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Phonograph Monthly Review

January 30, 2023

Music Lovers' Phonograph Monthly Review (PMR) was an American magazine for record enthusiasts founded in Jamaica Plain, Boston, by Axel B. Johnson.[1] The first issue was dated October 1926 (Vol., no. 1)[a] – three years, six months after the first issue of Gramophone, a similar magazine founded in London by Compton MacKenzie.[2][3] As put by George Wilson Oman (1895–1947) – an Edinburgh-born Chicago-based telegraph operator and organizer of the Phonograph Art Society of Chicago[4] – "This magazine is to the United States what the Gramophone is to Great Britain and bids fair in its splendidly edited pages to rival the Gramophone."[5][6] The magazine ran for 66 issues – six and one-half years – ending March 1932 (Vol. 6, no. 6), under financial duress during the Great Depression.[7] Although, the suspension of the April and May 1932 issues has been attributed to, according to Gramophone magazine, "a misfortune of which we have only just heard from an American reader." "He says that the Editor, Mr. Axel Johnson, was kidnapped late in March, 'robbed, beaten unconscious and thrown from a speeding auto­mobile.'"[8] PMR – through the succession of Music Lovers' Guide (1932–1935) and The American Music Lover (1935–1944) – is considered the forerunner to the American Record Guide.[9][10][11]

Music Lovers'
Phonograph Monthly Review
EditorAxel B. Johnson
FrequencyMonthly
Publisher
The Phonograph Publishing Co., Inc.
FounderAxel B. Johnson
First issueOctober 1, 1926 (1926-10-01) (Vol. 1, no. 1)
CountryUnited States
Based inJamaica Plain, Boston
LanguageEnglish
OCLC11380159

History

The magazine launch occurred (i) one year, three months after Columbia (May 1925) and (ii) ten months after Victor (November 2, 1925; "Victor Day") debuted their new systems – orthophonic (electrical) recording technology[12] – electronically-amplified sound developed by Bell Labs-Western Electric in an effort to replace the limited properties of the acoustic recording horn. The mid-1920s was also the beginning of the Golden Age of Radio and prior to the introduction of the new technology, consumer demand for old-style phonographs waned in favor of radios.

Reviews of recordings were first published in 1906 in Berlin by Phonographische Zeitschrift (de);[11] but, The Gramophone, in England, and the Phonograph Monthly Review, in North America, were the first non-record label periodicals that focused primarily on reviewing musical recordings.[13]

In 1932, Axel B. Johnson and R.D. Darrell purchased the Music Lovers' Guide.[9] The magazine ran monthly for 31 issues, from September 1932 (Vol. 1, no. 1) through March 1935 (Vol. 3, no. 7).[14][15][b]

Phonograph Monthly Review (digitized online)

