Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 3-1-1953 Volume 71, Number 03 (March 1953) Guy McCoy Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation McCoy, Guy. "Volume 71, Number 03 (March 1953)." , (1953). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/120 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LeTTeRS Training received in Bob Jones T 0 THE E D ITO R "Iha Organist Takes a Sunday ottn On .the basis of the standard University is grounded so deep Dear Sir: Perhaps the readers order of service, you cannot deny that the prelude's function is es· within the Word of God that of ETUDE will not take offense at reading a counter-part of Dr. Alex- sentia lly a call to worship, mean- students of this institution ander McCurdy's "The Organist ing to take stock of one's inner Takes a Sunday Off," (Nov. 1952) self, to meditate, to pray, and to learn the secret of by an emeritus-an amateur after get an intellectual-spiritual uplift. 50 years of organ playing. If the service has logically and spiritual power My debut was on an 8-stop Hin- intelligently unfolded, then does ners tracker-action, two-manual the offering become a stupendous for daily living. instrument. My salary was the rep- act of worship, an inner outpour- lica of that delightfully healthful ing from the deepest depths of The training acquired in the part of a doughnut. Musically heart and soul. speaking, that was all I was worth, To be sure, Rubinstein's Melody "World's Most Unusual University" because of the simplicity of my in F has been "murdered," tram- performance. pled in the mud. But so was Christ. I enables these young men and women CLIFFORDCURZONphotographed at the Steinway by Adrian Siegel But not so with the congrega- So is marriage, and everything to stand unmoved under criticism, tion, whose members repeatedly holy. I maintain that Melody in. F thanked me for the spiritual manna ~the purity of its beauty-can be Choose the piano persecution, and temptation. a fitting offertory. Many of the I dispensed. Many a time was my of the world's great artists offertory punctuated by a loud pieces that I have played are of Such opposition serves only to "Amen" by the pastor (but not this type. lance played to a criti- strengthen them in their zeal because I stopped playing). I cal audience of 2000 as offertory, once attemped a piece beyond my Nearer, My God to Thee, in D- .for the Gospel and their defense ability. I made more mistakes than major. At the close of the service Paderewski. But, because of my many, including the pastor, came of the Faith. acquired halo, the congregation to me to express their appreciation knew that I was playing classical for the spiritual up-lift I had given. music. It is the postlude which often Years later, by some socialistic inspires me to noble longings to quirk of fortune, I became known emulate the great Elijah who, at to organists at San Francisco. And the conclusion of that crucial test, so, at vacation time, they would when God answered with fire, ask me to substitute for them caused the prophets of Baal to be while they took their two weeks executed. The first note of the off. I was paid their regular fees postlude is the green-go signal for which ranged from zero to $20.00 pandemonium among the congre- per Sunday. Those were the days gation-to me, Satan's ace of for your home when $20.00 was acceptable as a trumps. Surely the postlude was meant ~ ~ down payment for a mink. Now, ... -.. ....- those organists chose me for the to be, and could be, the crowning - act of worship by the congregation, excellent reason that, no matter - how well I might try to please, their hearts uplifted in gratitude The greatness of the Steinway it will serve your family for they were not gambling on losing to Him from Whom all blessings shows not only in today's bril- generations. flow as they solemnly walk out to their jobs. liant performance but in the years Though its initial cost is more, the accompaniment of a heavenly Oh yes, during my career I was of joyful use that lie ahead. It is the Steinway Vertical, with its "fired" from a church because I blessing conferred by a great com- the choice of leading concert ar- many unique advantages, is ac- had the habit of coupling the trum- poser-a blessing he received when tists, music schools and broad- tually the most economical piano pet to the pedal. It reminded them he was inspired