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Should Music Suffer in the The S trumme rs of Chesne, S. C. PriJ10te Schools! Our cover picture thi s month show1 N t he cnpacity of ed itor , special to make th e headmaste r of the 8chool the 110\'el Haw ai ian quartet directed I writer and teach·cr, the writer has sec the damage thnt was being done br Dr. \V. R. Hick s of Chesne, S. C., naturn lly enough come in contact with to the boy's musical education, nn,I which is fast winning public favor many public and pri vate school stu c,·eu then the boy was allowed only thro ugh its splendid rndio and concert dents who have attempted to learn to one half hour of the two hour athletic :1ppearances . play some mu1dcal instrument- and period for prnctice. The Strurnme rs have been broad • not nlway s with the greatest degree \Ve must, o( course, realize that casting almo st every week from WSPA of success. priv11te i;chools nrc designed for the Spartanburg, $ . C., and have a flood of That the privat e school stude nt o{ purpose of creating n su perior type of re<1uests to fill at each program. today is especia lly encumbered with studen t for college preparation, and nn increased nmount o( curricula!, com th e future bu~iness executives o! thi11 pared to that of ten years ngo, is an great cou ntry, but what will be the Ditson Leaves Million to establis hed fact, and we wonder about outcome for the fine nrt.,? It is gen the chance s for the success of music erally only th e families of secure finan .School of Music in schools of this nature if the pupil is cial status that can nfford 'to irend lheir New York, Oct. 15.-(UP)-Almost compelled to keep at thi s everlas tin g chiltlren to schools o! thi s uature, but $1,000,000 is pro\ ·ided for mu!ilcal edu i,crind indefinit ely. ~hull the rich become au unarli!ltic catio n in eight schools under th e will We have in m ind the cuse or one boy 11ortion of the human race ? of Charles H. Ditson, on file todny. of fifteen who attends a 11rivute school J'rivalc i'iChools used to fcatu1e cul Legacie s of $100,000 each were lcCt tJ h goes hand in hand with which ha s school houn fro m eight tur e, whic the colleges of music of Cincinna ti, of nll things thirty a. m. to fh•e-ten p. m., but which art and the ap11reciation Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, has a period of from two -thirt y p. m. beautiful, but if thi s sctrt of thing the ?\cw England Consen·atory of lo four-thirt y p. m. for ath letics. The keeps up, we will soon become n race '.\lu!"ic in Bo ston, and th e Ann Arbor or business wizards only, and Euro• athletics arc practically compulsory , School o( Musi~. l\Jr. Ditson, who died ., and, while we nrc much in favor of pean s, who have long considered us as '.\ltty 14, left a gross estate of $7,866,- outdoo r spor ts, we can hardly see th e a race of money mad boors, will be 2-19. Th e widow and niece received the ju stified in th eir opin ions. What is to pract icabi lity of such long school hour s, bulk 0£ the remaining estate, with he it? when two hou rs of this tim e is de· llone about :-111ns pro, ,ided for emp loyes of the voted to alhle lic s a lone. U th e instit u music publi shing house bearing hi!i tion is a pince or learning, we feel that Prof. Dykema'• New Book name in Bo ston anJ New York. - th e s tudent s of lesser ph)'sical propor l'tlusic for Public School Admin istra tions and abilit.y a nd whose ta stes run tion is the title of the new book by nlong an artistic line, should be givf!n Peter W. Dykema of the facu lt y of the Woman Says Neighbor n portion o r thi s period for the study Tea cher's College of Columbia Univer Insulted With Song s of one of th e fine arts if he so desires. sity, and which ls publi shed by the I II th e case of th e boy mentioned, Durenu of Publicatio ns of th e unfre1· Evanston, Ill., Oct. Hi - (AP) - his banjo lessons suffered grea tl y from sit)'. Elfreda Dohring snys she doesn't like lack of tim e !o r practice, and yet the Practicnlly every pha se of music in lo be insulted in th e key of F or nnr boy was n most enthusiastic student. pub lic school work is covered in this other key of th e musica l scale. 1,t. wns ap1>roximate ly six o'clock each interesting \'olume including both vo So she went before Police Mngi s• evening before he reached home, anJ. e.al and instru ment.al training, and a trate Harry H. Porter resterduy nnd the added duti es of hon~ work made it \'aluab le feature is th e tab le of attnin swore out a warrnnt for h er neighbor, impossible for him to de,·ote more menls • for the children of various ::\lrs. Pearl C. Dorband, saying that (or than a hnlf hour lo his banjo da il)•, grade!!. two years Mrs. Dorband has been sing Thi s same boy attended twenty-two S11ace would prohibit a more de ing insults at her from her back porch. or twenty-three cla sses weekly ";th tailed review of Dr. Dykema'a work, Sometimes, she said, the ins ults were subjects of Fl'ench, English , United but we predict a larg e sa le for this by implication in popular songs and States Histo ry, nnd chem istry for se,•. book, and offer our heartiest congratu sometimes Mrs. Dorband just made up ' en pe.roids weekly. Quit e an elaborate lations to the author. We feel thnt thiii her own words . outl ine for a boy o f ft!teen, isn't it? is one of the finest cont-ributiona to Mrs. Dorband admitted she did some lt was on ly through direct a ppeal to musical literature that we have read singing, but denied the other allega the boy' s father, that we were enabled in some time. tions . ·'

