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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver

11.20 HISTORY I. Great People and Great Events. Goldsmith (1728-1774),' by Jo Manton. A poor Irishman in London wins fame by his pen

11.40 FOURTH-FORM FEATURES. A programme by Hilton Brown about some of the books he saw at the exhibition ' Children's Books of Yesterday '

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Jo Manton
Unknown:
Hilton Brown

HOW THINGS BEGAN. Learning to Write.' by Rhoda Power. Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphic and hieratic writing. The BBC ' Observer from the Past ' visits a Sumerian school
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. Dramatic Biography: 'Charles Dickens , by Penelope Knox. Particular reference to the writer's use of recollection of his own childhood and early life

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Charles Dickens

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on gramophone records
Reverie (Balakirev): Louis Kentner
(piano)
Oh do not sing again (Rachmaninoff):
Vladimir Rosing , accompanied by Hans Gellhorn
How fair th's spot (Rachmaninoff):
Oda Slobodskaya, accompanied by Ivor Newton
In the silent night (Rachmaninoff):
Vladimir Rosing , accompanied by Hans Gellhorn
Mazurka No 6. in A flat (Balakirev):
Lou's Kentner (piano)

Contributors

Piano:
Louis Kentner
Unknown:
Vladimir Rosing
Accompanied By:
Hans Gellhorn
Accompanied By:
Ivor Newton
Unknown:
Vladimir Rosing
Accompanied By:
Hans Gellhorn

(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Michael Ayrton , painter and critic ; Robert Boothby , M.P.; Mary Agnes Hamilton ; Dr. C. E. M. Joad ; Bertrand Russell. Question-Master, Donald McCul lough

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Robert Boothby
Unknown:
Mary Agnes Hamilton
Unknown:
Dr. C. E. M. Joad
Question-Master:
Bertrand Russell.
Question-Master:
Donald McCul

Tonight, as Frederick Grisewood turns the pages, listeners will hear Wieniawski's 'Legend' for violin and orchestra, Liddle's celebrated setting for contralto of 'Abide with Me,' the part songs 'The Young May Moon' and 'Nobody knows de trouble I see,' together with music that includes the waltz from Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Sleeping Princess,' and the - today rarely heard - 'War March of the Priests' from Mendelssohn's 'Athalie.' Music Album is produced by Gwen Williams and Harold Neden, with Mariorie Thomas (contralto), David McCallum (violin). The BBC Theatre Chorus and BBC Theatre Orchestra are conducted by John Clements

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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