New Britain herald., 1929-02-06
Today's Features

What the radio has done TO mu-
sic and plays. the concert nor the
legitimate stage never dreamed OF.
Radio has become an important
link between the author and the
public-especially the author of un-
productive plays. which the legiti-
mate stage would never think OF
giving a break. The radio has be-
come a massive sitter of everything
legitimate and otherwise, mostly
otherwise In the line OF plays from
the pens of would.be playwrights.
We have come across scores OF such
in the past-inconsequent. nonsens-
ical. trivial. and in the common
language OF pool-room type just
plain punk" The same thing ap-
plies to many musical compositions,
operas and musical shows. What the
average person did not know about
opera and music eight years ago,
has been remedied by the radio. Re-
vivals of operas and musical shows
never heard OF before Is common
occurrence today. Most Of these ere
nerve-wracking and painful to the
ear drums-compositio that were
re elected often enough by producers
to warrant perpetual rest In the
'lost and forgotten" group. Yet the
hroadcasting communication lack
Of variety-began digging into this
vast pile Of "discards" and brought
to life vehicles that otherwise would
remain untouched by mans hand
and unheard by the audience. They
call 1t revival OF forgotten operas"
resurrected to life again. Many OF
them need no ''reviving remedy" to
bring them back to life, as in the
opinion of critic, and musicians OF
note, they never had an iota Of life.
Some Of them got as far as the
premiere" night. but were smoth-
cred by popular demand for fear
that future generations would be
subjected to unjust puni shment.
That goes for "home-talent" also.
Whet her you want to or not you are
forced to listen 20 lot of silly driv-
Ell, that forces nothing but smile
Of detection and curse on the ra-
dio-in subdued tones. There seems
to be no ened of talented, original
stars" Where they come from-the
Lord only knows, and where they 90.
after few Observation-Disclosures
the Lord only knows. Scatter all
the radio furnishes the much sought
Of medium through which would
be's' get their chance OF lifetime.
and incidentally get on your nerves
most of the time. OF course. once IN
a while, We come across a gem. but
rarely. Most of the favorite radio
stars are veterans Of the concert
stage or the legitimate stage--and
remain as part of the cast by rea-
son Of professional ability.
Well--now let's see what have
you for today. First Of all. a musical
tableau at 1880 over WEAF and
VITO with Nathaniel Shilkre,
welding the baton. in a program
including Tschaikowsky's "Trika."
Sibelius' "Valse Triste." Rubenstein's
"Aragonnaise." Griegs I'm the Hall
of the Mountain King" and Cannes
I'm the Mill"
Ermin Galloway, THE Texas
Tom Boy" and ten-piece marimba
band will entertain you at o'clock
via the same stations with such
numbers as Halls wedding OF the
Winds" Germans "Merrymaker's
Dance" Meyers Say That You Love
Me-" Hawdn's Gypsy Rondo." I'm
Sorry Sally" "Boop Boop 30 Do
and Good Little Bad Little YOU
This by the way, is the "Pan-Amer-
icana" program.
Elizabeth Mazur, soprano and
Vernon Jacobson. baritone. will be
featured artists during the Intimate
Musicale" program at $3.50 over
WEAF and VITO. Miss Mazur will
be heard in Schubert's 'Serenade'
and Homer's sheep and Lambs
while Mr.. Jacobson will sing Rus
sells "Vale" and SCOTS THE Old
Road" The accompanying string
quartet will be heard in renditions
of Liadow's "Mazurka." Boccher-
inrs "Minuet" and other string
quartet arrangements.
The best steppers Of the day will