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H. C. Burgess and his Orchestra
Relayed from the Rozel Bandstand, Madeira Cove, Weston-Super Mare.

Tchaikovsky, during a stay in Italy, gathered together some native folk-songs that he found in collections or heard in the streets, and made out of them an Italian Caprice, full of the spirit of peasants in rude health.
The opening Trumpet call is a reminiscence of the military music the Composer heard when he stayed near a barracks in Rome. Then various folk-songs are brought in. The last section of the work consists of a lively Tarantella. One of the folk-tunes looks in for a moment, and then the Tarantella is resumed, and the piece sweeps on to its conclusion.

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H. C. Burgess and his Orchestra

Harry Morton and his Blighty Box
A Musical Absurdity-The Meeting, Courtship and Wedding of a Pair of Cuckoos .. Morton

Wallace Cunningham (Entertainer)
Original Sketch, 'Whistling and Whistlers'

The Hawaiian guitar is a variation of the true Spanish guitar, and whereas the Spanish guitar is played with the fingers pressing on the fingerboard, the Hawaiian guitar is played with a special piece of steel pressing on the strings. The guitar Mr. Barker uses is nearly a hundred years old, and he composes most of the music he plays.

Wallace Cunningham
Original Musical Character Impressions-'All Sorts of Lovers'
I'm tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees Lew Brown and Cliff Friend

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Performer:
Harry Morton and his Blighty Box
Entertainer:
Wallace Cunningham

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