Word: piano
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the recess, there were few concerts of great interest in Boston. Friday evening, December 21, Mr. George Copeland gave a characteristically excellent concert in Jordan Hall. Handicapped by a very poor piano, he was able to stir his audience to real enthusiasm. Few pianists, if any, can play French and Spanish music as he can. If he considers remaining in Boston, his cordial welcome should encourage...
Prince George is a lieutenant in the Navy, and, after the Prince of Wales, considered the most attractive of the King's sons. A thoroughgoing sportsman, he is fond of dancing, is adept at strumming jazz tunes on the piano...
...with his father to Italy, of the personality of Liszt, of encounters with the great of all varieties. There is an interesting account of the first time he heard his mother play-for during Wagner's lifetime she was so devoted to her husband that she neglected the piano...
...13th of February I sat in the salon at the piano. In came my mother and went to the grand. She began to play. Tomy question as to what she was playing she replied, with an abstract gaze, "Schubert's Lob der Tränen" (In Praise of Tears). A few minutes later the valet brought news that father was very ill. Never shall I forget how my mother dashed through the door. . . . When I saw her in later years at rehearsals the festival productions, representing roles as Kundry, Isolde, Sieglinde or Brünilde, my mind often reverted...
...afternoon W. L. Tibbetts '26 will accompany on the piano an informal group singing, after which refreshments will be served...