Word: unevenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...underlying them. It is hard to read it through with a straight face. The Critics. Many Marriages appeared first in The Dial It was hailed by the extremely advanced as another of the yearly crop of "great American novels." Since its publication in book form its reception has been uneven. It is an easy book to rave over and an even easier one at which to laugh. A few of the unintelligently prurient have been shocked by its plain speaking. F. P. A., of The New York World, was bored by it. So were Burton Rascoe, of The New York...
Most noteworthy incident of a noteworthy concert was the singing of Schubert, not in uneven English translation robbing music of charm and smoothness, but in the German, the words to which Schubert himself set music. Too long have singers, imbued with mistaken patriotism, or actuated by others thus inspired, crippled the effect of Brahms, Schumann and Schubert, but it would seem that this is past. Probably it was this handicap of words ill-fitted to music which damaged Mme. Matzenauer's rendition of Schubert's "Erlkonig" when she sang it with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, four years since...
...From the rail, looking up, the numbers in the left-hand section run toward the aisle, while in the right-hand section they run away from the aisle. Furthermore, the rows are all uneven so that the numbers do not break even on the aisle seats. Finally--but one must have ushered to understand the difficulties...
...Auslander's poem contains some brilliant lines, although to borrow the language of golf he is inclined to press. The rest of the poems are ably done. The editorials are uneven; Mr. Whitman's essay on snobs is pleasant and ingenious; the sketches are amusing...
...second selection, Massenet's overture, "Phedre". It would seem better for the Sodality, in choosing light music, to avoid the University marches like "Up the Street" and "Our Director", for not only are they more suitable for band production, but also they are decidedly marred by the uneven, quickened tempo and orchestral interpretation which they received yesterday...