Word: stringed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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FOUND.- Near Memorial hall, Thursday evening, two keys fastened together with a string. Loser may get the same at auditor's office...
...Hekking, one misses the geniality and richness of tone which characterized Mr. Giese's playing of former years. But everyone cannot own such a superb instrument as Mr. Giese possesses. The second violin in the hands of Mr. Roth has too little prominence compared with its importance in the string quartet. In the Haydn quartet, D Minor, op. 76, especial mention must be made of the Andante and Menuetto movements. The latter fairly sparkled with good humor. The Beethoven quartet, C minor, op, 18, was charming throughout and showed the fine retouching of the great master. In the movement from...
...string (Bach), orchestra...
...orchestral accompaniment of the Aria was very unsatisfactory. In the Dvorak songs, Mr. Winch was accompanied on the piano by no less an artist than Mr. Nikisch. Of course the songs were interpreted exquisitely. The Haydn Symphony was given with precision and with charming grace. Mr. Nikisch's splendid string band was at its best and would have delighted even Haydn himself. The only uninteresting number on the program was Brahm's Ten Variations on a Thema by Hayden. The audience was moved to hearly applause at the close by the magnificent hymn-like climax. Goldmark's Overture, "Sakurtala...