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*r • EUGENE ORMANDY, during his recent tour of Australia and other Pacific army camps, was invited by Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur to conduct the Manila Symphony Orchestra when the American forces re- take the Philippine Islands. Dr. Ormandy spent an hour with Gen. MacArthur at College the General’s headquarters, discussing UnusuAl music, and it was during this visit that “AmeeicA’s most the invitation was given. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS has taken over the re- sponsibility of supplying musical equip- ment for all hospital ships used in bring- ing back wounded Americans from for- eign battlefronts. The project will be THERE, AND EVERYWHERE under direct supervision of the War HERE, Service Committee of the National Fed- IN THE MUSICAL WORLD eration.
her retirement in 1928 she was for a time GEORGES BARRERE, A TRAGIC SIDELIGHT head of the vocal department of the long considered one of the is the find- of War Hartford School of Music in Connecticut. the world’s greatest flut- following ing in Rome, ists, died on June 14 at the occupation by Allied BRUNO GRANICIISTAEDTEN, widely Kingston, New York, at the world- troops, of known Viennese composer of operettas, the age of sixty-nine. composer, Pietro famous who had been a refugee in this country Born in Bordeaux, he Mascagni and his wife, ELEANOR W. SCHEIB, concert pianist for four years, died suddenly on May 30, studied at the Paris living in most deplorable and vocalist, and former pianist and ac- in New York City. He was at work on an Conservatory. He had conditions. His money Georges Pietro companist for Schumann-Heink. Louise operetta scheduled for fall production been in America since gone, he had been per- Mascagni Barrere Homer, Alma Gluck, and other famous when stricken. For twenty-five years 1905, when he became to remain with mitted concert artists, died recently in Phila- operettas by Mr. Granichstaedten were first flutist of the New York Symphony small hotel when it was his w'ife in a delphia. She was born in Chicago and produced regularly in the leading theaters Orchestra. Since 1931 he had been on over a kindly disposed French taken by made her debut at sixteen with the of Vienna. He composed also for the the faculty of the Juilliard Graduate eighty-one years old, he wept officer. Now Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Following films in Austria and France. School. In 1910 Mr. Barrere founded the one time, ninety- as he recalled when, at Barrere Ensemble of Wind Instruments opera houses all over the world were six and in 1914 he organized the Barrere t« simultaneously performing “Cavalleria People * * Little Symphony which was destined to Rusticana.” Tmlm Mg maintain its place in the musical life of etitionS Ccomp New' York City for almost two decades. BOB JONES COLLEGE STANDS BORIS KOUTZEN has won the annual publication prize of the Juilliard School ERICH KLEIBER, noted Austrian con- "DO-AS- A PRIZE OF A $1,000 WAR BOND THE EIGHTH ANNUAL PRIZE AGAINST THE POPULAR of Music with his symphonic poem, ductor, has been engaged by the Metro- will be the award' in a nation-wide com- SONG COMPETITION, sponsored by Koutzen is head of politan Opera Association for the coming YOU-PLEASE", "LIVE-YOUR-OWN “Valley Forge.” Mr. petition conducted by the Cincinnati the Chicago Singing Teachers Guild, is Philadelphia season to replace Bruno Walter, now en- "GO-THE-LIMIT" PHILOS- the violin department at the Symphony Orchestra, for the writing of a announced. The award is one hundred LIFE". Conservatory, and has had his orchestral “Jubilee Overture” to celebrate the fiftieth dollars, with guarantee of publication of joying a year’s vacation. Mr. Kleiber, a OPHY OF THIS EMOTIONALLY works performed by the Philadelphia anniversary of the orchestra, which takes the winning song. Manuscripts must be former conductor of the New York Phil- Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, place during the coming season. The com- mailed between October first and fifteenth, harmonic-Symphony Orchestra, and a UNSTABLE DAY. and full details may be secured from Mr. and the Chicago Symphony. petition is open to all American citizens director of the Berlin State Opera, never E. Clifford Toren, 3225 Foster Avenue, r and works submitted must be between before has conducted at the Metropolitan. Bob Jones College stands ten and fifteen minutes in length and Chicago 25, Illinois. WINNING MUSIC FESTIVAL AWARDS written especially for the anniversary. for the "old- THE FLINT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of without apology when playing on a home-made violin is AN ANNUAL COMPETITION to be AN AWARD OF $1,000 to encourage Flint, Michigan, one of the major proj- time religion" and the abso- becoming almost a habit for nine-year- called the Ernest Bloch Award has been “the writing of Amercian operas in gen- established by the United Temple Chorus ects sponsored by the Flint Community old Curtis of Truro, Nova Scotia. Bible. Joan in is lute authority of the eral, and of short operas particular,” of Long Island, for the best work for Music Association, recently finished its She recently won the silver cup award announced the Alice Ditson Fund by M. women’s chorus based on a text from or twenty-fifth Organized in 1918, (Nova Scotia) season. at the New Glasgow of Columbia University and the Metro- related to the Old Testament. The Award entrants from with about twenty players, it has grown Music Festival, in which politan Opera Association. The opera must is one hundred and fifty dollars, with both in numbers and in playing ability pipe competed. This is be not over seventy-five minutes in length — piano — all over the province publication of the winning work guar- Voice and by a native or naturalized American until at present it is a full symphonic speech - Academy the third such prize to be won by Joan, anteed. The closing, date is December 1, violin— citizen. The closing date is September 1, organization of one hundred players cap- organ— whose father made the violin as a hobby. and all details may be secured from the additional 1945 and full details may be secured from United Temple Chorus, Lawrence, Long able of presenting programs of high art —without The adjudicator of the festival. Dr. J. Eric T. Clarke, Metropolitan Opera Asso- artistic standing. The director. Dr. Wil- Frederick Staton, commented on the Island. ciation, Inc., New York, 18, New York. liam W. Norton, has been with the cost. Liberal Arts College beautiful tone of the instrument. orchestra since 1921 and it is due to his THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL A PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED DOL- LARS is offered by The H. W. Gray Com- ability and untiring efforts that the CONTESTS for Young Artists, sponsored pany, Inc. to the composer of the best orchestra has made such gratifying A MOZART FESTIVAL by the Society of American Musicians, is anthem submitted in a contest sponsored of four concerts will be announced for the season 1944-45. The progress. Graduate School by The American Guild of Organists. directed by Dr. Serge classifications include piano, voice, violin, The closing date is January 1945. Full of Religion Koussevitzky at Tangle- violoncello, and organ, with various ages 1, SIR HENRY COWARD, information may be secured from The wood, Massachusetts; for each group. The contests will begin famous English choral American Guild of Organists, 630 Fifth this in lieu of the Berk- about February 1, 1945, and all entries conductor, author, com- Avenue, New York 20, New York. must be in by January 15. Full details shire Festival which re- poser, who once made a Graduate School with entrance blank may be secured from mains a war casualty. world tour with the Mr. Edwin J. Gemmer, Sec.-Treas., 501 A COMPOSITION CONTEST open to of Fine Arts The four concerts are Sheffield Choir, died on Dorothy Kimball Building, Chicago, Illinois. all composers of American nationality is Maynor scheduled for July 29 announced by Independent Music Pub- June 10, at Sheffield, and 30; and August 5 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PUBLICA- lishers. A cash award of five hundred England, at the age of and 6. Soloists announced are Dorothy TION OF AMERICAN MUSIC has dollars will be given the composer of the ninety-four. He was born Sir Henry Maynor, soprano; Ruth Posselt, violinist; announced its twenty-sixth annual com- winning composition and also publication in Liverpool and did not Coward Robert Casadesus, pianist; and the duo- petition. Composers who are American of the work will be assured, with royal- take up music as a pro- citizens (native or naturalized) pianists, Luboshutz and Nemenoff. Fol- are in- ties on sales and fees for public perform- fession until he was forty, and before he vited to submit manuscripts. These should ance going to the composer. The closing For detailed information write lowing the Mozart Festival there will be was fifty he was considered the foremost be mailed between October 1 and Novem- date is September 15, and all details may a series of chamber orchestra concerts chorus master of England. He formed a ber 1. Full details may be secured from be secured from Independent Music Pub- of the choral society which in Boston by members Boston Mrs. Helen L. Kaufmann, 59 West Twelfth lishers, 205 East Forty-second Street, developed into the Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Flute Street, New York 11, New York. New York 17, N. Y. Sheffield Musical Union. The Sheffield Players Club and the Boston Society of Musical Festival, established in 1895, pro-
Early Instruments also will participate. ( Continued on Page 492)
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if lAJccig,neA£ » Wind’, Car I{Bernard m®®®®*®® DL y tnuoos® | J-^iillication5 D PU PX. PREbSERpVisER LU-, . \ I and II FY THEODORE the per- Altai PIANO COEBSE making an audible sound, read the following: The reason there is so much unmusical playing is that WAGNESS ADVISORY stall ITHOUT EDITORIAL ASD formers rarely listen to the tones of their instruments in the Editor JAMES FRANCIS COOKE, the common expression, the “mind’s to the ° ,drr Degin dr W “mind’s ear”—to paraphrase appeal ’ each lo foundation material at and Ava Yeargain, and precise manner I Guy McCoy logical musical content includes Edttor, Music Section going through the mechanical motions of putting ' tv DaL. Peery, e m eye.” Merely progr« RoyRnv lo provide »ol.sUnt.a Dr. Rob ’ phase melodk, s as WCU as favorite Clifford Page choice selection of Classical ana cl keyboard or stopping the strings on a violin a literature, all of which Harold Berkley Edoa reorae Kirk Peter Hugh Reed it played in succession by a violoncello, a down the keys on the extracts fiom standard s Frv C Revetli Easy? Now imagine folk songs and book . r William D. trice, ca per Pietro Deiro Dr Guy M^er arranged and edited. KarlrP i HvyW. GehrKensC, e h rken does not signify that one is really hearing music. are especially Dr. Nicholas Douty trumpet, an oboe, a flute, a diapason s'top on an organ, a xylophone, by~Theodore presser • little harder to hear tone quality apprentice pupils and it is said that he OIVE, FOUR, FIVE PIANO ROOK -Founded 1883 and a piano. It is always just a Rembrandt had many William B. Bernard Wagness and to. to close their eyes and picture in their imagina- By har- than to hear pitch. used ask them Coburn. A practical approach to study for the advancing student. listen these measures from of blue, yellow, or red, and the resultant colors mony and Without making an audible sound, to tion various shades An indispensable aid in developing fluent furthering student proficiency in the “Fourth Symphony” by of the spectrum. The color sense in the highest form is in the ot -August, 1944 the heavenly Andante Moderato from chord performance. The procedure Content for as soon as a 6 color per- this book is unique, in that imagination. Color perception requires sight. In some, a Secondo Brahms principle is stated, it is used as teacher. PRICE 25 CENTS it scale down to to the melody played by the VOLUME LXII, No. 8 ception is very highly developed; in others may Price, 75 cents. 433 absolute color blindness. In music, the mental concept of tone, THE WORLD OF MUSIC I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE rhythm, harmony, and counterpoint is always desirable. This can •• 435 album for all Americans. EDITORIAL A patriotic Mind's Ear technical Contains easy piano solo arrangements The be cultivated from very simple beginnings to a very high famous national (with words) of eight AND CULTURE Jcmes Francis Cooke 436 and phrased especially MUSIC Inv proficiency. songs. Fingered Is a Priceless . illus- Why Music Study Paul Whiteman 437 for teaching purposes. Beautifully Within Its Limits through- Keep Jazz lVfrs Charles Ri 'nq 438 trated in Red. White and Blue Grew Out of Mi. u dp not know of any more wholesome musical practice than inter- Show On Earth We out. this folio makes a delightful, Tne “Greatest Elene m gift for every Through Music esting and appropriate Building Character Helen Coup : ad 441 silently. Many of the foremost composers . Laura that of listening to music young student. Price, 35 cents. the Chinese Theater Music in we have known have written without referring to an instrument a complimen- MUSIC IN THE HOME Al/red Undsni „ 442 Teachers-send for Radio Music.. upon the com- TO TEACH THE Midsummer Wartime g Meredith CV man 443 for composition purposes. Some look with disdain tary copy of HOW Etude Music Lovers Bookshelt BEGINNER. An Informal The posers who are compelled to compose at the keyboard. On the other ADULT STUDY Discussion by Bernard W agness. MUSIC AND Dr Cuy At,. ter 444 ...... •••• did Table .' masters who The Teacher’s Round - <:• •••* 445 hand, we have known some widely recognized ; . Ryfaind d . .'.Norma Recital Ptan Wh.ch bu.cecnta.., cecdl Cooperative Pupil’s , A Henn/ „ < 447 Campbell Avc. Problems much of their creative work at the keyboard, trying out various 738 So. Meeting Daily Vocal Sanders Ru der 449 Rehearsal .Kathryn MJKung Illinois. Streamlining Choir Carol M Pitts 450 themes and harmonies as they proceed from measure to measure. Chicago 12, Hints on Ear-Training. More Practical William D -Mi 451 Which Stimulate Student Interest. course, the really well-trained musician should be able to take Festivals , Of Wtil^ ILj/ < ,ily 452 Laboratory Goes ... ar. . . / The Library of Congress Recording ( ^ 453 any composition and enjoy it, without playing it or hearing it The Violinist’s Forum 1 nr Knrl W. Gi l cm 454 and Answers Questions .Richard McCl.tu „.« 455 played for him. Musical Ideas _Come_First. nr Jamell /, Murvell 456 Brains •”11 Practice With Your .. . .. Schubert wTote was not published No. 13. Five-sixths of the music that a Month-Prelude in F-sharp major. Op. 28. Beautiful Number Technic of the 477 by Frederic Chopin until after his death, and much of it he never heard performed. MUSIC Some of Schubert’s finest things were written without recourse to Selections and Contemporary Piano . c'o Classic Moraan West 457 the piano, for the tragic reason that he had no piano. Berlioz 458 Cathedral ' vs< " D ,m ® 1 ra u ° Green in D The Tango is familiar with that very ex- Symphonies” the guitar, and anyone who Symphony No. 4 (From "Themes from the Great played Romanza, from 460 notes played as the composer wrote them, hi/ Henry / m ) Can you hear these HAHN Schumann ( Arranged JOHNSTONE Music by CARL Levine) Robert (Continued on Page 478) Verses by GORDON hi/ Dr C r) 462 Prelude ...F. Chopin. Op. 2*. No. 13 (With Litton with the mystic pizzicato strings, the clarinets, and the bassoons? ’M,r P :ldl 463 Valse Espagnole to Voice Range d P.. usings”) High — g Invocation (From "Chapel _ . ^ , 464 (Arranged by Rob Roy l r V> Price, 60 CATHEDRAL j Arthur G. Colburn ; Catalog No. 30050
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Music and Culture Music and Culture Investment Why Music Study Is a Priceless Keep Jazz Within Its Limits! 3,-ancii Coolie _Jn Editorial L, jame* A Conference with be delivered this every note must coach. More t accuracy of a chro- srili’t.second Paul WLiiemcin “have the tight aceeht. the requests tor copies of - EveSir ,o.f m»st Leader O MANY have been .««»« nometer.,T y proper relation to World-Renowned Band Incredible Mental Achieve- ZZZSSZZS'* bear its the editorial, “An UCh en masterpiece, for Sep em- of an artistic printed in The Etude ’fi £heticaest demands ment (first ^the llofty, among scores S here with some slig one program reprinted 1928), that it is Still more, t from ber . retain js expected to THE ETUDE BY MYLES FELLOWES which the^vir u SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR eM ... «>..< His mental achievements, « professional could bring us Mr •• «« of the average readers material winch they P>»s. make those of giving our their "fore appear like mere whose training and excell- ETL average business man to the attention of those Tan and’ the practical importance 19M not yet made clear the Music W* ence had 5T™ the daily woik p„f“v Py is reserved for the of the education and S intellectual work part of the modern of music as a means 6 ‘S' giant expression through motion. It will do just that to a classics; modern classics making use It suggested also a ul However, all music study has average individual. “" S‘Lr.“nS.f virtuoso. PAUL WHITEMAN or jazz idiom. I commissioned a number from George of The faculty taugh SP Ultthe mental ma- three-month-old baby. Let the baby hear a jazz rec- members of a college that ‘Music ^roperly effect in quickening the whereby intelligent Eliot of Harvard nroTortionate Director ior the Blue and jumping around. Gershwin for the first of my symphonic concerts. He of music m President a the memory, Now General Music ord, and it will begin moving the relative importance the wits, improving might recognize ChhF„p,v sharpening Network and Director of the Philco Hour. There you have an instinctive, primitive appeal. Re- agreed to do it, but kept playing around with his ideas, and at *he sa ‘ muscle coordination. of liberal arts college "|® S-. better mind and the curricula a SeS !f t’ Wishing it is fine thing. need to and nothing was written. Three weeks before the per- slrou -SaS ad- garded in that light, a We adequate academic credits thoroughly has the « ».™ pub. usts time the reason why is taught music £ ,» motion but that formance, when the advertising had already gone out, who move, to express ourselves through — accomplishment. ZS ‘ZItTSS have had a fine musical given for musical mental drill so extraordi) women who I after told him the new work would be America wl vantage of a per- If Ten and isn’t the whole Picture of our reactions and responses. got him and now thousands of people m attainments of the average p have willingly stated that their There are average intellectual trailing in youth, and need something to stimulate us spiritually as well, have to be done in time. It was. You know that work artistic training. They helped by the Paul Whiteman is one of the few people in fhe world who needs We a musical and an by comparison. callings has been Blue. feel that the jazz haTe had son must suffer life access in other if our emotional lives are to be balanced and complete. as the Rhapsody in I don’t »' arromDlish- of one no editorial introduction, in any country, amongst any group or experience .he the extreme case of the afforded by music. We know to “m -Let us take discipline slight qualification. Most people of appeal requires greater maturity than a elements in the Rhapsody have proved harmful ™ Di. WWaltei cC. great vntu mental class. There is, perhaps, one This sort play an instrument. X merits of a is well known to Etude the ability to fact, whose name Actually, is musi- contempla- the development of American music! Mr. Josef man in think of Whiteman as a jail musician. he a baby can supply; it requires cultivation, Chief Medical cso. We asked the professional nun ical field Alvarez, readers who was in cian who has chosen to devote himself to jazz. There is a tion. And in time, our hypothetical baby grows into it. for a repre- into business of the Mayo Hofmann fifty. He then went there, and the essence of this Not a Substitute for Beethoven Consultant untfi he was over subtle but important difference When that happens, the child does not renounce its sentative program with most lucrative and internation- of the finest and difference is responsible, in a measure at least for Mr. White- (like everything Clinic and soon occupied one fondness for the jazz sounds; it keeps both kinds of The point is, of course, that jazz to having the case is author of a view the country. Another man's success. He is first of all a serious and thoughtful musi- is sub- ally known managerial positions in music in its heart. The only possible harm that could else) must be kept within its limits. It not a operations ana- father was at subjects*, re- mental American composers whose cian. He has had thorough musical schooling. His try to pre- medical of one of our best come to the child would be the rejection of the more stitute for Beethoven, and wise folks don’t audited. Mr. that in the public schools of Denver sent your editor lyzed and the Metropolitan and by one time supervisor of music Beethoven! cently works have been done at developed musical appeal because of its fondness for tend that it is. But it can help lead one to en- Hofmann sent us the con- and well known as a leader of musical activities in the West. an amazing book orchestras. Tiffs gentleman wherever you find folks First a youngster is thrilled by jazz; that sets him to our great symphony (If was during these days that Paul Whiteman first made friends jazz. Wherever that happens— titled “Parergon.” In its following: mercantile business said to next thing, he wants to try a highly successful with The Etude, which occupied a front place on his father's refusing to have anything to do with the larger scope thinking about music. The (Etude Bach-Liszt, “Fantasia ducts ninety-six pages year. express himself a bit through tone. He starts fool- Fugue in G gross over $2,000,000 a magazine rack, and to which the future band virtuoso would of music because of their love of jazz—you are wit- to size) with five hundred and in The Etude to instrument. thing you know, facts have been stressed turn in his insatiable quest for new music.) nessing a development that lacks balance and propor- ing around with an Next in half- minor” These illustrations the enormous mind- all such cases he tries a few lessons. As his musical knowledge in- “Sonata, convince practical parents of tion. But, happily enough for concerned, displays art Beethoven, will Whiteman's professional career started symphonically, and for tone, it music study. Music study are rare. In my experience I have found that jazz and creases, he enlarges his musical scope. This is not 106” sharpening value of eleven years he remained as violinist and principal viola player works, paintings, sculp- Opus almost it hap- into a wise man, but it will, m jazz bands have educated more people for symphonic merely a pipe dream of my own. I have seen pho- Ballade in F not turn a fool in various symphony orchestras. Then he fumed his attention to tures, etchings, and Chopin, the oppor- time again. help all who have it music than the symphony orchestras themselves have! pen time and contem- every case, enormously the then-developing field of popular music, and brought to tographs, all by minor this curious of recordings, for instance. Some it. have made the knowledge and experience of more than a dozen years of Take the matter The Prelude, Opus tunity to engage in We porary physicians. Chopin, Inch are Learning With Entertainment Kreisler a fine recording Hofmann’s achievements w serious musicianship. It is precisely in this serious and exper- years back, Alda and made published by No. 1 census of Mr. book is 28, pianist because ienced musicianship that we find the roots of the wonderful on the whole, are specialists in their of the Song of India by Rimsky-Korsakoff. This, even Opus similar to those of all great virtuoso Americans, — Mead, Johnson and Chopin, Prelude, interpretations, performances that have made unthinking people to gam a new arrangements, and work, in their sports, in their fun. They seem to find in its original ballet setting, is a bit of dance music. Evansville, No. 8 it will assist many Company of 28, Whiteman's name a byword in every country that listens to at a time and These fine artists made the record and it sold very the brain capacity of musicians it more natural to take to one thing Probably a no- Debussy, Soiree dans respect for music. In addition to his public work, Mr. Whiteman has as- Indiana. such Also, they learn most easily when they well. Then, sometime later, I made what has been editor has a list of over two hundred develop that. table art collection of Granada Your sumed the post of Director of Music of the Blue Network. and women who have gladly get delight and entertainment from the thing they are called my first “desecration” of good music by arrang- times the size Prokofieff, March in F names of eminent men many if India modern dance number. It study has been of un- In the midst of the controversy recently raging around jazz learning. In other words, they’ll learn fast enough ing the Song of as a if all the attested to the fact that music could be made minor Mr. to express to start with; adapted it to to obtain and mam- and jazz values, The Etude has asked Whiteman they’re entertained, but they shy away from “learn- was a dance number I doctors were - Godowsky, qualified value in helping them works of Strauss . Editor’s Note. positions. There himself on what jazz does for us ing” as such. The first great musical educator to stim- suit the pace of modern dancing. Well, that record the pref- “Fledermaus” tain their prominent and successful assembled. In people through the presentation sold over two and a half million. And the climax of of other outstanding ulate a love for good music ace to the book is a brief “This program was are doubtless thousands of popular music was John Philip Sousa. People would the story is that, as a direct result of public famili- list of distinguished doc- placed in the hands of who could endorse this. flock to his concerts simply to swing to the rhythms arity with the tune through the popular recording, the able this standpoint and many tors who have been a member of our staff It would thus seem from sold music DISCUSSION of jazz sends me back of his own wonderful marches. And what did Sousa Alda-Kreisler record took a new lease on life and such as Theo- Harding) the vast sums of money spent on his NEW musicians, (Mr. Milton others that per cent better it had origin- investmen s nearly twenty-five years, when exactly the same do? He kept those popular marches to the end of the over one hundred than dor Billroth, Leopold view to estimat- education in our country are the finest with a movements, over- ally. Did popular recording harm the cause of the coming sort of discussion was going on. At that time, I program and first played symphonic my Damrosch, Herrman ing accurately all of the that American parents can make for T was the battleground myself. I had taken jazz into tures, and operatic selections. And the people sat good music? Boerhaave, and Louis JOSEF HOFMANN operations in- mental generation. willingly, waiting for the marches to science, Carnegie Hall. For the first time, jazz was performed through them Pasteur. To this list The work of occupations literature, on Arrangements volved. In all other human — come. After a few years, those opening numbers were A Word the great *msl not as dance music but as concert music; it was per- might be added . _ (notes and fingering, acci- architecture, engineering. Ame - counting the operations mathematics, painting, longer strange and “odd”; the people enjoyed them In the twenty-five years that have sped by since the composer, Alexander Borodin, and the ha formed symphonically: special musical numbers were no Russian interpretation, rests, pauses, phrasing, pedal- ness administration, and so forth—the worker Kellogg, and scores dentals, not incidental dance airs but as serious for their own sakes. Thus, Sousa was the first to first jazz controversy, a number of things have hap- lean medical pioneer, John Harvey T he pei- given, as ing, meter, rhythm, and other details) took this musi- time to check, correct, and amplify his work Tchaikovsky. pened to popular taste the same popular taste that men who have found the brain-quick- o musical expression in the idiom of jazz. It all provoked popularize the symphonies of — of other medical week to audit and collate, and in the middle much impor- cal expert nearly a forming artist, however, cannot stop The next great personality to do the same sort of still likes jazz! It is no longer possible, for one thing, nerve-resting value of music of made a the sort of comment that the old farmer made when ening, this with the assistance of an adding machine. The say, “I'm sorry. I have just poor Reimann, M.D., eminent a program and he saw a giraffe and said, “There ain’t no such thing was John McCormack. People came to him for to use jazz bands as the final resting place of tance in their work. Stanley P. will a* claims result was that 319,418 operations were required in a mistake, but with your kind permission I P and folksongs and found themselves players. The kind of player who is inadequate for a and gifted, finely schooled pianist, animal.” On the one hand, jazz music was being per- simple home — onocologist which Mr. Hofmann presents in not more creation, his m value to the surgeon, program the composition all over again.” His enjoyed; on the other hand, there were listening to his wonderful interpretations of Mozart symphony is also inadequate for a band. Musicianship that music study is of special er formed and than ninety minutes of playing time. This indicates terpretation, must be technically and artistically P Mother Machree. is the first requisite for holding down a place in a mind must be continually stepped up to make those who said it just wasn’t music! I asserted my and Handel and Schubert, before whose that Mr. Hofmann's mind travels consciously and sub- does not hav and whose fingers feet the first time it is performed. He that time, I find that, essentially, it Listening, they learned and enjoyed. Third in order jazz band. The boys who swing it hot must be as thor- rapid and vitally accurate decisions occu position at and degree of co- consciously at an average rate during this period of another chance. cannot think of any other early musical educators came the old oughly familiar with Bach and Beethoven as they are trained to the greatest possible We has not changed much since then. It is this: there’s among the must be operations minute. In calls to Orchestral societies about 3549 a no other life call- pation which in its training specifications jazz or swing or jive provided motion-picture-house orchestras, who provided mood with jive. To be sure, there is a certain freedom in ordination, accuracy, and facility. nothing wrong with — ing is a greater demand made upon the human brain scientific control of comes from its very youthfulness set have flourished in Brooklyn, such lightning decisions or its adherents realize the fact that it’s only a part of music for love scenes, holdups, battles, and stealthy jazz that —no made un of physicians super- (Cali- muscles and nervous system. The musician’s brain mind, a plane of such did it by using bits of the classics. Again, traditions prevail. But lack of tradition does not mean York, Detroit, Akron (Ohio), Oakland nerves, and muscles upon music. It has a definite niche, a definite job; within burglars, and New flies ahead at an airplane speed which centers. The Doctors Sym- makes that of accuracy and does music study. of these it is excellent. The difficulty begins the people came for entertainment—and got it in lack of musical precision! fornia) Boston, and other timing as the scope especially the average man appear like the old-fashioned stage- mental jazz for music whole. terms of Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakoff, and Wagner. Much of the popularity of jazz, rests on the various phony Orchestra of Milan, Italy, was an Psychologists are not all agreed that when people begin mistaking as a generally bands. arrangements in which it is offered. As I was the first England ncuropsychiatrist, ** cise in one field (music) is transferable Jazz tickles the muscles. It is the sort of thing you Finally, then, came our bands, the Whiteman fine one. The eminent New Dr. F. William Sunderman, of the University of Pennsyl- himself violinist, cases at our sym- to do these arrangements, I’m glad to tell how they vania, a line has written admirable brochures other activities. There may indeed be special want to dance to, the sort of thing that sets your feet We, too, gave people “fun” music. But and Pain” on the musical careers of the noted physicians, Billroth published “Nervousness. Indigestion, and Page 4 the instinctive urge for self- phonic concerts, we offered classics a new kind of originated. I was trained by (.Continued on Page 482) * His recently Borodin. which musical proclivities ( Continued on moving, that appeals to — works m its held. Is one oi the outstanding "FORW'ARD MARCH MATH MUSIC” THE ETUDE AUGUST, 1944 "FORW'ARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 437 436 — t
