Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Brahms, Tragic Overture, op. 81.- David, Aria, La Perle du Bresil.- Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, in A major, op. 92.- Mozart, Recitative and Aria, "Non parentar," from "The Magic Flute."- Chabrier, Rhapsody for Orchestra, "Espana...
Programme: Brahms, Tragic Overture, op. 81.- David, Aria, La Perle du Bresil.- Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, in A major, op. 92.- Mozart, Recitative and Aria, "Non parentar," from "The Magic Flute."- Chabrier, Rhapsody for Orchestra, "Espana...
...Brahms, Tragic Overture...
...editorial of the current number of the Advocate sets a criterion for contributions which it is sincerely to be hoped will be held to in future. The writer classes a large proportion of his contributions as "Soft Melancholy, Dull Despairing and Dramatically Tragic." He might have added Weirdly Foolish and Sentimentally Tiresome. Unfortunately many past stories of the Advocate have been one or all of these...
...seems a pity that the Advocate should devote so much of its space to stories of this nature. In the first place a little more care might be used to discriminate correctly between what is tragic, and what is merely gory. Again, though many of these tales are written with genuine vigor and dash, they should not be allowed to take precedence of the large field of light literature, dealing with more delicate and more polished themes. This field the Advocate seldom penetrates, and it might be cultivated with profit both to writers and to readers...