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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIA- TION, through a Statement of Opera- tions, has painted a most optimistic picture of its financial and artistic standing which should be extremely heartening to the millions of supporters of that ven- UhusuaL ColLe^e” erable institution. Through the whole- “AmeeicA’s most hearted cooperation and friendly and sympathetic attitude displayed alike by the managerial staff, the musicians, the artists, and the heads of the several unions, there has been found a solution to the many problems of the past few years, and everyone concerned looks forward with great confidence to the future. It may even be possible during the com- With New Dormitory Facilities to Accommodate ing season to place the Association in the “black.” HERE. THERE. AND EVERYWHERE Two Hundred Additional Students THE WORLD PREMIERE of excerpts IN THE MUSICAL WORLD from the orchestration by Dmitri Shos- takovich of Moussorgsky’s “Boris Godou- burgh, has been of invaluable aid to ficiency and ideals. Percy A. Scholes, in the reg- Opens Its 1944-45 Session noff” took place on July 23 on Polish refugees in Scotland. More than an article describing the proud history of the ular Sunday afternoon broadcast fifty Polish doctors have been graduated of the Musical Times, traces its origin New York Philharmonic-Symphony Or- from the Polish School of Medicine. The to a craze for sight-singing which was On September 12 chestra, with Fritz Reiner conducting Paderewski Testimonial Fund, Inc., is a rampant in England one hundred years, and the Metropolitan Opera bass, Alex- participating service of Polish War Re- ago. The Murical Times provided infor- soloist. ander Kipinis, as lief through the National War Fund, 37 mation and material which was eagerly eight years he was pianist of the Brahms East 36th Street, New York 16, N. Y. grasped. Gradually the journal became HOMER GRUNN, com- Quartet. He appeared as soloist with the the leader of musical thought in Britain. and poser and pianist, died Los Angeles Chamber Music Society The Etude (a mere youth of sixty-one) of his im- HAIL TO THE MUSICAL TIMES OF on June 6 at Los An- the Zoellner Quartet. Much salutes its centenarian colleague in Lon- the result of LONDON, which in June celebrated its geles, California. He was portant compositions are don and wishes it unlimited years of one hundredth birthday! Paper shortages born in West Salem, his idealisation of Indian themes. Or- prosperity in those days of peace, when songs, piano works have cut down its pages pathetically, but Wisconsin, May 5, 1880. chestral pieces, and the journal may again resume normal success. neither Blitz nor Robot bomb has had Following study in Chi- have been published with much size. its high am- cago with Emil Liebling, His “Zuni Impressions” was played at the slightest effect upon Dr. Samuel John- he became a pupil of the Hollywood Bowl Concerts. bitions and purposes. RICCARDO ZANDONAI, his “Rasselas” wrote: “Great Grunn Jedliczka at the Stern son, in operatic composer, is re- Conservatory, Berlin. THE PADEREWSKI TESTIMONIAL works are performed not by strength, but ported dead in Pesaro, perseverance.” The Musical Times is Then came activities in the West and FUND, INC., has been rendering a most by Italy, at the age of monument to perseverance. Started by Mid-West. Mi'. Grunn went to Chicago important and valuable war service. The a sixty-one. He had taken Novello in 1844, it was at first where he taught four years in the Chi- Scotch-American Polish Relief under- Vincent refuge in a Franciscan organ for the well- cago Musical College. Then followed a taking, which includes the Paderewski something of a house monastery, after being publisher. It gradually developed period in Phoenix, Arizona, and finally, Hospital, Medical School, Children’s known driven from his home by into a magazine of especially high ef- in 1910, he settled in Los Angeles. For Home, and Student’s Relief in Edin- the Germans. Mr. Zan- donai was born at Sacco, Zandonm Trentino, May 28, 1883. He was a pupil of Mascagni. Several of his operas, including “Conchita,” and “Francesca da Rimini” were produced in C^-ompetition A America. In 1935 he won the Mussolini prize of 50,000 lire at the National Mu- sical Festival in Rome, with his overture, Columiina. BOB JONES be COLLEGE THE SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL 1945 and full details may be secured from AN ANNUAL COMPETITION to Award been gives God all the glory for YOUNG ARTISTS AUDITIONS of the Eric T. Clarke, Metropolitan Opera Asso- called the Ernest Bloch has GUSTAV KLEMM, well-known composer the established by the United Temple Chorus National Federation of Music Clubs, ciation, Inc., New York, 18, New York. and conductor of Baltimore, has been phenomenal of Long Island, for the best work for growth in its student enroll- which carry awards of $1000 each in appointed superintendent of the prepar- THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL women’s chorus based on a text from or ment piano, violm, and voice classifications, will atory department of the Peabody Con- and for the many related to the Old Testament. The Award _ other manifestations of the spring CONTESTS for Young Artists, sponsored be held in New' York C.ty in servatory of Music. Mr. Klemm, who has American Musicians, is is one hundred and fifty dollars, with Divine Approval in the midst of of 1945. State auditions will begin around by the Society of these trying war years. for 1944-45. The publication of the winning work guar- been assistant manager and program an- March 1, 1945, with district auditions, announced the season anteed. The closing date is December 1, notator of the Baltimore Symphony Or- for which the State winners are eligible, class'fications include piano, voice, violin, and all details may be secured from the long identified with follcw ng. The e :act date of the National violoncello, and organ, with various ages chestra, has been group. The contests will begin United Temple Chorus, Lawrence, Long activities in his native city. Auditions w 11 be announced later. All for each musical From Island. BOB JONES earnestly the about February 1, 1945, and all entries 1924 he was associated with Vic- COLLEGE requests the prayers of all of God's details miy be secured from National 1914 to people that Chairman, Miss Ruth M. Ferry, 24 must be in by January 15. Full details tor Herbert. For many years he was pro- it may continue to be faithful to its responsibility with entrance blank may be secured from in the training of cultured Edgewocd Avenue, New Haven 11, gram director and assistant manager of Chris- Mr. Edwin Gemmer, Sec.