"Tom Jones"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 15, 25 October 1929, Page 7

"Tom Jones"

ee To be Broadcast by 3YA NEXT Wednesday evening, October 30, at 8YA, the light opera "Tom Jones" (by Sir Edward German) will be presented. All the principal numbers will be sung. The cast will be supplied by the members of the Salon. Quartet: Soprano, Sophia, Miss Corrie Aslin; contralto, Honour, Miss Dulcie Mitchell; tenor, Squire Western, Mr. H. Blakeley; baritone, Tom Jones, Mr.’ Graham Young. Sir Edward German. the composer, was once a member of a theatre orchestra, then musical director at the Globe. To-day he stands high as a great English composer, and gained a well-deserved recognition in the last Honours List!) When Richard Mansfield produced "Richard IIL" at the Globe, German wrote the overture and incidental music. It was quickly realised that in this one-time student of the R.A.M., England had found .a new ‘composer. The "Richard III’ music was soon played at the big music fesfivals. In 1890 German had his Symphony in BE Minor (which we seldom hear in these days) given at the Crystal Palace. In 1892 his "Henry VIII Dances," composed for Irving’s production of the play at the Lyceum Theatre, placed him irremovably in the front rank, After this he wrote a good deal of charming light orchestral music’ and several light operas-among them "Tom Jones," "A Princess of Kensington," and "Merrie England."