Word: tone
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT. Soloist: Miss Florence Larrabee. Sanders Theatre, 8 P. M. Program: Tschaikowsky, Symphony in F minor, No. 4; McDowell, Concerto No. 2, for Pianoforte and Orchestra; Richard Strauss, Tone Poem, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks...
...delightful Middle-English lay "Sir Orfeo." This rendering--of which half is postponed to the December number-- is of striking excellence. Mr. Hunt employs with good effect an eight-line stanza, instead of the rhyming couplets of the original, but he adheres closely to the meaning and tone of the old poem. This is the only good translation of "Sir Orfeo" that has yet been made into modern English, and would be welcomed by many if published in separate form
...direction of Max Friedler. Miss Laura Combs will be the soloist. The program will be as follows: Beethoven, Overture, "Coriolanus"; Haydn, Aria, "With Verdure Clad", from "The Creation"; Brahms, Symphony in D major, No. 2; Bizet, Aria, "Je dit que rien ne m'epouvant", from "Carmen"; Richard Strauss, Tone-poem, "Don Juan...
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT. Soloist: Miss Laura Combs. Sanders Theatre, 8 P. M. Program: Beethoven, Overture, "Coriolanus"; Haydn, Aria, "With Verdure Clad," from "The Creation"; Brahms, Symphony in D major, No. 2; Bizet, Aria, "Je dit que rein ne m'epouvant"; Richard Stauss, Tone-poem "Don Juan...
...period of youth has passed, and hence the graduate ought to be so equipped that he can grasp effectively any problem with which his duties or his interest may impel him to deal. An undergraduate, addicted mainly to the classics recently spoke to his adviser in an apologetic tone of having elected a course in natural science, which he feared was narrowing. Such a state of mind is certainly deplorable, for in the present age some knowledge of the laws of nature is an essential part of the mental outfit which no cultivated man should lack. He need not know...