Word: sweetness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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BOSTON MUSEUM.- "Sweet Lavender...
BOSTON MUSEUM.- "Sweet Lavender...
...most favorable criticism. It is unique and rather characteristic, but its form is not definite, nor its melodies interesting. Miss Marguerite Hall was the soloist for the evening. She appeared twice, singing an aria from Judas Maccabaeus, and two songs by Herschel. Her voice is very sweet and emotional, but has not the power and fullness for a large theatre. Her home is certainly in rooms. The orchestra should not attempt an accompaniment and give such wretched support as it did last night, without more rehearsals. The "Adagio" and "Gavotte" by Bach for strings were interesting and musical...
...enough. The movement has already been carried so far as to "embarrass the faculty in the arrangement of recitations, and to bewilder the student at the latitude of his possible selections," while at Harvard the unfortunate undergraduate is "practically turned out to grass, to nibble at his own sweet will." The Mail and Express, like a stern parent, suggests in the case of freshmen, that instead of placing the divining rod in the hand of that precious youth, it would be more fitting to apply it elsewhere. While we can hardly agree to all these opinions, there is nevertheless much...
...college-yard watchmen being off on a holiday yesterday, a swarthy son of Italy took advantage of their absence and discoursed sweet strains from a wheezy hand-organ in the yard. His efforts were specially appreciated by the dean and bursar, in front of whose offices he played several encores...