1929-11-28 — Page 9

MUSICAL JOTTING,

(Continued from Page" 6.) parisons with the violin version are bound to be unsatisfactory to the Addler. But this does not mean that all "arrangements" should be condemned. As one correspondent, C.B., alated in his letter, even "the grent composers themselves do -not-

arrange music.... Brahms

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Thingumny played the Schubert jfor his excellent article on Rach- in C; why not have given us the maninoff. In successive, years we Dvorak in D or the Brahms, in have been battered by Beethoven BT" So long as an artist does nut and saturated with Schubert,-now stoop to the piffle, McCormick et the rw.rding companies turn their attention to this most neglect- gives us on recurals, why worry?

jed composer."*

1 showing lack of respect. Brahisi ef Beethoven, Schumann, Greig,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

1929.

RONALD COLMAN.

IMMENSE IN COMEDY' THRILLER.

Later, another wrote: "Mr.

Ronald Colonn comes inta his At last Rachmainet's C minor Holt...draws" attention to the own to-day as the hera of a dushing Concerto for Piano and Orchestra recording of the Second Con-

been recorded complete! Music frete which he rightly describes as comely melodrama at the Queen's lovers have waited for the year the finest in existence. During Theatre in a creepy, spine-curdling, after year, and it has been ane of the past three yeara menrly a dozen-picturization of the famous "Bulldog hositate, if the case warrints, to of the most extraordinary lapses on P. F. concertos have been issued,

ин dared to arrange a Gavette of Gluck that this, one of the most popular looking forward to the recording Goldwyn star whose scripos love- the part of the recording companies yet for some reason we are still Drummond". The landsonie Samuel, for the plano," P.A.C. Is apparent-" Lyout to condemn all arrangements-concertos ever written, should of the most popular work of a making has made him a national as being utterly inartistic and have been til until those kind

Well, has arrived! Raebliznigar bas lest none of his scuad“ ef at fault, then, and the abneemen: hakos ky, 121, Son="" of himself is the salals, and the comprific appeal, hat to it he has and athers had been avail chestra is the Philadelphin, the pied a goming feeling for comedy tioned lady artist may at any rate

able for years. About sx Bhest in the world, Victor have derive comfort from the fact that

it published it in an album, and the which results in there being “just yeara ngo two movements of she has erred in good company.

the right sixtafiq m Tirills ant Among those guilty of "arranging" were recanded by Victor before five discs cost about $27, *.

I recommend these records as laughter" in the pictune, works written by others will be electrical processes rendered these found:-Grieg, Liszt,

The movie public has learned to Debussy, dings obsolete. These old records whole-heartedly as I have over res Brahms, Gounod, Stanford, Back of mine are now completely won commended any before. There are expect thint. Samuel Goldwyn will only a few sels and those interest-produce pictures mounted benuitful: hau, Rachmaninoff, Godowsky, at with onsfunt playing.

ed should ask Moutrie's or Tsang down to the last details. But Grainger, Pauer, Dohnanyl, Chalin-

Fook's about them at once. If any Balog romanoad” gden the past. pine, Kreisler, Elman, Joachim,

enthusiast would like the music, coldwyn productions ene better in Surasat, Thibaud, Sir Henry Wood,

with, which to follow the records, making the settings as, insortant a Landon Ronald, Stokouki and

should be pleased to lend the copy part of the jcture as the plot. many famous conductors: and the

Brooding shadow, weird camera. list could be greatly augmented.

angles, sinister sluts to walls and stirenses, lighting that makes faces jverir, all add a entendously to the horror of the devilty of the

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In one of the press letters this week, A.P.I.

as was deserbedd landing with his back to the wall, and lest the ale remarks be in

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error as an attempt him through it, it me phasized that aur diaspora tent is only concerned with the just 'deat Bog for "arrangements." ↑ kava no alliance with the adversary who accused him of aimless des

There was 011

article on the genius of Rachmanfnaf, published in The Gramophone some months go. The writer pointed out that this gifted planist had composed. 2 Operas, 1 piano concertos, 2 symp-

LETTER GOLF

nies. symphonie spoenis, 2 big choral works, church music, 2 passes, a trip, 2. piano sonatus, a Vello sonata, 2 sultes for 2 planos,

or 60 piano pieces and about, 80; you're growing gong. The aniount of all this that has been recorded by LMV BEARS. Columbia and Parlophone consists

· Luto24. Balf-logn bians

SUNDA

tired of

shooting par on the letter golferils who specialize in totoring course your might try to SHOOT their victins ander rover of a-fake-

SHOO

sanitario.

Jon Pempt. angenring for 13.9 fast fine on the sireen, is shortly możny, to be a prime candidate for the title of the loveliest blondà mi pictures from the evidenen of her

20 Phyllis, Bulldig Denn mond's Juddy love The horrifying Brete af mich faces as Montagu Love's anil' Lawrence Genut's under thesuperb lighting of the picture, coupled with excellent pasfornuRDER -by bith men, make the criminal

gmig something to have nightshares" tabent, Lilyan - Tashman, the „slaky zuiventuress, gives one of her -superbly fine pieces of work and Claude Allister and Wilson Benge ably support Colmasa' in the comedy relint.

carto sferes and few songs! He went on to

213088 glaring misalan ¦ s the beautiful" Sceond Courrrto,

Chick enjoy-univerènd perabuty | structive criticum and of hell" and which is one of the finest ex- blassed by the colony of an armples of this form. Indeed, tak- Liste's dress. Whe Ï. A. C', writing int. consideration it perfect a criticism of a concert, one may unity of form, and matter, it would be certain that it will be well-intere possit . -to site that is formed, fair, enthusiastic or vently lis the finest plano concerta in exist "éritieni, and Always entertaining. Merer. The piano forms in integrål- Any Jocal artist might beneft by [part of the whole, instead of play- Cherving PA.CUA sincere re in a cole of prima-donna-like marks aboti his or her perform solution from the rest of the work. ! ance. He is expected in write a Neither does it enter into a sort of BEARS

combat with the about every player whether he is orchestra, but dovetails sympatheti, da it în par, ‘a given number of The plot of Bulldog - Drum jond, bad or indifferent. 1 do eally into the general tissue of not ser how any fault can be found the work. The ideas are so poetic, roles. Thus to change COW to ond fairly wallops along. From with P.A.C. for summing, up the the writing is so rich and glow. HEN. In three strokes, COW, the monien Trapmon'd decistes Lu

such HOW, HEW, HEN.

--wer. Phyllis' mysterious fetter good and bad points of a per vivid colouring and the whole work

ing. the orchestration h

2-You can change only one until the final closeup in the formance: that is his job. Where

Mystery House, the action steps on i permeated by such an apt letter at a time. we differ is when he indulges his dramatle instinct that the omission 3.--You must have a complete its own heels in a rush which nievers. personal tastes and expbets others to record it is one of the wonders word, of common usage, for each thelem lens the development much a conform to them, eg "re of the gramophone world...No igmp. Slang words and abbreviar then is und in mystery get that Mrs. So-and-o

work would meet with warmer Tio Sra Songs'; it would have reception from gramophone en pleased me more. If she'd given usinsts."

Three Songs of the Land" " Or: Next month "a correspondent "What sa stlinusand... pifies „MP. wrote: "My thanks to Mr. Halt

veal critique, not a paèan" of praise puglslistir

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ons don't count. 4-The order of letters canno be changed."

One solution is printed, in another page.

thrille F. Richard Joans, the man who made "The Gnucha" for Douglas Fairbanks, has knit the whole into as breathless-a-picture- as over dashed neraks the screen

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