Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Torah is made of parchment (calf or goat), hand-written by a scribe who must perform his task with the greatest purity of spirit and body, often taking a bath before writing. If anyone drops the Torah during a service, everyone present must fast for one day. Though it may be carefully uncovered, the scroll must not be touched by hand...
...Worse, with its unbiblical, small-town atmosphere, it reduces Him to the stature of any misunderstood "artist in the family," and the play to a satire on petit-bourgeois respectability. This diminution of scale undoubtedly gives the play piquancy; but it proves fatal so far as evoking the unique spirit of Jesus is concerned. Though not at all irreverent, Family Portrait has none of the feeling that went into painting The Last Supper; rather the cleverness that goes into engraving the Lord's Prayer on the head...
...from the University, or by means of which to foist unsatisfactory workers on the dining halls, then the present harmonious agreement would be disrupted. To keep face in a socially-conscious community, Harvard must continue its liberal labor policy; to keep faith with Harvard, the Union must observe the spirit as well as the letter of its contract...
Purcell was English opera; it was born, lived, and died with him. He created a peculiarly national music-drama, which drew heavily on the popular Italian opera, but which also possessed an individuality and spirit more in keeping with English folk music. Such works as "King Arthur" are not operas in the ordinary sense, but combine in a different way music with drama. The story is told in plain, unaccompanied speech, and the music is interjected in incidental interludes, unconnected with the plot. Incidental music of this kind provided Purcell with his most fertile medium; "King Arthur," moreover, is commonly...
...which Purcell set. It was originally intended as a glorification of James II, but since it appeared after the Glorious Revolution, it suddenly lost every bit of political significance. It also lost any legendary accuracy, and emerged as a merry little fantasy about fairies and such, rather in the spirit of Shakespere's "Tempest." The work was immediately taken to the English national heart, and it remained popular for several centuries, provoking a number of revivals. Few of this generation have heard it, since the last presentation was in 1935 by a BBC company...