Word: impromptu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Argentina the news of Firpo's victory was received with frenzied jubilation. After the result was announced on the sidewalks of Buenos Aires (one minute after the knockout), great crowds marched through the streets " shouting and singing loudly and making impromptu torches of twisted newspapers...
...program for tonight follows: 1. Bonnie Dundee Glee Club Mister Moon Glee Club 2. On to Plattsburg Banjo Club Football Medley Banjo Club 3. Instrumental Speciality Jazz Band 4. Schneider's Band Glee Club Up the Street Glee Club 5. Piano Solo a) Fantasie Impromptu b) Minuette By F. W. Ramseyer 6. Swing Song Mandolin Club Laughing Eyes Mandolin Club 7. Quartet Specialty Portfolio, Schacht, Combs, Hill. 8. Rose of the Rio Grande Banjo Club Journey's End Banjo Club 9. Australia Glee Club Good Night Ladies Glee Club 10. Fair Harvard Glee and Mandolin Clubs
...Come? When Shuffle Along came to town, New York was captivated by a new musical comedy genre. Its plot was bad, its scenery would have been rejected by William A. Brady, and its direction seemed to be an impromptu affair, varying from night to night with the spirit of the entertainers. But it had real Negro jazz music, real dancing and a quality of speed and verve which was unique and refreshing. Strut Miss Lizzie and Liza, which followed, were progressively poorer. The naivete was gone, the speed became a deliberate mechanical effect instead of a natural exuberance...
...IMPROMPTU-Elliot H. Paul--Knopf ($2.00). The author of that promising first novel Indelible, now living in Boston, here writes a novel of disillusionment and revolt, but without sensationalism or coarseness. The figure of the hero is weak and unsympathetic, but Mr. Paul manages the unpleasantness of his plot with reserve and pity. The story tells the history of a tormented and afraid young man who runs away to war, and returns, the victim of his weakness, to find his former sweetheart. For a time the girl supports him, but after much unhappiness he runs away again to join...
...exhibits at the Pan-American Exposition at Rio de Janeiro, had to prove to immigration authorities at Ellis Island that he actually was an artist in order to gain admission to this country. Artists are exempt from immigration quotas, and as a result there have been a horde of impromptu "artists" on all arriving steamships. Signer de Arba proved his status by cablegrams from Rio de Janeiro-not by demonstrating his skill upon the spot...