Word: balladeer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Such a collection of genuine antiques will be received as a highly important addition to the growing list of ballad anthologies."--Virginia Quarterly Review...
...sung by the full company, and so reach a volume befitting the atmosphere of the outlaw group. Scenery, costumes, the Morris Dance in the first act, the later settings in Sherwood Forest and in the courtyard at Nottingham, are all attractive and pleasantly recall the Merrie England of the ballad. Robin Hood The Cast Sudworth Frazier Sheriff of Nottingham William Danforth Sir Guy Gisborne John Cherry Little John Greek Evans Will Scarlet Charles Galagher Friar Tuck William White Allan-a-Dale Lorna Doone Jackson Lady Marian Fitzwalter Olga Steck Dame Burden Sara Camp Annabel Gladys Heyser
Representative Emanuel Celler of New York approved adoption of the song, but insisted that the name of James Stafford Smith be stricken out as the author of the music. The tune, he claimed, was taken directly from that of an old English barroom ballad sung by jovial members of London's Anacreon Club. The first verse of that song...
...Montessorian because it encourages the child to do something it would not want to do otherwise. A child who is not mentally or physically sick must become "master of himself" when at liberty. Platonically, he has then become disciplined. Parents are assured that Montessori-trained children are not told, ballad-wise: "If you feel like yelling, yell like hell!" Anti-social behavior is anticipated by the second precept, an appeal to the individual "mysterious life-force," curiosity...
...threnodies of Ravel, the remarkable Losch, whose dancing has made her something of a fetish in Europe, performs an extraordinary "Arabesque" in which her hands and torso trace sinuous designs while her feet remain motionless. Cole Porter fulfills the duty of popular composers to provide at least one haunting ballad per show. Its name: "What is This Thing Called Love...