Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1950 — Page 38

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Live Entertainment Pickings Otherwise Slim; :

- ‘Ski-Nose’ fo Appear 4 Days at State Fair By R. K. SHULL

MAJOR “LIVE” entertainment talent now in Indign- |

apolis is Duke Ellington, but slated for the near future is! Bob Hope. Their appearances form an entertainment ousis, until the fall season starts.

Bob Hope will be coming to the Indiana State Fair for |

a four-day stand as emcee, or as a publicity man put it, |

+ “Old Ski-Nose is returning to| »

of course, e, there are strings to the scene of his original ine show production ambitions, | crime.”

He'll want to include his musical This has reference to Mr, |[OT630IZation in the cast, and most Hope's first deliberate attempt to[°f the music should, by rights, be funny when he was hoofing °°™e from his own prolific pen, around the | “I'm working in reverse,” he vaudeville cir- © {sald. “I have the money but no cuit, and - hap- show. I really want to get on pened to be at Broadway, but T'll have to stay the Princess in character. None of this acting bE DEW

| Aud He hopes to have a sort of cTDNSIcal, but not a revue, put together by November, when alll i (of his touring commitments are i over, He's currently going cross- | country playing theater, concert {and dance bills, the same as fo

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stage stint this 5885 | time when he appears at the Bob Hops | the past 20 years. Fairgrounds daily Aug 31 And all the time he's playing] - through Sept. 3. [these four-a-day or one nighters, | Playing the state fair circuit he's busy writing music. “I'm| this fall, he'll have a brand new| usually working on three or four audience, since he usually ap-{ compositions -at the same time. pears before the big city groups, 1 couldn't work’ without. normal The Bob Hope show mustn't be! conditions,” hé sald. : confused with the State Fair Fol-/ * - lies, which will be staged as usual : x 8. on the track. Mr, Hope and his “NORMAL conditions” to Duke company will perform in the Ellington means writing music in| Coliseum, taxis, on trains, or back stage! Plans call for at least one ma-/ In a theater, He contends “it jor stage production each day of | would be a gamble to try and the Fair, with Mr. Hope appear- | Sit down somewhere to compose.” ing as lead-oft man for the first| FOr instance, I wrote ‘Soll four days. |tude’ while I was waiting on a ‘. ~ — IN BROADWAY circles, Duke | Va8 in the studio, so I jotted it| Ellington should be considered a down on a plece of paper while seven-day wonder. He's a {I was standing against a wall. I] with money out looking for a

show to produce. {the studio,” he explained.

ELLE. The. people--might--not-Jilce

|records, he centers his interest on the other kind of records—the recorded it as soon as I got into shiny black ones that whirl on a turntable and bring in royalties.

Dad's the songuniter and 3 son » Loon is the disc jockey in attorney turned tunesmith, waits for a new ides as i

« HAVE BPOTS . before yout | eyes like musical notes , . , a ringing in your ears that sounds

king and a violin

Violinist Plays

10 Concert th on Discs

Beethoven Concerto Experily Done by Pianist

A NOTABLE Beethoven concerto recital of full concert stature by Zino Frances

of recent releases of Columbia's LP records, seem to be growing right along in interest, va-

catti headline a list !which, by the way, riety and quality of reproduction.

performance by Walter Giese~

something like Irene”?

Then probably Youre 4 a victim

lof “jukeboxitis.” This is closely related to “discjockeyitis” a state

“Goodnight

na. {land Orchestra, in 12-in. LP ML BEETHOVEN: CONCERTO 4269. Dvorak is best known and NO. 1 in C Major for Piano and most famous, of course, for his Orchestra, (Op. 15), played by “New World” symphony, which Walter Gieseking, plano, With was the last of the nine that he

. {player and give a listen to some

the Irving Fink family, Here Mr. Fink, - gives his recorded

tunes a

whirl on the turntable. In the listening audience are Mrs. Fink and the familys youngest, ai, ight

| “months.

