Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1950 — Page 8
PAGER. Record Review—
Music of Exotic Ballet, ‘Checkmate,’ on LP “ Works by Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Wagner, - Mozart, Beethoven Also ‘Included
THE MUSIC for that exotic and slightly macabre ballet, “Chec -t mate,” which a goodly: number of Hoosiers heard, with varying! emotions and reactions, when they rnade the trek to Bloomington] for the Sadler's Wells Ballet's “public night” at the IU Auditorium early in December, is a feature of the latest group of LP recordings) released by Columbia. | The group. as a whole is an same orchestra, Rachmaninoff’s exceptionally good and interesting “Prelude in * C-Sharp Minor,” one. It includes such desirable “Prelude in G-Major” and “Prelitems as “Twilight Concert Fro- ude in G-Minor.” gram No. 2,” Sibelius’ “Finlandia” Sensitive, stirring performances] and Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in of most popular works by two of | C-Sharp Minor” on one record, the great composers of modern| Wagner's “Rienzi Overture” and /times. “Finlandia” breathes the) “Magic Fire Music from Die Wal- patriotic aspirations of the Finn-| kure” on another, a big record ish people. Rachmaninoff’s prel- | containing three piano works by udes were written, and usually Mozart, and another one with two heard, as great piano works; you, great violin works by Mozart and should hear Lucien Cailliet's dra-| Beethoven.
matically effective orchestral ar-| s = = -rangements as the Philadelphia] BLISS: CHECKMATE, a5 astra plays them on this rec- | played for The Sadler's Wells Bal- i let, recorded by Robert Irving and | * =»
i " ¥ the Royal Opera House Orchestra nozoART: FANTASIA IN ©] . ppc : ; 19. of Covent Garden, on one side Of \iyNOR 0100 hie “Sonata fn GO Musical comedy star Martin and her 19-year-old son,
12-inch Columbia LP record ML-ypinor ong his “K 306 Fantasia ”| Lorry, team up at the Colum microphone to record "You're 4362; on the other side, the music ro.6r4e4 hy Rudolf Firkusny, orl-| Just In Love" and "Get Out Those Old Records. for the ballet we wanted 0 S€€ ype Bopernian pianist, on 12. ——
the Sadler's Wells people do, Mey- i. 1p record ML-4356. These Record— : erbeer’s” “Lies -Patineurs” (“The among Mozart's finest Off the ecord
» ”" i y ; ° 2 ° » chemate: musi 1s modern, Ficunny iss hem x way DISC Makers Are Husking disturbing as you grasp the stOTY yy. hears out his reputation for : . ° ; Fortune in Musical Corn
it portrays, of considerable dra-iue.oo 4,4 fiery virtuosity.” Indiana’s Hoagy Gets in on Harvest
_matic power; that of “Les Pati-| . ” of high spirits, bril- i A Hone Edi aE ul mel- nr ETHOY EN: SONATA NO. 1 i” { nor, for violin and piano, YT . *The first 1s a study in ballet Played by lpn Stern, violin. and| From Bumper Crop of Semi-Hillbilly Tunes form of selentiess Buin ory side of 12-insh Le rane hen By DONNA MIKELS told in terms o d Poth The On the other side, Violinist Stein | THAR'S GOLD :in them there corn fields, as Hoosier farmers between Lov . ge in all its accompanied hy chamber orches- have always known, he second 5 BE oe to expert, in tra, plays Mozart's “Concerto in| Now the .diskery people are getting wise to it and the result Ion Geom irmve music. The G Major.” These are two of the is a bumper crop of “ruckey-tuck” records. Royal Opera House Orchestra has great show pieces for the solo The pride of Indiana himself, Hoagy Carmichael, teams with recorded both with distinction. violin. Mr. Stern has all that it Perry Botkin’s string band on “Somebody Stole My Horse and
8 : takes, in sympathetic feeling and/Wagon” and “Cindy,” both on : a = TWILIGHT CONCERT — Pro- masterful tecanique, to make this Decca label. I a ne wan, Mahe gram No. 2, recorded by Artur recording a memorable interpre-| Another semi-hilibilly effort Sa
The “Kiss Me, Kate” girl, Lisa Kirk, sings “Gotta See You Once More” and “Ja-Da.” This one never gets stale, “I'll Get By,” most recently recorded iby Larry Green. Another instrumental by the pianist-maestro is the pairing, “Western Melody.”
