VOL. I. No. 6. A MUSIC JOURNAL THE REPORT' THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS. 10 BERNERS ST W.1. CONTENTS. THE TWOPENNY "GAFFE" - 121 MECHANISED MUSIC COMPRISING & JANUARY COUNCIL MEETING 122 PAGE BY CHRISTOPHER STONE - 123 NEW MEMBERS MUSIC MISTRESSES SECTION 127 REPORTS OF MEETINGS 128 SOLO PERFORMERS SECTION 129 130 REWHOU EDITORIAL pplaus hah MARCH, 1930 THE BULLETIN' THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE . . . BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY, 117-123 GT PORTLAND ST W.1. CONTENTS. BRANCH NEWS SCHOOL BROADCASTING By J. C. STOBART - THE MONTH'S CONCERTS GRAMOPHONE NOTES A JOINT CONCERT PAGE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 138 - 132 133 136 139 140 140

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THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS MUSIC JOURNAL THE A THITSIC BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY "THE REPORT" VOLUME I. No. 6. COMPRISING: THE a OUR legislators occasionally relieve the tedium of their parliamentary duties by indulging in strange and unexpected gyrations. On November 22nd, 1929, they gave a second reading to the Musical Copyright Bill and remitted it to Select Committee for detailed consideration. At the opening meeting of this Committee there appeared as the first witness Sir Willian Jarratt, of the Board of Trade. His evidence took the form of a strong reminder that Clause I of the Bill is contrary to the terms of the obligation which this country assumed when it ratified the Berne Convention of 1908. By this international agreement the countries concerned are bound to ignore the previous assumption that copyright was an artificial thing, created by a special pro- cess of formal registration. Instead, they agreed that copyright comes into existence with the work concerned, whether it be a book, a poem, a draw- ing, or a musical composition. The author, artist or composer of music was relieved from the tiresome and sometimes expensive require ment of proving that the offspring of his brain was legitimate. TWOPENNY" GAFFE" "THE BULLETIN" THE REPORT THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS. All contributions, notices, and reports of meetings must reach the Society's offices, 19 Berners Street, London, W.1, on or before the 15th of the month. The Editor will be pleased to con- sider original articles, but cannot guarantee their insertion. Now Clause I of the new Bill proposes that the owner of the performing right in a musical com- position, if he desires to retain his right, must announce this fact on every published copy. Otherwise the right will not be taken as valid. The Berne Convention will thus become, in this regard at least, mere scrap of paper. Having done so much, and forced the composer to assert. the right which is now assumed, the Bill proposes to enact that if he permits any public perform ance of his work he must be ready thereafter to sell a copy or copies when demanded for other Cer MARCH, 1930. public performances. As a compensation for this enforced sale of his work he may receive a sum not exceeding twopence in respect of each copy thus sold. 121 It is worth while to consider the implications of this truly remarkable attempt to measure the value of a composer's work. By much study and labour he learns the elements of an art and becomes able to express himself in its particular idiom. Moved by some inward force of the spirit, aided, it may be, by what we call genius, he fashions a piece of music such as may evoke response and admiration from his fellow-men. But response and admiration must wait upon performance, and naturally the composer desires for his message the widest possible range of hearers. He hopes for a worthy rendering of his work, and between himself and those who per- form it there is a latent bond of mutual dependence, each party being indispensable to the other. But whereas it is well understood that the professional performer is entitled to receive pay- ment for his share in the joint undertaking, the composer will remain unpaid unless a special arrangement is made. In effect it seems to be supposed that he is always an amateur, working for love of his art. The poet Keats remarked. that:- Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is, Love forgive us, ashes, cinders, dust. It is all very well to nourish the muse on "plain living and high thinking," but it may be submitted that the composer deserves a fair proportion of the fruits of his labour and skill. So long as there is no public endowment of composers those (Concluded on page 128)

March, 1930 97134 SIR HUGH ALLEN, K.C.V.O., M.A., D.Mus. PROFESSOR GRANVILLE BANTOCK, M.A. SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, Bart. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. S. BRANCKER, K.C.B., A.F.C. ALBERT COATES, Esq. e salail W. W. COBBETT, Esq., F.R.C.M. SIR FREDERICK COWEN, Mus. Doc. SIR WALFORD DAVIES, Mus.Doc., LL.D. MRS. VERNON DEAN, M.A. FREDERICK DELIUS, Esq., C.H. MRS. JAMES DYER, SIR EDWARD ELGAR, O.M. REV. E. H. FELLOWES, Mus.Doc. SIR DAN GODFREY, Hon.R.A.M., L.R.A.M. THE BULLETIN THE OFFICIAL ORGAN of a THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY (Founded in 1918 by Dr. A. Eaglefield Hull). Incorporated 1919. Patron: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF BALFOUR, P.C., F.R.S., O.M. President: THE LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN. wat Commons hol CECIL H. BATESON, Esq. ADRIAN C. BOULT, Esq., M.A. GERALD M. COOPER, Esq. EDWARD J. DENT, Esq., M.A. Time Vice-Presidents: Spesom 309,46 grie SIR HENRY HADOW, C.B.E., M.A., Hon.D.Mus., SIR HAMILTON HARTY. SIR WILLIAM MCCORMICK, M.A., LL.D. J. B. McEwEN, Esq., F.R.A.M. MRS. W. LEE MATHEWS. SIR S. ERNEST PALMER, Bart, F.R.C.M. SIR LANDON RONALD. fonds div agus 11 abrigare Full Membership: One Guinea per annum. and on Committee of Management: Chairman: SIR HUGH ALLEN, K.C.V.O., M.A., D.Mus. A MUSIC JOURNAL GRAHAM PEEL, Esq. DAME ETHEL SMYTH, D.B.E., Mus.Doc. SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL, Mus.Doc. THE RT, REV. THE BISHOP OF OXFORD, D.D., G.B.E., Hon.D.Mus.. PROFESSOR DONALD TOVEY, B.A., F.R.S.E. LADY MAUDE WARRENDER. SIR HENRY WOOD. Vice-Chairman: W W. A. ELKIN, Esq. MISS KATHARINE EGGAR. MAJOR J. T. BAVIN. DR. S. H. NICHOLSON. COL. J. C. SOMERVILLE, LT.