Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among his works is his "Apparebit Repentina Dies" for chorus and brass which was commissioned by the Harvard Music Department. It was performed by the Collegiate Chorale of New York under Robert Shaw's direction...
Gounod: Faust (Georges Nore, tenor; Roger Rico, bass; Geori-Boue, soprano, and others; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 32 sides). Faust, with its razzle-dazzle choruses and radiant arias, brought instant fame 90 years ago to French Composer Gounod; this performance adds to Beecham's. Recording: good...
...chorus must first be praised for its sincerity. More substantial representatives of the British race I never saw, enlightened men all who will see that justice is done. The Defendant, Dan McCook, is a horrid fellow, a real dandy, and the Jury again deserves credit for reading their newspapers rather than listening to his fine voice. The poor, dear Angelina of Joan Dexter is positively radiant in spite of the beastly treatment she has undergone. And though his law's a fudge, justice is competently and wisely apportioned by Judge Arthur Shercliff. So impressed, in fact, was the public with...
...violent arm movements. He conducts not only with his arms but with his entire body. During the performance of a choral work here recently, he was conducting four separate elements of the orchestra with different parts of his body, all the while singing the French words along with the chorus and carefully exaggerating his lip movements of assist the singers in pronunciation. He usually uses a baton, but occasionally, he may leave it idle in his left hand. He sings along with the strings as loud if not louder than Toscanini does. He shushes for pianissimos, exhorts for fortissimes. Sometimes...
Other members of the cast include James A. Gregg '51, Usher; Daniel B. McCook '48, Defendant; Joan Dexter '52, Plaintiff; David N. Shapiro '51, Plaintiff's Counsel; and David H. Barnhouse '49, Foreman of the Jury. The Jury will consist of 12 Puritans. The chorus of partisan spectators and bridesmaids comes from the 'Cliffe...