Dyer & Hughes

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE –November 1892

Cream of Wheat Ad

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – September 1917

The Brambach Baby Grand

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – June 1921

Louisville Conservatory of Music

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – July 1921

Baker's Cocoa

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – November 1921

Packer's Tar Soap

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – August 1903

World's Largest Steamships

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – March 1914

Miserere

The slow bell tolls, the hidden chorus chants. . . .  Under the frowning walls a young girl lifts her face.  She calls.  Her lover answers from his cell.  Clear and enrapt the questioning voices rise . . . tender . . . poignant . . .   burdened with grief and longing.  They swell and mingle in a long farewell.  They fade.  The poison claims her.

   There are few people in the civilized world today who are not, in a measure at least, familiar with the “Miserere” from  Il Trovatore.  For this scene, set like a jewel in the florid libretto of this gorgeous old opera, is genuinely moving, melodically superb. . . .  The music finds Verdi at his best, a natural master of the lyric line.  It is the sort of thing that one remembers.

    The “Miserere” from Il Trovatore has recently been recorded on Victor Red Seal Records  by Rosa Ponselle and Martinelli, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, with the full Metropolitan Chorus and Orchestra.  It is marvelously clear, marvelously realistic.  The Orthophonic Process has captured every breath and nuance of their art.

   The foremost artists, the leading orchestras, the most beautiful and important compositions, are always at your command on Victor Red Seal Records . . . That distinguished collection of interpretations, by recognized masters, which is Victor’s permanent contribution to the good music of the world. . . .  Victor TalkingMachine Company, Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Enjoy listening to the January 23, 1928 recording of Rosa Ponselle and Giovanni Martinelli's performance of the "Misrerere" from Verdi's Il Trovatore:

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – March 1929

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Emerson Piano

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – June 1913

Krakauer

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – January 1922

Woodbury's Facial Soap

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – January 1922

Scheherazade

 SCHEHERAZADE speaks. . . .  It is a tale of marvels, to beguile her lord.  She tells of Sinbad and the magic isles . . . horses with brazen feet, and men of steel . . . sultans and princesses, houris and turbaned slaves.  Color, warmth, rhythm, the very perfumes of the Orient breathe in her artful words.

                From that ancient collection of tales known as the Arabian Nights, Rimsky-Korsakoff drew inspiration for some of the most vivid and exotic music ever written.  His Scheherazade Suite is a marvelous arabesque of orchestral color, brilliantly imaginative, technically fine.  Three generations of music-lovers have delighted in it.  It should be in every musical library.

                The Scheherazade Suite has been recorded by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.  It is available in a special album, with an explanatory booklet.  In it, Victor’s Orthophonic process has preserved both the full splendor of the music itself and the subtlety and vigor of its interpretation.

                The nearest Victor dealer will gladly play you the Scheherazade Suite, or any of the beautiful new Victor recordings, by the foremost artists and orchestras. . . .  Write today for the free illustrated booklet, “A Musical Galaxy,” with foreword by Leopold Stokowski—a commentary upon six of the greatest moments in music.             Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, N.J., U.S.A.

 Enjoy The Moscow Symphony Orchestra in their performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade (Arthur Arnold conducting - Elena Semenova, Violin) (5 parts):

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – May 1928

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THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – January 1944

"Yes, It's a Steinway"

THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE – August 1916

Three New Marches By John Philip Sousa

from The Publisher's Monthly Newsletter (advertisement), 
THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE -- September 1930

  Lieutenant Commander John Philip Sousa, U.S.N., is a remarkable example of the persistence of youthful freshness of ideas in musical creative work.  To his long string of successful marches Mr. Sousa has recently added three new numbers, all of remarkable distinction.   Outstanding among these is the “Royal Welch Fusiliers.”  This March was written in recognition of the friendship fostered between the United States Marine Corps and the British Regiment of Welch Fusiliers during the Boxer War in China.  During this present summer Mr. Sousa has conducted this march in London in the presence of a distinguished gathering including Royalty.  We believe this is the best march written since “Semper Fidelis.”

 

  Another new march is “The Salvation Army March.”  This was written for the recent Jubilee Gathering of the Salvation Army in New York City.  It was played by all of the combined bands.  The original instrumentation was for the all brass combination usually found among Salvation Army Bands; but it also has a complete scoring.  This march includes in its middle section the hymn “O Boundless Salvation.”

  The most recent of the three marches is the “Harmonica Wizard.”  This is a jaunty, lilting march in six-eight time.  The old two step, by the way, seems to be coming back.  This march was written for the celebrated Harmonica Band in Philadelphia conducted by Mr. Albert Hoxie, and for all harmonica players all over the United States.  

  All of these marches are published for piano solo, for full band, and for orchestra.  In addition there is a fine four hand arrangement of the “Royal Welch Fusiliers.”

Enjoy the Harpbeats and Friends' performance of 

John Philip Sousa's "Harmonica Wizard":