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I MIDSUMMER MUSICAL NEWS NETS I CARUSO PRESENTS JOYOUS SONG OF ITALIAN VICTORY Other Cher Famous Artists Also Take Part PartIn Partia In ia of Delightful Entertainment I HOUGH liT Tile The c Chimes o 0 f San Sm Giusto is virtually virtual virtual- ly a street son sons song such as as' any Ital Ital- Italian r ian fan might hum as u asbe ashe uhe he be walks the sunlit sunlit sun sun- 4 lit ways of an Italian city its essential g gaiety a i e t y yand i r and spontaneous melody make it fully worthy of 1 the best efforts of of the great Caruso Caruso- It is a song of I Italian tal i a n rapture over the re-conquest re of Trieste and to bear hear this highly typical Italian patriotic patriotic patri patri- otic number as it is is vividly sung by Caruso on a a. new v Victor Record which is among the new list of Septem September r offerings is to fully appreciate the joy of victory which has come after years of suffering f Car Caruso u s 0 never y j r rs I s see seems e e m s himself WJ I I J quite cuite so much as I IThen when hen singing the i songs longs of his own It I people and none i of the tumultuous emotion is lost by bythe r a. a l the great eat tenor t f I Irhe The rhe air air is IS light v I Ia a and d lively ively with a 1 I tripping rhythm i all through and t v the chimes in the s a accompaniment compa i men t ca J give reality to the n joyous peel of San Giusto The Festival of Bagdad the fourth movement from played by the Philadelphia Orchestra instantly transports you to Bagdad nag This nu nUmber number num nUm- n- n ber is really an epitome of the three previous movements based on the Arabian Arabian Arabian Ara Ara- bian Nights tales The snarling trumpets trumpets trumpets trum trum- pets the light and delicate dance movements movements movements move move- ments hurrying like melodies languishing melodies for strings curious curi curl Gus ous nasal melodies for or clarinet or oboe velvety strains for flute all depict musically with marvelous power the scenes among the surging throngs in inthe inthe in inthe the Bagdad bazars The Galli Curci record of 01 the aria The One of Whom I Dreamed from Traviata is of interest because this treat soprano has made such a 1 perfect Violetta in this opera It is edly one of the greatest of all coloratura color atura arias the arias the awakening of Violetta's Violetta's Violetta's Vio- Vio lettas letta's soul by the glow of a 1 purer passion passion and and to it Galli Curci has brought her highest gifts On a double- double faced record Olive Kline sins Sings Chinese Lullaby a particularly good number with oriental atmosphere and Elsie Baker Taker presents a delightful Baby Jim has a I. I of Jaunting sweetness I tt t John Sings Sing a 11 Sparkling Musical Comedy Number The First Rose of Summer is a beautiful number from a New Girl and andas as a new Victor Record it reveals McCormack Mc- Mc Cormack in his most sprightly mood The refrain gives the heart of the sentiment with its reminder that the first rose is the first smile of spring and the first love the be best t love of all It Itis Itis is a gay little tune and McCormack has caught the very spirit of the tinkling music the glitter and sparkle of the Never of gaiety and gal gal- lantry Hard Times Come Again No More Js Is one of the best of Stephen Fosters Foster's songs songs-as as good as Old Black Joe or Swanee River River but but U it dropped out of fashion I 11 t belonged be- be longed to Civil War days and we au y had lost the inner innerY Y meaning of it The Great War made us find out again what it meant a and n d its lovely melody finds a new echo i c in our hearts when it is sung by Louise Homer She sings it beaudy beautifully beau beau- dy n. n r but there therea a a is an urgency in her voice that Homer goes gees deeper than C a mere vocal skill skill skill- you feel she does not want hard times to hit anybody ever again The male chorus blends richly with her voice adding greatly t to the effect Reinald contributes contributes contri contri- a quiet tender song Through and Think Love of Me Mea a love song of somewhat more passionate passion passion- ate character In both numbers Ver venrath is well suited as they reveal some of the best qualities of his sympathetic sympathetic voice A catchy melody and charming sentiment senti- senti nent ment are features of Youre Still an anOld anOld Old Sweetheart of Mine It is given by Elizabeth Spencer and Henry Burr Burrand Burrand and their voices blend beautifully The Gates of Gladness is an optimistic optimistic number cheerily sung by Lewis James and the Shannon Four Four- Take Your Girlie to the Movies is a characteristic char char- song in Billy Murray's Murrays well well- known style and Arthur Fields offers a love Jove song full un of rhythm and snap entitled Baby Daby fresh tresh from the Midnight Frolic Jascha Heifetz Puts Ne New Nev v Charm Into a Familiar Beethoven Number Beethoven's Turkish March is one of the most popular lighter pieces the great treat composer ever produced It It is usually heard as a piano solo but bu Leopold Auer the teacher of Heifetz has made mad a a. violin transcription and in inthe inthe in inthe the Victor