Excerpt: ...and lowering it again, while he tightened them. Then, in answer to the call from the oboe, the whole place grew filled with their din, discordant at first, but slowly coming into more and more perfect harmony, uniting upon the single note, breaking again into countless changing tones, only to yield once more to the single A, caught, dropped during an instant's pause, then caught again and held in long-drawn, jubilant sonority. On the heels of the other soloists, Thayer picked his way up the narrow aisle at the ...
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Excerpt: ...and lowering it again, while he tightened them. Then, in answer to the call from the oboe, the whole place grew filled with their din, discordant at first, but slowly coming into more and more perfect harmony, uniting upon the single note, breaking again into countless changing tones, only to yield once more to the single A, caught, dropped during an instant's pause, then caught again and held in long-drawn, jubilant sonority. On the heels of the other soloists, Thayer picked his way up the narrow aisle at the right of the tenors, and took his seat upon the little stage. As he did so, he discovered a diminutive gallery directly over the main entrance to the hall. Side by side in the gallery sat two men, the president of the chorus and Bobby Dane. Bobby was beaming down at him placidly, and Thayer's face lighted at the unexpected sight of his friend. Bobby nodded occasionally, to mark his approval of the music; then, at the end of Thayer's first solo, he laid his score on the gallery rail and led off a volley of applause which, echoing back from the chorus, roused Bobby to such a Pg 182 pitch of enthusiasm that he knocked the score off the rail and sent it tumbling down among the rear ranks of the altos. "Why the unmentionable mischief do you waste your energies, singing like that at a rehearsal?" he demanded abruptly of Thayer, as he joined him on the stairs. "Where the unmentionable mischief did you come from?" Thayer responded, seizing Bobby's hand in his own firm clasp. "New York. Just came up, this morning. I'm doing the concert, to-night." "Oh! I was under the impression that I was going to do a part of it, myself." "Musically. I represent the power of the Press." "As critic?" "Certainly." "How long since?" "To-day. The regular critic is busy with a domestic funeral, his grandmother, or step-mother, or something, and it lay between the devil and me to take his place. Strange to say, the Chief chose me; but he was morose enough to say the old...
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Edwards, Harry C. Fine book with no dust jacket. 350 pages. Includes illustrations. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards. Near fine book in green decorated covers with very slight wear to the corners. No dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
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