Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Britain's Christmas waits (streetwalking carol-singers) last week had a new carol to add to their repertoire of Wenceslas, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, and 'Ark The 'Erald Haingels Sing. Sir Edward Elgar, potent and pontifical British composer and conductor, master of the King's music, had composed one especially to celebrate the recovery of his Majesty George...
Some weeks ago Sir Edward browsed through a volume of poems by medieval George Gascoigne (1535-77) entitled A hnndreth Sundrie Floures bound up in one small Posie. Gathered Partely (by translation) in the fyne outlandish gardens of Euripides, Ovid, Petrarke, Ariosto and others; and partely by invention out of our own fruitful orchardes in Englande. Yielding Sundrie Savours of tragical, comical and moral discourse, bothe pleas-aunt and profitable, to the well smelling noses of learned Readers. The well-smelling nose of Sir Edward unearthed a hymn which seemed to him highly appropriate. Its last verse...
This he set to music and retitled "Good Morrow! A simple carol for His Majesty's happy recovery." It was far from simple. Sir Edward Elgar's best known composition is "Pomp and Circumstance." It is a favorite cinema overture, its ponderous measures boom weekly from radio loud speakers...
...steamship Manuka, carrying a $125,000 traveling exhibition of modern British art to New Zealand, crashed in the fog on the rocks off South Island, near Australia, and broke up soon after the crew and passengers were removed. Among the shipwrecked paintings were two oils by Sir William Orpen, several water colors by Laura Knight, a collection of modern etchings by Frank Brangwyn and C. R. W. Nevinson...
...married Anne Catherine Lloyd of Baltimore, who bore him eight children-all daughters. When the Naval Academy at Annapolis was founded (1845), Buchanan was made Superintendent. A stern disciplinarian, he once unbent so far as to forward the following application from 38 cadets to the Secretary of the Navy: "Sir-We the undersigned midshipmen of the Naval School at Annapolis respectfully request permission to wear our beards, with the exception of that portion of it upon the upper...