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Show The Month in New Music I MARTINELLI SINGS A SONG OF LOVE AND SPRING Gifted Italian tenor Interprets ballad dedicated to him by the composer. jT"T J7 ICTOPIOUS i& . -c- ffy springtime ! The ' X conquerer of . C '' Jf jJ frost and snow , V' .Vy,c the freer of 1 X' captive streams ; !-; TV Ji"- the mellower of -jfy' 0 hardbrown Qn$jfT earth; the re- KTTO viver of joyous fX:t thfC nWaW" -jP xf Y1'- enrr ol all na- -. S3L ,ure ,0 ? ncw yj ' rcQpSfl bi of freedom c :. -'V. . and happiness "r- and song I No wonder that Martinclli has felt inspired to interpret on a ncw Ytctrola Record a song of love s ecstasy at a time so typical of youthful exultation. "O bon tomato, Amore," is a delightful de-lightful little Italian song by a composer com-poser who has dedicated his work to the gifted singer. It has a smooth-flowing smooth-flowing melody which is sung to a murmuring accompaniment of strings. Martinclli has the gift of rapture. He has a heart of joy that overflows in golden music, and with this song he has the power to awaken in the hearts of his auditors the responsive echoes of life's springtime. "Each Stitch Is a Thought of You. Dear." is one of those sentimental songs inspired by the SSSQV- which Henry mBmamri&Sml Burr sings ,on a new Victor Record. : picture of a nred f HKrr but loving Irtle SiMrlB mother, p r a y- BVHPk 'ygB haired and w ith jr. HH-ii JH : i . knitting BBHJnHBe HH v. oolcn nrks and HfeL crim!"rt licr WmBKt JB&i in H HPM flowing melody that WBm M WBgwiv much to its quiet , iyj Ty' serenity and home- rfijf y lartlneJjJ-, like intimacy, ' fiSSJU On the nther side "A Little Bit of Sunshine" is presented by Charles Hart with the Shannon Four a reminder that there's pen and paper handy, and cigarettes and candy, and nothing to prevent you from sending a letter to France that will cheer some fellow on his way. A cure for a common malady that none of us escape at times will fix you up when you put a new Victor Record on the ictrola and begin to play "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout the Dog-gone Blues, But I'm Happy." Plenty of Jazz music greets your cars as that clever comedienne, Marion Harris, sings it. She puts a new complexion on life, and even gives a new turn to the hoary old story of lonah and the whale And the band, not to be behind, docs its own little bit the trombone taking an occasional slide up the scale accompanied accom-panied by an assorted group of squeaks and clatters "The Land o' Yamo Yamo" is delightfully de-lightfully presented by Van and Schcnck on the reverse of this Victor Record, and turns out to be the place where all good fellows go. In their inimitable way these popular vaudeville vaude-ville artists sandwich several limericks in quick patter, all of which add to the jollity of this number. I lizabcth Spencer and Henry Burr are heard in a pleasing duct on the ncw Victor Record, "If You Look in Her Eyes.'" This coquettish song tells you where you may find the truth when a maiden says "no" and may just possibly pos-sibly mean "yes." "You get a sort pi knowing look, a sort of glowing look" which kind o' lets daylight into your doubts This number is from the musical musi-cal farce "Going Up." Its music is exceptionally dainty. On the same record Elizabeth Spacer Spa-cer sings the blithesome song. "Blue Bird " It is in slow waltz time. In the verse some unexpected modulations serve to "keep you guessing" and the same effect is achieved in the refrain , with the use of equally unexpected 'hythmic touches. The melody of the refrain is brought out clearly by the introduction in-troduction of bells, which also give a pleasing variation. Th Last Long Mile" is the. latest good marching song. Charles Hart and the Shannon Four sing it effectively on a new Victor Record. It is the Plattsburg marching song and was dedicated to the "i.lh Co. i8th P. T. R " Its popularity has teen given impetus through the musical comedy "Toot! Toot!" in