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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...PERIN has sent in his resignation as Secretary of the Pierian Sodality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

...were much pleased by the performance of the Pierian Sodality a week ago Tuesday. It was much better than last year. The orchestra played well in time and, as a rule, well in tune. The "Overture to Fra Diavolo" was perhaps quite as well executed as any thing which followed. The "Funeral March of a Marionette" would have been improved by a little more attention to accentuation; it lacked its full delicacy and grace. The same criticism might be made on the "Toujours ou Jamais," which did not need such a heavy accompaniment. So good, however, was the performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/11/1881 | See Source »

...Annual Concert of the Pierian Sodality will be given in Lyceum Hall, March 1, and promises to be very good. There will be dancing afterward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

...instrument lately introduced in the Pierian Sodality by a medical student, and murmuring, "Somebody's coming when the dew-drops fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCENE TAKEN FROM THE NEW HARVARD EDITION OF SHAKSPEARE. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...first rank was the Pierian Sodality, dressed in the uniform of a defunct military body. The strains wafted from their instruments filled the air with sweet melody, and did much to soften the fierce spirits of the wild beasts behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY CIRCUS. | 6/18/1880 | See Source »

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