by the Great casting stations. to own. Architect and Ruler of the uni- of the angel Gabriel. The Stein way is the only Verti- Dr. McCurdy's suggestion that verse, "Write: Thus saith the Our booklet, "How to Choose Your cal that offers you the Diaphrag- Piano," is full of interesting facts. For Museum Building. World's Most Unusua I University organists should visit other church- Lord." matic Soundboard which gives John G. Vogel a free copy, write Steinway & Sons, es is excellent. But a far more ef- such big piano tone. Noother Ver- Steinway Hall, 109 W. 57th St., New Millbrae, Calif. fective plan is to have an entire tical has patented Accelerated York 19. Your local Steinway dealer church service recorded. Then, by lIEconomics for the Music Teacher" Action, a true aid in developing (listed in the classified telephone directory) can deliver to your home a repeated listening, the organist Dear Sir: Thanks so much for sensitive touch. So magnificently superb ~teinway Vertical $14750 would probably get a college edu- printing Miss Novak's article in is the Steinway Vertical con- for as little down as ... cation. So would the pastor-and your December issue. structed that, with proper care, Liberal time to pay. S1iihtryhiiherintlleWes' BOB JONES UNIVERSITY the members. If, as Miss Novak writes, more GREENVillE, SOUTH CAROL! NA The order of service given by teachers would enforce the rules The Steinway is used exclusively by Dr. McCurdy is standard practice outlined in the article, parents Badura-Skoda, Ganz, Kreisler, Lipkin, Lympany, New York Philharmonic-Symphony, in thousands of churches. Now, might be made to understand that Drmandy. Waller and many, many others. were the pastor, organist and memo music teachers too must be assured Over 1000 music schools and music I STEINWAY MUSIC, SPEECH, AND ART departments of leading colleges use the -------------------------- bers to study-analyze-record- of a reasonably steady income. Steinway exclusively. Only the Steinway is THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST ings of their services, many would Jeanette Odasz used by nearly all the nation's leading orchestras, radio and television stations. be prone to scrap the program. Schenectady, N. Y. AeOVE REGULAR ACADEMIC TUITION ~----- ETUDE-MARCH 1953 1 4 CHOIR DIRECTORS!! NEW, UNIQUE-a periodicol de. MAKE UP YOUR tile music magazine voted exclusively to doing the gigon. RECITAL PROGRAMS ETUDE tic job on choral literoture you've · Offices, Bryn Mawr, Pa. THE EASY WAYl Editorial aucI BuSlneSB always wanted done for you The pieces listed here" have been James Francis Cooke, Editor Emeritus NEW CHORAL MUSIC selected by folks familiar with recital Founded 1883 by THEOOOHE PRES~ER {Editor 1907-1949) SACRED AND SECULAR problems and, when tested, have been Guy McCoy, .Managing Editor received wit,h enthusiasm. A MONTHLY, COtr.4PREHENSIVEGUIOE Marjorie E. Mosher, Business 111anagpr TO THE NEW CHORAL RELEASES Of A visit to your CENTURY Dealer and ALL PUBLISHERS - INGENIOUSLY Bv GEOHGE GASCOYNE an examination of these titles will Maurice Dumesnil Karl W. Gehrkens .Elizabeth A. Gest Berkley CHART·INDEXfD- HarolJ Badura-Skoda is a player of ex- help you plan your recital quickly- Guy Maier Alexander McCurdy Nicolas Slonimsky Mozart: Sonata in F (K. 533), Ron- and well. tlo ill D (K. 48,~), Jr'unUlsy anti cellent attainments and he shows Fugue in C (1(. 394), Adagio in. B NEW CHORAL MUSIC offers off to fine advantage in these re- 1st GRADE minor (K.540). March 1953 cordings. (Westminster, two LP 3158 All Aboard ... 1Uuhter Vol. 71 No.3 CONTENTS the discriminating directcr-; 3751 Bamboo Grove, The ....... Giovallni 4059 Gum Drop Tree. The ....... Aruller every month: Those listeners who derive a discs. ) 3868 Little Boats on the Pond Foldes 4046 March of the Rubber aeets .. .uozers FEATURES special pleasure in making ecru- 3652 Moon Serenade .Houkfns 9 Mcnddssohn: The First Walpurgis .......... notre EXERCISES IN MUSICIANSHIP. - Alec Templetoll A COMPLETE AND AUTHORITATIVE parisons between recordings will 3986 Polka Dot . Night. Five SOrl;;S 4016 Scissors Man, Tile ......... Dl'orlnc GRAND OLD MAN OF SWEDISH l\lUSIC.::::::::::::::: •..•. Leone Kuhl 10 RECORD OF CHORAL llTERATUlE 4050 Western Siory, A .uoeers 11 be interested in a pair of discs rc- STEPS TO ARTISTIC VOCAL SUCCESS , ...........••. 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