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Grew Out of Music The “Greatest Show on Earth" the fees and the racketeers. . refused theboyc ipfjuiarlv them the name of ‘the Sunday-school Th1 ® a compliment, although it was . ? Thev took it as meant as one! But all that came much Interview with py no means An days the church and school spon- r in the early make them known to ministers, school sorship helned 'j kind of people. Also, it ex- the nicest degree the scope of their tours. In- es incfUnff tended to some CL»L Baraboo. they began a tour w*. ,l“ nf having around Middle West. Co-Owner and Director, oSe-niSTstends all over the ff landed in Nebraska “On one such tour, they in Bailey Circus heavy snowstorm. The storm grew Bros and Barnum & the midst of a Ringling the boys were marooned in their steadily worse and of getting to their engagements. hotel with no chance stranded there, too. He was Another musician was BY ROSE HEYLBUT fabulous Negro pianist, who played EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE Blind Tom the SECURED by ear. The boys made anything and everything spent that entire week be with him and they and the more obscure friends ,s began, Many years later we found lave ofJading out ho* of applied music together. Americans bare a national hearing bow fbe mirace making ar"ed where Blind Tom was playing. car; bow the ourselves in a town experimented in a box P°P^ . fa small b^yZo / e find hear him. and afterwards gt outof fbe Teams o whaf he could dodo.. V Mv husband and I went to SS of the kitchen of a young If the sons speak to him He said only, motorca/grew out of of a love of music. Charles went around to ^ might be no Greatest past meeting. Blind of any "crazy ^about music." there ‘Hello Tom’; not a word his lie. d around and (Top} CLAYTON CHASE (Bottom) Tom stopped a moment, swung RAJAH ALBERT OSTERMAIER AND DOHEOS JACK LE CLAIR Charlie Rlnglim. -snowbound fifty clowns with Ringling Bros answered Ah! I know— Thrilling tightwire performing tiger of Alfred Court’s His famous horse, featured with the Ringling Bros Two of the funny ' had never met my provided a nom/orfafa/ deepest little hotel In Nebraska.' He wild animal groups with the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Barnum & Bailey Circus. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. the father's harness business consu lted their own in a ^* ^ #/| y time, yet that marvelous & Bailey Circus. along. In as long Intervening the world to help . with mas, c husband in the their way in gJ £ee „ doing som ething something with music. Anally , Y ° into a family stored up the sound of hi voice. inclinations to do ,f ,me(y themselves ear of his had young King 9 M 0 Entirely self-taught, the gave the boys had they could remember. ers f or a fee. They years of musical work, as 0^ “After some ried Charles Ringling in the fall. After that, I went seventeen months flat on his back in a cast. So abrupt music as an alien thing that simply gave them a live- at home and later branched Then, orchestra that had fun J„ Baraboo, Wisconsin. very little!—and invested it in a earned 0 great*f reputfe La,;on saved up a little—a tours, have been doing just that for a departure from normal routine could handicap an lihood. They believed in it, revered it, felt it, loved it. at school and at dances, and „e nt forth along on and concerts, played Compony Tills consisted of a lew wagons, a years quite el Meen small wagon show. years. For the year our was a active boy but music settled the difficulty. My son “The Ringlings tried, in their small way those the youngest, was not ^9 ' The Etude is fifty-four half home — when Charles, . Baraboo, Wisconsin. (east hat Jar ' culture and good or that part of , o/ Show's" few circus acts, private car, wherever we went we made music. spent most of the day listening to (and studying) ago, to make their music bring /o conquer the world, gf 0„e of fhe "Big and **** ” a few animals, We had a five-octave piano, and when the day’s work phonograph records, learning songs, arias, and roles, things to their hearers, along with the fun. They were and a band. was done we had fun playing and singing. and perfecting himself in languages and interpreta- completely honest about it. I’ve lived long enough to . Editor s Note. obscurely and grew so great They had to tion. He emerged from his ordeal with a background know that honesty is about the only thing a person husband learn the circus The Bond of Music of musical knowledge that was most helpful to him needs, to make good in life. He doesn’t need to be one. I like to recall that my the old was a worthy career began. intellectual, or handsome, or rich, or clever if only entirely impartial about about the show busi- business, but “I had a soprano voice, I played the ’cello, and I when his own II MAY NOT BE his brothers had firm ideas thought it was and out other instruments. I “Yes, we Ringlings still make music! Professionally, he can convince people that they may trust him. Nat- Concert Company, because I entertainment could be clean, they came soon picked up a number of So twelve ness; they believed that with people to heard it. I was its strong in the fitted right in! I don’t believe that a day of our mar- the music of the ‘big show’ gets the same careful at- urally, you have to spend a long time wonderful the first time I and uplifting without losing any of I always wholesome, tention that went into the old Concert Company and come to that conclusion. When I was younger, I used grew up in Baraboo and had that belief. band. They ried life passed without our practicing together. My years old then. I sheer fun value. They always held to and the sight o it husband kept his violin playing, and I accompanied into the Chicago Opera. And privately, we have fun to turn up an inward nose when I heard a man say, the Ringlings as neighbors, had a ‘big show' on their played in up known “Years later, when they quite the platform making music themselves and him. On tour and at home, we found our recreation with tones. I enjoy playing my son’s accompaniments, ‘I done it.’ Today, I’m not so particular. I’m old friends up there on the owners of questionable side-show At that tune hands and and the private car that is still home to us for many satisfied to have him say ‘I done it’—if I know that The music was good too. privileges, saw to it that in going through the library of violin and piano was staggering. rackets offered them big fees for concession Carnival of Fun. It was works, interspersing the sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, months of the year has its piano. he really did do it and that I can put my trust in the the outfit was called ‘The they changed the name and Brahms with waltzes, salon numbers, and songs. honesty of that doing! made up of six members and Later, my husband collected a number of fine Cremona Honesty Pays “That kind of honesty, I think, is the cornerstone a few times. , „ Al; Alfred !. of music and the thing of all good music. The composer who puts down notes “There was Albert Ringling, called violins, including two Gaglianos, an Amati, and a “The ‘big show’ grew out — him from getting K* Stradivarius. goes deeper than the mere fact that a group of boys that he doesn’t believe in, because he wants to catch Ringling, called Alf-T, to keep Charles Singling, happened to invest in a circus. a passing fad, isn’t honest. The performer who woos mixed up with Al; Otto Ringling, MRS. CHARLES RINGLING “Naturally, it was a satisfaction to us both when who played and sang, Kimball Young, philosophy of living that underlies popularity through exhibitionism rather than through Ed Kimball (whose daughter, Clara our love of music showed itself in our son, Robert, There is a certain movies) and another boy whose who, before becoming president of our company, sang all good music. No matter how entertaining or stim- an earnest desire to reflect what the music means, won distinction in the , forgotten. There were no women people as leading baritone of the Chicago Opera. Like his ulating or moving music may be, it is always some- isn’t honest. Only through complete sincerity can one name, alas, I have ‘circus music' Tve the assistants. The boys did every mere father, Robert too turned to music when a serious thing more besides. That ‘something more’ has to do convince others. Only through sincerity did a small in the company and no something n , than were care- just the qualities of character that make music a concert company of small -town boys develop into ‘the the work themselves. The programs means decision had to be made. Robert sustained an injury with bit of noise.noise, Aa wagon how , ” entertaining, pleasing music. when he was a child and, at twelve, had to spend source of uplift. The Ringling brothers didn’t look on big show.’ fully selected from good, that— no money for railro and played several instruments inch o All the boys sang transportation; every cornetist and Charles special- Alf-T was a first-class ground had to be covere and together ‘ ized on the violin and the trombone— w as e' and in- wagon travel. No child were able to put on programs of vocal, they more thrilled by an strumental solos and group numbers. w other habits it is created in the lively and interesting habit within ourselves with practice. To accomplish than we re the Ringlings ‘ explained to us by the pioneer American, this, he gives us following formula. able to P Vital manner the Enterprise at last they were The Use at Drudgery A Worthy William James. Habit, he tells us, is a path in our First; we must launch ourselves into the new and well- an elephant f°r were operatic arias, marches, overtures, chase nervous system, along which a nerve current flows, desired activity, with as strong and decided initiative “There way, they thrilled to Rocked m the show. In a small known ballads (oh, how I va eonora S-Ji _Aikto each time the same stimulus arises. The first time we as possible. bass solo!) regional on demonstrating the L J. Cradle of the Deep sung as a perform this act—say that of practicing the scale of Second: we must never suffer an exception to occur the boys al- fun. and they P popular songs—everything. Also, wholesome D-flat major—our will has ordered the flow of nerve until the new habit is securely rooted within us. (A songs, " had written they were ways included a comic sketch which they pered. Presently RUDGERY used to be applied, in music study,, current into the definite channel. In other words, we good warning against aimless playing and practicing.) slapstick, no old ‘ rehearsed themselves. There was no to change the to the practice of scales, arpeggios and finger are determined to sound the scale on the keys. Each Third: we must seize every opportunity to act on and Afte that , exist then!—and nothing rough. Fam- into a railroad show. act playing that scale, the the habit, and make chances for it to act, so that it iazz—it didn’t D exercises. The repetition of technical exercises time we repeat the of children and everybody quickly. ilies came and brought the they grew on the keys of the piano, has one aim in view; namely, same channels are used for the effort; and the path- may be strengthened and intensified. up was the special had a good time. The first step to generate in the five fingers of the player’s two way, through that intricate nerve system of the human Drudgery it may be—this toil of striving to attain company attracted. Musical Romance kind of sponsorship that the A hands the ability to sound the keys with a firm and body, flows along that road more and more easily, a piano technic which shall free the music within stop playing just picture so “Pretty soon, the boys were able to THE MUSICAL RINGLING FAMiLY “I entered the accurate touch. until after countless repetitions, it proceeds almost the mind and heart; but drudgery with a vital mean- from churches and eighteen ^ dates, and to accept invitations speak, when I was This “habit” of striking the piano keys is one of without conscious direction. ing, when it is viewed in the light of modem psy- Back Row (L. to R.) Al, Allred T., character of the Chau- August G.. Charles, Circus r schools. This gave them the Otto saw the Ringling the prime attributes of piano playing, and like all The psychologist declares that w e can create any chology. (of Front Row (L. to R.) John, Mrs. August Ringling, served as public testimony Mr. August Ringling, Ida. first time tauqua circuit and and Henry summer—the . that their performance an r which they were justly proud) ever seen any circus AUGUST, 1944 "FORW'ARD MARCH WITH MUSIC.’’ 439 "FORWARD ETUDt 438 MARCH W'lTH MUSIC’’ TUf. ” —
fail, thereby winning . , without our , himself Music and Culture in all he said and stood for. completemnlete Confidence Qf value only when applied to the and Culture this instructor Music of living, and exerted, . Program firmly fastened between the two strings), a three- application, a benevolent influence over through their stringed fiddle, a moon guitar, and a wooden block came in contact. A few years be- wfth whom he and cymbals about eighteen inches in diameter. The ^ death, I had the opportunity great teacher's they have f“-e this musicians sit in cheap, straight chairs; “ of my gratitude when I met him in a little no uniforms, no leader, no music, apparently no cues. he held a highly responsible Building Character m w York City where But they never miss a beat; they cue in the actors, college. in a teacher’s on the melodies and seem Pposition make simple variations happiest memories in my own experience one of the to have a better time than anybody in the audience. girl who never failed to that of a fifteen-year-old They have a long work day; it may last from about lesson period was over. When thank me when the eleven in the morning until some time before dawn fact that her father paid me for her Through Music reminded of the of the next day. quickly: “Daddy pays you for your theater. lessons she said There are no intermissions in the Chinese thank you for your patience and time but I have to When a musician feels thirsty, or needs a rest, he the other things you do for me.” kindness, and for all lays his instrument on his chair, goes into the wings the clock throughout The teacher who watches the and comes back with a cup of tea which he may who cannot expect her pupils to the lesson is another drink standing while he watches the action on to have great confidence in her eniov their lessons or stage; or he may simply reach down beside his chair, counselor. He, too, will watch the clock, cosy, extract as friend and take a cup out of the top of a padded tea instant the allotted time is over. himself honing for release the the tea pot from the same place, and pour teacher should remember that the Most of all the a drink right there. loving upon him either with respect or hardly know whether to call the cymbals a musical TEACHER'S social influence upon nunil looks I HE MUSIC What the teacher stands for in property. are not used to intimate one. The with indifference. instrument or a stage They the pupil is a singularly integrity, patience, tolerance, exactness and emphasize the music, but the importance of the the Lampertis, and the character Liszts, the Leschetizkys, the pupil in his music T mag- enthusiasm means everything to principal actors. The more important the character, merely because they were Auers were great not as he enters or They were fai and in his life. the louder the thunder of cymbals nificent musicians and able teachers. the stage. You can locate a Cantonese theater They were great personalities and, Teacher and Man leaves more than that. the clash of the cymbals, with men and affairs, three or four blocks away by through their rich experience Presser is reported as saying CHINESE STAGE ORCHESTRA late Theodore AN OLD-FASHIONED if an ancient military drama is being- upon all who came in The especially exerted a wonderful influence (1834-1891) who founded the New every performer wears a cue. were smart about Eben Tourjee This picture must have been taken before the Chinese Revolution in 1912, as enacted. them. Those pupils who of playing have been contact with Conservatory of Music in 1867. "I learned a were abolished at that time. The composition of the orchestra and the style as important influence benefited England Cues There is another member of the troop enough to lend themselves to this value lrom Tourjee, day. Dating from two thousand years before Christ, China has moved with glacial deal of practical musical very slightly altered to this or musician: that is the Property Man. through conceit felt them- great brought a great awakening to the as any actor enormously, but those, who great Karl August Haupt slowness until the present war, when military and state necessity have he had been a pupil of the shuffles on and off the stage, clad in any old that they did not need it, usually as celestial kingdom He selves so important far more from Tourjde, che in Berlin, but I learned worn-out garment, always at hand if needed. When disappeared in the drains of oblivion. who, as a poor boy ran a music store until he chairs become a bed or mountain, he instruction is given in a class- man the tables and Most public school enough to go abroad. pupils pres- was able to save up money arranges them; he hangs the signs which change room with from fifteen to twenty other tne had a vast acquaintance with great men and bare boards to a garden or river; when the hero is music lesson, however, the pupil, in Tourjee ent. At the of the world. Just to be there in time alone with the teacher; women and knew the ways killed in hand-to-hand combat, he is larger number of cases, is knowledge may ma.:e near him gave me a kind of savoir-faire, a to slip a pillow under the talented head before it and the teacher’s personality, therefore, Music in the Chinese Theater proved of real value in of tea, the pupil. The life and manners that has reaches the floor. Occasionally he pours a cup a great individual impression upon of upon this as entire musical and business activities. shuffles across the stage in front of secondary actors teacher with ideals cannot fail to look my Mr. Presser has stated that he himself was a poor and musicians, and gives it to a weary tenor to refresh a rich personal responsibility. years in strict father, Christian Presser, held him for his next aria. How many teachers who have spent long boy and his very the young pupil, severely as a lad. Theodore Presser worked in For Chinese drama Is not drama as we conceive it; the profession of musically training him in ^Jdelen C^ouplandoupi only a small part until he, like Eben Tourjee, was able l>y. oCcuira it is more like a combined opera and ballet. In the realize that the actual teaching is a music store we try to tie up money to go to college For years he traditional plays, not a word is spoken; all is sung of the obligation to the student? Do to save enough serve him in until he had acquired the in recitative interspersed with well-known ancient the tonal world with ideals which will taught music in colleges relation existing at the Leipzig Con- ballads. The pantomime is exquisite; even without a life, or do we disregard the means to go to Leipzig to study later article is really a second part to Miss Coup- find it? was still a This very graphic knowledge of the language, anyone can get a general between his music and life as he is going to servatorium. Returning to America, life “sermon- years old interesting article "The General Wanted a Wedding sense of the story from the wonderfully graphic This does not mean that the teacher must struggle to him until he was almost fifty land's highly that the teachei THEODORE PRESSER (1848-1925) worthy miming. When Mei Lang Fang came to this country, ize” at the lesson. But it does mean No man ever enjoyed a struggle more. A March," which appeared in The Etude for July. This section always stressed the importance get to wholesome ideals. Through Founder of The Etude, him. Money meant very I wondered how much of his performance would help find the way adversary was a delight to . can life was an example as an independent feature Editor's Note. pro- of music in building character. His may be read against the insuperable barrier those incidents which every lesson whereby he could help over the footlights the use of principles and clean living. This pic- little. It was only a means tale. of fine Christian doubted him. Society teacher can “point a moral or adorn a relatively modest desires. of language. It was idle to have vides, the published for the first time, was taken shortly others and satisfy his own ture, now all laughed with him as of all is the principle of emulation from Lynch- atmosphere and matrons and stenographers— Most important after he moved the offices of The Etude However, his years in a collegiate example of good below large stage; stroll up and down the front of the stage conversing portrayed a modest wife rebuffing an importunate The teacher must set an to Philadelphia, in 1884. The expression society, so that UR TABLES were directly a he in general. hurg , Virginia, his extensive travels adjusted him to neatness, tact. We know high human ideals and his belief engaged two companies of with a friend about finding a certain house, while the lover, or a woman getting her own way in a quarrel manners, kindness, precision, on his face shows his in any group he always was listened to carefully by the General had are seated in plain sight on into a home filled with dis- in the great project he was launching. He actors for the occasion. One group had been inmates of that house with her husband. of one teacher who went those who respected idealism and achie vements. O them. personal influence was able to estab- who brought from Peking, nearly two thousand miles away, the two chairs with the table between When cord and by his had very little respect for the type of musician atmosphere. Of course, Mandarin-speaking general the hero lifts one foot and turns toward them he is A Serious Business lish a much more harmonious by which to for the pleasure of the to forgetting chil- looked upon music as a mere routine is to meddle crowded schedules, even confess theater - over the threshold and the dialog can begin. take their profession seriously and prac- last thing that a teacher should do jobs to and his friends; the other would give plays in The actors the crime against music make money. Those players who left their example music dren’s names and faces. What a gentry. And this Costumes and make-up have their conventions too. tice long hours beginning at dawn in bodily exer- in domestic affairs, but by a fine without trying Cantonese for the benefit of the local — — personal humanity they commit! spend their idle hours in beer saloons, military hero has a few daubs of red on lead students to higher standards of »and necessitates a short description of a Chinese theater. The young cises, vocal exercises, and the arias of their repertoire. may to advance themselves spiritually, educationally, prac- One of America’s greatest educators was Mark stage, beyond his face to indicate courage; the villain’s nose is not appreciate their vocal efforts, for they behavior. disgust. You will find no scenery on a Chinese We may . President of Williams College, tically, and socially, he looked upon with great white assured that music study is the best Hopkins (1802-1887), elaborately embroidered entrance curtain at the painted black; if he is not wholly bad, a few sing in falsetto. There is a reason for this tradition, We have been chief factors in an stu- felt that the nearer the educator could come to Mr. Presser felt that one of the streaks lighten the effect. I have been told that a emperor possible builder of character. The instrumental who right side of the back wall, and a matching curtain however. It seems that there was once an the to build char- becomes mentally regarding the pupil as an individual and not as a value of music was that of helping foreigner is splashed with green, but I have never mother had been an actress. When he came dent learns bodily coordination, his for the exit on the left. Between, are a table and two whose successful be. acter. He is said discussed frequently an emotional outlet, molecule in a mass, the more he would to have silks. are seen it. to dragon throne, his first decree barred women alert, imaginative; finds music who chairs also covered with embroidered Nor the to It was always said of him that none of his pupils dealings with thousands of his musical customers, receives mechanical training; improves his power even these the property of the theater owner, but are from the stage forever. Whether he wanted no woman his powerful personal character influence. revealed elements of the highest type. All-Important Orchestra well as to concentrate. In short, ever forgot character of chief actor. Going into the theatrical The to gain a higher reputation than his mother, I do reason logically, as Pen- furnished by the educational and common observation was, “Mark Hopkins at one Recently in The Etude the story' of Leonard certain the study of music enriches his A business in China is fairly simple and always prof- The ingenue is clad in pastel silks and has not know; but until the day of the Revolution, as a pupil at the other constitute nario, American piano in myriad diversified ways. end of a log and a astonishing new and youthful characteristic gestures, such as dabbing at her nose long as there was an emperor in China, all women’s spiritual life most itable. university.” virtuoso, was told. impressed me The thing that is needed the background with a filmy handkerchief to show her modesty, shy- roles were taken by men. To imitate women’s voices, he Naturally, some scenery as The Indifierent Teacher As a child I was taught that only the best one could was. that all through his school and college life in high, of a play, but it is furnished by the spectator’s imag- ness, and delicacy. She always speaks a they sang falsetto; that soon became the standard was worth doing, no matter what the occasion. never of less than The conscientious teacher’s share in making each do permitted himself to have a rating ination. The table and two chairs can be, on occasion, affected voice. Her personal servant is dressed in of vocal excellence, and the male roles were also sung student’s in later years as a young teacher, the important “A.” wonder that lesson a truly beautiful experience in the So, With such a standard, it is small the desk of a law court from whence dire justice is unornamented black; elderly matrons are also in in that manner, though in a more forceful style. Thus giving question was always; “Am I doing my best appearances musical progress, cannot be minimized. By possible he has met with towering success in his dispensed, or a bed in a domestic comedy; with the plain black, but with a discreet jewel in the knot it is that Mei Lang Fang is the third generation personality, work?” And afterward, “Are my pupils actually be- that any- wholeheartedly of her imagination, her with great orchestras. His thought was chairs stacked upon the table, it becomes a mountain of the hair. All judges have fierce, rolling eyes and actor in his family; his father and grandfather before aware of the virtue of excellence, doing and her understanding, she makes coming or am I in thing that was worth doing all, was worth is from long beards, and bandits are ill-clad, slovenly ruffians him were famous portrayers of feminine roles. her enthusiasm, ” at to be climbed. For other scenes, a sign hung Her ob- some way ‘letting them down?’ the music-study hour a definite achievement. in the best possible manner. the back of a chair which says simply “Garden” or with unkempt hair. Every gesture has its traditional But to return to the General’s entertainment: The lesson itself. A well remembered personality of my althoug ligations do not end with the high school Character has as its objective perfection, “River,” and the stage is set. meaning and a devotee of the theater can tell what two companies of actors literally swept each other teacher err in days was a principal, whose teachings will is * The too conscientious young may never be perfection may never be attained. Perfection If the hero comes in carrying a riding whip he is on emotion an actor intends to convey by the way he off the boards at three-hour intervals. Of course, in for her work for her own forgotten. Ours was a small school with an said. having too great a concern inadequate mosaic of trifles. Michaelangelo Buonarroti horseback; he has dismounted when he hands the opens his fan, or sits on a chair. such a short space of time, no one play could be to have an indifferent attitude staff, and for that reason the principal himself taught trifle- place at finished, but that little difference the guests. physical welfare, but “Trifles make perfection—and perfection is no whip to an attendant. If he catches hold of a red The members of the orchestra have their made to reprehensible. Frequently, a teacher boasts several subjects, to our great enrichment of character. nius'c wings; Canton, were connoisseurs; they the stories well is far more Character also is a composite of trifles. Because pole held by the property man, he has made his the right front of the stage near the in They knew are out He gave to each and every one of once the pupil and his work us a definite whic (with the and. were able to appreciate ( Continued on Page 486) of the fact that phi- study demands that kind of personal discipline journey by boat and is now disembarking. He may there is usually one two-stringed fiddle bow as well. Some, with losophy of life, a high standard of ^ sight, they are out of mind conduct to which calls Page 482 of for perfection in trifles, ( Continued on "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 441 "FORWARD MARCH WITH AUGUST, 1944 440 MUSIC THE etude * ”
appropriately too, "The Wayfaring if and quite Music in the Home famous spiritual of that of efineer ” after the name, The Stream Music been a roaming troubadour and The story of the growth and development of music Music in the Home f he has long be- has friends in out-of-the-way cor- has been told a thousand times, but every writer with cause o5 this he Ives recently joined and individuality sees the progress of the erfall over the country. the experience (quartet) in a new Tuesday and art from a different viewpoint. Richard Anthony c Clubmen Thurs- and ballads over the occupation for many years has been that Program of folksongs Colum- Leonard’s Broadcasting Com- The Etude to 5:45 P.M., EWT. Whether these of a producer for the National 1 Network—5 : 30 be filled by him when these ettra soots will still words Music predict, radical changes being Wartime Radio are read we cannot Midsummer radio. But those programs are what they are in of Ives has added fighting Genuine interest because songs Nations to his Music Lover’s Bookshelf United repertoire, and folksongs of the he usually sings about two or three in these recitals aan accompanying himself on his guitar; l)ij _sdfj^red cjCindscuj. solo selections, M»f of numbers are a couple in which besides this there the quartet. Ives generally in his pro- he is joined by Any book here selection with something of the reviewed may a-rams introduces each music, or be secured from and derivation of the a brief ex- ETUDE MUSIC the history THE be heard ovei presented in the MAGAZINE at the of the finest soprano singers to of the characters songs. FEATURE of radio for the planation given plus HE DOMINATING cast of “This Is the price al S a member of the Army.” summer of 1944 is the news—news of our boys Kurenko. Burl was postage. lady from Russia, Maria went to Hollywood he asked for ' a in Italy, and in the Pacific; That delightful When the show fighting in France, to Present an- T this year to radio Ail’ Corps, but was honorably dis- has returned again the and perhaps, by the time these words appear in print, Network (Sun- transfer to concerts on the CBS and returned to civilian life. fronts also, for the other fine series of from the Army news of our boys fighting on other Maria Kurenko had charged P.M., EWT) . Light of the World, going places and doing things days—11:15 to 11:30 Biblical serial called which American soldier is from her early child- A resent a ambitions to become a singer undoubtedly have wide interest, was recently today in the name of freedom. One cannot oi will she became a soloist m one being interrupted for some hood Born in Moscow, on the Columbia Network. A dramatization of favorite musical program studied both piano begun churches at the age of ten. She is produced with fitting rev- of news—for good news is music to the ears its the Holy Bible, which vital piece Conservatory, and upon being Lij
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Hound Table Recital Plan A Morale Lifter The Teacher’s A Cooperative Pupils’
Civilian life these days seems to be a bonds, Red Cross, succession of “drives”— (“Thank Goodness!” I hear from a chorus U.S.O., and salvage of all sorts—fats, news- relieved Round Tablers.) Yes, papers, tin cans. I haven't heard of any- Conducted by of occa- thing being done by music teachers and sionally even I know when to shut up! Which Succeeded their pupils. Isn't there something distinc- you very much, . Thank A. T. . . S. tive that we could “drive" for, some proj- ect that we could organize? Have you any W.L. Indiana. ideas on the subject?— Beethoven's Sonata, Opus 110 you probably suspect, most of my aier As uyi Won’t you “break down" just once Idorma Ifdyiancl Cjtraved from Round Tablers and “ideas” come Q give an analysis of a composition—Bee- function throughout the land. I couldn’t thoven’s "Sonata in A-flat, Opus 110?" I without the ceaseless flow from their Mus. Doc have been studying it a long time, and am sorry to say that I am in a rut. I cannot fertile brains on all sorts of subjects Pianist seem to play it with any conviction. technical simplifica- Noted It teaching short-cuts, just seems to elude me.