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After this slight Apologia Pro Columna Sua we must turn to grander things. Tonight in Sanders Theatre the Boston Symphony Orchestra will play Strauss's. "Ein Heldenleben," a "Tondichtung," or in simplified terms "A Hero Life" a "Tone Poem." Out of deference to the artistic spirit the Vagabond will not launch into his usual scholarly criticism. He is willing, may desirous, of abiding by the composer's dictum that, "There is no need of a program. It is enough to know that a hero is fighting his enemies." That is the crux of the whole work; bear it in mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 11/5/1931 | See Source »

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