The Musical World, Volume 31J. Alfredo Novello, 1853 |
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... effect which was ultimately realized in the performance . It is scarcely too much to say , indeed , that on such an occasion a rehearsal was almost as superfluous as impracticable . The chorus , comprising the picked men from some of ...
... effect which was ultimately realized in the performance . It is scarcely too much to say , indeed , that on such an occasion a rehearsal was almost as superfluous as impracticable . The chorus , comprising the picked men from some of ...
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... effect as to call forth a most unanimous encore , when another vocal quartet was substituted . It was a pleasing sight to see some twenty young countrymen of Hallé's ( all amateurs , giving him their services for the love of the art ) ...
... effect as to call forth a most unanimous encore , when another vocal quartet was substituted . It was a pleasing sight to see some twenty young countrymen of Hallé's ( all amateurs , giving him their services for the love of the art ) ...
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... effect . Mr. Delavanti is not heard to advantage in sacred music ; his forte is buffo and burlesque , still as he is the stated bass singer at the Monday night concerts , he had assigned to him one song , " Why do the nations , " which ...
... effect . Mr. Delavanti is not heard to advantage in sacred music ; his forte is buffo and burlesque , still as he is the stated bass singer at the Monday night concerts , he had assigned to him one song , " Why do the nations , " which ...
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... effect on him . I have seen men in the streets of Paris in all stages of drunkenness and every individual appeared more or less depressed . In no single instance did one seem excited . How different the effect of liquor on an English ...
... effect on him . I have seen men in the streets of Paris in all stages of drunkenness and every individual appeared more or less depressed . In no single instance did one seem excited . How different the effect of liquor on an English ...
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... effect , and the evident delight with which she takes in what she does . The attention with which she is listened to , the readi- ness with which all her points are seized , and above all , the enthusiasm which greeted her at the close ...
... effect , and the evident delight with which she takes in what she does . The attention with which she is listened to , the readi- ness with which all her points are seized , and above all , the enthusiasm which greeted her at the close ...
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