—S.A.T Massachu- Beginning to study the piano at the age of eight, L. Carroll Day rapidly added voice, organ, hand, student-recital helps, teacher- tions, and Music Educator- setts. and orchestral study to his store of musicianship. During his junior and senior years in high school he parent relations, and many other mat- taught a class of fifteen students. In 1914 < when he was eighteen, Hr. Day filled his firsf church posi- So little can be conveyed in cold words ters. So, practically simultaneously with tion. Since then he has been actively interested in all musical affairs of the city, at one time di- concerning this glorious composition that question came a thrilling communi- recting a male chorus of seventy-five. Lately, however, he has had to relinquish all teaching in order your an analysis it is futile to attempt of it. finds duties Man- cation from May Etts (Brooklyn) telling to look after his business affairs. Nevertheless, he time for such outside as Business For lofty, concentrated, spiritual essence, Teachers, and Treasurer of the Oregon Music Teachers' Association. of a project which she and a group of ager for the Progressive The the sonata has almost no equal. What her pupils, called the “Music Lovers’. En- Jean Williams; Chopsticks, Schaum; Man more can one say of it? . . . The first semble,” have organised. This group, Football Game, Schaum; The Wild Johnny movement, gentle and innocent, flows under Miss Etts’ direction, has given from Borneo, Schaum; With the along with almost Schubert bin naivete, many student recitals for the purpose of Doughboy, Seuel-Holst; Hats Off to the contours of its theme so softened and securing Christmas or gift packages ’for Taylor; The Bagpipe Player, Bur- Flag, ture all of its is the Vorrenpundents icith this Depart- Junior rounded that one hardly discerns the HE LITTLE music teacher was plainly discour- most gratifying to members— han- overseas soldiers. The entrance fees to Letters Corn Pone Shuffle, King; incut art requested to limit ton; at the studio furnish- dling of student recitals. No longer does the individual limits of the first and second t hemes aged. She glanced around the concerts are, of course, little gifts la One Hundred and Fifty Words. Rebe; Dwarfs at Work, Commandos, teacher over the expense of such a procedure, in two-four time, is ings she was still paying for—at the piano which worry suitable for men and women in the Merry Widow Waltz, Lehar- The Scherzo, sharp T Rungee; only one- third hers—and then sighed even deeper. nor—what is even more important in these hectic days armed cervices. This year over three the Russian Sailors, tongued and rough. The material in its was Wallis; Dance of of overcrowding where she can find a place suitable should be the means of accomplishing middle section seems to go All these bills were enough to make any young — hundred and fifty contributions were Gliere-Wallis. syncopated wrinkle her brow in perplexity—let alone be- for her recital. used in making the ninety packages this! “haywire," but what a delightful (and teacher students are doing by the addition of still another—that All that she does is to call the club’s secretary, give mailed overseas. By February more than Miss Etts and her difficult!) riot it is! ing confronted job in morale-lifting Boogie Woogie and Memorizing annual June recital. How could she spare the her the names of the pupils to be presented, with the seventy letters had been received by an admirable The slow movement must be men- of the respective dates, and that ends her responsibility. their through music. But don’t be misled by breath Surely money that an affair of this kind always required? members of the ensemble from I was so glad to read your remarks tioned with bated the L. CARROLL DAY highfalutin “Music Lovers’ En- see rent for a hall, fifteen dollars,” she Later on she will pay seventy-five cents for each num- Army and Navy friends, enthusiastically that about boogie woogie, for “them's my voice at the beginning is the voice of “Let me — title. The organization is simply sentiments" exactly. I have been teaching “piano moved that’s another ten ber presented. Whether she pays this fee or asks her acknowledging the gift packages. The semble” God, breathing eternal peace upon suf- spoke half aloud; — years, so you see of students who give interesting piano for thirty-five and janitor, five dollars .... Oh students to do so is a matter for her to decide. with mailing-list is composed mainly of a group fering humanity. The deep’y lamenting dollars; programs He dotes on it! Lots more fun for him now gift it is not my age which causes me to pupils' recitals under the guidance of groaned, “why can’t there be a way to give In spite of the many advantages of such a plan, it kind of recital. friends, relatives, and acquaintances of champion boogie woogie: but I believe Arioso which follows this benediction is dear,” she brand-new companions and a new their teacher. The friends who come to will without all this expense?” has its drawbacks, too, in that all the pupils of one sponsoring the club members. there is virtue in anything which one of the great themes, not only of student recitals With an organization as large as the club listen find it no hardship to bring along cause teen-age to work—and how they only little Miss Brown, as well as dozens teacher cannot be presented at one time. Generally opened that Some of the letters from overseas are Beethoven, but of all music There was— weekly events, endless opportunities are other work on the numbers you mentioned in four or five pupils are selected participating this excerpt some little knick-knack or — of other music teachers in Portland, Oregon, had not by the would be denied the individual teacher. For instance, truly touching; for example, your reply to D.L.W! I drive a hard The soaring fugue is the smoothest of I puzzle or amusing trick to solve, a couple yet learned of the new idea soon to be presented to teacher for each group recital. It does provide an ex- theme ideas are frequently carried out in costume re- from an Army nurse in Italy: “Today bargain—so much boogie woogie or swing all Beethoven’s figures—whose essays in of razor blades, a little joke book, a to so much technic and classical. I find the music cooperative. cellent means, however, of bringing students before there be little tots’ program, or again was very happy, and really cried when this form are usually cross grained and them: citals, or may a them fair minded, and we both gain. For the public not once but many times and in this your package. It gave me a package of gum. The new venture, later incorporated as the Pro- — — a program featuring American composers. I received a student with weak rhythm, Czerny him- crotchety. The fugue is Ini' erupted by Now, if only a thousand teachers and gressive Teachers’ Association, was the “pet” scheme way is a most favorable advertising medium for the Each teacher in turn acts as Mistress of Ceremonies, wonderful feeling to know that my self could not have devised more valuable the returning Arioso, even more deeply thousand students will follow of teacher. friends in the States are thinking of me. their ten exercises than boogie woogie affords, and of Mr. L. Carroll Day, music teacher and owner and as such she is responsible for all details of that Ensemble,” moving than before. Note, how later in one hundred the lead of the “Music Lovers’ it is also excellent for gaining inde- one of the city’s downtown music stores. The name program. In this way, more ingenuity Is displayed in Your gift raised my morale the fugue the melodic line of eighth significant contribution we shall pendence of the hands. . . . When parents Healthy Competition cent, know now that Christ- what a “Progressive” had nothing to do with any method or planning recitals. Recently a “personality” program per and I ask why I give boogie woogie I show them notes is curiously shattered into six- the war effort! . . . Let’s organ- ‘blue’ one when there make to publication of whatsoever kind. “For years we have With the cost of hiring a hall and of printing was staged in which personal records of each recital mas will not be a your article. I find that they are impressed teenths, as though the poignant emotion ize a series of Overseas Gift Package are people like you rooting for me.” when they see the answer in print. had dairy and lumber cooperatives, cooperatives for charges reduced to a minimum, but with pupils and number were cut during the recital and later pre- of fugue and Arioso had taken its toll Recitals in our studios this season. As to the subject of memorizing I in Australia: “This after- have fruits and poultry—so why not a cooperative for music club revenue increasing to a maximum, you can readily sented to the student as a souvenir of the event. (In From a boy of your reached the conclusion that piano teachers soul. over the noon you caused a stir in this fellow teachers?” he commented, when reminiscing see how practical, financially, the music “coop” is. At this case a small charge of twenty-five cents was made are a little lazy about helping students With most pianists the last pages of couldn’t see it when your package was handed to him. to memorize, and in actually showing club’s founding back in 1939. “I why any rate, the Progressive Teachers of Portland have to cover the cost of the records.) An All-Boy Recital the sonata are a comedown: but when , order. All the them how to go about it. Certainly an wouldn’t be the most practical organization for those built up their treasury sufficiently large enough to In order give a better picture of the boundless Every bit of it was in good music to automatic performance of the fingers only they are magnificently played, the nuts and chiclets disappeared quickly, For my first student recital this season who needed just such help,” he went on, “so I con- warrant purchase of several war bonds. scope of programs sponsored by this organization prior cannot be identified by the word emerges like of rich, mellow, I am planning an “all-boy" recital. Can “mem- the pouring spite of quite bit of op- and I had to grab the razor blades and orize." tinued with my plans in a Recitals may come and recitals may go, but they no to the war period, mention should be made of two out- help me out by recommending appro- and you golden sunlight through the rose teachers. suppose they tuck them in my pocket before the other on this My students memorize a piece by position from many of the I longer leave an exhausted pedagog in their wake—this standing ones. They were the “nautical” program given priate numbers to be included ana- blue cathedral. lyzing it from windows of a Gothic fellows got too close! You can see by this program?—W. E. B., Minnesota. a harmonic standpoint. thought it was desecrating their art,” he twinkled, “to is the consensus of opinion among the group. Gone aboard the famous old warship, “Oregon,” and the When they are playing from all memory at things on a practical rather than an artistic the slopes of that a package for one is a gift the put are those frantic moments when the teacher would “sport” program staged on Mount Hood. lesson and are forced to stop I do around. It is swell to be remembered like not set basis.” be in a dither over the nonarrival of the piano; or of Since the "Oregon” daily attracted countless visitors the music before them. I sit on A Mordent in Chopin that. When a man knows he is not for- one of my teacher friends, Mary die opposite side of the room and dictate Thus the Progressive Teachers’ Association was the tardy arrival of the programs, still wet, coincident (it has recently been scrapped to aid in the war ef- in this fashion: I want very much to know how to play people at home, it gives giving “Second position E triad quietly launched without fanfare of any kind, and with the arrival of guests; or of the lights, fort) the announcement that the club would sponsor gotten by the Reeder (Florida), has been very twelfth suddenly , in the left hand; run starting the mordent in the tenth and on B above it con- him the courage to go on." successful boy programs for several years. middle measures of Chopin’s Minute Waltz. Opus throughout the five years of its existence has becoming temperamental in the absence of their a program on board attracted an immense crowd. C with the left hand.” They are Pacific 64, No. 1. I find it difficult to apply the develop, until now it has become a construc- Here's one from the South Her latest interesting list contains such required to pick it up in this way unless tinued to guardian, the janitor, and refusing to throw any light After the program was concluded, refreshments were it is too usual mordent rendition in these measures. “Gifts like yours from our friends and pieces as Five O’clock, On Circus Day, difficult for analyzing in that tive force in the city’s musical circles. Although many on the matter! served,- followed by dancing. With an admission charge manner. Can you help me?—E.C.B.. Connecticut neighbors in the now almost legendary Up in the Air, Tumbling Clowns—all by of its plans and ideas have had to be abandoned or Not only is this new plan a great deal more satis- of only fifty cents the boat was crowded, and the When the piece is almost memorized we over country called the U.S.A. are the only Frost; The Whistling Jockey, and Katy- spend How we’ve all struggled and wept else curtailed—due to the war—still the organization factory from the standpoint of practical arrange- club’s treasury benefited immeasurably. a week or so practicing the "Stop- is not where the ther- Differ Go way. those measures! . . . advice remained intact, ready to function still more ef- signs of Yuletlde here Did, She Did by ; The Peanut Tree, When I say “Stop!" My has ments, but what is far more important to the teacher The other program was a novel one—a summer (and I say it anywhere not just mometer is always above ninety. At this Brahms-Maier; The Rooster, Maxim; just at cadences or holds) to attempt to play the mordent— fectively in the post-war days soon to come. —it is conducive to better work on the part of the "sports and picnic” affair given at Mount Hood, Ore- the student drops — reach their his hands into his lap play a (practically time, when the gang’s spirits Moccasin Dance, Long; Clown’s Dance, thus breaking grace note like this pupil. Johnny sees what other boys and girls are do- gon's famous mountain resort, only a little over fifty the connection between lowest ebb, your wonderful package is Mendelssohn; Scherzando, Brahms-Lee; hand and with the principal note) How It Works ing and, as in almost all competitive events, he is miles distant from the city. In the good old days when brain. At the word “Go," he Allegro must continue on like a shower from heaven.” in F, Haydn; In the Hall of the the same beat of the Originally the club consisted of one hundred twenty- accordingly spurred on to do his best work. there was no problem of gas or tires, it was an easy measure. Because of A chap from Panama wrote: “This Mountain King, Grieg-King; Russian this training, any of paid a fee of ten It also means that someone else is on her toes, too matter to get numerous families to s*gn up and prom- stumbling or five charter members, each whom mterruption which might package your students sent me meant Dance, Tchaikovsky-Richter; Intrada in occur at dollars, which entitled the teacher to life membership this is Johnny’s teacher. Naturally she wants her ise to fill their cars with guests. In addition, two busses a public recital does not up^t more than anything I have received this G and Musette in D, Bach; The Spruce le ~ cart well share in all of the profits of pupils to compare favorably with those of her col- were chartered (each guest paying fifty cents for ‘ mck recovery without in the club as as a repetitionrpnpt-t^ or ^ ? year. It put a soft spot inside me for Tree, Sibelius; Lento, Scott. omissions is assured— the organization. Each new year members are taken leagues—especially since parents will have ample op- transportation) —and provision made to transport a California. A T S the day.” And there are some recent publications, in who pay annual dues of two dollars and a half. The portunity to make comparisons. She cannot afford to small grand piano up the mountain. Can any Round Tabler think up a grades 2 and 3, which I recommend for or omit the altogether. I rest on the reputation she won, but The start in early There’s a letter which embellishment books of the club are audited in January, and yearly may have must was made afternoon of a warm brings a glow to which finer project than one which can put a your boys: Sailing, Mark Nevin; Laugh- our hearts! So have an old recording by Cortot in profits are then apportioned among the members. continue to advance musically. June day, with plenty of time out for a swim before sensible, clear, and help- soldier’s heart? Fingers, . • N° “soft spot” in a lonely ing Mark Nevin; Plantation even he disregards . What Johnny himself does like the idea? the picnic supper. Then on ful, yet so modest in the mordent The club’s greatest source of income—and the fea- about — he up to Timberline Lodge its approach waltz How appropriate it is, too, that music Memories, Haven; Fun in Chinatown, one will miss it if play the For once there is nothing you that I can add " ” at top speed. 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Music and Study Your in professional e Protect Precious Music and Study Improvement meetings in series of month suited through the y remedies you cannot sing with full voice above the staff, then problems are discusse Musical Instruments which common 1.30, you must practice until you can use the so-called “up- held irom 12.30 to where the program was given on the hotel terrace, proposed. These meetings are per register.” The following exercise must be mas- the hours with the 11,000-foot Mount Hood serving as an im- are kept strictly within ’ JC. and for Man WatLr tered : stimulating is P mense back-drop. Perhaps the children did not play short period something 1. Imitate a puppy whining for its master, a baby brief review you thought of how long as well as if they had appeared on a regular studio minute. Perhaps it will be a ave it may Meeting Haily Vocal Problems every b fretting, or the blowing of a siren. Begin high above method; some new musi before the manufacturers of musical program, but few of them will ever forget the mar- new teaching book or instru the staff, then bring it down to your lowest notes. speaker, n type can supply velous day they had! duced, or a talk given by an outstanding ments of any the great wave H 0 f 2. Now whisper Ha, Ho, He, whispering higher and teachers keep abreast o for new instruments, even though As a further means of stimulating student interest, this way progressive demand the pi ants higher. In a few weeks you should be able to find your le pro miniature “recital occasion to settle in t in day and night shifts? The huge diplomas” are issued—a six-by-eight times—giving them no work requirements pure head voice. This voice is produced with palate to their art ana sheet of heavy paper bearing the name of Johnny verbial rut which is so destructive of the American people for all kinds of commodities for urney muscles direct from the larynx and thyro-arytenoid Jones, stating that he took part in a public recital American home are so enormous that morale. . . , the they stagger (front of Adam’s apple) therefore, it should always abolish professional ; on such a date. The holders of these “diplomas" auto- A third means that has helped even our Yankee imaginations. Right at this a moment be practiced softly. matically become members of the the pupil-teacher exchange. I Student Club. Twice jealousy has been we are witnessing a “racket" among unscrupulous If a click or break comes into the voice when you far away piano a year parties are staged for these students. student moves to another part of the city too are buying up ancient dealers who instruments and try to swell to full voice, that is an indication for you Although the club the studio, his teacher has been successful in introducing for him to continue coming to after making some repairs and doctoring their When external F ALL ASPIRING singers and speakers who. go to 2. (a) Place the fingers on the lowest floating ribs to wait until it gets stronger before again attempting many innovations, still it has had its troubles, too. recommends a “Progressive” in the new district. appearance, are selling them at exorbitant prices. in of letting the thumbs stretch for the it. Exercises must be done daily, always starting with the dol- Mot- voice teachers had fine voices to start with, the front the body, With the exception of the last year or so, one of its that teacher receives her new pupil, she pays to: deal only with established dealers of in this the light upper register, if want to retain your this good reputa- I problems of their teachers would be materially ribs in the back of the body; (b) with hands you greatest problems has been the professional jealousy lar fee which is charged by the association for tion. lessened. Unfortunately, however, only about two per position make a polite bow, maintaining correct pos- voice to old age. found within its own ranks. For some unknown rea- service. value In this emergency the of your piano has gone cent of the pupils who go to the average teacher are ture; (c) expand ribs while mentally counting five; son a great many of its musicians seem to be so Portland “coop’' is its ‘‘Pro- su- A unique feature of the realize, Tongue Control up more than you perhaps and it is of great really fine material. hold breath acquired for five counts and take five percharged with this unpleasant attribute that it has gressive Music News” a monthly four-page bulletin — this step is attempted, the tight practical importance to have your instrument in- There are many teachers and coaches in the large counts to exhale. Repeat this five times, keeping the Before second jaw required persistent efforts of the officers and advisory which contains items of interest to its members, lists spected, tuned, and kept in order by the best cities who have been fortunate enough to have pupils nose open and the lips relaxed and separated. Another and stiff, fiat, or rolled-up tongue must have been board to overcome it. the teachers who recently presented pupils, and an- possible piano technician you can secure. This is as applicable who attained national reputations, and, as a result, note, of warning: Be sure to hold breath with ribs mastered. The conquering of an unruly tongue is a nounces future recital dates. The lower half of the Teachers' to pianos that are not used daily as to those which have a following of pupils with good voices who hope and not with restricted throat. necessity in the development of a fine resonant sing- Courses Help “News” front page carries this announcement: “This are in constant use. their teacher’s name will open the door to big en- (d) Repeat breath, ing or speaking voice. This has been accomplished in several ways. First, publication, in the interest of music, comes to you In the case of wind and string instruments, gagements. This is quite natural, and these teachers, hold for the count of When under control it by offering a series of practical classes so attractively through the courtesy of— ” with space left so that the care is importance. Very few people having neither time nor patience to spend on any five with tip of tongue is the key to coordina- priced as to emphasize repeatedly to all members the teacher may either insert her name and address or of vast know how to care value of their for metallic instruments. Such instruments but those with promising material, are not faced with against roof of mouth, tion of the upper and cooperation. Pride in their own organ- have it printed in when the “News” is being made up. have not ization sale the problems which confront the average instructor. then sound N (as in lower registers, to the has been augmented further by throwing these Even if the war has seriously curtailed many club been on in any volume to the general public since range, the power, and to classes These problems are many and varied; among them now) ; keeping as near and lectures open to all music teachers who plans, still it has brought the Progressives together in the war began: because they have been put on the are the young men and girls just out of high school, as possible the same po- fortissimo and pianis- pay a small registration fee. interests other than in music. They have had their priority lists for military use, their manufacture has One of the some hollow chested, with poor postures, and having sition, change to the simo. To be under con- most popular classes was the one which own Red Cross class in first-aid methods. been restricted. Some of these Instruments are de- prepared teachers for the only about one octave of good notes. Some have little vowel E. Repeat, using- trol, the tongue has to state examinations. At least The Progressive Teachers do not claim that their teriorating rapidly. Moisture, body acid:, salt, and for- fifty teachers were enrolled control of the larynx and when they attempt to sing all the vowels after the be trained for a few in this one course. “coop” has been one hundred per cent effective, nor eign matter are among their enemies. Unlike the owner Then, some time later a local teacher, beyond a certain point, the voice breaks. These con- original N, keeping in weeks without singing- who has are they so optimistic as to believe that it will ever of a piano, one who possesses a wind instrument can built up quite a following by reason of her successful function ditions cannot be corrected by assigning scales to be the middle and easy exercises, until its ac- that near to perfection; not so long, anyway, take care of many things concerning, it and should methods for beginners, was hired to demonstrate practiced, or even by talking hours about the anatomy part of the voice, begin- tion becomes a subcon her as they have to deal with the intricacies and per- know about the instrument and its maintenance. This cious, natural, cor- course before the group. In place of the customary versities of of the throat, lungs, and diaphragm. ning and ending pianis- and human nature. cannot be covered briefly. The hlghesi praise can be fee of thirty-five dollars which the individual teacher They do maintain, The first thing which must be corrected to counter- simo. rect one. however, that many of the teach- given the excellent articles on this subject by Robert would have paid had she taken this plight posture; in so doing, correct breath- The next step is to Adults with poor voices the course by herself, er’s individual expenses have been noticeably lowered, act is Schulenberg, which appeared in The E i udk for Febru- the complete series was brought to her through her her professional pride ing and natural action of the diaphragm will follow. help the pupil find the —husky, breathy, nasal, greatly increased, and that ary and March, 1944. cooperative at the small cost register, and of short range and of five dollars. Thus more finally, each Progressive teacher, as a result At first nothing more should be said about breathing upper common- — of her ven- If you play any orchestra or wind instrument you and more the Progressive Teachers ly called the voice. also professional singers learn that group ture in cooperatives, has become cooperative minded or about the muscles of the body. The correct dia- head will find an invaluable manual of instruction for its participation—“the one for all is past forty years of age and all for one” idea— and therefore more valuable to the music phragmatic intercostal way to breathe, both for sing- This latter term apt profession preservation included in a most useful booklet, “How brings increased values. as a whole. ers and speakers, will have been acquired. to be misleading, as the who are losing their up- to Care for Your Instrument,” published at cost as a tone is not made with per notes, will find that war emergency contribution by C. G Conn, Ltd., Elk- Concerning Posture the head but with the the isolating and de- hart, Indiana. This booklet may be obtained by send- What is meant by posture? Well, it may mean a vocal bands at their veloping of the tongue ing, to the above address, <• only ten -nts for a very great many things, according to the needs of the in- apex. It is produced muscles will be of great practical, well-illustrated, brief t reads' of great inter- dividual pupil. There are a large number of physical without any of the face assistance. The voice will est to all who play any one of the piston valve instru- culture exercises of a corrective nature to prescribe resonance, but directly be rejuvenated and ments, slide trombones, and rotary valve instruments; for special defects of posture. For instance, the aver- from the throat towards strengthened, and there also for players of the French none, clar- age pupil, who has no idea what posture means in the forehead; hence, it will be a resonance and inet, flute, SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC piccolo, oboe, bassoon, and die percussion relation to singing, will strike an attitude that he has is given the name “head ease of production never instruments. The booklet was prepared by experts of seen taken by athletes, or else he will stand as though voice.” It is possible to before experienced. long experience. The facts are easily and sensibly put he had swallowed a ramrod or had heard a drill find this upper register It is impossible to give, Here is a V-mail forth, so that anyone by in all voices, in condensed form, letter from an Etude subscriber that all who reads it may save money sergeant bark out, “Attention!” Or again he may even the a learning how to give the right attention at the right throw back his head like a horse with checkreins. lowest bass. Some find detailed directions and time civilian readers ought to ponder. to the instrument he plays. The real need in such cases is a few simple exercises it easiest on the vowel exercises for this devel- Unfortunately, in the case of the piano and the such as the following: oo and others on the opment, and a word of organ, you cannot do the repairing yourself and it will 1. (a) Stand straight at ease; (b) arms forward at French e. It can be car- warning must be sound- be safer if ried to the lowest note, BIDU SAYAO ed anyone “April 15, 1944 you “give over" their care to a recognized shoulder level, with palms down; (c) holding this to attempt- expert, who will save money for you by insuring their position, elevate the hands at right angles to the arms, but will be simply a Sensational Brazilian operatic soprano ing it without the aid of good whisper. If practiced teacher. use Gentlemen condition in these critical war days. There iS, so that anyone opposite can see the palms; (d) with a Do not however, a little booklet, “How to Buy a New Piano," hands and arms in same position, push forward and carefully for several any mechanical device by William Roberts in- lower the arms until the hands are at the side of the months it will soon coordinate with the lower register, to hold the tongue down when singing, as this causes Please send the ‘Etude' to Tilford. which contains much my new address. formation developing quickly intonation. on the care of this instrument. A copy of body. more with those in their teens and a hard, throaty, and flat The tongue can this will be sent gladly Co. to The effect of this exercise is to put the chest in the early twenties. It should not be attempted, however, ex- be trained to hang limp, resting on the lower teeth We get shoved around quite bit, by the Theodore Presser a these days. It’s good to under the direction keep up anyone, upon receipt of two three-cent stamps. naturally elevated position with the abdomen drawn cept of a teacher who can demon- and in the front of the mouth. This sounds easy, but in, without pulling and without strain or tension. In strate it clearly. on examination of hundreds of voices, both of those a contact with a thing as steady as the ‘Etude.’ Funny, the way it takes this position give two or three short “hisses.” If done in their teens and of adults, it does not prove to be. correctly, the abdomen will move slightly toward the The Head Voice Instead, there is found a tongue that is tense, tip the experience of War to teach us the meaning of Peace and quiet -rest If Parents Had Had Their Way... backbone, and the diaphragm will be supported natu- Contrary to the thoughts of many that the falsetto tight and turned under, the back part humped up and rally, with the breath pressed against the elevated or head voice should not be employed, it has been pulled into the throat. This condition is prevalent W ell. I've learned my lesson completely. And now for some more of chest where it must be when singing with either chest proved that it can be used and developed to such with amateurs, salesmen, speakers, and many others the by Vltjfes J2). Standard or head voice, loudly or softly. strength and power that a tone started with it can go whose livelihood is dependent upon their voices. stuff the ‘Etude’s’ made of. At this point a note of warning is in order! Do not into the full voice, commonly called the chest voice. Great voices seem to be blessed with a perfectly If the parents of these famous musicians had had raise the shoulders and try to drink the breath in. Try The great singers used both chest and head voices. If natural position of the tongue. In a word, they have their way to create a vacuum. This is easy if one stops to realize strong tongues which take the perfect position with Yours truly, Claude Debussy would have gone to a nautical that we live in an atmosphere of fifteen pounds’ pres- very little thought being given to it. For others, less school and JOSEPH SKALSKI” become a sailor. sure to each square inch. All that, is needed is to make fortunate, this corrective procedure is suggested. ^lius grower room, and the air will rush in. A. Be seated before mirror. • would have been an orange a in rionda. After acquiring the correct posture the following B. Drop the jaw; the tongue should fall with re- Edvard Grieg exercise would have become a prophet. may be done: laxed jaw. KODert Schumann and Peter Tchaikovsky would have been "FORWARD lawyers AUGUST 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 447 MARCH WITH MUSIC’ THE ETUDE speaker cr singer Spelling Vital to Music and Study In fact, the finished uniti Phonetic Diction NYONE who has ever been a member of a musical Music and Sfudv organist t the point where the whole organization has realized that no such group is to ^ ^ thoughts are devoted p period. before and all his Al, ever better than its rehearsal And effective there must be adequate SP C teacher L, Vetmu 1EL ltV6\ rehearsals can be problem, and the vocal C. In this position think E or A, purse the lips, as if Every°pupiHs a new organization. With the mechanical but very necessary approaches tosolve you were about to smile. must have many different procedures running smoothly, the way is cleared for his own ’ ^ if done correctly, your tongue should now be resting able to demonstrate with a librarian caring for the music, must be imitatmg_ the real work. With learn only by on the front teeth as well as on the side teeth. there are many who can he QUESTION, “What is diction?” immediately someone checking attendance, a choir president pre- and sev“ y y D. Now, with concentration, make a little groove in There are some teachers sixty-five touches upon a controversial subject. the business in a minimum of time, a mistress demonstiate the The late senting the rear of the tongue, hold for a second, then relax. beautifully and editor-in-chief Rehearsal old who can sing Frank H. Colby, of the for choir robes, and with similar routine matters in Streamlining Choir The upper reg T Pacific voices. Persist in this until you can make the little gutter upper register with their own Musician, once stated: "If the person capable hands, the rehearsal period comes into proper- and power of the Coast whose without moving the Adam’s apple or palate, keeping ister was the secret of the range of be a singer or speaker, music as its chief concern. diction is spoken the as- focus with the sides of the tongue up all the while, contracting great singers of the past. that reference is being director must analyze the abilities of his group. sumption is made to his The the relaxing of sixteenth and on count of “one” and on the count The greatest teachers of the words in song or is the age, the musical experience, of the group voicing speech. . What - manner of . . great singers 01 one “two.” After you have done this exercise correctly tsenth centuries were themselves consult leading lexicographical before him? What solo voices are represented? Which de- only need authorities five hundred to a thousand times a day for many taught the importance of pora and his pupils all in the English language to discover section is strong and which needs building? All these well as the on words that all months, you will then be master of the .tongue. There veloping the so-called “head voice” as questions and others, such as those concerning the cf them define diction as choice of words and do other exercises, but this is the foundation all five to eight years not are for lower voice. However, it took from expression." range and quality of the voices, must be considered in through extend it to oral of them. bring this about and it was done mostly to be done at choir rehearsal. to study of the technique of word production selecting the work hustle and bustle The in When you sing or speak, let the tongue be active exercises. Naturally, in these days of set an aim for the rehearsal. Too addition to tone production will open up vast The director must try feel if singing be unpopular fields and to as you were or speaking and short cuts, such a method would rehearsals fail because there was no definite of new thought to a singer. And thus the singer’s many through it. Warning: When silently practicing this teacher keeps a pupil When a serious-minded vocal goal set and the result was vague and doubtful; or work, like that of the instrumentalist’s, will be con- tongue exercise, use no more effort than in dropping on exercises without songs for six months, the pup.l attempted too much and made directed towards the attaining perhaps the director an eyelid. sistently of a complete will usually find another teacher. real progress on any of the material covered. Don’t over the technical difflcultit s that no Adults past middle life can rejuvenate their his up- command stand in voices Any singer who is losing power to produce worry about what you cannot accomplish; be enthusi- mastering the way of a full and free expression or musical feel- by this development, but it requires time per notes should investigate this vocal physical culture. what can be done. Set the length of the in diction. astic about and patience. Let the pupil sit quietly ing, as given and relaxed for In this, all singers—especially the tenors and sopranos suit the choir. If the period is too short, diction, singer period to thirty minutes to an hour it In considering a must realize he has a day just contracting and —must find their pure upper register and bring many who have given up their evening for rehearsal releasing the main spring of the voice. exercised until to deal with two kinds of technique And these two down to the lowest notes; then keep it will feel that it was wasted. essential forms must be welded into one convincing it coordinates with the lower register. New Pupil. Problem Just so long as singers are satisfied New Trying as are the problems facing vocal teachers, whole. with pro- Length of Rehearsal Period Naturally, a singer cannot ducing solely beautiful tones, convincing vocalization be developed from a per- there is real gratification to be found in the apprecia- If uncertain about the right length of time for your son with no musical talent or will remain the "musical armory" of the few. ear for singing, but many tion of the men in the service, both today and in the group, experiment a little. Perhaps the hour rehearsal, are helped in strengthening the whole vocal and received in the mus- first World War, for the training they Spelling by Sound with each minute made to yield the most possible, cular part of the larynx and the muscles surrounding proper method of using their voices in speaking and will be best. Other choirs will find it necessary to re- Speaking from my own long teachi experience, the vocal bands; even the palate muscles, which tense singing. Their voices stand out above the racket and I hearse twice as long, with suitable rest periods, if they tremendously for the higher range, benefit greatly have found nothing so beneficial as phonetic spelling, by confusion when giving commands, and are still fresh are to prepare any music for special programs. this procedure. After the spelling by sound. When singing, one loes not name power has been built up, the at the end of the day when those with