{"id":3221,"date":"2020-09-03T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2020-09-04T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:06:08","slug":"rex-battle-at-the-mount-royal-hotel-in-1924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/rex-battle-at-the-mount-royal-hotel-in-1924\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Battle at the Mount Royal Hotel in 1924"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following recording is a CKAC aircheck from 1924. In it you can hear the voice of Rex Battle, famed pianist and orchestra conductor, being broadcasted from the Mount Royal Hotel in downtown Montreal. Considering the date of the broadcast, this is the oldest recording of a Canadian radio broadcast that we know of!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rex-Battle-1924.mp3'>CKAC aircheck and Rondo Capriccioso, 1924<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":false,\"artists\":false,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rex-Battle-1924.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"CKAC aircheck and Rondo Capriccioso, 1924\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"CKAC aircheck and Rondo Capriccioso, 1924\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Rex Battle \\u00e0 l'h\\u00f4tel Mont-Royal\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>The Centennial team would like to thank David Lennick for sharing this recording with us.<br \/>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n<table  class=\"contenu-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Transcription of the recording<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 35px;\"><em>CKAC &#8211; La Presse, Montreal. This is the Hotel Mount-Royal Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Rex Battle, broadcasting direct from the main dining room of the Mount-Royal Hotel. This is Rex Battle speaking. I&#8217;m going to play a piano solo, the Rondo Capriccioso, by Mendelssohn. I am playing this at the request of Mrs. LR Taft of Detroit, Michigan. I understand that the record&#8230; the Apex Record Company are going to make a record of this over the air. I wish them good luck!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Who was Rex Battle<\/h2>\n<p>Prodigious and acclaimed pianist, organist, composer, conductor, and bandleader, Rex Battle (1895?-1967) began his career in the UK, and reached great popularity in the US and Canada<span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">(1)(2)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his career highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"contenu-liste\">\n<li>[1921] Begins his radio broadcasting career on WWJ Detroit<\/li>\n<li>[1922-1929] Was musical director and pianist at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal<\/li>\n<li>[1929-1938] Conducted the Royal York Hotel Concert Orchestra in Toronto<\/li>\n<li>[1934] Forms one of Canada\u2019s first big bands<\/li>\n<li>[1943-1956] Becomes music director and conductor of CBC radio\u2019s \u201cSinging Stars of Tomorrow\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3238\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3237\" src=\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RexBattle_Apex_disc-discogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RexBattle_Apex_disc-discogs.jpg 599w, https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RexBattle_Apex_disc-discogs-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/fr\/Rex-Battle-And-His-Dance-Orchestra-Fletcher-Henderson-And-His-Orch-Let-Me-Call-You-Sweetheart-Then-I\/release\/13600214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Source: Discogs<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>During his time in Montreal, he made several recordings as conductor and pianist for Apex Records. Apex was the \u201cpop\u201d sub-label of Compo Company Ltd., known for issuing records that featured live performances broadcasted over the radio<span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">(3)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #808080;\">(1) Ruth Pincoe [2007] Rex Battle. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/rex-battle-emc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/rex-battle-emc<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #808080;\">(2) Clara Thomas Archives, Inventory of the Rex Battle fonds, Fonds level description. Fonds Number F0518. York University. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/archivesfa.library.yorku.ca\/fonds\/ON00370-f0000518.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/archivesfa.library.yorku.ca\/fonds\/ON00370-f0000518.htm<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #808080;\">(3) Edward B. Moogk [2006] Compo Company Ltd. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/compo-company-ltd-emc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/compo-company-ltd-emc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We feature the oldest recording of a Canadian radio broadcast that we know of! Rex Battle was a prodigious and celebrated musician, composer, conductor and bandleader. Between 1922 and 1929, he was the musical director and featured pianist at the Mont Royal Hotel. 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Vous pouvez y entendre la voix de Rex Battle, pianiste et chef d\u2019orchestre c\u00e9l\u00e8bre, diffus\u00e9e \u00e0 partir de l\u2019h\u00f4tel Mont-Royal au centre-ville de Montr\u00e9al. Compte tenu de la date de la diffusion, c\u2019est le plus ancien enregistrement d\u2019une \u00e9mission canadienne de radio que nous connaissons !<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rex-Battle-1924.mp3'>CKAC aircheck and Rondo Capriccioso, 1924<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":false,\"artists\":false,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rex-Battle-1924.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"CKAC aircheck and Rondo Capriccioso, 1924\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"CKAC aircheck and Rondo Capriccioso, 1924\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Rex Battle \\u00e0 l'h\\u00f4tel Mont-Royal\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9quipe du Centenaire tient \u00e0 remercier David Lennick d\u2019avoir partag\u00e9 cet enregistrement avec nous.