Word: pleasingness
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The warm, almost sultry weather of the last few days again arouses thoughts about the lack of general interest in rowing. There are now in the boat-house a fair number of pair-oared working boats, which are not used from one season to another. Although the Charles is not...
Men of pessimistic tendencies will be found to cultivate the representation of devils imposing their tortures on the faculty, and the friends of the artist. Devils are easily drawn and are found oft repeated in blank spaces. Reminiscences of the ballet and bal masque give pleasing diversity to the books...
This evening is delivered a lecture in Sever on "Notoriety in Art" by Mr. Herkomer, professor of fine arts at Oxford. It is gratifying to see that, at a time when so many other interests are forced upon our minds, and when we would be most likely to forget the...
The serenade has the simplicity and childlike naivete of character which is so peculiarly Mozartian. It is scored for small orchestra, without clarinets and in some movements without flutes, yet with these simple means some very charming effects are produced. One notable instance occurs in the andante, where the horn...
Dvorak, the talented Bohemian has evidently been a close student of Beethoven. In many places through the symphony there are passages which remind one of the great master, although the originality of the work is unquestioned. The first movement is fiery and modulatory. The prevailing tone of the second is...