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From the majesty of the "Dies irae" the music changed to the subdued strains of the "Tuba mirum," sung by the professional soloists Jeanette Scovotti, June Genovese, Walter Carringer, and George Hoffman. The chorus had some trouble going into this gentle mood at the beginning of the "Lacrimosa", but was highly inspiring when it reached the "Amen" at the end of the movement. While they did not retain this peak of grandeur on the "Domine Jesu" or in the fugue of the "Hostias," they recaptured it during the end of the "Hostias." The base was exceptionally superb during this part...
...chorus should have been somewhat larger. Although Mr. Munch kept the orchestra and chorus in approximately the same proportion that Berlioz envisaged, the voices were not strong enough in the triple-fortissimo passages of the "Tuba Mirum" and "Laerymosa." At these times, however, these was quite a bit else to occupy one's attention...
...petulantibus vocibus consectandi praetermittit. Jam paucis diebus ante cum convivis aliis hospites amici fuerunt. Ridetur, editur, potatur, ut omnes non minus animo quam ventre delectentur. Sermonis cursu a Doctore B. rogatus, ut fabellam narraret, "Fabella digna, quam narrem," Doctor A. respondet, "mihi non est; mihi autem somnium proxima nocte mirum fuit, quod, amici mei, si vobis placcat, libenter narrabo. Me mortuum esse et ad Paradisum iter contendisse somniavi. Petro Sancto invento, ut intrarem, ab ipso petii. 'Quis es?' rogat Petrus. 'Doctor A., Bostonianus,' respondeo. 'Doctor A., Bostonianus? vehementer doleo, amice, quod non intres, sed mehercle! ut medicus in Paradisum intret...
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