2 THE CRESCENDO November, 1931 Harmon, for the Fretted Concert Artists ln•trument• By A. J . WE IDT Compo ser, and Author of Weidt's Chord System WM . PLACE JR. PART VTI chords indicate t he names. CONCERTS , RECITALS .N ~t!N:h!Da:::d~::o:; ":!~~~Note that the dotted lines connect at 120 EHPrnl Snu!:ET PROVIDE.NCI& , R. I. major chords, with the exception that "a" in Nos. 3, 4 and 6, indicate the the fifth of the chord is raised a half notes that ar e mutual to both chord':!. to~ by the use of a sharp. See exam At 0 b" the notes are enharmonic as ple No. l, showing the major and aug they sound the same in both chord s. SHIRLEY SPAULDING mented chords. To distingui sh the Remember th at C double sharp is the BANJO/STE mnjor from the augmented chords I enharm onic ot A, and F##', of G, as <.1. CONCERTS RECITAI.S have used the letter "x" as a symbol double sharp before a note raises it n Manag ement - GtORCBW. Di;;Vo.: to indicat e the augmented chord, thu s: whole tone, W e11 Cornwall, Conn . G, indicat es th e major chord, and G~, AUGMENTED CHORD the augmentec\ chord. ' In the flnt.kcy .:;, PROGRE SSION the fifth ot the chord is rai sed by a natural sign. See ,No. 2, showing the A general rule in musical composi WALTER KAYE BAUER Eb and Ebx chords. tion is that a s'-t rped note should lead, IIIA NIJOUN IST · CONDUCTOR or progre ss upward to the next highe st There are, enharmonicnlly speaking. note, and a flatt ed note, should lead Clo "Tm : Cm;scENoo"' only four different augmented chords. downwa~. Notice, in examp les Nos. 252 A:n I.UM5TR&ET H,1.wr~on11,CoNN . This is illu strated in No. 3. The first 6, 7 and 8, that the rai sed filth always chord is Cx. Notice th at. the chord iJ moves upwanl to th e nearest note of named from the root C, the lowest the following chord. See connecting GEORGE C. KRICK note and that th e fifth "G" is mi sed n lines. hnlf tone by the use of a sharp. By Cor,url Guitarist That perfect progression is not al again using the two lower notes of the ways possible when using four note R£C IT 1ll S -- INSTRUCTION Cx chord, and low~ring th e raised fifth chord s on fretted instrument s, will 12 1 West Chehen Avenu e Germantown, Pbiladclph i.i, P.i. an octave (see conneding line) nnd plainly be seen (or hear d) when play changing it enharmOnically to Ab, th e ing exa mples Nos. 9 nnd 10. No. 9, name of the chord is changed to Abx. which is intend ed for the plectrum Ab is the enharmonic of as both G# banjo, shows that the fifth of the chord sound alike although they arc on dif lends correct!)• upward, but there is ferent degrees of the staff. By again another rai sed firth an octave below lowering the fifth of th e Abx chord an and consccuti, ·e octa ,1es simpl)• cannot octave, nnd by enharmonicali y ·chang be avoided. Let me say right here that ing C to B:, and Ab to GS the name o( 1 th e chord is changed to Ex. Th ere are ~;n:tr:~~el~-\~~: ~:~ but twelve different keys nnd the refore ~~:'t the)' sound bad. No. 10, which applie s as each augmented chord can be used lo the tenor banjo , shows the snme (enhurmonica11y) in three different . consecutive octav es, and the effect is keys as shown in example No. 8, there just as bad, alth ough the rnised fifth s are actu ally but four different aug- nre two octaves apart. As a rule, the mented chords. . best note to double is the root of the Nos. 4 and 6 show other examples or chord, but thi s is not possible on eith er 11ugrnentedchord s that are enharmoni the tenor or plectrum banjo and the cally the same, but have different only soluti on is to play a th ree note names. N. B.-Th e lette rs below th e chord by omitting the lowest note. On ,...... ,,._A nee.I 10 &tlnnln It Joob and ...... 1111.e the guita r, however, th e root can be »-lcn«I .o th&t It eu bl bl-ld tor bollr"I f ;?, :3. • " wltbou.tfl lil(IM. doubled in the bass note mark-ed uR" Ill.d e al DOO·tlicUoa tom meu l. wbldi produce, and the thr ee note chord follows and •d ur ,emirel141trflml.eachl ntl11.1IOIIDd. - 1 i .. IJu U. JlfOPff nl&ht utl IWl'IW dlttrlbvted , 1 111,'1I !Ill ltti» leads correctly to the following chord. IOM Cbltrl lll, G Gx 3b Ebx Cx Abx r.;X Ca.a. bl tllnlf

