Incorporating . VOX • THE RADIO CRITIC . BROADCAST REVIEW

JULY 1969

VOL. XLVII

No. 554

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Index to Reviews A Quarterly Retrospect by Desmond Shawe-Taylor Gerald Moore talks to Alan Blyth . • Here an.1 There with Roger Wimbush Reviews-Orchestral . .

-Chamber -Instrumental ..... -Choral and Song -Opera -Gerald Moore at 70 -Spoken Word -Documentary -Classical Reissues Nights at the Round Table " Keeping Track . . Jazz Reviews Audio: All about batteries

: Equipment Reviews . . : Talk : News . . Magazine/Record Review Books and Records Received Correspondence Editorial Notes Deletions Federation and SOciety Notes

118 129 132 139 146 175 176 181 188 189 190 197 197 205 207 213 219 220 224 225 226 145 226 227 227 228

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