  • Johnson, Axel B. (ed.). "Music Lovers' Phonograph Monthly Review". Jamaica Plain, Boston: The Phonograph Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher). {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) LCCN unk84135656; OCLC 11380159 (all editions), OCLC 1762297 (all editions) & 499264168.
    Axel B. Johnson, Managing Editor ↓
    1. Vol. 1, no. 1. October 1926 – via Google Books.  
    2. Vol. 1, no. 2. November 1926 – via Google Books.  
    3. Vol. 1, no. 3. December 1926 – via Google Books.  
    4. Vol. 1, no. 4. January 1927 – via Google Books.  
    5. Vol. 1, no. 5. February 1927 – via Google Books.  
    6. Vol. 1, no. 6. March 1927 – via Google Books.  
    7. Vol. 1, no. 7. April 1927 – via Google Books.  
    8. Vol. 1, no. 8. May 1927 – via Google Books.  
    9. Vol. 1, no. 9. June 1927 – via Google Books.  
    10. Vol. 1, no. 10. July 1927 – via Google Books.  
    11. Vol. 1, no. 11. August 1927 – via Google Books.  
    12. Vol. 1, no. 12. September 1927 – via Google Books.  
    13. Vol. 2, no. 1. October 1927 – via Internet Archive.  
    14. Vol. 2, no. 2. November 1927 – via Internet Archive.  
    15. Vol. 2, no. 3. December 1927 – via Internet Archive.  
    16. Vol. 2, no. 4. January 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    17. Vol. 2, no. 5. February 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    18. Vol. 2, no. 6. March 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    19. Vol. 2, no. 7. April 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    20. Vol. 2, no. 8. May 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    21. Vol. 2, no. 9. June 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    22. Vol. 2, no. 10. July 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    23. Vol. 2, no. 11. August 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    24. Vol. 2, no. 12. September 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    25. Vol. 3, no. 1. October 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    26. Vol. 3, no. 2. November 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    27. Vol. 3, no. 3. December 1928 – via Internet Archive.  
    28. Vol. 3, no. 4. January 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    29. Vol. 3, no. 5. February 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    30. Vol. 3, no. 6. March 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    31. Vol. 3, no. 7. April 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    32. Vol. 3, no. 8. May 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    33. Vol. 3, no. 9. June 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    34. Vol. 3, no. 10. July 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    35. Vol. 3, no. 11. August 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    36. Vol. 3, no. 12. September 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    37. Vol. 4, no. 1. October 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    38. Vol. 4, no. 2. November 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    39. Vol. 4, no. 3. December 1929 – via Internet Archive.  
    40. Vol. 4, no. 4. January 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    41. Vol. 4, no. 5. February 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    42. Vol. 4, no. 6. March 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    43. Vol. 4, no. 7. April 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    Axel B. Johnson, Associate Editor
    Robert Donaldson Darrell, Managing Editor ↓
    1. Vol. 4, no. 8. May 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    2. Vol. 4, no. 9. June 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    3. Vol. 4, no. 10. July 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    4. Vol. 4, no. 11. August 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    5. Vol. 4, no. 12. September 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
Phonograph Monthly Review (name change) ↓
New art deco cover, designed by Emma Cartwright Bourne (1906–1986),[16] featuring abstract images of discs and an acoustic tonearm with soundbox rather than an electrical pickup.
    1. Vol. 5, no. 1. October 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    2. Vol. 5, no. 2. November 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    3. Vol. 5, no. 3. December 1930 – via Internet Archive.  
    4. Vol. 5, no. 4. January 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    5. Vol. 5, no. 5. February 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    6. Vol. 5, no. 6. March 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    Axel B. Johnson, Associate Editor
    Robert Donaldson Darrell, Editor ↓
    1. Vol. 5, no. 7. April 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    2. Vol. 5, no. 8. May 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    3. Vol. 5, no. 9. June 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    4. Vol. 5, no. 10. July 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    Robert Donaldson Darrell, Editor
    Axel B. Johnson, Business Manager ↓
    1. Vol. 5, no. 11. August 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    2. Vol. 5, no. 12. September 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    3. Vol. 6, no. 1. October 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    Axel B. Johnson, Managing Editor ↓
    1. Vol. 6, no. 2. November 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    2. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1931 – via Internet Archive.  
    3. Vol. 6, no. 4. January 1932 – via Internet Archive.  
    4. Vol. 6, no. 5. February 1932 – via Internet Archive.  
    Axel B. Johnson, Managing Editor
    Adolph A. Biewend, Associate Editor ↓
    1. Vol. 6, no. 6. March 1932 – via Internet Archive.  

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The Google Books versions were digitized from originals held at the Stanford University Libraries
The Internet Archive versions were uploaded in August 2016 by the National Recording Preservation Board

