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Exactly what the Society fed on for the first few years of its perilous existence is still somewhat of a mystery because the first mention of music performed is in 1810, Handel's Air." The following year the Pierian anticipated playing Handel's "Waterpiece" at Commencement, but "the member who plays the 2nd Clarionett having a sore jaw, occasioned by the Extraction of a tooth, it was judged necessary to apologize to the Seniors and decline playing." The following year, however, a brilliant comeback was staged when its first concert was performed...
Herbert disclaims any intention of being "narrowly and offensively British." But the Great Bear (which Americans "flippantly but sensibly call the Dipper") becomes Great Britain; its stars: Shakespeare, Caxton, Pitt, Johnson, Wren, Reynolds and Handel. Herbert gives Cassiopeia to the U.S. Says he: "I shall graciously permit the Americans to have some say . . . but I have put down Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Grant and Roosevelt (he does not say which), and a smaller one for Paul Jones...
...have often been thrown, together indiscriminately, as witnessed by another program which boasted of nothing but modern French music by Milhaud, Debussy and Ravel, enough to tire even the most ardent admirer of musical delicacy and impressionism. To date there has not been a single note of Bach or Handel heard in Symphony Hall. Although there seemed to be time enough for two by Shostakovitch and one by Miaskovsky, there was not a single Haydn, and but one Mozart symphony performed...
...their own choosing from the orchestra which they support. Dr. Koussevitsky has, to date, gotten more than his baton's worth out of the music which he particularly enjoys. But there are seven programs to be heard and he may yet lower himself to the level of Bach and Handel...
...Atkinson took time out from war corresponding to see a Chinese Hamlet. The audience arrived at 8. The theater was "cleared of trash left from the afternoon performance" by 8:30. The curtains parted at 9. The cast wore false noses in an attempt to look Occidental, acted to Handel's Largo and Beethoven's Minuet in G. At 11:15 the play was only half over, but Atkinson left because "the ricksha boys hate to go over the hill in the dead of the night." His verdict: "Not yet ready for Broadway...