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...caught last half of House's chamber music concert. The novelty on the program was Wenzel Matiegka's charming if uninspired trio for flute, viola and guitar, with 'cello part added by Schubert; ensemble a bit ragged, but guitarist Richard Zaffron contributed delightfully quaint twanging and strumming. Flutist Karl Kraber ended concert by deftly tossing off virtuoso solo part in Telemann's sturdy A-Minor suite for flute, strings and continuo...
Another unusual piece was a Suite for Flute and Guitar by Kaspar Furstenau, a contemporary of Beethoven. Its rather uninteresting music was partially redeemed by the sparkling flute playing of Karl Kraber, and the rare use of a guitar as the accompanying instrument. Richard Zaffron handled this part adequately, but with a curious disinclination to dampen a string once sounded...
...arrangements, sung with spirit, of The Boatmen's Dance, The Dodger and I Bought Me a Cat. Other interesting home products can be heard in "Music in America's" Early American Psalmody (the Margaret Dodd Singers) and Ballads in Colonial America (sung by Jean Ritchie and Tony Kraber; New Records, 4 sides LP). Recordings: good...