Editors and contributors

  • Axel B. Johnson (born around 1874)[18][19][20] – founder, publisher, and Managing Editor of PMR – had been for a brief time secretary of the Boston Gramophone Society.[21] He often signed his articles, "A.B.J." Robert Donaldson Darrell, Johnson's assistant and staff writer, took over as Managing Editor in 1930 after Johnson stepped down after his wife, Johanne (aka Johanna) Johnson (1877–1929), died in Jamaica Plain November 13, 1929. Their residence, at the time, was 47 Hampstead, Jamaica Plain.[22][23] Johnson had previously, from about 1922 to about 1926, been a barber in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston. Before that, in 1921, he lived in Pascoag, Rhode Island.[24]
  • Richard Gilmore Appel (1889–1975), Literary Editor and contributor, was head of the Music Division at the Boston Public Library.
  • Adolf Albert Biewend (1899–1953), born in Jamaica Plain, was Associate Editor and contributor since 1926. He was a 1925 graduate of Northeastern University. He became an attorney. His father, Rev. Adolf Heinrich Angelo Biewent (1814–1919), founded in 1871 the German Lutheran Church in Roxbury, and was its pastor until 1914. His mother, Elizabeth H. Biewend (1869–1941), had been an instructor at Wellesley College.
  • Emma Cartwright Bourne (maiden; 1906–1986), born in Norfolk, Connecticut, a painter and etcher, designed a new cover for PMR, beginning with Vol. 5, no. 1 (October 1930),[25] issued days after marrying – on September 30, 1930, in Arlington, Massachusetts – PMR's managing editor, Robert Donaldson Darrell. They divorced in 1936. Bourne was a 1927 graduate of Vassar College, the alma mater of her mother, Edith Louise Hunter (maiden; 1877–1950) (class of 1900).[26] Emma had studied art with Richard Andrew (1869–1956) of the Massachusetts School of Art.[16] Her cover design, in an art deco style, features abstract images of phonographic discs with an acoustic tonearm and soundbox, rather than an electrical pickup. Bourne also, in April 1932 drew a sketch of Isaac Goldberg for Disques magazine.[27]
  • Robert Donaldson Darrell (1903–1988) – a former student at Harvard (1922) and composition student at the New England Conservatory (1923–1926) – became editor of the PMR. He took interest in jazz after hearing Ellington in 1927 and wrote positive reviews of his and other artists' work.[28][29][30][31][32] In 1939, Darrell received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Darrell, who also wrote for Disques, by 1927, in PMR, was writing jazz reviews. According to James Lincoln Collier, for the "Jazz" entry in the 1994 edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, "Darrell was the first writer on jazz to make judgements in print that generally hold up today." And, "he was the first writer to single out Ellington's "Black and Tan Fantasy" for extended comment."[33]
  • Vories Fischer (né Franklin Vories Fisher; 1901–1969).[34]
  • George Clarence "Clare" Jell (1881–1955), Ontario-born and naturalized U.S. citizen, known for his connection to the Columbia Masterworks Library.
  • George Wilson Oman (1895–1947) – an Edinburgh-born Chicago-based telegraph operator and organizer of the Phonograph Art Society of Chicago.[4][37]
  • Rev. Herbert Boyce Satcher (1890–1966), Episcopal clergyman and, at the time, Vicar of St. Aidan's Chapel in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, founded, in 1928, the Cheltenham Phonograph Society, the first known clergyman in America to found a record society. He also contributed to PMR. He was regarded an authority of hymnology.[38][39] He compiled Indices to Volumes I, II & III of the Phonograph Monthly Review, which was published in 1930 by The Phonograph Publishing Company.[40][41]
  • William Henry Seltsam (1897–1968), who, early in 1932 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, founded the International Record Collectors' Club, and, among other things, persuaded American and foreign record labels to issue special editions of historically important recordings. He wrote about early opera recordings. He went on to become curator and bibliographer of the Metropolitan Opera.[42]
  • Edward Earl Shumaker (1882–1949), President of RCA Victor from 1925 to 1931, wrote an article titled "Television" for the December 1930 issue.
  • Moses Smith (né Moses Smithkins; 1901–1964), a 1921 graduate of Harvard College, was Associate Editor and contributor. He flourished in Boston as a music critic, first, in 1924, at the Boston American, then, beginning around 1934, at the Boston Transcript. After the demise of the Transcript, be became an executive at Columbia Masterworks in New York.
  • Walter Leslie Welch (1901–1995), who, in 1959 with Oliver Read, co-wrote From Tin Foil to Stereo,[44] discusses cylinders in a letter in the October 1930 issue.

Bibliography

Annotations

  1. ^ The first issue of Music Lovers' Phonograph Monthly Review, dated October 1926 (Vol. 1, no. 1), was issued September 15, 1926. (Talking Machine World; September 15, 1926. p. 75)
  2. ^ As of November 2022, only one digitized issue of Music Lovers' Guide (March 1934; Vol. 2, no. 7) was fully accessible online. (Music Lovers' Guide. Vol. 2, no. 7. March 1934 – via Internet Archive → uploaded February 27, 2022, by Shellackophile).  

