Show iN THE WORLD OF Music MUSIC I SINGS SINGSi i 1 e UNCO'S FAMOUS 1 1 SPRING SPRIN J SONG t er Gems Offered by Worlds World's f Great Artists I i FAnRAn FARRAR FAn FAR RAn has captured II r- r the ver very essence of ot 1 the springtime and proof of her triumph r is placed beyond doubt by her her most moat recent addition to her already long list hat of Victor successes It is amongst the new records for October October Oc Oc- tober that she pours forth a very libation rd 4 7 of of gracious melody Spring songs Bongs are ever popular as v wit wit- it- it t. t ness those of Mendelssohn Men- Men S. S and Grieg yet never perhaps has composer soy so soy y interpreted the spirit of or springs spring's pate gate te beauty as has Gounod in this song Nor could a better melbe me- me found round for lor tt Its interpretation than golden voice of Geraldine Farrar larrar Her ells oUs at it best sweet best sweet fresh tresh ringing I Ible dwelling here and there on someI some Iome I I I note as thou though h loathe to part with I thing so beautiful Listening to her I throated harmonics harmonies one seems to see sec world reborn to see seo a silver sliver lane lance I Ight pierce through and through the tho ht as harbinger of ot dawn Dine Ine with this yet jet et different in Its Us 1 I Is Antonin Dvorak's Largo Large I Ithe the New Symphony Inre In- In re red by the composer love for Ameri- Ameri and md Indian themes this move- move which is the second is a test that arMwell K well daunt the most careful of ors or- or rations s The Philadelphia orchestra risen triumphant above tho the faculties of the composition and added ther laurel to the crown of or their I Movement Mysterious slow swelling introduce passages of even greater 11 compelling beauty fragments Jody rise rille and fall all and the tremulous Ings and golden horns weave a rare Tare estry enry of or shimmering loveliness Tho The argo breathes a message of ot rest the rest the t of Eternity and of ot life lire not that of ot J x dy d but hut of the spirit De Dc phrasing a and d are always wonderful wonderful wonderful-in in his of ot En Calesa The Carriage L 3 g My y Dainty l gf Marquise ho he tt ousts mounts the obstacles of volleying I g c cato ato to passages that would tax powers powers' s and accurate The song song is la in to dazzling rhythm announced in orchestra to the rapid clatter of oft t ets It alternates between swift passages and long longi and always the vo voice ce of the singer gs out sweet and clear surmounting rj lous changes of key Including those shifts so characteristic of ot oft t ISIt music The song is noteworthy rain the extraordinary series Mr Do De a has recorded In half a dozen Ig gees gues es hauntingly beautiful waltz from chaikowsky's Serenade music lovers l- l with enthusiasm Jascha lIel- lIel 7 first record with full orchestral ac ac- and will instantly recognize lit it I t new high levels i in recording inde art Is itself almost Inde- Inde beautiful with for- for rt changing rainbow hues of tone the main theme Is delicate 1 brilliantly sustained passage work oft ft basses well in evidence The eft eft ef- ef t s electrifying Above all echo and d cho the poignant strains of ot s each note clear and sweet pro pro- pro 1 I chug a culminating of ot elfin har- har nies The Tho composition dies out In low set eat sounds like tho the farewell of ghosts lowed owed by soft chords chord faint taint cloying lady lody then silence Honour and Love are themes dear the heart of ot that Irish minstrelsy from c which Jphn McCormack in in his nis younger I days drew so much I inspiration Both are i celebrated In this harming lyric from sf s opera i Monsieur B Beau Beau- c a u- u i caire caine It Is a song I g S f of elusive shifts of I ke key gently gently syncopated I f and romantic I In style One feels I f throughout a sense y of or climax I McCormack sings this number In a fashion that he has i made altogether his own reserving some of ot his best effects for the close of the piece It adds one more to the long g list I II of ot lyric EOn songs conga I which he has recorded with I such artistic and popular apI approval ap ap- ap- ap I I Truly marvelous Is the unanimous I verdict of ot those who have heard TItta Ruffo's Fuffos great baritone roll forth In Adamastor Ada I master mastor re rc dell profonde the half halt haltI savage in Invocation vocation from from Meyerbeer's opera opera opera op I era Africana that is an Important I Item In this months month's list of ot new Victor I records The song begins lustily the tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- i voice of ot the at artist lending I r I itself to the music and dramatic action r I II i with splendid and powerful certainty At Atno I no time has Ruffo made a greater record I II I j evidently evidently he found In It Inspiration In 1 it he displays displace perfect and swift enunciation enunciation I tion and a strength of ot delivery beyond the I power of all aU but Ii a very few singers Bright Joyous versatile versatile these these words but faintly express the Quartets Quartet's Quartets Quartet's I tet's rendition of ot Smetana's Allegro Moderato Moderato Moderato Mo- Mo derato a la Ia Polka Those familiar with I the tha magic ot of Smetana's music his genius I for spontaneous rhythm will thrill with delight as they recognize the subtle handling handling han han- of tempo and the delicate delica te shading I of ot each like gem-like pas passage age The melodies I I are pure pur folk melodies torn as It were from the very heart pf the simple peasantry peasantry peasantry pea pea- santry and translated eloquently by