-COL. R. H. TATTON. FRANCIS TOYE, Esq. W. RUSHWORTH, Esq. Hon. Treasurer: Col. J. C. SOMERVILLE, C.M.G., C.B.E. Secretary: W. H. KERRIDGE, Esq., M.A., Mus.Bac., A.R.C.M. Hon. Representative of London Centres: MRS. R. LUCAS. Hon. Representative of Northern Centres: W. R. FELL, Esq. Offices: 117-23 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON, W.1. Telephone: Langham 3021. F.R.S.L. 131 rotul C.M.G., C.B.E. OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY The British Music Society exists to promote the organisation and development of music in the British Isles and the British Empire, to build up a body of musical opinion capable of making itself felt whenever and wherever the interests of music and music-lovers are at stake, and to spread the knowledge of British music all periods at It encourages its members, wherever they may be situated, to work towards this end by cultivating every kind of musical activity, and not least by making music among themselves, believing that thus the love and knowledge of music are chiefly stimulated and strengthened. The Society is not intended to supplant or compete with any existing organisation; it desires rather to co-ordinate scattered musical activities for the prevention of waste, and overlapping. It enrols not only practising musicians, professional and amateur, but all who are conscious of the importance of music as an element in national culture. Orders

A MUSIC JOURNAL REW EDITORIAL DESPITE all efforts of those who are responsible for the Music Journal, it has been found impossible to ensure the appearance of the paper before the second week of the month. The Bulletin, when an independent organ, was published on the fifteenth of the month. Members of the B.M.S. are therefore asked to regard the Bulletin as now appearing a week earlier than the old, and not as a week later than the date originally promised for the joint publication. * THE Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 9th, at 4 p.m., at the B.M.S., 117 Great Portland Street, W. The Agenda and formal notice will be issued, with the accounts, in the April Bulletin. Notice of any business to be brought forward at the Annual Meeting must be given in writing to the secretary not later than March 24th. March, 1930 cheque-books left in disorder. Columbia records, sent for review in the Bulletin, were the only object they had considered worthy of their labours. The haul consisted among others of Bach's Suite in D and Tschaikowsky's Fourth Symphony. This is high tribute to the Columbia Company. As the records were each labelled with a threat of prosecution for anyone who should attempt to sell them, it is clear that the thieves took them with the intent to beguile their time with music of an evening when business might be slack. In their haste they had left some analytical notes on the works that had caught their fancy. Copies of the Society's prospectus, however, appear to have aroused their interest. Curiosity as to the nature of a business that was apparently devoid of all that makes life worth living may account for their desire to know something of the Society's aims and objects. * THE Plumstead Branch, a report on which appears under Branch News, has already a membership of over twenty-five. Inaugurated last November it has decided to enlarge its area and will henceforth be known as the Woolwich Branch. An admirable plan was adopted in preparation for the concert given recently in the Woolwich County School. "Records (of the Bach Concerto for two Violins) were played to all the boys in the school during the week preceding the concert "-to quote from the report. This sentence says much for the length of view and the enthusiasm of R. W. Duncan and his willing helpers. May their splendid efforts be crowned with success! * MR. EDWIN EVANS' lecture on Contem- porary Music has had to be postponed from the original date (March 4th) until March 11th, at 8-15 p.m. The lecture will be given under the auspices of the C.M.C. in the Armitage Hall of the National Institute for the Blind, 224 Great Portland Street, W.1. Unfortunately the necessity for postponement did not arise until the original date was in the hands of the printers, and the notice in the last Bulletin could not be rectified in time. It is hoped that no members have been inconvenienced by the earlier announce- ment. For this special occasion the C.M.C. is inviting members of the other London Centres and is also extending the invitation to members of the I.S.M. Those (other than members of the MR. J. C. STOBART, Director of Education * C.M.C.) who wish to attend the lecture are asked. if possible, to advise the B.M.S. office of their intention, in order that adequate provision may be made. at the B.B.C, has kindly given us per- mission to publish as an article the summary on School Broadcasting, which he wrote specially for the conference of the American Music Teachers' National Association, held last December in Cincinnati, when a whole session was devoted to the question of Radio in Music Education. It seems that the Association is not satisfied with the existing Radio conditions in the United States and that a special committee is to be formed to confer on the problem. * BURGLARS broke into the B.M.S. office about two weeks ago. They had searched high and low for something worthy of their attention, apparently unaware of the fact that a musical society, such as ours, is almost the last place. where one could reasonably expect to find a hoard of money! All the precious MSS. sent in by British composers for consideration by the Selection Committee in view of the International Festival at Liège next September, were left intact, That the unwelcome visitors had hurriedly examined this country's most recent contribution to music was evident from the state in which they had left it. Recognising possibly that the com- positions were priceless, the men had probably decided that they were of no value to them. Drawers in the desks had been forced open and 132 THE American National Federation of Music Clubs is in many respects the counterpart to the British Music Society. Its object is to establish a music club in every city, in every county, in every state in the Union. We there- fore much appreciate the courteous reference to the Music Journal in the January number of its official organ, The Music Club Magazine, and the cordial sentiments therein expressed for the success of this new British Journal." W.H.K.

