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...these periods of the tragedy should prove very beautiful. The music of Mendelssohn is perfectly adapted to the sentiment and secret fervor of the acting which it helps to express. Both the orchestra and the singers of the Cecilia were led by Mr. B. J. Lang, a prominent Boston musician, teacher and conductor. Rehearsals of the whole company are held daily throughout this week...
...seems assured. The performance was without any of the hitches apparent at the dress rehearsal of Tuesday night, and principals and chorus are now perfectly familiar with their parts and capable of making the most of the play. The principals are all fairly good, but Schurz as the poor musician, Woodruff as Katrina, Miller as the villain, and Parker as the burgomeister, did especially well. The chorus are still somewhat awkward in their movements, but this is chiefly on account of their number...
...Wandering Musician, H. Schurz...
...play is divided into three acts. The first is laid in New Amsterdam at the close of the seventeenth century. The inhabitants of the town become indignant with the Burgermeister and this ill feeling is brought to a head by the arrival of Mixit, Munrab, and the wandering musician. The inhabitants decide to return to Holland and for that purpose invoke the aid of the Fairy Godmother...
...said that, though not taken strongly, yet the position is well taken that "we want the personal acquaintance and intimacy of man with man; the intimacy of men with different and opposing ideas, aims, and ambitions; the intimacy of the scholar with the club man, the athlete with the musician." Immediately afterwards he placidly assures us that after all, "A university club will not give to any great extent this personal intimacy." What a chance there was here for a man to stand forth and declare that since we need a more democratic spirit, a greater mixing of personalities...