Word: oratorio
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...purpose of electing a president in the place of Mr. C. M. O'Cornor, '87, who has lately entered Holy Cross College. Mr. D. F. Horgan, '87, was chosen. The director of the society, Mr. Smith, S. J., stated that the society had received invitations to join the Boston Oratorio Society, and also to attend the production of Lawrence Barrett's "Rienzi...
Professor J. K. Paine is composing an oratorio which will be produced next spring...
...project which is at present being discussed by some of the gentlemen holding prominent positions in college musical matters. Briefly stated, the gentlemen in question are considering the advisability of making a marked departure from the usual routine of college musical events, and are planning the presentation of an oratorio, or of some other musical work of respectable magnitude. The success of the Boylston Club in rendering such compositions leads us to believe that an attempt of this kind by the vocal and instrumental talent of the college would be sure of a favorable reception. The members of the Glee...
...selections included airs and a duet from operas by Handel, a Prelude and Fugue from Bach's Well Tempered clavichord; movements for piano and 'cello, and for 'cello solo from Sonatas by Bach, and his famous air from soprano and 'cello obligate. "My Heart Ever Faithful," from the Christmas Oratorio, which, particularly, was exquisitely rendered by Miss Eames and Mr. Forchheimer...
...given, comprising sextetts, quartets and solos. The lecturer began by sketching the rise of the art of music from the earliest times. Music properly so called is the youngest of the fine arts. Its progress is traceable to four different sources-the Christian church music, the troubadours, the opera oratorio, etc., of the 17th century, and lastly the rise of modern instrumental music. Harmony was unknown in the earliest music; scales and notation were introduced, but the first experiment of harmony was made in the 9th century. Not till several centuries after did counterpoint come into use; it arose from...