March, 1930 BRANCH NEWS Reports and contributions should reach the Editor, Mr. W. H. Kerridge, at the B.M.S. office by the 15th of the month. Alnwick Mr. Reginald Paul opened the second part of the B.M.S. session in Alnwick, on Wednesday, January 22nd, with a Pianoforte Recital, which was enjoyed by a large audience. Beginning with a group of tranquil pieces from the eighteenth century, Les Trois Mains, and Deux Minuets, by Rameau, and a Largo from a Vivaldi Concerto in D minor, arranged by Bach, Mr. Paul proceeded to show what a wealth of varied tone and technical resonance he can command in two arrangements from Bach Cantatas, by Walter Rummel. Though a piano- forte at its best is a poor substitute for the orchestra, these two items proved most exhilarat- ing sketches of the original version, the second one being an exacting taste. brilliantly accomplished. Alnwick should be grateful to Mr. Paul for playing Beethoven's Sonata in A, Op. 101, as these later sonatas so rarely appear in concert programmes. The thought is not obvious but Mr. Paul showed fine intellectual grasp, and his sure rhythm triumphed over the many involved passages. In the third group, the programme turned from abstract to pictorial music. A MUSIC JOURNAL Ravel's Jeux d'Eau gives a good example of the exciting pianistic resonances of to-day, and the delightful piece by Ibert, Le petit âne blanc shows music at the point of becoming articulate. The group included Sarabande, by Debussy, and El arbol de Guernica, written round a Spanish folk-song, by Turina, and Triana, by Albeniz, with its attractive Spanish colouring. The concluding item, Chopin's Sonata in B minor, shows the composer at one of his highest points. The slow movement, in Mr. Paul's rendering, held as if by a spell. W.D. The audience showed its hearty appreciation at the close, and Mr. Paul played a posthumous study of Chopin in Ab for an encore. 25. 1906 901 Blackheath vibuong sbl sn) The eleventh annual general meeting took place on January 27th, at 10 St. German's Place, with Mr. G. H. Wilby, Principal of the Blackheath Conservatoire, in the chair. The present officials of the Centre: Sir Hugh Allen (president), Messrs. G. H. Wilby and Fred. Leeds (vice-presidents), Mrs. M. A. Lucas (hon, representative), Mr. P. D. Beadle (hon. secretary), and Miss Elsie Whyte (hon. treasurer) were all re-elected as was also the committee. The hon. treasurer reported a satisfactory financial year and a small balance in hand. The Local Representatives gave a short account of the year's activities, which included visits from the Brosa Quartet, Ethel Bartlett, and Rae Robertson, two illustrated lectures (Sir Hugh Allen and Mr. M. D. Calvocoressi), two chamber concerts, two Members' Evenings, and a garden Folk Party. A very interesting concert. was given on February 4th, when the Pirani Trio (Leila Doubleday-Pirani, Charles Hambourg and Max Pirani) visited the Centre. The programme included Beethoven's Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, Ravel's Trio in A minor and the Delius Concerto for violin and violon- cello, with pianoforte accompaniment arranged by Philip Heseltine and admirably played by Mr. Pirani. The next meeting, will take place on March 11th, when Helen Gaskell and the Griller Quartet will play Bax's Oboe Quintet. A series of weekly half-hour concerts is being arranged by Miss Hazel Perman, who will be responsible for the programmes, assisted by a few of the younger members of the Centre. These concerts will be open to the public and will take place at the Blackheath Chambers, on Monday evenings, at 6-15, beginning on Feb- ruary 24th. Duties QAY Bournemouth The Eleventh Annual General Meeting of the Bournemouth Centre was held at St. Peter's Hall, on January 25th. A comprehensive Annual Report, dealing with every phase of the work both of the Society as a whole and this Centre, was given by the hon. secretary, Mr. Hamilton Law. A feature of this report is that it is printed with the invitation of the meeting, so that all members the Centre, whether present at the meeting or not, have a copy of this report and the balance sheet to study and criticise at their leisure. The present membership is 376. There is affiliated to us a number of societies: The Bournemouth Municipal Choir, the Bournemouth Branch of the Organists Association, the South- bourne and District Gramophone Society-and two schools: Grasserdale School for Girls and the Bournemouth Conservatoire of Music. The following officers were appointed for the year: President, Mrs. Stenhouse; hon. secretary, Mr. Hamilton Law, hon. A.R.C.M.; hon. treasurer, Mr. Herbert Nash; hon. auditors, Mr. Leslie Goodwin, Mr. Egerton Hine; hon. correspondent, Mr. H. Austin Dewdney; school representatives, Madame Ethel Ling, Mr. H. Austin Dewdney; hon. delegate, Mr. J. R. White, M.A.; hon. librarian, Lt.-Col. J. McEwen; committee, Mr. J. D. Chandler, Mr. J. C. Crawshaw, Mr. H. Austin Dewdney, Mrs. Hamilton Law, Miss Edith Leah, Miss Pauline Stock. cogitenbe 133

A MUSIC JOURNAL Following the meeting a Conversazione was held, at which Mr. Kerridge, the London secretary, gave an address on the Aims and Objects of the Society, and a musical programme was provided by Miss Tussie Cox, Mr. Ernest Slaney, Mr. Reg. Attridge, and Mrs. March. East Grinstead The Seventh Annual General Meeting of this Centre was held on Wednesday, January 29th, 1930. The president, Mrs. A. T. Kemble, was in the chair, and, when moving the adoption of the Report, reminded the subscribers that they had the advantage of belonging, not to a narrow local society, but to a body of world-wide extent. She pointed out that the Musical Journal, now taking the place of the Bulletin, brought them in touch with the Incorporated Society of Musicians as well as with the British Music Society. A delightful concert followed the business meeting, at which Mozart's String Quartet, No. 17 (the Discord Quartet) and Brahms' Piano Quintet were performed. Hendon and Golders Green The January programme was provided by Miss Elsie Owen ind Mr. John Buckley. The singer chose first a group of Elizabethan songs, and later, some ever welcome numbers from Schubert, Schumann, and