Word: benedictus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...idea of shatterproof glass was born in 1903 when a French chemist, Edouard Benedictus, knocked a bottle containing dried collodion from a shelf. The bottle cracked but the fragments did not spatter. Benedictus concluded that they were held together by the collodion film. He got a patent in 1914 but the first shatterproof glass did not appear in automobiles until...
...performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra as always left almost nothing to be desired. In the Benedictus the solo of the first violinist, Mr. Burgin, was especially noteworthy and the whole orchestra must be praised for an inspired performance, led by a great conductor at his best. Koussevitsky, with the help of G. W. Woodworth, conductor of the chorus has given to Boston an entirely satisfactory performance of what Beethoven called his "greatest and most successful" work...
...mainly to a reduced and more experienced chorus. The sopranos do remarkably well with their high B's, and the chorus as a whole lacks that unwieldiness which nearly brought disaster last year. On the debit side thus far must be listed Mr. Burgin's violin solo in the "Benedictus" and the performance of the women soloists. Miss Vreeland, the soprano, has the unfortunate habit of stealing upon notes, while the contralto, Miss Kaskas is too sugary. It is to be hoped that at the actual concerts these flaws will disappear...
...bows low as the little altar bell tinkles and he gazes upon the sacred Host just trans-substantiated between his linger and raises it on high, and you gaze upon it with a gaze of love; and then out goes a cry from the hearts of the believing people, Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest! Let the congregation sing...
Birthdays. Benedictus de Spinoza, 300; Gerhart Hauptmann, Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, 70; Billy Sunday, 69; Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes, General Henri Gouraud, 65; John Nance Garner, 63; Oklahoma, 25 (see p. 14); Archduke Otto of Habsburg...