Word: pianissimos
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Harvard indifference is due and executed. Lack of a cheering section would constitute a serious handicap to the best of cheer leaders. To compare the feeble croak of a Harvard undergraduate to the engulfing roar of an Army cadet is to set a double forte trumpet against a pianissimo harp. Still, even the harps of Harvard can make a creditable racket if aroused. The Michigan game proved that, and one is led to the conclusion that the Crimson cheer leaders could get more from the instruments with which they have to work...
...only a few drums, but these few played the most intricate rhythms with wonderful precision. And when it wanted to, the Michigan Band could play softly as well as loud: during the exciting moments between touchdown and goal kick, if you noticed, it kept right on playing, double pianissimo, without sacrificing a jot of its balance or subtlety of tone...