JUST OFF THE PRESS I-A new Tenor Banjo and Tenor Guilar Method lteluu ~la11utae1.url1110:). TEACHERS! 1fl30 Comptoa A~IIIM • ' Thia method conta in, all the m•Urlal n-• laAnielal, Cali f, ', . aary to turn out .uce11adul pupil ■• Thlii 1amo Oeot.lemco : Enc1-d tlDd OIM clollu for which I material wa■ uaedl n th e tralninirofmy 11!J olNNHlld11>90Mal,ourJLN•t..ii:01tf11r I' Piece Plectru m Orchestra who we"' awa rd~ 1u,ell.. UIHIIIOl.utls8adlne.....,.wol I wlllnt11 mlt wlthlnlln d.anwllh thenader- I 1tand.1111tha t 1111 moot:, will bl ttf'llndtd I w1thllutq111all01L I ' STEPHEN ST. JOHN HI Hamilton 81. Scheaece,ady, N. Y. November, 1931 . THE CRESCEN DO

Mrs. Wilcox Active During 3. M'andoli o Solo. Bauer Banjo Band In Concert (a) " E,nn!ll t.a" (My U ttla Slar) The Past Month October 29 De 1'onee-811uer (h) ••Sou...enlr" At th e studio or Mrs. Edna Dole · Walt er Knye Dauer and his Buhd of W•lter K.a711Uauar Wilcox, 131 West V an Buren Street;, Ba njo s w1u1 the feature d attraction at Peter L. R•ouquets or J:UY Call flowers in tall (b) l' op111•r Alr·-••Swe-et. and Lo,rtlY .. baskets lined the stage and fems were est applau se from th e enthu sias tic as Gustave Arnh tlm artis tica lly employed. Mr. Crave n was semblage most of whom hud never (d ''SrRrf Daneu" (Bhythmle heard to sp lendid advantage and he before heard a banjo band of perfect Tran 11,:rlptlon) ... Cecile Chamlnade ren«t ed great credit upon his inst ru c inst rumentation. (d) No-.·eltr Oance-"The Goh Ashore" ••••...• , Norman IA:ll'h tor. Mrs. Wilcox was accompani st. All Miss E llen C. Str om was especially Walter Kaya IJ•uer of th e progra m gave pleasu re to the effective in h er characterization nnrl and hl• Ban,I or Uanjoa listeners, his num bers including some th e audience gave her many deserved 6. Orvan Soloa tha t were espec ially attractive, th e encores. Her work was market1 b)' (a) Preludio (Third Sonsla) .•. Cullmant Hung arian Minuet, Wildwood Mem splendid diction um! fau ltless delh·e r)', (b) Indian Love Call • • • • •• Frlml Frank 0. HJar11t ories, The Dnrkey' s Dream, Butterfli es, Mr. Bauer pla)·ed as mand olin solos i. (a) Sand Dan c,e-"Dow n South" Roman ce, Fore st Dale march, and clos two o[ his own transcriptions, "Estre l Wm. Myddleton ing with th e old favorite, Old Folks at lita, " and "Sou,·en ir," rc!-!ponding by (b) Character StuJ.,r -•· sun Ra71•• Home. J\1i8s Earle was heard in o. insistent dem;rnd with his !rec tran Arthur C. Moue monologu scription o[ the six teent h century (cl Novtlette--"Jauln' tha Chim•" e, King"'s Crossroads, and two Jam el C. 01borne other read ings. Janee, "Gavotte," by Gossec. Mr. Peter WallerKaJ"eUauer L. Radican who was associa ted with and hl1 Band ol Banj91 About thirty -five member s o[ Edna l\lr. Bauer ten )·ears ago, and who has 8. Readinl" - .. A Little Chlltl Shall Dole Wil cox' band s and orchestras en again rnjoined the band, played ,•er}' t.ud Th em ·· •. WUJlam A. Johntt on joyed nn old clothe s 11arty a few nig ht s :-~•mpath etic and effective nccompani Ml11 Elltn C. Strom Mter th e recita l at their first get me11ts. II. Tenor Soloa tog eth er of th e yen r, at he1· st udio, 13 1 (a) At Dawnlnll' ...... Cadman Th e tenor \·oice of Mr. Alfred Ket West Van Bure n Str eet. A coopern t i\·e (b) Prayer l' er ltc:t •..... Er,·ina Stenton tleratc, M:muel Sousa, ding march . Seve ral guessing games Arrange Solos g~~;.;!:~:·· mandolin-banjo s; Alex C. Galarneau, Play "Hot" 0 Maodola were played and Jame s H. John stone mnmlola-banjo; Jo seph P. Kowalcyck, entertained with a nllm ber of tenor cello-lmnjo: Wilfred Tourville, plec B,~e~s A~d g~~:hone banjo solos. Mr. 1111dMr s. Johnsto ne, trum banjo: Wnlter Oslerling, mantlo Fill-Ins □ Com1JOJ.ltlon George Olsen and Ned Vn.n Volkenberg lu1s!-; Frank J. Ruoto lo, first. tenor Cheek lnatrumenl YOU plar and Hnd for of Kalama zoo were g uest s. During the banjo ; Arne S. al'lson, second teno1· 1-"REE Oemon11ra1ion . evening Mi' s. Wilcox an nounced that banjo: l'clcr L. H:ulicun, piano , :111d Ard en Craven will give a banjo recita l Olh·cr L. Boucher, llrums. in he r studio Friday evening . Th e program follows: Teachers l'UOGllAM Wanted Stnd N"-» for Somllt Ordtr of l1woc11lh111 I. (a) Marth .. The St.an and StrhlM ..... A. C.BROCKMEYERForever" S ...... • Jghn Philip So11ta WEIDT'S CHORD SYSTEM (I>) Conto!rl W1tlt1.- "Nhrht.1 or Dep t. C .HELFORO . N. J . Famous System of Graded Glatln.-•· .. Charle. AndlfT., (c) Char11cterit1ic D11nc.-"Rasi;-lnc Teaching Pieces the Stale" ...... Edw. II. Cla71100le It Cull Yu Netliin9 lo Tr1 Tlum (di Marth•SonK ••Anchon1 Selld111,wrbui-Q. rdlll' letteilead ua Aweoi11h"' .•.. Ch1tt. A. Zlmmf'rnu1n nq- ror ... pie.._. -caUq •bM.lltl',..wuu. FREE • Ollltar or M•N • a u 711a dGll't lllN 1M ••c. Walter K ■ yeU1111er 1'9l11t11ll:Uroull-. 11.pa7 a1 1«1allntrod~ and h!Jt Band or Banjoll MUSIC pric,i, fwlM Mmlllaordl,r, EIOIIT l'AOC!I :!. RHdlnll' Wl/81C A!',"D M 8- i-clllq •11111 ro,,l

