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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Ernest ("Uncle Ernest") Henry Schelling, 63, lanky, walrus-mustached U. S. pianist & composer, for 16 years avuncular if unsensational conductor of New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society's Young People's concerts (for children); suddenly, of cerebral embolism; in Manhattan. At deathbed-side was his four-month bride...
Died, James Harvey Gravell, 63, president and only stockholder of American Chemical Paint Co., who three years ago paid off $100,000 in personal debts for 76 employees; of cancer of the liver; in Abington, Pa. In the last three years he issued $200,000 in bonuses. Reason for his...
This season, grand opera at Manhattan's Metropolitan opened with a slightly fussier fuss than usual. Last week, however, the Met got in the groove-a few new voices and a new red carpet, but the same old scenery, same old gilded box holders, and opera's perennial...
Since 1931, for the privilege of broadcasting to some 10,000,000 music lovers and a countless short-wave audience, NBC has paid the Metropolitan a cool $100,000 a season. Some years it has been higher, with sponsors like Lucky Strike, Listerine. This year there is no sponsor, but...
In Box 44 sit two men the radio audience never hears. Engineer Charles C. Grey has a control panel at his fingertips; Production Man Herbert Liversidge hardly lifts his eyes from an edited, last-minute score. Liversidge reads the score some six bars ahead, keeps Grey posted with hand signals...