| Show swing gives way to classics As talking machine reappears reappear s E YORK the death of NEW N a swing mad 1930 40 decade finds classical clIs classical music regaining its traditional place in american artistry so fast that phonograph manufacturers and radio networks cant keep up with the demand this christmas season the old fashioned talking machine has been streamlined while thousands of phonograph records have been placed around the family yule tree in keeping with a revival the like of which 7 4 Z america has never neverseen seen I 1 before I 1 I 1 that summarizes 01 I 1 the state of music at the end of a decade U J which sent bach beethoven and wagner nl scurrying tor for cover under a barrage of swing and brought them back again when swing ewing had swung itself out the thirties also brought their share of good popular tunes A survey by the national broadcasting company revealed the following list of favorite tunes how many ido do you recall 1929 happy days are here again 1930 1 got rhythm 1931 stardust Star dust 1932 play liay fiddle play 1933 love in bloom 1934 2934 wagon wheels 1935 red sails in the sunset 1936 Is it true what they say about dixie 1937 viene viene 1939 A A 1939 over the rainbow musicians give radio much of the credit for the rebirth of classical classical music grand opera once the plaything of a select few has been popularized by regular broadcasts chiefly over NBC during the metropolitan season in new york symphony concerts are broadcast throughout the year two outstanding examples being the saturday night NBC series under maestro arturo and the CBS broadcast of new york philharmonic concerts each sunday during the winter season european concerts helped until the war many concerts came from abroad in 1938 for example 18 european orchestras contributed 24 programs to the NBC network there were three operatic broadcasts from the salzburg festival in austria one from bayreuth and two from the verdi anniversary festival at turin in addition to network programs an increasing number of individual stations are now broadcasting regular p periods rhods of classical music one small station in new york broadcasts nothing else all day langl |
