Word: wagner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Overture, "Rienzi," Wagner...
...Overture, "Rienzi," Wagner...
...Ride of the Walkyries, Wagner...
...Varsity - Bow, Kelley '93; No. 2, Barr '93; No. 3, Gilson '94; No. 4, Dole '94; No. 5, Wagner '93; No. 6, Witherbee '93; No. 7 Marston '92; stroke, Hall '94. Freshmen - Bow, Nichols; No. 2, Collins; No. 3, Hager; No. 4, Sanborn; No. 5, Pitcher; No. 6, Troy; No. 7, Shape; stroke, Robbins. This will probably be the final make...
...first number, Wagner's Overture to the "Flying Dutchman," is based on an old legend, well-known in seafaring nations, in which the action centres about a spectral seaman, whose appearance to a ship's company was a signal for great confusion and fright. The weird quality, of which Thayer is such a master, is very prominent in this whole opera, and readily suggests his subject. Like most of his music this Overture cannot be described, as so much music is nowadays, by comparison with a smooth, gliding stream; there are in it several themes separate and distinct...