untrained Directors will vary in their design of the choir re- singer or speaker must not have, does the letters of each word, but utters t lie sound, and and not need, voices can hardly speak. Teachers of voice have this hearsal, but a good pattern to follow is suggested by any conscious effort; he acts entirely through thought. to foster, aside iust singing. that is all the audience hears. As the student first great cause from teaching F. W. Wodell in his book, “Choir and Chorus Con- attempts this phonetic spelling, he is amazed to dis- ducting”: “Drill in Voice Culture and Singing, 15 that not nearly all letters cover the sen in a word or minutes; Hymns or simple anthems already in re- syllable are sounded. Take, for example, the simple hearsal, 15 minutes; Taking up new music, 30 min- word “write." There are five letters word; in this but utes; Rest, 10 minutes; Perfecting one or more num- only three have sound. Phonetically is rolled, i Is bers, 20 minutes.” long Is and t an explosion of breath sli fitly separating Check the difficult places in the music for special the tip of the tongue from the hard palate. When drill. One director who was rather young was asked this word has been spel'ed in tills v it should be how he had such command of the musical score. He pronounced slowly and distinctly as a whole, and this did not try to pretend any special genius. He said; “I before ever a note is sung. Thus the sound elements of study two hours for every hour this choir rehearses.” THE A CAPPELLA STUDENT CHOIR each word become so distinct an audience cannot fail In pausing to drill, isolate one measure—or as little Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, Ohio to understand and comprehend the meaning. space as possible—for the needed work. Much time is In forming correct habits of emu. i.itlon, endless lost in repeating a whole section when only a measure repetition is needed. Consonants must be given with two is the source of trouble. When it is necessary or experienced organist and much rehearsal. There is no the same practice, but it must be checked faithfully in the non- freedom as vowels, but they must not inter- to stop for this, drill so that it will never be necessary well. or virtue in presenting such music unless it is done rupt the continuity the Choirs gain con- professional choir. Checking at the ends of phrases of tone or they will destroy to stop at the same place again. been singing certain great intervals which were not true, encourages more care- Many who think they have legato which is always brought about by phonetic fidence as they are given opportunity to work out the choruses have caught scarcely a glimpse of them as spelling. ful listening to the tones produced. At this time the Indeed, It Is through phonetic spelling we places that are weak. type, be also be practiced to they were meant to be. Before you select this can sing with vital vocalises. The aver- balance of the various parts may a sustained legato line and with Begin the rehearsal with some demands it excellent training in developing the sure that your group is adequate to the rhythm. is not in advantage. It is age choir singer does not practice daily. He can be within the abil- listening ear, so essential to all who work with music. will make upon them. Music Although muscles articulation voice. few humming exercises properly done, a few are responsible for A group and still be of genuine musical It is to be encouraged daily, since the tone produced ities of the in producing consonants and vowels, It Is really our warming-up exercises on ah, may be the means of mental idea that precedes it and the worth. intelligence that into condition to sing well and with en- is aided by the makes tones. putting him music for the church choir, seek words keen ear that checks and adjusts it. In choosing We are indebted to Alfred Spouse, director of the joyment. The tones which would have been forced are the choir pro- that carry an attractive, hopeful message. Many of Vocal the resonance of the Seek variety in the types of music on Department of the High Schools of Rochester, now vibrant and free, full of generations have been doleful, gram. Many choirs are badly in need of the stimulus the selections of past N Y., for the natural singing voice. The famous “Westminster following definitions of diction; music which with much contemplation of death. Most people are Finley Williamson has always fol- of different music. They like some bright “Pronunciation is the utterance of words with re- Choir” of Dr. John emphasis on religion for nor- they can sing with full voice. Perhaps much of it for helped by hearing the gard to sound and accent. lowed this practice. are interested in how to live the average choir will need to be of this type, for they mal, active people who “Enunciation is the manner utterance as great choir director re- of that Develop a Listening Attitude may not be able to excel with music demanding highly today in a better fashion. A regards fullness and clearness. sing far too much finished presentation. But they need some other types marked a few years ago that we These first exercises offer the opportunity to Articulation is the action of the speech organs in few in our churches. as well. Certainly it is unwise to expect them to excel sad music the formation and establish the tone quality you want produced through- of consonants, vowels, syllables with unaccompanied music before they can sing per- words.” out the rehearsal. At times you may want to select a Director or does cover many Diplomat and Choir quality have it fectly in tune. The piano organ It is pronunciation vowel voice producing the desired tone and that gives color to the its interest. So, unless continuously grows ask the others to join, one faults, as well as adding own Since any one type of music used and enunciation that clear to heard alone. Then you may makes the thought the group is skilled, select accompanied music. Practice tiresome, include the contemplative, the serious, the others. by one, singing softly, imitating the more nearly ideal But it is through phonetic spelling that both practice the a cappella music at rehearsal as valuable training, lyric, and the dramatic, all treated in the tradition enunciation and beauty tone quality. A few moments may be taken to articulation become things of in the expectation of performing it in public worth. In choosing the church choir music, and the good tone quality in pianissimo and forte, with and of musical clearness, instead of a muddle. serve as a All of these skills are of when ready. the advice of a noted churchman might Another is diminuendos and crescendos. good definition reads: “Pronunciation forms until your group he said, success in the rehearsal, Set aside oratorio and larger measuring rod. “Paint things as they are,” the utterance that utmost importance to later in a single impulse of the elements Oratorio requires a large choir or a very fine it.” Certainly this would of time. is ready. “then tell us what to do about constitute easily and are in no sense a waste a word. It is the process of tripping small one. It also requires a skilled director and an produce more constructive trend in the messages It is helpful follow with some unaccompanied a from one sound of to to another until the combination contained in the texts. The finest message is lost un- singing. The choir is now accustomed to listening for letters becomes a True- complete whole.”—Fulton and is given to diction. The ability to under- LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOSE ITURBI that basis of all good singing, fine tone, and will be less attention blood. It is here particularly For years the great Spanish pianist and conductor has been an that phonetic spelling is stand each word is prized by listeners. Clarity in dic- enthusiastic aeroplane nilot useful. ready to listen for accurate intonation. Simple songs frequently flying from engagement to engagement in his Take, for Instance, as went . private plane It is natural that such words offer excel- tion is a characteristic of fine choirs. wh oo e or hymns and chants for the next service, he volunteered for the Civil Air Patrol he should receive the rating -n-t (explosive) eh-s-t. of Lieutenant ; soonest . . s-oo-n At times the problems of the rehearsal period are Colonel ' Maior ORGAN General Robert 1 oroo/cZef lent material and may combine aims. W. Harper is presenting him with his . . such commission. b-r-oo-k-l-eh-t (explosive) or words not musical. For example, ( Continued on Page 480) ; Singing on pitch is largely a matter of training and as where, when, 482) what, whip, ( Continued on Page 448 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" AUGUST, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 449 THE ETUDE 1944 —
The harmonic clarity resulting repay singer and ^ Music and Study Music and amply director' aiJ Study rotate the parts. A fine harmonic Ex. 1 The competition festival as conducted during the rs past few years, placed a premium upon “standard of Assign parts to the root, third, fifth, or octave, not \ 1— *— 1 performance.” The competing soloists, ensembles, s.— 1 — S. A. T. or bass. The singer should note that the fifth IV V VI Continue bands, orchestras, or choruses were competing, not Maj. Min. Maj. of the first chord becomes the third of the second, the A IX— i xx against each other as in the early contest days, but fifth of the second chord becomes the third of the f $y u rather against a standard of “superiority.” This was Begin harmonic training with two parts. Sing a major 2 j y third chord, and the fifth of the third chord becomes a very sound and worth-while educational plan. It re- third. Sustain and, without additional breath, lower the third of the last. It is essential that the singer all of the good qualities of the competition Most har- tained the upper tone a semitone. Hold for several counts know what interval modulations are introduced by dissonant of the chord he is singing; other- program, yet eliminated the undesirable features. and return. wise the monies. Modern music contains much dissonance; result is apt to be from habit rather than There were no losers or winners, only superior, excel- hence it It is essential in all harmonic training that each intelligent singing. In is well to develop major and minor seconds rotating parts, those singing the lent, good, average, or poor performers and perform- section of the choir be perfectly at home singing any and sevenths. If a group can sing these intervals tonic or root start next with the third; those begin- firmly ances. Students were performing against themselves interval of the chord. For that reason do not have ning with the third, and in tune, other dissonant intervals will not take the fifth; those taking the instead of against opponents. As a result, more bands, sopranos always singing the upper tone, basses the fifth, move to the eighth cause difficulty. Insist upon firm result without waver- or octave; and those on the orchestras, and soloists were engaged in the task of lowest, and so forth. Guard against the lower part octave pick up the ing or hesitancy. root—all finally returning to their improving their general musicianship. sagging when the upper tone is lowered and check original interval. that the war has temporarily eliminated this carefully that the upper section returns to exactly the Now Alterations of the above pattern provide HIGH SCHOOL BAND, JOLIET, ILLINOIS tone. splendid JOLIET competition and the trend is toward the concert festi- same Transpose to several keys and reverse parts. practice for the group. Sing the first chord major, the McAllister, Conductor ratings or criticisms, give more Repeat the above procedure the lower A. R. vals with no we must with part second minor, the last two major. In making this al- attention to the standards of performance raising a semitone. Be sure that the moving part re- and more teration, the fifth of the first chord moves turns a semitone and see that the students receive the same thorough to the original tone, as the tendency is to be to the third of the second chord, all other parts also partially responsible for the renewal of commu- under pitch at this point. Reverse parts transpose. sing- Concert. In some districts the performance is pre- training, guidance, and preparation that wds provided and ing the same pattern as before. Rotate the parts nity life which was practically lost in the late pre- Employ the same procedure using a complete chord. sented in the school or city auditorium, while in other the boys and girls of the competitive era. Sing the first and last chords major, and The following tonal alterations the second instances, if the festival is held in the spring, the war days. Properly organized and administrated, the concert are recommended. In and third, minor. Note particularly the third practically The aforementioned facts represent a few of the is certain to all practice, sections should rotate so all chord school stadium or city park is preferred. In festival program make an important con- that can and modal feelin S ^ induces. This alteration every crowds attended the concerts advantages of the concert festival. Yet the fact re- tribution to the instrumental program in our schools. sing any interval of the chord. Have the attack firm should^be festival, capacity practiced until the group is thoroughly mains that the competition festival still has many and the response instantaneous. If there is hesitancy, fa- and from all indications were tremendously impressed miliar with its harmonies. Rotate the parts Encourage the experi- advantages over the former, one of the most outstand- Not a One-Man Show further drill on the alteration of the third is desirable. Vary the singers to form quartets and with the programs. pattern in as many ways as possible. ment Begin with minor with close harmonies. Such tonal experiments While these festival concerts do not replace the ing being that of musical standards, individual student It is a comparatively young program and is still end with major. Alternate major and minor and vice are helpful in developing consciousness. program, they motivation, responsibility, and pride. It is human afflicted with “growing pains.” Certainly time and ex- versa. harmonic competitive festivals in the post-war Sing all minor. Sing all major are serving a very vital current need, as well as prov- nature to love competition, and since it is a factor in perience will do much for those sponsoring the pro- ing to be a satisfactory and practical substitute for our everyday living it seems only logical that it be a gram and the future will find great progress in its Modulation , i he our part of our training and educational program. It has organization. One of the major weaknesses of the most sensitive or characteristic tone of the competitive festivals which have been discontinued scale Change for duration. concert festival pro- present is its gross mismanagement. In too many in- Maj. Min. Maj. Maj. Min. Maj. system is the seventh, or leading tone. the Although the stances I have found the lack of organization and °f key, or tonal gram does the standards of perform- mg usu 3 band, modulation, is merely shifting of the not as yet meet iwm 4 orchestra a 1 center, ance of nevertheless it does administration to be the principal cause for the failure or tonic, from which the other notes of the competitive festival, sea e proceed is offer some advantages over the latter. As for example, of those particular festivals. 'ey’ll 11 and CHORUS in orderly arrangement. Modulation BAND and ORCHESTRA very 01 in the competitive festival there is always the prob- The sponsorship of such a project involves endless ' frequently introduction by William D. Revelli D. secured through the Edited Mio. Maj. Min. Min. Revelli details, planning, ( on Maj. Min. the leading leading lem of rating the various groups, while the concert iffiacScaL much and Continued Page 484) | i iBH •pvt-* tone of the new kev. This new tone is of great Page 484' tonal and ( Continued on 450 AUGUST, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC’’ 451 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 1944 the etude — . — These acquisitions form one of the chased. largest recordings in the world, collections of and include Music and Study thousand songs on discs, more than ten plus many Technical Fluency paper and cylinders. To Regain Music and Study more recordings on The resources however, extend even have recently begun to practice again of the Library, beyond the "I vast not playing for over ten years. My rare recordings in many private collections after store; will technic is coming back nicely, but it seems duplicated as arrangements are of taller, more slender build who uses also be made with to me my fingers are not as strong as they no pad generally gets into the habit of . . • Can you recommend any- the owners. should be. the Library thing for me to practice that will improve pushing up his left shoulder in order to On several occasions has been success- this? I am working on the Kreutzer and The Violinist’s Forum hold the violin firmly, or he holds it up Congress purchasing for nominal sums phonograph The Library of ful in rec- Fiorillo studies, which I was doing when I with his left hand. Neither of these faults stocks of country stores that have gone stopped studying. ord out 0 f should like to know also how I can is an immediate handicap in the earlier business. The unused collections of records have 2. I in- improve my sight-reading. I never had stages of study, but both become so as rare items in perfect condition Conducted by cluded many because it, and that I have much chance to do now the years go on. the discs or cylinders have never been played. opportunity to play quartets, I read badly. The tendency in each case is to create War it just a question of experience?—Mrs. Goes to Is Recording Laboratory Wisconsin. stiffness in the left arm. Pushing the Reclamation of Old Records C. L. M„ up shoulder puts an unnatural strain on the large number of badly worn, scratched, you give any special attention to A and Did Marotd EJIe muscles of the back and upper arm, and records have been received by the finger grip when you resumed prac- y broken Library your the violinist who plays in this way for a laboratory technicians look forward to To have done so would have and the day ticing? period of years very often develops a may be successful in repairing or back within a few weeks the Prominent Teacher when they reclaim- brought chronic ache in his arm or shoulder. This L, Witt JJ. CotuJL of significant recordings so that intensity of your grip. This nerv- tf ing hundreds they can former inevitably affects the ease with which he phono-duplicated on modern discs. intensity, so necessary to clarity of and Conductor then be Such work ous plays technical passages, for the lack of tedious, particularly in the technic and to the production of a vi- is delicate and case of relaxation and of muscular coordination scratched is a quality which is not nat- it is qual- records which have been or broken and brant tone, This need not worry you, for a cannot help slowing up the movements Field Recordings oldest disc in to many violinists, in the sense that ity that will certainly return before long NE OP THE GREAT STEPS in advancement reassembled. The possession of the ural of his fingers. The player who holds up history taken by the effects enter the Scullys wax-covered paper disc they can depend upon it even when out if you follow a carefully chosen course of American music was Music, readings, or sound Library is a made by Alex- his violin with his left hand is likely to music division of the Library of Congress in control panel. The sound signals, Bell in 1890. An inscription of practice. Usually, however, this finger of study. In this connection, I think it O by way of a master ander Graham on the run into similar trouble as his technic several sources, are strength returns fairly quickly. Even would do you a lot of good to study the April, 1940, when it established its recording labora- which may originate from one or disc, signed by Bell, indicates that lie was experi- advances. A passage of rapid and com- combined in the a player may lose for a time that “24 Caprices” of Rode, for they require tories. Funds for the elaborate equipment and the received, amplified, modulated, dr menting with styli and the effect of varying depths though plicated technic gives the hand quite pro- the microphones peculiarly alive contact with the string a high degree of coordination. expense of making documentary recordings were control panel. These sources may be of cut. One of the post-war projects o' the laboratory enough to do, without the added re- broadcasting which is called “grip,” it can be regained Meanwhile, whatever you are practic- vided through a grant of $41,520 from the Carnegie in either of the laboratory’s spacious may be an attempt to re-record the Bell disc—with sponsibility of holding the violin in posi- systems of two in a day or two by thoughtful practicing. ing, you should endeavor to acquire the Corporation. studios, the dubbing tables, the sound the prospect that its message may lie lost forever tion. If it must also do this, the likeli- its mobile field equip- brought in from But ten years is a long time, and it may habit of reading ahead, for this is per- The recording laboratory and auditoriums in the library, or may be unless a satisfactory recording result from the first hood is that the effort will cause a pro- short- take you two or three weeks to recover haps the cornerstone of good sight- ment will make it possible for the music division to any point in the world by means of powerful course of a recording needle through its soft waxen nounced stiffening of the arm. Further- libraries, Hallicrafters the supple strength that you are at pres- reading. fraction of time is required provide schools, and individuals with authen- wave radio receivers. One receiver is a grooves. A more, supporting the violin with the left ent missing. for the eye to take in a group of notes tic recordings of American folk-music, American amplitude modification set of a type used by the Navy hand is liable to be a decided hindrance First Performances Preserved and flash an understanding of them poetry—read and interpreted by its authors; unpub- on its battleships; another is a Hallicrafters frequency Slow practice is essential, and you to the development of a free and relaxed national Library is unique in possessing the through the brain to the fingers; if an lished string quartets, new American music, and sim- modulation receiver for recording selected portions The should avoid, if possible, all rapid play- vibrato. ill No question will be answered in THE ETUDE These effects are rarely no- Auditorium where first performances of unexpected change of harmony occurs, ilar materials. Previously, access to these treasures of FM broadcasts. Coolidge the ing for about ten days. Start your daily unless accompanied by the full name ticeable to a player in his teens: they and address inquirer. initials, was possible only to those who could come in person Because folk music works of contempo- practice with slow, three-octave scales of the Only or a change in the pattern of the music, or pseudonym given, will be published usually appear in the early twenties, as to the Library in Washington or defray the high ex- rary composers and the player who sees only the notes he is must often be record- and arpeggios, taking about one second his physique matures, and it may take litre actually playing will probably stumble. A pense of special transcriptions. When the work of ed, for the sake of of musical to each note and being sure that each him years to overcome them. good rule is to keep the eyes at least a the music division is completed under the Carnegie integrity, in the geo- work; available only note is stopped with an instantaneously It would seem, then, that the acquisi- beat ahead of the note being played. grant, thousands of new recordings of American folk- graphical region in manuscript, are strong grip. Be careful that you grip with tion of a relaxed and coordinated technic music, duplicates of large portion of the divi- your hand loosely downwards for ten sec- And for sixteenths in rapid two or four- and a where it is played or presented. This audi- only one finger at a time; that is, do not is aided, for most violinists, by the use of onds or so. Resume playing only when quarter time, the eyes should be reading sion’s store of songs on discs, will be available to all. sung, the laboratory torium is permanent- allow the other three fingers to be tense a shoulder pad. There are, however, ar- It will then possible for in the hand feels completely relaxed. Many two beats ahead. Few people do this be a student Washington has nine portable re- ly wired to the sound while one finger is stopping its note. You guments against its use which are worth violinists and pianists, too think that naturally: it usually requires practice. to study the fiddle tunes of the Carolina mountains; cording units as well studio of the labora- would do well to begin your practice in — — examining. they acquire endurance by “playing over” for a poet in Florida to hear the ballads of the this and continue for at least two But the habit is not difficult to acquire, as a completely out- tory so that concert way Critics of the pad generally give as the Evangeline country of Louisiana; or for a musician fatigue; what they are more likely to and if you make up your mind to read fitted sound truck. performances may be weeks—many violinists always do so reason for their disapproval the fact that acquire is a chronic muscular cramp. in California to hear the songs of the pioneer Forty- after the first few days you can also ahead when you are playing anything All of the units have recorded in their en- but “it deadens the tone of the violin.” the 2. sight-reading is the result of In Niners. allow yourself scales Good whatsoever from notes, you will soon their own power sup- tirety Thus, contem- to play the some- case of a pad that presses against the several qualities in combination, experi- facility Through the Library’s records it will also be pos- plies what faster, giving sharp attention to gain in doing so. operated from porary composers in back of the instrument, this is undoubt- ence being one of the most important. Finally, never allow yourself to stop sible for a student to trace the migration of Ameri- storage batteries, and parts the coun- the action of each finger. all of of edly true. But as there are several kinds can folk -music and to make historically accurate note Others are a good sense rhythm, an when you make a mistake: go right several have gasoline- try may be widely You would also benefit greatly, I think, of shoulder pads which do not touch the of changes in verse and melody in the various regions adequate technic, and the ability to “read ahead, keeping the rhythm steady in powered generators have an by practicing the ninth of Kreutzer heard and study ahead.” violin at all, the criticism has very lim- through which the music progressed. for your mind. If you do this, you will cer- use in charging oppor’ unity of hear- as I recommended in the January, 1944, ited validity. In this connection it Counting accurately and sensing the tainly find your place within the next may the batteries. Before ing their works in issue of The Etude—that is, lifting each be remarked that many teachers who re- The Laboratory Goes to War recurrence of the first beat are absolute- measure or so. The violinist who puts the war, the Labora- performance. finger sharply as the next note is played. fuse to let their pupils use a pad, never- Completion of the tremendous project must be de- ly essential. If, following a long rest, one down his instrument or bow every time tory field recorders This is not the conventional way of play- theless permit them to use a chin-rest ferred until after the war, in order that the skilled is not quite sure where the first beat he stumbles is definitely retarding his were in use in such State Archives ing such passage-work—tradition says which clamps on the side of the violin personnel and elaborate equipment of the recording falls, the likelihood of coming in on the development as a sight-reader—besides widely separated Planned that the fingers must be held down as yet this sort of chin-rest checks the vi- laboratory be devoted the right beat is rather remote. These at- being a possible cause of embarrassment may to present war needs points as Alaska, Cal- much as possible; nevertheless, have The Library’s vast I of good sight-reading be brations of the instrument every bit as of our nation. The laboratory is making all of the tributes must to others! ifornia, Wisconsin, found it to be the most effective means collections of unre- developed until they become much as the wrong kind of pad. The master foreign-language records for the Army educa- Ozark constantly The ability to read well at sight is an and the Moun- unpub- of developing strength and independ- only type of chin-rest the aspiring vio- tion of corded and second nature. Fortunately, they develop essential part of a good violinist’s equip- branch the morale service division of the tains. ence in the in man- fingers. You should work on linist should use is one that clamps over Army. These are the recordings which have literally lished music quickly if given the opportunity. ment, as well as the source of much en- One of the most the trill study in D major. No. 19, in the the tail-piece. uscript, especially The question of technic is rather more joyment; so the time and thought you revolutionized the science of language instruction, interesting devices in of same manner, using the variants I sug- Another argument frequently advanced enabling average American soldiers to master the compositions complicated. Obviously, there must be may consume in acquiring it will be well con- the laboratory is a gested in the issue of March The Etude. against the use of a pad is that it causes versational elements difficult fifteenth, sixteenth, sufficient technic to cope with the de- spent. of European and Asiatic cylinder transcribing Another study that can very profitably and mands of the music being played: a the violin to slope too sharply to the dialects in a matter of weeks, where years were re- machine used seventeenth, for the be practiced in this way is the thirtieth right. criticism, quired eighteenth-century player who is not at home above the Is a Shoulder Pad Necessary? This too, is valid only in by conventional programs of language edu- playing of old cylin- of Kayser. eventually fifth position will have a difficult time the case of a pad which is too large or cation. drical records. The composers Will you please advise me whether a gener- At first, you should play these studies the first violin part of is badly adjusted. A well-fitting pad of will be made if he attempts shoulder pad or cushion is necessary to machine, a superb ex- quite The Laboratory through slowly—at a tempo of about / := 66 one of the later Beethoven quartets; advanced violin playing, or can one who the right size allows the player to modify ample of craftsman- ally available THE LIBRARY —making consciously sure that each fin- is accustomed to shifting and holding the the slope of the violin at will, according As librarians, dedicated to the task of preserving OF CONGRESS RECORDING and radio whereas he might be able to sight-read ship with hand-cut LABORATORY records violin with the left thumb have an equal ger falls with strength and “snap,” and quartet very well indeed. to the string he is playing on. the fruits of human experience and creation for un- transcription. a Mozart intricacies gears—has been con- that chance in executing the of the the it is lifted with equal celerity as But something more than adequacy of great The desire of every violinist is to ac- born generations, the staff of the music division have structed according The plan of coneerti?—K. L. S., California. to specifications prepared by soon as the next finger grips the string. set the highest standards the Library is to recorded technic is necessary—whatever technic a quire a facile and accurate technic and for the quality of their Library. A specially designed serve as a national depository of crystal pick-up passes Later, as you become conscious of in- recordings. This, in turn, demanded recording equip- American folk-music compositions, and player has must be under subconscious In the past, arguments for and against a vibrant quality of tone, and he cer- the sound matter of the old recording and classical creasing into the main to strength, you can gradually in- control. In a Haydn or Mozart allegro the use of a shoulder pad have often tainly will not be willing to sacrifice the ment of the greatest possible fidelity. For this reason, arrange for a system of local archives, conti ol panel, where it is amplified state and crease the and passed on to which tempo. there is little time to figure out how a waxed exceedingly vehement; nowadays, latter to the former. The position in most of the equipment in the laboratory was especially the Scullys cooperating with the Washington collection, for recording into the form of master discs. will This type of finger is tiring, passage should be fingered or bowed; the however, the “pros” are rapidly outnum- which the violin is held exercises a good designed by their own engineers, made to their order give students and musicians access in their home exercise and you must be careful not to overdo player’s technic, therefore, must react bering the “antis,” for it is increasingly deal of influence on the quality of the and installed under their own supervision. A Rare Collection. communities to recordings of the national Library. The master discs are cut on two Scully recording Ultimately, Americans it. If you devote ten minutes to it twice automatically to the demands of the realized that most players do require a tone: if it is allowed to slope downwards For fourteen years prior to establishment however, tens of millions of machines, supplemented of the will enjoy a day, it will be quite sufficient. And for music. And here, I think, lies the chief pad of some sort if they are to hold their away from the player, the tone will al- by a number of playback recording laboratory, the Library the fruits of this great project through sponsored a proiect goodness’ turntables for “dubbing” process by which the Library radio sake don’t continue practicing cause of your difficulty: after being away violins easily and without tension. Those ways be less concentrated and less vi- —a for recording American folk-music in the transcriptions presented over national field. Donors when you are conscious of a sense of so long from your violin, you have prob- who do not need a support are usually brant. It should be held so that the sound contents of two or more discs are synchronously have given significant networks and local In this way, collections to the Library broadcasting stations. combined into a single recording. and the music truly strain or fatigue in your hand! As soon ably not yet regained that instantaneous people of stocky build, with short necks strings themselves slope slightly towards a number of worth-while collections division will fulfill the conception of a have been pur- as you feel this, coordination between eyes fingers. prominent collar national library Page 477) stop playing, and shake and and bones. The player (Continued on Page 482) by extend- ( Continued on 452 "FORW^ARD MARCH ” WITH MUSIC” AUGUST, " THE ETUDE 1944 FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 453 3 : 7 —6 — Music and Siudv How to Find the Right Tempo Music and Study Q. I would appreciate some informatics tempos. How can one about find the rat of speed if no metronome number is eiVm the only direction being such words a undent-!, allegro, and so on? What Is a Virtuoso! Even wli metronome number is the given there seem Q. I am eighteen years old and have been to be inconsistencies in the use of th Musical Ideas Come First studying piano for three years. I play such various kinds of notes printed with th' Waltz in I would also like pieces as Nottumo, by Respighi; and Answers number. to know whethe A-flat, by Durand; Rakoczy March, by Questions a measure in 6/4 following a section in Liszt, although these take quite a bit of 4/4 and marked Uistesso tempo is of th practice. My ultimate goal is to be a con- length as the measures same in the pro' cert pianist, and I want to ask you how section, or whether ceding it is the quarter you think it will take me to become a is long Conducted by note that the same length.