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Striking A Note For England
Page 9 from 26th July 1985TWO FRIENDS, whose backgrounds could hardly have been more different, brought about a revolution in English music in the early nineteenth century.......
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Page 6 from 31st May 1957N. Fowler Wright certain musical genius from his father, but had the abundant blessings of the true Faith to support him from the start of his......
Naughty Novelty Loses Itself In Froth
Page 14 from 4th March 2011MUSIC REVIEW Michael White A n opera about a smalltown trailer-trash princess who flaunts her sexuality to ludicrous degrees of brazenness and......
Silliness Is Better Than Materialism
Page 10 from 10th March 1939Y OU Can't Take It With You, the film that glorifies a rather phoney notion about the biggest way of living life is just getting fun out of it, is......
Music
Page 11 from 24th January 1936By Charles G. Mortimer On January 30 the first production of Strauss's opera " 1,001 Nights" in this country will take place at the Rudolf......
We Shall Have Music
Page 3 from 19th April 1940W herever We Go LORD MACMILLAN'S PLANS FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS From Our Educational Correspondent Encouragement of the practice and enjoyment of......
On Record This Christmas
Page 6 from 16th December 1966L OOKING for Christmas records? Here's a "Plainman's guide to Yuletide Discography". There's a delightful crop for children. My tip for the top is......
Music
Page 10 from 20th March 1936By Ernest Moss PLAIN PLAINCHANT 1 have received the first of a series of cards of plainchant masses, etc., published by Cary, transcribed into......
25 Years Ago
Page 14 from 28th May 1982"OLD ELGAR always handed round the snuff-box before commencing the Mass, `damned' the blower and began ... went out at the sermon for a drink at......
Fresh Faces With A Few Rough Edges
Page 14 from 23rd January 2009National Youth Orchestra ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON I t's a rare thing, these days, for significant orchestral concerts in London to venture north of the......