Rodzinski and the Columbia 8ym-itation of both compositions. {that seems destined for juke box phony Orchestra on 12-inch LP 2 8 @ |supremacy is “My Heart Cries No. ML-4337. The first Program| ppOKOFIEV: SYMPHONY NO. for You” as performed by Red of “Twilight Concert” scored quite g 4 E-flat Minor, played by The Foley and Evelyn Knight. Second a hit when it came out on an LP | philadelphia Orchestra, with Eu-|side is the same duo on “ ‘Tater record, and this one should be as! zane Ormandy conducting, on 12-|Pie,” (Decca). well received. A Wate Using flinch LP record ML-4328. Serge| Another in a folk vein that's the numbers included will ShOWi pr pofiey rates as one of the Setting a lot of re-playings on my any music-lover what a wonder- Tor TE ae NS world turntable is the Weavers’ “The! Another wonderful recording of ful concert of varied and excellent |. o produced in the past quarter- Roving Kind” also on Decca. a wonderful tune from the music it is. century. So, any work of his is| The Rock of Gibralter fans of Broadway hit of the same adThey are: Offenbach’s “Orpheus .ongiqered imnortant in the mus- Kate Smith will be glad to know jective, “Guys and Dolls.” Doh in Hades Overture” Cesare) world, and any definitive She's debuting with National Cornell sings Frankie Loesser's » Franck's “Allegretto from Sym- performance, as this record 'un- (label. her first tune a semi-spiri- hit tune “Sue Me,” backing it phony in D Minor,” Debussy's doubtedly is. becomes a notable tual called “Little Itty Bitty. with “Velvet Lips. “Festivals from Three NoC-inugieq) event. But frankly, this ii be Gegigia Cibbe.1s co Re turnes,” Prokofiev's “March andigicip Symphony will not appeal’ g Decca, Deutsche
| “ h Scherzo from The Love [OT t, most listeners, at least on ini- yoize version of h 1 Still Feel the Three Oranges,” i 9
Gershwin’s ti4) hearing. Lots of modern tech- i h Ri h " w“ : |also recorded “I'll Know” and “If EXC ange g Ss “Summertime” from “Porgy and nies] excellence, but little or no\[ Were A Bell” of late. | ts . nou {" Decca Records has announced
Bess,” Dinicu's “Hora Staccato,”| melody, —H W.M. Rimsky - Korsakov's “Young + & reciprocal “rights” Prince and Princess from Schehe- | ji a ACTOR There Soult! with Deutsche Grammophon Co. razade,” and Gliere's “russian Casadesys Trio ler fans than this diskery's girt/0f Germany, leading classical reI to the record reviewers. It's a cording company on the continent.
: Sailors Dance.” collector's item, a hitherto un-|
s ” ” i i WAGNER: RIENZI over. Appedrance Set | TURE, and “Wotan's Farewell] or TR Sate Service d Magic Fire Music” from “Die! NATI, 0. C. So ry | Walkure” recorded by Leopold The piano- playing Casadesus Fats’ “London Suite. lincluding the famous archive Stokowski and the Philharmonic- family—father Robert, mothar| It was written during the lusty- series. Deutsche Grammophon, in!
