Special Schubert Number

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 26, 11 January 1929, Page 7

Special Schubert Number

"THE latest isssue of "Radio Times" (England) to hand, November 16, 1928, is a Special Schubert Centenary, Number. The publication is a very fine one and does its publishers great eredit. Lovers of this great master will find great difficulty in obtaining a finer, more concise account of the life and works of Schubert than is contained in this issue, especially considering that it sells at but a few pence. Among the very fine articles ig one "A Biography in Miniature" (and # is not so "miniature" either). This article, dealing with all the stages of the life of the great musician, is profusely illustrated by reproductions from a collection of lino-cuts made by F. B. Harnack. These alone are very fine, and something quite unusual for a radio publication. Another article, by R. Capell, muste critic of the "Daily Mail," "The Songs of Schubert," is intensely interesting and is a very concise account of this important aspect of Schubert’s writings. The accompanying reproduction depicts the manuscript of one of the master’s earliest songs. For the gramophone enthusiasts a special article, "Schubert on the Ree cords," is presented, ‘suitably (itlustrated. The issue, in a special cover, &% worthy of a place on the magazine she of any music lover.