Copyright 1929 by ALFRED SCOTT, Publisher, 156 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 180-3-1 Ie-40 The World’s Greatest Artists are on Victor Records ARTUR RUBINSTEIN plays for you whenever you wish ON VICTOR RED SEAL RECORDS Concerto No. 1, in E minor (Chopin, Op. 11) with London Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Barbirolli, Album M-418 (AM-418 for automatic operation) 8 sides, with descrip­ tive booklet, $8.00. Nocturnes (Chopin) In B Flat Minor (Op. 9, No. 1) and in E Flat Major (Op. 9. No. 2) Record No. 14961, $2.00. In B Major (Op. 9, No. 3) and in F Maj­ or (Op. 15, No. 1) Record No. 14962, $2.00. In F Sharp Major (Op. 15. No. 2) and in G Minor (Op. 15, No. 3) Record No. 14963. $2.00. In C Sharp Minor (Op. 27,. No. 1) and in G Minor (Op. 37, No. 1) Record No. 14964, $2.00. In D Flat Major (Op. 27. No. 2) Parts 1 and 2. Record No. 14965, $2.00. In G Ma’or (Op. 37, No. 2) Parts 1 and 2. Record No. Nl. 14966, $2.00. Magnificent Tone and Performance Album M-461. 12 sides, with descriptive in a new, automatic record changing booklet, $12 00. RCA VICTROLA Polonaises (Nos. 1 to 7) (Chopin) Album priced very moderately! M-353 (AM-353 for automatic operation) RCA Victrola Model U-40, combining 16 sides, with descriptive booklet. $16.00. record and radio entertainment. It has the famous Gentle Action Automatic Rec­ Scherzos, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Op. Nos. 20, 31, ord Changer. Improved Viscaloid 39. 54) (Chopin) Album M-189 (AM-189 for Damped Pick-up, a new engineering re­ finement that insures purer record tone. automatic operation) 8 sides. $8.00. 3-position bass-trebie tone control that lets you accent bass or treble, as you wi h. Mazurkas (Chopin) Volume 1 (A collection . Top-loading tone arm for easy needle of 20)—Album M-626, 10 sides, with descrip­ changing. Brilliant, natural tone at low tive booklet. $10.00. or high volume results from 6 watts push- pull output! The radio has Push-Button Volumes 2 and 3 in preparation Tuning. Built-in Magic Loop Antenna. Mouvements Perpetuels and Nocturne in A . Plug-in for Television Attachment. and gets American and foreign stations. Flat Major (Faure) Record No. 15660, $2.00. The cabinet is in lovely walnut or ma­ hogany veneers. The complete list of Red Seal Victor Records by Artur Rubinstein is included in the Victor Record Catalog. You can buy RCA Victrolas on C.I.T. easy payment plan. Trademarks "Victor” and "Victrola" Keg. U. S. Pat. Off. by Ask about the new RCA Victor Long Life Needles. RCA Mfg. Co., Inc. NEW(||) VICTOR RECORDS V A SERVICE OF THE RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA / Carnegie Hall Announcements MARCH Tuesday Eve. Mar. 12—Fritz Kreisler, Violinist Wed. Eve. Mar. 13—Philharmonic-Symphony Society Thurs. Eve. Mar. 14—Boston Symphony Orchestra Friday Aft. Mar. 15—Philharmonic-Symphony Society Sat. Aft. Mar. 16—Boston Symphony Orchestra Saturday Eve. 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Mar. 31—Philharmonic-Symphony Society CARNEGIE HALL PROGRAM SEASON 1939-1940 FIRE NOTICE—Look around now and choose the nearest exit to your seat. In case of fire walk (not run) to that Exit. Do not try to beat your neighbor to the street. John J. McElligott, Fire Commissioner CARNEGIE HALL Monday Evening, March 11th, at 8:30 o’clock Seventh Event — Hurok Carnegie Hall Series S. HUROK Presents ARTUR RUBINSTEIN Program I. Chaconne ............................................... .Bach-Busoni Sonata, op. 81a, e flat..... ..................... ..... Beethoven . Farewell: Adagio—Allegro Absence: Andante expressivo Return: Vivacissimamente Program Continued on Second Page Following CARNEGIE HALL FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12th — SOLD OUT HOROWITZ REVISED PROGRAM Two Sonatas .................................................................... Scarlalti Sonata in E-flat major, Opus 31, No. 3.................... Beethoven Sonata in B-flat minor, Opus 35....................................Chopin Two Mazurkas ............................................................... Chopin E minor, Opus 41 C-sharp minor, Opus 41 Scarbo .......................................................................... Ravel Sonetto del Petrarca, No. 104 -> Au bord d’une source I........................................... Liszt Feux Follets (Etude) Orage J STANDING ROOM ON SALE 8 O'CLOCK NIGHT OF CONCERT (Steinway Piano) (Victor Records) Division: Concert Management Arthur