Word: soprano
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...organist introduced the Cantata with a magnificent rendering of the Hallelujah chorus from Beethoven's Mount of Olives. The recitative with which the cantata began was finely given by Richardson of the St. Paul's choir. The Chant of Young Men was especially good and in perfect harmony. The soprano voices of the boys in the Chant of Maidens and Children were also remarkably fine and sweet. The whole cantata was sung clearly and sweetly without at any time an instant's hesitation. The two choirs sang as if they had been long trained together, and the whole performance reflects...
BOSTON THEATRE.- "Dockstader's Minstrels." Master Harri, the Boy Soprano...
BOSTON THEATRE.- "Dockstader's Minstrels." Master Harri, the Boy Soprano...
There will be a grand Beethoven matinee this afternoon in Chickering Hall, Boston, at 3.30. Mr. Ernest Perabo will have the valuable assistance of the following artists: Miss Gertrude Franklin, soprano; Signor Enrico Gargiulo, mandolin player to her Majesty, the Queen of Italy; Messrs. B. and Fritz Listeman, violins; Mr. Charles Mole, flutist; Mr. Hermann Gunzel, bassoon, and Mr. Henry A. Greene, double bass. All the selections will have their first public performance, excepting the closing Trio...
...other services. Prof. Peabody made a very interesting address, to which the congregation listened attentively and appreciatively. The college choir sang twice during the evening. The anthems sung, "The King of Love My Shepherd is" and "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains," were well rendered; the soprano solo, the duets and the quartette in the first one were particularly pleasing. The pieces though familiar to college men were new to the audience...