-Treas., 501 A PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED DOL- tian leaders for this morally chaotic Connecticut. J. Radio Station WBAL. age. Kimball Building, Chicago, Illinois. LARS is ottered by The H. W. Gray Com- pany, Inc. to the composer of the best A PRIZE OF A .$1,000 WAR BOND THE SOCIETY FOR THE PUBLICA- anthem submitted in a contest sponsored WILL MARION COOK, will be the award in a nation-w de com- Voice — piano pipe TION OF AMERICAN MUSIC has by The American Guild of Organists. Negro composer, whose — Cincinnati petit on conducted by the Academy announced its twenty-sixth annual com- The closing date is January 1, 1945. Full many songs and op- Symphony Orchestra, for the writing of a organ—violin—speech petition. Composers who are American information may be secured from The erettas have enjoyed “Jubilee Overture” to celebrate the fiftieth Liberal Arts College citizens (native or naturalized) are in- American Guild of Organists, 630 Fifth great popularity, died anniversary of the orchestra, which takes art — without additional Avenue, New York 20, New York. vited to submit manuscripts. These should in Graduate place during the coming season. The com- on July 19 New York School of Religion be mailed between October 1 and Novem- cost. petition is open to all American citizens City, at the age of sev- ber 1. Full details may be secured from Graduate School of Fine Arts and works subm.tted must be between enty-five. He was bom Mrs. Helen L. Kaufmann, 59 West Twelfth A COMPOSITION CONTEST open to ten and fifteen minutes in length and in Washington, D. C., Street, New York 11, New York. all composers of American nationality is written especially for the anniversary. announced by Independent Music Pub- and secured his musical For detailed information write THE EIGHTH ANNUAL PRIZE lishers. A cash award of five hundred education at the Oberlin AN AWARD OF $1,000 to encourage SONG COMPETITION, sponsored by dollars will be given the composer of the Conservatory of Music, following which “the writing of Amerrian operas in gen- the Chicago Singing Teachers Guild, is winning composition and also publication he studied violin with Joachim in Berlin. eral, and of short operas in particular,” is announced. The award is one hundred of the work will be assured, with royal- Mr. Cook also studied with Dvorak when ties sales and fees for public perform- announced by the Alice M. Ditson Fund dollars, with guarantee of publication of on the latter headed the National Conserva- of Columbia University and the Metro- the winning song. Manuscripts must be ance going to the composer. The closing tory in New York City. Much of his early politan Opera Association. The opera must mailed between October first and fifteenth, date is September 15, and all details may composing was done for the old vaude- be not over seventy-five minutes in length and full details may be secured from Mr. be secured from Independent Music Pub- ville team of Williams and by a native or naturalized American - E. Clifford Toren, 3225 Foster Avenue, lishers, 205 East Forty-second Street, and Walker. He ( Continued Page citizen. The closing date is September 1, Chicago 25, Illinois. New York 17, N. Y. on 552)

SEPTEMBER, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 493 —

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S Y © by Frederic Chopin ( u Maier 537 A Dr. them, A deftness using loss of time and motion an possible. ments, his in Leading Soprano MUSIC What do we mean by technic? The his scientific understanding of every- Classic and Contemporary Selections term does not have a uniform conno- thing related to the anatomy and the of the Autumn Song .Ralph Federer 517 Trees at Night r 518 pathology of the section he is treat- Lot ? Godi cy Ogle tation. The late Leopold Godowsky, Evening on Lake Koronis 521 Mi. -•a Adler ing, would justifiably refer to his Metropolitan Opera Tropic Clouds .Har d Ixtcke 522 whose long friendship and fine spirit Sun of My Soul (from ‘Concert Transcriptions technic. In piano playing, the exact- Includes in her of Favorit H of cooperation in the work of The Vienna. 1774 523 C. f Arr . by Clarence K ilmaiMl) Prelude pupil “feels his F. Chopin. Op. 28, No. 21 (With er) 524 jour- ness with which the Radio and Concert Programs LcsfCM I D Etude was a great asset in our THE ELIND HOMER AND HIS LYRE f™m Piano Concerto in B-flat minor (from “Themes fr n the the in which he Great Piano Concertos •) rhythms,” manner P. /. Arr. I, - I . nwi 525 nalistic history, once joined with your Ttchaikowsky . „ If little is known about Shakespeare, far less is known about Homer. Bagatelle, from ‘Eleven New Bagatelles" 527 A Favorite Song Liidjrig ran Beethoven Op 1 1:., So. 3 to have been bom in Smyrna, a Greek colony in Asia is able to control his touch, his under- Lolita (Piano Duet) Editor in a long discussion of technic. He is believed Heinrich l. No. 6 528 Engel. Op Minor, around 900 B. C. Like the Minnesingers and Troubadours of later far standing of the principles underlying WILL O’ THE WISP Vocal and Instrumental Compositions His conception of technic was years, he was a minstrel, a wandering singer who traveled from Why Can’t I? (High Voice) place to place with his lyre, finally residing on the Island of Chios. the artistic needs of his art, and the Charles Gilbert Spross , ilu g, r ickland 530 mere comprehensive than that of the By a A enetian L° stand- Ve Son8 ’ 1 Frnn ' in^Vcn.v.a") Itinerant singers and poets in his day did not have a very high (A°Dly ta°Venice7 "Un GlocilO means by which he applies the Publication of CHURCH CO.) musician. included every- (A THE JOHN average He ing, but while millions living at his time are now erased from all 2S 532 The °P - No. 3 (Arr. for Organ by Gerril Smith) of the instrument to pro- The Shepherds Pipe (Violin beautiful memory, the grandeur of his epic description of the siege of Troy has mechanics and 4 Piano) ... .Clarence M. Cox 533 thing that had to do with made this classic immortal. The "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" are beautiful results are, all Delightful Pieces for Young playing. In other words, the technic duce the most Players thought by some to have been written by many different collaborating ’ A New Song Arabs on Horseb-ck . . _ . „ B„ Griebel 534 art itself expres- poets. The perfection of the great masterpieces is so great that the in all, his technic. At the Wishing Well of the art was the — Anita Tibbitt* 535 alleged to have been infallible. Hence Destined To Become A Favorite Go To Sleep, My C. traditional author, Homer, was found in teaching, that in much Dolly Brown 536 sion, phrasing, touch, rhythm, form We Skipping (With . . .Lewis the line from Horace, quoted above. The illustration is a reproduc- Words) Mosher 536 Alaud H. everything. tion of the painting by the famous French artist, Francois Gerard. playing of Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, THE TEAKETTLES SONG the JUNIOR ETUDE Cest 5 48 and other composers who wrote their By Victor Young At this time he said, *“Mechanics MISCELLANEOUS compositions without reference to the (A Publication of THEODORE PRESSER CO.) includes all that pertains to that How Can I Raise My Income? ... 