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...story appears in the dramatic section of the Sunday paper that Melinda Mulch, star of the Stupidities of 1923, keeps a canvasback duck in her dressing-room. One day the duck snaps at the leading man; another, it escapes and is discovered in the bass viol; finally it lays an egg and half the company pay bets to the other half. These diverting incidents the public reads intently. The interest thus aroused lures them by tens and dozens to part with $4.40 to see this bizarre Melinda Mulch-the leading lady with a leaning toward canvasback ducks. As a matter...
...close of the concert the band will furnish music for dancing which will follow. An addition of eight violins, four cellos, and two bass viols will be made so that the band will, as a dance orchestra, consist of more than 50 pieces...
...vague sense of the prodigious. Certainly you feel a tremendous earnestness. Perhaps it is an earnestness without talent. Perhaps there may be a deeper talent in the music. Two new figures are prominent in the New York musical world- Barbara Kemp and Michael Bonen. Both, soprano and bass, made their debuts in the recent premier of Mona Lisa at the Metropolitan Opera House. Successive appearances in other works have confirmed the first impressions of their artistry. Kemp is an actress of power and subtlety. Vocally she is a gifted interpreter, though with a tone that is by no means...
...University hand has announced that it will install a string section of eight violins, two cellos, and two bass violins. Candidates for these positions should report, with their instruments, for trials tonight at 7.15 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. Men retained at these trials will play at all local concerts, and will also accompany the band on its Spring trip...
...high expectations of its hearers. With such economy of means, with never a descent to mere noise, with real beauty, Saint-Saens skips from hen's cackle to donkey's bray, from pianists; technical studies to carping critics' chatter; a masterful piece cl work, and eloquently played. From double-bass to flute the orchestra was superb, Mr. Bedetti, as usual, standing out as a supreme artist. May we not hear their fine sketches again this year...