Word: liszt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first number was Flotow's overture to "Stradella," which was successfully performed, with the exception of a noticeable weakness in the brass in the first part. Prof. Paine's "Commencement Hymn" was well rendered by the Glee Club. Mr. Dunham very successfully performed a piano solo by Liszt, receiving a hearty encore. Gade's "Winter Song," by the Glee Club quartette, was received with an encore. Mr. McCagg's solo, Schubert's "Impatience," was excellently given, and proved one of the finest features of the programme. The following-named college songs were then given by the Glee Club...
GLEE CLUB.3-PIANO SOLO - a II Penseroso..........Liszt...
...London Philharmonic Society produced the ninth of Liszt's symphonic poems, entitled "Hungaria," for the first time in England on the 23d ult. The music describes a band of horsemen advancing across the "Pushta," or Hungarian prairie. They encounter the enemy and after a free fight a funeral march to the slain is introduced, followed by a joyous cry of victory in which a Hungarian national melody, already used by Herr Brahms, is employed...