506 ExpertoKVnnrtn Credite3 : 4 _ it is helpful aid to security and stability to avoid 512 branch of piano study which has to do with the exercises that pedal, a very THEODORE PRESSER CO., PHILADELPHIA 1, PA Extraordinary Musical Diplomacy 512 study. The damper pedal has been Voice Questions • develop the hand from the machine standpoint—that is, make it the use of the damper pedal in Distributers lor Oliver Ditson Co. and The John Church Co. Answered »» Slier capable of playing with the greatest possible rapidity, the greatest a convenient camouflage whereby many students have concealed vk D § for “ :::::: '„ Si possible power when power is needed, and also provide it with the careless stumbling, and stuttering playing. Practice each day : : , JXn&g ability to play those passages which, because of fingering or a while without touching the pedal would overcome this. ttl under the ,8M ,f,! P H>da.. Pa ' An Interesting and Novel Two-Piano Number— March 's’ U. hy the piano keys, are particularly difficult greatest shortcomings in a poor technic is uncer- S. A. and Great Britain. 044. Theodore Pres.,- Co., foe unusual arrangement of One of the A JUGGLER IN NORMANDY to perform. tainty. Teachers of the day of Liszt and Rubinstein saw to it that A i0 FOR TWO PIANOS, FOUR HANDS. By Evangeline Lehman Brazil, ColWr,;,. differs the of playing in it exercises, which were always played at a slow speed, RkijCubt Don^nil Remibr^ f“' Corf* “Technic from mechanics piano that in beginning ®®J * va

was destined to become a cal circles and working history. Dur- Music and Culture Music and Culture partner in the biogi aphj ULY of 1944 saw an epoch in musical The tremendous interest which greeted anything ing that month, Fritz Kreisler, who, both in stand- had shown him the performance and in almost legendary new about Beethoven need for a J ards of comprehensive and reliable biogi aphy. Accordingly, popular acclaim, ranks among the foremost of living Mr. Kreisler is the Thayer settled down to more intensive research. The musicians, made his radio debut. experimental article on last of the great artists to have held himself aloof first result was an Beethoven’s persuasion of the air-waves. The fact that youth. It was a sober, informative piece, the first to from the sources, broken through his reserve now, is due to one Philosophy of Musicianship be based entirely on original and remarkable he has A Beethoven personal response to the millions of The Basic to Mozart as “probably the greatest thing only: his for a tribute musi- Beethoven, people who desire to hear Fritz Kreisler and have no cal genius that ever lived.” in fact, came an admonition that other opportunity of doing so. off second best with genius alone A Conference with Biography In the early days of radio, Mr. Kreisler doubted that Alexander Wheelock Thayer’s Remarkable wasn’t enough. “Long continued effort and exhaustive the sheer mechanics of reproduction were suitable for study of the best works" also were necessary, said transmission. Later, his tastes as well word “exhaustive" and his adequate tonal Its Class Thayer. He liked the moral Still the Most Consulted Book In as his crowded schedule of commitments inclined him J^reiileu tone suited his public. J-ritz — against broadcasting, and neither fees nor managerial This offering gave Thayer prestige abroad, where in changing his mind. Internationally Renowned Violinist severe entreaties were of much avail it was reprinted along with a review he had It took a steadily accumulating deluge of letters to do written for Dwight on Adolf Marx’ life of Beethoven. that—letters from old people, from shut-ins, from sol- Such skirmishes increased his growing fame. Even ^ieut t^ilepma diers in camps, from eager young students in far-away Itf homage was given him and he accepted before this, and style, towns, all different in background, wording, SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE BY ROSE HEYLBUT it modestly but thirstily. The violinist, Joachim, tact- but all asking for the chance to listen to Kreisler. He fully turned a compliment by announcing that he chose the Bell Telephone Hour as the medium of his THIS ARTICLE IS CONDENSED FROM A MUCH LONGER SCHOLARLY ARTICLE had just ordered all of Emerson's works. Thayer never radio debut because of his admiration for Donald forgot the tribute. The widow Schumann, whom he BECAUSE OF WARTIME PAPER RESTRICTIONS Voorhees. admired extravagantly and whose husband's work he is permitted to Besides agreeing to broadcast, Mr. Kreisler has “Approaching music in this way, I believe thai it if jjheerly technical accomplishment was in a sense carrying on, invited him over occasion- values which must broken through another reserve In one of his rare becomes the expression of one’s truest self. In this crowd out those intensely human ally, and the Family-Grlmm made November 4. 1855 with music? Let us hope that public interviews, he has consented to speak to read- building of ultimate musicianship involves always be synonymous description of Alexander sense, the ROBABLY the best memorable by having him to tea—and no wonder, for musicianship. the little boy was an exception!” ers of The Etude about the meaning of a great deal more than proficiency on an instrument. Wheelock Thayer is that he was an old-fashioned Olara Schumann and Joachim played Mozart. there Kreisler believes that musicianship is an organic make up self. The things Mr. It involves the qualities that Importance ol Music P New England gentleman who was responsible for “For a poor American earning his subsistence by brain Home quality that is born with a person. Those who are born the things that anger one, the things portraits of Beethoven that stir one, the fairly accurate Ludwig van work, such an evening is an event in his life which themselves Turning to the influences which can help develop with it simply are musical and will assert that delight one—all these come to light in the music which most musical Americans cherish in their imagi- leaves a lasting memory,” he exclaimed inherent musical aptitude, Mr. Kreisler places the at- despite obstacles. Those who are born without it wifi one makes. To me, the man who loves justice will nations. His achievement, which took over fifty labori- mosphere of the home in first rank. He himself ab- profit greatly from the kind of study that