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GRAMOPHONE NOTES man's dances, although it is a re-
REVIEWS OF LATEST ISSUES.
ANOTHER COMPETITION.
"(By Marcato.)
cording which is sure to please.
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Vocal Section,
NEW COMPETITION.
Notes for Those Who Eater,
The selection may comprise either vocal or Instrumental
Another Instrumental ensemble is the Kneale Kelley Quartet in two hoary numbers, Killarney and Sing me to Sleep. I am rather' Nearly everyone who has a col- prejudiced against the disc. on lection of records possesses account of the selection of pieces, several numbers which, for some but the recording here is also reason or another, are looked upon good.
with especial friendliness. Their - Most peoplo view chamber The flute, old fashioned and appeal may be purely sentimental, music with rather mixed feelings, colourless instrument, at any rate it may be musical, or it may be Nearly all of us respect it, if we does sound out of place in work of any one of a dozen other reasons. have made its acquaintance at all, this kind. The only other instru- At any rate, this month is. offered but how few actually bear it any mental number is one of Frank a prize for the best all round of twelve favourite true affection! Its intimacy and Ferrara in steel guitar solos, ex-selection
pieces. simplicity of style, its lack of in-cellent in their way. strumental colour, its somewhat austere atmosphere all combine to repel rather than attract the In the vocal section, first place items, and for the purpose of the majority of music lovers.
must go to the accomplished competition a symphony or other
Singers who The experienced listener, in Salisbury
are long work of any kind on several high and mighty seclusion, is thoroughly and unmistakably records will count as one selection. In awarding the prize which, by alone able to unravel the tangled English. polyphonic skein of, for instance, But why Drink to Me Only with the way, consists of the H.M.V. a late Beethoven quartet. But thine Eyes and Coma. let us join set of "Parsigal" on several re- to have travelled thus far along the roundelay! Their choice la corcs (electrically recorded), no the road of Musical Appreciation as bad as Edgar Coyle's who sings points will be given" for excellence (horrible word) is an attainment in melancholy fashion Take, Ohin recording technique alone. which brings its own reward. take those lips away, Hey! Hol. Neither is the competition & It is an attainment, too, possi-The wind and the Rain which I contest for the best rendering of
His particular number. ble to the greenest of musical feel inclined to call piffle.
Now is my Chloris is better. Any type or make of record griffins.
Doris Vane is mediocre in may be chosen, the list need not A study of the melodious Haydn quartets, the early Mozart and Becauss and I Dreamt. I Dusit necessarily be "highbrow," or ex- cessively "popular," but should be Beethoven, are excellent examples (Bohemian Girl),
Michael Mortimer, the new as diverse as possible and above to an intelligent understanding of the most subjective of all music, light, tenor, essays the latest all represent your own particular Entries must reach the "About Schubert.
song craze, Just Cottage Smail, choice. Schubert, too, should be found and inflicts Oh, Miss Hannah on "China Mai" office marked "Mar- cato," not later than September 3.. Schubert, the reverse aide. particularly helpful. whose exterior, the biographers
"Lady, Be Good.”
My readers should be on the Jack Blake has four "bright" insist on telling us, was the very¦ It was originally thought antithesis of his music: songs to hie credit among which look out for a set of wonderful...
"Messiah" records, recorded by I notice Picador änd, Valentine. that it would be possible to set Schubert, who wrote almost as
The "Lady, Be Good" releases Columbia at the actual Crystal apart a portion of the Kow-prolifically as Mozart, lived and
died in tragic manner too, with have nothing very much to recom- Palace Festival which is held once. loon Hospital as a Nursing
The recording every three years. They will Poverty ever snatching at his mend them.
obtainable next Home, to be run on the lines of heels and sickness and death over artistes are from the show itself. probably be the Peak Hospital. On further taking him at an age when most but as they have to rely entirely month.
[It seems hardly necessary to Investigation, however, it has men are beginning to give of their upon their voices-which are gen
best; Schubert,, noted writer of erally of a poor standard-they do mention that all records reviewed proved that the difficulties of lieder, wrote in all forms. Of his not succeed to the extent, they do in this column are locally procur- management and discipline quartets, that in D Minor (known at the Empire Theatre with their able.] London Offices:-The Far Eastern Agency Advertising
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BIRTHS,
NAPPER-On August 32, 1926, at
Maskellyn (Ceylon), to the wifel of E. W. Napper, a son.. HENDRY-On August 11,-1926, at Colombo, to Mrs. A. Hendry (Eastern Telegraph Co.), a son. LUSHINGTON.-On August 12.
ernment peruse its own reply to the KR.A. dated March 11, 1925? There it will And that the three points "referred to in the KR.A. resolution were treated by the then Colonial Secretary seriatim. That portion of the reply dealing with the Government's earlier promise a promise, be it noted, never denied-stated:-
is anticipated that the
ment...
