Word: batons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...delivered a note on his methods of conducting: "I find that by wearing huge white cuffs and using long sweeping motions, I am able to exact a greater sympathy and feeling from the musicians who are playing for me. . . . Musicians can follow shirt cuffs better than an almost invisible baton...
Secretary of Senate Baton Rouge...
...that the book was based on the experiences of a young, unsophisticated minister, and that his purpose was only to maintain interest in his meetings, the conservative board voted angrily for good old gospel sermons, and read its ultimatum to him. There was no escape. Another baton is dropped before it can even be handed on; the old-time religion scores a coup the voices of gold, once ringing melodiously on Sunday evenings, are stilled, and their author must meekly resume the old, old path...
...panelled brightly with ice. The chandeliers at the opera house, El Teatro Colon, in Buenos Aires, glittered as if with a luminous frost. At 9 o'clock, when the curbs outside it were populated with chauffeurs, wrapped in long coats, music began in El Colon. Tullio Serafin raised his baton, the violins began a soft prelude and the curtain rose upon Aida, a scene of warm sands and tropical trees...
...required to represent a character whose name, as may be guessed, is an Indian greeting and who loses his love and gains her again with nonchalant devices of gallantry. Ben Bernie, who is justly celebrated for his ability to guide musicians with his left knee or a baton, contributes constantly to an evening of excellent diversion...