Strauss, which were particularly suited to his rich voice. A third and modern group was taken from Somervell, Quilter, Walker and Warlock. Mr. Percival Garratt accompanied him throughout. It was a great pleasure to hear again the lovely Brahms Violin Sonata in A major, played by Miss Elsie Owen and Mr. Ernest Pitcher, who also accompanied three short pieces, including Captain Fracassa, by Castelnuovo-Tedesco; this composition of a captivating curiosity demanded a repetition, which was given much to the satis- faction of everyone. The attendances at the monthly meetings has been well maintained, and members enjoyed earlier in the month the annual whist drive at the Refectory. On February 18th this Centre par- ticipated with Marylebone in a combined even- ing at the Studio, 4c Langford Place, N.W.8. The March meeting will take place at Woodstock School Hall, and the programme will include an item of special interest, a Bach Concerto, played by Percival Garratt with string orchestra. L.A.C. Isle of Man Music Society March, 1930 experience gained by the lecturer himself in various parts of the world. The address was illustrated by selected songs. which included Deeper and Deeper still; Waft her, Angels (Handel); My Lagan Love (Hamilton Harty); The Ballad of Little Billee (Graham Peel); and a group consisting of Chanson Triste (Duparc); Entendez-vous le carillon du verre (F. Austin), Adieu du Matin (Persard); Elegie (Massenet); and Petronille (Weckerlin). The next meeting of the Society will be on March 5th, when Claud Biggs will give a piano- forte-recital. B.S. Liverpool On December 12th last, the Liverpool Centre was visited by the Brosa String Quartet. The ensemble has principally devoted its energies to contemporary music, and on this occasion the programme consisted of Quartets by Hindemith, Koechlin and Van Dieren. Despite the intense modernity of the music, the recital was received with whole-hearted enthusiasm. On January 23rd, members listened with great pleasure to a recital by two young English artistes, Mr. Stuart Robertson and Mr. Michael Mullinar. Mr. Stuart Robertson sang five songs from Schumann's Dichterliebe, a group of seven- teenth-century English songs and songs by Charles Wood, Roger Quilter, Vaughan Williams and Parry. In his pianoforte solos Mr. Michael Mullinar included eighteenth century and con- temporary music and works by Turina, Albeniz, Chavarri and Debussy. Muswell Hill The Nelson Trio (Anna, Ida and Sara Nelson) gave their postponed concert at the above Centre, on January 14th. It was very successful even from a musical point of view, which cannot always be said, when prodigies perform. In fact, their rendering of Beethoven's C minor Trio, was good, judged even by adult standards. A cello solo (Scherzo-Van Gaens) played by Sara, accompanied by her sister Anna, and a duet for violin and 'cello, were equally well played. The duet was effectively arranged by "father" (as Ida proudly announced before playing it with her sister) from a pianoforte piece, The Mill, by Jensen. Mary Hamlin was the singer. She used her beautiful voice with "the art which conceals art." On February 4th Maurice d'Oisly gave a lecture-recital before the members of the Isle of Man Music Society on Singing in the British Isles and the Dominions. The lecture took the form of a narrative of the life of the professional singer from studentship until he has reached the top of his profession, with recommendations to enable him to use his opportunities and powers to the best advantage. It consisted largely of the 134 Newcastle-on-Tyne At the January meeting Miss Katherine E. Eggar lectured illuminatingly on The Significance of Period in our Judgment of Music. Notes in modes and scales were alluded to in interesting style and the gradual evolution of harmony from unison by way of fourths and fifths was outlined. Following on the church's rescue of music at one early period came the

March, 1930 restricted scope for development due to the church's musically restricted needs. This led in time to the growth of secular harmony and musical development. Modern harmony grew more. or less naturally, once complete freedom was gained, though the lecturer thought that some of the newest experiments have their own definite limitations, once the novelty has worn off. The necessity of knowing the various prevail- ing styles at different musical periods before one could really judge with fairness was made completely obvious. E.C. Palmers Green and District The New Year meeting of the Branch was held at the Congregational Church, Palmers Green, on January 15th, when an Organ Recital was given by Mr. Edgar Dibben, A.R.C.O., organist of All Saints' Church, Finchley, with choral items by the choir of the Congregational Church. On February 4th, opportunity was given to a large attendance of members to meet the B.M.S. secretary, Mr. W. H. Kerridge, in a visit to the Branch, and to hear the work of a contemporary composer, Mr. H. E. Randerson, whose trio for oboe, violin and viola, The Fields Breathe Sweet, was performed by Mr. K. Sullens (viola), Mr. Eric Buckley (oboe), and Miss G. Elson (violin). The composer himself gave three pianoforte pieces: Eclogue, An Oxford Quadrangle, and Dies Natales, the second-named forming the sub- ject of a lively and interesting discussion between Mr. Kerridge, the composer himself and members of the audience. Much appreciation was shown for the works and a general desire expressed for further acquaintance. Members who also contributed to the pro- gramme were Miss Marie Rodda in Movements. from the Carnival (Schumann), Miss M. Jackson in two Etudes of Chopin and songs by Miss G. Morgan, who was accompanied at the piano by Mr. Murri Moncrieff. The next meeting will be held on March 4th, when the programme will be given by some of the School Branch and Mr. Clement Bishop (Hon. School Representative). Southampton The Annual Meeting of the British Music Society followed by a social evening was held on the 21st at the Barova. The chairman was C. J. Sharp, Esq., J.P., and the following were elected on the committee: Miss Lilian Bristowe, Mrs. A. M. Faulkner, A.R.C.M., L.T.C.L., etc.; Madam Grace