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ff. L. F.-Daytdn, Ohio \Vhat is the corresponding Amer in manu script and so far have not been While I appreciate the fact ican instr ument ? publi shed. An swered by Mr. Krick. that violin and cello do not belonlJ' t /.NSW&R in a mandolin orchestra, I am in The "lluto" or modern It alian lut e ParkdaleClub Active a position wherein I have to use corre sponds to the mando- cello, with A diversified program of solos wa s one of each of these instruments thi s difference, however, that it }uu; pla yed by the members of the Park in a fraternal mandolin orches five pllirs of string s, E, A, D, G, and C, dale B. M. G. Club at their headq uar• tra. Our instrume.ntation is as tun ed an octave below the mandolin . ters on October 3, at Toronto, Canada. follows: four first mandolin s, four The E string is of stee l; the A and D The program consisted of ma ndolin seconds, mandota, rnando-cello, oo,1ered stee l; the G an d C wound with mul guitar duet s, tenor banjo duets, three guitars, regular banjo, vio silk and silver. Spanis h guitar and five st rin g banj o lin and cello. Will you kindly ad With its great compass of !our OC· • solos, and also a duet !or tenor banj o vise me how to use these two in la ves, beg inning from C below the and guitar by Ted Ha zard Jr. and R. str uments to the best advantage, fourth line belo\\' the staff and extend • J. N1'e. so that they will not conflict with ing to C nbo,·e the fifth ledge r line pn October 10 a quart et from the the others? above th e sta ff, it is possible to pla y Parkdal e Club supplied the musical ANSWER music written in either bass or t reble c'utertainment for the dinner of Adon • The 'cello is not a difiicult pr oblem cleff. The additiona l E or 1st strin g hirnn Council (Cry ptic Rite) which was in the mandolin orchestra, especially simplifies the executio n of works for well receiv ed by all present, and when there is no mando-ba ss. In all 'cello or mando- cello and makes pos Comp. Te

