Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...evening sun dimmed over Admiral Byrd's Little America camp a day last week. Most of the expedition's 42 men were in their tents. A few were outdoors strolling nervously about their ready-packed gear and baggage. A smoke of frost was on the harbor, where their bark, the City of New York, was soon to arrive, to take them away from their 13 months and 25 days of bleakness. Talk was scant...
...Byrd--Variations for Strings...
...program will include an Overture to the Ode of Saint Cecilia's Day by Handel, Variations for Strings by Byrd, and Milhaud's "Saudades do Brazil," a suite of dances. Following these will be a group of Slavonic Dances, Opus 46, Numbers 2 and 3, of Dvorak, and Haydn's Symphony Number 2 in D Major...
...program will include an overture to the "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day" by Handel, arranged for strings and oboe; dances from Bach's "Suite in B Minor", arranged for strings and flute, a suite of dances of Milhaud: variations for string orchestra by Byrd: and three movements from "Symphony 2 in D" by Haydn...
...organization are to present an opportunity for practical work to those who are interested in playing in an orchestra and who wish to gain intimate knowledge of the works of the better known composers. Recent programs given by the orchestra have included works of Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Byrd in addition to compositions by more modern writers such as Dvorak and Milhand...