builds back- different from the one who is secretly capable little reward, consisted in getting- ‘sound’ ous years and gave Horizon hardly sorbed music in his home. His father, a distinguished A Widening ground and appreciative values, but they can act; the man who is cruel, will ‘sound’ dif- together most of the documents and manuscripts for of a mean Viennese physician, made home-music fer the delight lessons and exercises the ultimate spark neither case 1 Soon Thayer was known to everyone who had been draw from ferent from the man who is humane. In what is now known as “Thayer’s Life of Beethoven' — it, the little Fritz heard trios and quartets as musicianship implies. Mr. Kreisler states, cadenzas too of and a friend or relation to Beethoven, or who knew any- that true is the speed with which he tajres his a work not yet surpassed for tedious scholarship and part of the warmth and security that mean home. At one been, or who was or might be, suspected “To me, music is an entire philosophy of living. It antique flavor of Currier and Ives. These charac- who had important an performance, but one fourteen, he was already a prodigy. He states that he of having any Beethoven Information All prospects is not a matter of technique or Musicianship teristics have proved unliterary but useful. After three- Building remembers little of the business of learning music. of personal expression. What I say in music is that Thayer's still the basic Bee- became his correspondents. The aged Wegeler and quarters of a century, is “The cultivation of musicianship, then, presupposes He loved it and expressed himself by means of it in Schindler, and even crusty old Anselm Huttenbrenner, part of my deepest inner being that can never be put thoven, and on it have been more or less founded the I not greatly he be- the intentions, can be the cultivation of human qualities. am an entirely natural and unforced way. Today, who is remembered to posterity for having kept the in words. Words, even with beet artistic interpretations of Sullivan, Rolland, Schauffler, as such. Naturally, technical lieves that, quite regardless of the extent of the in- deceptive; a person may misunderstand what you say attracted to virtuosity, and others. ‘lost’ “Unfinished Symphony" of Schubert called up the de- of voice can alter equipment must be sufficient to encompass born gift, an early familiarity with music is the sound- their recollections. —a trick of language, an inflection Young Americans of the New England school, like but where it is practiced for its est means of stimulating later appreciation. Whether is why I sometimes hesitate to put my mands of the music— These happiest of life interrupted meanings. That Emerson, Parke Godwin, and George William Curtis, days Thayer's were ceases to exist. It is a curious on the podium or in the last row most cherished thoughts into words! Eut with music, own ends, musicianship he takes his place aesthetic qualifications for a young Amer- by another visit home to fill his pockets and get a rest. laid down thing that the spirit of the age influences musical of the topmost balcony, the person who recognizes it is different. Here there is no intervening obstacle ican leader. A hero was needed to symbolize their He cataloged Lowell Mason's library Mason and speed. Almost uncon- memo- deeply in one’s heart, and one standards. We live in an age of “concert music” as an echo of home and home cosmopoli- Thayer got on well of medium. One feels democratic idealism, and since this was a despite some differences in opinion, the tempo of our living to ries surest approach to valid appreciation. that meaning into tone. When I play, I am sciously we have allowed has the citizenship perquisite. and the musicologist transfers tan faith, American was not a gave his helper means to con- musical standards. There are those As the teaching of muric, Mr. Kreisler makes it .completely myself, and have no fear of being misunder- encroach upon our to artist of freedom, Beethoven was likely tinue his research. also As an -hero a A gift from a Cambridge lady incline to measure performance -standards clear that he has no advice to offer. “I am not a stood. Joy, fear, anger, gladness—all of these can be today who candidate. His universal language expressed wonder- contributed to its progress. Thayer was glad to get heart directly into another, in terms of sheer rapidity of execution. teacher,” he confesses, “I have never had a pupil, individualism, back projected from one human fully well the glorious abstractions of to Germany where his interests and friends were, a concert not long ago, at very little of to tell a per- of music. This is possible, I be- “My wife and I attended and, actually, I know how the emotional Americans the “Fifth Symphony” and through the medium and on where his simple, bearded habits could get along lesson was brought home to me. son about the ‘do’s’ and ‘dont’s’ of playing. Le; me music is the most direct and untram- which a remarkable produced effect as impressive as Jenny lieve, because must have an on very little. More inspired than ever, he reached small bey of about eight, little anecdote to explain what I mean. One meled exponent of human emotion. We sat directly in front of a tell you a Lind or the Revolutions of 1848. Vienna. J#hn Lothrop Motley made him secretary of and his mother. The day, years ago, I was out walking with my good friend generation discovered him just as our gen- Thayer's the legation there and, when later Senators Charles artist of the evening Albert Einstein, for whom I have the greatest admi- eration has. John Sullivan Dwight preached the Bee- Sumner and Henry Wilson persuaded President Lin- gave a magnificent ration. As we walked along, a young boy approached gospel with missionary zeal at Brook Farm, thoven coln to give Thayer the consular post at Trieste, he performance of the the Professor, and in great confusion, addressed him. Musical Association, and spread ALEXANDER WHEELOCK THAYER organized the Harvard settled down in exile. Mendelssohn ‘Con- the good news with his Journal of Music. Lowell Mason While the Civil War raged back home. Thayer accu- certo.’ When it was "Work It Out" and Alexander Thayer were other helpers in the cause. did not always escape “ the worship of the dead that mulated a vast mountain of assorted notes. In Breslau over, the mother said ‘Herr Professor,’ he said, ‘I find myself in diffi- Both were interested in America’s musical education, plagued nineteenth-century memoirs. The master him- he absorbed the Landsberger collection of Beethoven to the child, ‘Wasn’t culty—please help me out. Just now, at school, I was and Thayer, after being graduated at Harvard with a self, lonesome and irritable, had left behind a lot of autographs; in Paris he tried unsuccessfully to open that fine?’ And the told to multiply thirty-seven by fifty-seven and to give law degree, delved into New England’s musical history ICCUUgO. the archives; in London he captured the important youngster answered, an immediate reply. Now, how shall I do that?’ by way of the Bay Psalm Book and gradually became the disorder of his papers “ and notebooks discouraged reminiscences of Charles Neate, who had learned piano ‘I’d have liked it ‘Easily,’ said Einstein. ‘Just get pencil and paper a music critic. authors who had to meet their from publics quickly. To dc Beethoven and had introduced the Emperor faster!’ and work it out.’ a first-class job would take years of Concerto” “ An Inherited Characteristic interviewing eye- to England; Philip Potter, whom the com- “Others around us 'But that’s not the way at all,’ cried the boy. witnesses, finding and analyzing poser documents, discover- had given tips on pianoforte; and the journal- smiled — but I could ‘There's a trick or a secret about it—I must be able Thayer’s purpose was always didactic. This charac- ing hidden sources, accumulating a sense of Bee- ists, George Hogarth and met find nothing amusing. to give the answer at once. Please—you tell me how inherited his large Henry Chorley. He also teristic he may have from and busy thoven’s psychology and growth. The Sir scholar’s purge George Grove. Grove do for It seems dangerous to to do it.’ family. more than their gave Thayer items to The Thayers had produced was needed. Thayer provided it. “ his famous "Dictionary and me that the funda- 'The only help I can give you,’ said Einstein, shak- leading citizens long before of Music and Musicians” share of anyone had heard Scraping together what money he helped could Thayer in other ways. Beethoven mental standards of a ing that wonderful head of his, ‘is to work it out on of Handel, let alone the drunkard’s son from Bonn. The never-ending made his wanderjahre in 1849. His trail first morning in led on through Cologne, Diisseldorf, Frankfort, young child should al- paper. That’s the thing I would have to do!’ And the neat house at South Natick, where Thayer Bonn was almost a religious experience. “An utter Linz, Graz, and Salzburg. ready be calculated, “Well, I must have looked a bit puzzled as the world’s was born in 1817, was not oppressed with the stale air and unknown stranger,” he fancied himself accom- not in terms of music, greatest mathematician said this, for Einstein turned of Daniel Webster whiggery but received the new panied by the spirit of the young Beethoven along the but of speed! There to me and went on, ‘You see, Kreisler, it’s exactly as breezes of transcendentalism and antislavery argu- ancient streets An Hones! Appraisal of the quaint Rhine village Thayer youthful The first volume exists the most sensi- if this boy had come to ycu and had said, “Tell me ment. A remarkable result was his novel. liked Bonn. “A very picture of neatness of the biography appeared in 1865. and comfort' Like tive relationship be- in the Paganini ‘Concetto,’ do you play a certain "Signor Masoni,” a wild tale about a musically gifted he the others, it was edited thought it must have been when Beethoven written in English and wa< and translated tween artists and their F-sharp in the fifth position or the seventh?” How slave mulatto who escapes from his master’s planta- born. This and other New into German by the faithful Deiters, England features pleased audiences; the public answer that?’ falls o take advantage would you tion, achieves fame abroad, and into a mistaken him, and the climax of his life of the serial publishing available in was when the Bee represents the spirit of “What I answered was exactly Einstein had and hopeless love with his master’s daughter. The book, thovenhaus Germany. The second what Verein invited him to be volume came a year later, and an honoran its time and the artist answered about the numbers—I’d have to work it out a sixth-rate mixture of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and member * n 1879, to at their restoration festival. Getting bringing the composer's life up off to a oft; the expresses the spirit of —I didn't know! “Jean Christophe,” was intended to give Thayer’s Ger- good start, Thayer dug , forty-sixth of his up original materials on fifty-seven years. acquaintances England’s views on slavery. the Looxing his time. What will be “The student, of course, is deeply—and rightly—con- man New Beethoven family and the town’s at the entire work from this distance, history Eventually the standards of the cerned with details and problems of technical adjust- The first Beethoven biographies, valuable as they he met Dr. Hermann nayer’s confidence Deiters, Court Councillor seems well taken. One does not anc (’ future world of music ment. But music-making is ( Continued on Page 542) were, had inadequate documentary foundations and litterateur, who sponsored k ‘ 10W ai ' ab°ut agree the young critic in Y\ biographical critique to musi- with Mr. George Marek that ( Continued on Page 544/ "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 497 496 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUDE once prominent figure of “Les Six”; and Paul Paray, Prix de Rome and conductor of the Music and Culture Music and Culture Concerts Colonne. Those who heard Paray at the Stadium Concerts during his brief visit to New York in 1938 were profoundly impressed by his musicianship and dynamism. Now he lives in self-imposed exile at Monte Carlo. Across the bay of the Seine, at Honfleur, the shadow of Eric Satie haunts the tortuous lanes of his native city. Pioneer, precursor, humorist, mystifier, what was this jovial Norman, this “mischievous man of French musie,” author of “Genuine Flabby Preludes for a Dog,” “Tunes to Make You Run,” “Pieces in Form of a Pear,” and. other eccen- in War Tern Normandy tricities? Time will tell. But let us continue along this enchanting “Cote Fleurie”: Music A few miles below Honfleur, the name of Deauville evokes at once luxury, glamor, elegance, aristocracy. The boardwalk on the beach was a spectacle in itself, with its constant parade of cosmopolitan notables. At the Casino, the greatest international artists aiince 2b,anteAni f and organisations succeeded one another: stars of the Metropolitan, of the Paris and m Vienna Operas, of La Scala; Serge de Diaghilev’s “Ballets Russes” with Nijinsky and Karsavina; and famous recitalists. Sometimes one or the other succumbed to the temp- Norman-Born Cnncerl Renowned Pianist, tation of the nearby bdccara gambling tables. Thus Chaliapin lost all his fees, found himself stranded, and ultimately borrowed from the director enough money to proceed to his Lecturer, and Conductor next engagement!

