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The GRAMOPHONE

June 193 9

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JUNE 1939

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4 SPRING-AND A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY

W . S. Meadmore

5 WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC WANT 1

Joseph Szigeti

6 TURN TABLE TALK 7 AND PULLED OUT A PLUM

Alex McLachlan

8 BOYD NEEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA Hugh Liversidge 9 SCHUMANN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO Mary Houghton 10 LONDON MUSIC FESTIVAL, 1939 Cedric Wallis 11 SECOND REVIEWS W.RA 12 ANALYTICAL NOTES AND FIRST REVIEWS 23 MISCELLANEOUS AND DANCE Bohemian

27 SWING MUSIC

Edgar Jackson

31 TECHNICAL REPORTS 33 PREPARING FOR RADIOLYMPIA 35 ANTONIO SCOTTI

39 BLANCHE MARCHESI

H. Hugh Harvey

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40 AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

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43 SCHOOL GRAMOPHONE NOTES

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