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...Mozart: Concerto No. 12 (K.414) for Piano and Orchestra (London Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting, with Louis Kentner; Columbia; 6 sides). First U.S. release of a European recording of one of Mozart's most ingratiating concertos. Performance: fair. Recording: good. Johann Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz (NBC Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor). A fascinating illustration of a great conductor's weakness. Maestro Toscanini's Danube is a swift torrent of molten lava. Recording: fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: February Records | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

...venture is set for four weeks, with an option. Whatever happens, it's a great break for honest, uncompromising Jazz. The band is fearless--anyone asking for a waltz will be politely informed that a dozen choruses of "Basin Street Blues" is much better for the nerves, and all requests for rhumbas will be filled with "Riverboat Shuffle...

Author: By S/sgt GEORGE Avakian, | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 2/8/1944 | See Source »

Sept. In Denver, Professor Wayne C. Hedges stood out against the Army's classic reveille, declared: "Psychologically, the bugle is all wrong." He recommended something in waltz time on the violin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 3, 1944 | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

...Merry Widow. Lehar's waltz-drenched operetta revived with opulence and style (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Dec. 20, 1943 | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

Sunrise Strings. In Denver, Professor Wayne C. Hedges came out against the Army's classic reveille, declared: "Psychologically, the bugle is all wrong," recommended something in waltz time, on the violin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 13, 1943 | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

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