Word: contralto
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...reciter of our forefathers ? the reciter magnificent ? the lady of the awe-inspring brow and grave yard contralto who tore The Raven to tatters on the slightest provocation, the cadaverous youth who was so comic delivering Farmer Corn-tassel at the County Fair ? these, with the hansom-cab-driver and the professor of penmanship who drew little birds with flowing scrolls in their beaks, are rapidly passing into oblivion. Alas...
...anxiously looked forward, perhaps, to the Brahms rhapsody for contralto voice and chorus as a piece only too rarely performed. But, as with breakfast-foods, "there's a reason!" In contrast with the rest of the program, the work seemed somewhat dry and uninteresting. True, the solo voice is well blended in the chorus, but one wondered whether the responsibility for that lay most with Brahms or with Mme. Homer, who singing without rehearsal, gave a nearly perfect performance...
...Harvard Glee Club II. Invocazione di Orfeo Jacopo Peri Cavatina: "Vieni che poi sereno," from "Semiramide" Gluck The Mermaid's Song Haydn Mit deinen blauen Augen Strauss Elfenlied Wolf Bei dir sind meine Gedanken Brahms O liebliche Wangen Brahms Mme. Homer III. Fire, Fire, My Heart Morley Rhapsody Brahms (Contralto solo by Mme. Homer) Russian Folk Songs. Song of the Lifeboat Men Fireflies At Father's Door Drake's Drum Coleridge Taylor The Harvard Glee Club IV. How's My Boy Sidney Homer From the Brake the Nightingale Sidney Homer Pioggia Respighi Tramontarano la luna e le Plejadi Benvenuti...
Seventy-five members of the club will make the trip; Dr. A. T. Davison '06 will act as conductor; and Mrs. Marie Murray, contralto, will assist as soloist. The program of the concert follows: Group I Harvard Hymn, Paine Tenebrae Factae Sunt, Palestrina Crucifixus, Bach Group II Fire, Fire, My Heart, Morley Rhapsody, Brahms (assisted by Mrs. Murray) Russian Folk Songs Song of the Lifeboat Men (soloist, M. L. Brown '25) Fireflies At Father's Door Drake's Drum, Coleridge-Taylor Group III Salamaleikum, from the "Barber of Bagdad", Cornellus (soloist, C. D. Whidden '23) Echo Sullivan Noon Quiet...
Application blanks for tickets to a series of three Symphony Hall concerts to be given by the Glee Club on December 14, February 15, and April 5, have been sent out to members of the University. The Club will be assisted by Miss Frieda Hempel, soprano, Madame Louise Homer, contralto, and M. Guiomar Novaes, pianist. Applications will close on November...