London String Quartet
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When Jazz is Jazz.
Jazz emanated from America, and it expresses the American..
It is the expression of restless-
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$996 CLAIM.
GOODS WHICH FAILED TO ARRIVE.
WAS JUNK PIRATED?
A claim for $996.36 was heard'
The London String Quartet ness, of excitement, of Youth. In have recorded this quartet in full other words it is the embodiment. result is very fire indeed. for the Columbia people, and the of "pep." And if Jazz-which, in the Summary Court yesterday, The after all, is another name for the the parties being the Ho Yuen and firm (plaintiffs) and the Kwong squawked music itself is not only lovely, but bizarre has
able.
It New Nursing Home in Hong- kong will provide ample accom- modation for all who wish to be attended by their own practi- tioners.
the recording is well-nigh perfec- squeaked with trombone and saxo- Hing firm (defendants). The Lai Again, another reference to 1926, at Hatton (Ceylon), to the
tion.
phone, if it has given birth to Tong Kee, junk owners, were also wife of A. N. Lushington, or that promise was contained in a
Hard-headed devotees who many, strange and fearful instru-quoted as co-defendants.
The case concerned the non- Madulkelle, a son.
letter to the Government from the claim that the orchestra on the ments, it has still been the kind of MACDONALD,--On August 12.
an Illusion, noise which sets the blood ting arrival of a Junk at the place of 1926, at Maskeliya (Ceylon)K.R.A., dated May 16, 1925, in gramophone is still
its destination (Myi Keng' San may now be met with the admising and the feet moving. AI and Mrs. D. P.which it was stated:-
sion that they are possibly correct, The squeaks and squawks, at Wui, in Kwong Tung) and the ex- Macdonald a son.
Covernment having promised but that the string quartet is at any rate, are disappearing and intent of liability of the firms in HENRY--On August 13, 1926, ut to allow general practitioners to last Reality. It is itself. It is, their place is appearing a mod question for goods aboard.
Colombo, to the wife of John
attend their patients at this in fact, the original quartet of in-fied jazz. In fact, it no longer de- Henry, Bundarapola, a son
Hospital, my Committee respec- strumentalists as we should hear serves to be called jazz, but simply dants and Mr. L. D. Turner for
plaintiffs. tively request fulfilment of this them if our seat were at the back modern dance music. Hongkong. Friday, August 27, 1926.
assurance."
Mr. Lo, for the defendants, ex- It ia now of the concert room.
and certainly more plained that his clients had only musical, harmonious with less striving acted as agents for both the junk after effect. Some of it is good owners and consignors and not as to listen to, and nearly all of it is principals in either case, good to dance to.
It was stated on behalf of the plaintiffs that the Kwong Hing But it must be played by firm had made themselves respon-
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"NO TRACE."
That gave the Government an- This set of records 'should "on other opportunity to deny that no account be overlooked by any one who wishes to indulge in im- such
a promise had ever been mortal music.
It is evident from the tenor of given. It did not deny it The
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the reply to Dr. Koch's question in then: Colonial Secretary, in the Ia continuation of the excerpta the Legislative Council yesterday course of his reply on June 8, from "Parsifal," that the Government was placed 1925, stated:-
in, a quandary with regard to its "promise" or "understanding" for private medical practitioners to be allowed to attend their own cases in the Kowloon Hospital. The Colonial Secretary replied that "the Government is not aware that any such promise was made," and referred Dr. Koch to a reply, to a similar question asked by Mr. Holyoak on December 29 last
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more suave
Havana Band Items.
and
Mr. M. K. Lo was for defen-
we have this those who know how to play itsible for the delivery and that an month the music from the Kling- The wholesale condemnation of undertaking, had been given to in- With reference to your letter sor Magic Garden scene, played on jazz by musicians and music form the consignees of the date of two records by Bruno Walter con-lovers is due to the squeaks and sailing. No information as to the of May 16. 1925, I am directed ducting the Royal Philharmonic squawks of its experimental junk having sailed was given to to inform you that the Govern- Orchestra.
stage, and to the manner in which the plaintiffs and the first they ment does not see its way to
The Prelude previously issued, it is mishandled by players who do heard, was the report of the alleg
ed piracy. In another case heard change, as regards the Kowloon with its semi-religico atmosphere, not know, their business.
was not, perhaps, calculated to ap All music is dependent upon the in the Supreme Court it had been Hospital, the system of manage-peal to all tastes, and those who musician for adequate interpreta-held that the defendants in that ment which has prevailed for fell foul of the Prelude should tion and a Beethoven symphony case had not proved that a piracy many years in all Government
take an opportunity of trying over would sound as much rubbish had occurred and that they were the present. issue.. The Garden played by an untutored band as liable for cargo entrusted to them Hospitals and has ensured their Scene is detailed quite adequately jazz does when played by a 'poor, in that particular instance. The case was adjourned. smooth and efficient working.in the Columbia supplement, and jazz-less, combination of incom- The Government is fully aware there is no need of a description | petents.
here."
