"Soloist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... old swing still, contagious as ever. Loafers in front of the hall shuffled their feet in time to it. Moon-struck young persons hanging two by two over the railings of the bridge to gaze at the water straightened themselves and listened. An ambitious soloist lounging against the court-house fence across the square began to whistle it with elaborate variations, at the inspiring moment when "morning in the forest" had bird-called and syncopated itself into silence, and actual fighting, and ...
— The Wishing Moon • Louise Elizabeth Dutton
... so lustily given that the soloist called for the audience to join him in the last verse, a most unusual compliment, and so well did they respond that the sound of their voices travelled far through the silent bush, farther than they intended, farther than they knew, ...
— Colonial Born - A tale of the Queensland bush • G. Firth Scott
... by what are vulgarly termed twiddly bits on the piano, the soloist sang the chorus, softly and appealing, with ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 • Various
... my good fortune to be present at the orchestral concert at Queen's Hall, when Mr. Stojowski was the soloist. It was pleasant to see the enthusiasm aroused by the concerto itself, and the performance of ...
— Piano Mastery - Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers • Harriette Brower
... however, to avoid anything like spread-eagleism, and so after the chorus of jubilation just quoted, there is a note of doubt as to how long the nation will last. The answer, sung by the Boston soloist, Myron D. Whitney, was particularly impressive: — Long as thine Art shall love true love, Long as thy Science truth shall know, Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove, Long as thy Law by law shall grow, Long as thy God is God above, Thy Brother every man below, So long, dear Land ...
— Sidney Lanier • Edwin Mims |
