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Composer George Gershwin was one of the first skeptical listeners but he signed the first sale order. Honest Fritz Reiner, Philadelphia's opera conductor, spoke praisingly at the first demonstration. Soloist was Organist Pietro Yon of St. Patrick's Cathedral (TIME, May 7, 1934). Under his command, the new instrument seemed capable of a thousand effects. It was full-toned and rich, eerie and soft. In a modern pipe organ, similar sounds depend on electric blowers. A separate pipe is required for each separate tone. Mechanism of the new instrument is all in the console...
...full orchestra will play under the direction of Malcolm H. Holmes '28. Ralph L. Kirkpatrick '31, is the guest soloist and will perform on the harpsichord. Kirkpatrick has made himself the outstanding harpsichord artist in the country...
Ralph L. Kirkpatrick '30, leading harpsichord artist of the country, will appear as a soloist to play music by Bach on the stringed instrument for which it was written. As conductor Malcolm H. Holmes '28 will wave the baton...
...Freshman he captained the squash team and is a banjo soloist in the Instrumental Clubs. Teamed with Germain Glidden '36, he plays number one doubles on the tennis team. His squash record is long and triumphant, including the Intercollegiate title last year and gaining tire semi-final round in the Nationals held last week...
...program for the Milton concert is as follows: Chorale and Finale from "Die Meistersinger," by Wagner; "Jesu Dulcis Memoria," by Vittoria; "My Bonny Lass," by Morley; "Brennan on the Moor," an English folksong with D. P. McAllister '38 as soloist; "Le Miracle de St. Nicholas," a French chorale, with Courtland Canby '36 and John H. Eric '37 as soloists; "Spanish Ladies," an English folksong, with John L. Bishop '37 as soloist; three love songs from Opus 65 by Brahms: "Nightingale, Thy Sweetest Song"; "A Tremor's in the Branches"; "From Yon Hills," a chorus from "Iolanthe" by Sir Arthur Sullivan...