Word: pierians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...words to the discussion concerning the Pierian Sodality precipitated by Mr. Virgil Thomson's criticism in last Saturday's CRIMSON and continued by Mr. Charles G. Thompson's letter in this morning's issue...
...seems to me that the Pierian could find much more valid and convincing arguments for its side of the question than the vituperation of Mr. Thompson's Philippie. I cannot agree that the question of the decline of the Pierian is without the domain of the critic (although I do not believe that the Harvard orchestra really is in such a bad way). To the critic all is pertinent that has any bearing on the quality of the performance. After all, the function of the critic, as Mr. Thompson has pointed out, is to comment as impartially as is humanly...
...second point which I wish to mention is this: the connotation of Mr. Thomson's article is that the Pierian Sodality Orchestra is rapidly on the decline. This I know is not the case--in either case this matter would seem not to be within the jurisdiction of a "musical critic." It would seem that he draws his conclusion from the absurd caption "unskilled instrumentalists cannot rival professionals"--a statement the fallacy of which in connection with the Pierian Orchestra, made up of students, would at once be apparent to even an "adenoidial moron." Furthermore, were the Pierian Sodality...
...should have interested his famous Tangos to be played by a "Village Band," why he should indulge in a play of terms like "sheet-music trade, "familiar restaurant repotory," and "a tender and devoted skill," and why as a candidate for position of Conductor of the Pierian Orchestra last fall, he should now cry for another Davison...
...Music Department in his article, though he may endeavor to give such an impression. Were his a musical criticism, written fairly and sympathetically as one would expect from a man in Mr. Thomson's position and of Mr. Thomson's ability, instead of a hodge-podge of personalities, the Pierian would not feel called upon to raise its voice. Charles G. Thompson...