Word: musically
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC.The topics and dates of the remaining lectures on the Psychology of Music are as follows...
...Psychology of Music. Lecture. IV. Scale. Mr. B. I. Gilman. Sever...
...concert in Sanders Theatre last evening consisted entirely of classical music. Although to keep up with the times it is necessary to hear frequently music by more modern composers, nevertheless it is always a delight to any music lover to listen to three such acknowledged masterpieces. The three selections of this concert, all of which are familiar, were written by the three greatest masters of classical orchestral forms. Beethoven's Overture Egmont, written as a prelude to Goethe's drama of the same name, is one of the most dramatic and passionate of all the classical overtures. We have...
...major symphony, which is the only symphony ever composed, except Schubert's other, in B minor, and some of Schumann's, that can rank with the best of Beethoven's. The magnificent passages for the trombones in the first movement, one of the finest things in all orchestral music; the opening passage on the hourns; the half-comic theme of the wood instruments, all were splendidly played. The andante conmoto, a long slow movement, is a trifle monotonous when played on the piano, but in the orchestra, with the ever varying varieties of tone-color of the different instruments...
...audience to the close of the rather long programme. Applause was frequent, though not as hearty as it might have been. Mr. Nikisch has abandoned his former practice of conducting without notes; he used the score even for the familiar Egmont Overture. Mrs. Nikisch, also following the music from a score, was an attentive listener on the front...