Word: effective
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...numbers rendered by the Glee Club, the "Rock by the Sea" gave opportunity for the most artistic effect, and showed the club at its best. "Little Tommy" and the other humorous selections were appreciated. The solos by C.N. Prouty '00 were among the best parts of the programme. An encore selection especially, "There Little Girl, Don't Cry," he sung very effectively...
...Cornell University, will give four lectures on "The Various Aspects of Trusts or Industrial Combinations," in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum at 8 p. m. on the following dates: Mar. 21--The Reasons for the Formation of Combinations. Mar. 23--Methods of Organization and Management. Mar. 26--Effects on Prices and Wages. Mar. 28--Social Effect; Legislation...
...Franco-Prussian War had a great effect upon Verliane. He had a violent nature, and welcomed the war of 1870 as a chance for throwing off the yoke of social restraint that he hated so much. He became associated with the Commune, which later caused his exile. During his residence in Brussels he shot a friend in a quarrel. For two years he lived in prison, spending his time in introspective meditation. This led to his becoming a Roman Catholic, and to the writing of "Sagesse" in 1880. His existence was two fold, - either spent in debauchery and sensual crimes...
...essentials of music are three in number--melody, rhythm and harmony--having their effect upon the ear, the emotions, and the intellect. Music is also of three distinct kinds, which represent a gradual development,--first, pure music, expressing no thought, simple in its intrinsic beauty; second, "programme" music, supposed to represent or to imitate real life; and third, dramatic music, which is the accompaniment of poetry. Beethoven's music exemplified the first kind, but failed in the second, the "programme" music. It remained for Schubert to immortalize dramatic music in the song. His ability to set any verse to music...
...situations utterly beyond the scope of the author. No amount of "realistic" phrasing can cover the gaping breaks in the plot. The greatest philosophers and moralists have wrangled over the problem upon which this story is based, and the solution given here besides being inadequate, is morbid. The effect left by the story is one of mawkish sentiment...