which it is sung. With humor in the words and music in the melody, and the crisp call of i bugles and drums it is just bound to make the feet keep step, and the laugh J it gives to "the bloomin' blister" that H comes at the end of a twenty-mile hike is typically American. J On the reverse of this record Billy Bf Murrav provokes a barrel of fun with Bf his rendition of "K-K-K-Katy," which B pictures the efforts of a stuttering re- BB cruit to pour out his heart to his "best BBBl Redolent of summer and laden with HHJ sentiment arc two songs on a Victor BBJ Record by Lambert Mfurphy. which he BbBJ sings w'ith warmth and ardor "Roses HHJ of Picardy" is a charming glimpse of BBS the fair land of France where the BBBJ roses are shining in the dew and a BBl maiden awaits her lover where the long BB white roads wind through flower-laden BBl landscape !BBl "Love's Garden of Roses" is a lover's BB invitation to his sweetheart to come BBl where the flowers are blooming in the BBl garden of his heart. The sweet tenor BBJ quality of Mr Murphy s voice is ad- BBJ mirablv displayed in these two songs. BBJ Geoffrey O'Hara, musical director at BBB one ot L'nclc Sam's Trainin? Camps, BBJ and who has a good idea of what sol- BBJ diers want, occupies the double role of composer and singer in his presentation BBB of "Send Me a Curl" on a Victor MBB Record this month. It is an unusually Bfl attractive marching song that goes with Bfl an irresistablc swing and spirit that be- BBJ speak its popularity. BBB V ou will find on njBBBMBBBBBI the ! WUKmLmijSMfrir Home Sweet I BBkBT SSBIaft Home." It is a BIBB ' ifcHF tuneful reminder when our boys " fVBEBnflHn "paid A 'BJBTBBBj th-ir debt to I a- BJf fayctte" and come V ti marching back in 3jiSi triumph after vic- MF?r7-'Vr: '-1 tory. Louis James 'I oiy c- I gives an effective rendition assisted by the Shannon BB Four who seize the chance to pro- BBB duce some nicely blended harmonies. A quartet of American folk-songs is presented on a new Victor Record by Maud Powell. They are "My Old Kentucky Home"; "Shine On", "Old Black Joe" ; and "Kingdom Coming." BB This talented violinist had a real BH inspiration when she gathered to- H A gether these four highly characteristic BBB la Amr.on PI , , ...I tnr..tU.r im th i-. way they seeni to express the H peculiarly American qualities of sens' sen-s' timent mingled with humor. There is BBB nothing like the folk sdngs of a coun- BBJ try to bring one swift realization of BH what his native land means to him. BBB Imagine what this record will mean to BB the men in France to whom America BBB is now but a memory a memory that BBB can be refreshed and vivified at any BBB time through this music. BBJ Victor Military Band plays new dance numbers. . "Long Boy" is a medley one-step BBB and "Indianola" is a iox-trot, both on BBB a new Victor Record Those who like BBJ their dance music full and strong with BBJ something doing every minute will BBJ find this record very much to their BBJ taste, for things happen with the BH Victor Band you never heard before. 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Those w BBJBK' . who know Handel ' B onl the , ppr-"I ppr-"I irgo" and "The f J JjS Messiah" BLLBflVJ-delighted BLLBflVJ-delighted lo ""IbYMVBBV3 here one of those fr sM S magnificent decla- i W,lhcnPoon. I matory passes ft "---VL .vcd bv a -"-iL'&SaflP broadly majestic BBBJ melody in which this master reveled. pBpJ And Witherspoon declaims it in such pBBJ a manner as to elicit genuine admira- BBJ tion II The wealth of music presented from pBpJ month to month by means of Victor ! p Records covers the whole realm of this pBBJ satisfying art. It offers an opportunity pB for everybody, even though living in the ppl remotest places, to keep in touch with ppl all the latest interpretations by the pHI world's greatest artists and most enu- ppl ncnt entertainers. It is simply a mat- ppj ter of going to your nearest Victor BpB dealer and requesting anv selection yci wish to hear. BB BBBBI Bfli O&S |