Hobbs; Mrs. B. Godfrey, L.R.A.M.; Miss E. Figgins, L.R.A.M.; Mrs. D. Turner, A.R.C.M. Miss M. Laurence, L.R.A.M.; Miss A. Reid, L.R.A.M.; Mr. T. Faulkner; Mr. R. Dussek, F.R.C.O.; Mr. D. Cecil-Williams, F.R.C.O. Joint hon. secretaries: Mr. G. Reay Hartnell (hon. treasurer), Mr. T. Faulkner. Assistant hon. secretary: Miss Daisy Turner. Representatives A MUSIC JOURNAL to Annual Conference: C. J. Sharp, Esq., J.P.; Mr. D. Cecil Williams. Auditors: Mr. T. Faulkner and Mr. B. Johns. The aims and advantages of the Society were explained by Mr. T. Faulkner, and several new members were welcomed. The secretary's report. of the past year included lectures and recitals:- Performance and Interpretation of Bach's Piano- forte Music (Mr. James Ching); Inspiration of Life in Music (Mr. Ernest Hunt); Violoncello Recital (Miss Joan Bonner); Concert by members. of Bournemouth Centre B.M.S.; Song Recital (Miss M. Chamberlain); lecture on Words and Music (Mrs. Elsie Horne); and Shakespearian Song Recital (Miss E. Duniam- Jones). An interesting social gathering, by kind invitation of Mr. Julius Caesar, was held at "Northwood." The hon. treasurer reported that the finances of the Centre are good, with a balance in hand for the present year. The meet- ing was followed by musical games and whist. The members and guests numbering about sixty sat down to a very enjoyable dinner, and a most harmonious evening ended about 11 o'clock. Votes of thanks were passed to the officers and members for arranging a very successful and pleasant evening. Plumstead The second concert of the newly-formed Plumstead Branch took place on Saturday, February 8th, at the Woolwich County School, S.E. 18. The programme consisted of the Bach Concerto in D minor for two Violins, the second Grieg Sonata for Violin and Piano, and the Mozart String Quartet in G major, No. 1. With the exception of Miss Monica Vincent, all the performers were members of either the Plumstead Branch or the Blackheath Centre. The accompaniment to the Concerto consisted of a string quartet and a bass which was very ably played by Everard Van-Essen. The two soloists were Julius Ungerson and Monica Vincent. An admirable performance was given, the third movement being particularly delightful. The Sonata was played by Julius Ungerson and Dorothy Peacock. This pleasant work had been arranged for the inaugural concert of this Branch, on which occasion Mr. Ungerson with- drew the sonata and played the Bach Chaconne instead. Mozart's String Quartet in G major, No. 1, was chosen in order to give the audience a chance to follow its structure. Our sincerest thanks are due to Mr. Kerridge, who spoke briefly about the material of which the three works are composed. An audience of nearly three hundred amply repaid the efforts of those who organised this concert. It has been decided that this shall in future be known as the Woolwich Branch. R.W.D. 135

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March, 1930 SCHOOL BROADCASTING habuimos Juos AD By J. C. STOBART, Director of Education at the B.B.C. THE B.B.C. claim priority in the matter of the educational use of broadcasting, and as they are constantly developing this use and experi- menting in new fields and passing on their experi- ence to visitors from abroad, they claim also to be still the leaders. This arises partly from their constitutional position. Even when they were a limited company (1922-1926) they were not governed by commercial motives, since their dividend was limited and easily earned, and by their charter they were bound to carry on a public service and fulfil all reasonable needs of government. This might be explained as the price of privilege and monopoly. But in fact the B.B.C. at the very beginning of their history undertook duties in respect of religion and education con amore. It was the B.B.C. which made the first advances in each case. in In 1923 and 1924, as the B.B.C were building their twenty stations one by one, they set each locality advisory committees for Religion. and Education, and Central Committees in London. At their instance they approached the Board of Education and placed the new medium which they had the duty of controlling at their service. The Board were not clear exactly how far broadcasting could help education, but they were very anxious to watch experiments with a benevolent eye; they felt that for good or evil the broadcasting medium must exert a powerful cultural influence, and recalling the history of another new invention-the Film-they knew that they must not stand aloof. Accordingly the President of the Board nominated one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Schools to act as educa- tional adviser to the Company. H.M. Treasury made the exceptional departure of seconding the present writer from the Civil Service for one year for this purpose. At the end of the year, being firmly convinced of the educational possibilities of wireless, he transferred his services permanently to the B.B.C. A MUSIC JOURNAL In the summer of 1924 there began a series of ex- perimental transmissions to schools in school hours. during afternoons. Various methods were tried: the broadcasting of lessons with a specimen class in the studio, dialogue prepared and unprepared, or pure monologue broken and illustrated by imaginative creation of the invisible class. On the whole, the third seemed to be the most successful method. Much progress was made in 1926 and 1927 when a listening experiment on a large scale, partly financed by a grant from the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, was organised in the County of Kent. This experiment showed the necessity of careful attention to reception and receiving apparatus in the schools. The B.B.C., sending their Education Engineers into more than 100 Kent Schools, found that reception was generally very unsatisfactory. When the trouble was put right, the broadcast lesson generally succeeded, often with brilliant results. Minor conclusions were that the classroom and not the school hall was the proper place of audience: that to secure the best results the class teacher should stand by the blackboard to elucidate any point of doubt, or