Word: duet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...characters and a brief description of each. This makes the whole thing a connected story and takes away the disjointed effect of a mere collection of songs. There are twenty songs in all among the most popular of which are "Hamlet's Song." the "Ghost's Song," the topical duet "I have heard so they say" and the "Conspirators Trio." All of these have catchy airs which will doubtless be taken into the repertoire of college whistlers. The music is all good and the book certainly deserves a large sale. Copies may be obtained of Thurston and Briggs and Briggs...
...great credit on his careful and conscientious work. The solo singing was excellent, and that of Newton Wilcox remarkable for its good taste and expression. He is one of the best boy sopranos in Boston and he sang with expression, being especially successful in the recitatives and the beautiful duet "Love divine!" Mr. Parker and Mr. Meyn were all that could be desired. The singing of the choruses was marked by decision and careful phrasing. At the end of the service the congregation, which filled all the available standing room in the chapel, joined in singing Old Hundred...
...choir sang the anthems "Sleepers, wake, a voice is calling" and "sow Lovely are the Messengers" from Mendelssohn's Oratorio "St. Paul." Mr. Merrill and Mr. Thomas sang the duet "Now we are Ambassadors," also from "St. Paul...
...choir sang the anthems "The Wilderness" Goss; "In that day." Stainer. Mr. Merrill and Master Macdonald sang the duet, "Love Divine" from Stainer's Daughter of Jairus...
...first number on the programme was Mendelssohn's Overture "Hebrides." The work opens with the introduction of a theme which is repeated, again and again, by different instruments, a sort of answering from the wood instruments to the brass. In the middle is introduced a duet for clarionet with a soft accompaniment by the rest of the orchestra. At the end of each variation of the main theme the whole orchestra works up to a climax so that the effect of the whole on the hearer is that of repeated strokes which die away so quietly that their frequency...