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Show NEWS OF THE MUSIC WORLD I ! i I 4 GALLI-CURCI HEARD I IN GREAT "RIGOLETTO" j DUET WITH DE LUCA BcGogorza, Elman, Braslau, Destion, McCormack and other famous Victor artists also give note- , worthy interpretations i js.-a7r-T--,- r.i, HE duct. "Piaiipii U tziWjyUijvUf p Fancndla" (Weep, 3 ITr"! P M' Child), from 3 lil & la P "R i k o 1 o tto," i3 3 t5"- G without doubt" in- I 3 J -Eh tcrprctalivc of one ' L 3? Tfekft? of 1 h c ddcst iT Kr J6 'Scff situations ever Ai'-im conceived. Y c t Uim:t ' Jh the music is the aaS-isSSttfi most 'y""1' 'yfflajl duet, as you re-Hu,. re-Hu,. A tliSffrM ca 's between RiRoletto, t h e lxa.CT.. gx'.Ta) imnchback Jester, and his dauRhter, Gilda, on her return re-turn home after suffering at the hands of the Duke. The father calls on his heartbroken child to weep, and falling fall-ing into -his arms she gasps out the terrible story of her wrongs. In a new Victor Record the duct is sung by Galli-Curci and Dc Luca with wonderful won-derful effect. Every note of his rich, powerful baritone seems laden with an emotion deeper than pain, while above it, exquisite and clear, rises Galli-Curci Galli-Curci 's soprano. This is indeed an extraordinary record. Many a lover has poured out to the moon those tUleranccs of the heart too sacred and deep for the confidences of the human car. Many a philosopher, phil-osopher, v.-caried with speculation, has found peace of soul in the moon's full liRht. Many a poet, seeking vainly through the day for inspiration, has found it in the matrfc of a moonlit night. "A La Luna" (To the Moon) is a Spanish tribute to the moon sunp by Dc Gogorra on a new Victor Record. Rec-ord. It ha3 a simple, slow but lan-fmorous lan-fmorous strain, shrined aniong' deep folds of orchestral harmony. It is suiir by Dc Gogorza with- his usual perfection of style and with profound emotional power. "Kol Vidre," sung in Jewish syna-rogues syna-rogues on the ce of the Day of Atonement, has been described as the "saddrst .music that man ever taught his lips to hymn or sound." The music, which dates back from the ninth or tenth century, is found in many variations. The form used by Max Brich, however, in his wonderful violin arrangement, is the one scncrally accepted ac-cepted by the world of music. Miscli.i Elman, on a New Victor Record, interprets in-terprets it with a depth of feeling and plays it with the power and beauty of intonation possible only to an artist steeped in its history and its traditions. tradi-tions. .Considered simply as a violin melody, it is little short of marvelous, "My Jesus, as Thou Wilt" is another an-other new Victor Record of a re ligious character. This is probably Kydtrrryay'vcri' one of the most rTTray, , beautiful hymns ffljS("j3S! ever written It tSpKftEffitl 'fi w a s originally 3mSf0HS taken from a fa- mous passage in ftjffiSf 'JwEsSr the , overture to r-"w I'tSfrAV Weber's "Frei- $ rchutz," but since ffiffijEZ , has become a thousand times fjyyfetf TK more famous hy fy9j?"&y ' atl its' d i f f u s i o n vyS?' j through the rc- 'J&tF 1 1 J ltgious music of .ffi.--..-.J the world. Sophie l"rJ" ...J Draslau, who is a L.. Victor artist. , lCT sings it with rare sympathy and power. McCormack Sings Song of Irish Homeland A song of peculiar sienificancc to John McCormack is "That Tumble-Down Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone." which he sings on a new Victor Record. Ath- lone is the singer's own birthplace in Ireland. This 3 one of the songs which have endeared McCormack to fo many thousands on both sides of "The Wntcr," and contributed so much to his fame as one of the great ballad-cingcrs ballad-cingcrs of modern times. It has a pleasant, flowing melody, calling for but little display on the part of the singer until the close of each stanza, when there is a long, clear upper note of unusual sweetness and purity. Mme. Emma Dcstinn. besides being a great operatic soprano, is a woman of other talents. j KWKH r carccr 35 a vol'n-' vol'n-' MvsSfclsStfSlll a st anc sc com" W3jB8SBfl & Poses songs and I SSlS ncw r'ctor Kcc-1 Kcc-1 C&z&ri composition. It vcr I100""3 WgjS of disillusion and I Ztahnr. 