write any notes as requested by the unseen teacher, and revise the lesson briefly when concluded; that the wireless teacher should make pauses to allow for note-making, ask questions to be answered orally by the class, and in general give them every possible oppor- tunity for self-activity. It was found that fifteen minutes was enough for unrelieved speech, but that where there was illustrative reading or music, or where there was à change of voice and distinct breaks, a wireless lesson might well last thirty minutes. The best kind of installation was found to be a three or four-valve set using a minimum of reaction with a cone loud-speaker. It was con- sidered best to have the set established in a given classroom if possible under the control of a master or mistress possessed of some technical skill in handling wireless, and to have other class- rooms wired and fitted with plugs so that the loud-speaker could be moved to the class rather than vice versa. The loud-speaker should carry with it a volume control attached. The conclusions of the Kent Report were pub- lished by the Carnegie Trust in 1928. They took the form of answers by Head Teachers to a series of questions carefully drafted by the officials of the Kent Education Committee. To the question whether teachers would wish to continue. using wireless in their schools after the experi- ment was concluded, the forty Head Teachers were unanimous in the affirmative. There was also a unanimous affirmative to the question whether wireless lessons had proved stimulating to the bright pupils. On other points opinion was divided. Some of the B.B.C. courses came in for severe criticism, but those two unanimous affirma- tives are considered by the B.B.C. as a complete vindication of their claims. The criticisms have mostly been met, and methods have been revised in their light. It was felt that the publication of the Kent Report really concluded the experimental stage, and School Broadcasting might now be developed on an assured basis of usefulness. Up to then, everything had been informal. Though the number of listening schools had grown from 100 to about 2,000, the sets had in most cases been 137

A MUSIC JOURNAL provided by the teachers themselves out of their own pockets or by informal collections for parents and friends of the school. Moreover, in his fore- word to the Report, the Secretary to the Kent Education Committee remarked half jocularly that the Director-General of the B.B.C had assumed responsibility for the part education of 70,000 children. Even before the Report was published, the number must have grown by at least fifty per cent. The B.B.C. readily accepted the hint that their part in the proceedings ought to be put on a more official basis; accordingly, they replaced their old advisory committee by a very strong Council which included representa- tives of every important interest in the school world, Board of Education, Local Education Authorities, teachers of all grades and a number of nominated members, including the most dis- tinguished broadcasters in all subjects. The Chairman is the Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, an ex-President of the Board of Education. This Council will not only arrange the broadcasting programme, choosing subjects and speakers, subject to the over-riding responsibility of the B.B.C but the Council will also charged with development of the listening end and the approach to schools and Local Authorities. The B.B.C. continues for the present to provide the Council with its executive staff and to pay the fees of lecturers besides placing their studios, transmitters, etc., at the service of the Council. This must continue to be the case until the Council can attract funds from outside, from public or private sources for the development of the work. March, 1930 environment of beauty which, as the Poet Laureate, Mr. Robert Bridges, has lately reminded us, is as necessary to the growth of the soul as milk is necessary to the growth of a young body. THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC THE Selection Committee of the British Section (the C.M.C.) of the I.S.C.M. has recommended that the undermentioned works be sent in to the International Jury, which meets. in Frankfurt from March 10th to 20th, to make the final selection for performance at the Inter- national Festival, to be held at Liège in the first week of September. Orchestral. William Walton: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Arthur Bliss: Serenade for Baritone and small Orchestra; Elizabeth Maconchy: The Land; Alan Bush: Symphonic Impression for Orchestra; Henry Gibson: Passacaglia (Gaelic Pipe March). Chamber. Van Dieren: 6th String Quartet; Patrick Hadley: Song-Cycle with strings; Arnold Bax: Sonata for Two Pianos; Constant Lam- bert: Sonata for Piano; William Busch: Theme, Variations and Fugue for Piano; Frank Bridge: Trio, Piano, Violin and 'Cello. Military Band. Gordon Jacob: Festival Over- ture. The Committee of the C.M.C. has endorsed the recommendation and the works will be sent. The principal points in which radio claims to Frankfurt in due course. be able to assist the school are by providing experts in various subjects who can speak with first hand authority. This will be found to give inspiration and enrichment to the work even of well-staffed schools. Moreover, there are some subjects in which wireless can obviously provide. resources which the school must lack-for example, orchestral music, plays, travellers' accounts of distant lands, modern languages. talks by expert foreigners, and other subjects in which the general teacher must want special knowledge. Members of the B.M.S. may be glad of the reminder that there is a National Section of the I.S.C.M. in every country of Europe, with the exception of Greece and Turkey, our own C.M.C. constituting the British Section. America is represented by the United States Section. Pro- fessor E. J. Dent was elected first president of the International Society some years ago. He is still president and thus upholds this country's honour among Continental nations. On the other hand, wireless teaching inevitably suffers the defects of its medium. It