Word: choir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...placed both Telemann and Handle above him. They considered him primarily the virtuoso organist. The last days of church concert music left Bach with an often insurmoutable penury of players and singers. He must often have felt the decline of contemporary musicianship as he played the organ, directed the choir, and conducted the orchestra at the same time. To the end, he affirmed his dedication to the sacred music whose reign was then work on a secular fugue to write extremely religious chorale fantasia...
Died. Gladys Swarthout, 64, glamorous diva of the Metropolitan Opera from 1930 to 1945, whose rich mezzo-soprano was matched by a striking, auburn-haired beauty; of a heart attack; in Florence, Italy. Born in Deepwater, Mo., Miss Swarthout started her singing career in her home-town church choir, then joined the Chicago Civic Opera in 1924 and learned more than 20 complete roles in her first year. By 1929 she was with the Met, winning acclaim for her roles in Norma, Faust, Lakme, Romeo and Juliet and particularly Carmen. Between performances, she popularized opera on radio, starred in movies...
...presiding clergymen, the half-hour service is recognizably Protestant in style. It usually begins with a Christian doxology and a short prayer, followed by a hymn -such solid traditional fare as Faith of Our Fathers or O God, Our Help in Ages Past-led by a visiting choir. The sermons, about twelve minutes long, are usually extemporaneous. Pat Nixon calls them "little gems" and plans to privately publish a collection in booklet form. There follows another hymn, benediction, and adjournment to the State Dining Room for coffee and sweet rolls...
...Christian flavor of the services was maintained even during the visit two Sundays ago of Rabbi Finkelstein and a number of Jewish guests. Though Finkelstein intoned a Jewish hymn, Adon Olam, at the end of the service, the Lutheran guest choir sang a traditional doxology, Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow-a hymn that specifically glorifies the Trinity. Although some eyebrows were raised, Nixon aides explained that this particular hymn was always part of the services, and Rabbi Finkelstein confirmed that he had been informed of it in advance. Finkelstein acknowledged that he "did not exactly jump...
...Tryouts for Harvard Summer School Chorus, Choir Room of Memorial Church...