"Because You're Here" is a colloquial song which Edward Johnson sings fine, distinguished style, the voice enriched rather than supported by the swelling tones of the orchestra. It tells of reunion after absence. Home is once again "Sweet Home" because the loved one has returned. Absence has made the heart grow fonder, and the fondness is to have its reward. This is a splendid record both in sentiment and in singing.

Mischa Elman has chosen for August a "Contradanse" by Beethoven, which is delicate, tripping, playful, filled with the spirit of the dance, but also exhibits the rugged strength that underlies everything Beethoven wrote. Double-stops appear, and exquisite, sparkling harmonies, while the accompanying piano here and there imitates fragments of melody in playful counter-point. Elman is here at his best in a solo instrument.

Salvi Makes the Harp a Solo Instrument
Alberto Salvi's first Victor Record, "Mother Machree" and "Scherzo in B Flat" appears in August. His instrument, of special design and enormous size, took three years to construct. He has broken all precedent in this country by successfully concerting just as a great singer or violinist does. In both these numbers, a first bearing will reveal, even to the unskilled music lover, a new and remarkable force in the instrumental music of the century. 