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...orchestra's ability was most in evidence in "Petrushka," a complex work which incorporates Russian folk tunes and avant-garde rhythmic experimentation. Just the number of instruments involved was impressive: everything from piano, harp and celeste to xylophone, snare drum and triangle found a place on the crowded stage. It makes one wonder what HRO would do if the admissions committee ever forgot to admit a harpist...
When management gives eight months' notice of international transfer, a Harvard graduate ought to have time to learn something of the newly required language. But instead, my graduates harp as my undergraduates do, about a shrinking planet, international business and the Web, all the while scarcely realizing that a love of languages other than English endures as one great divide between public-high-school graduates and private-school graduates...
...more nitty gritty "Hoochie Koochie Man," featured visceral and unaffected blues riffs that got Diddley into a veritable leg-wiggling frenzy, while the a-harp player blew distorted chops that complemented the raunchy tune...
Christine J. Lay '97 played "The Worshiper," a contemporary piece of Chinese music on a zither (gu zheng), a wooden harp-like instrument that is laid horizontally on a wooden stand...
Navy Seaman Marcus Gill told a Japanese courtroom that he did not force two Marines to join an attack on a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl. Gill, accused along with Roderico Harp and Kendrick Ledet of rape, said that Harp and Ledet were the ones who jumped out of their rented car and grabbed the girl. The two Marines insist that they participated in the assault only because they were afraid of Gill. The three face a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted. A verdict and sentence are expected January 19, but that could be delayed...