Judson, Inc. PROGRAM CONTINUED Intermezzo, op. 118 Capriccio, op. 26 w ...............................................Brahms Rhapsody, op. 119 INTERMISSION II. Four Mazurkas, op. SI............................. K. Szymanowski (Dedicated to Mr. Rubinstein) Polka ............................................................... Shostakovich (From the ballet “The Golden Age”) PROGRAM CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE FOLLOWING 8 CARNEGIE HALL PROGP CARNEGIE HALL TOWN HALL Wednesday Eve., APRIL 17th, at 8:45 o'clock Thursday, March 14, 3 p.m. SCHOLA CANTORUM ALL-STRAVINSKYCONCER1 HUGH ROSS, Conductor auspices of the Committee for Relief in Allied Countries MRS. ROBERT WOODS BLISS, Chairman PROGRAM OF Featuring the First New York Performance of the Dumbarton Oaks SOUTH AMERICAN MUSIC Concerto by Sinfonia Biblica ............................Castro IGOR STRAVINSKY Maracatu .........................t....... Mignone played by Musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Composer conducting Choros No. 10........................Villa-Lobos Other Stravinsky Works-. Histoire du Soldat; Octuor (an octette for wind instruments) and Two Piano Concerto • to be played by the Composer and Adele Marcus. Tickets on Sale at Burden-Littell Bureau, Bonwit Tellers, Chorus of 200 — Distinguished Soloists Fifth Avenue at 56th Street. Telephone: ELdorado 5-6800 85 members of the Prices-. Boxes, seating 6—$75.00; Orchestra—$5.00, $3.00 and $2.50; Balcony—$1.50 and $1.00 NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Proceeds to be divided between general relief work and relief of musicians and their families in allied countries. Tickets at Box Office (Steinway Piano) Benefit Chairman-. Mrs. Charles H. Marshall Last Recital This Season TOWN HALL KREISLER Wednesday Eve., March 20th, at 8:30 o'clock CARNEGIE HALL Tuesday Evening, March 12 Tickets NOW at Box Office louis KAUFMAN Steinway Piano VIOLINIST With the Distinguished Assistance of LIZA ELMAN at the Piano Steinway Piano Assisted by Carroll Hollister, Accompanist Steinway Piano RCA Victor Records PROGRAM CONCLUDED Vision fugitive ...........................................Prokofieff Suggestion diabolique J Barcarolle, op. 60 .Chopin Nocturne, c sharp minor Polonaise, a flat, op. 53 Steinway Piano • Exclusive Management: HUROK ATTRACTIONS, INC., 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York City Final Event in the HUROK CARNEGIE HALL SERIES Tues. Eve., April 2—Mischa Elman 1939 Ninety-eighth Season 1940 THE PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK CARNEGIE HALL JOHN BARBIROLLI, Conductor • Wednesday Evening, March 13, at 8:45 Friday Afternoon, March 15, at 2:30 BYRD.......................Suite (Transcribed for Orchestra by Gordon Jacob) MOZART............................... Symphony No. 41, in C major ("Jupiter”) BERLIOZ ...................................................................... Fantastic Symphony Sunday Afternoon, March 17, at 3:00 Assisting Artists'. ROSALYN TURECK, Pianist - SIMEON BELLISON, Clarinetist VIVALDI-VENE.........................................................Concerto in A minor {First performance) BEETHOVEN.................. Piano Concerto in E-flat major ("Emperor”) BIZET....................................................................Suite from "L’Arlesienne” MOZART............................. Concerto Rondo for Clarinet and Orchestra {Arranged by Simeon Bellison) {First performance) WAGNER...................................................Prelude to "Die Meistersinger” Arthur Judson, Manager Bruno Zirato, Assistant Manager The Steinway is the Official Piano of The Philharmonic-Symphony Society Victor Records CARNEGIE HAI P. PROGRAM 8 ; An Innovation... i A distinct innovation among March musical offer About the Hall ings is "An Evening of Premieres,” an operatic con cert at Carnegie Hall, March 17, which will giv< In the drab days of March, it is a joy to look for­ music lovers an opportunity to "preview” three nev ward to Spring and with it the concerts of the New American operatic works. These are "Ramuntcho,’ Friends of Music at Carnegie Hall. a new Basque opera by Deems Taylor, distinguished music critic and radio commentator, whose previous The series was inaugurated last year with programs two operas, "The King’s Henchman” and "Peter featuring hitherto unknown compositions of Haydn Ibbetson,” were presented at the Metropolitan; which had been discovered and edited by Dr. Albert "Thorwald,” a first