Word: tenoritis
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...Francis Boott Prize: For the composition in concerted vocal music. The competition for this prize is open to undergraduates and to members of any graduate school of the University. The composition shall be written in four voices (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass), for chorus, with or without solo voices, and with organ or piano accompaniment; and the time required for its performance must not exceed six minutes. The words shall be either English or Latin, religious or secular, original or selected. The prize composition will be performed in the College Chapel, with chorus and organ. Committee: Mr. Arthur Foote, Chairman...
...tenor of their testimony was "Prohibition is bad because- ." The arguments presented were by no means fresh. Virginia's Congressman Montague, a Dry committee member, dozed off into restful slumber, so weary was he with hearing the same old facts used to damn the 18th Amendment. When handclapping in the audience became very loud, Dry Representative Yates of Illinois remarked: "I object to this noise. If we are to have a town meeting here I will withdraw." When nobody seemed to care whether he left or not, he decided to stay...
...years ago. Almost the only old-time top-fee artist definitely to hold his own is Violinist Fritz Kreisler. In the U. S. as the world over he stays the greatest drawing card. Second to him in the U. S. this year have presumably been Negro Tenor Roland Hayes and the Dancer Argentina. Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff also commands top prices, full houses, but he gives few concerts now. Young Yehudi Menuhin is in his class...
...some $6,592 was unfair, sued for its return on the grounds that royalties of more than $100,000 (received in a single year) were from records made in 1917 (TIME, Jan. 16, 1928). The other favored Mrs. Dorothy Park Benjamin Caruso, widow of the late great tenor, a brother, Giovanni Caruso, Rudolfo and Enrico Jr., natural sons, as against Gloria, 10-year-old legitimate daughter. New Jersey's Chancellor Edwin R. Walker had awarded Gloria two-thirds of her father's royalties which amount even now to some $70,000 a year. An Italian court was awarded...
...Author. Author James Joyce celebrated his 48th birthday last fortnight in Paris. To him came a congratulatory telegram signed by his great & good friends Author James Stephens, Lord & Lady Astor, Playwright George Bernard Shaw. After the birthday dinner Joyce went to the Opera, heard Tenor John Sullivan sing William Tell. Passionately fond of operagoing, Author Joyce always sits in the front...