Word: stringes
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Many a music student or musical amateur has itched to play a part in a fine symphony orchestra or string quartet. To give such amateurs a chance to play in professional company, a Viennese violinist named Fritz Rothschild four years ago invented a new kind of phonograph record. With other able professionals, Rothschild recorded standard classical quartets and sonatas. Each record was made with one part missing. For violinists he made a violinless quartet, for cello players a cello-less one. By playing one of these records, the lone amateur violinist or cellist could dub in his part as best...
...Violinist Rothschild sold the idea, and a number of his old recordings, to Columbia. Columbia repressed some of the old Rothschild discs, made some new ones, last week issued a catalogue of "Add-a-Part" records, including pianoless and violinless sonatas for violin and piano, celloless and violaless string quartets. Columbia officials were bullish on their venture, foresaw Krupaless and Goodmanless hot records, possibly sololess "Sweet Adeline's" for lonely drinkers...
...York Rangers, over the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1; extending their unbeaten string to 19 games; surpassing the record (18 unbeaten games) set twelve years ago by the Montreal Canadiens. Next night the Chicago Black Hawks snapped the Rangers' string...
...Salla front, to protect themselves against surprise attacks, the Russians began to string barbed wire from tree to tree in front of their dugouts, hoping to entangle Finnish skiers, who usually attack at night...
...visitors broke this early 7 to 7 tie with a vengeance and rolled up an insurmountable 32 to 15 halftime lead. The Feslermen were better organized and played improved basketball after the intermission, but the smooth working Cadets were never in danger. The first-string performers played less than half of the final period...