The Norman Countryside who has appeared with the Colonne and M. Maurice Dumesnil, eminent French pianist and conductor Philharmonic Following the “invasion coast” further West we come to Houlgate, where once more the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Berlin and the Lamoureux orchestras in Paris, Debussy. It was here that in 1911 he discovered the real piano virtuoso. He is a pupil at Isidor Ph, ipp we find souvenirs of Claude is known on three continents as a Madrid Filarmonica, Lisieux. English, is multi lingual will countryside which extends some twenty miles between the sea and DUMESNIL IN ROUEN and Claude Debussy. Col. Dumesnil has published three books in and Norman MAURICE FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL OF better than he resplendent soon become an American citizen. No distinguished musician knows Normandy His Enthusiastically, he spo’.:e of “the gardens composer. Editors Noti. wife (Dr. Evangeline Lehman) is a well known American with flowers and sloping toward the sea,” and of the gastronomical del ghts afforded by the genuine Nor- man cooking which he sampled at the Hostelry of William the Conqueror: sole normande, lobster may- onnaise, steaks grilled on charcoal fire, potatoes soufflees and haricots verts au hzurre fresh from the garden, cream just out of the dairy, sparkling cider, so cool and fragrant on hot summer days; and the inimitable Calvados topping every Norman meal with its delicious flavor. BUST OF CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS BY P. DUBOIS Along the “Cote de Nacre” and north of Caen, several more modest but attractive resorts are located. Raoul Pugno, hitherto unequaled interpreter A DES NORMANDS PARTOUT!" (There are “"XT’ of concertos by Mozart and Grieg, spent some of his Normans everywhere.) So goes the popular say- vacations at Riva Bella. At Luc-sur-Mer (Luc-on- * ing in that beautiful province of France, so well the-sea), a villa covered with ivy stands on the sea known amcng American tourists of pre-war days. And front; one summer it was the abode of young and indeed, since Rollo and his Norsemen landed on its still unknown Paderewski. Between 1930 and his shores a thousand years ago, the Normans have pre- death in 1912, Massenet came to Saint-Aubin-sur-mer served their original characteristics: travelers, explor- every season. Rhene-Baton, composer and conductor ers, settlers, and also lovers of home and tradition, of the Concerts Pasdeloup, was a native of Cour- their spirit of enterprise has often carried them to the seulles-sur-mer, the fishing port at the mouth of the four corners of the world. Long before Columbus they river Seulle. came to this continent; but they sailed onward, while Turning now some ten miles inland across fields Columbus established the fundamentals of a civilisa- adorned with cornflowers, daisies, and red poppies, tion. It was from Honfleur that Cartier and Champlain we reach Caen, the “city of a hundred steeples,” the started cn their great adventure, to found Quebec and “Athens of Normandy,” and my home town. Caen Canada. Normans, too, were the Sires of Bienville and confused with Cannes on the Riviera) Iberville, who from Canada explored southward and (not to be culture. Its art gallery is one of settled Louisiana for the King of France. is a city of wide France’s finest, and its mu heal activities rate very Normandy! Universities, art, letters, science, industry. Normandy! Green high. Auber, the author of “Fra Diavolo,” “Le Domino pastures, thatched roofs, his- nt LA REPUBL1QUE AT CAEN. HUB OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES noir,” and other popular operas, was born there in toric cities, quaint old mansions, church steeples, bells bUU ing 1782; after studying with Cherubini, he succeeded his tolling - f°rmerly C '' joyously in the midday sun, and poetically when °n en ' °< th° Eudtato, contain,: conleZtTot 1 Conservatoire de Paris. twilight descends upon the peaceful countryside. Then master as director of the recently, has been very proud of Gabriel flashed the momentous news, the tragic news of the More Caen Dupont (1878-1914), authentic young genius prema- great : h* invasion Normans everywhere were overwhelmed demolished, during ^ 6 " Little known by the crushing realization that their beloved home- turely carried away by tuberculosis. Debussy. His land, free from war for five hundred years, had now abroad, Dupont was much admired by A SACRED CONCERT IN THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME DE CAEN last opera, “Antar,” scored a great success at the become Europe’s main battleground. it he occasionally returned, Maurice Dumesnil conducts the first performance of Evangeline Lehman's choral symphony. eager to play again on an But Normandy is also notable for of an ambulant Paris Opera, and an earlier lyric work, “La Glu,” was , its musical culture, instrument which, he said, yielded operetta company. Alas, nobody came “ "Therese de Lisieux" (Ste. Therese of the Child Jesus). certain extraor- as ‘Carmen’ of