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150 The Phonograph Monthly Review Ring Out, Wild Bells (Gounod) Edison, Victor. Nazareth (Gounod) Columbia, Edison, Victor. O Come All Ye Faithful, Columbia. Adeste Fideles, Columbia, Victor, Brunswick. ♦Birthday of a King (Neidlinger) Columbia, Edison. Hark! The Herald Angels (Mendelssohn), Brunswick, Col- umbia, Victor. Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Praetorius) Victor. Sing, 0 Heavens (Tours) Victor. Von Himmel Hoch (Luther) Victor. ♦Watchman, Tell Us of the Night (Mason) Victor. Gesu Bambino, Victor, Brunswick. Hosanna (Granier) Victor. Christmas Fantasy for Organ (Andrews) Victor. Star of the East, Victor, Columbia. Star of Bethlehem (Adams) Victor, Columbia. Christmas Hymns and Carols (Medleys) Brunswick, Colum- bia, Edison, Odeon, Victor. The editorial column of an important paper said recently that the most beautiful Christmas sermon which New York will hear this year was going to be preached in a certain Sunday after- noon in December at Town Hall. The preachers were to be the English Singers in a program of old English Christmas Carols. Most of the pieces they sing have been re- corded and the following list shows some of the material available: (All are from the H. M. V.—English Victor— catalogue) E 232—Lullaby (Byrd.) E 291—Magnificat (Byrd). E 305—Ave Verum (Byrd.) E 308—Good King Wenceslas. — —■ —■ < <5V E 309—Earth Today Rejoices (from Boughton’s “Bethlehem”) E 309—Holly and the Ivy. E 309—In the Ending of the Year. E 307—O Come All Ye Faithful. E 305—This Day Christ Was Born. E 300—In Dulci Jubilo. E 308—Wassail Song (arr. Vaughn Williams). The above are sung by the English Singers. To this must be added: E 366—Virgin’s Lullaby (Sung by Elsie Suddaby). Other unusual Christmas records are: Columbia (English) L 1678 Christmas Dance, “Sir Roger de Coverly,” played by the New Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Frank Bridge. H. M. V. D 833 Primo Responsorio Io Notturno Dell’ Ufficio di Natale sung by the Augustine Fathers in Rome. A brief mention might be made of Christmas in the works of the great composers, in addition to those already mentioned: Mendelssohn: Christus (Oratorio). Tchaikowsky: Caprice d’Oxane (Opera); Casse-Noisette (Suite for Orchestra). Brahms: Organ Prelude to “Lo How a Rose.” Schumann: Knecht Ruprecht (Piano). Liszt: Arbre de Noel (Piano); Christus (Oratorio). Rimsky-Korsakoff: Christmas Eve (Opera). Berlioz: Holy Family—“L’enfance du Christ”—(Oratorio). Rubinstein: Christus (Magic Kings incident). Wolfram: Christmas Mysterium. Boughton: Bethlehem. Saint-Saens: Oratorio de Noel. Cornelius: Cycle of Christmas Songs. (Christmas does not seem to have evoked any musical expression from Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, or Schubert.) ‘Recorded Symphony Tro^rams d5he Standard Orchestral ^Repertory in the Concert Hall and in the Home T HE response of the Managers and Conduc- tors of the American Symphony Orchestras to the request of The Phonograph Month- ly Review for co-operation has been immediate and most cordial. So many programs have come in and the feature has proved to be of so wide a scope that the readers of the magazine must be asked to await its full development until suf- ficient time is allowed to make the necessary preparations. It must be remembered that there are over thirty-six recorded symphonies now is- sued, many in from three to six versions. In ad- dition there are tone poems, concertos, suites, overtures, operatic extracts, short orchestral pieces, well over three hundred in number at the least. These works figure constantly in the reper- tories of the American Symphony Orchestras and often are played by several orchestras in the same month. Until all this overwhelming amount of material can be classified and made ready for publication perhaps our readers will be patient. In the mean- time they may find the following extracts from the letters received from Conductors and Man- agers of interest. ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Enrico Leide, Conductor Atlanta, Ga. Editor, The Phonograph Monthly Review: Your letters have been referred to my desk. We very much appreciate your interest in what we are doing and offer sincere regrets that both your letters have gone so long with- out response. Under separate cover, I am sending program of the first and second concerts of our 1926-1927 Series. These concerts take place on alternate Sunday afternoons at Loew’s Grand Theatre. One concert is known as a “Classical” and the other as a “Popular.” We also go on the air through WSB Station (“The Voice of the South”). Our programs come off the press the Saturday just preceed- ing the concert. I will be pleased to send you one each time. The December issue of the Phonograph Monthly Review is most attractive, interesting and instructive—most, pleasing for desk reference. My personal thanks for the copy. Assuring you of our appreciation of your liberal interest in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and our desire to co- operate with you, I am, Cordially, (Signed) H. Knox Spain. Librarian, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.