Word: concerting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...almost exactly 100 years ago (May 7, 1824) under peculiarly dramatic circumstances. The Master had spent years of agonized effort on its composition; it was to be the crowning achievement of his career. An orchestra and chorus had finally mastered the then "superhuman" difficulties of the score. The great concert hall in Vienna was packed to overflowing; tears came to the performers' eyes as the music started; the performance was frequently interrupted by thunders of the applause. But Beethoven himself heard nothing. He was 'deaf. It was not until his friend Unger wheeled him around that he saw the enthusiasm...
Many serious-minded concert-subscribers are now pondering thoughtfully over this amazing possibility...
...radio concert of the Harvard University Band, which will be broadcasted from station WNAC of Shepard Stores this evening at 8 o'clock, the following program has been announced. George Benwick '25, tenor will be vocal soloist...
Were Pythagoras to "listen in" on a modern radio concert he would undoubtedly hail it as irrefutable proof of his theory of the "music of the spheres". And in a Greek rapture over this satisfactory conclusion to his speculations he might neglect to discuss the other possible sources of the "heavenly harmony". To some degree the radio novice in his delight over the successful operation of his "set" has likewise forgotten to interest himself in the problems of the origin of those invisible waves which he has set his wires to snare...
...program of Negro Folk Songs including Negro "spirituals" will be given by the Sedalia Singers of the Alice Freeman Palmer School, Sedalia, North Carolina, at Brattle Hall, this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Tickets for the concert...