Judge — June 1938 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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On the HAT with radio and talking pictures and one thing and an- other, your wise prognosticators years ago forecast doom and bankruptcy for the record companies. Just to prove what awful liars your wise prognosticators can be, let it be known that since 1933 sales of phono. graph records have increased 700% and will probably reach an all-time high dur- ing 1938. Music-lovers have found that they can attach gadgets to their radio sets, permitting them to play the selections they like, rather than the ones selected by some unknown and unseen program director. These gadgets range all the way from a $15 affair that can be hooked onto your five-year-old radio, all the way up to a luxurious contrivance that changes records automatically. This may not be news to you. It was news to us, because the manufac. turers have been keeping it a secret. If your recollection of records goes back from five to ten years, you will be amazed at the advances that have been made in the quality of reproduction. What with more precise recording ma- chinery, more lasting plastics, and more advanced knowledge, it is almost im. possible to know whether you are listen- ing to a record of a symphony in your home or to the symphony itself in some concert hall. For the convenience of its readers, THE JupGE will, from time to time, re- Record view good records, popular and classical. Here goes: BRAHMS—Sonata No. 2, in F Major (Opus 99) for ‘Cello and Piano. Played by Pablo Casals and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. If you could buy a Rembrandt for a few dollars, would you buy it? This set of four records to our mind is the musical equivalent of “Adoration of the Magi.” The sonata has been described as the greatest piece of ‘cello music ever written and its performance is as near perfection as humans can achieve. The recording is faultless.—Victor Album. STRAVINSKY—Concerto in D Major. For Violin and Orchestra. Played by Samuel Dushkin and the Lamoureux Orchestra. The composer is the director. You can be sure, therefore, that you have heard modern music interpreted as con- ceived. But if you think you under. stand it after you hear it, please drop us a note and tell us what it’s all about — Brunswick-Polydor Album. SCHUMANN—Quartet in A Ma- jor, Opus 40, No. 3. Played by the | Lener String Quartet. This quartet wears very well. It is most interesting in view of the great publicity accorded the violin concerto last year. Unfortunately, there is some surface noise in parts of this reproduc. tion, but the value of the music is not seriously impaired.—Columbia Master. works Album. —J.S.B. Court Calendar (Continued from page 4) to have “a kind of belief in Santa Claus"? If that fails, just “look out, look up, look ahead.” If that fails, sce your local WPA. Reap the Whirlwind, sy Edith Roberts. What happens when you write a bad novel. The Daughter, by Bessie Breuer. A hot novel about Florida and a mother and daugh- ter who take mudbaths in sex. Written with force and personality, but not for the hearth- stone. The Politicos, by Matthew Josephson. The post-Civil War politicians who dived into the pork barrel and played bingo for the biggest chunks. Probably the best history on the subject These Foreigners, yy William Seabrook. A kind, sympathetic book about the Ameri- can Poles, Swedes, Germans, Italians, and Russians. These furriners got two hands, two legs and act pretty much like the rest of us human critters, Would you believe it? Tyll Ulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, sy M. Peeadorh Rone for ids about the Ger: man Falstaff who tried to laugh the hypo- crits out of smugness. But if the old man gets it, the kids will have to line up for it. MYSTERIES Murder In Waiting, 4y Robert Murphy. Imagine a man who ought to be. killed. Imagine that he is killed. Imagine a botched mystery story around that plot. Get it? The Affair of the Ginger Lei, 4) Clifford Knight. A well-written, substantial whodunit Boat-racing, a murder (two or three mur- ders), Hawaii and a college professor as detective. It is all very right. Hawaii is a far more suitable place for many college professors than a university. The hot air. The Corpse With The Blue Cravat, 4, R. A. J. Walling. An English slow-mo- tion gumshoe muddles through. If you can stand the beginning you'll get the pleasure of the ending. It's so good when it's over! The Scarf On the Scarecrow, by Martin Joseph Freeman. O death, where is thy sting? ql For a Sarfect Verwtiie Enjoy Chicago's out- standing program of summer sports and entertainment while living in the midst of beautiful _surround- ings at Chicago's finest Hotel. A. S. KIRKEBY, Managing Director Slackstone MICKICAN AVENUE Chicace y 4 IT’S TEE TIME!. Right now at The Cavalier at Virginia Beach, where two pine-bordered 18's are waiting to add yards to your drive. 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