Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great spirit and precision. The soloist of the evening was Mr. L. A. Corne who played a selection from Rode's Seventh Concert for the violin. Mr. Corne played with considerable feeling and depth but evidently lacked in technical skill. The second part opened with a Volkmann Suite for String Orchestra and was followed by the celebrated Louis XIII gavotte. Three glees "Kate Kearney," "Drink to me only with Thine Eyes," and "Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen," were extremely creditable pieces of work and were well received. The club sang these old-fashioned songs with exquisite skill...
...will also find a knowledge of the violin and singing useful. Besides these accomplishments a musical education should include a knowledge of the theory of music, which is taught here, and a physiological study of the throat and hands is important. It is inadvisable to make a specialty of string or wind instruments, for a man who does so will have to compete with foreigners, who have given all their attention to their instruments, and will play for less than Americans can afford to. Playing on the pianoforte does not require so much time as the violin, and the best...
Bach's air for G string, arranged by Wilhelmj, was finely played by the string orchestra, and was by far the best work done by the Pierian during the evening...
...next piece announced on the programme was Thayer's "Bugle Song." On account of the lateness of the hour, however, the Glee Club was obliged to omit this number. A string quartette, by Haydn, was also omitted for the same reason...
GLEE CLUB with MR. WENDELL, '91.5. String Quartette. Haydn...