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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Audiences have generally been disturbed by the sordidness of Jenufa's libretto (it hinges on the drowning of an illegitimate child), by the opera's harshly dissonant score, and its generally unmelodic vocal line. Composer Janacek derived many of his melodies from the inflections of common speech, caught them by prowling around with a notebook, jotting down overheard phrases and sentences in approximate musical notation. The result is that the orchestra becomes part of the drama. In last week's performance (which marked the U.S. debut of opulent-voiced Dutch Soprano Gré Brouwenstijn) Jenufa proved...
After the 21-21 tie in 1954, Brown triumphed, 14 to 6, in 1955, and 21 to 12, in 1956. In 1957, Harvard absorbed its worst licking at the hands of a Bruin eleven. Behind quarterbacks Frank Finney and Nick Pannes, today's starter, Brown scored early and often against an outclassed and injury-ridden Crimson eleven. The final score was Brown 33, Harvard...
Harvard proceeded to run off 20 straight victories before Brown managed a tie in 1914. The Crimson pushed its streak to 23 Brown games without a loss in 1915, but the next fall the Bruins finally came through with a win, by the score...
Finally, in 1901, the varsity cut loose with an overwhelming 48-0 trouncing of the hapless Bruins. However, the game was not as satisfactory as the score makes it seem. As the CRIMSON of Nov. 4, 1901, put it, "Harvard defeated Brown on Saturday by a score of 48 to 0, in an uninteresting and poorly played game. Harvard was not once held for downs, while Brown was able to gain a first down only once...
...Halaby turned in the longest run from scrimmage in the long history of Harvard Stadium--an 84-yard dash, aided by a picture block by Larry Repsher. Quarterback Charlie Ravenel guided another touchdown drive, and the Crimson was within one point, 23 to 22. But Harvard could not score again...