ABSTRACT
An American record, known in just one issue. It was an advertising record for a soft drink named Moxie, made by Gennett in New York in late 1921. Arthur Fields sings on one side, and Harry Raderman’s orchestra does a dance number on the flip side. A bottle of the beverage is shown on the label. [Rust 1978.]
French flutist and conductor, born in Saint Amour, one of the leading performers on the instrument in the 20th century. He studied at the Paris Conservatory from age 15, thenafter playing in several orchestras-he returned there as a professor in 1932. Meanwhile, he was flutist for the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1913-1938. In 1913 he accompanied Nellie Melba on a tour of the U.S. During the 1920s he gave the pre-mieres of works by Ravel, Debussy, and Ibert. His earliest records were made in 1926. He and Adolph Busch revived several works by J.S. Bach in the 1930s and recorded them: the Second Orchestral Suite (Victor #11996; 1936) and the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto (Columbia #68442; 1935) among them. He performed in a trio with Busch and Rudolf Serkin. In 1949 he moved to the U.S. and helped organize the Marlboro Festival in Vermont. He was still conducting when in his 90s. He died in Brattleboro, Vermont. Moyse’s major recordings were reissued on Seraphim (#60357 in America) and World Records (#SHB68 in Britain).
