Word: precisionism
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"In a word, "The Pierian" was a real orchestra. For to technical ability, precision and security, it added in novel measure the higher, the finer, the imaginative, intuitive and expressive virtues of orchestral playing when it is not a routine or a pastime, but an ambition and an art. More...
Rameau's "Ballet Suite" imposes a searching test upon a string orchestra, and it is not too much to say that the Pierian strings acquitted themselves most creditably by reason of their firm attack, rhythmical precision, and sensitive nuances.
"The Crystal Gazer" comes up to this standard; it has possibly more plot than the average; one can actually keep it in sight except at two points--one in the first act, when Ozab recommends the wrong suitor, and the other his too sudden unmasking at the end. The characters...
The comedy runs in three acts: one in a rising middle-western city of families that would also rise socially; one in Newport at midsummer among the socially ascending and ascended; and one in Boston among those who already dwell in a higher social aether. In all three scenes the...
In its annual concert of this season the Pierian Sodality Orchestra has set a new standard of attainment, for in the essentials of technique and artistic proficiency,--precision of attack, regard for shading, and euphony between the sections of the orchestra, the performance was the best the writer has ever...