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n<table class=\"contenu-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Transcription de l\u2019enregistrement<\/strong><\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\"><strong>Traduction en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 35px;\"><em>CKAC &#8211; La Presse, Montreal. This is the Hotel Mount-Royal Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Rex Battle, broadcasting direct from the main dining room of the Mount-Royal Hotel. This is Rex Battle speaking. I&#8217;m going to play a piano solo, the Rondo Capriccioso, by Mendelssohn. I am playing this at the request of Mrs. LR Taft of Detroit, Michigan. I understand that the record&#8230; the Apex Record Company are going to make a record of this over the air. I wish them good luck!<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>CKAC &#8211; La Presse, Montr\u00e9al. Ici l&#8217;orchestre de l&#8217;h\u00f4tel Mont-Royal, sous la direction de Rex Battle, diffusant depuis la salle \u00e0 manger principale de l&#8217;h\u00f4tel Mont-Royal. Je suis Rex Battle. Je vais jouer un solo de piano, le Rondo Capriccioso de Mendelssohn. Je joue cette pi\u00e8ce \u00e0 la demande de Madame Taft, de D\u00e9troit, au Michigan. Je crois que l&#8217;enregistrement&#8230; que la compagnie Apex en enregistrera la diffusion. Je leur souhaite bon succ\u00e8s!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Qui \u00e9tait Rex Battle<\/h2>\n<p>Pianiste, organiste, compositeur, chef d\u2019orchestre et chef d\u2019orchestre prodigieux et acclam\u00e9, Rex Battle (1895?-1967) a commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re au Royaume-Uni et a atteint une grande popularit\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis et au Canada<span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">(1)(2)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Voici certains des faits saillants de sa carri\u00e8re:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"contenu-liste\">\n<li>[1921] Fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 la radio \u00e0 WWJ Detroit<\/li>\n<li>[1922-1929] Directeur musical et pianiste \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4tel Mount Royal de Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<li>[1929-1938] A dirig\u00e9 le Royal York Hotel Concert Orchestra \u00e0 Toronto<\/li>\n<li>[1943-1956] Devient directeur musical et chef d\u2019orchestre de \u00ab Singing Stars of Tomorrow \u00bb de la radio de la CBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3237\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3237\" src=\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RexBattle_Apex_disc-discogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RexBattle_Apex_disc-discogs.jpg 599w, https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RexBattle_Apex_disc-discogs-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/fr\/Rex-Battle-And-His-Dance-Orchestra-Fletcher-Henderson-And-His-Orch-Let-Me-Call-You-Sweetheart-Then-I\/release\/13600214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Source : Discogs<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pendant son s\u00e9jour \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, il fait plusieurs enregistrements comme chef d\u2019orchestre et pianiste pour Disques Apex. Apex \u00e9tait le sous-label \u00ab pop \u00bb de la Compo Company Ltd. \u00e0 Lachine, connue pour ses disques qui pr\u00e9sentaient des concerts diffus\u00e9s \u00e0 la radio<span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">(3)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #808080;\">(1) Ruth Pincoe [2007] Rex Battle. Rep\u00e9r\u00e9 en ligne au <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/rex-battle-emc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/rex-battle-emc<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #808080;\">(2) Clara Thomas Archives, Inventory of the Rex Battle fonds, Fonds level description. Fonds Number F0518. York University. Rep\u00e9r\u00e9 en ligne au <a href=\"http:\/\/archivesfa.library.yorku.ca\/fonds\/ON00370-f0000518.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/archivesfa.library.yorku.ca\/fonds\/ON00370-f0000518.htm<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #808080;\">(3) Edward B. Moogk [2006] Compo Company Ltd. Rep\u00e9r\u00e9 en ligne au <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/compo-company-ltd-emc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/compo-company-ltd-emc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","excerpt":"Nous pr\u00e9sentons l\u2019enregistrement le plus ancien d\u2019une \u00e9mission de radio canadienne que nous connaissons! Rex Battle \u00e9tait un musicien, compositeur et chef d\u2019orchestre prodigieux et c\u00e9l\u00e8bre. Entre 1922 et 1929, il est directeur musical et pianiste invit\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4tel Mont Royal. Ses performances ont \u00e9t\u00e9 diffus\u00e9es \u00e0 la radio et enregistr\u00e9es par des labels locaux comme Disques Apex.","acf":{"information_sur_la_visite":"","article_resume2":"<p>\u00c9coutez le plus ancien enregistrement d\u2019une \u00e9mission de radio canadienne!<\/p>\n","colonne_droite":"<h3>En savoir plus<\/h3>\n<p>D\u00e9couvrez l\u2019emplacement original de l\u2019h\u00f4tel Mont-Royal, sur les deux circuits de notre <a href=\"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/parcours-patrimonial\/\"><strong>parcours patrimonial<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>En savoir plus sur <a href=\"https:\/\/ville.montreal.qc.ca\/memoiresdesmontrealais\/les-concerts-radiophoniques-montrealais-de-la-salle-de-danse-au-salon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>les concerts radiophoniques montr\u00e9alais des ann\u00e9es 1920<\/strong><\/a> par le Centre d&#8217;histoire de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>En savoir plus sur <a href=\"http:\/\/archivesdemontreal.com\/2010\/10\/06\/montreal-passe-et-present-5-du-mount-royal-hotel-aux-cours-mont-royal\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>l&#8217;h\u00f4tel Mont-Royal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\u00c9coutez d\u2019autres enregistrements r\u00e9alis\u00e9s par Rex Battle, disponibles sur le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bac-lac.gc.ca\/fra\/decouvrez\/films-videos-enregistrements-sonores\/gramophone-virtuel\/Pages\/liste.aspx?NW_S=Battle%2c+Rex%2c1895-1967.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>gramophone virtuel de BAC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","article_date":"4 September 2020","article_date_fin":"","article_lieu":"Virtuel"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio100.moeb.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}