Euterpean

English Etymology From en Euterpe an. Adjective Of or pertaining to the mythological figure Euterpe, or to music. en 1848 The Stranger's Guide in the City of Boston 59 G. P. REED is well known to the patrons and professors of Music in the Euterpean city of Boston. en 1851 Musical education Eleanor Margaret Geary 65 The music of England is rich in historical reminiscence, and its most accomplished rulers have been votaries to the Euterpean muse. en 1852 Household Words - Volume 14 Charles Dickens 89 Popular melodies float gently through the summer air, and on your quay at Dumbledowndeary you have, in addition to the opportunity for improvement in the Euterpean art, the gratification of being exempted from the periodical visits of the trombone player on board; Proper noun Any of various musical, theatre, or literary societies, especially the Euterpean Society (A New York instrumentalist society and considered the oldest American musical society, active from 1799 to 1846). en 1886 The City of Milwaukee 16 The renowned "Philharmonic Society" of the present day was evolved from the "Euterpean”. en 1890 Music in America Frédéric Louis Ritter 223 He is, on the whole, not better satisfied with the work done by the “Euterpean." This society was considered as perhaps the oldest musical society in the United States. en 1911 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians - Volume 3 George Grove; John Alexander Fuller-Maitland; Waldo Selden Pratt 367 Before the end of the first quarter of the 19th century there were in existence, besides the Euterpean, a Philharmonic Society and the Concordia, clubs of singers and instrumentalists, the former English in its constitution, the latter predominantly German. en 1950 College and Research Libraries - Volumes 11-16 184 The two most influential literary societies at Muhlenberg, the Euterpean and the Sophronian, were organized only seven days after the official opening of the institution in September of 1867. Euterpean Hall, a theatre in New York City, on the east side of Broadway, near Walker Street, which later became the Broadway Theatre. en 1851 Before and Behind the Curtain William Knight Northall 170 The business done at the Euterpean was very shy, and the prospect of any of the company — among whom, by-the-by, was Blakely, an old Park actor, as well as a National — was very doubtful. en 1878 Harper's New Monthly Magazine Music in New York Thirty Years Ago 57 113 Such authority as his is now rare, for, beginning as a small boy at the Euterpean in its earliest days, he has heard every singer and musical artist of importance up to to-day's symphony concert. en 1926 Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis Occasionally he took Sunday morning service for Mrs. Riddle at Euterpean Hall, when she was weary of curing rheumatism or when she was suffering from rheumatism; and always he had to be at Euterpean to give spiritual assistance. Noun A member of one of the various Euterpean clubs or societies. en 1892 Muhlenberg College S. E. Ochsenford 150 Up to January 1, 1892, of the three hundred and eighty-eight college students who had attended Muhlenberg, two hundred were Euterpeans. en 1915 The American Magazine - Volume 80 41 "And the worst is," Mrs. Goldenstein continued, conscious for the first time of the Euterpeans, "mein Celie don't need no books, because she comes home to morrow." en 1928 Three Quarters of a Century at Martha Washington College Claude Davis Curtis 72 The hearts and souls of all Euterpeans Are true and strong for all that's good forever en 1954 A History of Theatre in Houston, 1836-1954 - Volume 2 Jack Harlan Yocum 400 The Euterpeans scheduled their first performance for Christmas day when a double bill of The Hough Diamond and Family Pictures was to be presented. en 1974 The Rights of Youth Steven J. Novak 52 Although his meaning is uncertain, he likened the "principles" of the Euterpeans to those of the Adelphics of 1805 – another abortive attempt to create a third society. en eponyms