Notes

  1. ^ Gracyk, Spring 1997, pp. 26–31.
  2. ^ Gramophone, April 1923.
  3. ^ Hughes, Taylor, Kerr, 1939, p. 797.
  4. ^ a b Gramophone, May 1927, p. 517.
  5. ^ PMR, June 1927, p. 373.
  6. ^ Lexington Leader, May 12, 1937, p. 19.
  7. ^ Etude, October 1956, p. 14.
  8. ^ Gramophone, June 1932, p. 22.
  9. ^ a b Welburn, p. 125.
  10. ^ Notes, Lindahl, December 1981, p. 324–325.
  11. ^ a b Hoffman (ed.), Vol. 1, 2005, p. 250.
  12. ^ Magoun, 2000, p. 286.
  13. ^ Hoffman (ed.), Vol. 1, 2005, p. 205.
  14. ^ Milligan, December 1980, p. 282.
  15. ^ Shellackophile, February 27, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Who Was Who, 1999, p. 397.
  17. ^ Good, June 2020, pp. 299–301.
  18. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 10, 1929, p. 2.
  19. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 14, 1929, p. 6.
  20. ^ Gracyk & Hoffman, 2000, p. 5.
  21. ^ Gramophone, April 1926, p. 520.
  22. ^ PMR; Johnson, October 1926, pp. 29–30.
  23. ^ PMR, November 1926, pp. 33–35.
  24. ^ Boston Residents, April 1, 1922, p. 5.
  25. ^ PMR; RDD, October 1930, pp. 2.
  26. ^ Vassar College, 1910, p. 183.
  27. ^ Disques, April 1932, p. 64.
  28. ^ New York Times, May 7, 1988, p. 33.
  29. ^ Gennari, Autumn 1991, pp. 467–468.
  30. ^ Welburn, Autumn 1987, pp. 258–259.
  31. ^ Baker's, "Darrell," 1984, p. 543.
  32. ^ PMR; RDD, October 1930, pp. 3–5.
  33. ^ New Grove, Collier, 1994, p. 588.
  34. ^ PMR, "Mr. Vories Fisher," March 1927, p. 273.
  35. ^ PMR, November 1927, pp. 49–52.
  36. ^ The Diapason, February 1, 1945, p. 5.
  37. ^ PMR, June 1929, p. 305.
  38. ^ Philadelphia Inquirer, May 14, 1966, p. 10.
  39. ^ Yale University Library, 1946.
  40. ^ Satcher, 1930.
  41. ^ American Mercury, June 1930, p. 250.
  42. ^ Hall, March 1969, p. 467.
  43. ^ Gracyk, Autumn 1998, p. 47.
  44. ^ Read & Welch, 1976 & [1959].

