Word: descant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...participating artists are: Paul Fedorowsky, Descant viol; Albert Bernard, Treble viol and Viola d'amore; Alfred Zighera, Viola da gamba; Gaston Dufresne, Bass viol; and E. Power Biggs, organ...
...bishops, in full Episcopal regalia. Down the center aisle came a solemn single file: a black-robed verger, a crucifer, church dignitaries in black and scarlet, the tanned, white-topped "Red Dean" of Canterbury, 14 archbishops and finally the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury himself. The choir, in soaring descant, sang the words of Psalm 122-"I was glad when they said unto me: let us go into the house of the Lord...
Five kinds of violins unfamiliar to most concert-goers were heard at the Sanders Theatre Concert on Sunday with the Boston Society playing compositions ranging from 16th Century dances to Handel on a descant violin, a treble violin, a viola da gamba, and a violone. All of these look very similar to modern instruments except the viola da gamba ("Viol of the leg") which is a small 'cello resting on the knee...
...shoe dye), a lawn with real grass. Through the church door paraded a dozen live models, women in spring street clothes, men in frock coats, military uniforms and mufti. Once a day six choristers from the Paulist choir stepped into the window and caroled Gregorian chants, their shrill-sweet descant relayed by amplifier to the street outside. The Franklin Simon window attracted almost too much attention. Army authorities straightway protested against this unseemly display of the uniform, and Franklin Simon had to substitute a vaguely military garb. The New York Police Department served the store with a summons for broadcasting...