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Word: plangent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been ranked as a popular song-maker. Last month, on the day that Italy struck at France and England, Composer Harris sat thoughtfully down to some verses he had written. Four days later he finished a song for baritone and a choral setting, with an orchestral accompaniment full of plangent brasses and surging strings of the Preamble to the Constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: I Hear America Singing | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

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