Word: finn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contemporary composers none is more uniformly applauded, or more deservedly so, than the Finn, Sibelius. His first symphony ripens with age and familiarity; it receives full and adequate expression at the hands of Mr. Monteux. It gives the lie to those who assert that Beethoven or Brahms said all that could be said within the limits of sonata form...
...Huckleberry Finn...
Mile Run. From Stockholm Stadium, Sweden, came the report that Paavo Nurmi, a Finn, had " broken the world's record for the mile run." The mile record-with the possible exception of the 100-yard record-is looked upon as the most important record in track competition. Yet Nurmi's feat (though it was in no wise questioned) evoked little or no press comment; no American sporting editor proved energetic enough to cable for further details. The Finn's time was given as 4 min. 102/5 sec. He also "broke the world's record...
...This is a valuable company. They give a capella performances - unaccompanied chorus-of works which range from the masterpieces of the great school of medieval counterpoint to compositions of the discordant moderns. Their program for last week embraced such different names as Palestrina, Pergolesi, Archangelsky. The director is Father Finn, choirmaster of New York's great church of the Paulist order. He is a fine, genial fellow, a learned musician and, one guesses, a lively hand with a pair of boxing gloves. He formed the chorus in the normal process of training a church choir of boys...
Romance, when called out by the magic wand of a fairy, or told in the pages of a "Huckleberry Finn", is a totally different thing from the romance of camping out on a winter night with little to wear and less to eat. Boys play pirates for the fun of it, and steal their provisions from their mother's pantry; but when a boy camps under the steps of Russell Annex, and steals what he needs from the automobiles and college rooms near by, it is stretching the point to say that he is "playing pirate...