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Chinese painters. For the great 5th century painter Hsieh Ho, this ability to capture ch'i, the quality of "spirit-resonance and life-movement," was the first principle of painting. The degree to which a painter succeeds in this aim is for Chinese the final criterion of his achievement...
...Five lords always dined at a small round table. Lord Ha sat next to Lord Hi and Lord Ho. Lord Haw sat next to Lord Hwlk (pronounced How) and Lord Hi. Which two sat next to Lord Hwlk...
...Land, Ho! In Paris, Police Chief Robert Genebrier ruled that the minimum distance between saloons be increased from a navigable 150 ft. to a risky...
...clustered around the vicarage piano. Designed for use by a small orchestra, or combo, the Mass sometimes sounds romantic echoes of Sigmund Romberg (the Credo), sometimes switches to a "beguine tempo" (Kyrie, Agnus Dei), sometimes soars in the harmonies of the Negro spiritual ("0 praise God in his ho-li-ness") or thumps with a syncopated bass ("We praise Thee, we bless Thee we praise Thee, we bless Thee"). At several points in the score, instruments are invited to swing into their own improvisations, e.g., the trumpet after the passage, "Praise Him in the sound of the Trumpet...
...times this atmosphere has been interpreted into a party or "gung ho" feeling. Such a sentiment is provoked in a few; for most, however, the cordiality is pleasant and the friendliness enjoyable...