Something Fishy Is Going On
Hudson River Park Trust Tallies Resurgence of Native Species in Local Waters
A NOTE TO THE EDITOR
To Matthew Fenton, Very nice article (“Unaccompanied Minors”) on a cappella singing, and singing in general. I like the inclusion of a discussion of the evolutionary origins of singing. Darwin’s reference to the “principle of the inherited effects of use” is interesting. It shows that the usual pedagogical practice of placing “Darwinian” (evolution by natural...
Dockapella music festival
The free Dockapella music festival in Wagner Park on Saturday, October 1 featured voices that fly without instruments from Columbia, Princeton, Yale, and Brown and Vassar College, as well as ensembles from New York University and the University of Virginia.
Go West, Horace Greeley, Go West (or The Day Horace Greeley Took His Own Advice)
Horace Greeley has greeted hundreds of millions of New Yorkers and out-of-towners alike over the past hundred years with a nod of his head as they scoot past his curious perch in City Hall Park. You can find him along the path between City Hall and the Tweed Courthouse sitting in the grass and taking...
Today in History
1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. 1882 – Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. 1888 – Jack the Ripper...
Unaccompanied Minors
A heptad of undergrad vocal ensembles will harmonize beside the Hudson tomorrow (Saturday, October 1), in Wagner Park, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The free Dockapella music festival will feature voices that fly without instruments from Columbia, Princeton, Yale, and Brown Universities and Vassar College, as well as ensembles from New York University and the...
Today in History
1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades. 1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city’s architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city. 1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes...
