Word: crucifixus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Friday night, the Harvard Glee Club reaffirmed its position as one of the foremost college choruses in the country. Lotti's Crucifixus was rendered with impeccable diction and great emotional intensity. Mr. Woodworth distinguished carefully between flowing counter-point and contrasting chant-like sections, and he never permitted the tempo to lag. After this elegant bow to the Baroque a selection from Berlioz' Damnation of Faust did not fare so well. The attacks were often uncertain, and the singers almost shouted some of the high notes. A lack of preparation was apparent in some nearly disastrous mistakes and the frantic...