Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...composition shall be written in four voices, for chorus, with or without solo voices, and with organ or piano accompaniment; and the time required for its performance must not exceed six minutes. The words shall be either English or Latin, religious or secular, original or selected. A prize will be awarded only in case a composition is submitted which fulfills the requirements of the committee...
...more the old songs were used to the exclusion of the new the better the singers as well as the listeners were satisfied. But this does not contradict the presumption that had a new song been written last year with the necessary vitality of rhythm adaptable to a large chorus it would have been taken up with an enthusiasm which the old stand-bys will soon fail to command. Half-hearted singing of unfamiliar songs is even worse than half-hearted cheering and infinitely more depressing. Last year it seemed as though the committee in charge of the competition were...
...Kaiser March," Wagner 2. Overture, "Tannhauser," Wagner 3. "Albunblatt," Wagner 4. Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, Wagner 5. Waltz, "Vienna Blood," Strauss 6. "Whispering Flowers," Blon 7. Solo, "Ave Maria," Organ, Mr. Marshall. Bach 8. "Aubage Prinpaniere," Lacombe 9. Prelude, "Master Singers of Nuremberg." Wagner 10. Sailors' Chorus from "Flying Dutchman," Wagner 11. Prelude to Lohengrin, Wagner 12. "Tannhauser," Wagner
...clock. The Program will include the best features of all the larger entertainments given during the winter by amateurs in Boston, Cambridge and Brookline. There will also be several selections by the University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, impersonations by S. Baird '03 and a closing chorus by some of the firemen who were on duty in Chelsea on the day of the fire...
...Prologue. Rameses II, King of Egypt, P. W. Brown '08 Professor Scarabs, professor of Egyptology at Harvard, R. Wheelwright 2G. Isis, an Egyptian genie, F. L. Trautmann Sp. Captain of Guard, R. S. Hoar '09 Grand Vizier, E. F. O'Brien Sp. Master of Ceremonies, W. L. Phillips '08 Chorus of Scribes, Soldiers...