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Attorney Here Writes Zoo| Songs to Delight Children

Gets Ideas From Own Youngster; Recording Company Publishes Album of ‘Hits’ |

An Indianapolis attorney turned tunesmith divides his time be-|

. |recording date, Somebody else {tween the legal bar and musical bars,

When Irving Fink, 4613 Rosslyn Ave. isn't working on court

‘He's the author of four animal songs for children, » published

The Duke and his orchestra: are currently playing a week's enat the Cirele Theater.

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Currently, he's working on a/10 days ago by The American composition for the Canadian Na-{Record Co., as “Songs from the tional Exhibition, a portion of the Philadelphia Zoo.” guts of New York” for the NBC Orchestra in coopera.

ymphony tion with four other composers, Toledo, the hometown of Mrs.

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ae is all being done under HL 14 ordend 3 4p “normal conditions,” touring the To ty.

lanning to Jacked package to youthful visi rs. | Mr. Fink wrote the first tune as a lark, shortly after the birth] of his first child Leon, now 2145,

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On a bus going back to the University of Michigan law school! after a week-end with his family, |

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the Lion,” “The Elephant Song” and “The Rabbit Song.” Through relatives, Philip Ed-

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3 listening. The

{in the best torch-carrving “These Things"

‘by overlong exposure Jump- 32 ed ffom “hit” to epidemic proportions. Best advice people who have recovered ftom “Goodnight Ireneftis” can give is to shut the windows tight, turn on the record

of the newest disc-releases. ” » Rs

other name|Mr. album “Frankie Girls”. ia... recommended, pianist - maestro gerenades “Nola,” “Oh Marie,” “Peg O' My Heart” “Emaline,” “Dinah” any “(1 Wonder What's Besos of) Sally.” If the overdose has soured you on songs about women or if your favorite Frankie is Laine, rather than Carle, you should hear Mercury’s new disc by Mr. Rhythm.

Frankie Carl's

sings a wonderful oldie, “Musie, Maestro Please.” Second side’s an-

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The Philharmonia, | ra, oni, 12-in. LP No. ML 4307. Any devotee of fine piano music will recornize this as a brilliant interpretation of one of the great plano conceftos in the active concert repertoire by one of the best

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and listeners, who coi ‘the blithe D Major symphony a superior work. Like most of his music, it is flavored with his passionate love {for his native Bohemia.

a om = MENDELSSOHN: SYMPHONY NO. 4 in A Major (Op. 90), played

George Szell conducting, on 12-in, LP ML 4127. This is better-known .3

CITAL, on 12-in LP ML 4310. Zino Francescatti, whe is among the most admired of present day concert artists and a violinist of fine integrity and brilliant virtuosity, has placed on this one record a rich violin recital consisting beth of music written originally for violin and of transcriptions for that instrument. There are Be of his best concart

noble music of re 18¢h Century

composer and violinist, Tartini, through the dazzling intricacies

other revival, “Dream a Little Dream of Me.” : If neither of these works,

tion is repeated dosage of Louis

drive_any other song out of your mind for at least 24 hours. Other new releases include: n n = COLUMBIA--This is the “La Vie En Rose” to put all other versions to shame, the previously mentioned Armstrong excepted. Edith Piaf herself doing the song she introduced, coupling the top hit ballad with “Un Refrain Courait Dans La Rue.” Poi Brown makes music so Rhythm flows forth on “Eary to Love,” backed by “I Coyld Write A Book.” The Modernaires team with Brown on g-Dig. -Dig Dig fer Yeur Dinbacked by the Modernaires

| channeled at acquainting children with zoo animals, recorded on one!

{disc and packaged in an animal]

bedecked envelope, The Philadelphia zoo director became inter-| ested and suggested that city's zoo be used in the title, to make] the album a child's souvenir of al zoo visit,

The records went on sale in, shops this’ week. The composer - counselor | plans to turn out a sequel, after! trying them out on his “experi- |

_ | mental audience, sons Leon and!

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