Word: cantata
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...feature of the event, the most ambitious in Philadelphia's "Music Week," was a ringing performance of John Philip Sousa's latest composition, a cantata called The Last Crusade. Fortunately for all concerned, it contained a goodly sprinkling of genuine, new, Sousaesque marches. These marches, according to Stokowski's speech, represent "the real spirit of America in a dignified and intellectual manner." At any rate, they reached the heart of the audience, even though it was seated in between erstwhile counters of dress goods, tableware, notions...
...Meanwhile the Philharmonic Orchestra got through one of its two positively final farewell encore appearances under Mr. Mengelberg. The parting diet consisted of another performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (TIME, March 17), with a plangent, daringly lugubrious Bach cantata, Selig ist der Mann, as dessert...
...cantata by the choir under the leadership of Dr. A. T. Davison '06 was followed by three brief speeches by President Lowell, George Wigglesworth '74, President of the Board of Overseers, and Dean Briggs, speaking for the Fellows, the Overseers and the Faculties of the University...
...program is as follows: Choral Prelude, "Wir Glauben All' Bach Prelude to Cantata No. 106 Bach Prelude to Cantata No. 29 Bach Professor Davison Invocation. "To An Old Picture" Wolf Prayer Wolf "O had I Jubal's Lyre" Handel Mrs. Winternitz Pastorale Franck Bourree Handel Professor Davison Scripture Reading. Romance Debussy Recitative et Air de Lia ("L'Enfant Prodique") Debussy Mrs. Winternitz Scherzo (Second Symphony) Vierno Evening Harmonies Karg-Elert Finale in B-flat Franck Professor Davison
Moussorgsky's "Josua Navine", a spirited cantata, was sung altogether as well as anything all evening. Following it, a small group sang some charming Yiddish folk-songs which were as pleasing even to those who did not know the language as to those who did: Mrs. Gideon's expansive and magnetic personality, together with her unusually musical speaking voice, added much...