the in the present as well as in the pa:t. Rouen, its capital; but one little old heralded by Henri Heugel the dinary tonal effects impossible to man who took a seat in the last row. obtain elsewhere Never Caen, William the Conqueror’s favorite city; and the Saint-Saens shared this mind," Saint-Saens come to opinion and sometimes thought. "He has future.” Pianists please note: there are two admirable suites by Gabriel Dupont: “Les great of turned ear port Le Havre—could until 1939 boast of their up unexpectedly to officiate me. I will play my theater extemporaneously as program just as if the Heures dolentes,” and “La Maison dans les Dunes.” opera companies. These sweatguest were full.” three large centers have excel- organist. But as he sat at the piano, the misinformed lent orchestras, choral listener The Conservatoire de Caen is a branch of the great Parisian institution and unques- societies, bands, and music came up the aisle: Monsieur; could “Pardon, tionably the finest in Normandy. All instruments are taught there by distinguished pro- schools. vo 1 nie aain.-baens and Normandy } when the operetta is geing to begin?” The French , fessors, mostly laureates of the National Conservatory. They occupy first chairs in the premiere of Saint-Saens’ “Samson and Can Saint-Saens be claimed emoiies of Claude Debussy with as a son of Norma are also associated orchestra, and their best students and a number of selected amateurs play along with Delilah” was given at the Theatre des Arts de Rouen, Possibly so; Normandy. for on the map, He wrote most of St. Holier between Rouen “La Mer" at them. As for the band “La Fraternelle,” it is classified among the five best in France. and this stage repeatedly welcomes the works of young Dieppe, there on the is a small town by that name Anglo-Norman island of Jersey in 1904, then composers. Rouen posresses a splendid mixed chorus oe; completed The “Chorale Saint Gregoire” is an efficient mixed chorus which cultivates the gregorian connected with the master’s ancestry its orchestration outside of Besides S at Puys, just tradition of the Abbaye de Solesmes. sound spirit of cooperation exists between these of one hundred and fifty voices, L'Accord par/ait; un- Saens loved Dieppe mppe and A and visited it every on the cliff, often he into the der the direction summer came down various organizations and permits the realization of notable achievements. of M. Albert Dupre it rehearses reg- statue in the foyer of o-d fishing the theater was quarter, so picturesque with its narrow ularly is unveiled i Sacred concerts are frequently given cathedrals, particularly Notre and justly famed for the polished artistry of presence shortly before treets and in the at Dame World War I. At open-air markets, watched the arrival and its renditions. It was in the Cf because of its incomparable acoustics. The great oratories and masses of Bach, Mozart, the music room of the old there was a splendid departure of orchestra. Classical concert boats and trains filled with English tour- Dupre home that Marcel Dupre’s interest for the organ sessions of chamber Mendelssohn, Gounod, Franck, Saint-Saens, and Faure are performed, as well as con- music were among alonS the sea front in search of new ideas was awakened: once as a child, he the w f temporary works. It was at Notre Dame that Evangeline Lehman’s impressive choral wandered into the activities At one time Jacques r the instrumental Thibaud was con coloring of “La Mer.” Subse- basement and attempted to build one of his own out master, Louis Hasselmans quenuy, he symphony “Therese de Lisieux” (“Ste. Therese of the Child Jesus”) was presented for solo violoncellist and composed his twelve “Etudes" and two of of discarded wooden boxes and lead pipes; thus began Monteux the F as the first time. conductor. Saint-Saens SOnatas Pourville, village the career of the world’s sometimes another suburban greatest organist! ticipated in the execution le es In years past, Alexandre Guilmant often came to Caen to give organ recitals. Now of his works. Once PP outskirts where he spent the summer of Rouen is noted for the quality of its organs. The I 1 igj,. Marcel Dupre, Edouard Mignan, Joseph Bonnet, Andre Marchal, and others perpetuate g amu£ing anecdote about magnificent Cavaille-Coll of the his youth- Saint-Ouen basilica Fresh from his graduation the tradition. at the Conservator was Charles-Marie Widor’s favorite, next to his own Pans he came I write, I realize that I have often used the present. Instead, should I not have to Dieppe to give a WINDING STREET As at Saint Sulpice in Paris, and after piano recital TYPICAL OF NORMAN ARCHITECTURE IS THIS OLD having inaugurated was to take used the past? Furious battles are being waged in those towns ( Continued on Page 544) place m a small theater, f later THE SEINE on the off-] works and himself a disting IN CAUDEBEC ON corrmnle°i . Arthur 498 "FORWARD Honegger, famous modemi WITH MUSIC" 499 MARCH WITH MUSIC" SEPTEMBER, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH THE ETUDE — .

