Word: pianist
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Arion Quartette has been reorganized as follows: First Tenor, Brigham, '80; Second Tenor, Tuckerman, '82; First Bass, Keene, '80; Second Bass, Brackett, '80; Pianist, William Richardson...
...BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA of fifty performers will be engaged for the five concerts. This is the orchestra formerly conducted by Theodore Thomas, * and is now under the able leadership of Mr. Thomas's assistant-conductor, Mr. W. S. Dietrich. Madame Rive-King, the eminent pianist, Mr. Remenyi, the celebrated Hungarian violinist, Mr. Courtney, the English Tenor, and other distinguished soloists, will appear at these concerts...
...Long-Lost Brothers." The performance was announced to begin at eight o'clock, and at a quarter past the pianist, with commendable promptness, favored the audience with the overture, which was shortly followed by the "Elixir of Youth." This piece represents the wonderful effect which a bottle of patent-medicine has upon an old lady of seventy-five years, by renewing her youth through successive steps until she reaches the state of infancy...
...final act of the burlesque the very clever song on the Cadets "brought down the house," and the last verse had to be repeated on both occasions. The "personals" which followed also appeared to be enjoyed. No one performed his part better than the pianist, Mr. Shippen...
...college songs as rendered both by the principal actors and by the large chorus were thoroughly enjoyed. A feature of the entertainment heartily appreciated was the instrumental music given between the acts of the burlesque by the clarionet soloist, Mr. Gorman of the Pierian Sodality, and by the Pianist of the society, Mr. Jecko. The farce was received at both places with an enthusiasm quite unexpected, and the deceptive cleverness with which those two handsome females - Mrs. Figsby and Caroline - were "constructed," may in part account for it. The Caroline who, at Exeter, so gracefully received her bouquet...