Word: tuning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rumored that the brass band have a new tune in readiness for the coming parade...
Princeton was defeated by the Domestics of Newark, last Saturday, to the tune of 11 to 6. The batting of Princeton was remarkably heavy. W. Moffatt, the new first baseman, and Edwards, who has been moved from first to second, covered their positions with much skill. The change battery, Dickey pitcher, and Shaw catcher, worked well together...
...wife inherits his whole estate which he bequeathed to her by his last will and testament as follows :" The words of the song were published early in this century in pamphlet form by J. L. Sibley, librarian emeritus of the college, and then in 1825 were set to the tune of Yankee Doodle, published in music form, and "dedicated to the graduates of Harvard University...
...abounded in wit. Instead of a spiritual muse, he invoked for his goddesses the ladies present, and, in so doing, he sang very amusingly of his 'hapless amour with too tall a maid.' After these parts Joseph Angier rose among his class and sang a song to the tune of 'Auld Lang Syne,' all the class joining in the chorus. After the services the whole class went to take leave of President Quincy at his house; a very agreeable gathering. Cake, wine and lemonade were served...
...hear, and, judging from the audience, very few people were willing to accept the apology. It is an imposition for a manager to gather a lot of people who never studied a note of music, who couldn't tell the difference between a symphony in G minor and a tune written by Mr. Brahman, and call it an opera company...