is occasionally subject to technical defects and vagaries such as local interference, morse and atmospherics or static interruption. It cannot adapt itself to the curriculum or time-table of individual schools. Something is undoubtedly lost through the want of the visual impression, though it is astonishing in practice how much personality can be conveyed by the voice alone. Broadcasting is surely helping the schools to pro- vide their poorest and humblest pupils with that As in past years, the annual Festival will include orchestral, chamber and choral works selected from the compositions sent in by the National Sections to the International Jury, which this year consists of MM. Butting, Ibert, Malipiero, Pisk and Schulhoff. A special feature at the Liège Festival will be a concert of music for Military Band, to be performed by the "Harmonie " of the Belgian Régiment des Guides. Accordingly the National Sections have been invited to send to the Jury original works composed for Military Band, i.e., no arrange- ments. Further details of the Festival will be given in a subsequent issue of the Bulletin. 138

March, 1930 29 Sat. 31 Mon. Mar. Day. 7 Fri. 8 Sat. Mar. Day. Time. 4 Tues. 8-15 Oriana Madrigal Soc. 11 Tues. 8-30 Gerald Cooper .... 13 Thur. 8-15 London Concert Orch. 14 Fri. 8-15 Nancy Reed FA 15 Sat. ** 3-15 Thomas Marshall 19 Wed. 8-15 Lyell Barbour .. ** 20 Thur. 8-15 Nicolas Medtner 21 Fri. 8-30 Gerald Cooper.. 22 Sat. 25 Tues. 8-15 3-0 Henri Temianka Joyce McGown Clark 27 Thur. 8-15 Jacques Van Lier .. 28 Fri. 8-15 Muriel Elliott. Performance. Choral Concert. Chamber Concert. Orch'tral Concert. Pianof'rte Recital. Pianof'rte Recital, Pianof'rte Recital. Pianof'rte Recital. Chamber Concert. Violin Recital. Pianof'rte Recital. Chamber Concert. Pianof'rte Recital. Chamber Concert. 8-15 Sybil Crawley .. .. Vocal Recital. 3-15 Cecil Austin SOME AEOLIAN HALL Name. 14 Fri. 8-0 15 Sat. 3-0 18 Tues. 8-0 20 Thur. 3-0 20 Thur. 8-0 J Time. Name. 8-30 Philip Levi 3-15 Edgar Carr Frances Hatfield 11 Tues. 8-15 12 Wed. 8-30 Lloyd Powell 15 Sat. 3-15 Hetty Bolton .. 21 Fri, 8-0 Tobias Matthay 25 Tues. 3-0 Orrea Pernel and Kathleen Long 27 Thur. 8-30 Margaret Wilkinson.. April. 5 Sat. 3-0 Jessie Lyall Mar.Day. Time. 7 Fri 8-0 10 Mon. 8-0 12 Wed. 8-0 13 Thur. 8-0 31 Mon. 8-0 April. 3 Thur. 8-0 4 Fri. 8-0 FORTHCOMING CONCERTS 10 Mon, 8-30 Budapest String Quartet**** 11 Tues. 3-0 Maurice Eisenberg .. 11 Tues, 8-30 Emile Baume.. 12 Wed. 3-0 Murray Lambert 12 Wed, 8-30 Yvonne Astrus.. ** 13 Thur. 8-30 Zoltan Szekely and Paul Hermann ** GROTRIAN HALL 21 Fri. 8-0 22 Sat. 3-0 Kubelik 24 Mon. 8-0 25 Tues. 8-0 28 Fri. 8-0 29 Sat. 3-0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pianof'rte Recital. CENTRAL HALL, WESTMINSTER Mar.Day. Time. Name. Performance. 15 Sat. 11-0 Children's Concert .. Orch'tral Concert. Mar.Day. Time. Name. 7 Fri. 8-30 Alfredo Campoli 8 Sat. 3-0 Lamond .. ... QUEEN'S HALL Name. B.B.C. Symph. Orch. London Symph. Orch. Samuel Dushkin Royal Philharmonic Society.. B.B.C. Symph. Orch. Backhaus Courtauld-Sargent Symphony Concert Royal Academy of Music Strolling Players Amateur Orch. Soc. B.B.C Symph. Orch. ... London Symph. Orch. Philharmonic Choir.. B.B.C. Symph. Orch. Trinity College of Music ..... British Women's Orch. .. .. Performance. Pianof'rte Recital. Students' Concert. Song Recital. Pianof'rte Recital. Pianof'rte Recital. Students' Concert. .….. Sonata Recital. Song Recital. .. Performance. Orch'tral Concert. Orch'tral Concert. Violin Recital. Royal Philharmonic Society...... Orch'tral Concert. B.B.C. Symph. Orch. Orch'tral Concert. Orch'tra Concert. Orch'tral Concert. Pianof'rte Recital. Orch'tral Concert. Chamber Concert. Orch'tral Concert. Orch'tral Concert. Violin Recital. Orch'tral Concert. Choral Concert. Orch'tral Concert. Students' Concert. Orch'tral Concert. WIGMORE HALL Performance. Violin Recital.. Pianof'rte Recital. A MUSIC JOURNAL 14 Fri. 8-30 John Gabalfa 3-0 Solomon.. 15 Sat. 17 Mon. 8-30 Eleanor Toye.. 18 Tues. 8-30 Dorothy Robson 19 Wed. 8-30 Wednesday Evening Concerts 27 Thur. 8-30 28 Fri. ** 4 Fri. 5 Sat. 7 Mon. 139 22 Sat, 20 Thur. 8-30 Josephine Brown 21 Fri. 8-30 Murray Lambert 3-0 Claude Pollard... 24 Mon. 5-30 Arthur Hirst 25 Tues. 8-30 Edward Parker 26 Wed. 8-30 Murdoch, Murdoch & Co... ** Dr. Wolff.... Trinity College of Music ** ** ** 8-30 Marjory Harrison 3-0 Irene Scharrer 8-30 Ania Polakoff.. ** ** ** Alfredo Campoli 8-30 Seymour Whinyates & Dr. Ernest Wolff.. 29 Sat. 3-0 Walenn Violoncello School ..Concert. 31 Mon. 8-30 Margaret Rolfe... ..Song Recital. April, Piano Recital, 1 Wed. 8-30 3 Thur. 3-0 ** Concert. .. Song Recital. Pianof'rte Recital, Pianof'rte Recital, ** ... Chamber Concert. "Cello Recital. Planofrte Recital. Violin Recital. Violin Recital. Violin and Violon- cello Recital. "Cello Renital. Planofrte Recital. Song Recital, an Remita Chamber Concert. Pianofrte Recital Violin Recital. Pianof'rte Recital. Lecture Recital. Plano Recital. Recital of recent works of Amold Bax. Violin Recital. Sonata Recital. NEW MUSIC Maurice DRAKE-BROCKMAN'S Suite No. 1 in D for Violoncello and Piano, can be heartily recommended to 'cellists who wish to enlarge their repertory with contemporary music that is grateful to play and pleasant to hear. This Suite is melodious, harmonically transparent, clear-cut in outline, and well within the scope of good players. It consists of five short pieces-Prelude, Tempo di Valse, Tempo di menuetto, Adagio, and Finale. Characteristic of the Suite is the delight- ful canonic imitation that abounds in all five movements. Thus the piano preserves its indepen- Idence and the work makes an attractive duet for equally capable players. The Suite in E for string quartet is more ambitious in character and subtler in style. But as in the case of the other work, the writing is extraordinarily clear and free from harmonic turgidity. There are four movements-Prelude, Scherzo, Lento, and Finale. Its artistic merit may be gauged from the fact that it was per- formed at a C.M.C concert in 1922 and broadcast. in 1928. Both Suites are published by Maurice Sénart, Paris, and may be obtained from Messrs. Chester, Great Marlborough Street, W.

