Word: minor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Symphony in C minor. No. 5, Op. 1 Beethoven...
Symphony in D minor. (Reformation.) No. 5, op. 107. . . . . . . . Mendelssohn...
...misfortune to hear, and, judging from the audience, very few people were willing to accept the apology. It is an imposition for a manager to gather a lot of people who never studied a note of music, who couldn't tell the difference between a symphony in G minor and a tune written by Mr. Brahman, and call it an opera company...
...minor offence committed by the students a few nights ago was the removal of the clapper of the college bell, a feat that is performed here annually. The students paid dearly for this piece of folly, for a proctor, coming upon them quietly, removed the scaling ladder, and kept them up in the cold until he thought they had a sufficient time for repentance, and then let them down, taking their names as they descended...
...minor institution in New York...