the mastery of g genius Never was waltz I more deservedly I popular popular pop pop- Tc sd eIg V nw uI ular than Victor Herbert Herberts e s When Youre You're Away Awa Away which was one of the big hits of ot The Only Girl GirL Never were son song I i and singer so well I suited t to toone one another an- an another an an- other as M is this thi I delightful effort and Mabel Garri- Garri I son lion Her voice lingers on each ea h note magically prolonging a tone here and there without retarding i ithe the time It la is laIn Is In fact tact a very M waltz of ot dreams Not always are 9 the most pretentious pretentious pretentious preten preten- offerings the most moat successful success success- ful ful-a ful a s simple imp I e song may make a adeep adeep adeep deep and lasting impression on Its hearers Just so does Reinald rath raUt assure the success of his little Gypsy Gyp sy Love Lo 1 o e Song It Is as sweet as a summers summer's sum sum- merj mers day and yet has In It the rollicking rollicking rollick rollick- i ing of or the vagrant wind Is always sure of a hearty re reception re- re how how much more so when he comes to us bearing so rich a gift Alfred has used his marvelous genius to bring to us the message of or a message that rings sweet I and clear In one of ot the new ew Victor records records records rec rec- for October In the famous Verdi Verdi- Liszt arrangement for piano he has found the perfect expression and even the least musical cannot rail fall to feel the power ot of othis othis his playing After the few introductory passages he breaks Into the pyrotechnic splendors of ot the Immortal quartet and under his deft fingering each voice Is la clearly differentiated The whole performance performance per per- Is overlaid with a delicate tracery tracery tracery tra tra- cery of or 8 scales runs arpeggios and cadenzas ca- ca lar largely Ln in n l locking octaves The he climax ellma is la a wonderful display of ma terly technique Faust is ever popular and none mAle of it songs are more deservedly deservedly eo than th e Dlo Dio that that touching outpouring outpour ing of brotherly affection and farewell eo I In its singing Guiseppe De Luca Luea rises t o new heights of arThe anThe an art t The melody is 18 simple for tor no bravura din dill play pla the r rea e a achievement lies Ues 1 f lJ the perfection c o othe the clear masculine tones Use the subtle slon lion that is so ISO es cs In character charac character ter Simple though it be there is 15 yero yero ye yeno ro no higher or noble nobler to theme them the Dl Die o Is 15 th very essence oLun o 01 truth and beauty De Lun n Rarely are I y do mother and daughter daugh ter share in so IO I j great a gift girt ot- ot song as does Madam e I I Louise nou Homer r and her her daughter a Louise Louis Y YI e oh i In the In-the the Quis eat cat e Homo O from from erR Rossini s I I Stabat Mater opportunity Is given for foi both to set free their theft glorious voices an ani anthe and d the Ol old Latin canticle is given new beauty dc i thereby In It is triumphant proof of or th the c close kinship of devotional feeling to p pun pur re I art The modern modem ballad has won a pla place 1 Ir t the publics public's It lt welcomes a a. pleasIng pleas pleas- ing sentiment In appropriate setting Therefore William WilHam Robyn can rest assured as as- ot of the success ot of his two lovely of of- Im In Heaven When Sin Im in M Yo Y Mothers Mother's Arms and Down the Trail t to o Home Sweet Home Both charm th the car and contain Just the right mixture or ot humor and seriousness This may also be said to be the tho case with John Steels Steel s two numbers Tell Me Little Gypsy and The Girls of or My Dreams The lat lat- tr Is more the song for the lighter mom mo me m ments P the hearer cant can't restrain a smile while in the former one feels all of the th e attraction of ot the great world of outdoors outdoor In both the melodies are arc enchanting Unusually attractive are the dance of of- presented In this months month's list o ol of Victor records Two fox tro trots l I from the Follies cant can't fall t to tomake tomako make mako a hit and arid Cuban Moon loon somehow w conveys all of the languorous abandon othe o of wf f the tropics Both are arc played by Joseph C. C C Smiths Smith's orchestra but I make ake no surer appeal than does Beautiful Hawaii a waltz walta and Hawaiian Twilight a fo fox foxtrot foxtrot x trot both of which are guaranteed to set feet tapping a-tapping in impatience for the dance Bill Murray and Ed Small offer the Blues a sequel to Dar danella and certain of the same tame success while the Peerless Quartet puts across Swanee In the snappy style that one has come to expect from them A As for fol humor humor well well Walter C C. Kelly must mut he bp heard to be really appreciated Hi His Virginia Judge I In ln two sessions is a perfect masterpiece as a laugh producer producer pro pro- ducer while In a different vein Sally Hamlin Hamlin Ham- Ham Hamlin lin whose recitations of ot childhood have earned d her a nationwide name further cements her popularity by telling the story of or The Three Little Pigs Pigs' and by reciting Eugene Fields Field's lovely poem The Duel The public Is assured that any of th the above will more than repay their interest Those who already o 0 was know this from former experience In an any event the reader should not fall fail to take tak advantage of the opportunity to hear hea some unusually fine music Any Victor VIcto dealer Is always ready and willing to pla play any of the new or old Victor Vie records records- and to hear them Is a liberal musical education I |