Word: recordings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME, Nov. 1, (Music) page 21, it is stated that in San Francisco "the orchestra under Hertz direction played Respighi's 'Pines of Rome,' introducing in a symphony orchestra for the first time, so far as is known, a phonographic record of a nightingale's song...
...wish to call attention to the fact that this composition was conducted by the composer in Philadelphia with the Philadelphia Orchestra at several concerts in January, 1926, introducing the use of the phonographic record of the nightingale's song in the above composition...
...fence-rails peddle for him. "Beecham's Pills,"* the newspapers and country sides of England, eventually of the world (including Greenland), echoed and re-echoed. Sir Joseph died the third richest man in England ($140,000,000) in 1916, having virtually invented mass advertising-at least been its record utilizer. The genius that struck off those advertisements which some called vulgar, others "priceless," such as- Hark! the herald angels sing Beecham's pills are just the thing. Peace on earth and mercy mild, Two for a man and one for a child -passed...
...murderer. . . good, reformed murderer, down in the world after 15 years' incarceration, yet attractive enough to win the heart of London's dazzling actress, Nina Grant (Violet Heming). After the wedding, the London equivalent of the tabloid (and there is such a thing), publishes his criminal record. But Nina reveals a great heart, in spite of a petty social circle. The play discovers an appealing sincerity that stands on the brink of bleary sentimentality, leans over the edge to peek, but not to topple, into the lava below...
...winning time for Smith was 27 minutes and 53 3-5 seconds for the five mile distance. The new Yale course was rough under foot and very hilly so that Smith's time will probably stand as a record for several years. J. L. Reid '29 was clocked in 28 minutes and 25 2-5 seconds, four seconds faster than he has ever done previously...