Word: sextet
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...difficult medium of two violins, two violas and two 'cellos has tempted few composers. Brahms adopted it twice and contributed the two finest examples of string sextet, of which the first in B-flat (1860) was performed last night. Brahms achieved a perfect balance between Romanticism and Classicism; the stuff of his music is Romantic, but its manipulation and design are Classical. This warm and glowing sextet is a veritable textbook of almost endless varieties of string texture. For example, the Andante often uses the violas and 'cellos as a dark quartet; the Scherzo utilizes the six instruments in three...
...Crimson sextet could gain the edge, however, if Providence's strong first line is again broken up because Rod German, its high-scoring center, has a thigh injury...
...favorite for their two weekend matches against the Tigers, they dropped both games, 7 to 4 and 5 to 2. But the varsity, still showing the effects of inexperience with its team completely reorganized from last year, should find the Friars an opponent at least equal to the B.U. sextet which upset the Crimson in sudden-death overtime last week...
...varsity hockey team gained back most of its lost prestige Saturday afternoon by outhustling and outplaying a talented Middlebury sextet at Watson, 3 to 0. The shutout was the first for goalie Charlie Flynn since the 10-0 Dartmouth slaughter last year and the third in his varsity career...
...Boston University sextet has begun its return to local hockey eminence after two lean years, but it is questionable whether the Terriers can yet match the Crimson. The faceoff for tonight's attempt at the Garden...