A MUSIC JOURNAL GRAMOPHONE NOTES Columbia Company Bach's Suite No. 3 in D has been recorded by the Brussels Conservatoire Orchestra under Désiré Defauw on three 4/6 discs (9916-8). The string tone is marvellous, whether in the strong opening of the Overture or in the crisp passages that appear later. The Suite consists of Over- ture (in two parts); the famous Aria (generally known as the Air on the G string) and Gavotte; and the Bourrée and Gigue, which are side of the third disc. On the other side is Corelli's stately Sarabande, played with exquisite finesse by the Madrid Symphony Orchestra under one Arbos. bassoon, which leads to the Moderate assai, quasi Andante where the wood-wind tone is superb. The delicious running figures yield to a swaying melody in the violins and music assumes a stronger rhythmic grip. With increasing anima- tion the climax, with the sinister "Fate theme in the brass, is terrific. In Part 6 the delicate fl descant over the Canzona melody in the string is a joy to hear, and the beautiful pissicato in Parts 7 and 8 (the Scherzo) is beyond reproach. His Master's Voice Two Arias from Goldmark's Queen of Sheba, an opera almost unknown in this country, are admirably sung by Maria Nemeth, whose magnifi- cent high register stands out well against the lovely singing of the chorus and the playing of the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, con- ducted by Karl Alwin. Alfred Fear (Baritone) has recorded The Trumpet shall sound (Messiah) and Lord God of Abraham (Elijah), with beautiful vocal quality, the diction being exceptionally clear. The brilliant trumpet notes in the Handel record ring out with joyous sound. Columbia has already a substantial Tschai- kowsky archive through the recent recording of the Fifth Symphony, the Pathétique, and the Violin Concerto. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, recorded the Amsterdam Concert Hall by Mengleberg's world-famous Concertgeboouw Orchestra, is now added to the collection. The symphony appears in ten parts on five discs (L. 2366-70), in an art-album with descriptive leaflet complete for 32/6. The Fate" theme on the opening brass comes out with stupendous. force, but for sheer triumph in variety of record- JOINT CONCERT OF THE C.M.C. AND MARYLEBONE CENTRE ing Part 2 offers a supreme example. It begins THIS concert was given by the Brosa String with a Quartet on when they per- formed to a large and appreciative audience of members of both Centres the quartets of Sibelius and Delius. The novelty in the programme con- sisted of Five Pieces for Violin, Viola, Violon- cello, Clarinet and Horn, by Alan Bush. In accordance with established policy the Bulletin refrains from criticism of works played at such concerts. It is, however, permitted to record the keen interest aroused by the work and admiration for its performance, especially in view of the difficulty experienced at the last moment in pro- viding the full complement of players. Mr. Haydn Draper was responsible for the Clarinet and Mr. A. D. Hyde for the Horn. Owing to the fact that some musicians are more expert in playing an instrument than in playing the game, Mr. Alan Bush suddenly found himself without a horn- player two days before the concert. Mr. Hyde nobly came forward and saved the situation. Thus within twenty-four hours this difficult work was put into rehearsal. The devotion of all the players to the composer, who conducted, and the "camaraderie " that inspired their playing gave a human touch to the performance, all the more welcome in consideration of the circumstances that had threatened to jeopardise it. The Brosa Quartet, being sensitive artists, always play superbly, especially when they are happy in their surroundings. It is therefore a great satisfaction to the C.M.C. committee to know that Mr. Brosa Chaliapine's glorious voice is heard onis delighted with the Armitage Hall and its double-sided disc (DB 1342) in The Old Corporal acoustic properties. W.H.K. (10 The Love Duet, from Tristan, sung by Frieda Leider and Lauritz Melchior, is remarkable for the exquisite mezza voce; the fortissimo is well graded, and the orchestral playing of the L.S.O., under Albert Coates, is alone sufficient to com- mend this record. March, 1930 MAR ZOR (Dargomijsky) and The Horn (Flegler). The former, descriptive of the old soldier on parade, is in Russian; the latter, calling up visions of the chase, in French. Liszt's Piano Concerto in Eb is recorded on two discs (D 1775-6) by Mischa Levitzki and the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Landon Ronald. Two scenes from Act 2 of La Tosca are recorded by an orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli (D 1701)-the Te Deum Scene from Act 1 with the singers Giov, Inghilleri and Octave Dua, and La provera mia cena from Act 2 with Inghilleri. Two stirring songs are recorded by Peter Dawson (B 3280)-Glorious Devon (German) and The Drum Major (Newton). The Choir of the Temple Church under G. Thalben Ball is responsible for a beautiful reproduction of The Heavens are Telling from Haydn's Creation (B 3288). Lovers of choral music will rejoice over the purity of tone and diction of this famous choir, supported by a judicious organ accompaniment.