Word: trumpeters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were tuned, the merry apes danced in their cages and cocked their ears. When the drummer tapped his drum, mandrill and marmoset cowered and wept with an uncontrollable fear. As the violins swept up in the frail music of a waltz, they all sat still as statues. Saxophone and trumpet made them run and jump. Then, when the musicians stopped, the monkeys shrilled, squealed, jabbered, in a frenzy of fantastic enthusiasm. At last the bass viol boomed; then all the little monkeys, blinking and peering, pushed their sad faces against the bars...
...Ford marketed his ten millionth flivver, a musician composed a symphonic poem to celebrate the event (TIME, April 25). Edward Phillips Oppenheim has now published his 100th novel,* and though not one of his creations has been a flivver, somebody should salute Mr. Oppenheim with at least a small trumpet...
...great hills shut in the city. On one spreads a castle fortress built during the Middle Ages. When the sun sets sombre behind it, a trumpet from the far crenelated wall sounds the night watch. The other hill is the Caperzinergerg (Hill of the Capuchin monks), up which winds a long, wide walk lined with shrines of the saints. Nearby lie salt mines, from which the town takes it name...
...program is as follows: French Suite in E major Bach F. W. Ramseyer 1G. Sonata for Piano and Violin Franck Willis Fay, M. H. Holmes '28 Air and Scherzo from Suite for Trumpet and Pianoforte Chalmers Clifton '12 E. B. Nichols 1G.B., Edward Ballantine '07 Sonata, C major Scarlatti The White Peacock Griffes Waldesrauchen Lisxt A. A. Landers '28 Two Sinfonias from Cantatas Bach C. S. Smith '27, Flute. E. B. Nichols 1G.B., Trumpet. Oliver Cope 3M., First Violin. A. MacKay-Smith 2L., Second Violin Paul Smith '25, Viola. John Benson '30, Cello...
...Monday, known to so many human beings as wash day, and to so many more as just another week, brings compensations. And today, in particular, should be heralded with clash of cymbal and blare of trumpet. Today opens the Pops...