There are four very decent
titioners attending their be found a trifle noisy, and some- Columbia July list, the best of patients in the Peak and French what blurred in consequence, but which, in my opinion, is Surabayo this little defect is more. than Maid and Rose of St. Mary's Hospitals is quite successful,
counter-balanced by an average played by Bert Ralton and his but I would point out that these clarity and purity of tone, to say Havana Band. institutions are in the nature of nothing of a masterly spirited nursing homes rather than interpretation. hospit .ls.
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The latter's question distinctly in that the system of private prae- Some passages in the music will examples of modern jazz in the COBHAM'S FLIGHT.
ferred that a "promise" or "un-' dertaking" was given by the Gov- ernment, for it read:-
"Will the Government revert to its original intention of allowing private medical practi- tioners to visit and treat their own patients in the Kowloon! Hospital should they so de- sire?""
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PLANS FOR THE RETURN
JOURNEY.
Rugby, Aug. 26. On his return flight from Melbourne to London Mr. Alan Cutting Out Drivel. It should be borne in mind that Controversy is usually uninter- Cobham will discard the land unless one has a scraping acquain-esting except to the combatants. undercarriage o fhis aeroplane at I would suggest also that if tance with the story of "Parsifal." But at the risk of slightly pro- Port Darwin, which he expects to a private practitioner was. these orchestral excerpts may ap- longing the argument which has reach on September 2 He will aware of some circumstances in pear a trifle unintelligible, A sprung up between myself and have the advantage of low tides connection with his patient of study of the opera, or at least of "Allegro" in a local contemporary, there to refit floats for reconvert- which, in his opinion, it was of the scenes referred to, will well I must insist that his remark as ing machine into a seaplane. importance that the medical repay the trouble.
officer attending the confine- ment should be cognisant, be would surely advise the Medi-
to the task of reviewing records From Fort Darwin Homeward, as being a drivelling one, reflects dis on the outward journey, he will alight on the water at each stop-
My admiration for the J: H. credit on the gramophone itself,
The reviewing of records is a ping place.-British Wireless Ser cal Officer or if this did not Squire. Octet Increases month by task which many men of letters Vico.
month,
COMMERCIAL TOUR? SOUTH AMERICANS ÎN LENINGRAD.
Moscow, August 26.
A party of four hundred South,
The official reply studiously ignored the implication of a pro- mise or undertaking. It merely stated: "The Government, is not prepared to raconsider this ques- tion." It had made up its mind to go back on its original inten-
,seem sufficient would advise
This month they have a twelve and musle have set themselves tion and it, was, not going to be his patient to ask that he should
inch record. One side is devoted recently, and judged by the seri- shifted by any unofficial represen-
bé called in for a consultation.
to Jarnefelt's Praeludium, a tune-ousness of their criticisms, to say tations of any kind.
In the course of the correspon-ful, dainty little affair, and the nothing of their enthusiasm, they Moreover, if the Government dence with the K.R.A. and in the other to a Scottish Fantasia, also appear to find it the reverse of
drivelling.
I quite However, let it pass. cannot trace that promise will it course of replies to Unofficial tuneful but breezy in places. The playing of this combination is turn to its own files? Therein members of the Legislative Coun- first class, and I can thoroughly agree that many records are it will find a letter from the Kew-cil, the Government has had recommend the record to the at-drivel, but I have consistently de- American tourists has arrived at loon Residents Association dated ample opportunity of denying tention of the most fastidiously February 25, 1925, giving the text that such a promise or under inclined.“
Not quite so good is the Jacques of a resolution adopted at the an- standing was ever given by it. Jacobs Ensemble in two of Ger- nual meeting, in which the Repeated references in the Press following paragraph occurs
have emphasised that promise and "That general medical practi-charged the Government with tioners be allowed to attend breaking its word. It is not suf-
In any case, no matter how patients at the Hospital in ac-ficient at this late data for the
strictly we supervise the kind of cordance with the Government's Government to say that it is cof stomach and bowels and Infantile music we think others should in
HGH cholera (hay be quickly controlled and dulge lt, there Kiyaya, will be a aware that any such promise was ring relayed by ChamberlaCalic demand for sickly stuff. earlier promise. Having traced the reference to mado. U WII find antiple, proot and Blahden Remedy to take One must blame our lack of as a
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THEIR SECOND. SUMMER THE HARDEST: MEETHING and hot weather make their second, sunimer a trying time for little ones. Fummer disorder of
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