Word: falsetto
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three o'clock in the morning. This happened Sunday night, or rather Monday morning last, in one of Hillton's dormitories. The performers rendered, among other things, "Fifteen Dollars in My Inside Pocket;" selections from the "Corsair" in duets, trios, etc., with piano accompaniment, as well as solos in falsetto-probably in blissful ignorance of the existence of such things as Parietal regulations. They finally broke up about 4 a. m., after singing about a certain boardinghouse a long distance off, at the top of their voices, much to the keen enjoyment of everybody on the same floor...
...Regiment March," by the Banjo Club, was greeted with unbounded applause, and received an encore. The waltzes by the Pierian were given with a great deal of snap and sprightliness. They made a welcome number of the programme. A mixed quartette, in which two of the singers sang falsetto, created much amusement. Mr. Carpenter's song, "Man in the Moon," was well sung and well received. It is a bright composition, and shows considerable originality...
...applause. It was evidently a novelty; this fact being evinced by the manner of its reception and by the report of one of the papers next morning; the ingenious reporter had evidently looked it up in his unabridged and in accordance with its definition praised "Mr. C - 's funny falsetto singing...
...parts of the two rival suitors with excellent taste. The female roles were taken by Messrs. Fox and Cushing, the former in tone and action portraying faithfully the French matron, while the latter took the part of the young lady. In the farce Mr. Cushing's rendering, in falsetto voice, of "Where Art Thou Now, My Beloved?" was a taking feature of the evening. Mr. Belshaw also brought down the house with his comic songs. The following was the cast...
...young ladies in confidential conversation: "Have you a falsetto voice?" "N-no, but I have a false set o' teeth...