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Mr. Stokowski "on Autompbile Templeman School Presents Mrs. Savage .Presents Vega · Brakes Recital Club Concert Jly Tin: ~:ll11'0II A very int Crt!Rling recital prog ram The aud itoriue,1 of th e HObe rt s Jun Th e distingui shed conductor of Lhl? wa s Jll'C SClllC'II hy tht! 'J'cmpl emnu ior ll igh School at Medfor d, 1'11:HIK., Phil udelph iu Orch cs tn1, who !ms prob Sc hool of J\lusic in its recit.al h;ll at wa s compl eh ly fillcil for the Banjo an,I ab ly hccn "ri1ldc11" by th e Rcribc s of 6 17 Ndu·a sku Sl r«!t, Sioux Citr, lowu, .\l:11ulolin Cluh s of th e Hohcrts Juni or on October 2!l, to u !urg e and enthu the New York pre ss, more than 1111y lli Kh Schoo l, um le r the dir(:1·tion of siastic 11wlie11cc. Th e pro grmn fea • other orch es tral high -light , ar1frc,I iQ. .\I 1·s. J•:rnc~t A. Sav a •c. practi cally of th e irn,t runu·nt s Ha rtford th e ot hcl' 1lay, hatl ess , us lur Nl 1111 :\l_n1. Sa,agl! i\'<'tdvcd a just tribut e uswil, lo conduct a 11rogr; 11n wit h hi8 • lau1,Cht by the school' i; facully an d Wa il fru111 the well ple:1scd :tUdit•ncc anJ hc.artily euJO)'L'd he g ranted nu interview to the re ,rntl My OIJ Kcutucky ll mnc •' ff o,n,i 10 O ur Muu11111.lr1~." port e r of one of ou r tini ly Jlers. Truu11 ~ l So ln l!eli c~,• Mc If All Th.,,,. Frurn " fl Trovnt<1rt1" ••• Vt"rJI During th e int erview Mr. St.okow sk i En denr ln11 Y11un11 <'lu,rno • C lul, .. nrul \'~11 1 Choru, St.,,,1,,.., C11rt,·r ,announced thnt he ha- •-:--,.lw1•hol,l11" ll u,.ly Wi,,lo,-h Th e L-1.ws of acou sli~s tell us tlmt U,, ,,,111,· ,; ,,ju,r ,\,-,.,.,11>nni,n,,o,l 1.,.,.,,,.:-;1,.1,!,-JI "\'111-.., 1-;rl,u" ..• UuJr \\l,.d.,dl "music is a SU('Cl's:;ion of rcg"ular l' i• 1-·rn n, ·I; X. ZutfMnlo T h,• N11u1,h •;id 11,.11,0:-:u lt, liratiom 1," while " uuise is a sucl.~ss iun ll, •rd ll T o"nh·) " Lolly l'uJ••·• ll,11 1)' 11,., of irre g ular viLra lio11s.'' Our mcchau ie M1utl u, :,;,,1~.,-tiou t•l•,tu Mr~. H,·o" ndl ·· J'frkin'•·• 111,r,)· I(,· ,~ tell s u s that !ltlut.'aky hr:.ik,·s are the ···jutu,111,.~;.,I. \,.,lrn 11m-t,, faull of i111J1ro11erali g11mc11t and ad S,•h.-r10. S,h,1,1• ,\1111,J,,1;,. •°'•\l•·lte '"'rh,• l lld lt, ,f,11111'' 1;r111: h'.nli.,l,•t I. ju stment , :uul hc11ce Wl' coultl of cou r:n,r~: M,.,. s,.,a, ,· M,u·Jorh, 11.,]t which would of cour se l'Csult in not h Ylolin Sotu Minu,•t Nu.:! in 1; .. 11, F . \\ ·.,~ton. Jr •• ably tried more combination s of sounJ GuitarFolio Ma ~t.,,. lC,,l,erl • J unior 111,;h Sch•,vl nn~ effects than an y ot he r orcliest ral JJy WALTER JW Rh:E conductor, having used u fort) • foot Ex•1ui,ite mrlo1liedl •11,l 0( lh•• ...... Utt~ .... I ,1,~ ~,u,km 1111,,.... 1.-,J unu1 lie ,.-. ,-1-,. 111<,""'~ or For 1\lnchincs," we ma y soon expct'l 111 15ccn19cac h. •n:~ I ,~~...... l:bn!IM ,.., .. 1•-·ut• ,to,·N•luth,n I'-' lo hear the l'h iladel ph ia Orch estra in thl' •hlllcul1 1-tht. l't'lli•1· l ou n.-..,1 u ...... 10 ~ flute, \' iolin nrul rc\'o h ·er, will ex hort THE CRESCENDO PUBLISHING 1,.._..,,._,,... 1nd ,-our 1•111111•111 ourrl) ,-n,-,, 11~-m COMPANY th e bea uti es of a busy str eet in Chi~ SANTO S l'IJUl , IS II J SG CO., I n.-. 252 Asy lum Stree t - H artfo rd , Conn. r;~ O rl ta n l Joitrttl Jl ochut.- r, N. Y. 1,.'ll.go, on a Frida y mornin g. 14 THE CRESCENDO November, 1931

Stephen St. John Writes and Even that, isn't enough to keep thi s We are especially indebted to our energetic young lad busy, Besides re· kind friend Mrs. Alice Kellar.Fox, !or PublishesNew Method cord ing, Colicchio attange s popular a pound box of home made rum fla vored fudge, with oodles of delicious Our energet ic teacher from Sche .... music fol' the tenor banjo and steel wal nut s in it , that cnme from the tree s nectacly, N.,.Y., composer and publish guitar, and kl?Cps Leo Feist and sevcrnl in l\lr s. Fox's broth er' s estate in Santa er of the well known tenor banjo solo, other publi Rhcr s happy that wuy. Barbara . Calif . We ha\--e long eulo• giz ed the culinary as well as mu sical "T ragedy of the Deep'' overture, hns U.ulph SU)' S .he cannot account !or comp~! n new tenor banjo and tenot· the fact that there aren't more spe• !~d~~~~ustr:rt ~ ~!:,\~ sg ~h~·!:!.~~; ; guitar method made up of material cinlist s in his two fa\'orite instruments. of her famou s kitch en via nir ma il. that he uses in his own leac hing. But he is doing the best ho can to ~i~t.\~you Mrs. F~x - and thank s When we remember that it was hi~ prcpnrc Others to carry on. His teach plectrum orchestra of one humlrcd 'and ing time is extreme ly limite

