Word: programs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Pierian Sodality. The lecture is entitled "The Precursors of the Pianaforte," and is given by Mr. Krehbiel, Musical Editor of the New York Tribune, and illustrated by instruments owned by Mr. Steinert. The development of which the pianoforte is the result, will be followed through from its beginning. A program of classical music will be rendered on the clavichord, harpichord, and other old instruments, which will be played by Mr. Arthur Friedheim. The lecture has been given at Yale, and is given here largely through the influence of Prof. J. K. Paine. Mr. Steinert's instruments, among which are some...
...handicap fence vault was the first event on the program. Daniels of Phillips' Exeter, who made a new record for the school in the recent indoor meeting there, was supposed to be the drawing card in this event, but he failed to appear, and the only contestants were A. H. Green, '92, and J. Connor, B. Y. M. C. U., who had a handicap of 3-4 inches. The bar was started at 6 feet, and gradually raised to 6 ft., 10 1-2 in., which both cleared. Connor failed to go any higher, but Green vaulted...
When the leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was asked to select a program which would be appropriate to a concert in memory of James Russell Lowell, he chose three works which were, as far as possible, the expression of all that is noble in man. By grouping together, representations of three types of character, all different, yet all pointing to one ideal conception of manhood, he showed what power the language of music has to express the different phases and emotions of the human character. From the romantic reveries of the imaginative, poetic Manfred overture, through the life portrayed...
...next to the last of the series of Symphony Concerts will be given this evening at 7.45 in Sanders Theatre. The program is as follows: Overture, "Manfred, "Schumann; Unfinished Symphony in B minor. Schubert; Symphony No. 5, Beethoven...
...entries for the Second Winter Meeting closed last night. It was decided to omit the sparring events, that there might be no possible objection in attending on the part of the ladies. The potato race has been inserted in the program and promises to furnish abundant amusement to the spectators. There will be fifteen potatoes, at a distance of one yard from each other, making about two hundred and forty yards in all that each man must...