Word: sings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only myself but all heads of churches in Ghana are shocked by the godlessness of this movement and by some of its phrases and songs prescribed for the children to repeat or to sing.'' This was heresy indeed in Ghana, where Osagyefo's image is everywhere-on stamps and coins, on the big statue that carries the mocking motto: "Seek ye first the political kingdom.'' The Ghanaian Times, Nkrumah's party paper, promptly-denounced Roseveare and hinted that the bishop was running an arsenal for Nkrumah's enemies. This carried special significance since...
...Chorus performed Williams' "O Taste and See," a setting of Verse 8 of the 34th Psalm. The general effect was pleasing; and even better things were soon to come. Regardless of whatever else it can do, a group as large as the Chorus ought to be able to sing with power. And the Summer Chorus, with its stops let out, was overwhelming. The second of the opening compositions, "O Clap Your Hands," proved this beyond a shadow of doubt. Scored for chorus, brass, and percussion, "O Clap Your Hands" is a jubilant setting of verses from Psalm 47. The Chorus...
...concert will open with two selections by Ralph Vaughan Williams, "O Taste and See" and "O Clap Your Hands." The first piece was composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Then the chorus will sing the Apparebit Repentina Dies" by Paul Hindemith. It was composed in 1947 for a Symposium on Musical Criticism held at Harvard and was performed then by the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society with the composer conducting...
This year's Harvard Summer School Chorus, with a membership of nearly 200, is the largest ever assembled. All people at the Summer School who want to sing in it are welcome as members and there are no competitive try-outs. The chorus has been rehearsing for this concert every Tuesday and Thursday evening since the beginning of the Summer School...
Even when pop bottles and rocks were being thrown at his men, Pritchett and his forces were able to keep matters in hand without the use of clubs or guns. One night last week, when 16 Negroes gathered before the city hall to pray and sing hymns, Pritchett angrily rushed to the scene. He was irritated, he explained, because he had been told that the Negroes would forgo a demonstration that evening so that he could observe his twelfth wedding anniversary at home in peace. The Negroes obligingly dispersed, and Pritchett went home to continue his family celebration...