References

Books, journals, magazines, papers, independent blogs
  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
    1. "Appel, Richard Gilmore" (revised & enlarged 4th ed.). G. Schirmer. 1940. pp. 26–27 – via Internet Archive (Friends of the San Francisco Public Library). LCCN 40-29670.
    2. "Darrell, Robert Donaldson" (completely revised by Nicholas Slonimsky 5th ed.). G. Schirmer. 1958. p. 350 – via Internet Archive (ARChive of Contemporary Music). LCCN 58-4953.
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    1. "Ward 22, Precinct 11." "Hyde Park Avenue" → "Johnson, Axel B." → "Barber". April 1, 1922. p. 5 – via Internet Archive (Boston Public Library).  
  • Disques; Darrell, Robert Donaldson (April 1932). "Jacob and Isaac (and Daniel)". Vol. 3, no. 2. pp. 64–68 – via Internet Archive. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  • Etude (The); Briggs, Marion L. (October 1956). "The 'Bach' of High Fidelity – From an Interview With Robert D. Darrell, Secured by Marion L. Briggs". Vol. 74, no. 8. pp. 13–14 – via Internet Archive. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)  
  • Gennari, John Remo, PhD (Autumn 1991). "Jazz Criticism: Its Development and Ideologies". Black American Literature Forum (Literature of Jazz Issue). 25 (3): 449–523. doi:10.2307/3041811. JSTOR 3041811. ISSN 0148-6179 (publication); JSTOR 3041811 (article); doi:10.2307/3041811 (article); OCLC 5269585928, 7493631165 (article).
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    2. Link 2 – via Google Books (limited preview).
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    1. Vol. 1: "A–L" – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).
    2. Vol. 2: "M–Z" & "Index" – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).
    1. 1939 ed (877 pages; 8°). Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. LCCN 39-27032.
    2. 1939 ed (877 pages; 8°). Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. – via Internet Archive.  
    3. 1947 ed. Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. – via Internet Archive (Alibris). LCCN 47-3087 (1947 re-print).
    4. 1950 ed. Garden City Books – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).
    5. 1954 ed. Garden City Books – via Internet Archive (Universal Digital Library).   LCCN 55-368.
    6. 1954 ed. Doubleday & Company (publisher). Printed in Garden City, New York, by The Country Life Press – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).
  • Magoun, Alexander Boyden (2000). Shaping the Sound of Music: The Evolution of the Phonograph Record, 1877–1950 (PhD dissertation; University of Maryland). p. 286 – via Internet Archive.   OCLC 156373582 (all editions).
  • Milligan, Sturat (December 1980). "Music and Other Performing Arts Serials Available in Microform and Reprint Editions". Notes. Music Library Association. 37 (2): 239–307. JSTOR 939494.
    1. Collier, James Lincoln. "Jazz." → § III. "The Spread of Jazz." → 6. "Jazz in the Entertainment Industry and the Press". pp. 587–588.
  • Notes; Lindahl, Charles Edgar (1935–2017) (December 1981). "Music Periodicals in U. S. Research Libraries in 1931: A Retrospective Survey Part III: The United States". 38 (2). Music Library Association: 320–326. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) ISSN 0027-4380; JSTOR 939876; OCLC 5556160852.
    For 18 years, Lindahl was an Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian at the Eastman School of Music.
  • Read, Oliver Hebert (1904–1981); Welch, Walter Leslie (1901–1995) (1976) [1959]. From Tin Foil to Stereo: Evolution of the Phonograph. Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc. & The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc.
    1. 1st ed. (1959) – via HathiTrust.   LCCN 59-15832; OCLC 1312922 (all editions).
    2. 1st printing, 2nd ed. (1976) – via Internet Archive. LCCN 75-5412; ISBN 0-6722-1205-6, 0-6722-1206-4
  • Satcher, Rev. Herbert Boyce (1890–1966) (1930). Indices to Volumes I, II & III of the Phonograph Monthly Review. Boston: The Phonograph Publishing Company (publisher).
  • Shellackophile (The) – 78 RPM oriented blog, since 2010, of Walter Bryan Bishop, a musician – pianist, harpsichordist – record collector, and music educator from the Atlanta area. Re: Music Lovers' Guide, March 1932 – via Blogspot. (The Shellackophile)
  • Welburn, Ron [Ronald Garfield], PhD (Autumn 1987). "Jazz Magazines of the 1930s: An Overview of Their Provocative Journalism". American Music. 5 (3): 255–270. doi:10.2307/3051735. JSTOR 3051735. ISSN 0734-4392 (publication); doi:10.2307/3051735 (article); JSTOR 3051735 (article); OCLC 5547965040, 7376919917 (article).
News Media
    1. New York Times blog. May 6, 1988.  
    2. New York Times blog. May 7, 1988.  
    3. Permalink. Vol. 137 (47497): 31 (col. 1, middle) (Late ed.). May 6, 1988 – via TimesMachine.
    4. Permalink. Vol. 137 (47498): 33 (col. 4, middle) (Late ed.). May 7, 1988 – via TimesMachine.
PMR references
  • PMR; Johnson, Axel B. (October 1926). "Topics of General Interest". 1 (1): 29–30 – via Google Books  .
  • PMR (November 1926). "Phonograph Society Reports". 1 (2): 33–35 – via Google Books  .
  • PMR (March 1927). "Phonograph Society Reports" → "Mr. Vories Fisher" (article includes portrait drawing). 1 (6): 273 – via Google Books.  
  • PMR; Oman, George W. (June 1927). "A Historical Survey". 1 (9): 370–373 – via Google Books.  
  • PMR; Gannon, Theodore Feland (1901–1979) (November 1927). "Meanderings". 2 (2): 49–52 – via Internet Archive.  
  • PMR; Prescott, John Osgood (1871–1946), Research Department, Columbia Phonograph Co. (June 1929). Correspondence" → "At Last! The Truth About the 'Busy Bee'. 3 (9): 305 – via Internet Archive.  
    Note: Prescott, was responding to contributor, George Wilson Oman (1895–1947). Prescott, a recording pioneer on various levels, had been affiliated with International Zonophone Company, which incorporated in Jersey City March, 7, 1901. His brother, Frederick Marion Prescott became managing director and J.O., himself, was one of the shareholders.
  • PMR; Darrell, Robert Donaldson (October 1930). "The Theremin". 5 (1): 3–5 – via Internet Archive.  

