Word: eared
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tranquillity, prosperity, prestige. It is the 16th year of Mr. Giulio Gatti-Casazza's directorship. Few cares there are to vex the brows of impresario and Board of Directors. Deficits, the bane of opera, are not heard of. There are no violent dissensions that break upon the public ear. People of musing memory may be diverted to go back to the very different state of things that prevailed during Mr. Gatti's first years...
...lady with a musical ear and money in her purse passed the cobbler's shop one day and heard Antonio's voice. She stopped. It was a very good voice. She sought out the youth and told him he must become great. She interested other well placed folk in her find. Funds were raised to enable Antonio to study in Italy. A fortnight ago he sailed to enroll in the Conservatory at Milan...
...cappella chorus?group singing unaccompanied. Specifically, it was the Sistine Choir (TIME, Oct. 22), in its Manhattan début. One does not think of voices without accompaniment as an instrument of rich and dramatic musical utterance. The church choir, smug, monotonous, leaves an abiding impression on the American ear. Even the best of oratorio choruses do not escape the stilted, churchy dullness. A fine operatic chorus, like that of the Metropolitan Opera Company, is not an independent unity; it works essentially in conjunction with the orchestra. There have been one or two unaccompanied ecclesiastical choruses before, and good ones...
...played the opening section, marked ' grave/ with a cool, velvety perfection of touch that fell very gently and softly on the ear...
...Perkins; 7. Debevoise; 8. Martin. Ninety seven men are entered in the singles. The doubles will not start until Wednesday, October 17. All matches will be two out of three sets except the finals which will be three out of five sets. Players must supply all balls in the ear- lier rounds but those reaching the semi finals and finals will be supplied, with balls by the Union. The usual time limit wait of 20 minutes for an opponent will be allowed, after which the match will be defaulted. To avoid such mistakes all men who are entered and have...