Word: whitethorn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...written first, his music or the Millay words? If she followed him, he must have written right beautifully. If he followed her, the music needed little more than orchestrating. In the speeches set down here, scarcely a line falls upon the ear without touching a clear note-a misty whitethorn treble, superstitious minors, full-throated, Beowulfian bass. Had the Metropolitan singers at last fortnight's premiere (TIME, Feb. 28) only recited these lines, there must still have been an impressive part of the long hush, the volleying applause and the 37 curtain calls that acclaimed "the greatest...
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