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In commemoration of its seventy-fifth anniversary the Harvard Glee Club will give a concert tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock at Sanders Theatre. All graduate members of the club have been invited to attend. Dr. A. T. Davison '06 will conduct.
Many numbers which have been sung by the club for many years are included on the program which follows: R. C. Cabot '89, professor of Social Ethics, will speak on "The History of the Harvard Glee Club." Dr. Cabot has made an extensive study of the subject and last night divulged some of his findings to a CRIMSON reporter. Dr. Cabot has exploded the current belief that the Glee Club was at one time a part of the Pierian Sodality of 1808 by finding a volume of nearly 200. pages of music which was published in 1835 under the name of the "Harvard Glee Club." This large volume. In 1917 Dr. Davison conducted a group, largely composed of Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society members, in what may be called the first concert held in conjunction with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This event also marked the beginning of Glee Club and Choral Society collaboration in concerts. In the same year the two societies presented a Series of operas and operettas that further strengthened their relations. Before 1917 the Glee Club and the Banjo and Mandolin Club had combined to form the Harvard Musical Clubs. They had been presenting programs of College songs and light folk songs but the alliance was broken in 1917 and Dr. Davison enlarged the repertoire of the club to its present form. The music used by the club has been published in four volumes which are now used by over 300 colleges through-out the world. probably indicates that the Club had been founded several years previously. More records are found for the year 1842 but after that date all is silent until 1858. It is probable that the organization died during that interval and a distinct group was started without knowledge of the previous club. It is this date that tomorrow's concert commemorates. From 1858 there have been no interruptions in the annals of the club. From 1870 to about 1910 the membership was limited to 16 or 24, four or six members to each part. There have been various methods of directing the club. A baton was used by the leader from 1858 to 1890. Then the custom was started whereby the leader stood at the end of the line and directed with motions of his head. Since 1917, when Dr. Davison became conductor the director has used only his hands while conducting the club
R. C. Cabot '89, professor of Social Ethics, will speak on "The History of the Harvard Glee Club." Dr. Cabot has made an extensive study of the subject and last night divulged some of his findings to a CRIMSON reporter.
Dr. Cabot has exploded the current belief that the Glee Club was at one time a part of the Pierian Sodality of 1808 by finding a volume of nearly 200. pages of music which was published in 1835 under the name of the "Harvard Glee Club." This large volume.
In 1917 Dr. Davison conducted a group, largely composed of Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society members, in what may be called the first concert held in conjunction with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This event also marked the beginning of Glee Club and Choral Society collaboration in concerts. In the same year the two societies presented a Series of operas and operettas that further strengthened their relations.
Before 1917 the Glee Club and the Banjo and Mandolin Club had combined to form the Harvard Musical Clubs. They had been presenting programs of College songs and light folk songs but the alliance was broken in 1917 and Dr. Davison enlarged the repertoire of the club to its present form.
The music used by the club has been published in four volumes which are now used by over 300 colleges through-out the world.
probably indicates that the Club had been founded several years previously. More records are found for the year 1842 but after that date all is silent until 1858.
It is probable that the organization died during that interval and a distinct group was started without knowledge of the previous club. It is this date that tomorrow's concert commemorates. From 1858 there have been no interruptions in the annals of the club. From 1870 to about 1910 the membership was limited to 16 or 24, four or six members to each part.
There have been various methods of directing the club. A baton was used by the leader from 1858 to 1890. Then the custom was started whereby the leader stood at the end of the line and directed with motions of his head. Since 1917, when Dr. Davison became conductor the director has used only his hands while conducting the club
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