November, 1931 T HE CRESCEN DO 15 a fine littl e polka-m ar ch in the Bick- 'jumping flea'. Third, and by far to get acquainted, but he ga"e no an th e most important point, so far swe ring sig n. Finally o. picce of 10 II 111 f rom O,e music write rot nll1tn,onmemor,wlthcoalldcnc.anll.0111ih1.-i1h ;~te·::'='::.·p~:/;1;;?::/\l~it: 0:!s~~·w~::: CUT THE LOSS Olllo or Ornn. 1D4 It I IQ(ldfttu, or 1dranotd p!artr lo: - Phunn y Bi zness - Solomon: "Did you lose much when REG INALD rooRT , r .R. C.O. (St11dle&l, 14. EO(lE. vour store waJ11 robbed last night?'' WORT H CRESCENT, LON OOH, N. W.4, ENGLAHO · Lexi: "H a! Not so much as i( I hat\ IN '!'HE MARKET been robbed the night before. You ~Cf' , The Ukul ele Isles Customer: "What stock woultl vou I jul't mark ed down pric es." recommend to me , the common OI' Jlr<'· Dy C. M. U'ITl ,EJO HN (er red?" DAD l{NOW S Long assoc iated in news an<~ sto l'y, Broker: "The pre(erre cl i-t0<·k ir.i Small Boy: •·What is rollcge l,re1l. fiction and screen as th e hom e of the much more c.-ommon, so I think the po11?·• common is to he J1t'<'ferrcd." Pop (with i,;on in collc,1.!'e): "They uku lele, tho se magic isles of the Pa• mak e college bread, my boy, from the cific, - the Hawaiin n lslantl~, - are flour of ,·outh 111111 the doul!h of olil found to be dependent for th eir source SA ME: 01..D ALID I ' age." · - \Vei,;t Point er For i,;omc reason my wife wai,;abscut of su pply o[ th ci;e instrum ents from from the ,!inner l:ible one e"eninJ.:".The the t.:nited Sta tes. And , moreO\'U, they chilclren autl I took our accu stomrd 1 did not e,·en invent this adjunct of place s with the exception of my you,i,: artun~~:~tu,~lt~•'~"J ~(l~!~e~1eJibehr~~~i~ lurn e,I his bark up'on the bench an

and beaches nthrum with ukuleles. llachelor: "'!'here 's a deliciou s senge " I don't see wh~•0 Senator Fr o:a:t ,rot song, laughter, and writh ing dance s o{ of luxury when one is lying on oru:!°s sore becau se th e J\lorning BuJ,!'le 11n bed untl rinJ.:"ing one'i- hell for 011c',i not1n1"C(\he was l'etiring fr om politicJ;.." g ra ss•s kirted maidens. valet." "Well, lhe mak e-up man by mist.ake But let Trnd e Wi nds bring theil' Spi nster: " Have you a ,·,1]-:t " put the article umler tin.- headin,I!', mes sage from the Islands, to let .us rid D:tchelor: "Ko, but I ha\'e a bell .'' 'Public Tmprovcm ents'.'' ourselves of another cherishell illusion ane nt Lhe ubiqu itous ukc: !'AGE THE W. C. 'I'. U. NOW READY - GREAT ! l' '-"'!th'tb" lhe '"•h._l ~\Ml~•l f,., There are three things about the She wa s an atlrncti\'e l'OUng widow I .... 11, .... 1t1n 1;11111r l'" '•hh .. t ukulele that will perhap s be sur• from New York. Sauntering out on prising to you. First, th e Hnwai the ,·eranda of her hotel, she scatl'd i