—C. M. leUarJ WcCLnuLan virtuoso. My teacher says my ability to read difficult music is wonderful but that A. There are three ways of finding otherwise I am just average. One of my the of a particular biggest problems is making myself study tempo piece of music I find boring and difficult. theory, which ( 1 ) from the metronomic indication, How important are theory, keyboard har- CjehrLenS if _Karl tV. present; (2) from the so-called extensive teaching experience with a broad educational and musical mony, and so on. to one who wants to tempo Richard McClanahan combines an which might pupil of Martin Krause, who was a pupil of Liszt. Next he be a virtuoso?—J. H. S. terms— better be called background. As a boy he studied with a “mood terms”; (3) from the attended Northwestern University, where he was graduated from both the College of Liberal Arts and “feel” 0 f World I. Since A. I believe you are a little mixed up as one the School of Music. He then did concert work until that was interrupted by War Mus. Doc. the music performs it. If all three composition from G ma- specialized in teaching and has studied further in this country with Percy Grainger, Margue- in your ideas about a virtuoso. It is true to transpose a of these fail, then your only recourse then he has Emeritus will Matthay. thus has since these two keys Professor rite Melville Liszniewska, Harold Bauer, and others; and in London with Tobias He that there have been cases in which a jor to E minor, but be to ask some more experienced musi- Liszt, Oscar Rait, Schar- signature you will often had the opportunity to investigate many methods and traditions—those of singer or player had enormous mechan- have the same Dberlin College cian for his opinion, or possibly to se- wenka, Deppe, Wieck, Leschetizky, and others. Since making the acquaintance of Tobias Matthay s work ical dexterity without fine musicianship find that a composition is partly in G cure a recording of the piece has become widely known any Webster’s New by some in 1923, he has made seven trips to London for study with that master and to back it up. But the day of the “vir- major and partly in E minor without Music Editor, well-known artist. This latter his and powerful ideas. Mr. McClanahan is one of the founders of the Perhaps that procedure as a proponent of original tuoso” of that type is over, and today change in the signature. For many years he has been International Dictionary is always valuable in acquiring ideas on American Matthay Association, and was its president for four years. fine performer is also a fine musician is what means. School the he interpretation. Director of Music in the Riverdale Country School, from which work has grown the Riverdale of who knows his harmony, counterpoint, Music, where over one hundred pupils study under his direction . Editor’s Note. Tempo, or mood terms such as allegro, form, and all the other things that go to Is the Matthay Method ? adagio, What presto, and so on. give one at best make up what is called “musicianship.” writer on music teaching recom- only an approximate idea of the tempo, Most outstanding performers of the Q. A RICHARD McCLANAHAN piano teachers that they follow the mends to and I have always felt that it was a present began to study while quite young, Tobias Matthay: “To separate advice of mistake to print any of them on and they have worked constantly and complicated processes and teach them the And at metronome. Adagio, for example, HE WORD “rhythm” has many meanings. In In any case, here we have at least five rhythms. indefatigably for years and years, sacri- singly instead of simultaneously." means play the another point: “In learning to “at leisure." and It Is opposed to indi- general, it refers to the organization of musical Rhythm 1 is a two-measure rhythm (counting now in ficing practically everything else to their con- piano the child has heretofore been 1. cate a tempo that is slower than largo, sounds in time—to such matters as beats, four-eight meter) . Rhythm 2, a slight variant on musical ambitions. You are rather late fronted with the task of assimilating nine T means literally "broad,” measures, and long and short notes. But in one of its in beginning such intensive study, and separate processes.” He does not state what which “stately.” these processes are and I should appreciate But sometimes a movement marked more specific meanings, it may refer to the way in considering all the things you have told on very much your throwing some light sounds fall into definite designs, into rhythmic in letter (I don’t space to largo Is appropriately taken at a slower which me your have them. J. S. — forms, which the mind can readily grasp. The Vien- print all) I feel like tempo than another movement marked them , do not en- This example brings up the question of finding the not happen to know the details adagio. even best these nese song popularized by Kreisler—The Old Refrain— couraging you to proceed with your plan. A. I do So at terms give correct measure for musical ideas; also the related one of the Matthay scheme, but if you will merely the general mood of the furnishes a very simple and clear illustration: But probably Uncle Sam will In any us mu- of placing the bar line at the right point in the idea. look in The Etude for December, 1943, individual case have another plan for you, and by sic, and the performer must Since composers often make mistakes in this regard, you will find an article by Matthay the time the war is over you may have then translate this mood Into what he or do not bother to change the location of the bar-line, himself, and in the editor’s note at the changed your ideas entirely. feels to be the proper tempo. even though the musical design has changed, students top of the page you will find the names If is mark it I believe that only those with really there a metronome means should, if necessary, be prepared to make such cor- of three books in which you will, I feel outstanding talent and who have had a that there are to be so many notes of rections for themselves. For instance, in Ghopin’s certain, find the answers to your ques- chance' to begin serious study early in the kind printed, per minute. Thus, Prelude in C minor, and Schumann’s Gade, the bar-line tions. The Matthay approach is of course life ought to look forward to a career J=60 Indicates a tempo of sixty quarter might be more in agreement with the true rhythmic only one of many possible methods, but No question will be answered in THE ETUDE 1= means as a concert performer—or “virtuoso” notes to the minute. But 60 and harmonic structure if drawn as follows: teacher’s pupils unless accom banied by the full name the success of this fine the as you call it. For the others the road and address of the inquirer. Only initials, that the eighth note rather than While there is much variety in the melody and, in cer- indicates that it is a plan that ought or pseudonym given, will be published. and The same relationship exists between 3 and 4, which is too long and there are too many dis- quarter represents the basic beat the Kreisler version, in the harmony, when it comes Ex. tainly to be given consideration. are one-measure rhythms in four-eight meter. Nos. illusionments and heartbreaks before the that there are to be xty eighth notes to rhythm, only one design is used—a short, two- Intelligent music study is always based 6, and 7 are too small to deserve the name, yet end is in sight. So be a good soldier, con- per minute; and ,. 60 likewise directs measure one, easily recognized because continually 5, idea of beginning with some sort their individual singling out and recognition will tinue to play and enjoy good music, and on the you to think of the J. as representing the repeated: “whole,” analyzing this in detail in our playing. No. 5 after the war you will be among those of a whole basic beat and to play sixty ..s per min- prompt much expressive order to examine and practice upon va- Ex. 2 is significant and full of meaning, doubtless deriving who contribute to making America mu- mastered the detail it shall at once take ute. Usually the lower figure In the meas- sical, not by astonishing audiences by rious details, then incorporating these its place in a note, but some of its meaning from the similar rhythmic effect gradually perfecting whole. ure sign represents the beat J> J”3 j. \ | n | details in the “whole” so that it is now with which the preceding rhythm began; that is, their virtuosity but by playing and sing- It is probably something like this that not always. In 6 8, lor example, the more perfect and more complete. Having the little two- ing in their homes, by supporting Matthay means when he urges that the dotted quarter rather than the eighth the accented passing note embodied in this process, Such a design may be called a “rhythm,” and it is form of music in their gone through the pupil, child is note relationship, . No. 6 is like 5, except for an every communi- work at details, for of course de- represents the basic beat if the tempo j! J> presumably under the guidance of a fine with this meaning of the term that this article is added upbeat; and No. 7 uses the same melodic out- ties and churches, and by giving their tails are important only as they take fast rather than slow. So the metronomic teacher, now analyzes the improved concerned. Further examples of one-rhythm pieces line of third, a second,” but lengthens go, now, a little deeper into the matter, “rhythms” encouragement to music in the schools their place in a whole which by improv- indication the kind of note “up a down To must indicate are are the real cradle in “whole” and discovers other details that ing the Chopin Preludes in A major and C minor. The the accented note and adds a little ornamentation. are really the embodiment in time-notation of what —which which a its parts is gradually becoming more that represents the basic beat as well as first uses throughout; the musical America will develop. Good luck are imperfect, so he sets out to master and more a two -measure rhythm No. 8 consists of but three notes. These merely fill the Greeks used to call “the motions of the soul” nearly perfect. the number of these beats per minute. to you! these, always returning to a perform- second, a one-measure rhythm: in the time between the end of the first phrase and the external forms into which musical feelings con- To find the correct tempo is often very ance of the whole, which, as the result Ex. the beginning of the second. Nevertheless, they are dense, or crystallize. In short, rhythms are musical An Unusual Abbreviation if difficult, but it is very important for of such repeated study of more and more thematic, or significant, since they consist of the same ideas, and if one would learn to think music correctly, Who Was Gustav Damm? Q. Will you please explain the your everything else is details Is coming gradually closer and meaning tempo is wrong three notes with which Rhythm No. 5 began. Notice he must then learn to think in terms of such ideas. of T.S.P. in the piece Prelude in you etc. I a Gustav A-flat, likely to be wrong, too. So I advise Q. have secured book by closer to perfection. So the road leads Op. 28. No. that all have “feminine” or unaccented endings. A rhythm must be at least one measure long; other- 17, by Chopin? It is edited by Damm. published long ago in Germany, imperfect to devote much care to finding just the from an whole to the study Paderewski and appears in a collection A simplified version will disclose the basic structure wise we do not have a metrical accent. And it may- and I should like to know how the author that of part, which called ‘Modem Music right tempo of each composition ranked as a teacher, composer, and player. a upon being put back and Musicians." and serve to confirm our analysis. First, play the be as long as five or six measures, which is about These letters are frequently used tempo of a I should also like to know what he means makes the whole more nearly perfect but in pieces you perform. Of course the simplified version, the ornamental the limit of can hold edited by Paderewski and then add notes what the mind together as one when he says that a certain composition in also the sign ® depends still not entirely so; therefore, there is which follows virtuoso piece, or “show piece,” of the original idea. Anything less might better be called a motif— G major may be played in E minor. the letters.—L. A. H. mu- needed further analysis of and practice on your virtuosity; but in all other —R. E. H. A. The letters T.S. are an abbreviatic from Ex. 5 upon certain parts; each time a part is sic the tempo should be derived Ex. for an old direction Tasto the However, such simplicity and uniformity are excep- A. The name Gustav Damm was a perfected, however, restoring the detail Solo, meanir the construction and the feel of as in the French folksong Sur la Pont; or literally “key alone;” tional, greatest that is, an for the best phrases and periods of our j pseudonym used by Theodore Steingraber to its place in the whole so that the only or music itself, and both tempo terms n key to be struck. variety It was used in 1 help > n composer- are distinguished by the number and who was the son of a piano maker. He whole may be more complete and per- the ca metronomic indications are of Ex. 8 of thorough-bass notation of the rhythms contained within them. Take, for ex- founded a music publishing firm in Leip- fect. to indica finding this. that only the bass ' of zig before that note was to the d 1 ample, the first phrase of the slow movement a figuration as in an Alberti bass. in 1878, but he had pub- If the process is be soun< In reply question, continued long enough ed, with no to your last lished a piano method under the name accompanying chord to t e Mozart’s “Sonata in F major,” shown in Ex. 4. the details are finally all mastered and might TS rection Vistesso tempo refers here Evidently mean “sound only fae The measure would be more suitable if cut in half, of Gustav Damm. he taught the piece as a whole becomes one tone at tempo of the beats. In entirely piano, but quarter-note Coming now to practical matters, a musical phrase piano but I can find no reference to his why the coda sign bea either by calling it two-four or four-eight. The latter perfect. But it is highly important © shou it is practically always the basic that follow these is too often merely monotonous series of notes with standing, guess is that he was letters I cannot referre would help the player to think it more deliberately. a so my the student shall constantly figure oi rather that is keep in I do not have than the measure no differentiation, no punctuation, no organization. “thorough German piano the edition * tl On the other hand we might retain four -four, but just another mind the whole you menti you simply can’t bring about such ends. And a Co you have the end clearly ordination unless jn mi Music and Study shoot a rifle well you If you want to must attend movements, such to the various necessary as holding your shoulder, cuddling it tightly against your cheek ALPINE WALTZ rather against the stock, squeezing than jerking the To anyone who has stood on a Swiss mountainside the of a yodeler from a far-distant valley, the word Some separate practice of these and heard peculiarly carrying tones come trigger. movements has a nostalgic reflection. help. But these won’t really “Alpine” The composer is one of the most melodic of present-day American writers. Grade 3. can doubtless come tQ coordinate under control Brains! gether and until ou Temp o di Valse M . m. J.= 60 MORGAN WEST Practice With Your y prac _ actually di awing a bead 5 tice them while on a target 4 2 3 the idea in general terms, awareness 1 l To put of the m 1 1 1 an indispensable aid in controlling end is and co- A^*-rr t=f ordinating the means. That is why awareness of how a passage should m sound m and how it does sound can be a tremendous help grazioso m t/ I 2), Ja„r<, X WurJt ir s i* the way you want it. p nf making it sound A person runs technical difficulty. He goes over I* into a it again and refuses to clear f T again, but it up. So far, this is unin- quite telligent practice, routine practice. Then he ( i pattern is often sets SOCIETY MATRON in London during the late an unsuccessful movement out what you do with your to study the movement pattern by means of which m P eighteenth century was presenting a bouquet of slight. The difference between he f it. is at least one _J L J L i J J A passage, and what a fine is carrying This kind of intelligent W 5 fulsome compliments to the English painter. body when you fumble a A practice. But once more, no success! 3 — 3 " ihe passage Then he 5 2/^3 >- Opie, renowned both for his distinguished virtuoso does with his when he executes calls ^ ^ 9 Sir John - 2 3 1 1 it cei inner hearing to his aid. He realizes that the “ minute and obscure. But passage 1 work and his gruff disposition. superlatively is often s -12 (— of has a determining melodic contour, or harmonic f£ee5 * r— i r=| j) „ ri~=,~ result! And the discovery con- hf-.j i i “Oh, Sir John," gushed the lady, “your color effects tainly shows up in the ^‘j"pn AS* > 7 7 rapid progress. So, in tom-, or rhythmic contour. He sets out to make -4=j are simply too wonderful. Do tell me, what do you that difference is the secret of it -d T a! S * 13 study- sound that way, and after just a few tries the difficulty - it ? ^ all your practicing, you should be constantly ^=N If mix your paints with?” p ffl mf Fine trying to find is gone like a fog bank when the wind shifts. “With brains, ma’am,” grunted Sir John. ing exactly what your body does, and The of bringing your learner’s keen awareness of the musical shape * In those three words he hit off an idea of basic im- ways to do it better. This is one way he % wants to produce has carried over into the movement — — ^L_ * m all Suitably altered brains to bear on the job. +y. portance for all workers in arts. i - r- T setting up, r.nd t ' all means give pattern he is has made just the small —£ e ' 9 C * —p there is another way, too. By to this: But y J i V for it amounts : — musicians H=J - and transposed — — but crucial difference that changes failure 0 1 J practice with your brains. analytic attention to the movements you make. But to success. m 'j ,r 4=^4 Always -4 b sounds you produce. So there are two ways in which brains should — analytic attention to the b- If you are a student, paste that motto up in your also give I I -I L. J L. I I special, used in practicing — by practice room. If you are a teacher, have it on dis- This calls for a 5 4 attending to the play in your studio. It is good psychology and good conscious effort. Indeed it mean; espressivo 2 2 (that -is, t lie \ l sound common sense. Practice which is just a thought- is a kind of effort which action pat- iii I* tern), and by attending n — less, inattentive, unanalytic going over and over of you must train yourself l==EELA It You know how to the end (that is, the r~i i-? material yields a slow and meager harvest. may to make. tt wj~ l sound or even be positively harmful. What gets one places is possible—in fact how easy the musical shape) . - P One shifts not so much the amount as the quality of one’s work, —it is to play or sing from r r- one emphasis f r if t not the number of hours put in, but the degree of without really noticing to the n cantabile r intelligence bear during those hours, and much of what actually other, and indeed often X brought to i5 one of them. So happens in the way of combines the two of them IS indeed during each minute of each 4=E 15 the point for the student is to use his brains in his music produced. This But tlie point is that good practice. And the business of the teacher is to help amounts to sheer thought- practicing should be a i him do so better than he could by himself. lessness, poorly directed series of thoughtful, at- or completely undirected tentive, analytic experi- r\ i A Revealing Symptom attention. It is brainless mentSj not just a routine. - • — Here is an illustration to show part of what this routine, rather than prac- To be sure, routine also 3 3 means. You settle down to practice, and decide to go ticing with one’s brains. has a place. It is neces- -4 -> | J ) > 1 1 r— -t ST- > to work at scales. They are to be taken in parallel What every student needs sary to go over and over Jt ^ > J Jv^= r*v ? — -A b r' J —J p ] * « « octaves with a range of four octaves. You start in, to work for, and what material to confirm and J — and go up the keyboard. Everything seems good every teacher should seek consolidate results. But is i» 1 tit enough for the first three octaves, but in the fourth to promote, is the kind of the value of routine is not ) 'f i V (fjy ~~~ you begin to fumble, and at the turn you fall right poco tfi ’ i ear-training which makes so much to bring about LI F brto r off the tightrope. What to do? Keep right on trying? a person critically aware improvement, as to con- te I > i. r > - i — > > — » This is what very often happens. But it’s brainless of the results of his own dis- — \ f — firm the results of b —A—I —G £ -d——.- c e— — p practice, isn’t it? There’s something in = the matter efforts when he practices. covery made by reflection, .J. UsM M. l " 2 i d that last octave. Somehow or other the machine has To make this concrete, analysis, and the applica- .3 slipped a cog. Very well, stop and think it over. To be let us go back to that tion of brains. more specific, the pattern of movement which car- scale again. Some of your Almost every day I hear those first three gone ried you over octaves has to scale practice should be lots of music students at pieces. Just how? And where? And why? Set out to the kind of experimenta- work. Often and often I find an answer to those thrge questions. When you tion with movement which stop outside a closed door think you’ve got it, but not before, start over again. I have described. But and listen to somebody- your next try will not be simply a blind effort Then there is another approach laboring with a piano, or made with an optimism for which you have no good should also which have a clarinet, or a fiddle, or Dr. JAMES L. a reason. It will be an intelligent experiment, which is place. Before MURSELL ever you a vocal apparatus. My just what it should be. Solve the movement problem, play your scale, sit quietly, universal impression is and you have solved that particular problem in the close your eyes if it helps, and concentrate and on just that there is far too much strumming and tooting playing of the scale. Other problems will, of course, how you want it to sound. Concentrate on the ele- scraping and yodeling, and not nearly enough silence arise problems of added speed, of smoothness, of ments of smoothness, lightness, speed, — dynamics, and and thought. An old organ teacher of mine once lightness, for instance. Tackle them one by one. And above all, rhythm, which you want to hear coming kindly told me that the best thing about my playing tackle them in the same way. That is how to make out of the instrument. Then go ahead thai and make a of a certain piece was the rests. I’m quite sure practice-time pay dividends. try. Then sit quietly again, and mentally theii review all most students would get far more dividends from Naturally the same idea applies to vocalises, to the results of your effort. Here once more, pauses of course, practice if they put more and longer rests and exercises, to studies, to difficulties and you find in a you have a notion which applies not only to gets a scales! into it. For in the rests and pauses the brain composition. Remember that any failure is a symptom but also to vocalises, exercises, studies, and passages of new chance to do its stuff. And it is the discovery —a symptom of something wrong with the action- in compositions. and better methods by brain work, and not plugging pattern. A persistent note-error, a persistent bungle, away in the same old groove, that brings about im- means something wrong with the action, and should A Clear Menial Aim provement. be treated with this in mind. You are doing some- may inclined You be to admit that this is good as thing wrong, something clumsy, something that im- scheme for a ear-training, or for building an expres- Dr. James Lockart Mursell, distinguished English- pedes and frustrates you. It is up to you to find out sive interpretation, but to question whether it will born psychologist, University of what that something is, and to put it right. help educated at the really in the solving of technical problems. As has Queensland, Australia and at Harvard University, The finding out may not be easy. It may call for a matter of fact it most certainly will. The musical held important American colleges intensive analysis, and for the expert services of a result is the professorships in goal, the end, the objective. The move- Teach- since 1920 and is Education at good teacher. The scientific investigation of skill has ments of your body are the means. now Professor of Successful techni- ers College, in music shown that the difference between a successful and cal performance means Columbia University. His activity the coordination of means Note. to education has been especially valuable.—Editor's Copyright MCMXLin by Oliver Difson Company International Copyright secured 456 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUi AUGUST 1944 457 — " — — If O 4. . > ^ i.—r> g- v *> B -| T~ T ^ y ' * f m 1 / ' - j - 7 l -P mf - • i iif = ^ | m • f TT 7 r ; L— 1—== — | 1 2 5 A 2 5 * -=¥=l izjza-i £ «g» fee? J: 1 , ** „ IP-- (—Wff C= CJ-A-r^ U.H mj ictd- V p dolcc V * t # —# ) - . .1 it j» — t ==F== V 1-4- r r i -r .1 L c— l»- A TANGO IN D The very versatile and prolific Francesco De Leone hascaught. the Latin spirit of South America in his Tango in I). The “trick” of playing pieces of this type is to the keep left hand rhythm automatically regular and center the attention upon the right hand. It is a“knack" which, when once mas- tered, becomes very simple-If the student attempts to count out the tune, the results are often disappointing. Grade 5. Moderato m. m. J = 72 FRANCESCO HE LEONE 459 AUGUST 1944 ROMANZA 461 AUGUST 1944 THU ETUDE PRELUDE , F. CHOPIN, Op. 28, No. “The Tee moo h; 13 Dr..Guy Maier’s helpful lesson upon this dreamy masterpiece of Chopin will bo found in 9 I 7 INVOCATION ARTHUR VICTORY PARADE \ voluntary for the Church or G.COLBOR Sunday SchooJ pianist. Grade 3. N LOUISE CHRISTINE REBE Arr. by Rob Roy peery Andante m. m. J=88 Copyright 1942 by Theodore Preaser Co. British Copyright secured 464 Copyright Presser Co. British Copyright secured 1944 by Theodore 465 THE ETUDE AUGUST 1944 OVER HILL AND DALE OYER HILL AND DALE H. 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Moderate — : ; A (i . 1.-^ 1 bJt T y . j> J >t »' * T i 3 ^ [ f- ' T ^ CSItoM P-L = ~f fTT“ MANUALS^ Gt. • *' * ::r~ ft f ff *• # _ -> * • * — -1 r : rtw 1 —frH— r r i^=t r ft p Copyright 1943 by Theodore Presser Co. 473 AUGUST 1944 HOME ON THE RANGE PARADE OF THE TIDDLE-DY-WINKS native songs. Grade 2 This appealing song describing the beauty of the western plains is probably the most widely known of our Grade 2j. MILO STEVENS Con spirito M. M. J- = 112 7*5 . . IN A CANOE The Technic of the Month Grade 1. RUSSELL SNIVELY GILBERT Moderato m.m. J = 152 Conducted by w Prelude in F-sharp Major, Dp. 28, No. 13 [hi ^jrecleieric opin ERTAIN compositions will always Treat the constantly reiterated right- file. hand melodic A-sharps very sensitively. remain caviar to the rank and Once you have sounded the first A-sharp The supersensitive F-sharp major C of each phrase, let the others which fol- of these. Its beauty is so Prelude is one so subtle that most low vibrate and diminish like the ever- fragile its fragrance as uninteresting-and widening circles made by a pebble students pass it by of serious study. To dropped into a quiet pool. These later therefore unworthy flavor of this ex- A-sharps must not be considered as appreciate truly the must lie out, in mid- added notes, but rather as sets of vibra- duisite piece you green tions sent out by the first A-sharp. summer on a hilltop in deep, lush cloud shapes drift If occasionally the shape of an inner grass and watch the times the soul hangs voice can be made subtly audible, so lazily by. At such There much the better—as in the left hand of suspended between earth and sky. awareness of physical line, Measures 8, 16, 17, 20, 24, and so on. is no longer ceases to Make very little change of tempo for weight, or substance. The body and profound the Piu Lento middle section; be sure, exist Deep contentment the universe. however, to play its first two measures 1 2 peace merge the spirit with the * Nothing exists. (21 and 22) extremely softly, and Only a beautiful atmos- sequence which follows (Measures 23 and 22: Such, I think, is the rarefied £ scarcely audible pianissimo. m £ £ £ which you must breathe if you 24) with £ £3 phere £ the Chopin of the F-sharp When the first theme returns (keep to mirror n.s. wish added p all, be on your it moving!) watch out for those f *- major Prelude. But first of 0- -0- “obbligato” top tones beginning in Meas- guard against thinking of the “six-four” ure 30. As you arpeggiate these chords, Lento tempo too slowly. Don’t even con- £ 0 measure contains play the original melody tones with light sider the fact that the £ obbli- 4 rather of making a fingertip percussion, and the top 2 i 5 3 1 six beats, but think gato voices with “paint-brush” touch. Copyright 1944 by Theodore Presser rhythmic half circle to the melodic B in Co. beautiful are the melodic . . . How ravishingly Brit isJi Cnjiyi ight secured Measure 2, and another to the melting modulations which Chopin evokes C-sharp in Measure 4, with two second- here! ary swings, or “sways,” in each measure. Grade THE Prel- ii. WOODEN last measures of the TOY CAPTAIN right-hand Play the two The soft luster of the very slowly, and with progres- LEWIS BROWN melody must float serenely over the left- ude ppp, Tempo di Marcia m. m. J = 132 these left- sive ritardando to the end. At the final hand haze. Avoid playing two on the aisle” at their favor He musical chord, earth, sky, clouds, Mary and Dan have" hand tones with single finger articula- softly breathed spirit dissolve into evanescent, ethe- music, played as they like it, by their own tions; shape each half measure with one and show—their own any wonder damper pedal real nothingness. ... Is it especially. This became gentle elbow curve. Change fireside. No, they’re not musicians lovely Prelude is caviar to the at half-measure intervals only; use soft that this hobby only since they got their Hammond Organ . . pedal throughout the Prelude. crowd? their pet piece you play a new adven- It’s fun to play music. It’s a hobby every ture. And it lends itself equally well The Library of Congress that keeps growing on you with the kinds of music for every years. And in any home with a to all Library Goes to War family classics, Recording Hammond Organ you will find this member of the — ( Continued from Page 452) pleasure enjoyed to the utmost. ballads, swing. Anglo-American Shanties, Lyric of this is possible in a ing its benefits not only to students, II Why? How is it average folks, And all Dance Tunes and Spirituals musicians, and musical experts, but to Songs, charming instrument for two 12-inch rec- like Mary and Dan, who never compact, the entire nation. Three 10-inch and . the album $6.25 and apartment . . for The first broadcasts of recordings from ords with studied music very seriously, sud- home the Archive of American Folksong were Spirituals, Work Organ creates all its III Afro-American denly find in it so much satisfac- Hammond made by the British Broadcasting Cor- Songs, and Ballads in way that is one just this: the Hammond beautiful tones a poration from forty of the archive’s Two 10 -inch and three 12 -inch rec- tion? It’s field marvels of electronics. The recordings. The Music Division ords with album $6.50 Organ makes lovely, satisfying mu- of the also sponsored a series of broadcasts on course won’t Blues and Game play. Hammond Organ of the Columbia School of the Air during IV Afro-American sic easy to Songs again till our war job a period of two years. The Hammond’s glorious tones be available -inch and three 12-inch rec- Two 10 Meanwhile hear and try . . . even very is done. Six Albums Now Available ords with album $6.25 add so much to music reserved . . many dealers have The Library has already issued six V Bahaman Songs simple music. Rich variety, vivid it albums of 10 -inch and four 12-inch rec- purpose. phonograph records (vinylite One expression, singing tones make one for just this pressings) which are now available for ords with album $6.75 sale to the public. According to Dr. Longhouse TIMES, monthly magazine about organ mustc for the VI Songs from the Iroquois Pree— Write for your subscription to HAMMOND Harold 2929 N. Western Ave., Chicago 18, Illinois Spivacke, chief of the Music Five 12 -inch records with album home. Hammond Instrument Company, Division, the songs repre- in the albums $7.00 sent the cream of the Library’s folksong the albums in collection and have been chosen with A catalog describing the price of individual considerable care. These albums are; detail, and listing HAMMOND ORGAN be obtained without charge I Anglo-American Ballads records, can *• Library of Congress, writing to the ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS Five 10-inch records with album by THAN 1000 HAMMOND ORGANS ARE DOING WAR DUTY WITH THE Washington 25, D. C. MORE $5.50 Music Division, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 477 AUGUST, 1944 . . s must begin at the first round.” The process may prove difficult at first, but that what others have TEACHERS! The Mind’s Ear always remember Finding Effects Voice Duestiun PIANO learned to do, you also can learn, with practice and persistence. We recollect with what joy we became able to read ( Continued from Page 435) ) the four clefs of a Palestrina Mass. ly flora £. CJayfor SPEED DRILLS (82 In our extremely callow youth, in church we fear that we would turn to quisite and intimate instrument must _Aniu,e,J DR. NICHOLAS DOUTY for Teaching Beginners the refuge of silent hearing during a realize how little idea of a symphony like birds. It is, in effect, a full, dull sermon, and in our mind’s ear IANO PLAYING, to be interesting, cuckoo score can be given on a guitar. However, Reading would hear the hymns sung by imagin- must be effective—that is, every Sight we know from peculiar first-hand questions will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full name ary quartets of the world’s greatest phrase should produce an effect. So P initials, or pseudonym given, will be published. information that Richard Wagner de- and address of the inquirer. Only singers. Then, for the fun of it, we would Since much of the beauty that can be Set of 32 Cards, Keyboard Finder and pended upon the piano to stimulate Complete fancy hearing them sung by a strident produced on the piano cannot be graphi- Book of Instructions — Only 50/ his imagination. rural choir. It was fine training in tonal cally indicated, the printed page offers When studying in Germany years ago, Drill No. 1 imagination, at the sacrifice of ecclesi- comparatively little guidance. Therefore, Tones you to obtain the opinion of a brain specialist, tots, For stressing visual your Editor had a Haus/rau (house- Has Lost His Head easily and quickly learned by tiny to dis- He who might be able to relieve your mind of SIGHT-PLAYING accuracy astical respect. the player must search his music head tones of a young these Speed Drill Cards. keeper) who was the daughter of a O What causes the any anxiety upon this subject. or beginners of any age, with listened mentally was cover all of the subtle nuances; and in to become lost? His voice for class or individual Another who man of twenty-three Makes teaching easier and quicker widow who lived near Frankfort. Wagner several steps and these tones are Berlioz who, after much acrimonious op- this, imagination is a most important has dropped Forgetting The Words of a instruction. and his family came to live with her sang in a recital one evening After the thuds, it breaks in unnatural. He position, was offered the post of profes- factor. with the that his voice Song After an Illness as boarders. She often told of the misery and the next day he noticed Speed Drills consist of 32 cards with Pastorale Scarlatti, there is spontaneity of a cuckoo call easy TO USE— sor of harmony at the Paris Conserva- In the by and is not down a couple of tones and that use. On of the composer when he had to wait had dropped Q. Is it customary for a singer to forget the complete and easy-to-follow instructions for their toire in 1838. refused the offer on an opportunity to produce an effect which heard again, thus creating the his head tones. His teacher tells He impres- he had lost words of songs? Until recently I could sing the note on the staff which cor- three weeks after his arrival until his trumpet voice and he brings each card is a picture of the ground that he did not play the is essential to that type of composition. sion of a cuckoo having flown across the him that he has a about twenty different songs at a moment's keyboard. Thus, pieces with liiph loud responds with the key on the piano piano came. She said, “He was as angry his accompanist, I could is quite likely to scene and sped out of hearing. to me notice. With one or two rehearsals add written piano. It was difficult to realize that at This particular effect It looks an obsession. There is student learns through his eyes, rather than the and sullen as an animal in a bear’s cage. ’for which he has twenty-five more. The songs I knew the notes some note. Drill No. 2 the time he wrote the score of the be overlooked if the piece is studied su- commonplace in print, but little I not have to play location and position of each prac- one lesson in which do well I went over on the piano about once a or spoken word, the It was very hard to live with him. The not him For instant recognition “Damnation Faust” he it without perficially, since it occurs in the bass at tice will make it sound realistic. high climaxes several times for spell illness being de did This is the big , week. Now, after a of and advanced of keyboard positions moment his piano came, however, he was remainder of the composition gets ADVANCED STEP— Speed Drills are an the use of a keyboard, to try out what a point where the player may be absorbed only one instance of what we may term while the a guest in a home here, I was asked to sing. I AN is so loud that quickly identify the note on all smiles. He caressed the instrument as very little work. His voice was quite annoyed to find myself searching step in aiding the student to then were considered very bizarre har- in trying to perform trills which sound a well thought-out effect. cards is gone it takes me quite a while I key on the piano. These handy a child caresses a new toy.’’ when he for some of the words of songs that knew the | staff with the I try to make monic effects. We have a strong convic- back to solid ground. ill. with- of the keyboard posi- Wagner, however, very indiffer- to get so well before I was The music came stress visual accuracy, recognition was a but to no avail. He tion that the ability to play the piano him * sing more softly, out effort. Can it be that singers must con- producing rapid visual, mental and muscular ent pianist. He depended upon the visits quality, espe- tions, thinks loudness is a desirable tinually go over their songs? I sing Gilbert facilitates the study of harmony, pro- high notes are coordination. of his father-in-law, Franz Liszt, to hear cially in the climaxes where and Sullivan’s songs and some of Victor Her- vided the student also masters the art his scores transcribed to the keyboard contained. bert’s, besides hymns.