Word: basse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...stage in heroic blank verse. And now it has been suggested that the American composer turn away from Negro, Red Indian and Sunday Supplement subjects, and devote his muse to creating an interpretation of the character and physique of Jeff or John L. Sullivan for Chaliapin's titanic bass voice-and figure. This may mean that the operatic star (male) of tomorrow will go into training with a skipping-rope rather than with deep-breathing exercises...
...class ode, the music of which was written by John; heard him receive the fourth prize in English theme writing; heard him give one of eight honorary orations on Perseverance; heard a concert by the Academy Mandolin and Glee Clubs, in the latter of which John sang first bass; heard him given honorable mention as one of the class (of 81) who had been the best influence in the School...
...conduct his white-winged, leather-throated forces on the green at Columbia University, whift the grinning statue of the Great God Pan leered at the audience under the torrid moon. But that space has become too congested, Now the plangent tones of the cornet, the barbaric beatings of the bass-drums call New Yorkers to the Mall in Central Park every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening. Forty thousand attended the first concert. A new stand and sounding board, the gift of Elkan Naumberg, sends the sound for hundreds of yards. The expenses are borne...
Four soloists will also sing at the concert. They are Marie Sundelius, so prario; Marjorie Squires, contralto; Fred Patton, baritone, and Charles Stratton, bass...
...soloists for the concert will be Marie Sundeluis, soprano; Marjorie Squires, contralto; Fred Patton, baritone, and Charles Stratton, bass...