Word: wagner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra occurs in Sanders Theatre tonight. The programme will be as follows : Overture, "Genoveva," Schumann; concerto for piano-forte in E-flat (MS.), Henschel; symphonic poem, "The Tempest," John K. Paine, (conducted by the composer); "Lohengrin's Legend and Farewell," Wagner; "Invitation a la Valse," Weber-Berlioz. Soloists : Mr. Charles R. Adams; Mr. Georg Henschel, piano-forte...
...DRENNAN.The fourth Sophomore Theme is due today. Subjects: 1. Prose Translation of the Aeneid XII. 614-952,-the fight between Aeneas and Turnus. 2. A Description of one of the Carnivorous Plants. 3. Richard Wagner. 4. Franklin at the Court of France. 5. Mirabeau. 6. Half-way through College. 7. Necessary and Unnecessary Expenses of Undergraduates...
...general education? Did man exist on earth before the last glacial period? 4. Would the French Republic act wisely in expelling the members of former reigning families? 5. What effect has a protective tariff upon wages? 6. What place among the great composers will be assigned to Richard Wagner...
SOPHOMORE THEMES.Theme IV. will be due March 6. Subjects: I. Prose Translation of the Aeneid XII. 614-952, - the fight between Aeneas and Turnus. 2. A Description of one of the Carniverous Plants. 3. Richard Wagner. 4. Franklin at the Court of France. 5. Mirabeau. 6. Half-way through College. 7. The Necessary and Unnecessary Expenses of Undergraduates...
...which has never happened before in the history of these concerts. Schubert's symphony, written when the composer was nineteen years of age, displays all the freshness of youth, with none of the inexperience of the novice. The "Siegfried Idyl" is of a different style from any of the Wagner selections previously given in the course. Labyrinthian in its construction, and delightfully startling in its cadences, it is instinct with the spirit of the dead master. Still it is impossible to get an adequate conception of Wagner's genius as a composer, by hearing simply a detached selection...