Index to 'Ragging The Classics'

Index to John Sam Lewis' 'Ragging The Classics' column in Record Research Magazine


© David Diehl 1996

ddiehl@tstc.edu


Albeniz, Isaac
The Pupils of Franz Liszt
R/R 237/238 Nov. 1988 p.5
Bartok, Bela
The Centenarians [Part One] Mssrs. Bartok, Stravinsky, Petri, Grainger, and Enesco
R/R 193/4 Oct. 1982 p.8
Brahms, Johannes
A Whisper from the Past! Joseph Joachim Part Three
R/R 189/190 Mar./Apr. 1982 p.9 (Johannes Brahms)
Beecham, Thomas
The Beecham Celebration Part One
R/R 171/2 Mar. 1980 p.12

Beecham, Thomas
The Beecham Celebration Part Two
R/R 173/4 June 1980 p.12

Beecham, Thomas
The Beecham Celebration Part Three
R/R 175/6 Sept. 1980 p.12

Beecham, Thomas
The Beecham Celebration Part Four
R/R 177/8 Nov. 1980 p.12-13
Berger, Julius
Discographical Serendipity; Julius Berger Cellist Part One
R/R 243/244 May/June 1990 p.8 (Carl Lindstrom labels, Ariel Records, composer credits of Berger's Parlophones)

Berger, Julius
Discographical Serendipity; Julius Berger Cellist Part Two
R/R 245/246 Jan. 1991 p.8 (Parlophones attributed to Emanuel Feuerman)
Casals, Pablo
Remembering 1976; Josef Hoffman and Bruno Walter; Pablo Casals and Lionel Tertis
R/R 144/5 Mar. 1977 p.8, 10 (see Schelling for part two)
Carreno, Teresa
The Pupils of Liszt; Eugen d'Albert [part one]
R/R 239/240 Apr. 1989 p.7 (Teresa Carreno, Andreas Weissgerber)
Case, Anna
Three Pioneers of Recording Anna Case, Frieder Weissmann, Samuel Gardner in Retrospect
R/R 211/2 Feb. 1985 p.9-11
Coates, Albert
Exotic Foreigners; Albert Coates and Elly Ney [part two]
R/R 199/200 June 1983 p. 12 (see Samaroff for part one)
Cortot, Alfred
Three Pianist-Conductors; Rudolf Ganz, Alfred Cortot, Erno Dohnanyi [part one] R/R 155/6 July 1978 p.11 (see Dohnanyi for part two)
d'Albert, Eugen
The Pupils of Liszt; Eugen d'Albert [part one]
R/R 239/240 Apr. 1989 p.7 (Teresa Carreno, Andreas Weissgerber)

d'Albert, Eugen
The Pupils of Liszt; Eugen d'Albert [part two]
R/R 241/242 Sept./Oct. 1989 p.8 (Corrections to Methuen-Campbell's Catalogue of Recordings by Classical Pianists)
de Kerekjarto, Duci
A Preliminary Checklist of the Recordings of Duci de Kerekjarto
R/R 237/8 Nov. 1988 p.12-13

de Kerekjarto, Duci
An Addition and a Correction
R/R 237/8 Nov. 1988 p.5
Dohnanyi, Erno
Three Pianist-Conductors; Rudolf Ganz, Alfred Cortot, Erno Dohnanyi [part two]
R/R 155/6 July 1978 p.11 (see Cortot for part one)
Dorfman, Ania
Tears of Joy
R/R 207/8 June 1984 p.7 (Mendelssohn Songs Witout Words)

Dorfman, Ania
Ania Dorfman 1899-1984
R/R 209/210 Oct. 1984 p.8-9 (Toscanini)
Enesco, Georges
The Centenarians Part Two; Exit Percy Grainger, Entry Georges Enesco!!
R/R 195/6 Jan. 1983 p.14 (Yehudi Menuhin, Dinu Lipatti)(see Petri for part one)
Feuerman, Emanuel
Discographical Serendipity; Julius Berger Cellist Part Two
R/R 245/246 Jan. 1991 p.8 (Parlophones attributed to Emanuel Feuerman)
Friedheim, Arthur
Arthur Friedheim's recording of "If I Were a Bird" and "The Banjo" on Unissued Columbia Matrix 38723
R/R 237/8 Nov. 1988 p.5
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip
Ossip Gabrilowitsch the Poet of the Piano
R/R 151/2 Jan. 1978 p.13
Ganz, Rudolf
Three Pianist-Conductors; Rudolf Ganz, Alfred Cortot, Erno Dohnanyi [part two]
R/R 155/6 July 1978 p.11 (see Cortot for part one)
Gardner, Samuel
The Violinists; Samuel Gardner
R/R 213/4 May 1985 p.11-12