Vega Company In Jobbing be complete within a few mor e week s. Wanted,ForSale Thi s new nil profe ss ional Ol'Chestra Business meets every ot her Sund ay in th e Vegu The enterpri sing Veg a Company Inc. Gllltar Slrinp. lmr,orted iiut and ..,ound 11llk . Buildin g nt 155 Columbu s Avenue, Nothlna better, Tru e, eorreet 11au1tt, durable, ha s ent ere d the jobbing field in nddi Boston , and the l1igh typ e of mu sic Wm. D. Fran1., ,912 South Klld.a.-. A'li!nuc, tion to its huge nmnufncturi ng busi that is, being rehe a rsed for it s p ro Chl~ .l lllnob . ness, and th is company Is already gram s· ha s attracte d the int erest o[ swnmpcd with orders from N"ew En g A ral llarpl n. Glbeon F·li arUst mandolin . pla yers nl\ O\'e r th e coun try who arc and 911uar-ecase. C:0.t n11w S288.00, -ell for lund merc hant s who rea lize the ad writin g in their congratu lations and $110.00, Cannot be told from new, Olhl!r \"anta ge,o f hav ing n buying ten ter ns best wishe s for the success oC the fine bariralna In Gib.on mandolin , , 1J11lt.Ars close a s Boston in th e item of tran s \"!!llure . ,md banjo ■• Write for lbt. Th e P lectro- J)Ortalion nlone. 11honl c Or chmtra , ure of The Cl'Cffe!ndo. Conductor Gu iscppe Pett ine, the em The fine reput ation enjoyed fo r u inent mundolini st, is pr epari ng a con ••or S,al.-(;l baon 6 1trl na- Guitar Banjo UO: r-corc of years by thi s liouse fo r its cert p rogra m at thi s date, and the first • V('fl"aS200Tt nor ll1mJo forl4 1i; S11tt.h1l Built prompt :md courteou s se rvice an d ex two rehear sal s und er his baton showi; 2S Inch acale-8 1trlni; SIOO Guit11r !or $30. cellent merclmndi se stands out in th o tlm t the players intend to mako u II. lf cahin, 8020 Druc i Avenue, Chk iu,co, 111. mind s ol all merc ha nt s an d we ar c Jai1ting impre S8ion on their first ap confident that Veg a Compa ny, Jue. will JICllrnnce. GENTLE REMINDER pro sper grea tl y in thi s new field. Asicr should write to the orchestra nt joi sle, will give her nnnual rccit:11 for the addre 11sabo,·e. California · the Wonum' s Club of New Milfol'tl, J llmes C. Tuntbu ll, (ol'Jncrly :-olo Conn., 0 11 No,·emher Ii, a nd will J)rcscul ✓ Original Plectrophon ic tluti ~L o( th e orig inal Pl ectro phouic a fin!,! new pr ogra m of real five-shin!{ Orchestr a Elects Or.cheslra, ha s return ed from Cali IJ1111jo1m1Hic. Details o( this arti i-t's foniia and inten ds to re join th e or 1~ita l will uppcar in our next i~:cr 6 at its new headquarters in known ex 11onent a nd teach er of th e the comiu g winte r l\lr. Crookes expects Odd Fellow s Hall, with the fo llowing Ha waiian gui tar in Ha rtford , has re to m:ikr a Weste rn trip for this com ins trum entation: Se,·e n fir st mando organi zed her famou s Aloha Ha waiian pany. lins, seve n seco n1l mando lins, th ree Club for th e seai;on, and report s that mundo las, two mamlo-ce llos, two mnn many eng agements hav e been con Orche stre Plectrophoniqu e do-ba sscs, two tenor guitars, fi,·e gui tr acte d by the club. Prospers · tars, two tenor banjos, one plectrum Frank C. Bradb ur y is busy wit h hi s 'L'he newly Ol'ganizcd Ot'che.sta·c Pl ee hanjo, one barito ne ban jo, one flut e, Ha rtf ord Plectra ! Club, and re port s t i-ophonique of Boston is 1·cceh·ing one oboe, lwo clarinets , one Eb bari many new members for this season. many new app licat ions for mem ber tone saxopho ne, and drums. We anticipate some fine new pro grams ship, a nd the Board o( Go\'erno rs is The secre tary -tr eas urer takes thi s fr om thi s '"eteran club in th e future . quit e confident that the perso nnCI will opport unity of in form ing all prospec· Mrs. Ada N. Merrifield has both her th 1e members who re sille in or near Will ima nt ic and Sout h Man chester Hartford , that th ere are \"acancies !or mando lin orches tra s well unde r way DO /ILL YOUR PUPILS te n more mando lin s and one mando and ha s two we~kly rehearsa ls for her cello, and any seriou s player is ur ged mandolin groups and also an extra. SUBSCRIBE TO THE to write the sec retary in care of this 1·ehenrsn l for her bnnjo club. CRESCENDO? magazine. Th, CRESCENDO

JUST OUT! Outstanding Th e New And Pu,,ular Mandolin Orchestra Successes FEIST FOLIO No.13

# C o :...T ..: NT~ I Do11'1 Kn ow \\lhy (iuiln 11°~ flu • liirl .\h "-111lii,::h1 Sa d ni,::' l 'im r !'/\RADE OF T II E WOODEN SO LDIERS hw l l 'ru All Drc~•ctl li Jl \Vith .\ llrnl..cn ll ra r1 EC IIUES OF . '6 1 WAR SONG MEOJ.EY .. 01/ ,.I/ Li n J, Like Th :it You' rr ~I." Only S1nrd1r :1n ON t\llAMI SIIO RE . . Jn (obi A, 1.. 111.: A, You're Thcr r · DOWN D I XIE WAY ( Sou th er n M.ct.llcy) . , O,lrll I'm (;cuin~ Sllpcrsti tinu, !l o\\ Ahout M c C:illiu~ Yn 11~ I} S\\ cc!l1r:ir1 KEEi' T II E II OME F IRES Hl "RN IN(; .. Nrx•,lfo So Clo, c l'n ~le Ti u· Hinl11b 1 Of .\ Ki-- O'rr Tl1 r Mill, Of Dc:ir 0 1,1 1\1,;inr I NSTR UMENT AT I0:-1 I ll u11t• You'll Lib h •\\ 'a l11i11' Komul \\'ith Ru, ic ISi, .!nil, _;rt! ma11,lolin s, tn wr mm11foifl, fllf/fld(J l 'L ll l .15111!11I S Fo t: k U oo i..s rr//o {liurlt 1wtatic111s}. 111mulo-/H1ss.guitar arr .. ll a1rniim1 &11itt1r Sol" G11itflr S11/u pi1111r;fll', •. /11tlf'. ullo, lnmja ohbligntr;, drums. ( ~Ole• ;1111! Di:aJ,:r;lm• ( 1'Jct:1rum ur I i11 \ 1ith Cui1 ;ir Acc. ) ~r r Stdc l' l:n i 11~ 1 1/m1d,Jir1 S111" '/',•1111r/foriju :',,./., Semi for th ematic catalogue of 55 oth er (Solo aml Ohhlh: :11" \ Solo .m,t 1,ith Chor, ! S}mhul•I :\ rr11m1•.,11i1111111 fa111011:;Odell .trra11gcmcnt s :iml co11111n~i1ion,. P1m:1-. S \.OU UCII '"i; Au. l 'IK I~ .\ Kt \ \ ' KJT l'I :- I:- Tm :-.1 111 h t \ :-,,, TU ,\T Ttrl!\ ' ( 'AS B l! l 's t.11 F OK E...-st:11uu . l' J \ It:-• .. THE Cl{ESCENDO PUBLISHING ~ o lttH ; :- 1,1: OI 1"111' 11\\1 ,\l! \\ f,l ll \It \I Cho Ill\. COMPANY WII .LJA\I J. s ~IITII \l tsl( ; Cu .. h e. 2.32 Asy lum S1ree t Hartford . Co1111. ~.1 1-~.lh \'rE~·, :~l~r :; 111H1 \ 1-: 11 \'011K. ~- Y.

