Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hale and Prof. George E. Hale, have presented the University of Chicago with the instrument and apparatus of Kenwood Observatory, valued...
There was no relation whatsoever between the Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Celtic literatures except the relation that was necessitated by geography. Yet out of the mixture of these three, there was produced a tongue, fitted by its strength and scope of expression to be the instrument of the greatest of modern literatures. England was much influenced by foreign thought form the time of the conquest; especially the laiety, who had been wofully lacking in all education, now gained some appreciation for refinement and culture of mind...
...definite aim in view. Two destinct strains are felt throughout, one military, one of the sea. Always is heard the clanging of armour, but in the back ground is the unceasing roar of the sea. These legends were sung or rather chanted to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. and together with the peculiar accent and alliteration of the poetry, their reading was made very impressive. Our ancestors were a religious people even when pagans, their literature being as much of religion as of war, the sea, or domestic love...
...musical instrument shall be played upon, and no singing shall be allowed, except between one o'clock in the afternoon and nine o'clock in the evening. No boisterous music, or playing upon drums, or other harsh instruments, shall be allowed at any time...
Mendelssohn's "Scotch" Symphony No. 3, in A minor was the last number on the programme. Here was the great opportunity of the evening and here the Orchestra showed its excellence most forcibly. The various men playing the same instrument worked as one man, and the result was an almost perfect production. If the concerts are to continue the crescendo of excellence which they have begun it is difficult to see how the last one will be classed...