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robbed beaten unconscious and thrown from a speeding auto mobile 8 PMR through the succession of Music Lovers Guide 1932 1935 and The American Music Lover 1935 1944 is considered the forerunner to the American Record Guide 9 10 11 Music Lovers Phonograph Monthly ReviewEditorAxel B JohnsonFrequencyMonthlyPublisherThe Phonograph Publishing Co Inc FounderAxel B JohnsonFirst issueOctober 1 1926 1926 10 01 Vol 1 no 1 CountryUnited StatesBased inJamaica Plain BostonLanguageEnglishOCLC11380159 Contents 1 History 2 Phonograph Monthly Review digitized online 3 Editors and contributors 4 Bibliography 4 1 Annotations 4 2 Notes 4 3 ReferencesHistory EditThe magazine launch occurred i one year three months after Columbia May 1925 and ii ten months after Victor November 2 1925 Victor Day debuted their new systems orthophonic electrical recording technology 12 electronically amplified sound developed by Bell Labs Western Electric in an effort to replace the limited properties of the acoustic 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Editor Vol 4 no 8 May 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 4 no 9 June 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 4 no 10 July 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 4 no 11 August 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 4 no 12 September 1930 via Internet Archive Phonograph Monthly Review name change New art deco cover designed by Emma Cartwright Bourne 1906 1986 16 featuring abstract images of discs and an acoustic tonearm with soundbox rather than an electrical pickup Vol 5 no 1 October 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 2 November 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 3 December 1930 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 4 January 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 5 February 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 6 March 1931 via Internet Archive Axel B Johnson Associate Editor Robert Donaldson Darrell Editor Vol 5 no 7 April 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 8 May 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 9 June 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 10 July 1931 via Internet Archive Robert Donaldson Darrell Editor Axel B Johnson Business Manager Vol 5 no 11 August 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 5 no 12 September 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 6 no 1 October 1931 via Internet Archive Axel B Johnson Managing Editor Vol 6 no 2 November 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 6 no 3 December 1931 via Internet Archive Vol 6 no 4 January 1932 via Internet Archive Vol 6 no 5 February 1932 via Internet Archive Axel B Johnson Managing Editor Adolph A Biewend Associate Editor Vol 6 no 6 March 1932 via Internet Archive Other access via Association for Recorded Sound Collections Other access via Lantern Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Other access via Media History Digital Library 17 The Google Books versions were digitized from originals held at the Stanford University Libraries The Internet Archive versions were uploaded in August 2016 by the National Recording Preservation BoardEditors and contributors EditAxel B Johnson born around 1874 18 19 20 founder publisher and Managing Editor of PMR had been for a brief time secretary of the Boston Gramophone Society 21 He often signed his articles A B J Robert Donaldson Darrell Johnson s assistant and staff writer took over as Managing Editor in 1930 after Johnson stepped down after his wife Johanne aka Johanna Johnson 1877 1929 died in Jamaica Plain November 13 1929 Their residence at the time was 47 Hampstead Jamaica Plain 22 23 Johnson had previously from about 1922 to about 1926 been a barber in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston Before that in 1921 he lived in Pascoag Rhode Island 24 Richard Gilmore Appel 1889 1975 Literary Editor and contributor was head of the Music Division at the Boston Public Library Adolf Albert Biewend 1899 1953 born in Jamaica Plain was Associate Editor and contributor since 1926 He was a 1925 graduate of Northeastern University He became an attorney His father Rev Adolf Heinrich Angelo Biewent 1814 1919 founded in 1871 the German Lutheran Church in Roxbury and was its pastor until 1914 His mother Elizabeth H Biewend 1869 1941 