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...music, men of considerable artistic stature are lost to view in the shadow of a contemporary titan who dominates his period to the exclusion of all lesser figures. With Bach and Handel towering over them the lesser composers of the early 18th Century have been almost entirely obscured. Vivaldi, Corelli, Teleman, Rosenmuller and Rameau are only a few of the composers of this period whom the average concert-goer classifies--if at all--as "like Bach, but not as good...
...beginning of the 20th century, Miss Marie Corelli, with the financial support of Edward Morris, Chicago millionaire, purchased the House and completely restored it to its 16th century aspect. Miss Corelli was convinced that the structure should belong to the University; she wrote to Morris, "You may call it a romantic notion perhaps, but I should like to think that the house of John Harvard's mother was a link with John Harvard's university, and a sign of friendship between the two nations...
...dispatch from Miss Corelli announcing delivery on the House was read at the ceremonies and was greeted with "a long and loud outburst of enthusiasm...
...Miss Corelli's wish that Harvard House could be "a sign of connection between Shakespeare and Harvard, and a pledge of amity between British and American scholars all over the world..." is now partially realized every summer when travelling Cantabrigians sign the cherished Harvard Book for future generations to view...
...Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburg, "Tannhauser" Wagner *Suite Corelli *Ave Maria Schubert-Wilhelmj *Finale from the Fourth Symphony Tchalkovsky *A Siegfried Idy II Waguer *Minuet from the Symphony in G Minor *Bolero Ravel *"Maytime" Selection Romberg *"Roses from the South" Walifacs Sfrauss *Seventh Slavonie Dverak...