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...Pierian Sodality. The lecture is entitled "The Precursors of the Pianaforte," and is given by Mr. Krehbiel, Musical Editor of the New York Tribune, and illustrated by instruments owned by Mr. Steinert. The development of which the pianoforte is the result, will be followed through from its beginning. A program of classical music will be rendered on the clavichord, harpichord, and other old instruments, which will be played by Mr. Arthur Friedheim. The lecture has been given at Yale, and is given here largely through the influence of Prof. J. K. Paine. Mr. Steinert's instruments, among which are some...
...lecture in Sanders Theatre, this evening, has certainly the merit of oddity. While being strictly neither a lecture nor a concert, it combines the two elements in a way that should make it not only instructive, but very entertaining. The concert part of the program, moreover, is of a type which has probably never before been heard in Sanders Theatre. The old instruments which Mr. Steinert has, with a great deal of care brought together, form in themselves, a collection of no little interest, while an explanation of their use with actual examples added will give to the performance this...
...handicap fence vault was the first event on the program. Daniels of Phillips' Exeter, who made a new record for the school in the recent indoor meeting there, was supposed to be the drawing card in this event, but he failed to appear, and the only contestants were A. H. Green, '92, and J. Connor, B. Y. M. C. U., who had a handicap of 3-4 inches. The bar was started at 6 feet, and gradually raised to 6 ft., 10 1-2 in., which both cleared. Connor failed to go any higher, but Green vaulted...
When the leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was asked to select a program which would be appropriate to a concert in memory of James Russell Lowell, he chose three works which were, as far as possible, the expression of all that is noble in man. By grouping together, representations of three types of character, all different, yet all pointing to one ideal conception of manhood, he showed what power the language of music has to express the different phases and emotions of the human character. From the romantic reveries of the imaginative, poetic Manfred overture, through the life portrayed...
...next to the last of the series of Symphony Concerts will be given this evening at 7.45 in Sanders Theatre. The program is as follows: Overture, "Manfred, "Schumann; Unfinished Symphony in B minor. Schubert; Symphony No. 5, Beethoven...