Word: cherubini
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Last week, with all his rigid standards, he had good reason to be pleased. Weber's Freischütz overture seemed to have been freshly recreated. An oldtime Cherubini symphony had such subtle grace and elegance that it was accepted as important. Most surprising was the Saint-Saens Danse Macabre which sounded extraordinarily vital, not a measure of it hackneyed or cheaply melodramatic. After the Rhine Journey from Wagner's Götterdammerung, the audience would have stayed long to cheer. But Toscanini was through. He bowed briefly, tugged at the concert master's sleeve...
...composition must be for four or more voices, either with or without accompaniment, and the text may be either secular or sacred. If it is of the latter, the music must be of the general character of Mozart or Cherubini, as was preferred by Mr. Boott, of the class of 1881, when he awarded the prize. The prize is to be awarded only in case that a manuscript is submitted that is deserving of it, and the title page of the manuscript must be signed with an assumed name which is to be written on an envelope that contains...
...stipulation for the prize is that the composition be written for four voices, in any language, and may be either sacred or secular. The compositions of Mozart and Cherubini are, however, suggested as patterns...
Compositions for this prize must be written for four or more voices, with or without solo parts and accompaniment; the words may be in any language, and either sacred or secular. The manner and methods of Mozart or Cherubini in their Masses is, however, recommended by Mr. Boott in its bequest...
...program follows: 1. Overture to "Ali Baba" Cherubini 2. Concerto in D Major, Opp 77 Brahms 3. Prelude to a Drama Schreker 4. "Mazeppa", Symphonic Poem No. 6 Liszt...