Word: choraler
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...born in Pennsylvania and prepared at Conway Hall School for Dickinson College, Carlisle, where he was a member of the glee club. He later studied singing at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Raltimore and also at the Hague, Holland. At the age of 21 he was a choral director in Raltimore and has since appeared in several musical productions. He has the principal role in "Apple Blossoms," which started on tour last year after a long run in New York...
...absurdity of such reasoning is seen at a glance, but when he approaches the study of choral music, the subject must be brought down to his standard. Such reasoning is the result of the popular idea that the sole purpose of music is to arouse pleasant sensations through the auditory nerves, or to excite the risibilities by combination of silly words and puerile tunes. Against such an amateurish conception of a great and noble art, I, as a professional musician, emphatically protest, and I maintain that the efforts of a Harvard organization to place before the undergraduates a standard...
...order, then, that the college song shall not perish at Harvard, let us have two glee clubs. With all respect for Dr. Davison, his organization is not properly a "glee club". It is, and should be called a "choral society". Let us have a glee club that will justify the popular acceptance of the term. Mason Simons...
...delightfully simple solution" advanced by a correspondent in today's CRIMSON is one of the main arguments against changing the name of the Glee Club. If the University should attempt to maintain both a Choral Society and a Glee Club, it is more than probable that neither of them would be first-rate...
...becoming high brow. They have a vocal quartet which takes part in most of its concerts. If this quartet were perfected and made a permanent addition to the organization, the Instrumental Clubs would be well equipped to represent the more popular aspect of college music, while the new "choral society" would remain supreme in the artistic field...