Word: hassler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lackluster tone and a consistent tendency to flat notes plagued the Princetonians in every one of their pieces, from the Hassler Cantate Doming to Black-eyed Susie. Their bass section was so weak as to be superfluous, and even the "Hey" in one of their football songs was fairly pallid. The first half of their selections slogged along rather dully during a medley of Three German Romantic Choruses by Schubert, Schumann, and Weber, respectively. The horn accompaniment, though an improvement over many a brass ensemble, still cast a submarine gloom over three already drab and awkward numbers...
...Baroque and classical music are also included in the two-hour performance. Praetorius' "Canticum Trium Puerorum" for small and large choruses, brass enable, and organ; madrigals by Hassler killmayer, Marenzio, Monteverdi, and Morley; and three choruses from Handel's Solomon will be performed...