had been an instructor at Wellesley College Emma Cartwright Bourne maiden 1906 1986 born in Norfolk Connecticut a painter and etcher designed a new cover for PMR beginning with Vol 5 no 1 October 1930 25 issued days after marrying on September 30 1930 in Arlington Massachusetts PMR s managing editor Robert Donaldson Darrell They divorced in 1936 Bourne was a 1927 graduate of Vassar College the alma mater of her mother Edith Louise Hunter maiden 1877 1950 class of 1900 26 Emma had studied art with Richard Andrew 1869 1956 of the Massachusetts School of Art 16 Her cover design in an art deco style features abstract images of phonographic discs with an acoustic tonearm and soundbox rather than an electrical pickup Bourne also in April 1932 drew a sketch of Isaac Goldberg for Disques magazine 27 Henry Cantwell Cox 1890 1954 who beginning in March 1925 became President of the newly organized Columbia Phonograph Company Inc Robert Donaldson Darrell 1903 1988 a former student at Harvard 1922 and composition student at the New England Conservatory 1923 1926 became editor of the PMR He took interest in jazz after hearing Ellington in 1927 and wrote positive reviews of his and other artists work 28 29 30 31 32 In 1939 Darrell received a Guggenheim Fellowship Darrell who also wrote for Disques by 1927 in PMR was writing jazz reviews According to James Lincoln Collier for the Jazz entry in the 1994 edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Darrell was the first writer on jazz to make judgements in print that generally hold up today And he was the first writer to single out Ellington s Black and Tan Fantasy for extended comment 33 Vories Fischer ne Franklin Vories Fisher 1901 1969 34 Theodore Feland Gannon 1901 1979 business manager of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 35 George Clarence Clare Jell 1881 1955 Ontario born and naturalized U S citizen known for his connection to the Columbia Masterworks Library Alfred Henry Meyer 1888 1944 music critic for the Boston Transcript for about 10 years He was a faculty member of Boston University since 1929 and in 1941 until his death served as Dean of its School of Music He was an authority on American modern music He was a graduate of Oberlin College and studied at had studied also at Harvard and the New England Conservatory of Music 36 George Wilson Oman 1895 1947 an Edinburgh born Chicago based telegraph operator and organizer of the Phonograph Art Society of Chicago 4 37 Rev Herbert Boyce Satcher 1890 1966 Episcopal clergyman and at the time Vicar of St Aidan s Chapel in Cheltenham Pennsylvania founded in 1928 the Cheltenham Phonograph Society the first known clergyman in America to found a record society He also contributed to PMR He was regarded an authority of hymnology 38 39 He compiled Indices to Volumes I II amp III of the Phonograph Monthly Review which was published in 1930 by The Phonograph Publishing Company 40 41 William Henry Seltsam 1897 1968 who early in 1932 in Bridgeport Connecticut founded the International Record Collectors Club and among other things persuaded American and foreign record labels to issue special editions of historically important recordings He wrote about early opera recordings He went on to become curator and bibliographer of the Metropolitan Opera 42 Edward Earl Shumaker 1882 1949 President of RCA Victor from 1925 to 1931 wrote an article titled Television for the December 1930 issue Moses Smith ne Moses Smithkins 1901 1964 a 1921 graduate of Harvard College was Associate Editor and contributor He flourished in Boston as a music critic first in 1924 at the Boston American then beginning around 1934 at the Boston Transcript After the demise of the Transcript be became an executive at Columbia Masterworks in New York Ulysses Jim Walsh 1903 1990 43 Walter Leslie Welch 1901 1995 who in 1959 with Oliver Read co wrote From Tin Foil to Stereo 44 discusses cylinders in a letter in the October 1930 issue Bibliography EditAnnotations Edit The first issue of Music Lovers Phonograph Monthly Review dated October 1926 Vol 1 no 1 was issued September 15 1926 Talking Machine World September 15 1926 p 75 As of November 2022 only one digitized issue of Music Lovers Guide March 1934 Vol 2 no 7 was fully accessible online Music Lovers Guide Vol 2 no 7 March 1934 via Internet Archive uploaded February 27 2022 by Shellackophile Notes Edit Gracyk Spring 1997 pp 26 31 Gramophone