DOBRO Th e amp lif ying gui tar tha1 n.:vol u - tiu ni zcd th e Guita r world . :\l:t dc o f Odell ARRANCEMENT S beautiful h ard \\'Ood s-:--"'ith the o riginal DOBRO ampl1 - fying feature s and th e cxd usive spider web bridg:L". Th1.: TENOR BANJO g uitar that ca n be hea rd in a ten pi c..:t· Y 1111"1 ,._,,., .. . ll •t• h It I •• band. i\lcllow Guitar tone- yet amp Ii• 4 tt ., l how,hh . 1 .1~ , .,, ,1 I ,, L111thint h r , . 11., 1', 11 I •~ ~ fled. No - pos itivel y no metalli c tone. 1n,·,n o,~I• U. S ,. H I ,q . I Bou u C."'l''""d" ' · 11.,,,1, T 11 , .,., A Lo t W "•· 11.r,·t, . I II 1·1•t,,.,,, Th• P r, • r w, nn,t, 11.,.11 I T-•••• MODELS- Lv,, •• Old S • r,t S.,n~ J t 11•·1'• S45. S55. S65. S85. Sl2 5. S200. ~~:u~~~:,~••~,';,.'t·•>•·I~J ,!'"~"' t I

Spa11i1J,,111d flawni in11 1"1•1·•"·' """"'"·•· ~" !, ...... , • . i1f rJde/J THE nn:sn• :~uo TEAil OUT THI S AD AND MAIL NO\\ l'l 'Hl.l :-illJ Nf: l'O .lll ' .\'.\ l ?~ ? .A•y h11n S 1rN' t • lhrtf ur d . l 'u n n llOHRO CORPO RATI ON, Dept . .'\ 717 J:::15161nd S1rcc1, Lo, Angele ~. Calif. l ;cntlrmrn : WANTED 0 Plu~ ltll me how tu bu y ,m t of your beautifu l 0 1 Articles of Hi storica l Natur e ~~~e~t~d ~~ilos C uni,!~c ttr;~~/G{;·~;~tc: ~;~n:l o~:~ concerninl' the Banj o, Ma ndolin a n d Cuitar and Co mpoacr a n nd Ce ltbn ,i . 0 Plc:i5t und me your l:tteH c:tl:ilog. 0 Uklildt ed /\rti~h o f Fr ett ed l,u tru rne nll . Nam, Cen ero u<1 rnte a pnid -t o, expe ri,-nc., d llddrtu .. and co mp e l e nl writ en and a utli o ritie ■• City Stat, _ Addreu Th e CRES CEN DO . Th, CRESCENDO

Meet E11erJ1Requirement fo r TEACHERS AMATEURS PROFESSIONALS Tone VEG .A Cuitars , i\l ando lins , and Banjos produce an un usual ,:olum c of tone of the finest <1uality1 makin g them idc;il for stage work , broadcasting, nnd ensembl e play!n g. Th e re's a ri chn ess anrj clearness of tone which ca nn ot be d uplicated , and a VEGA instrument wi ll bring added d istin ction to any player' s repertoire.

VEG .-\. Fretted L11s.trum c11t~ ar c des igned and built by Workmanship craf tsmen who ha, ·c 5pt.:nt th eir lifctin1c in ckvclopi ng th csc instrument s. All of the latd"t improv ement s in desi g n have been includ ed and m any exclusive VEG .-\ feat ure s give much in added value and performance.

Only the choicest of caref ully selected and long-seasoned Appearance ll"ood5;uc--uscd in the constr uction of VEGAFretted -In struments. Beautiful ca rving and inlay work g ive th em an · added attractivene ss which wilt bring pride and pl eas u re to eve ry player.

VEGA VEGA VEGA Price GUITARS ·.\1ANDOLINS BANJOS S25 to S30 to · 532.50 to 52 20 5 175 $425

The Ycga Co. 1ssC Columbu s Ave. . IJO!;tOO, M:i ~~. Ple:i K mid me ill11stratcd book lets desc.ribing the VEGA Guitars. Mand ol ins, am\ Banjos. Also tell me the name of thr ncarot :11,:"cllc~·. wi 1hout obliga tion.

T n,, ·/,('/"J - Pr ofit 1citl, Vega Namr ·-· __ · .• ·------llddr "S'------ll ~ril(' for d etni/J.