> f 10-inch with Thor Johnson and the Cin-[In 1939, his first semi-serious Decca material { Oo i es ldnralt By hony Orchestra in|Work. The entire suite was com- Austria and Norway. | Columbia LP No. ML-2153. ymphony ] Music Hall concerts next Sat- Posed during an ‘hour in which) The first release from the Marvelously - dramatic music, tie had ¢ tudio + rit I .urday evening and Sunday af-|["¢ had use of a studio to wrile Deutsche catalog in America will! both of them, and perennial fav- y 8 y six plano solos. The masters were | ternoon. . . be in February, issued as part of orites in the orchestral repertoire. : destroyed during the bombings of the Decca old label seri As you listen to the full-toned, re-| In thelr first engagement asi; qon but these two sides were! 8 abel series. sounding performances on thisja family unit since their ap-imade from test pressings which _, . : = : record, you don’t have to stretch pearance with the New York|were recently turned up there. ‘Dixieland Jazz Music your imagination much to picture Philharmonic - Symphony last| “My Heart Cries for You” by A : l I the flery Stokowski doing his/November, the gifted trio will be|Dinah Shore is one of her best. Appeals to Beag e stuff on the podium with a great heard in Bach's Concerto in D And what's finah than Dinah at| orchestra. {minor for Three Pianos and Or-{her best? SIBELIUS: FINLANDIA, and chestra. also his “The Swan of Tuonela,”| recorded by Eugene Ormandy and'gram, Robert and Gahy Casa-'“Come Away tp Comaguey.” It's Bench, which stands in front of The Philadelphia Orchestra, on desus will perform Mozart's Elbacked by “Parade of the Wooden the radio and keeps time with one side of 10-inch LP No. ML-|flat Concerto for Two Pianos andySoldiers.” 2158; on the other side, by the Orchestra.
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nual election of officers will be
North. Methodist Church, 38th and Meridian Sts. :
committee include: A. F. Hook, Edward H. Justice, F. L. Layden, A. W. Macy and H.
Virgil J. Stinebaugh, treasurer; Wallace O. Lee, Scout commissioner emeritus; Glenn F. Findley, Scout commissioner; Lloyd Byrne, assistant Scout commissioner; Delmer H., Wilson, Scout executive. . John H. Buehler, Thomas J. Burrin, F. E. Glass, Harry T. Ice, C. Otto Janus, W. D. Kibler «Jr. A. E. Kuerst, F. L. Langsenkamp, Wallace O. Lee, Evan L. Noyes, Harper J. Ransburg and Walter L. Spencer, national council representatives. : x ~ Others Nominated District chairmen and representatives nominated for the board of directors include: Frank Langsenkamp Jr. and W. W. Miller, Nerth, Ronald B. Coapstick and Louis A. Weiland, South; F, E, Glass and A. W. Macy, East? A, K. Jones and Donald Stroud, West. Also, Max Gould and George M. Ecker, Lew Wallace; Thomas J. Burrin and Harry V. Jones, ‘Boone; Ira J. Bomeroy and Wendell Fewell, Hendricks; Warren Carmony and Lawrence Reece, Shelby; Harold Metcalf, Hancock; 8. M. Woodruff and John A. Scheidler, Clinton; Jonas Markey and Edward Justice, Johnson.
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Serious Music
Staging Comeback olaging HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 30 (UP)— The musical hits of 1951, singer Jo Stafford believes, will be good, old-fashioned church hymns. { Miss Stafford doesn’t think peo{ple will feel much like jiggiing their feet or. : singing nonsense or rhymes in 1951.
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| War II ‘je | was a short one land it's all over now,” she pre- | dicted. “This is ino time for flip-
pant music or
itunes. want ‘lifeand death’ mus ie—
Miss Stafford
Under the agreement Decca church music. They are turning released pressing of “Limehouse” will have access to all past and Pack to the music of their grand30— and “Piccadilly Party,” both from!future Deutsche catalog materiali Parents because living isn't funny|
any more.” American popular music al-
s (ways reflects “the times,” said Symphony Orchestra of New Gaby and son Jean—will appear voiced pianists visit to England turn, will have the oie Hight | to Miss Stafford, who used to snap,
her fingers and jiggle, too, when| it was popular and led the be-| bop craze last year. “Before Korea, we were on a post-war binge of music for entertainment,” she said.
