear of its crumbling. King Feisal is said to be personally responsible for saving the palace and the cultivated land near it. His bodyguard, under his supervision and spurred on by encouraging strains from an Arab band, repaired damage to the embankment encircling the royal property...
...program is as follows: 1. Fair Harvard. 2. Overture, "The Calif of Bagdad" Boieldien 3. Ballet Egyptien Luigini 4. I. Allegro non troppo. II. Allegretto. III. Andante sostenuto. IV. Andante espressivo. Allegro. 4. Soli for Pianoforte. a. Melody in E Rachmaninoff b. Impromptu in F-sharp Major Chopin c. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca Liszt d. Jardins sous la Pluie Debussy Mr. F. W. Ramseyer '26. 5. Romanza Dvorak 6. Polka Dvorak 7. Orientale Cui Solo Cello--Mr. E. T. Payson '26. 8. Cortege from the "Queen of Sheba" Gounod