Word: sung
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...daily papers gave most flattering accounts of their efforts. The Banjo club made a hit everywhere and seldom played a piece without being recalled. The reportoire of the clubs contained very little classical music, old college melodies and comic airs mainly composing the progarmmes. The following pieces, played and sung, by the clubs, illustrate the style of music which they adopted. "Old Nassan," "Daylight is on the sea," "Come Rally," "Mein Heer Van Dunck," "Catastrophe," "Dat Watermillion," "A Dainty Sweet Maiden is Mary," "Schneider's Band," "The Princeton Medley...
...lecture-room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, yesterday afternoon, Professor J. W. White gave his second lecture on the Greek Theatre and Drama. He said that the Greek drama was a development; it grew from the songs which were sung in worship of Dionysus at the festival of that god. The choral hymn sung on these occasions was called the dithyramb, and from it sprang both tragedy and comedy. The simple choral hymn soon took the form of a dialogue between the leader of the chorus and the chorus; then the chorus was improved in organization; next the number...
...opening anthem by the choir was Atwood's "Enter not into judgment," "The sun shall be no more thy light by day," by Woodward, "Nunc Dimittis," by H. O. Whiney, were also sung...
...regular weekly service was held yesterday afternoon in Appleton Chapel. The choir opened the services with Gounod's anthem for men's voices, "Sanctus." Dr. F. G. Peabody conducted the responsive service, after which Hill's anthem, "I Will Lay Me Down," was sung by the choir...
...unusually large number attended the vesper service yesterday afternoon. The choir opened the service with Calkin's anthem, "Rejoice in the Lord." Rev. G. A. Gordon conducted the responsive service, after which the anthem, "The sun shall be no more they light by day," by Woodward, was sung...