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Word: thundrous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...listeners heard a rousing, but polished, reading of the First Movement, with its bold tossing about of thundrous rhythms, alternating with gentle, simple melodies, rising again and again in a seemingly endless succession of climaxes. Then came the swift, breathless scherzo (musical jest) ; then the long-drawn-out, meditative Slow Movement; finally, after fragments of what had gone before, the rich baritone voice of Mr. Royal Dadmun, chanted: "O friends, no more such sound of discord. Let us sing a strain more cheerful, now flowing, a strai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ain of gladness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beethoven's Ninth | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

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