Record of oft this solo Heifetz reads new charm Into into it its familiar cadences It is a brilliant piece of work the theme first bein being heard with double stopping and the lightest possible possible pos pos- sible staccato bowing for or the C characteristic characteristic char char- rhythm ending wit with wita the familiar little downward run m Sun o 0 of f My Soul is one of our cur best beloved r hymns and it is Ta nobly sung b by y w Schumann The fhe e b great t contralto contralto con con- L rings out the cJ clear ar sweet hw y beauty of the old y hymn breathing a spirit of rest and led and rd faith in in ina r w quiet a Pro Providence v ide n c e p Ij it 1 O which h remains unchanging un un- e Z w 1 changing through I i the Sophie years rBra r- r Br Bra Braslau si an gives an I Schumann inA rendition rendi- rendi end d it i- i i eloquent ent r e n E t tion on of f In Memoriam Memo Menio- no nam a H rew number that is a prayer to the light to bring back memories of other days days- The he harmony is exceedingly rich and a acello acello acello cello obbligato adds to the intensity and pathos of Braslau's passionate interpretation Vivian Holt and Lillian Rosedale offer a charming Southern home song sone My Swanee Home in which their voices are beautifully blended In contrast to this soprano and mezzo duet is the duet by Charles Hart and Elliott Sha Shaw tenor tenoY and baritone on the opposite side of this record record Alabama Alabama Lullaby also a Southern tune in ia waltz time and a novel feature is the humming in the refrain A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody is a lyric set to toa toa toa a gay melody and is admirably suited to John Steels Steel's unusually full un tenor voice The same artist also presents a romantic Dutch Dytch song Tulip Timer Time which has lias a piquant rhythmic movement movement move move- ment and a pleasing melody Anything Anything Anything Any thing is Nice if it Comes from Dixieland Dixieland Dixie Dixie- Jan land by ly the American Quartet and Eyes That Say I Love You by Irving and Jack Kauffman are two lively numbers with as much pep as anyone anyone any any- one could desire C s k U Beautiful Ohio Waltz i i. i Superb as a Violin Solo by Kreisler The famous amous violinist has made a wonderful Victor Record of this delightful delightful delightful de de- de- de waltz Kreisler plays plas waltzes as no other violinist pla plays s them and this is one of the best waltzes in years ears He plays the melody without flourishes and just enough graceful fluctuations in inthe inthe inthe the tempo to keep alive the spirit of the waltz Toward the end he plays on two strings at once and the effect is that of two violins each playing a separate separate separate sep sep- arate melody in m harmony with t the theother theother 1 other ther but no tw tyro two violins could sound as Kreisler's instrument sounds Emilio de is heard to advantage adA advantage ad ad- A vantage in is For v a- a I You a Rose Rase f i The melody is uni unusually unusually un un- i a usually captivating ing g and in the accompaniment i is isa t sr a lilting rhythm that is an admirable admit admit- able ahle background for or the gallant s and deb debonair 0 n air singing o 0 of f d de c o oThere i k F f. f There are eight I d dance splendid a n c e cIt i numbers in the Go B eo- eo 8 new pew Victor offering offer offer- offering t ing and one of them is different in melody and harmony from anything you have ever eer heard It is the famous Vamp Fox Trot wild intense and colorful in style tyle played by Joseph GSmith's C G CSmith's Smiths Smith's Orchestra which also contributes contributes contri contri- the Tell Me Fox Trot one of the best ballad successes of the day The rhe Peter Gink Step One-Step by the Six Brown Brothers is a clever take-off take on Grieg's Peer and even if you dont don't know a thing about Peer it is isa isa isa a mighty good one one- one st step one tp p anyhow The Brown Brothers also play a fox ox trot the ori original nal Dixieland Jazz Band offers two novel pieces of jazz music and Pietro with his accordion accordion ac ac- c- c plays two numbers so full of melody that it is hard to believe a single instrument can yield so much round Found Henry Burr is is at his best in songs of heart interest and sings tenderly In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Heart of a Fool Poor and I Found You the slow waltz time of the latter number making it exceptionally attractive tive Billy Murray and his new teammate teammate teammate team team- mate Ed Smalle put across an eccentric humorous number I 1 Aint Am t en en Got edNo en ed enNo en enNo No Time To Have the Blues which is is something absolutely new and must he be heard beard to be appreciated Marion Harris Hams sings a tuneful songs T Take ke Me to the theLand theLand Land of Jazz and Ralph Bingham's two funny dark darky stories storie's round out this months month's Victor entertainment Everyone who has hal a will find tind new near enjoyment in hearin hearing the new Victor music in the September list There i is variety enough to suit every taste and any Victor dealer will be glad ot or the opportunity to play any music upon request request- |
