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Volume 1 (1940)

Number 1

  • Pages i-ii: Table of Contents
  • Page 1: Geoffrey Sharp, "Editorial"
  • Pages 2-23, Egon Wellesz, "The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler"
  • Pages 24-24b: "An Unpublished Letter of Mahler" [text transcription on page 24 and a facsimile of the latter on a separate page before page 25]
  • Pages 25-35: Cecil Gray, "Pietro Raimondi"
  • Pages 36-53: Otto Erich Deutsch (translated by Dr. K. Wood-Legh), "The Riddle of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony"
  • Pages 54-67: Paul Hirsch (translated by Percy H. Muir), "Some Early Mozart Editions"
  • Pages 68-71: W.J. Turner, "Artistic Direction"
  • Pages 72-78: Geoffrey Sharp, "Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto"
  • Page 79: Music Received and Books Received
  • Page 80: Book Review
    • G.N.S. [Geoffrey Sharp], A List of Books About Music by Percy Scholes, published by Oxford University Press
  • Pages 81-87: Gramophone Records
    • Page 81: Geoffrey Sharp, Beethoven: Variations in E flat major. Op. 35. Lili Kraus. Parlophone R 20470-72. 18s.
    • Pages 81-82: Geoffrey Sharp, Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major. Op. 60. The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. His Master's Voice DB 3896-99. 24s.
    • Pages 82-83: M.H. [Mary Houghton], Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 in F major. Op. 93. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam conducted by Prof. Dr. Willem Mengelberg. Telefunken SK 2760-2. 182.
    • Page 83: Geoffrey Sharp, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Op. 14. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Bruno Walter. His Master's Voice DB 3852-57. 36s.
    • Page 84: Geoffrey Sharp, Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eugen Jochum. Telefunken SK 3000-7. 48s.
    • Page 84: Geoffrey Sharp, Chopin: Scherzo in C sharp minor. Op. 39, No. 3. Claudio Arrau. Parlophone R 20469. 6s.
    • Pages 84-85: Geoffrey Sharp, Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (The London). The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 856-8.
    • Page 85: Geoffrey Sharp, Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major (The Haffner). The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 851-2/LXS 853.
    • Pages 85-86: Geoffrey Sharp, Schubert: String Quartet in B flat major. Op. 168. The Busch Quartet. His Master's Voice DB 3737-39.
    • Page 86: Sibelius Society, Volume Six. Contents: En Saga. Op. 9; Valse Triste. Op. 44; A Spring in the Park, Entr'acte, and The Death of Mélisande. Op. 46 from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande; In Memoriam. Op. 59; The Bard. Op. 64; Prelude. Op. 109a from the incidental music to The Tempest. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
    • Page 87: Geoffrey Sharp, Wagner: Overture―Rienzi; Berlioz: Marche Troyenne. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Felix Weingartner. Columbia LX 860-61.
  • Pages 88-89: London Concerts
    • Page 88: Geoffrey Sharp, Courtauld-Sargent Concert (October 21: Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • Page 88: Geoffrey Sharp, Royal Philharmonic Society Concerts (October 16 and November 23: Sir Thomas Beecham/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • Page 89: J.H. [John Hollingsworth], Westminster lunch time concert (December 6: Dr. Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • Page 89: Geoffrey Sharp, third Courtauld-Sargent concert (December 9: Dr. Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Pages 90-91: Mary Houghton, "Hallé Concerts Society: Season, 1939-1940"
  • Pages 92-93: Geoffrey Sharp, "Broadcasting"
  • Page 94: Geoffrey Sharp, "Enterprise"
    • The Maurice Miles String Orchestra
    • London Contemporary Music Centre

