Word: staccatos
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There was much good acting Friday. Mr. Duncan threw much spirit into Merygreeke. Mr. Benchley's dry staccato made Ralph very amusing. But next time, probably, he will have brought together his effects and points into a clearly characterized figure. Friday he played somewhat unevenly, now depicting clearly and now sketching somewhat vaguely. Mr. Merrill, as Tibet, the maid; Mr. Haussermann, as Dobinet; and particularly Mr. Spelman, as Dame Custance, really supplemented the text and interpreted character. Not often do we see as simply effective emotional acting as that of Mr. Spelman in the meeting of Dame Custance with Goodlucke...
...Aase's Tod" is expressed the sinking to rest of a soul wearied with the sorrows of life. "Anitras Tanz" is an infectious little dance into which Grieg has introduced an Oriental element. The final movement, 'In der Halle des Berg Konig's," introduces the troll music, an exuberant staccato, illustrative of the grotesque, fantastic, splendor of the unearthly mountain kingdom. The two Norwegian dances which ended the evening were heartily received...
...hands of the Volcian, Attius, his associate in the enterprise." The overture is very impressive, beginning with the huge C given by the strings with all their might, followed by a short, sharp chord from the entire orchestra, and developing with great skill to the touching close - three staccato notes in the strings only, as soft as possible, "preceeded by fragments of the original themes, coming like inevitable death on the broken purposes of the hero." The overture was finely played though perhaps a little too dramatically...
Wagner's symphony in C was the last number. The introduction contained a few bars of chords, full but staccato; the attack was perfect and was fine work. The allegro is worked out on a short motive, reminding one of the first movement of the fifth Beethoven Symphony, and ends with a fine stratto. The adagio was in slow march time, a beautiful theme with elaborate ornamentations and canonic imitation between the strings. The Scherzo was a bright, quick movement. The finale was a very joyful composition. The whole was given with much life, but not with the delicacy...