Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hudson as far as West Point, is an outgrowth of the series of historical excursions which were a unique feature of the University Extension summer meeting, held in Philadelphia last July, under the auspices of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching. Independence Hall, the battlefield of the Brandywine, Germantown and Valley Forge were visited and historic addresses delivered...
Beethoven's Overture "Coriolanus." which opened the eighth Symphony Concert last night in Saunders Theatre, has been identified by Wagner with the scene "between Coriolanus, his mother and his wife on the battlefield before the gates of his native city, when the chieftain yielded to femine entreaties, refused to assault the place and thereupon suffered death at the hands of the Volcian, Attius, his associate in the enterprise." The overture is very impressive, beginning with the huge C given by the strings with all their might, followed by a short, sharp chord from the entire orchestra, and developing with great...