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...cause of the present neglect of poetry is that too many young ears confused the voice of the poets with the voice of their old English teacher. From England last fortnight an attempted corrective arrived in the U. S. Called The Voice of Poetry, it consists of six phonograph records* containing recordings of 30 English poems, recited by English Actress Edith Evans. A well-chosen anthology, it contains such favorite pieces as Shakespeare's sonnet ("When to the sessions of sweet silent thought . . ."), Blake's The Tiger, Lewis Carroll's Father William, John Masefield's Cargoes...
...this meeting he offered to play phonograph transcriptions of the play to the Council in order to prove that the play was "indecent," but his offer was rejected by Council President Thomas N. McNamara...
...years ago Carl Carmer, writer & folklorist (Stars Fell on Alabama, Listen for a Lonesome Drum)., put on a radio program called "Your Neck of the Woods." devoted to the folklore and folksongs of different States. From it sprang a plan to issue a comprehensive series of phonograph albums devoted to the songs of every State...
...phonograph recording executive named Ted Collins, believing she had better assets than her figure, put her in radio. Simplicity, Collins decided, would put her over. So her introduction became simply: "Hello everybody, this is Kate Smith"; her farewell: "Thanks for Listenin'." Soon Kate was giving a fine account of herself in CBS's then toughest spot, competing for listeners with NBC's Amos 'n' Andy. She dedicated programs to shut-ins, plugged firemen's benefits, camps for underprivileged, visited cripples, became radio's No. 1 Benefit Girl. To "expand her prestige...
...Some phonograph records are musical events. Each month TIME notes the noteworthy...