—E. S. make vivid mental pictures. This i THE LARGE NOTES with his hand , which of listening with his “mind’s ear.” 2. He beats time like Speed through the magic of the great Hun- important, but best of all . . . children singing. Do you think It is all unusual for a singer to feature is It was .only in his think detracts from his A. not at “mind’s ear” that be used at the first lesson, and the Drill No. 3 garian virtuoso. should do this? —W. N. forget the words of a song and remember the Drills. They should Beethoven heard he practice. For stressing rapidity most of his later works. music perfectly. This is the reason why so should have a set for daily home The ability to read an orchestral score pupil keys the playing the He was so deaf that only by shouting at audition it is very dif- many recitalists carry with them onto is an acquisition well worth the hard A. Without a personal a re- a small, unobtrusive book of words. is becoming more and more of him could he hear the human voice, and us to fell exactly what ails your young stage SIGHT-PLAYING labor required art. ficult for very start, should in learning the To his course of train- There is an official prompter in French and quirement of pianists, and students at the toward the end, he showed by his con- tenor. Your description of able sit quietly force, Italian opera performances, whose business it Drills will lay the foundation be to down and peruse ing suggests that he is using too much be trained to attain it. Speed ducting that he could not hear even the is to speak the words before they are sung. It a Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, or singing continually too high and too loud, for proficient sight playing. symphony alone is a detestable custom, for all too often the orchestra. with the mistaken idea that loudness Franck symphony, as one would read a of the prompter’s voice is clearly audi- In his singing attractive to the public. sound — Speed Drills may be obtained these days of highly perfected elec- will make and GET YOURS TODAY play by Shakespeare or Moliere or Lope and astonish his audi- ble to the audience over both the singer send direct to us, the pub- trical recordings the He is trying to amaze from your local music dealer, or and great wealth fact that the orchestra, with a most irritating effect. de Vega, is a supreme intellectual and ence instead of charming them. The set of 32 cards with instructions, only 50c. of broadcasts coming to our homes, The prompter has no place in modem opera. lishers. Complete emotional experience. there already he has lost a few of his brilliant, high Wagner despised him, so he is not used in Drill No. 4 is no excuse for the ambitious musician tones should be enough to convince him that Learning to read so stressing rapid vis- music that one he continues to Wagnerian opera performances. For not to advance hmself to score reading he is on the wrong track. If COMPANY, Kansas City 6, Mo. mental and muscu- can hear it is greatly facilitated 2. It may be that your illness was a severe JENKINS MUSIC ual. by the force his voice, it seems likely that his upper if he so desires. Those who had to learn one from which you have not entirely re- lar coordination study of solfeggio as it always has been notes will become increasingly difficult or that to do this in covered. Besides this, you have been living the period prior to the he will develop either a tremolo or a breathy taught in some continental conserva- with friends and you have been deprived of modern electronic instruments could tone. His mental attitude towards singing tories and here and there in America. not your regular practice periods, both during seems to be wrong. He should try for beauty possibly secure in the finest conservatory your illness and your convalescence. You ROUSING PATRIOTIC SONG When solfeggio has been studied thor- of sound, clarity of enunciation, finish of style, centers of the world one -fifth of the must be patient. When you return to your "LIBERTY BELL OF 1944" oughly and exhaustively, the individual and not mere noise. this own home and you can resume your practice Be the first in your community to introduce opportunities we all now possess. 2. Apparently your young friend is a poor instantly set can read in the “mind’s ear” anything We undisturbed, and as you improve in health, inspiring patriotic number which will predict musician. If he would learn to play the piano your listeners to whistling or humming its martial that the day will come when think your memory will return to normal. Results GUARANTEED! in print. On one occasion Lieut.-Com- to beat we strains. Price—25d We build, strengthen the vocal organs— and to read music, he would not need Pre-publication sci- musicians will is fact, as you point out. not with singing lessons—but by sound, have libraries of abbrev- Nevertheless, it a and publisher exercises, mander John Philip Sousa, who was time with his hand, which is very disturbing Order from the Author entifically correct silent and vocal singers must continually review their complete satisfaction iated scores to read in their “mind’s ear" unpleasant that and absolutely guarantee no thoroughly trained in solfeggio by his to his physical poise, and visually them. WM. O. ROCHOW with results. Write for Voice Book. FREE. Sent to songs or they will forget signed by parent. and also to have at hand when the great to his audience. 7325 A. West Chester Pike Upper Darby, Pa. one under 17 vears old unless teacher, Esputa, wanted to illustrate how PERFECT VOICE INSTITUTE. Studio 558-C. 64 E. Lake St,CHICAGO I orchestras are playing old the rapid notes beginning Rossini’s and new Has She a Freak Voice? Loss of High Tones After a Blow Upon the nice masterpieces. In the midst of world Q. My teacher tells me that I have a very “Semiramide” should be played, sang the Head voice because chaos we, in our blessed America, voice; in fact, that I have a freak n passage, can Q. I am nineteen and about two years ago three naming the degrees (do, re, me, I have an unusual range. My range is from turn constantly to music for surcease. I was struck on the head by a baseball. As ever- fa, and so forth) with a swiftness and one-half to four octaves. Have you mamaa that a result headaches and I lost ill I had constant heard the expression “freak voice” used before? was unforgettable. Sousa had trained soprano, PIANO SEMES my high notes. I was a coloratura teacher makes me vocalize forty-five to right 2. My himself to take in a whole page of a but now I am a lyric. I am singing the you think this is too sixty minutes a day. Do Grade Key Composer Price way, I know, because my teacher is well coloratura Title score at a glance. He also could read much? I am nineteen years old, a EXCELLENT . agues .30 known for his training. It feels as if my and At the Barn Dance (2) (G) . . W entire pages of a book at soprano. I start from C below Middle C a time, in throat a long PIANO TEACH- were I cannot sing for . .Northup .35 sore and sometimes can go up all four octaves. Do you At the Derby (2) (A minor) much the same manner as Thomas B. time. My high a high La-Ta-Do notes from S. . Wagncss .30 Why Music Study think my voice will go any higher? Miss R. ING PIECES Beautiful Dreamer (2) (D) . Macauley. crack completely, after two years. If it were .40 SELECTED AND Castillian Dance (2) (F) . .Novarro laryngitis I am sure that throat would Only a few centuries ago kings and my expression “freak voice” is quite mis- Wagness .30 have been think it is A. The Cello, The ( 1 Vi ) (£>> better by now. Do you means by it. HIGHLY RECOM- queens did not think it necessary to be leading. Ask your teacher what he the Pirates (G minor). Franklin .30 Is a Priceless possible that something is wrong? Everyone Davey Jones and (2) prefer his assurance that you have MENDED FOR able to read. Reading was something tells and I We much Elfin Frolic (F) Wagness .30 me that I have a beautiful voice we advise you to act (2) “a very nice voice” and Hastings .35 that could be left to slaves and impover- would not like it to go to waste. A friend of THEIR TUNE- Flying on the Clipper Ship (2 V2 ) (C) that assurance. mine tells Marchesi upon me that she read a book by to stand a Hail King and the Snow Queen, The ished scribes. In his youth Epictetus Investment 2 At nineteen you are old enough FUL AND which says that an accident like this could Adler .35 series of daily exercises. How- (2) (A minor) was a slave in the bodyguard of Nero. affect the M. regular, careful APPEALING voice. What shall I do?—G. prescribed by your Hobgoblin. The (A minor) Wagness .35 The invention of printing ever, if the exercises (1) made it pos- either they QUALITIES agness .30 ( seem to tire you too much, on the Range IF Continued from Page 436) A. There involved teacher Home sible for all to read. Illiteracy became a are several possibilities have not mastered the .30 are too long or you Hymn to the Sun (2) (F) Pelham in the loss of your high tones. You were prac- sign of loss of caste. We have an idea voice production sufficiently to Each an individual Federer .30 seventeen when accident occurred. Perhaps theory of In a Starlit Garden (3) (E-flat) the You should consult your teacher that the time is coming when all serious are particularly indicated and the indi- your voice last two tice them. sheet music Old Vienna (F) Wagness .30 has matured during the The range you mention is a In (2) years This con- upon this point. minor) Nason .40 musicians, judged competent, will be ex- vidual may be dull in other respects. and become naturally lower. this is why publication. In the Sultan's Palace (2 7i ) (A very extended, one, and perhaps tingency must be taken into consideration. (A minor) Stoc\bridge .30 pected to read the score of, let us say, Such was the instance of the moronic, teacher says you have a freak voice. Indian Rain Dance (1) 2. Perhaps you have indeed a sore throat, your Published by .35 “The Marriage of Figaro,” just as a high blind remember that the practical range of a Little Brook A-Murmuring (2) (C) Piaget Negro pianist, Blind Tom. Long one of those obscure infections which have Please of those tones which are (E-flat) Wagness .30 school graduate would be expected to been so voice consists only Magic Forest (3) observation, however, has made clear prevalent during this long and trying capable of being beautiful, freely produced, and March of Victory (1 (F) Wagness .30 read Sheridan’s “The Rivals.” winter. An examination of your throat and Otu ) that there js a vast accumulation of spe- smooth scale. Almost any singer Parnell .30 larynx by a determine this blended Into a Ping Pong (1) (F) Official Photoproph good doctor would additional high The art of reading silently, as with cific evidence pointing to the fact that Marine Corps squeeze out a few thin, .35 for you. He would suggest treatment to can f^£)itson Co. Plantation Serenade (2) (C).... Wagness THERE'S MUSIC also out a few lower ones. These all other arts, is to be acquired by start- music study (according to the state- IN THE AIR! ameliorate cure notes, and grunt CO. Bruce .30 the condition and eventually considered to be within THEODORE PRESSES Sandman's Song, The (2) (F) you. added tones cannot be ing with the most simple texts and ments of many celebrated men who have not be Distributors (A-flat) Wagness .30 - Aircraft Win9 Band of Cherry Point, North range of the voice and should Sea Chantey. A (2) Carolina "taktr.h 3. It is blow upon the real ST. progressing, step by step, to the more studied music as an avocation) accele- U ay “* nearby barely possible that the upper tones are Peasant 1712 CHESTNUT Shadows in the Water (1) (C) Fleming .40 , ?' airfields - Brigadier Genera] Claude A. in public. If these Larkin h < the head may have slightly affected the brain, used PHILADELPHIA 1, PA. g g,V n is sufficiently extended (C) Podes\a .35 difficult works. Sir Walter Scott says, in rates mental activity in a manner quite wln^s >° music makers, have as the range of your voice Shadows oi the Night (3) b^nbeen land bound.bounrf i who heretofore you suggest, though this scarcely seems anas MasterM Technical\ Sergeant sing most of the songs and “Kenilworth,” "He that climbs a ladder marvelous. George F. Seuffert. of Brooklyn. likely. As you live so near the greatest city in for you to holds the the usual repertoire. the baton. United States, it would not be difficult for in 479 478 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC’ ,rr FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUDE AUGUST. 1944 — " Streamlining Choir Rehearsal Organ and Choir Questions -- . - Prepare NOW For Tomorrow! ... Y; ( Continued from. Page 449) in fresh air. what shall be done with the person who take You take on better himself posture and walk with improved finds fault, interrupts, makes balance i HENRY S. FRY, Mus. Doc. best to let and poise. Singing cultivates the imag- JLJ generally a problem? It seems 9 such an individual know that his sug- ination and reflects it vividly on your re- face. It breaks down self-consciousness gestions are welcome at other than No questions will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full optimism hearsal time. The director has in mind and encourages through diffi- name and address of the inquirer. Only initials, or pseudonym given, will be pub- important culties overcome. -iJopllni lished. Naturally, in fairness to all friends and advertisers, we can express no opinions what he wants to do, the most (rtf 41' P' relative qualities organs. first. go off on some “It will make the speaking voice as to the of various thing coming To more the Century catalogue. an Dears many times in neither desir- vibrant and add to personal charm. you may be sure side issue at that time is It Each time you see this name melodic, is well written, and able nor practicable. will develop a better memory and that the piece is a purpose in a way -fida JQichtet. outs across its pedagogic it be the keener power to concentrate. The singer like. The list contains a few of In churches, at times, may that children with is a surprise to many who don't keep up pieces in Century Edition . . . like organist who feels called upon to set the acquires a deeper feeling for the mean- the Hopkins With so many of her works in pieces, they are 15c a copy. Century Edition. Uncle Sam makes it possible for you to take practical music all Century Miss told of one ing of words through singing the higher priced editions they had no idea director straight. A pastor poetic Sing if you Like) (With Words to Richter was so well represented in the Century lessons by correspondence, even though you are thousands of elderly organist de- text. He appreciates and enjoys (Rhythmic Legato) such incident. An more 2740 School Pictures, C-l.... the kind of mem- catalogue. Covered Church, C-l Q. What stops . and how many are ordina- of membership depend upon fully the achievements of 9742n An Old Moss again that miles away from your teacher. moralized rehearsals by calling the direc- artist singers (Double Notes) rily found on reed organs containing two bership to which the applicant aspires—Col- This gives us a chance to tell you Doll, C-l, (Melodic Legato) Century is one of the world's tor on points she felt he missed. At last he hears. Singing brings a fascinating 9746 A Little French manuals and pedals? What is the approximate leagueship, which must be the status of an at 15c a copy Big Bass Fiddle. C-l.. (Left Hand Melody) only to War Bonds 9750 Associateship examination great bargains . . . second interest to the colorful the Soldiers, C-l price range of such instruments? Would it be applicant for the the pastor spoke to her, saying that un- literature of song. 2747 Watching Stamps. Definite, concise, comprehensive lessons (prepared by able, (Forearm Development) possible to remove some of the reed pipes and (optional), which in turn is the examination and less she could permit the director the It makes the singer more vitally alive, 9074 Old Cathedral, G-l (Double Notes) applicant to Notes) substitute flue pipes in their places in an organ for membership which permits the (These Piano Pieces Have Words To Sing) 9Q75 Shoogy Shoo, C-l (Double recognized teachers) illustrated and clearly explained—always yet absorbs him in the pursuit Melody) take the Fellowship examination. The initia- (Alternating Hands) authority he deserved, the church must of beauty. 2978 My New Saxaphone. C-l, (Left Hand of this type or in a one-manual reed organ? 3452 Indian Boy, Em-2 (Melodic Legato) (Legato) 2979 Wynkum and B.ynkum, F-l. with the tion fee is two dollars, and the dues are three 3158 All Aboard, G-l ask her resignation. The good woman It releases pent-up emotions and ex- Technique) Can you name any books which deal Birthday Comes, C-l before you to study and refer to over and over again. 2983 Twinkle Toes. G-l (Finger membership. 3459 When My Brave, Am-1 construction of small reed and pipe organs in dollars per year for any class of (Finger Technique) went home, thought the matter over, but presses an otherwise inarticulate self.” 2984 Little Injun (Forearm Development) a manner which would make them of prac- The fees for examination can be secured from 3458 The Snowflake’s Story, C-G-2 (Alternating Hands) decided that she could not change—and By all means, let each rehearsal in- 2985 In An Old World Village. F-l the Chapter to which the applicant belongs, or Nothing is left to guess work. (Rhythmic Legato) tical aid to a person desiring to build such an 3169 Pussy Willow. C-2 (Finger Technique) headquarters of Development) resigned. clude some singing that lifts the Come and Play. G-l ... .( Rhythmic Legato) instrument? R. P. M. may be had by addressing the 3166 Bounce the Ball, C-2, (Forearm whole 2996 — (Finger Staccato) 3000 My Little fioldfish. C-l, (Left, Hand Melody) the Guild in New York City. 3451 Hiking, C-2 In all such problems of dealing with emotional tone. Singing is an emotional March, C-l... (Time Study) 3159 Jolly Santa Claus, G-2 (Legato) examination paper accompanies every lesson. If there is any- 3001 The Captains An Pretty Ce'lo. C-l. ..(Left Hand Melody) A. There are several different sizes of reed 3160 Guess Who. F-2 (Legato the human element producing cross cur- experience. While it 3003 My Legato) must be informed C 1 Legato) 3004 The Garden Waltz, .. (Rhythmic organs of the type you mention. Prices also Q. What approximate tempo would you 3457 See Saw. F-2 thing you don't understand it is explained to in detail our Bin Soldiers, C-l (Double Notes) 3453 On tho Merry Go Round, C-2 .(Legato) you by rents, the experience of a publisher may and controlled, it is primarily felt. To 3007 The information by suggest for the Andante Sostenuto of Widor’s 3039 Skip and Dance, F-l (Rhythmic Legato) vary, and we are sending you 3449 The Dream of Little Boy Blue, C-2 (Left Hand Melody) “Gothic Symphony?” Should rubato be used? I (Finger Technique) be helpful. He was asked how he dealt end a rehearsal thus is to have 3046 Little Boy Bluo, C-l... mail. suggest that you state your desires to _ , , experienced teachers. the group We (Finger Technique Claus, c 1 (Finger Technique) 3455 A Riddle. Q-2 3050 Santa and request prices. We do not have experience great difficulty in phrasing the first Notes) the builder . (Finger Technique) with the cranks, often critical, sometimes anticipate the next meeting. 3051 My Little Pet, ( 2 (Double pulse 3456 The Robin’s Song, G-2. . rule, con- eleven measures so that the rhythmic in the Clock. G-2 30o4 Robin Fed Breast, F-2. . (Finger Technique) price lists. Reed organs do not, as a 3163 The Imp even abusive, who wrote to him. “With Above all, the love of Staccato) detach- Technique) music must Fairy Wish. G 2 (Finger be discerned. Would you advise (Finger , . 3058 tain reed pipes; consequently, you would have may Techniqiie)„ Christmas Is Here, F-2, (Finger Technique) 3167 The School Bell, G-2 (Finger kindness,” he said, with a rueful smile. possess the director if he is to 3061 the aver- ing the first sixteenth note from the following Hands) PADEREWSKI said of our Piano course communi- 3101 Little Red Skin, F-l, (Alternating Hands) to replace reeds with flue pipes. As 3165 An Airplane Ride, D-2, (Alternating the accompaniment Echo, (Staccato) Moonbeams C l (Double Notes) “suction” plan notes in each measure of 3454 The Playful C-2 “You never know when you are dealing cate it to the choir. Bach loved music so 3109 age reed organ is built on the (Staccato) 3111 In the Country. F-2 (Rhythmic Legato) edition which I am using, each 3460 The Woodpecker, C-2 "It is one of the most important additions to the the “force” plan, it would part? In the (Staccato) pedagog- with a On the Ocean, C-2. .. (Rhythmic Legato) and flue pipes on 3450 The Elephant s Trunk, F-2 wounded animal.” deeply and completely that he has been 3117 Out the following princi- Notes) Boy Scouts, F-2 (Finger Technique) practical to replace the reeds with ornament is attached to 3164 Mr. Third Takes a Walk, C-2 (Double ical literature on pianoforte playing published for years. 3119 not be Technique) Let the choir ( the orna- Busy Little Bee, Am -2. . (Finger members recognize some truly called a musical missionary. Direc- 3580 The Bold Knight. F-2 Finger Staccato) the construction of the pal note by means of a slur. Should 3168 Mary. (Finger Technique) pipes. For books on 3161 Sail On Little Boat, F-2 (Legato) an excellent guide for 3582 Careless F-2 ments take their time value from the principal "As students and solid and reliable of the benefits they are receiving. One tors, too, will find that their best results Old Man Winter. Dm-2 (Staccato Study) pipe organ we suggest “The Modem Organ,” 3162 Jumping Rope, C-2 (Arpeggios) 3583 to 3584 My Valentine. G 2 (Finger Staccato) and “The notes? In many places it seems awkward advice for teachers, it is bound to become very popular, man listed a few of the things he in Skinner; “Organ Stops,” Audsley; ap- choir rehearsal come from the whole- The Big Clock, C-2 (Time Study) Ask your dealer for Century Music. If he 3585 American Organ,” Barnes. There follow this rule.—J. R. preciated most. “Singing is good for Contemporary cannot supply you, send your order direct and the more so as it bears the stamp of a real pianist, your hearted desire to share their enthusiasm Ask your dealer for Century Music. If he one on con- are also several books, including to Our complete catalogue listing over health. It causes you to breathe more for the wonder and cannot supply you, send your order direct suggest an approximate tempo of 68 us. accomplished musician and experienced pedagogue." power found in the reed organ, which were pub- A. We is FREE on request. to us. Our complete catalogue listing over struction of 3700 numbers deeply, thus purifying your blood as present condi- quarter notes to the minute, varied for effec- you beautiful music. 3700 numbers is FREE on request. lished in England, but under the size of the church, its price and delivery cannot be guaranteed. tiveness according to CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. tions, recommend a CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. resonance, and so forth. We also 254 West 40th Street New York 18, N. Y. 254 West 40th Street New York 18. N. Y. natural rubato, suggested by the solo melody; Q. From time to time you have recom- DEGREE this will relieve any machine-like interpreta- OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC mended Whitworth's “The Electric Organ” and Care should be taken, however, that the “Cinema and Theatre Organs.” Is the first tion. You are awarded a diploma when you have completed a course is not excessive. We think it well that Does the second give any rubato about Electronics? note of the accom- wind-chest or blower? you do not detach the first to the satisfaction of the Instruction Department and the Board of technical details about on the solo part Milne's “How to paniment figure, but depend THIRD SACRED PIANO TEACHERS! You have also mentioned natural rubato Midsummer Wartime Radio Music Organ. to produce the rhythm, which a Directors. We are also authorized to issue the Degree of Bachelor Construct a Two-Manual Chamber compositions the orn- the will enhance. In ancient SONG CONTEST, $150.00 DO YOU EARN $5,000 YEARLY? this volume go into detail about Does amental notes, in at least some instances, took of Music upon those who comply with our requirements. These (Continued from Page 442) blower? Those are the main You should ... if not, write us at once. wind-chest or the principal note following, hut For details, write also (direct) the time from items in which I am interested; be taken are Harmony, History of Music, Advanced Get in the BIG MONEY teaching popu- in this case it is best that the time Composition and an actions. Does the A. G. O. insist on MUSIC results after the war. music (swing). own school. magnetic from the preceding note; in fact, we believe THE HARMONY As one radio official gram, heard Thursdays at 11 :30 P.M., lar Have your being incorporated in the advanced practice course. The latter certain specifications Widor's usage. may be voice or instru- of our it SCHOOLS copy of that was PUBLISHERS acquaintance says, may well EWT, presents artists regularly featured CAVANAUGH PIANO console, and where might I obtain a 475 Fifth Avenue New York 17, N. Y. mental. Each subject carries 30 semester hours. make the International language of to- over the Network of the Americas. These same?—J. G. M. Sunday on a reed organ Q. I play every Box 743, Chicago 90, Illinois morrow Spanish rather on enclosed list. than French. But include Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican were pub- containing the stops named A. As the books you mention know nothing this is looking ahead, I have never studied organ and and predictions lyric tenor; Alfredo Antonini and his the development of Elec- Remember there are splendid opportunities in the lished previous to about proper combinations, just using them are something to be avoided. Increased Pan not treat on the subject. As we American Orchestra; the Celso Vega CLASSIFIED ADS tronics they do according to sound. Is there any material publication in Eng- music field to make a very comfortable income. momentum of war developments has re- Quintet, understand the office of will instruct me? Can you Afro-Cuban instrumental group; now, available that bombed, they are not available it? I would ORIGINAL Let us sulted in a larger number of newscasts and other land was suggest music that can be used on show you how. Mail the coupon today. Latin-American artists. Lis- “The Contemporary American and one with and and we suggest like a book of hymn voluntaries COMPOSITIONS news analyses during the past year. teners who have travelled in far as we know, the PIANO southward Organ” by Barnes. So classics. K. R. P. Box insist the — CHILDREN TO PLAY A staff of Latin American analysts has the old days have nostalgic memories of CA c/o THE ETUDE. American Guild of Organists does not FOR of certain features in the tone, Composed exclusively for some child you been constantly at work to keep our the countries on the inclusion A. If you have a good ear for you they visited revived through FOR SALE: STEINWAY CONCERT recommended by know ... on any subject ... in any UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONSERVATORY neighbor nations GRAND ABSOLUTELY LIKE NEW. SUB- Console, even though they be have the right idea in using the instrument accurately and impar- Viva America. you address the mood ... set to your poem or with Dept. A-441 1525 East 53rd Street, Chicago, STANTIAL DISCOUNT. Joseph Holstad, body. We suggest that to “sound.” For your general in- Illinois tially informed that according lyrics supplied at no additional charge. on every major develop- Calling Pan 337 Oak Grove, Minneapolis, Minn, at the General Office. piano), America, heard Saturdays Guild Headquarters formation, 8' pitch is normal (same as delightful way to stimulate some young ment of Rockefeller A the war. There can be no doubt at International Building, 2’ two octaves higher, interest in music. $25.00 one 2:30 P.M., EWT, brings the music and SINGING dol- Room 3405, 4' an octave higher, person s MADE EASY—Book one Avenue, New York City, normal two-page length composi- that the broadcast of the American lar. Center, 630 Fifth and 16' pitch an octave lower, than page or $45.00 UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONSERVATORY. Dept. A-441 news folklore of Latin America direct from Eastern Studios, Chambersburg, Pa. relative you require. Method” includes tions. Specify age of child and 1525 E. 53rd Street, Chicago, Illinois. analyst carries stating the information pitch. Landon’s “Reed Organ much weight below the the capitals of the neighbor republics to playing ability as BEGINNER, IMPROVED, FOR SALE: Slightly used classics, back a chapter on “Organ Stops and Their Manage- Please send me catalog, sample lessons full information border, and there AVERAGE FOR AGE, OR ADVANCED. and regarding course I have has been considerable popular (Dept. E) address The purpose. marked audiences throughout the States. The songs. Inst 10?. Fore’s Will you please give the of ment” which might be useful for your with an X below. 3151 Q ALICE K. E. MARTIN, "CRACROW," JASPER, GEORGIA wisdom in flashing in High, Denver 5, Colorado. What are the instrument you might Spanish and continuance of this successful series is American Guild of Organists? For music for the Portuguese to becoming a member. Is ap- the following: “Reed Organ Player” Piano, Teacher’s Normal Course Harmony Violin Central and South Amer- based on the of- WANTED FOR OUR ARMED FORCES requirements for examine premise, says one radio National organization classics); “Reed Or- Piano, Student’s Course Cornet—Trumpet Guitar ica all news -—Musical instruments of all kinds in- plication made to the by Lewis (contains some Break Bulletins broadcasts at the very mo- ficial, or Our Monthly Public School Mus.— Beginner’s Advanced Cornet Mandolin that cooperation between the cluding pianos, organs, band and orches- the State of residence Selections for Church Use” (contains bring you original arrange- ment they are reaching directly or through gan Public School Mus.—Advanced Voice Saxophone listeners in the Americas tra, accordions, phonographs, capeharts, the State unit, must spon- “The Stults Hymn Paraphrases (No. PIANISTS! ments for building up extra must operate as a two-way If through classics) ; Advanced Composition Choral Conducting Reed Organ orgatrons and chimes for shipment to study’ choruses of popular hit-tunes with novel breaks, tricky United States. members of the State unit, or may 1)” by Lorenz. Any of the books named may Ear Training Or Sight Singing Clarinet Banjo street. “We must not only send our cul- our fighting men overseas and for con- sors be bass figures, boogie woogie effects, riding the melody, B State unit. What Publishers of The Etude. copy. The Latin of another had from the etc. Send a dime for sample . _ . History of Music Dance Band Arranging American artists heard reg- ture valescent hospitals. Now your idle silent they be members be lt and our ideas southward, but we is Kimball Hall, Chi:ago 4, Illinois instrument winning obligations of membership? What CHRISTENSEN STUDIOS, 752 ularly from Columbia’s short-wave stu- can be of service in are the must endeavor to learn something of the the war. Write air mail or wire com- What is the cost after Name Adult or Juvenile dios ns the cost of joining? in New York in daily programs plete description pay i. of vast cultural and musical background of stating price. We is acquired?