Word: musically
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whole orchestra, and developed into an intricate maze of short phrases worked to a climax and ending, then, quietly, in a soft passage. The second movement is odd in every way, even in its name, "Valse Melancholique," itself a seeming contradiction. The waltz time is sustained but the music is rather funereal than bright. The third movement, the exact opposite of the second, is a "scherzo." There is no regular theme, but an entanglement of a lot of minor ideas which produce no impression but that of confusion. The final movement, a theme with variations, is a technical work...
First He sends conscience and feelings of joy, and opportunities to consecrate our lives to His service. Then He sends us a delegation, prosperity, works of art, music, books, and all the agencies of education and improvement. Each messenger says "Render to the Lord the fruit of His vineyard." He has these numerous messengers to appeal to each one of us, and we ought not to expect the same messenger that appeals to us to appeal as strongly to some one else...
...improve delivery there must be training to improve spontaneity. This is what makes the cultivation of delivery so difficult. Tones and actions are the music of speech; words give you the idea, but tones and actions give the feeling. A man who presents bare facts without feeling makes no impression...
Concerts will begin Dec. 23d in Metzerott's Music Hall, Washington; Dec. 26. Entertainment Hall, St. Louis; Dec. 28. Lyceum Theatre, Minneapolis; Dec. 29, The People's Church, St. Paul; Dec. 31, Gormanstadt Theatre. Milwaukee; Jan. 1, Central Music Hall, Chicago...
...there hope of anything better, while the present arrangement lasts? Waiving all question as to the average quality of the words and music produced, there seems to be an inseparable difficulty at the outset: men cannot find time to attend the rehearsals. The natural consequence was well illustrated by my own class. It is within bounds to say that half of us had never looked at the song before we were huddled together, hot and excited, to flounder through it at sight. Moreover, even were the difficulty overcome - even if every senior had learned his part and sang - there...