Word: deccas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Astute, bespectacled Jacob ("Jack") Kapp bought an armful of children's small-sized records at the dime store to try on one of the three phonographs in his house. His three-year-old daughter Myra didn't like them. So Kapp, who is president of Decca Records. Inc., recorded a group of Mother Goose stories just for Myra, on standard-size discs. Myra liked them so much that Kapp put the records on sale...
...years since, Myra has grown into a big girl, and the kind of children's recordings that Kapp started have grown into big business. There are now nearly twoscore companies making records for small fry. This year the industry may reach a gross of $20,000,000. Decca, with 100 albums now on the market, still leads the field...
Mozart: Piano Concerto in B Flat (K.450) (Kathleen Long, pianist, with the National Symphony Orchestra, Boyd Neel conducting; Decca Record Co. Ltd., 6 sides). This version of one of Mozart's greatest concertos merely glimmers where it should sparkle. Recording: excellent...
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suites Nos. I & 2 (Orchestra de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Charles Münch conducting; Decca Record Co. Ltd., 6 sides). Suite No. 1 has little to say that the better-known No. 2 does not say better. Recording: good...
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Boyd Neel conducting; Decca Record Co. Ltd., 4 sides). The English orchestra is Bach-size and plays excellently one of the most felicitous of the six Brandenburg concertos...