8 forgctfuhicss be , fan ,giinrrig known. But for an 5ts sorrowful implications, the music of the song; is remarkably fresh and brilliant, at times even cheerful. The Philadelphia Orchestra has achieved a triumuh of the recording art on two new Victor Records of the Treat overture to Wagner's "Rienzi." The overture marks the ' composer's long fight for his soul. It opens with a prolonged, sweet, piercing trumpet note a sicnal of revolt against tyranny ! the kind of tyranny that sent Wag- i ncr's self into exile. In the first record is heard Ricnzi's solemn prayer in the Capitol at Rome, while the I torches already flickered outside the " J vwall. The second record has within it all the pomp and splendor of the great I scenes through which the 'Last of the I Tribunes'' fought for justice in the world. m Alfred Cortot, the pianist, is recording record-ing on Victor Records a scries of Al-beniz's Al-beniz's rcinarkablc Spanish dances. His latest is the Malagnena, in which a mandolin-like rhythm is rcoeatcd at brief ' intervals. The Malagnena is danced, in couples. In the record. M. Corot,"ihroughvthe magic of his touch, cnahlcs one almost to see as well as hear the pulse and throb of the mandolin, mando-lin, the graceful sway, of living forms, the bronzed and taciturn men and the women with their creamy skins, glittering glit-tering night-black eyes and hair. Some Songs for Children as Well as Grown-Ups Edward MacDowcll - often wrote beautiful tone poems for children. "To a Water Lily," sung by the Florentine Floren-tine Quartet on a new Victor Record, is one of these. It is a favorite, too, for interpretative daticing. On the reverse side of the record is Mendelssohn's Mendels-sohn's "Spring Song," .Among the ---- songs in a popu- jrfr-P- a T ' ' C " ' and " You Arc M) Hi J rec bothsung 3' sion of "a girl that suitor.1 It is such a charming song, iW 777. however, that one $L klinecV can easily forgive the girl' for being so diffuse in her affections. "You Are Free" was one of the big hits in the operetta, "Apple Blossoms. Another new Victor Record contains nine dainty little songs used in a modern mod-ern course of music for children. They are "A Wise Bird." "Cuckoo. Muiic." "A Star Child," "Pretty Tulip." "The Blacksmith," . "Buttercups," "Butter-cups," "Tick-Tack," "The Violet" and "Our Flag." They arc sung by Laura Littlcficld. Two splendid vocal quartets "Now I Know" and "I'll Always Be Watting for You" appear on a new Victbr Record, The first, sung by the popular popu-lar Shannon Quartet, has a tuneful and catchy melody with the rhythm, of a rather slow fox-trot. Th other song 13 in a kind of slew waltz tempo a song of that waiting which, if it "makes the heart grow 'fonder," spares it nothing in the way of sorrow lor the absent Jovcd one. It is sung by the Peerless Quartet. Al Bernard, the "Boy from Dixie," has gained recognition one of the best "black-faced" comedians ever developed. de-veloped. His first Recordings as a Victor Vic-tor artist arc "You Know What I Mean," a song with a cheerful melody, ami a coaxinsr syncopated rhythm, and I ' Bell Hop Blues." the dolorous plafnt f of the bell-hop who has "nothing to ' do" except answer the annunciator all dav. Another Victor Record contains "Was There Ever a Pal Like- Yo'u," sung by Henry Burr, and ."You're. a. Million Milcs from Nowhere,"' sung" by Charles Harrison. A Few New Fc::-Trots and Dance Novelties Now it's the Ycrkcs Jarrzarlmba Orchestra. Or-chestra. This is the name of a very funny round-up that uses the marimba, a curious chop-stick sort of instrument, instru-ment, to "make jazz" with. On a new Victor Record this orchestra plays "Behind Your Silken Veil," a medley fox-trot, and "Roses at Twilight," a medley waltz. The latter is one- of those slow, dream-suffused waltzes that float you for a time into a "world of things as you would like them to be always." "You'd Be Surprised," a medley one-step, and "Keep Movin' ", a foxtrot, fox-trot, are this mouth's offering by the Ail-Star Trio on a Victor Record. The proper place to try this record -would be in a Court of Domestic Relations. Ten bars and the "tragedies" of the average couple would dissolve iu smilca and laughter. The ever-popular Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra has made a new Victor Record Rec-ord containing "Apple IJlpfsoms." n clean-cut. snapny one-step. P and "Carolina "Caro-lina Sunshine, a slow and full-har-. monied waltz. The one-step has all the sparkle and dash of a regimental march, and all the delightful finish o an artist-recording. It introduces "Little Girls. Good-Byc." and "The Second Violin" among other brisk themes. "Carolina Sunshine" is filled with finc harmonic passages, melody interweaving melody in rich and suave effects. "Mystery" and "Oh 1" both medley fox-trots, are the first recordings of Paul Bicsc and his Novelty Orchestra in Victor Records. These two numbers num-bers will rock you not to sleep, but up and down the waxed floor to two of the most irresistible fox-trots you ever footed. ' Whatever your taste in music may-he, may-he, whether you love opera or ragtime, rag-time, waltz music or "jazz," it is possible pos-sible to enjoy what you like best through the simple expedient of having hav-ing a Victrola in the horuc. The art of the world's greatest singers and instrumentalists in-strumentalists as well as that of the most popular vaudeville stars is thus at your command at any time you wish to he entertained. If you do not have a Victrola. you can enjoy hearing hear-ing the latest records by simply dropping drop-ping in at any Victor dealer's. |