Gardner, Samuel
Three Pioneers of Recording Anna Case, Frieder Weissmann, Samuel Gardner in Retrospect
R/R 211/2 Feb. 1985 p.9-11

Gardner, Samuel
An Addition and a Correction
R/R 237/8 Nov. 1988 p.5
Gluck, Alma
Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985) Part One
R/R 221/2 Apr. 1986 p.8-9 (Alma Gluck)
Grainger, Percy
The Centenarians Part Two; Exit Percy Grainger, Entry Georges Enesco!!
R/R 195/6 Jan. 1983 p.14 (Yehudi Menuhin, Dinu Lipatti)(see Petri for part one)
Hoffman, Josef
Remembering 1976; Josef Hoffman and Bruno Walter; Pablo Casals and Lionel Tertis
R/R 144/5 Mar. 1977 p.8, 10 (see Schelling for part two)
Joachim, Joseph
A Whisper from the Past! Joseph Joachim Part One
R/R 185/6 Oct. 1981 p.10 (was he the first violinist ever to record?)

Joachim, Joseph
A Whisper from the Past! Joseph Joachim Part Two
R/R 187/8 Dec. 1981 p.10

Joachim, Joseph
A Whisper from the Past! Joseph Joachim Part Three
R/R 189/190 Mar./Apr. 1982 p.9 (Johannes Brahms)
Kreisler, Fritz
Fritz Kreisler the First 100 Years (1875-1975)
R/R 139/140 May/June 1976 p.9, 10
Kubelik, Jan
Jan Kubelik and Jacques Thibaud Part One
R/R 179/180 Feb. 1981 p.9, 23
Landowska, Wanda
The First Lady of the Keyboard Part One
R/R 163/4 May/June 1979 p.9

Landowska, Wanda
The First Lady of the Keyboard Part Two
R/R 165/6 Aug. 1979 p.13-14
Liggins, Ethel
Exotic Foreigners [part one]
R/R 197/8 Mar./Apr. 1983 p.10-11 (Ethel Liggins [Leganska], Leopold Stokowski, Albert Coates)
Lipatti, Dinu
The Centenarians Part Two; Exit Percy Grainger, Entry Georges Enesco!!
R/R 195/6 Jan. 1983 p.14 (Yehudi Menuhin, Dinu Lipatti)(see Petri for part one)
Liszt, Franz
The Pupils of Franz Liszt
R/R 235/6 June 1988 p.5 (All pupils known to have recorded, rejected Arthur Friedheim Columbia mx.)

Liszt, Franz
The Pupils of Franz Liszt
R/R 237/238 Nov. 1988 p.5

Liszt, Franz
The Pupils of Liszt; Eugen d'Albert [part one]
R/R 239/240 Apr. 1989 p.7 (Teresa Carreno, Andreas Weissgerber)

Liszt, Franz
The Pupils of Liszt; Eugen d'Albert [part two]
R/R 241/242 Sept./Oct. 1989 p.8 (Corrections to Methuen-Campbell's Catalogue of Recordings by Classical Pianists)
MacMillen, Francis
Francis MacMillen, the Man from Marietta Part One
R/R 229/230 June 1987 p.12 (Ignace Jan Paderewski)

MacMillen, Francis
Francis MacMillen, the Man from Marietta Part Two
R/R 231/2 Oct. 1987 p.11 (Brooks Morris)

MacMillen, Francis
Francis MacMillen, the Man from Marietta Part Three
R/R 233/4 Feb. 1988 p.12 (corrected birth & death dates)

