Word: sing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high musical standards that now prevail in the U. S.-is obvious. The native artist cannot live on the prices paid to musicians, which, though enormous in figures, are drowned by the unfavorable exchange. But the American with a few dollars can live cheaply and afford to sing for next to nothing. Thus you will find Americans in nearly all the opera houses. They shine mightily in the absence of the good native artists who have been driven into foreign lands...
...lead the club throughout its spring concert, which starts late in March or early in April. In conjunction with the Freshman Instrumental Clubs, which will be organized shortly after the holidays, the 1927 Glee Club will perform in several near by town. An important engagement already secured is to sing with the Pop Concert Orchestrs at Symphony Hall on Freshman Night. Then after performances at various girls schools around Boston, at several suburban towns and a concert at Brattle Hall late in May, the combined clubs will make their final appearance at the Freshman Jubilee...
...University Glee Club members, who will sing on its Christmas concert tour, will spend most of the coming vacation in a railroad sleeper, since the club's itinerary includes seven widely separated cities to be visited in ten days. St. Louis is the point farthest west on the trip, and Washington the point farthest south. At each stop the men will be entertained by the local Harvard Club...
There will be no solo trials, but each man will be required to sing several scales. The accompanists will be asked to play one piece of their own choosing and one at sight...
Lilli Lehmann is living in Grunewald, near Berlin. She has just celebrated her 75th birthday. In good health, but no longer able to sing, she devotes herself to teaching girls to become stars...