Number 2

  • Page 95: Geoffrey Sharp, "Editorial"
  • Pages 96-104: Adam Carse, "Fingering the Recorder"
  • Pages 105-122: T.C.L. Pritchard, "Franz Schubert"
  • Pages 123-143: Otto Erich Deutsch, "The First Editions of Brahms"
  • Pages 144-154: J.A. Westrup, "Monteverdi’s 'Lamento d’Arianna'"
  • Pages 155-158: Alec Rowley, "Four Hands, One Piano: A Short Résumé of Pianoforte Duets"
  • Pages 159-176: Eva Mary Grew, "Music and Morality"
  • Pages 177-178: Reviews of Music
    • Page 177: F.A. [Felix Aprahamian], Organ Prelude on a traditional Irish Air by Ethel Smyth, published by Boosey & Co.
    • Pages 177-178: E.W. [Egon Wellesz], String Quartet, Op. 28 by Anton Webern (Miniature Score), published by Hawkes & Son (Boosey & Hawkes)
  • Page 179: Music Received; Books Received
  • Pages 180-182: Gramophone Records
    • Page 180: Geoffrey Sharp, Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat. Op. 83. Wilhelm Backhaus and the Saxon State Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm. His Master's Voice DB 3930-35.
    • Page 180: Geoffrey Sharp, Chabrier: España. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.Columbia LX 880.
    • Pages 180-181: Mary Houghton, Liszt: Études de Concert: No. 2 in F minor. (La Leggierezza.) and No. 3 in D flat major. Louis Kentner. Columbia DX 960.
    • Page 181: Geoffrey Sharp, Mozart: Overtures, Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Le Nozze di Figaro. The Saxon State Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm. His Master’s Voice DB 4692.
    • Page 181: Mary Houghton, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky. (Narrator, Richard Hale.) His Master’s Voice DB 3900-3902.
    • Page 182: Geoffrey Sharp, Wagner: Die Walküre (Act II). Hans Hotter (Alfred Jerger), Marta Fuchs (Ella Flesch), Margarete Klose, Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann, Emanuel List. The Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler; and The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. His Master’s Voice DB 3719-28.
  • Pages 183-186: London Concerts
    • Page 183: Geoffrey Sharp, Maurice Miles String Orchestra Concert (January 26)
    • Page 183 Geoffrey Sharp, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Heathcote Statham with Myra Hess
    • Pages 183-184: Geoffrey Sharp, Courtauld-Sargent concert (February 17: Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra with Geoffrey Gilbert, Maurice Ward, Cedric Sharpe, and Frederick Riddle)
    • Page 184: Geoffrey Sharp, Royal Philharmonic Society Concert (February 27: Felix Weingartner/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • Page 185: Geoffrey Sharp, Courtauld-Sargent concert (March 16: Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • Page 185: Geoffrey Sharp, Sunday concert (March 31: Thomas Beecham/London Philharmonic Orchestra with Noel Mewton-Wood)
    • Page 186: Geoffrey Sharp, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Heinig, with Lev Pouishnoff (April 7)
    • Page 186: Geoffrey Sharp, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Basil Cameron, with Moura Lympany (April 9)
  • Pages 187-188: John F. Russell, "Hallé Concerts Society"
  • Pages 189-190: Quaver, "Music in Birmingham: September 1939 to March 1940"
  • Pages 191-192: Music in Liverpool
  • Page 192: Obituary: John Davies
  • Pages 193-194: Notes and Comments
  • Pages 195-196: Correspondence: Percy A. Scholes
  • Page 196: Errata

Number 3

  • Pages 197-198: Geoffrey Sharp, "Editorial: A Subsidy for Music?"
  • Pages 199-200: Ivor Brown, "The Function of C.E.M.A. (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts)"
  • Pages 201-213: Edward J. Dent, "The Teaching of Strict Counterpoint"
  • Pages 214-225: Martha Vidor, "Musical Notation in the light of Psychology: A Contribution to the Psychology of Reading Music"
  • Pages 226-244: John F. Russell, "Mozart and the Pianoforte: A Prelude to the Study of the Concertos"
  • Pages 245-254: Heathcote Statham, "Moeran's Symphony in G Minor"
  • Pages 255-278: Otto Erich Deutsch, "The First Editions of Brahms" [continued from the previous issue]
  • Pages 279-284: Alec Robertson, "The Fathers of the Church and Music"
  • Pages 285-286: Reviews of Music
    • Page 285: Edmund Rubbra, Les Illuminations for soprano or tenor voice and string orchestra by Benjamin Britten, published by Boosey and Hawkes. Full score, incorporating piano reduction. Concerto in B minor, Op. 3, No. 10 by Antonio Vivaldi, published by Hinrichsen Edition. Full score.
    • Pages 285-286: Edmund Rubbra, Tre Ricercari for full orchestra by Bohuslav Martinu, published by Universal Edition
    • Page 286: Felix Aprahamian, Concerto en sol mineur pour orgue, orchestre a cordes et timbales by Francis Poulenc, published by R. Deiss. Full score.
  • Pages 287-293: Book Reviews
    • Pages 287-290: C. B. Oldman, Die Haydn-Überlieferung by Jens Peter Larsen, published by Einar Munksgaard
    • Pages 290-292: Percy H. Muir, "Beethoven hears the Pibroch" [review of Haydn and Beethoven in Thomson’s Collections, Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, Vol. II, Pt. 1, Session, 1938-9, by Cecil Hopkinson and C.B. Oldman]
    • Page 293: Geoffrey Sharp, Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Fourth Edition, Five volumes with Supplementary volume; edited by H. C. Colles and published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd. in 1940
  • Pages 294-296: Gramophone Records
    • Page 294: Geoffrey Sharp, Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor. Op. 98. The Saxon State Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm. His Master’s Voice DB 4684-88 and DBS 4689.
    • Pages 294-295: Geoffrey Sharp, Haydn: Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in F-sharp minor, No. 3 in C, and No. 5 in E-flat. Lili Kraus, Simon Goldberg, and Anthony Pini. Parlophone (Limited Edition).
    • Page 295: Geoffrey Sharp, Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture. Op. 95. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 879.
    • Pages 295-296: Geoffrey Sharp, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A. K. 622. Reginald Kell and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent. His Master’s Voice C 3167-70.
    • Page 296: Mary Houghton, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor. Op. 64. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 869-873.
  • Pages 296-297: Geoffrey Sharp, "L'Oca del Cairo"
  • Pages 297-298: Correspondence: George F. Winternitz, "Mozart's Concerto-Rondo (K. 382)"
  • Page 298: Music Received; Books Received
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