Word: minor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tendency in the main has been to concentrate on the history and literature of countries as a whole rather than centuries. Thus America and England have become far and away the leaders in number of concentrators with the 19th century third and all the others of comparatively minor importance. There are, however, advantages in a small field such as the 17th or 18th century in that a complete mass of material can be digested. Exactly what the future of these smaller branches of History and Literature will be, though, is at the present, highly speculative. The de parture of such...
...with a beautifully pure, cultivated voice. John Darr played Adonis capably; Miriam Silverman played the role of Cupid with much verve. The orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Holmes and assisted at the harpsichord by Claude Chiasson, performed valiantly throughout, and the music, characteristically Restoration in its use of dissonance and minor modulations, came out excellently. Lastly the dances designed by Miss Katherine Schroeder and executed by the Radcliffe Ballet, lent a colorful and decorative setting to the performance...
...tribute to a friend, the Elegy was written to a pastoral poem by John Gay, which rocks with neo-classic artificialities. Yet despite the artificialities in the poem, and occasional artificialities in the music, the simplicity and sincerity of feeling rise as a whole above artificiality, and create a minor masterpiece. Representing the modern era, Gustav Holst's Dirge for Two Veterans is included...
...House of Venus and Adonis, with Nancy Waite and John Darr in the title roles, the Radcliffe Ballet, and the Pierian under Mal Holmes participating, should be an event of interest and entertainment to all music lovers, especially to those who miss as sorely as I do the lovely minor music of the seventeenth century...
...refer to them disdainfully as the "plumbers down the river." To learn that their mortal enemies have rarely been guilty of a more complete or nasty comment than "Technology? Good school," would be heartbreaking, but the myth is as yet undisturbed. Their continuous guerrilla warfare, consisting of such minor pranks as neckties draped around John Harvard and abortive attempts to weld the gates, has gone unnoticed. Last year, however, Rochester's abduction did attract some attention, but Harvard failed to grasp the idea that it was only part of a rivalry of long standing...