Word: capella
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Particularly worthy of attention as an excellent example of dramatic a capella composition is Milhand's Psaume. This begins with a low bass note that is almost like a growl in its quiet intensity. There follows a rapid swell as the baritones rush upward, and the tenors break in with a quick, nervous melody. Soon all the parts join in to carry on the thread of the words until the voices suddenly blend in a soft chord on the word "Jerusalem...
Discovered by Dr. Otto Struve, Rus-sian-born director of Yerkes, and two associates, the big star is an obscure companion of Epsilon Aurigae, a well-known star not far from Capella. Even more diffuse than Antares, it is believed to have a temperature of only 1,000° C., lowest of any star known. Around the main body of the star is a shell of gas electrified by light from Epsilon Aurigae, in the same way that the electrified shell or "radio mirror" around earth is maintained by radiation from the sun. This phenomenon has never before been observed...
Police again yesterday said that Burgess's body is positively not in the Charles, despite the recent testimony of Robert Capella, who said he saw him drown. Amnesia has been considered as a possible cause of the disappearance...
...comparison with the other stars has been detirmined at the Oak Ridge Station by Dr. Calder, who attains a relatively high precision by the use of the electrical methods of measuring light. He finds, for instance, that the sun in 26.54 magnitudes brighter than the star Capella--that is, over thirty billion times as bright. "His measures for both the Sun and the Moon are appreciably different from the conventionally accepted values, for he finds the sun fainter and the moon brighter...
...perhaps only a hymn, the matter would merit no objection. As it is, however, the anthems and responses which the choir sings three times a week, and the important part it plays in the Sunday services demand conditions which will do justice to the singing. To make a capella anthem really effective, it is necessary to sing in a hall which has enough resonance to assist in sustaining every note, and which does not necessitate a continual effort on the part of the choir. As long as the carpet and ceiling remain as they are it will be impossible...