—E. M. *ull cash Co., membership BECHSTEIN authentic music are carefully chosen value. Birkel-Richardson Street No. our neighbors.” (u0 W. 7th 14, Calif. S. HAYNES COMPANY Street, Los Angeles Headquarters of The WM. leaders in their respective fields of en- A The address of CONCERT GRAND The interest in many of the serious 3405, tertainment. FOR SALE: F. Miller piano with Guild of Organists, is Room Flutes of Distinction City State A musical revue, called Viva Henry American other leading makes professional musical programs in the other Americas £}°aern organ pedals. Reasonable Jennie Rockefeller Center, 630 and America, — International Building, pianos. Concert used, but recent prod- was inaugurated last January, \v eller, York. City. The require- SILVER—GOLD—PLATINUM ., Chautauqua, New STERLING Are you teaching now? If so, how many pupils have you? Do you has been most gratifying to radio spon- Fifth Avenue, New York ucts and perfectly reconditioned. Promi- in order better to acquaint a Colleague, the first mem- Firm offers large hold a Teacher’s Certificate? Have you studied Harmony? North Amer- sors here. The FOR SALE*. for 70 re- ments for becoming nent Chicago Piano Catalog on request New York Philharmonic Offers solicited the applicant be prices. ican listeners with the type cordings etc. in the Guild, are that selection at attractive Would you like to earn the Degree of Bachelor of Music? of music Orchestra, the Orchestra, of popular Ballads, Operas, bership we Philadelphia l0 r on P. S., two Guild members, wd Boston, Mass. . Welte-Mignon Organs, L. by Massachusetts Avenue, being sent to Latin America. recommended III. 108 This pro- ( Chapter of your Address P. O. Box 1863, Chicago 90, Continued on Page 492) Thu Etude. 1712 Chestnut St., Phila- sueeest that you join the delphia, Pa. allowable. The obligations 480 FORW'ARD MARCH WITH MUSIC preference, which is THE ETUDE "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 481 AUGUST, 1944 tinct articulation. Add to this correct ssema ***** production and you The Violinist’s Forum tone will have one SCIENCE PROVES AND VIOLINISTS APPROVE of the foremost elements in artistic ,T PAD I 1 singing. Violin ~ T— SHOULDER WHERE SHALL GO TO STUDY? Page 453) Questions (iContinued from FREE-UR-TONB and chin rest Ormandy says: “Perfect ! Just what I Harold Berkley writes: “After six years of Eugene pad that permits this to have been looking for all my life. the player. A continuous use I am more than ever con- without any raising of the shoul- vinced the Em-Eff FREE-UR-TONE is the Also endorsed by Yehudi Menuhin, Louis (Western) (New York City) be done Spalding, Private Teachers Private Teachers qualification one chin rest and shoulder pad on the mar- Persinger, Mishel Piastro, Albert der possesses the first major WlnswereJ by HAROLD BERKLEY Alfredo de Saint-Malo, Henri ket that is, from all points of view, thorough- Albert Stoessel, Another essential, of equal Temianka and many others. H. FREDERICK DAVIS MARIA CARRERAS of excellence. ly and completely satisfactory.” free of any con- Pianist importance, is that it be will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full name violin sound better. Successful Singers Renowned No questions Free-Ur-Tone is guaranteed to make any Teacher of Many violin. And, "INTERPRETATIVE AUTHORITY" tact with the back of the address of the inquirer. Only initials, or pseudonym given, will be published. 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I think you will find the in the first position or in Resuming San Francisco 9 VOICE all means resume books useful: "Scales and Arpeggios,” Lif- Soprano counsel of perfec- (Continued from Page 437) H B Missouri.—By this may sound like a H hesitate? schey; “Daily Technical Studies," Lifschey; Graduate of Samoiloff's Teacher's Course violin ’studies. Why should you (Sound waves photograohed by Authority Art Singing, Oratorio, Concert, difficult of vnur “Technical Reasonable terms. on the of tion, but it is really not so young man yet, with some thirty "Modulatory Studies,” Lifschey; Genera! Electric Co., Recital and general repertoire. Will accept a limited You are a 1939 Fair) is willing of you; and Studies,” Svencenski; "Foundation Studies," Open Free-Ur-Tone Phone NO 2-1030 EX 1141 attainment. The violinist who of violin playing ahead usual pad number of talented students. Ferdinand Stark, out in San Francisco vears of Kayser, Open G with in it as you are, you would two books, Wohlfahrt. The Studies 616 N. Normandie Ave. Los Angeles, Calif. THE HENRY HADLEY STUDIO to search and experiment can always find Ling as interested who delighted in Viennese waltzes. did not feel that Mazas, Kreutzer, and Fiorillo also have been 15 W. 67th Street New York City He quite happy if you a chin-rest and pad that fulfills these not be transcribed for viola, but you may have diffi- By Appointment Only. Sus. 7-0100 played them marvelously, too! Ysaye improving during that time. Find EDNA GUNNAR PETERSON vou were are published qualifications, and which he can use teacher, follow a consistent culty obtaining them, as they RARE OLD VIOLINS when he stayed at the St. Francis Hotel’ vourself a good from IBepenbafctlttp Concert Pianist—Artist Teacher and after a few months abroad. You would benefit very much MARGARET HENKE with ease and comfort. where our crowd was, often schedule of practice, With Old Master TONE got together are studying practicing Sevcik violin exercises on the 229 So. Harvard Blvd. Los Angeles. Calif. will be very happy that you the g>tnce 1874 g>erbtng a Clientele Voice Physiologist vou Write for new bargain list. FE. 2597 with us and played Viennese waltzes had good training m viola, playing those written for the E string on $195 up. again Apparently you Teacher of the "Bel-Canto Art of Singing" the D string, of Bisscriminating String Planers until three in the morning, i based earlier days, so you will not find it the A string, those for the A on Beginners and advanced students my vour piano. FRANCIS DRAKE BALLARD the habit of constructive and so on. As regards solos for viola and etc. LAZAR S. SAMOILOFF Overstrained, defective voices adjusted first arrangements on the general difficult to get into SPECIALISTS IN VIOLINS, BOWS, REPAIRS, pat- the Publishers of 42nd St.. New York 1 7, N.Y. With the training you have had I suggest that you write to and LITERATURE on REQUEST Room 408. 320 E. Voice teacher of famous singers 610 Riverside Drive—New York—Edgecombe 4-2388 tern of the Viennese waltz practicing. want; they CATALOGS —that is, a keen interest you still have, there is The Etude and tell them what you From rudiments to professional engagements and the brilliant introduction, a series of you should not make will send you catalogs. The viola is a great in- Beginners accepted. Special teachers' courses good no reason at all why EDITH SYRENE LISTER right, and I think you will modulations all progress. strument in its own andSun Dr. Samoiloff will teach all summer at his Studios. through, and another steady . tUiltiam AUTHENTIC VOICE PRODUCTION . , enjoy studying it. 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Through Music on the plain any trace of a maker by the name of Antonio "VIOLINS and VIOLINISTS" ELIZABETH SIMPSON it. and do not play it COLLEGE MUSIC study it before you play Doring CONVERSE common-sense belief that you must play Loveri and am inclined to think it is a fictitious Edited by Ernest N. Ernst Bacon, Dean, Bpanansburg, B. C. Technique" (FRANK) you are sure you understand it. You are for $2.50 Author of "Basic Pianoforte (ERNESTO) until invented by the Chicago firm Specimen Copy 25c— 12 Issues the song through as a song at least once, have so many chances for en- “trade-name" Teacher of Teachers. Coach of Young Artists. LA FORGE-BERUMEN lucky that you firms follow STUDIOS (.Continued from Page 440) for a you mention. Many commercial Pupils Prepared for Concert Work. Class Courses to have the audience know what you are semble playing; there is no better fun Voice ^Piano this comparatively harmless practice. Department of Music in technique, Pianistic Interpretation, Normal — violinist, and certainly no better way of learn- KNOX Galesburg, Illinois Among those who have studied with Mr. La Forge are: doing. I’ve often been asked about ar- the fingerboard has nothing Methods for Piano Teachers. time. Take up your studies 2. The color of LEARN "SWING" MUSIC James MacC. Weddell, Chairman Marian Anderson, Lawrence Tibbett, ing to keep accurate violin—or of Richard Crooks, rangements—aren’t they sometimes over- at all to do with the value of a COLLEGE Catalogue sent upon request. 609 Sutter St., San Francisco; and Mme. Matzenauer. it cannot fail to affect the character of again—and I hope you enjoy yourself as much of the best ebony is of a etc. 2833 Webster St., Berkeley, Cal. done? Personally, the ebony. Some embellishments, figurations, blue notes, \\ holetones. MOO Park Ave., Corner 89th St., New York life. I don’t think in terms as I think you will. the student in daily Employers know reddish-brown color, while inferior wood is MODERN DANCE ARRANGING Tel. Atwater 9-7470 of “over-arranging” or ensembles—special choruses that expert workers with tools demand- “under-arrang- quite often jet black. Duets, trios, quartettes and CONSERVATORY to other keys—suspensions—anticipations MUSIC Private Teachers (Mid-West) ing.” The question is: A Viola Eniliusiaat —modulating OF ing great accuracy are usually very de- “Is it in good —organ paints—color effects—swingy backgrounds— WadeE. Miller. Pres. RICHARD McCLANAHAN Miss K. E. W., Virginia . —It it more than Stainer Violin SHENANDOAH taste? Is is music?” Value of a Write today. Courses leading to Representative TOBIAS MATTHAY pendable, honest, and truthful people. to hear from someone of your age of a genuine FUCHS gratifying W. P. M., Virginia.—The value Ed. degrees. Bates Private lessons, class lessons in Fundamentals The actual Brooklyn 26, N. Y. the B. Mus„ and B. Mus. DR. FRANCIS L. YORK even more highly de- physical arrangement of who wishes to become a first-class viola player. Stainer violin nowadays would be be- 335 East 19th St. Lecture-demonstrations for teachers Music demands an Jacobus reasonable. In the heart of the Shenandoah Interpretation Theory work prefer the - Advance Piano and the my broadcast performances is based on Most people in their early teens tween fifteen hundred and three thousand dol Virginia. 801 Steinway Bldg., City veloped accuracy and this must have a Valley, Dayton, required for the degrees of Mus. Boch., and Mus. New York it them more op- an excep- the needs of radio. A single microphone violin, if only because gives lars, though more has been paid for Mas. very pronounced influence upon the That the viola means according to DETROIT MUSIC portunity to 'show off." tional specimen. The value varies CONSERVATORY OF JAMES MORRISON would never give a faithful picture of a VIOLIN PLAYERS BUY WAR BONDS AND character of the individual. so much to you indicates that you have the condition of the instrument and its history. Basic Principals of Violin Playing Detroit, Mich. Secrets an entire orchestra. We use four, set up genuine musical instinct. If you have a good Stainer brother of by Carl Jaspan, IS Short Lectures. TEACHER OF VOICE The violins of Marcus — of Violin Playing Revealed. Pnce S3.oO is no Petersburg, Fla. at strategic spots, according to the effects ear, and study conscientiously, there Jacobus—are also excellent instruments, but do 1620— 14th St., N.. St. STAMPS FOR VICTORY EVANGELINE LEHMAN. Mus. Doc. Perfect vocal technic and Artistic Interpretation. you should not become a really prices. After Stradi- we want to send out. You might compare reason why not bring quite as high work, of the Composer, Singer, and Teacher, with a record of STUDIO: III WEST 82nd ST. fine player. But it means a lot of hard varius, J. Stainer was the most imitated many musical triumohs here and will accept the different acoustic technics to the abroad, NEW YORK CITY you know. You ask me to advise you on how great makers, and some of the copies are veiy about THE ETUDE and ask them to give pupils in voice culture and interpretation; Appoint- Tell vour Music Loving Friends making of moving pictures. The sym- to criticize yourself. Well, the essentials can However, none that I have seen ment by correspondence. good violins. privilege of sending in their subscriptions. words make sure that quality, with a gen- you the EDWARD E. TREUMANN phonic orchestra in its own hall is the be put into very few — compare, as regards tone Studio: 167 Rewards subscriptions you send Elmhurst Avenue, every note you play is in tune and is played uine Stainer. Though they are not much sought Ask for Catalog of for Highland Park Michigan Concert Pianist Artist-Teacher long shot—one over-all view gives you (3), — with a good tone. This means slow practice. professionals, Stainer violins are ideal Philadelphia, Pa. Recommended by Emil Von Sauer, Moritz Moszkowski after by THE ETUDE 1712 Chestnut Street Spelling the whole story. Radio broadcasting is If that is written interest is cham- and Josef Hofmann. Phonetic you take up a new exercise for the amateur whose chief (New York city) the close-up. blots in eights or sixteenths, practice it for the first the tone quality is very Private Teachers Studio, Carnegie Hall, Suite 837, 57th St. at 7th Ave. Just as the close-up ber music playing, for quarter notes. play on. But Tel. Columbus 5-4357 New York City out everything except the one effect the few days as if it were written in beautiful and they are easy to Summer Master Class—June to Sept.—Apply now. Vital to Diction In this way you have time not only to criticize genuine specimens are rare. If you are inter- ALCARO MUSIC STUDIOS producer wants you to see, just so does be very the note you are playing but also to prepare ested in purchasing a Stainer, you must Private. Lessons—Home or Studio engineer-control tonal em- is genuine. CRYSTAL WATERS throw the for the next note. After a few days of this sort careful that the instrument you buy Instruction in oil branches of music, con- (Continued phasis of practice, you can take the exercise some- certs given. Beginners, advanced accepted. Teacher of Voice from Page 448) away from certain instruments what faster; days, courses for children, high school and and then, after a few more An Inexpensive Model Special adults. Radio, Screen, Concert and on to others. Long ago we learned August faster still. But always remember that the Miss N. L. N., Georgia.—Friedrich Write for -Appointment that a thin little tone could be dilated be- Opera, Pedagogy where the aspirate is sounded before the faster a piece of music must be played, the worked in Klingenthal, Germany, Studio: 2497 Tiebout Ave. Bronx, Glass 405 E. 54th St. New York City into a fine big fat one, by mechanical slower it must be practiced. Try to get as many 1855. He copied several of the It’s Different Cor. E. Fordham Rd. New York City w, and pronounce them phonetically, and tween 1840 and Tel. Vo. 5-1362 are not highly means. It is this mechanical control that lessons as you can, for an experienced teacher famous makers, but his violins see how distinct becomes the pronunci- varnish, and can direct your course of study much better considered. He used very inferior ation. Daily practice along these lines serves as the basis for broadcasting. That glassy tone. They so Thorough HELEN ANDERSON than you can yourself. Your letter interested his instruments have a hard, and Private teachers in the larger cities will find is why microphones at different fifty to, at most, would make for more intelligent diction pop up me very much, and I hope you will write to range in value from about Concert Pianist this column quite effective in advertising their in both singing and speaking. places, why groups of instrumentalists me again in a few months telling me what one hundred and fifty dollars. Interesting course— piano, harmony courses to the thousands of Etude readers progress you are making. If would improve your huddle around a “mike.” They are simply Many Successful Pupils who plan to pursue advanced you pronunci- Audition Marks study with an giving a tonal Concerning ation, stop trying to pronounce you emphasis by means of 1. you tell me 166 W. 72nd St.. N. Y. C. Tel. Sc 4-8385 established teacher away from home. words The Neck and Scroll D L W., Wyoming.— As germicidal agents; but coagulates close-up. in which you Lavoris does not depend upon high-powered and direct your effort to pronouncing H. H., Missouri.—A written description of a nothing about the competition for me to answer objectionable matter, without injury to delicate tissues. To get back to our jazz discussion, violin is of little or no use in forming an opin- are interested, it is difficult detaches and removes letters. The invariable medium for form- vary a ion of Systems of marking then let’s of it, its value or origin; even the most ex- your question. ing and sustaining vocal tone is the — have jazz and plenty competitions. At audi- perienced violin expert would have to see it good deal at different vowel. for fun. But let’s remember that part of Naumburg Award, Therefore, establish the vowel first before he could pass judgment. Therefore, I tions such as those of the HELP YOUR COUNTRY NOW AND ASSURE for on their fitness to YOURSELF OF FUNDS in pure form sustain the business of jazz is to prepare us advise you to send to one of the players are judged and it until time your violin where would tickles firms that small public recitals, a lapse of memory for the next letter, be it the greater kinds of music. Jazz advertises in The Etude. For a *ive LATER FOR A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THRU vowel or con- of a number of points. WAR BOND PURCHASES your fee you would get a trustworthy, written ap- call for the deduction sonant. The function of the consonant is your muscles—symphonies stretch such a lapse weak! praisal. At less important auditions, to interrupt soul! so seriously against the the vowel without doing 2. In almost all old violins the original neck not be counted quite mention. I should violence to the tone; for was too short for of modem player. In the case you “singing is pro- the requirements deduction string tension; so many that a three or four-point longed speech.” that is why one sees think purely a violins about fair—though this is In * * with new necks. The value of a violin would be the study of diction it is essential is part. lowered possess on my . considerably if it does not guess , _ - for every musician can giveT a ;/ Engravers NOTICE TO ETUDE SUBSCRIBERS singer to analyze each syllable the original scroll; so a new neck alone is in- 2 Any well-trained performance. The and to serted instead in one criticism of a violinist’s give to every vowel and conso- of a new neck and scroll fair point Our government has placed a restriction upon paper consumption by magazine piece. qualities, from an artistic pub- nant-sound close the Of course, if the scroll is broken or badly most important lishers. THE ETUDE considers it a patriotic duty to comply to the fullest attention. Only by so There is a “reach” to music which quality of tone, phras- 5$-^ Lithographers extent worn, it is replaced, but this is not done unless of view, are intonation, This means that there are not always enough copies of THE ETUDE to fill doing will “get’ trained pianist or new an audience be able to under- other arts have not; it seems to it is absolutely imagination. A in this line subscriptions promptly. In such cases, the publishers of the necessary. ing and Write to us about anything magazine earnestly stand his capable of giving a fair judg- solicit the understanding co-operation of its patrons, whose words. you in exhausted mood and quiets cinger is fully patience in waiting for an He may not know how SEND FOR ITEMIZED PRICE LIST their first copies will be appreciated. Renewal subscriptions will naturally be given Good diction, picture Viola Study ment on these points. therefore, according to and refreshes where a book or a Material harmonics well, but he preference when received during the month of expiration. Miss U. difficult it is to play the writer’s B. t California. Nowadays there is judgment, consists in correct is — successfully performed not so sure. quite a can tellteii aif they are lot can . of good practice material for the « . mmnnsition. pronunciation, clear enunciation and Schwab viola dis- —Charles M. —which was not the case fifteen or twenty ’ 482 "FORWARD MARCH WITH "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC MUSIC” THE ETUDE AUGUST, 1944 : 8 9 following illustrates a simple If the root cannot modula- rdless of location. Ex. singing, it brings out harmonic un- Festivals Which Stimulate tion. In the F-sharp T heard by all sections, the C of the modulating chord. particularly if the and In certainty will result, Years the last chord give the root and inversion. The root must Ability and third ehord is an Creative Student Interest slight prominence. heard. The octave should be be clearly prominent than the root, AMERICAN slightly less Teaching Made Ex.7 the soprano. Successful from Page 451) particularly if sung by of ( Continued Inner Parts — commit- efficient leadership. Numerous This Book Possible CONSERVATORY parts should not be covered or tees must be selected and appointed. The HO Inner by the outer voices. Seldom project should be a community effort, director should analyze submerged The all com- hear the beauties of the alto school authorities and festival does one and the positions and call attention to modula- always overbalanced Little Players well to include^as It is almost -/MUSIC management would do tions as they occur, pointing out the line new the soprano. The committees, as entirely covered by CHICAGO members of the various tone and its harmonic or ROBERT NOLAN KERR 59th SEASON leading resolution frequently obscured. By possible. It is not tenor, too, is many civic leaders as or progression. It is gratifying to see These chordal structures will in how line is frequently be found show,” but rather a civic Since the melodic FIRST PIANO BOOK FOR VERY Founded a “one-man much harmonic understanding can almost any composition, and a little A in 1886 by John J. Hattstaedt, today The American Conserva- be the harmonic sig- the entire community par- given to the soprano, project with developed in groups with no previous practice on them is time well spent. COMBIN- tory of Music is outstanding among institutions for music education in inner parts should not YOUNG BEGINNERS ticipating and feeling a responsibility nificance of the knowledge or training. The result is If ear-training is a part of every re- this country. Its graduates are to be found occupying positions of honor overlooked. Few choirs bring out the APPROACH for its success. enthusiasm and greatly be ING ROTE AND NOTE heightened in- either melod- hearsal, not necessarily as an abstract and responsibility in every department of music. publicity, housing, beauties of the inner parts, Such details as creased appreciation of harmonic beauty. study but rather the problem arises harmonically. For satisfactory as FOR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP equipment, trucking, programs, ticket should ically or Tonal balance not be confused down the in the music being studied, all choirs Member the National guides, information most choirs should cut of Association of Schools of Music sales, stage hands, with numerical balance. One bass with balance, can become tonally and harmonically INSTRUCTION. headquarter rooms, rooms for in- soprano and bring out the alto and desks, full round tones can frequently balance conscious and standards will become in- The Faculty—One hundred and thirty Professional and Teaching Engagements bass should pro- are combined, dividual bands, music, chairs, racks, tenor. At all times the he rote and note methods artist teachers, many of national and in- Graduates of or six light sopranos. If all finitely higher. — the Conservatory have five voices foundation. thus giving the pupil a sense of accom- ternational reputation, including pian- been much in demand as teachers and ushers, lost-found department, nurses’ vide satisfactory tonal Group of T are not rich and resonant (as they sel- A Selected the very first lesson, this ists : Heniot Levy, Rudolph Reuter, Al- also in concert, opera, radio, orchestra, unsatisfactory, re- plishment from headquarters, loud speaker set-up, meals, If balance is still Pieces principle len Spencer, Edward Collins, Kurt lyceum and choir work. are) it may require several altos Piano Teaching book follows the sound pedagogical The News Bul- dom , to Wanieck, Louise Robyn, Earl Blair, letin containing parking space, of the seating will fre- student s note reading note a list of about 300 suc- seating charts, guards, balance only two or three sopranos. What arrangement By ROBERT NOLAN KERR of expanding the Mabel Osmer and others : ; Voice Theo- cessful graduates holding responsible in both treble and and numerous other problems must be quently solve the difficulty. The custom by note from Middle C dore Harrison, Charles LaBerge, John positions in Universities, Colleges, Con- is needed is tonal balance, regardless of are favorites of many bass. Wilcox, Elaine De Sellem Violin : voices in the front These ; John servatories, and Public Schools will be attended to before the festival date, if putting women’s the number assigned to the various part's. of young piano pupils. the Weicher, Herbert Butler. Scott Willits, sent upon request. very Band and Orchestra teachers of VISUAL AIDS are employed to teach the program is to function efficiently. men’s in the back is usually Stella Roberts; Organists: Frank Van Few directors can select a group with and fundamentals of rhythm, harmony, and mel- Dusen, Edward Eigenschenk Theory Tuition is reasonable in keeping with the the men’s section Btackie (A Black Key Tune) ; At times I have been disappointed in unsatisfactory unless ody. The functional procedure of this book times and may be paid in convenient ideal numerical balance. . .$.25 Leo Sowerby, John Palmer, Irwin Fisch- in- There may be Cat. No. 26218 Cr. U/2 . stallments. Complete particulars the repertory selected for the concert adequate. There is no set ar- will be a delight to the progressive piano er. School Music—C. Dissinger, Ann given in too many sopranos, too few tenors and is entirely Questions Answered Bve-lo Baby (With Words) 1 is so that catalog which will be mailed on request. gives 1 . . . -25 teacher. The material organized Trimingham, Henry Sopkin. festivals. Frequently the music is much rangement for any choir. Whatever Cat. No. 26090 Cr. /2 altos, and perhaps a fairly satisfactory Cherub is forced on the young people before Students’ Self Help—The management used. Try seat- Cheerful nothing Accredited Courses are offered in Piano, too difficult for the bands, and at other the best result should be Cr. 2 25 makes every endeavor to assist bass section. If such handicaps cannot Cat. No. 25552 proper preparation. Vocal, Violin, Organ, Orchestra and Band needy regardless students to find part-time times the selections have no educational choir in several ways, Daddy and I Sing Instruments, Public School Music. Chil- employment. artistic ing the Williatn 2). 8m»iti illustrations may he colored by the be remedied, results can still be J, 1 25 The Many find work as teachers, accom- been done Cat. No. 25810 Cr. dren’s Piano Work, Class Piano, Musical or musical value. Selection of music for of whether or not it has Debutantes pupil in class as busy work. Theory, Dramatic Art and Dancing. panists or part-time positions working obtained If care is taken to secure tonal Dance of t>e 21 . . .40 for commercial houses, etc. the massed bands be given more Cat. No. 26246 Cr. /2 . pupils will he happy to own a must balance. before. Little piano Degrees—Bachelor of Music, Bachelor Hear the Bells I With Words) Dormitories consideration. compositions suit- may be made Embouchure book with such a colorful title page and with Desirable living and board- Many experiments Saxophone 1 25 of Music Education, Master of Music — chord may be considered as a tonal Interesting Cat No. 26317 Cr. ing accommodations can be secured A so many exciting pieces to play. The physical and Master of Music Education are con- at able for the average high school band effect of tonal intensity on inton- Let’s March the Conservatory Dormitories at moder- column composed of various intervals, in the Q. I am a clarinetist and have recently been is practical. It is oblong in . . • -25 of the book ferred by authority of the State of Illi- Cat. No. 2401 1 Cr. l'/2 setup ate rates. Particulars on request. are totally inappropriate for the massed harmony, and melodic line. practicing the saxophone. I am having consid- 10" by nois and recognized as a guarantee of and should sound as such without ation, color, Little Yellow Bird (With Words) its paging, each page being wide 6% erable trouble producing a good tone. Will you Cr. - - - -25 size, mak- accomplishment. Students enrolled at any time. band. The usual mistake lies in the se- Sing any four-part chord. At a signal Cat. No. 27351 1 V2 high. The note printing is in large “bulges” in any section. Perfect balance advise the correct embouchure for saxophone? First Piece read and play at lection of music which moves too rapidly the other parts re- My ing it easy for the pupil to bring out the third, 1 25 would appear in some such manner as I have read in your column that bassoon reeds Cat. No. 24009 Cr. the same time. or is difficult third sing Old Tree (With Words) For free catalog address John R. Hattstaedt, President too rhythmically or har- maining as before : Root and are better if made by the individual player. Nice Cat. No. 26318 Cr. 1 25 monically. The massed band should play upper three Is this true of clarinet and saxophone reed,s pp, fifth and octave, mf; On the Flying Horses Ohio. selections which are full and yet simple fifth, and octave, also?—R. W., Cat. No. 24348 Cr. 2 .25 parts, mf, bass, p; root, 580 Kimball Hall, Chicago, 111. Pinch and Punch (With Words) in rhythmic and harmonic content. The and so on, in many com- s mf, third, p, A. Following is the correct em- Cat. No. 25814 Cr. 1 25 Presser Co. percussion result. Theodore section should be kept down binations. Listen carefully to the saxophone: 1. Place Somersauits bouchure for the 1 26091 Cr. 1 . . . -25 to a very few excellent performers and altered tones, thirds, Cat. No. /2 1712 CHESTNUT STREET Modulating tones, the lower lip slightly over the lower Step Lively 25 stationed in a position where all can sevenths, and other dissonances need in- upper and Cat. No. 25813 Cr. 1 PENNA. A teeth. 2. Draw both the PHILADELPHIA 1, hear them, thus • eliminating as far as according to their dividual treatment, lower lips into a smiling position. 3. possible the common problem of the plan. OSMOPOLITAN \| function in the harmonic Place about one-half inch of the mouth- massed band; namely, lack of precision. Inversions may well be used as a basis will vary in SCHOOL OF MUSIC \ T piece into the' mouth. (This For all communities or schools expect- of such posi- throat, and my tongue is SHIRLEY GANDELL, M.A., Oxford for tonal study. The effect accordance with, the lip formation and of tightness in my University, England, President. \ ing to sponsor festival, I would appreciate It very much such a I would tions of the chord is very different from individual.) 4. Rest the very small. 41st year. Accredited. Offers courses the teeth of the fundamental points if you would explain the in all branches of Music. Certificates, recommend the booklet, “Festival Man- position. These / \ B that of chords in root upper teeth upon the mouthpiece. 5, attack, and embouchure for both diplomas and degrees. Desirable board- of breathing, agement,” which can be purchased at a to sing in Illinois. ing accommodations. Located in down- inversions are more difficult Draw the lips around the mouthpiece so clarinet and saxophone.—F. E. B., town musical center. / \ minimum fee from the Music Educators’ frequently in lips Box E, 306 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. tune because the root is ah- can escape. 6. Draw the that no teacher’s / National Conference, 63 East Jackson The usual result, however, is a top-heavy is A. First, may I confirm your \ the inner parts and the tonal center firmly toward the center of the mouth. structure predomi- although perhaps Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. It is an ex- in which the soprano Experimentation since this advice. He is correct, / \ covered or obscure. (This is of extreme importance, MILLIKIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 78th Year cellent guide and will prove invaluable nates. The inner parts are scarcely heard the the procedures need some clarification. with chords in which the third, then position of the lips will help relax the A complete school of music, dramatic art your throat can DECATUR, ILLINOIS / in providing information relative to the and the foundation, or bass, is too weak repay the study rigidity The tightness of and dancing. Courses lead to degrees. fifth, is in the bass, will embouchure and thus eliminate Offers thoro training in music. Courses leading to organization of the festival. to support the tonal structure and would attributed to many factors, such as / Special students may enter at any time. given them. Note the effect of the voice spite of wartime condi- be UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Music Degree. Diploma and Certifi- * and tension.) In At any rate, let’s continue appear somewhat as incorrect breathing, embouchure, or * cate in piano, Voice, Violin, Organ, Public School these pro- arrangement, though the harmony is the brands of satis- CHICAGO / REGISTRATION—September 8 and 9 tions, there are several tone Music Methods and Music Kindergarten Methods \ grams. They are inspirational for the mouthpiece. The correct method of Write for catalog same. factory commercial saxophone and clar- Bulletin sent free upon request conductors, for clarinet is as follows: THE SCHOOL OF / 2650 Highland Ave. Cincinnati educational for the student, today; production 19, Ohio inet reeds being manufactured ST. CLARE, MINTURN, Director lip slightly over W. and entertaining for the citizenry of the Ex. manufacture X. Place the lower hence, it is not necessary to communities. s the lower teeth, so that the lip covers your own reeds for these instruments. Ittusic the teeth. Pull the chin down. about one-half inch of the 2. Place Offers accredited courses in Piano, A Clarinet Tone Production mouthpiece in the mouth. (The amount CHICAGO MUSICAL Voice, Violin, Organ, Public School COLLEGE requir- alto and tenor saxo- will vary with individuals; some Founded 1867 by Dr. F. Ziegfeld RUDOLPH GANZ, President Q I play B-flat clarinet, Music, Theory, and Orchestral In- night-club tvork less.) CONFERS DEGREES OF B.MUS., B.MUS.ED., M.MUS., M.MUS.ED. phone. At present I am doing ing more, others slightly More Practical Hints with a Chicago teacher who struments. Member of North Central Association and National Association of Schools of Music T doubled 3rd and its effect and also studying upper teeth on top of mouth- Note 3. Place clarinetist. I find his explanation ALL BRANCHES OF MUSIC. SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND NON-PROFESSIONALS is an excellent quite confusing. For in- piece. posi- on tone production Confers degrees of B.M., A.B., Address Registrar, 60 E. Van Buren St., Chicago 5, Illinois Seventh chords in their several suggests to place the the lips back in a smiling On Ear-Training stance, to start a tone he 4. Draw challenge breath, then and M.M. B tions offer another interesting tongue on the reed, take a deep position and around the mouthpiece, so about one-eighth of an inch. to any choir. Note the effect of inversion drop the tongue air can escape when producing Distinguished Faculty I get a feeling that no ( Continued this procedure, from Page 450) and voice distribution. When I follow BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS FOR VICTORY In such a situation all sections should the tone. natural breath (waist- not sing with the same amount of tone 5. Take a deep, harmonic significance since, inhaling) . Inhale by through its or volume. The soprano, because of its line expands when Address Registrar for Bulletin earn LIBERAL COMMISSIONS progression to the tonic, it introduces Music Lovers to opening corners of the mouth (do not higher pitch and location in the chord, THE ETUDE. Part or the new tonality, or securing subscriptions tor DePAUL UNIVERSITY key center. The will com- inhale through the nose). be heard more plainly than any Cost or Obligation. Write for singer should know where full time. No of the tongue on the SCHOOL OF MUSIC QlpfaplaniJnfititut* uf fl)ufiir modulation other part. sing with Address: 6. Place the tip This section should plete details TODAY! occurs; also the significant, or approximately one-eighth inch be- Boom 401, 64 East Lake Sheet modulat- much less tone than the alto and tenor. CIRCULATION DEP’T reed, ing, of Degree, Master of Music Artist tone and its resolution. tip of the reed. Illinois Confers Bachelor Music Degree, Diploma The bass should provide a satisfactory HiTfJLl music magazine low the Chicago. Illustrations on A the etude the reed WARD LEWIS, Dean of the Faculty the piano are helpful PA. 7. Release the tongue from foundation to the tonal column. 