Word: schumann
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which Roxy masters ceremonies. In his tense, high-pitched New-Yorkese he makes every skit seem a bargain. Typical Roxy introduction: "Hello Everybody! Now you're going to hear the greatest little girl. . . ." The "greatest little girl" in Roxy's present gang is Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, 69, who will perform twice daily throughout the tour...
Influenza (see p. 26) seized many a notable, including: Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink; Prohibition Director Amos Walter Wright Woodcock; Prisoner, onetime Queens Borough President Maurice Connolly; Wickersham Commissioner and Radcliffe College President Ada Louise Comstock; Utah's Senator Reed Smoot...
...Schumann's Symphony No. 1 by the Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock (Victor, $8)-A scholarly reading of the happy Spring Symphony written by Schumann soon after his marriage to rigid .Clara Wieck. Schumann's Symphony No. 2 by the Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra under Hans Pfitzner (Brunswick, $7.50)-Schumann in a graver, more classic mood capably interpreted. Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe by Philippe Gaubert and Orchestre des Concerts Straram (Columbia, $4)-An excellent performance of the symphonic suite commissioned by the late Serge Diaghilev for his Russian Ballet. The originality and finish which marked even Ravel...
Baritone Reinald Werrenrath will advertise Camel cigarets. Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, having completed a series of farewell tours, will sing 15 minutes every week for Enna Jettick shoes. Stations not included on either of the nation-wide chains (Columbia and National Broadcasting) present local talent paid for by local merchants...
Gieseking is a hulking sensitive German with a curiously childish face. When he plays he hunches over the keyboard, puffs and snorts in a labored way. But his virtuosity is complete. His Bach has an unrivaled facility and grace. He dares to be deeply romantic with Schumann, Schubert, Chopin. His Debussy is more subtly tinted than any to be heard. Last week in Manhattan Gieseking opened a three-month tour. He, too, will give recitals all the way to the Pacific Coast, appear as soloist with the Seattle, St. Louis, Boston and Cincinnati Orchestras...