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...MUSIC Berlin didn't always anticipate the musical fashion of the time. Often he imitated it. As a glance at "The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin" reveals, he wrote a zillion rag tunes ("That Mysterious Rag," "Ragtime Violin!", "Ragtime Mockingbird," "Ragtime Jockey Man," "Ragtime Soldier Man," "That International Rag") before and after "Alexander." He based whole songs on other people's airs ("That Mesmerizing Mendelsohn Tune," from Mendelsohn's "Spring Song"). He'd drop a snatch of a public-domain song in one of his (the bugle call and "Swanee River" in "Alexander's Ragtime Band"; "There's No Place...
Moss is a mathematics concentrator from Normal, Ill. She plans to study philosophy at Oxford. Her thesis subject is topological social choice, but she has also focused on the study of Kant’s ethical theory. Moss is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, plays violin in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and has worked for Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO...
...heard the first movement, my heart kind of flipped over backwards,” Sarah explains. It took one afternoon of getting acquainted with the piece to set Sarah on a music-centered path. Soon after the heart-flip, Sarah found that the viola suited her better than the violin, enabling her to play “gorgeous music” instead of soulless “show pieces...
...with the fact that Harvard doesn’t offer a performance degree, Sarah augments her musicology and music history concentration with a healthy dose of on-campus performing. “I was lucky to have parents who were supportive and not wanting their daughter to be a violin superstar,” says Sarah, who has on-campus stardom without having to deal with pressure to succeed...
...day”), Sarah organized a gigantic pie eating competition among faculty and students. She obtained around 35 pies and, at 3:14 in the afternoon, the competitors ate as much pie as possible for 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Sarah also plays the violin in HRO and is involved in ECHO...