Word: wagner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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HARVARD SPRINGFIELD Leekley l.f. r.f. Duncan Slocum r.f. l.f. James Barbee c. c. Wagner Coombs l.g. r.g. Enslee Malick r.g. l.g. Otgood...
...story parallels Wagner's Tristan and Isolde?a king, a vassal sent a-wooing. The first scene disclosed King Eadgar's (Lawrence Tibbett's) banquet hall, its rough-hewn table boards, trophies of woodland kills, crude spears, armor: discloses also the royal widower's conceit to take a second wife. Aelfrida, daughter of the Thane of Devon, famed for beauty, is in his mind. With Saxon stolidity, however, he withholds decision until assured that the lady, whom he has never personally inspected, merits her reputation. On the errand of verification and summons (if justified), he despatches his loyal foster-brother...
...Author. Emil Ludwig began to write plays at the age of 15 and, despite dabblings in law and business, continues to do so at 46. Quite naturally, he plunged into dramatic biographies to achieve his greatest works. Heroes?Goethe, Wagner, Bismarck and particularly Napoleon?inspire this understanding scholar, lift his pen out of the commonplace. Said he last summer: "My pet aversion is the historical novel, which falsifies history to meet the requirements of romantic fiction, and falsifies romance by trying to force it into the framework of history. My ideal is to produce a work which shall be strictly...
...more sane "Ask Me Another", according to those who know, is the latest of twentieth century parlor games. To be successful in this newest diversion one must be equipped with encyclopedic knowledge, a devilish curiosity, and a detailed information on subjects ranging from to quote examples from the Transcript Wagner to "four important breeds of dairy cattle." The dilettantes will accordingly, remain to blush unseen, for the last requirement of victory is a college education. Ignorance is no longer a la mode...
...Second Symphony of Brahms in D major will be feature number of the program, Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major" will open the evening, and among the other numbers listed are the Prelude to Wagner's Lohengrin", and "La Valse", the choreographic poem by Ravel, famous French composer...