1712 CHESTNUT ST., PHILA., * ^ Director (on leave of absence) 3411 Euclid Ave., in acquainting the o?i Page 487) — Beryl Rubinstein, Cleveland, O. singer with the ( Continued ^ har- For aid in intonation, the root and monic significance of the passage. The third should re- be slightly predominant, WITH MUSIC” 485 484 ''FORWARD MARCH WITH "FORWARD MARCH MUSIC” THE ETUDp AUGUST, 1944 likewise, Guy Maier in his near the tip beginning Orchestra of the reed. (4) If the reed Musical Ideas Come piano books. Band and is inclined to close up, keep the blades For the more advanced student, the apart by pulling the wire nearer the tip author hopes the suggestions of the reed. (5) Are First contained Questions Answered you placing enough CONSERVATORY in this article will lead him to examine of the reed in the mouth? Playing too his phrases more closely, to analyze them near the tip will cause the tone to be flat. 455) from Page 485) PEABODY ( Continued from Page their ( Junior Etude • Sharps and Flats (Playlet) Contest will award three at- The Junior Etude you enter on upper left corner of your prizes each month for the neatest paper, and put your l/lfjusic (]3e(jinnev& t3edponcl bij ^Yl^larcfdret (^uiicl tractive address on upper IJoiui (j or essays and for answers right and best stories corner of your paper. with piano. seven flats in the other piece, and Contest is open to all boys and Write on one side Scene: Interior to puzzles. of paper only. Do and Dorothy (or now I’m down to four. It’s easier to under eighteen years of age. not use typewriters and do not have any- Characters: Joan 8girls 3JheeSe Special eighteen years of to the ~3}ppeal any two pupils). drop off than to add on. Go on. Class A, fifteen to one copy your work for you. twelve to fifteen; Class C, Essay must (Enter Joan; seats herself at piano; It’s your turn. age; Class B, contain not over one hun- years. dred and fifty words opens study book.) Dorothy: Let’s select another piece under twelve and must be re- of prize winners will appear on ceived at the Junior Etude Office, 1712 ' l/Yjatericiid . . . Joan: Let me see; I haven’t tried my to finish with. (Selects another Names 3Jeculeact Ina future issue of The Etude. Chestnut Street, this page in a Philadelphia (1), Pa., transposing for today yet. I had and plays in new keys.) Now I thirty next best contributors will re- by the 22nd of August. Results of contest 125 have finished. Let’s change The THIRTY RHYTHMIC PANTOMIMES.... better do it now. (Plays some sharps mention. will appear in November. Subject for this ceive honorable Kindergarten and Pre-Piano Classes goes and fiats now. For Home, chords. Dorothy knocks; Joan Put your name, age, and class in which month’s essay, “Piano music.” Alice D. Riley, Jessie L. Gaynor, and Dorothy Gaynor Blake for her.) Oh, hello, Joan: No. Let’s finish it tomorrow. By C. to open door Gaynor Blake has selected From the celebrated Songs of the Child World volumes Dorothy You come over here at clever “atch-stick crav - Dorothy! I thought you were go- two o’clock; for this book thirty most attractive songs. Accompanying each are the rhythmic consciousness and be sure to be on time, The Violin ings which shows the rhythmic action lor young people. Besides ing to your grandmother’s today. because training in music appreciation and group activity work. ELIZABETH A.GEST developed, the child thus is given early with pre-school children in the Dorothy: She changed it to next my brother is coming home on (Prize winner in Class A) Mothers, too, can use the e rhythmic pantomimes and songs also are home. Suggestions for use of the rhythmics with other songs in the original volumes furlough at five. violin week. I heard you playing as I A is more than a tool used by a musi- given. Complete texts, of course. came up the walk. What are you Dorothy: Can he play the piano? cian to create beauty as a sculptor uses a Summertime chisel. It is animated, pulsating, feeling; a • SONGS OF THE CHILD WORLD 13 Vols.l Each, 1.25 doing? Joan: You bet he can. This is be- friend in whom I may confide, a sympathetic By Alice C. D. Riley and Jessie L. Gaynor Joan: I’m transposing. listen. I ginners’ stuff to— him. friend who sooths or laughs, consoles or con- Now 0 years these have been used in gratulates according to the occasion. If I were The most popular collections of children’s songs published. For juve- was doing this piece in the key of Dorothy: transpose, in primary classes in public and private schools, and in Cjertrucle Cjreenliafcjh Can he too? to be left in utter isolation with nothing but the home, in the kindergarten, Ity 'l/Ua (her classified for various seasons and occasions, for various Joan: Sure, '"'h v, “ 1— t - sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, and given nile clubs and societies. The songs are G-flat, but it is written in B-flat. and he often has to \es, and even devotional, do activities in the life of a child. They are educational, recreational, my instrument, as my only companion, I would Dorothy: I learning transposing, it at sight because he as several sacred songs for Sunday school groups are included. am accompanies feel myself much the better for my lot than lived John on the bank of a lovely of a Chinese proverb—‘Learning is too. It seems to me from B-flat to his choir and plays for solo sing- any belle in a crowded ballroom, surrounded 1.00 • A METHOD FOR THE PIANO l For Little Children) river and by luxuries, yet deprived of any opportunity he and his father often like rowing up stream. Not to G-flat- is «.**»*«a hard jjump<*****. ers, too. He says transposing is very advance to express inner feeling, due to ignorance of By Jessie L. Gaynor went canoeing. is to Joan: Well, see, important. to the printed page go backward’. Son, what about you I did the other such a medium as I have in my violin. All Published late in Mrs. Gaynor’s career this book really is a transcription Pauline Pulz (Age three and a halt) children quickly comprehend the beginnings “Just think, Dad,” John observed, going keys before Dorothy: I Helen the trivialities of this world are as nothing of her successful plan of teaching by which little backwards in music this sum- you came in. suppose it is. I never pupil duets. when listening to the sure, singing tones of piano playing. Includes interesting pieces and teacher and “no school all summer, no music mer?” Dorothy: I think transposing is fun, thought of it that way. Let’s have produced by horsehair scraping over a bit of lessons! 60 Just work in the Victory “Well, I see now why you wanted to but I guess you are further ad- a transposing bee at our next club Change a Vowel Puzzle taut catgut! • FIRST PEDAL STUDIES FOR THE PIANO Harriet Ruby Gross (Age 16), garden, paddle the canoe, and play paddle vanced By Jessie L. Gaynor to the Island now against than I am. I can’t do too meeting. by Stella M. Ilaelden New Jersey used of Mrs. Gaynor’s educational works for very young ball and swim.” This is probably the most frequently the running tide. I don’t want to go many sharps or flats yet. I’ll show Joan: Fine idea. I’m going up to of fundamental work in pedal technic which must pre- my 1. Change O to A; a group piano students. It gives the juvenile the His father student and does so in an understandable manner, changed the subject, backwards in music. I guess I’ll you the piece I am doing now. lesson in a few pare for the further study as an advanced phone minutes and I’ll singers becomes a seat. 2. grade. abruptly. church Other Essay Prize Winners: interesting to the pupil. This book may be taken up in the second “The tide has turned, run- to Miss Brown when we get (Dorothy goes to piano and plays tell Miss Brown home about it. We could Change A to I; a part of the staff ning strong, son, so let’s Prize Winner for Essay. Class B. Charlotte 1.00 paddle up to and tell her I am not going to stop piece in key of C.) Now, let’s see. have everybody draw for to 0 SONGS OF MODERN CHILD LIFE the key becomes seasoning. 3. Change E Moore (Age 13). Indiana. Prize Winner for Plum Island. It will take a Blake strong lessons.” I should do it in the key of G next. they are to transpose Essay, Class C, Charles Guerra (Age 11), By Jessie L. Gaynor and Dorothy Gaynor to. A; lively dance becomes true. 4. pull—good for a Gaynor, has groups of juvenile songs devoted to health, your muscle.” “But do you think you will have (Plays it.) That was easy. Let me Dorothy: We could Massachusetts. This book, the last work of Mrs. have prize, be- 1 hese were suggested a Change I to A; a bagpipe player safety science and invention, the home and community relationshiD. And it was hard work. “Let’s rest of America. time?” asked his father, teasingly. try one more (plays it in too. I’ll the’ Council of Public Safety and the Child Health Organization D) walk down as far as the to write on. 5. Change by a minute,” said John, comes material and they “Sure I’ll have time. Victory gar- Joan: This is going to be fun. Let’s five-and-ten with you and we will to U; the end of a measure be- PICTURES for the Child World. .75 drifted. But in a minute he cried, A • SONGS AND SHADOW den; ball playing; river; music les- make a game of it and see who can get something. Change “Look, Dad, comes a bristly seed-pod. 6. By Jessie L Gaynor we’re going backwards, sons. Sure. I’ll have plenty of do it the best in the Joan: time!” most keys. Well, let’s get something we player for children. The verses were contributed by Rachel Barton Start O to E; a composition for one A little art-music book of songs pulling. We’ll never reach Plum And by summer’s picture illustrations are in free-hand paper cutting by Susanne Femmore end, both the piano Dorothy: What do you mean by like, because if we do this Butler and the shadow again becomes a fish. 7. Change A to E; a gift book for youngsters. Island. His father admitted they playing and the Victory Tyndale. Makes a most delightful garden were best? tomorrow,— one of AAAAg, , us mightAA v winWill it.l\j musical sound becomes the rind of were going backwards. “Reminds me in excellent condition. Joan: Why, with the fewest Dorothy: of Junior PLAYS (Elemental Hand and Finger Exereisesl . .60 stumbles, But suppose we draw hare I to U; a lively (Send answers to letters care • FINGER 1 fruit. 8. Change of course. Etude) Jessie L. Gaynor keys. Then what? dance an earthenware By becomes and descriptive verses and charming tunes, for use in Dorothy: O. K. But let’s A half dozen games, with interesting not select Joan: We’ll practice them extra spe- movements. Numerous illustrations accompany the pitcher. 9. Change O to I; a compo- Dear Junior Etude; teaching hand position and finger too hard a piece. cial tomorrow. naturally X subscribe descriptions. sition for one player becomes a farm I am a music lover, so Joan (turning Etude. When I first became acquainted Red Cross Afghans Hospitality pages) : Here’s a good a har- to The building. 10. Change O to A; years ago I could play only the one. I’m learning flat with it five Remember, knitted squares, keys this but now I can play four and one- by Aletha M. Bonner monic combination of tones becomes simple pieces in the back half inches; woolen-goods squares, six inches. week so I’ll take the flats and you Junior Flub Outline No. 35 most anything. The Etude is very popular with Our Junior Etude a vegetable. 11. Change I to A; part afghans are turning out A Swan and a Swallow, take the sharps. the crowd I go with. beautifully, but, please, knitters and cutters, Review of the staff narrow road. lot of fun playing the drums and A Dove and a Lark becomes a I also get a be sure you measure your squares carefully Dorothy: Suits me, because I like to play the E-flat alto horn, 12. Change E to a sign of silence bass fiddle. I try and send just the correct size. Were invited a. When was Chopin born? U; the phrase “try to Squares have to live sharps better. But we really should (Outline but the family all agree that been received recently from becomes erosion. exaggeration (if you get Myma Snook; In Music-land’s park. No. 25.) metal play” is quite an Mrs. Di Paolo; L. take all the keys, because we have W. Grandt; St. Mary’s what I mean!). b. Mention at least School. to learn sharps and flats, you know. two composers From your friend, Saunders (Age 15), A Birdling, an Eagle, Joan: All who wrote concertos for the Janis right, but let’s do it this Prize Winners for May Puzzle: California violin. A Cock came that way, way first, (Outline No. 26.) then we will change. Class B. Jane Phillips (Age 12), New York. Walking to Junior Etude; . a Movie Please c. ear ^ name the composers Dorothy: What is a passing tone? (Outline Class C, Betty Maier (Age 10), District of name of our club is The Etude Music The first four keys are The have by Lillie M. Columbia. lub and we meet twice a month and Jordan Who asked them to stay. easy, No. 27.) cents but after that oh, dear! lirteen members. Our dues are five d. With our motto is Music Study Jean was taking her little brother (Answers below) (Plays piece in G and D.) whom did Czerny study? meeting and Life." We also have a club flower, (Outline xalts red to a movie. She became furioso be- No. 28.) Honorable Mention for red rose, and club colors, which are le responsible e. The operas, ad green. We have committees cause his movements were sempre “Lohengrin” and social hour, May Puzzles: ir attendance, scrapbooks, and adagio. “Parsifal,” by is hostess for one meeting and Wagner, deal with Dorothy Lupi: Jane Phillips: Ada Rosen- ach member program for that meeting. This “Walk accelerando, stories of what berger; Muriel Emberger; Harriet Ruby Gross: Ians the Bobby,” she famous knights? ear we are studying opera stories and m- Janet Dalziel: Nancy Lee Bopp; Mary Helen picture of our cried. “Anyone would think (Outline No. 29.) iruments. I am enclosing a you were Tate: Frances Moncrief: Ernestine Dahlisch; morendo.” Bobby became agitato. f. What is meant by transposing? Jerry Mason; Edwina George; Ernest Vogel; From your friend, secretary, Sylvester Brown; Hugh Nelson; Ella Crowther; Lucile Gibson, “I won’t,” he shouted fortissimo. (Outline No. 30.) North Carolina Henrietta Schwartz; Belle Walters; Judson “I’ll walk ad libitum.” g. In what city was the world’s first Krause; Marjorie Matthews; Ned Wayne; Anna opera Gray; Ida Cruice; Mary Boatman; Ruth Nelson. “Speak diminuendo,” said Jean. house built? (Outline Honorable Mention for She began to move allegro con moto, No. 31.) May Essays: The Violin dragging Bobby, whose steps were h. What is an augmented triad? Letter Box List Mabel Marie Carpino; Janet now largo molio. (Outline No. 32.) Knapp; Letters follow- Rosemary Bruhl; . have been received from the tv Oran Reiswag: “We’ll be late,” L Who m8* which, unfortunately, limited space does Nancy Floyd; lamented Jean, thf eVa^th/sL of the syrn ine Ross: Billy Baily: So^Slf^S 'Ty ton. ST btgSfofo flaT not permit publishing: Alfreda Pietak; An- Lynn Morgan; Gaye and hy Flory: Bonny dolorosa Then she began to coax Yradier; the orchestra in the nine toinette Pollock; Barbara Markland; Jewell Davis; Lark. Schubert (also then I’ll do Thormann; Benjamin Church Company A-flat Disch; r- Elisabeth John (Says pfece Z + lone Rosenthal: The Bobby dolce and pianissimo. P *!enth centur Obermiller. Barbara Maier; Mildred “Pui Leschetizky or Balakirev) Birdling y? (Outline Nc tJVida Shirline Smith; Ruth Smith; Betty ; Dorothy has just nlaved Vance; Frederick R. ” 7 ^arol Jean Margaret Helen Tate; Francis Moncrief; Theodore Presser Co., Distributors, 1712 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. allegro, please she begged. Bobby Grieg; the Eagle, Weskl; Nancy Mills; Anne , r Mary MacDowell; the Dorothy: No fair bperher; Dolores Mary Lynn West; Janet Ellen J /rs get easier i i Amy Kazemba; Carl Wolf: iia Davis: J ' whWh t ls thetn at once stepped out, presto assai and Cock dlfference between ; Vaughan; Babbe; Gardiner Cullen; (Golden Cock), Rimsky-Kor- and mine eet harder Margaret Hartley; Edwin Dsky; Ruth Sights; & ° jjjary Rosina Shaw; Betty Jane Hirst; Betty they arrived at the movie a tempo, sakoff. Joan: n te? ( °utline Nc That’s because I started on ” £7 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 489 488 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” AUGUST. 1944 THE ETUDE 1 • entitled ing a volume Twenty Piano song, TIIE THIS Paul Mexican popular by N. FINGER FUN for the Little Piano Beginner, the Fifteen COVER FOR MONTH— Transcriptions of Favorite swallow A SECOND PIANO PART-lo Duet Hymns the classics Mr. Williams by Myra GuiUumette, Inc., of New York, special- Serradell. From Adler—There are a dozen musical Two-Part Inventions of BACH, by Ruggero This is not a duplicate of his two earlier ists in color photography and agents for and arranged the beautiful offerings by Myra Adler this library of Concert Transcriptions has selected in forth- Vene—Here is a “must” for the volumes of Chopin; also a number of professional color photogra- Fantasie-lmpromptu by the coming publication which is an excep- every piano teacher as well as the reper- Favorite Hymns and More Concert in various parts of the Nocturne op. 37, No. 2 and tionally well planned is Solos phers United et-pianist’s aid for the develop- toire of all two-piano teams. This one Piano Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns, how- March. From Schubert’s ment of States, brought to our attention a koda- the Funeral the playing ability of little piano of the very few real musical two-piano ever it does contain hymns equally pop- chrome by Armand Piaggi, a California he has chosen By the Sea beginners. It is supplementary to the adaptations of solo works. In no way did well known. compositions NOTES ular and Air; and photographer, and it seemed very fitting PUBLISHER’S the Rosamunde from average beginners books, and its 12 study Mr. Vene distort or destroy the original Among the well beloved hymns in and to us for the August issue of THE the lovely Trdumerei. Also pieces without first turina Morning Schumann, the impressing the young idea of the composer. The piano frea to all Music Lovers book are: When Gilds the ETUDE. A young lady in San Francisco A Monthly Bulletin of Interest are a few favorite Christmas pupil as being study tasks cleverly intro- part is the original Invention as Bach Skies; Abide with Me; The King included of Love latter, posed for this color photograph, which and hymns, among the duce Diatonic Succession, Intervals up to wrote it. The second part adheres strictly g^jijggfg Shepherd Is; In the Cross carols suggests summer evening recreation at My of Christ Abide with Me; Lead, the Holy Holy, Holy; Fifth, Repeated Notes, and Legato to the style of Bach. There is no attempt I Glory; Nearer My God to Thee; Rock Country the or the hosts of accomplished Hail the Power Love of piano Kindly Light, and All of and Staccato Phrasings. Everything lays to introduce new material of melodic or of Ages; and O Perfect Love. young lady pianists who in the summer Name. well under the beginner’s hands, and the contrapuntal character which would dis- unique collection Sesus’ * * * * * months alone or with small instrumental PRACTICAL KEYBOARD MODULATION— This was arranged special introductory Advance of beginner will find these numbers such as tract from the original. Private, or Self Instruction, by from a practical as well as an artistic At the ensembles furnish dinner music or eve- For Class, to arouse an early appreciation the The parts are of equal difficulty. The -^lu books when I found he could play so well, I offered August the and authors to be dis- had to play with him (piano) Whenever he cussed are: “The Rise of Silas Lapham” time. So we are playing new ana old things mam during his spare time. —William D. Howells (August 6) , plays I discovered long ago that anyone who “Poems”—John Keats (August 13) ; “The Letters from any solo instrument like the violin, comet, trombone, and so forth can play with the Luck of Roaring Camp”—Bret Harte piano and advance so much faster. So often and “Laws to (August 20) ; of War and ru Etude Friends they get careless with their time, phrasing, and other points—and when they are playing Peace”—Hugh Grotius (August 27). with the piano they can see and hear. In this way I have found a way to help not only this friend but to help me. too. He plays very well and I have had to work to keep up as his accompanist. The other night his father told Wontl, It or Leave It worth A Musical “Take me that the help I had given him was five or six years of what he received in school. The World of Music • To The Etude: So I feel that I have helped him along, and I have found so many interesting and help- how I love it! There are others who could ful ideas in your magazine that I would never help young folks along that way—those to (Continued from Page 433) Uhe Aentemker Tlule miss a copy, for fear that I might miss the best whom small-town band instructors have little one yet. time to give anything in the way of private FOR TEACHING I have been using an idea that perhaps instruction. vided the opportunity for Sir Henry to might prove helpful to other teachers; so I So I would say to some of the musical become world famous as a choral con- WittSbJigkt -Ml send it to you. friends of The Etude, that if you want to have FOR RECITAL In order to arouse more interest in practicing some real fun with your music, find a prom- ductor. In 1908 and 1911 he toured Amer- scales and acquiring knowledge of keyboard ising young player such as I have here and Destiny plays a part in all journalism. Sometimes ica, giving concerts which raised harmony and general musical subjects which you’ll choral the tide of fine material rises exceptionally work with him; have the time of your FOR KEYBOARD DIVERSION every musician must know, I have been hav- singing to entirely new high, and September’s issue will surprise even life! We also play in church and other places, standards of ing my groups of students play a musical game the most enthusiastic Etude readers. as we get a chance. In church yesterday we artistry. It,” with apologies of “Take It or Leave due played the selection, I Heard the Voice of to the radio program of that name. Jesus Say. from the book you put out last ArdentMarigolds—By Edna The group first chooses two permanent cap- summer—“Ten Famous Songs,” arranged for tains and sides, and chips are used instead of THE FIFTEENTH B. Griebel (3-4) 35 Trombone and Piano. Everyone liked it so ANNUAL Chicago (3) money. In a basket, face down, I have slips much. Every number in the book is good. Music Festival will Autumn Reverie—By John of paper, uoon which are written various mu- We take place on August are especially fond of the first two. Gene plays Kirtland(5) 40 sical questions. One member steps forward Soldiers’ thoce so beautifully. 19 at Field. As usual there will and takes a question. If he answers correctly The Bugler’s Call Ma- Dr. Cooke, —By in a specified time (determined by the time- please pardon this old lady who be vocal and choral contests, band con- g°ts so carried away about these articles and tilda Eidt (1-2) 30 keeper, who may be one of the group or an tests, baton twirling contests, and also assistant), I say: what we can do to help the cause along. You Clown Capers—By Milo know, has tell contests for “You have won a dollar. Do you wish to sometimes one to somebody the various instruments. At the Stevens (2) 30 take it or leave it and try things that are always in one’s heart, and you — for two?” Festival luncheon on August 18, the guest Day Dreams— Milo If the second question is answered correctly seemed to be the logical nerson to talk to. By he has won two dollars for his side. If the Mrs. T. J. Walters, of honor will be John Alden Carpenter. (4)Stevens (2) 30 third is correct he has doubled his money and Wyoming. Enchanted Evening—By has four dollars; then eight, sixteen, thirty- Elmer C. Gattermeyer two, and finally the sixty-four-dollar question, ALBERT COTSWORTH, dean of Chicago which is as high as he can go on that turn. 35 organists, church musician, At any time he chooses he may take his money business man. Fairy Dance—By Matilda and return to his seat without trying for the and music critic, died at Elgin, next question. Illinois, Eidt (2) 30 For a few weeks I use groups of questions on June 13, at the age of ninety-two. He The Forest Brook—By on the same subject, such as key signatures Midsummer Wartime was long connected with the Illinois Harold Wansborough and scales. A typical question in this group is, “Name the key signature and play the scale of Chapter, A.G.O. and the National Asso- (2-3) 35 G-Hat major ciation of Organists, Forgotten— By Eugene Then we spend a few weeks on chords Radio Music now merged with and Cowles (4) 50 their inversions, intervals, definitions, and so the American Guild. For over thirty on through the various phases of musical From The Rim of the Canon years he was on the staff of “Music knowledge. Finally, for several times we have (Continued from Page 480) —By C. Franz Koehler the “musical Hash” program in which all News” Magazine. Mr. Cotsworth was born 35 FRITZ KREISLER types of previous questions are put in to- gether. and the questions in Lafayette, Indiana, October 9, 1851. The Happy Little Clock— may cover any the NBC Symphony Orchestra, the Co- subject previously studied. He studied organ with James H. Rogers, By Lewis Brown (1) .30 A record of each day’s score is kept, lumbia Concert Orchestra, the pro- FRITZ KREISLER GIVES HIS and and and later Hawaiian Twilight— at the end of a specified time the losing held organ positions in Bur- By side grams Called Invitation to Music rate PHILOSOPHY OF MUSICIANSHIP has to give the winning side a party. lington, Iowa (twenty years) and in John Tieman (3) .30 The students are having a great deal highly , In a conference secured for The Etude by Miss of fun on the lists of “musts” for Latin- several Jig— By Elliot Griffis Rose Heylbut, the great violinist and composer with it. and it is proving a tremendous churches in Chicago. He was a stimu- American enthusiasts of good music. 35 gives stimulating ideas which will be helpful lus toward keeping knowledge which they It champion pedestrian and had walked (3) to all musicians, whether they play the violin, otherwise may learn and then forget. might be noted that the cultural efforts Little Country Dance—By the piano, the trumpet, or the bass drum. —Beulah Varner Bennett, thousands of miles in various states of in behalf of good music Lewis Brown (1) . . . .30 California. in North Amer- the Union. Little Reaper’s Song— MUSIC IN ica is extending far beyond our borders, By Richard L. Bruce .30 WAR TORN NORMANDY and one begins to suspect that in the (2) The Little Skipper—By The eyes of the world have been centered on not too distant THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO., mu- future many of these 30 the greatest military feat of history in Nor- sical instrument A. Bennett (2) mandy. Maurice Dumesnil, French conductor, programs will be heard throughout the manufacturers, which Lotus Bud—By Edna B. pianist, teacher, and author, born and brought Always Something has been heavily engaged in war and up in Caen, tells what music has meant to his for world. Thus, it can be truthfully said, Griebel (2-3) 35 native land. This is a rare article at a great defense work, received the Army-Navy the United States leads the world in the A Memory of Springtime— moment in civilization. Everybody “E” promulgation of good music. award for outstanding production of By Morgan West (3). .40 war materials. THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE The late Theodore Presser always said During the summer and autumn cycle Over one hundred twelve Merry Revelers— By Edna of its 50 OF TRILBY that The Etude should contain “Always of the Invitation to Learning series employees are in the armed forces. B. Griebel (4) Nodding Poppies Milo Mme. Anna Bishop’s life was an extraordinary something for everybody,” and we are (Sundays 11:30 to 12:00 noon, EWT —By romance on many continents. Her first hus- Stevens (2) 35 band, Sir Henry Bishop, wrote Lo! Herr, the delighted to receive this letter from a CBS Network), there will he twenty-six Gentle Lark! and llomt, Siceet Home for her Pranks—By Lewis Brown and her second husband. Robert Bochsa, harp- loyal friend of many years. distinguished literary works discussed. (2) -30 ist, conductor, and composer, was said to have The popularity of this Sunday morning hypnotized her at his concerts. From this Puppets—By William Scher legend Du Maurier got the idea for his “Trilby.” To the Editor: program cannot be overestimated. Most Scales 30 At the age of fifty-six Mme. Bishop was ship- In our little town of Cody we have a music (2) wrecked on Wake Island in mid-Pacific, but club with perhaps half the members sub- of us are readers, and many of us return Reflections— Thelma continued her tour of China and India. Mr. By scribers to The Etude. And there isn’t ever a to old . Edward B. Marks has permitted us to reprint the classics consistently. Somehow Jackson Smith (3) . .30 meeting that someone doesn't call me and ask (j-atnei incidents from her life contained in his recent or other, a friend of Iff Cjibion 2>.'avii Riding the Waves — By book, “They All Had Glamour.” if I can find material for a paper for the next ours said recently, meeting in some of my Etudes. one forgets about certain good books Sidney Lawrence(3) .30 Now I believe I can safely — THE MUSICIAN’S BIBLE say “The Etude which one had intended A Sea Mood—By Orville A. never fails us.” This I thought might be stated to read for long CALES ARE of great importance Lindquist (4) 40 Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavichord” is two in an issue sometime and maybe do some years; that’s why listening to Invitation hundred years old. Mr. Herschell Gregory’s to violin students, as well as to good. This was a question I answered only Spring Charms— By Milo article will bring you many new ideas about to Learning is worth while. It not a day or two ago. Our next program is only amateur and professional players this great classic. on S Stevens (2-3) .35 Russian music and musicians, and I awakens one’s memory went to but also definitely alike. Indeed they said to be Surging my Etudes and found in February, might be To The Sea—By 1930. just stimulates one to an activity which WHY CHILDREN SHOULD what I needed about Mussorgsky for our he the foundation, upon which all excellence Irina Podeska (4) . . .35 meeting. may well find START MUSIC YOUNG Some of his music is also in the was put off far too long. in violin playing Valse Souvenir—By F. A. August, 1933. issue. depends. Miss Eugenia Webster, a highly successful head There are always a group of Williams (3-4) 40 This is not the only time leading To play a perfect scale, necessary of a music school, gives teachers an article The Etude has it is come to the rescue, which brings to scholars, authors, and critics participat- -By!Vernon they will want to show to the parents of their me the to make sure that the first note is in pupils. question—why doesn’t everyone .35 who is at all ing on this program, and one meets via Lane (2-3). interested in music have it? I preach perfect pitch. Also it is important that it all the the time, but I airways many _ IT CAME IN A DREAM am not sure of many who personalities of whom the intervals of half and whole tones have subscribed because I asked them to. .. Some of the greatest composers have had in- one has formerly only read. Their enthu- However, I still talk are properly measured finger- spirations come to them in dreams. Read, in to them and it doesn’t on the seem to siasm is strangely contagious, Dr. Waldemar Schweisheimer’s article, how make much difference how far back and we feel board; and in the case of raised by notes ... the subconscious mind has created master- I go. I have one copy from 1903 that was a certain that others besides ourself pieces. veritable gold mine for us; have sharps, it is better to have these played and so on down been Published by the years there is always grateful to them for their recom- something for us. a little on the sharp side than flat, and For some time I QUEEN LILUOKALANI’S have been wanting to tell mendations and comments. Lots of folks you a short story the reverse case with notes lowered by FAMOUS TUNE of something I have been are frightened away doing for the past eight months. It's in line from a program flats. OLIVER DITSON CO. Sandwich Isles (Hawaii) The Queen of the with “Music for the Fun of It” in 19*2. and bearing a title which implies possibly was more proud of her musical ability educational Then in Mrs. Davies’ "Go Back to the Piano” in playing three-octave scales, than of anything else. Her experiences in the April, intent, but 1941. I think I Invitation to Learning is Theodore Presser Co. art were always picturesque and make very would call this ’’Share Your the pressure on the bow should be in- Music.” I have a young something sprightly reading. Aloha Oe is one of the world’s friend across the more than just an educational creased famous folk tunes. street who is the first trombonist in the school towards the higher notes, thus Distributors feature—there’s plenty of human band which, by the way, is very good. I have inter- preventing the break in evenness, often ST., PHILA.1.PA. always been very fond of the trombone and est in its approach to its subject. 1712 CHESTNUT During noticeable in the playing of pupils. 492 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC THE ETUDE a I Dedicate my symphony to a tyrant? Never! "T TPHOLDER of liberty and social equality, been called "The man who freed music.” is the home instrument chosen, for its clarity V_J indeed! Now he will trample on the And today freedom is symbolized to millions and faithfulness of reproduction, by such con- rights of man,” Beethoven raged. He had of people by the opening bars of his Fifth temporary artists as Kreisler, Rachmaninoff, just dedicated his Third Symphony to his hero, Symphony—three short chords and a long one Rodzinski, Ormandy and Horowitz. Napoleon Bonaparte — and now Napoleon —V for Victory. His Ninth, too, reflects his The Magnavox Company is now pro- declared himself Emperor of France! Furi- unfettered spirit, defying all tradition by in- ducing electronic and communication equipment for the armed forces. Also ously Beethoven ripped off the dedicatory troducing choral passages. music distribution systems for warships. It won the page. He changed the name to Eroica. "In first Navy “E” award (and White Star Renewal Cita- Beethoven’s impetuous spirit still lives in his rions) given to a manufacturer in this field. When memory of a great man,” he wrote, implying masterful compositions. Hear them played by the war ends, Magnavox will again take its place that Napoleon’s soul was dead. as the pre-eminent radio-phonograph combination. the full instrument that does justice to his The Magnavox Company, Fort Wayne 4, Indiana. Ludwig van Beethoven, lover of freedom, has genius — Magnavox Radio-Phonograph. This Buy War Bonds For Fighting Power Today—Buying Power Tomorrow ! At what age should your child begin to hear good music? Some authorities say six months, for simple, rhythmic dances and marches. Later, folk songs and musical nursery rhymes; then, between three and seven, light classics and parts of symphonies. Thus appreciation of good music— lifetime pleasure and inspiration— de- velops as naturally as learning to talk. A