Word: lyric
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hundred dollars, given for the purpose by John Osborne Sargent, of the class of 1830, will be awarded in one or more prizes for the best metrical version or versions (of sufficient merit) of a lyric poem of Horace. The whole amount may be awarded, at the discretion of the judges, to the competitor; or it may be divided among not more than three competitors in sums apportioned to the merits of their respective versions...
...contrapuntal church styles in the 16th century, melody had been entirely lost sight of. solo music had also been unknown; and in the first beginning of the opera, even the chief parts were taken by choruses of five or six voices. For two centuries, a feeling for lyric music had been growing: Ben Jonson, and Shakespeare introduced music into their dramatic performances. During the Renaissance, an effort was made by Italian scholars to revive the ancient Greek music; and to this is due the origin of recitative, and solo music, as we have it. The illustrations on this subject were...