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Historically, Jaeger's main interests are the periods of the ancient Greeks and of the early Christians. In terms of scholarly technique, he likes equally well minute textual analysis and general critical interpretation. In title, he has been both philologist and philosopher. These assorted specialties have brought forth over Jaeger's 45-year career a host of publications (29 entries in the Widener catalogue) that are all admirable and nearly all different. Probably his best known works is Aristotle: Fundamentals of the History of His Development, a book which he published at the age of 35 and which revolutionized...
...woman involved in the bearing and rearing of a large family; 3) Jesus on the cross commended Mary to the care of John (John 19:26-27). which He would hardly have done if she had had real sons to look after her; 4) there is strong textual support for the view that the James and Joseph mentioned as Christ's brethren are the same James and Joseph elsewhere mentioned as the sons of Alpheus and Mary (sister of the Virgin Mary...
Professor G. Wallace Woodworth has trained his Radcliffe group in the fundamental importance of vowels and consonants. He insists on carefully rolled r's and intense long vowels because, apart from textual clarity, only such treatment of the words can shape ensemble singing into a live and exciting sound. Closely related is his distinction between "covered" tone for soft passages and "open" tone for loud. Radcliffe's precise production of each type keeps the quieter music always vivid and makes for unusually brilliant climaxes. Above all, the Choral Society aims to entertain its audience; if their zeal occasionally sacrifices subtlety...
Elder has written scholarly works on Catullus, Lucretius, Horace, Servius, and Latin Textual criticism. An editor of the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, he is also a member of Princeton's Visiting Committee on the Classics, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philological Association, and the Monumenta Germanize Historica...
James Harkless is gifted with an unusual insight into these problems. His program of Schubert and Schumann songs placed great emphasis on projecting the mood and textual imagery of their poems. With sensitive phrasing and exceptionally clear German he caught the spirit of Ungeduld and Ich Grolle Nicht. In fact, it was this "interpretative" excellence that made the purely musical results disappointing by comparison...