Word: glees
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...about 15 years, most of the band's functions from the Sunday of reunion through the Thursday of Commencement have been primarily for the twenty-fifth reunion class. Sunday night the band will play in Harkness Commons, Wednesday jointly with the Glee Club for Class Day and a baseball game, and Thursday for the exercises themselves...
...reason why the Harvard Glee Club maintains its quality appeared last night: the Harvard Freshman Glee Club, directed by Truman Bullard. In its concert with the Radcliffe Freshman Choral Society, it displayed the same energy, control, and rich tone that made its Christmas recital so impressive. The 'Cliffies added definite visual, and some aural, esthetic satisfaction...
...Profundis,' sixth of a set of seven penitential psalms, displayed the Glee Club more to advantage. Kapellmeister di Lasso began the set of psalms under commission from Duke Albert of Bavaria in 1563. He based the sixth psalm on a cantus firmus (chant melody) which recurs in each movement of the piece. The Radcliffe Society had consistent trouble making its entrances, but the chorus, though occasionally bottom-heavy, preserved the viscous fluidity of Lasso's style. The men's chorus, by the way, has fine basses, and exploits them well; but sometimes instead of stabilizing they sink the ship...
...loosely flowing, and surprisingly modern, harmonies of three early composers best displayed the dynamic control and agility of the Glee Club's voices. After a 'Suabian Folk Song' by Brahms, an arrangement by Vaughan Williams, and an unwitting parody on schmaltz by Paul Creston, richness palled: what the Glee Club needed was more good, lean music like the Bartok 'Three Folk Songs.' To these the Choral Society gave its strongest and most straightforward performance of the evening...
...Freshman Glee Club will wind up the weekend with a concert on the steps of Widener at noon Sunday...