Word: polkas
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Polka, "Rosebud" Dietrich...
...fact which was gratifying, as it showed that greater confidence is now felt in the ability of the instrumentalists. The performance of this part of the programme was quite up to the usual standard. The "Turkish March" by Beethoven was particularly well received. The effect of the "Pizzicato Polka" was somewhat marred by an unfortunate want of harmony in the brass. A very pleasing episode occured after this piece, when Mr. Cary, president of the Sodality, stepped forward and in behalf of the members, presented Mr. Forchheimer with a gold-tipped baton as a token of their appreciation...
College songs, Freshman Glee Club; String Quartette, Die Felsenmuhle, Reissiger, Messrs. Whipple, Seelye, G. A. Carpenter, and Loeb; Diebeiden Grenadiere, Schumann, Mr. Chollet; Polka for Cornet, Rollinson, Mr. Benj. Carpenter; College Songs; Piano Solo, Mazurka, Leschetizky, Mr. Daniels; Nocturne for Violin, Field, Mr. Seelye; 'Cello Solo, Gavotte, Popper, Mr. Loeb; College Songs...
...method are numerous. Who has not observed the breathless interest with which the entrance of any procession on the stage is now greeted? Perhaps it is the solemnity, the grandeur of a marching host in the background, who wend their stately way along the boards with a polka-mazurka step, each man puffing his chest with martial ardor, and grinning as his Darwinian ancestors did when skipping playfully among the tree-tops. The ease of their postures, the classic, statuesque grace of their attitudes, with head on one side, mouth stretched from ear to ear, and arms akimbo, never fail...
...Last, Pinsuti; My Love she is a Kitten, Collier; I would I were a King, Fair Maid, Arthur Sullivan; Around the World with Grant (song with chorus), Thompson; Wandering back to the Old Home (with chorus), Gleason. Piano Music; Le Chant du Coeur, Sudds; The Mill Wheel, Boyton Smith; Polka, op. 212, Carl Faust; Heart Memories, Jungmann; Spring Flower Waltz, Himau; In Dusky Dale (four hands), Merkel...