Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although the symphony with its unusual features was epoch-making, it remained hidden among Haydn's early scores for nearly a century. The work, possibly because of its exceptional character, did not appear in Breitkopf's first catalogue of symphonies, and did not come to light until 1782, when it...
Dr. Fitch outlined the groups as the complacent provincialists, the conscientious provincialists, and the bitter provincialists. The first are the private school men, who draw together naturally and unconsciously by reason of their similar training and vast interests in common; the second are the public school men, sprung from the...
In the purchase of these books consideration has been given to the character and scope of the books chosen, those of a technical or special nature having been avoided along with the lighter fiction of the day in favor of those of more general and universal interest. It was felt...
...Fine Feathers," recently performed in Boston,--writes the tragedy of a wife's prodigality and deceitfulness. But Mr. Brock has excelled the professional author, who could not resist the temptation of ruining a good subject by melodramatic treatment. the action of "The Bank Account" is never forced; its characterization, especially of the spendthrift Lottie, is firm and clear; and its dialogue is an extraordinarily faithful rendering of the language of the "three decker" apartment house. The play will be appreciated by anyone who can sympathize with the sorrows of ordinary life as portrayed in a frank but not cynical tragedy...
By far the best performance of the evening was that of "The Clod." Here the acting was so good as to make the illusion complete, and one became absorbed wholly in the story. It is a tale of the Civil War, but that threadbare theme appears for once in a...