April 1923 Hughes Taylor Kerr 1939 p 797 a b Gramophone May 1927 p 517 PMR June 1927 p 373 Lexington Leader May 12 1937 p 19 Etude October 1956 p 14 Gramophone June 1932 p 22 a b Welburn p 125 Notes Lindahl December 1981 p 324 325 a b Hoffman ed Vol 1 2005 p 250 Magoun 2000 p 286 Hoffman ed Vol 1 2005 p 205 Milligan December 1980 p 282 Shellackophile February 27 2022 a b Who Was Who 1999 p 397 Good June 2020 pp 299 301 Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 10 1929 p 2 Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 14 1929 p 6 Gracyk amp Hoffman 2000 p 5 Gramophone April 1926 p 520 PMR Johnson October 1926 pp 29 30 PMR November 1926 pp 33 35 Boston Residents April 1 1922 p 5 PMR RDD October 1930 pp 2 Vassar College 1910 p 183 Disques April 1932 p 64 New York Times May 7 1988 p 33 Gennari Autumn 1991 pp 467 468 Welburn Autumn 1987 pp 258 259 Baker s Darrell 1984 p 543 PMR RDD October 1930 pp 3 5 New Grove Collier 1994 p 588 PMR Mr Vories Fisher March 1927 p 273 PMR November 1927 pp 49 52 The Diapason February 1 1945 p 5 sfn error no target CITEREFThe Diapason February 1 1945 help PMR June 1929 p 305 Philadelphia Inquirer May 14 1966 p 10 Yale University Library 1946 Satcher 1930 American Mercury June 1930 p 250 Hall March 1969 p 467 Gracyk Autumn 1998 p 47 Read amp Welch 1976 amp 1959 References Edit Books journals magazines papers independent blogs American Mercury The March 1930 Indices to Volume I II amp III of the Phonograph Monthly Review Music Books review Vol 20 no 78 p 250 via Internet Archive Kahle Austin Foundation a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Baker s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Appel Richard Gilmore revised amp enlarged 4th ed G Schirmer 1940 pp 26 27 via Internet Archive Friends of the San Francisco Public Library LCCN 40 29670 Darrell Robert Donaldson completely revised by Nicholas Slonimsky 5th ed G Schirmer 1958 p 350 via Internet Archive ARChive of Contemporary Music LCCN 58 4953 Darrell Robert Donaldson revised by Nicholas Slonimsky 7th ed Oxford University Press 1984 p 543 via Internet Archive Arcadia Fund LCCN 84 5595 ISBN 0 0287 0270 0 Boston Residents List of Residents City of Boston City of Boston Election Department Printing Department publisher Ward 22 Precinct 11 Hyde Park Avenue Johnson Axel B Barber April 1 1922 p 5 via Internet Archive Boston Public Library Diapason The February 1 1945 Dean Alfred H Meyer of Boston University Is Dead PDF 36 3 whole no 423 5 Official Journal of the American Guild of Organists amp Official Journal of the Canadian College of Organists Retrieved October 25 2022 Disques Darrell Robert Donaldson April 1932 Jacob and Isaac and Daniel Vol 3 no 2 pp 64 68 via Internet Archive a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Etude The Briggs Marion L October 1956 The Bach of High Fidelity From an Interview With Robert D Darrell Secured by Marion L Briggs Vol 74 no 8 pp 13 14 via Internet Archive a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Gennari John Remo PhD Autumn 1991 Jazz Criticism Its Development and Ideologies Black American Literature Forum Literature of Jazz Issue 25 3 449 523 doi 10 2307 3041811 JSTOR 3041811 ISSN 0148 6179 publication JSTOR 3041811 article doi 10 2307 3041811 article OCLC 5269585928 7493631165 article Good Katie Day PhD June 2020 Digital History Reviews The Media History Digital Library The Journal of American History 107 1 299 301 ISSN 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List of Gramophone Societies U S A Vol 4 no 12 p 517 via Google Books a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Gramophone The June 1932 Analytical Notes and First Reviews The Phonograph PDF No 109 p 22 via World Radio History maintained by David Frackelton Gleason born 1946 Cleveland a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Hall David 1916 2012 March 1969 Record Industry Notes Notes Sic transit gloria passing of William H Seltsam Second Series 25 3 465 467 ISSN 0027 4380 JSTOR 895340 OCLC 5548121510 The author David Hall was the founding Editor of the ARSC Journal and from 1980 to 1982 President of the ARSC He was the founding curator of recorded sound at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts which grew into a division known as the Rodgers and Hammerstein Sound Archives He also had been a record critic for Stereo Review 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