Word: ballade
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Ballad of the Bounding Billows" is a clever things, too. Its anonymous author imposed a racking task on himself in electing to write his rhymes in their jagged form, but he won out in the last stanza...
...misfortune with "America" as a national anthem is not that it is too intricate, nor too subtle, nor too martial. It partakes of all the grand simplicity of a Wesley hymn or a ballad of the people. The misfortune is that, like some other good things, it is not exclusively our own. In England it is known as "God save the king." And in the tuneful land of Germany the words people sing to it are "Heil dir im Siegerkranz, Herrscher des Volkes ganz." It would be somewhat of a pity if at some patriotic gathering Americans doffed their hats...
...interest in old books prompted him to give up law and go abroad, returning later to become librarian of the University Club. As the holder of this position up to his death he made frequent research excursions in Europe, particularly in Spain, where he worked extensively in 1913. The ballad department of the Widener Library owes its position as first among the collections in America largely to Mr. Gay and his brother, the late Frederick Lewis Gay '78. He had arranged that on his death his "Beggar's Opera" collection should go to further enrich the collection at Widener...
...preparation are not yet in final form, little can be given except the titles and authors. These are as follows: "Studies in Anglo-Norman Institutions," Professor Charles Homer Haskins, of the History Department; "Lectures on the Industrial Revolution," Dean Edward Francis Gay, of the Business School; "Poetic Art in Ballad and Epic," Professor Francis Barton Gummere, of Haverford; "Aristotle: Meteorology," Professor Francis Howard Fobes, of Union; and "Judaism at the Beginning of the Christian Era." George Foote Moore, Frothingham Professor of the History of Religions...
...clubs will sing the following selections: "The Ballad of the Volga," an old traditional Volga song, transcribed by Kurt Schindler; "At Father's Door," a traditional melody, transcribed by M. P. Moussorgsky, and "A Legend," by Tschaikowsky. Among the soloists of the evening will be Mme. Povla Frisch, mezzo-soprano...