Word: singer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Twelve weeks of Opera in English is the program of Mr. Edward M. Beck, managing director of the Boston English Opera Company. His aim, as expressed in an interview yesterday, is to provide for the American singer in this country an opportunity comparable at least to that given to the foreigners who have hitherto dominated our opera...
...Choir is for those who want to go farther, musically, than is possible in the "Community Chorus" and similar organizations and have the natural endowment to permit them to do so. Mr. Wodell, being a professional singer and instructor, is able to see that voices are not "forced" and to give very valuable instruction in choral technique and interpretation...
Then comes "New Moon." We suggest to the editors of future anthologies that the title of this immortal lyric be altered to "Diana Hermaphrodite," that the sweet anonymous singer may receive his due reward for it--ing the moon in one stanza and her--ing the poor thing in the next...
...that is true, then surely even the least of those many valiant thousands of unknown men who die and who will die in battle, fighting to obliteration for an unselfish cause, is worth more to the world than the singer who will arise at some future day to tell in undying words of this huge...
...Hancock '12, who is remembered for his past contribution to the programs of the Musical Club, again showed his admirable gifts as a singer in a group of songs, two of which were by Mr. H. G. Bennett '17 and Mr. H. E. Hinners '19. These latter showed a commendable lyric impulse and a realization of mood that was far from commonplace. The concert closed with a spirited performance of three Hungarian Dances by Brahms, arranged for two pianos and played by Messrs. McAllaster, Potter, Hinners and McKinley...