Battle Hymn’ Leads
Now, a tabulation of requests made by Europeans to Miss Staf-
FRANKFORD, W. Va. (UP)—|ford’s weekly Voice of America {There's a dog that dotes on Dixie-| world-wide program shows an old Irving Fields hits that Latin land jazz in a Frankford house-| American revival’ hymn. “The On the second half of the pro-|stride - he handles so well on hold. It's a prize beagle named Battle Hymn of the Republic,”
Wednesday night, Jan. 24, at the|
Other officers nominated by the|
Gregg Ransburg, vice-presidents;
Mrs. Peg Lyda Wins Recognition
Entry Among 150 In National Contest An Indianapolis artist has won
judges with the first painting she ever has entered in a competition. ‘The award—a certificate of merit—was granted to Mrs. Peg Lyda of 4922 Washington Blvd. who paints as a hobby. Her painting, a 7x15-inch water color of a scene on Lake Michigan, was in competition with 150 entries from the United States, Alaska and Hawaii. She was one of 832 women to enter the National ‘Amateur
National Academy of Design in New York. It was sponsored by Art News, publication of the Art Foundation.
Sketched In Michigan
|, “From the Hill” was the title of her entry. She painted it this fall, copying ‘and enlarging a miniature made last summer at {Macatawa Park, near Holland,
| Mich. :
Mrs. Lyda didn’t expect a prize
when she sent her picture to New;
York, she says. She merely want-| ed to get some expert criticism. She has been painting for several years, but never has put her| work on exhibition. Her only art! training was 10 lessons at the! John Herron Museum's school, | many years ago. Dr. Alfred M. Frankfurter, editor of Art News, praised the! exhibitors for their “unselfcon-| sciousness, individuality and free-| dom from cliches.” i A San Francisco tax accounting expert, Oscar Frey, won first prize
for water colors at the show. Mrs. with radio's more than 2200, tele-|
Julia DiMaso, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., housewife, won first place in oils.
My God, to Thee,” in an album of American hymns, “When I sang ‘Battle Hymn,’ ” she said, “it made me wonder why people waste their time with the inconsequential music we hear in the juke boxes. I felt really proud to sing it.” The story of that hymn, march-
(leading all other U. 8. -music. | Miss Stafford recorded the
{broadcast music, waving its tail song, along with “Rock of Ages,” is “an inspiration we should share
{“He Leadeth Me” and “Nearer,
ing song of- Union armies in another period of national crisis,
with the world,” she said.
"From the Hill" .
recognition of New York art
Painters Competition, held in the
Mrs. Peg Lyda . . . an amateur wins praise.
TV Sponsors Hit By Growing Costs
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UP) — rapidly and steadily all along the
Spiraling costs in television trans-|line.” mission will force the industry to] The outlook for the construcface the problem of keeping thetion of new television stations to medium within economic reach of (relieve the situation is not bright, sponsors ‘in 1951, according tolin view of allocations of strategic Mortimer W. Loewi, director of materials under the defense prothe Du Mont TV Network. gram, he said.
Television made huge strides in! 1950, Mr. Loewi said. With onty Accounting Students
107 stations on the air, compared To Serve Internships Five accounting ' students at vision’s income increased to near- Butler University will serve inly 25 per cent of -AM.radio’s.|ternships with public accounting Advertisers paid the three major firms after the Christmas vacaradio networks $88,500,000 during ition. the first half of 1950. John McGee of Indianapolis Television's list of sponsors will serve with Price, Waterhouse grew from 66 in December, 1949, |& Co. of Chicago and the other to 142 in December of 1950. At|four will be assigned to Indianthe same time, gross network bill- |apolis firms as follows: ings swelled from around $12,-| John R. Gilligan of Indianapolis 000,000 in 1949 to an estimated with Roy Pile & Co.; James W. $20,000,000 for 1950. {Smoot of Washington with Ernst “Meanwhile,” Mr. Loewi said, & Ernst; Billy Dugan of Hunting“television's zooming income was burg with Peat-Markwick-Mit-constantly underscored during chell & Co. and Lyman Moffitt the year by the problem of sky-{of Noblesville with George 8S. rocketing costs, which shot up!Olive & Co.
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