Word: organisms
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...composer, one grandmother a famous singer at l'Opera-Comique. Her father won the Prix de Rome for composition in 1835. For variety, her mother was a Russian princess. As a student at the Paris Conservatoire, she carried off first prize in every field she studied: harmony, counterpoint, fugue, organ, and accompaniment. With this array of musical proficiency, she took responsibility for the musical training of her first student: her sister, Lili Boulanger. As a teacher, she succeeded. In 1913 Lili Boulanger won the Grand Prix de Rome in composition, the first woman ever to do so. Characteristically...
Harvard Yachting Club will fleet of 15 interclub dinghies spring. The new boats, the owned by a University organ will permit a tremendous expan Harvard's sailing progam...
...ensemble has invented its own repertoire of sounds, and for such a small group--clarinet, cello, percussion, piano--the repertoire is surprisingly large. The combination of clarinet (Richard Dufallo) and vibraphones (Charles Delancey) suggests a small organ in a big church. I've never heard anything like low clarinet tones played flutter-tongue against the head of a kettle drum...
...Polly and all other housewives last week. It was President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and like the song says, he was strummin' on the ol' banjo. The lyrics had a certain down-to-earth reality, but the tune-well, it was the kind usually played on that big organ at convention time. Phrased as a message to Congress, Kennedy catalogued all the complaints about modern life he could think of and then promised to fix them all up in a brave new world...
Last night's fake Mascle appeared after a five-week duel between the official House organ which uses a red shield, and an unidentified band of conspirators. Previous ersatz newsletters carried black shields and the official Mascle had warned Quincy men to trust only red ones. A spokesman for the official Mascle said he felt "compromised" last night...