Word: effort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...also been unknown; and in the first beginning of the opera, even the chief parts were taken by choruses of five or six voices. For two centuries, a feeling for lyric music had been growing: Ben Jonson, and Shakespeare introduced music into their dramatic performances. During the Renaissance, an effort was made by Italian scholars to revive the ancient Greek music; and to this is due the origin of recitative, and solo music, as we have it. The illustrations on this subject were especially interesting. Italian opera was introduced into France by Lully in 1645; an interesting illustration was given...
...recent meeting of the students of Dartmouth, $1300 was subscribed for the support of the university nine. A strong effort will be made to take the pennant to Hanover this season...
...effort is being made whereby the crews can be accommodated at club tables at Memorial...
Every junior ought to make a special effort to be present at the coming class dinner. Those who remember the enjoyable dinner of last year ought certainly to need no further urging to make them sign the book at Bartlett's. Aside from all considerations of mere conviviality, however, the men of eighty-six should spare no efforts to make a success of the dinner, if for no other reason than that it has been several years since a junior class has met with anything but failure in its attempts to hold a class dinner...
...advice of the captain of the University crew, we employed the services of Col. Bancroft through the fall. This was at an additional expense of $175. In order to meet this increased expenditure, we economised by buying a second-hand shell of the class of '84, and used every effort to reduce the expenses of the class as much as possible...