Word: concert
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday night where they put up at the Pulaski House. On Sunday and Monday, the members of the clubs were taken to drive about the city, and at 5 p. m. Monday were given a reception at the home of Mr. William Gordon, '86 S. In the evening a concert was given in the Opera House before an audience numbering more than a thousand. On Tuesday morning the clubs left for Charleston in their special car, arriving at noon. They were met by a number of gentlemen and were immediately taken on a steam launch up the river to Magnolia...
...clubs left New York at 10 p. m. on April 10 for Buffalo, arriving there at 1 p. m. the next day. They gave their first concert that evening before a small but enthusiastic audience, which constantly called for encores. The clubs next went to Detroit, where they received a cordial reception. They left on the next morning for Chicago, thence going in the following order: to Bloomington, Ill., St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Sewickley. Both Bloomington and Sewickley have never been visited by the clubs before, and though both are small towns, they did their best to give...
...freshman Glee and Banjo clubs gave a concert Saturday night in Boston at the rooms of the Boston Art club. This was the first concert given by the two freshman musical clubs together and they acquitted themselves very creditably. The Glee club gave about ten selections and the Banjo club six. The Glee club was not at its best, but most of the songs were well received, and met with considerable applause. The solos of Mr. Berry deserve especial mention. They were well rendered and heartily received. The playing of the Banjo club was very good. The men played with...
...BROWN.FRESHMAN GLEE CLUB.- Rehearsal for concert today at 12 o'clock. Special car will leave for Art Club...
...lessons. It is very advisable that a man learn to play the organ, so that he may take the position of church organist and the four or five hundred dollars he will make in this way will be found a very convenient addition to his other sources of revenue. Concert playing must not be looked to as a means of livelihood. There are not more than half a dozen men in this country who earn their living in that way. Composing music is anything but a lucrative employment, and though occasionally large sums are paid for a composition, publishers will...