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Word: either (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Consequently, once the proposed committee had been formed it would either have to retire to inactivity immediately or unearth some issues on which to go to work. Quite conceivably, a situation may explode at Harvard where fundamental principles of academic freedom are actually flouted. But there is time enough when that moment comes to form the necessary committee to deal with the matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SALLY FROM THE IVORY TOWER | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

...style. Even if two bands played the same arrangement, there would be a noticeable difference in execution and interpretation. Thus, a certain band becames prominent because its peculiar style appeals to the public. In every band there is something about the arrangements, that should more or less attract attention, either because they are unusually different or decidedly unique in some particular detail. Good arrangements are those which show the musicianship off to good advantage and at the same time have...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/8/1939 | See Source »

...Sometimes we wonder if really preparing music in the pure sense is worth the trouble because in many places our audiences seem to turn a deaf ear to music and only see what happens in front of or around the music. On the other hand if one should remove either from the combination, it's doubtful if the other would survive. I would say it's a problem which like the human equation, must be put in the catagory of abstractions. Basically, music is what bands offer and the peculiar twist which in recent years is evidenced, naturally...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/8/1939 | See Source »

...heard an unfavorable criticism of the Symphony of Psalms, because the details of the treatment of the text--the setting of the individual words--was considered inferior to that in the works of Byrd. This sort of comparison is useless as a way of determining the musical value of either type of composition, for in the orchestral-choral concert work, the details of fitting the individual words and phrases to the musical lines is secondary to the general movement of the whole composition. In the small church piece, on the other hand, the subtle enhancement of the phonetic and expressive...

Author: By L. C. Holvik, | Title: The Music Box | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

Suits expects his proxy, John D. Daggett 1L, and Miss Bossinger to get the marriage license tomorrow. On either Saturday or Sunday he hopes to be released from the infirmary, where he is suffering from a streptococcus infection and the repeated disturbances of pestiferous newspapermen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAWYER FOILED IN STILLMAN INFIRMARY MARRIAGE PLOT | 12/6/1939 | See Source »

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