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...London paper states that the choruses composed by Dr. G. A. Macfarren for the recent performances in Greek at Cambridge and Eaton of the "Ajax" of Sophocles are in unison throughout, with accompaniment for harp (representing the lyre), and a small orchestra, reinforced by a drum. The music which the late Sir Sterndale Bennett was writing for the same tragedy is conceived more in the style of Mendelssohn's Greek tragedies ("Antigone" and "OEdipus") than in that adopted by his successor at Cambridge University. Only two pieces, unfortunately, were left complete - the overture and funeral march...
Four performances are to be given of the "Ajax" of Sophocles, in the original Greek, at St. Andrew's Hall, Cambridge, England, on the evenings of November 29,30 and December 1, and the afternoon of December 2. The choruses and incidental music have been written by Professor Macfarren, and will be performed by an orchestra and a chorus of undergraduates...
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