New Britain herald., 1928-10-04

songs with REVEALS Of the biggest
hits of other years. THE Song
Shop" a new feature over the
WEAF chain Of stations. will 60 on
the air for the first time tonight at
s o'clock. The new feature will be
introduced by taking the fans back
six years when Three O'Clock in
the Morning" started its climb to
international fame. The quartet,
which will be a permanent feature
of the Song Shop" will be aided
by prominent radio soloists and an
orchestra of 20 musicians. Among
other hits to be heard during the
premiere will be my Lovely One"
Diane" and Il Can't Make Her
Happy" This program will also be
broadcast over VITO.
Grieg's Dance Caprice" will open
half hour of popular and SEMI
popular selections by a concert Or
chestra over WEAF and VITO at
10 o'clock. Other selections include
Glogan-king's "Fashionette," Ayers
MY Pet" Lincke's "Amina." new
arrangement of Arndts 'Nola" and
Sherman-Lewis' MY Sorority Sweet
heart"
Walter Damrosch, one OF the
leading figures in the musical world
and director Of the New York SYM
phony orchestra, which last season
pleased thousands of radio fans
with it's excellent music, has an
nounced four series Of radio con-
certs for children which will be
given during what will be known
as the RCA Educational Hour. be-
ginning October 20. There will be
forty-eight concerts In all and they
are graded according to the mental
development OF children and young
people from the third grade
through high school and college.
The first series, for the third and
fourth grades. Is designed to appeal
to the very young. and aims to
show how music is tied up with
the every day things in life. There
is one entire program on "Fairies
in Music" another on Mature in
Music" and the third animals In
Music" Through other programs
Damrosch will bring out the quality
of the four different varieties OF
instruments in the orchestral:
strings, woodwind, brass and per-
cussion.
The complete list Of subjects for
the Grade and series follows:
Grades and 4. Friday mornings
at II O'Clock: October 90. My Musi-
cal Family (the orchestral; Novem-
Der 8, the Magic Door (the Over
ture); November %. Fairies in Mu-
sic: December IA, Nature in Music;
January 4, Animals in Music; Janu-
airy IS, Violin and Violoncello; Feb
ruary /, Flute and Clarinet; March
1, Oboe. English Horn and Bias
soon; March Is, Horn and Trump
ct; April 5, Trombone and Tuba:
April 10, the Percussion 1nstru-
ments; May 3. Dances.
The series for Grades 5 and 8 will
begin November ?. The dates and
subjects follow:
Grades 5 and 6, alternate Friday
mornings at 1900 o'clock: Novem-
Der 2. My Musical Family; Novem-
Der 16, violin. viola and violon-
cello; December Z, flute and clar-
met; December 81. Oboe. English
horn and bassoon; January II, horn
and trumpet; January IS, trombone
and tuba: February 8. kettledrums
and cyrnbals; March 5. percussion;
tambourine. triangle, xylophone.
bass drum: March %. Nature In
Music, April u. Animals in Music;
April &c. Fun in Music; May 10,
Sorrow and Happiness.
In the junior high school series
for Grades Z. and 3, Damrosch
begins to take up the forms Of
music, such as the symphony and
symphonic poem. AS in the other
series. he gives detailed attention to
the various instruments.
Junior high school, Grades Z, S
and ., Friday mornings at 1880
o'clock: October 26, My Musical
Family; November 3, the Stringed
Instruments; November %, flute and
clarinet; December u, Oboe, Eng
lish horn and bassoon: January 4,
horn and trumpet: January IS,
trombone and tuba: February !,
percussion instruments, kettledrums
and military drum; March l, per-
cussion: cymbals and tambourine:
March Is, The symphony: April 10,
The Symphony; May 3. The SYM
phonic Poem.
The high school and college series
includes musical compositions prac-
tically the equivalent of what would
be played as a regular symphony
concert. although the grouping of
subjects is almost identical with
that of the former series. There are
two complete programs. however,
illustrating the symphony.
High schools and colleges, alter
nate Friday mornings at 1890
o'clock: November 2, Emotions in
Music: November 16, The Overture:
December 1, The Stringed Instru-
ments: December 81 flute and clar-
met; January | !. oboe. English horn
and bassoon: January 25. horn and
trumpet; February s. trombone and
tuba; March s. percussion, kettle
drums; March 90, percussion, drums,