Mengelberg, Willem
Straussian Reissues; Mengelberg's "Hero's Life"
R/R 161/2 Feb./Mar. 1979 p.11 (Richard Strauss on music rolls)
Menuhin, Yehudi
The Centenarians Part Two; Exit Percy Grainger, Entry Georges Enesco!!
R/R 195/6 Jan. 1983 p.14 (Yehudi Menuhin, Dinu Lipatti)(see Petri for part one)
Morris, Brooks
Francis MacMillen, the Man from Marietta Part Two
R/R 231/2 Oct. 1987 p.11 (Brooks Morris)
Moses, Julian Morton
Collectors' Guide
R/R 157/8 Sept. 1978 p.6-7 (review of "Collectors' Guide to American Recordings, 1895-1925)
Ney, Elly
Exotic Foreigners; Albert Coates and Elly Ney [part two]
R/R 199/200 June 1983 p. 12 (see Samaroff for part one)
Paderewski, Ignace Jan
Francis MacMillen, the Man from Marietta Part One
R/R 229/230 June 1987 p.12 (Ignace Jan Paderewski)
Pavillion Records
The Pearl Violin Reissues
R/R 191/2 July 1982 p.9, 14
Petri, Egon
The Centenarians [Part One] Mssrs. Bartok, Stravinsky, Petri, Grainger, and Enesco
R/R 193/4 Oct. 1982 p.8
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
First Edition
R/R 159/160 Dec. 1978 p.9
Rosenthal, Moriz
Moriz Rosenthal's Canadian Victor Album M 338 vs. the U. S. Victor M 338
R/R 237/238 Nov. 1988 p.5
Samaroff, Olga [r. n. Luci Hickelooper]
Exotic Foreigners [part one]
R/R 197/8 Mar./Apr. 1983 p.10-11 (Ethel Liggins [Leganska], Leopold Stokowski, Albert Coates)
Schelling, Ernest
Remembering 1976; Ernest Schelling and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari [part two]
R/R 146/7 May/June 1977 p.13,16 (see Hoffman for part one)
Stokowski, Leopold
Exotic Foreigners [part one]
R/R 197/8 Mar./Apr. 1983 p.10-11 (Ethel Liggins [Leganska], Leopold Stokowski, Albert Coates)

Stokowski, Leopold
Stokowski The Centenarian?
R/R 149/150 Oct. 1977 p.4,12
Stolz, Robert
Robert Stolz Seven Decades of Recording
R/R 142 Sept. 1976 p.10
Strauss, Richard
Straussian Reissues; Mengelberg's "Hero's Life"
R/R 161/2 Feb./Mar. 1979 p.11 (Richard Strauss on music rolls)
Stravinsky, Igor
The Centenarians [Part One] Mssrs. Bartok, Stravinsky, Petri, Grainger, and Enesco
R/R 193/4 Oct. 1982 p.8
Tertis, Lionel
Remembering 1976; Josef Hoffman and Bruno Walter; Pablo Casals and Lionel Tertis
R/R 144/5 Mar. 1977 p.8, 10 (see Schelling for part two)
Thibaud, Jacques
Jan Kubelik and Jacques Thibaud Part Two
R/R 181/2 Apr. 1981 p.11, 24
Toscanini, Arturo
Ragging the Classics
R/R 137/8 Feb./Mar 1976 p.7 (Toscanini's first records and Lewis's first article)

Toscanini, Arturo
Ania Dorfman 1899-1984
R/R 209/210 Oct. 1984 p.8-9 (Toscanini)
Violinists
Early Violinists-First Installment
R/R 167/8 Oct. 1979 p.12
Vivaldi, Antonio
Plus Ca Change
R/R 203/4 Dec. 1983 p.10 (Actually a discussion of changing listening habits)
Walter, Bruno Remembering 1976; Josef Hoffman and Bruno Walter; Pablo Casals and Lionel Tertis
R/R 144/5 Mar. 1977 p.8, 10 (see Schelling for part two)

Weissgerber, Andreas
The Pupils of Liszt; Eugen d'Albert [part one]
R/R 239/240 Apr. 1989 p.7 (Teresa Carreno, Andreas Weissgerber)
Weissmann, Frieder
Three Pioneers of Recording Anna Case, Frieder Weissmann, Samuel Gardner in Retrospect
R/R 211/2 Feb. 1985 p.9-11
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
Remembering 1976; Ernest Schelling and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari [part two]
R/R 146/7 May/June 1977 p.13,16 (see Hoffman for part one)
Zimbalist, Efrem
Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985) Part One
R/R 221/2 Apr. 1986 p.8-9 (Alma Gluck)

Zimbalist, Efrem
Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985) Part Two
R/R 223/4 Aug. 1986 p.9

Zimbalist, Efrem
Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985) Part Three
R/R 225/6 Nov. 1986 p.2
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