Word: wagner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Those who went to the concert last night were well rewarded, and Mr. Henschel ought certainly to be warmly commended for his excellent programme, though the performance of it at times left much to be desired. The opening number was the Perlude to Wagner's parsifal, of which the first half was well played, the strains of the Parsifal-motif coming out clearly and prominently. Beyond this the spirit of the piece seemed somehow to lose itself, so that the impression of the whole was that the music had gotten the better of the orchestra. The next number, Walther...
...meeting of the senior class of Yale College was held Friday morning in the Lyceum for the purpose of electing the following committees: Class secretary (a life position)_John Trumbull Swift; class cup committee Merritt, Cromwell and S. Hopkins; class supper committee-Holliday, Worcester, Wagner, Hyndmam and Dawson; class day committee-Strong, Lyman, Trowbridge, Nichols and Wolcott; senior promenade committee-C. Walker, Cottle, Daggett, Watrous, Bristow, Connell, Hand, Phelps and Patterson...
...recent sale of autographs in Paris, 1,430 f. was paid for a bundle of letters of Rouget de Lisle ; a letter of Darwin's brought 55 f. ; of Schiller, 100 f. ; Wagner, 100 f. ; George Sand, 120 f. ; Paganini, 50 f. ; Beranger, 49 f. ; and Gambetta...
...pleasing and remarkably even, without any great power. The Dvorak Symphony offers a large field for criticism. Still we do not see the obscurity so much complained of, the themes are distinct and well developed and at times intertwine to great advantage in the modern fashion invented by Wagner. Gounod's Entr'acte (La Colombe) is remarkably expressive of the subject with its sweetness and freedom of modulation. The Hungarian Rhapsody presents a fine idealization of Hungarian music with its fantastic cadences and its richly colored accompaniments...
...March from Tannhauser Wagner Pierian Sodality...