Word: yodel
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accompaniment. But that's over now, thank Heaven," and he sighs with relief. "Other noises," he continued, "are not so bad, nor so numerous. There's the Glee Club member, to whom it is quite a pleasure to listen, except when he has a friend who is learning to yodel; then there's the whistling freshman, always at the oldest air he can find, and always on the wrong key: the man who comes in at 2 A. M. from an expensive spree, and makes the halls echo to "Michael Roy," is unpleasant and not uncommon; the man upstairs...
...continue in this branch of music for which they seem to possess most talent. Mr. Lilienthal was warmly greeted and encored at the end of his song. Mr. Cabot's fine 'cello playing was likewise much enjoyed. A pleasant feature of the concert was a trio with a new yodel. by Mr. Dorr, which was duly applauded and encored. Altogether the concert has not been less successful nor less deserving of success than any of its predecessors within late years...