musical composition; tune
audience; attendance; hearers
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)
Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
toleration; magnanimity; comprehension
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
whole house; whole audience
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
late at night; at a late hour
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
to pitch (e.g. a boat); to force out an opponent
at someone's (something's) mercy
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck