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...while Tristan raved, U.S. listeners waited. From their radios came substitute music. Atmospheric conditions were not yet right. Then, amid buzzings and squawkings, came Tristan's voice and the shepherd's pipings which tell him that Isolde's ship is in sight. Although the orchestra (under Conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler) was less clear than the singers, reception improved during the last 20 minutes. Best voice was that of Basso Josef Manowarda (King Mark). Others: Tenor Gotthelf Pistor (Tristan), Soprano Nanny Larsen-Todsen (Isolde), Baritone Rudolph Bockelmann (Kurvenal...
...Conductor Albert Coates, who arrived in Manhattan fortnight ago to direct the Lewisohn Stadium concerts (TIME, Aug. 10), has broadcast many a radio program in England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R. Last week it became evident that he had listened to many a radio broadcast as well. Having conferred with Columbia Broadcasting System's wireless engineers and having experimented on his own in England, he had some observations and predictions to make about radio...
Glad was Conductor Coates to learn that another ear may soon be furnished to listeners to orchestral broadcasts, by the development of multiple impulses on radio carrier waves, worked out on the principle already perfected in wired telephony. In the future, orchestras may play for many microphones, scattered through the studio or auditorium to best acoustical advantage. The sum of the sounds they pick up should compare to present radio as a stereopticon view compares to a snapshot...
Martial law was matched against economic law in Oklahoma last week. The State's oil industry was the object of a dramatic experiment to see if rifles and machine guns can replace supply and demand as price fixers. Conductor of the experiment was Governor William Henry ("Cocklebur Bill") Murray, fresh from his Red River bridge war with Texas (TIME...
When Reiner leaves the Stadium, in will go Conductor Albert Coates, fresh from his Italian villa on Lake Maggiore. He spent the winter with the Moscow Grand Opera, made gramophone records in England this spring, brings to the U. S. a new Russian work-a suite from music to the comedy The Flea. It will be played at the Stadium along with his own suite from music to The Taming of the Shrew, intended for Max Reinhardt's forthcoming Berlin production...