Word: fortissimos
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...four hundred and fifty million subjects of the King Emperor, George V, were expected to harken last week as the note of Empire boomed fortissimo at London...
...Stokowski, conducting a symphony of empty chairs, churns on and on; the music must be coming to a climax, for now his arms wildly flagellate; he whips his fiddlers up to a crisis, holds his phantom cymbals and horns and woodwinds suspended in a terrific fortissimo of silence, and then, at a final mute drum-stroke, drops his arms to his sides. . . . Standing alone, his back to the audience, he orders his invisible orchestra to rise to the applause that does not come ? turns, smiles, walks quickly...
...characterized by a clarity of line and a delicacy of shading which brought every nuance and tint into relief. Even in the difficult counterpoints among the choruses or between certain voices and the orchestra, there was no blurring of the melody. From the most delicate pianissimo to a stirring fortissimo, from the richest chords to the most varied countempointing, every voice came out with a clear, sustained sweet quality rarely if ever found in any other college choral societies. Great praise must be given to Mr. G. W. Woodworth, who trained both clubs in the absence of Dr. Davison...
...enters loudly into the Mahler controversy. The conductor is busy, with augmented orchestra and large chorus, rehearsing the Bohemian composer's huge " Resurrection" symphony, which will be performed early next month. The outcry of the people who dislike Mahler's music will arise in as great a fortissimo as any in the symphony...
...several concerts this season it has been touch-and-go between the solo coughers and musicians; the Coughers' Chorus, with symphony accompaniment, has been heard frequently, but without any notable pleasure. And your public cougher doesn't know the use of the soft pedal--he coughs fortissimo and sostenuto. The world will be a far better place to live in if the International Anti-Coughing Union succeeds in its suggested purposes...