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“Aloha Oe” and Its Royal Composer the Hall Selecting Music to Fit strument choicest for and best capable of producing How Hawaii’s Oueen Wrote One of the musical tone. And music composed and spread a cap- pella is extremely variable with passing years. Aloha Small Room Most Popular of All Songs Oe, itself, differs from the form which Queen Liliuoka- Should Music Designed for a lani wrote. For witness: (A) As written. (B) As Berger changed it and as played today. Auditorium? Ex.l Be Played in a Great A tbavid Cart Wc^haniet

Al-o-ha 0 — e, Al-o-ha O e, Thou bij <2v. ^odefjb (Sraundtein B HERE HAVE BEEN so many conflicting stories was denied the aid of an instrument, I could transcribe and dates given for the origin of Aloha Oe that to paper the tones of my voice.” Liliuokalani played on this article is written with the hope that by list- the guitar and autoharp—the latter, a glorified zither, T - - - - collected A lo ha Oe, A lo ha Oe, Thou the Vienna University, de- ing some of the data collected by the writer, much she seemed to enjoy especially. In 1897 she Dr. Joseph Braunstein was born in 1892 in Vienna. He studied musicology af and the chron- dissipated. thirteen of her published compositions into two iden- voting much time to Beethoven research, with special attention to the opera, "Leonore," misconception can be Liliuokalani is credited with having written or con- in Leipzig. For five years to Library of Congress, ology of the overtures. In 1927 his book on the Leonora Overture was published Some of the tales of Aloha Oe ' s birth relate that tical volumes, sending one the ceived the song sometime between 1878 and 1884. Its lecturer on music and editor with the Dr. Braunstein played viola in Vienna. From 1928 to 1938 he was Liliuokalani composed it in sorrow over her consort’s the other to Queen Victoria. music is reminiscent, to say the least, of several pre- Braunstein has been in the United States . Editor's Note. Austrian Broadcasting Company. Since 1940 Dr. death; she wrote the song in memory of her abdica- Contemporary with Liliuokalani in composition, and viously published songs by American composers— tion; that she didn’t write the music at all—Henri her colleague in the collecting and preservation of Charles Crozat Converse, William H. Doane, and Berger did; that the music is plagiarized; that it is an native Hawaiian music, was Henri Eerger (born Berlin, George F. Root. For instance, here is the melody of DR. JOSEPH BRAUNSTEIN establish authentic native Hawaiian melody; that it is not; and August 4, 1844) . Kamehameha V wished to a Root’s There’s Music in the Air, published in 1857: forth so on. Let us discover which, if any, of Hawaiian Band, and the German Consul^ suggested artistic event so and Ex.2 pre- time courses on Beethoven's portance of this extraordinary and im- ECENTLY a well-known New York group on Sundays, gave for a these rumors has foundation in fact. obtaining a musician from Germany. Emperor William report to the Parisian Revue et recitals devoted piano works. It is clear that under these circumstances mediately sent a Ga- sented a cycle of three piano Liliuokalani (born September 2, 1838; died November I obliged by sending Berger, a graduate of the Berlin lovers could be introduced zette Muslcale.” - to Beethoven sonatas and the Diabelli “varia- only a few serious music placed in school at the age of four and Conservatory of Music, with ten years’ service in the R 11, 1916) was - - sonatas and the Many a harp’s ec stat ic sound, tions.” On that occasion approximately one dozen of into the mystery of Beethoven’s spoke English with German army, who landed in Hawaii May, 1872, never of Schubert gained a good education. She in a big auditorium knowledge of the authentic style in which to play The Case the master’s sonatas were heard purity, knew French, and much later in life studied again, save for brief visits, to leave the Islands. He before audience of about twenty- them. One may not better characterize these condi- It is while to examine briefly the case of the —Carnegie Hall— an worth German. According to the accepted version, she was developed a band from native material which amazed people. There can be no doubt of the tions than by quoting Hanslick’s appropriate state- quite natural logical five hundred Schubert sonatas. It was and descended from two of the famous chiefs who helped the outside world when it toured other lands, for the merits of such an undertaking, but nonetheless, piano, ment: “Beethoven sonatas failed to be on concert that as a composer of piano sonata;, the style of With its thrill of joy pro-found, while we lisqen- Kamehameha I to coalesce the Hawaiian Islands into prevailing belief had been more or less that the Ha- or recitals given in huge, modern concert programs not because they were works of Beethoven different from the “modem” violin, song which was entirely a united system. Her name, Lydia Kamakaeha, was waiians were savages and not worthy or capable of halls have their artistic drawbacks, caused by the but because they were sonatas.” pianism of those had to share Beethoven's days—he changed to Liliuokalani when she assumed her duties being trained in the higher and finer arts. For forty- acoustical conditions which create a formidable ob- So far as we know, the only sonata which got a fate absolutely. there no opportunity for Where was as queen. Liliuokalani has been translated as meaning four years Berger led this band. He remained active in a sonata public stacle for the player or singer to reproduce hearing in Vienna in Beethoven’s lifetime was, Beethoven was nothing to air. sonatas, there certainly “The Salt Air of Heaven,” or, “One Belonging to musical affairs until his death in October, 1929. chant -ed here, to the mu-sic in the by Mozart or a song by Schubert in the spirit in which curiously enough, not the “Pathetique” or the “Moon- hope No for Schubert, who was not a famous man. Heaven and of Chiefly Rank.” With regard to native it was conceived. light,” neither the “Waldstein” sonata nor the “Ap- foreign artist, diplomat, scholar, or publisher asked resemblance of On September 16, 1862 she married John Owen Dom- music, Liliuokalani The Composer, reproducing artist, and public of the passionata,” but “Op. 101 in A major”; and the for Viennese com- the an appointment with the modest inis (of Italian descent) who had been in the Islands writes: “As soon as a Aloha’s chorus to con- , classical and early romantic periods were not courageous performer was very far from being a poser, the of Dresden obvious. and story of the Franz Schubert since 1837. Dominis and his father were traders from popular air originated, it above is all too the first fronted with such problems and difficulties. In musician by profession. As a matter of fact, he was a who sharply identified with or protested against being Boston, and in 1842 built, on property facing Beretania was passed along from Yet Liliuokalani’s manu- eighteenth and the beginning bank official only place, at the end of the and a so-called “dilettante." It mistaken like Erlkonig fer a composer of bungling work Street, Honolulu, the lovely colonial house known as the composer to one of script (preserved in the of the nineteenth centuries, there were no big concert should be emphatically stressed that Beethoven was is highly indicative of the Viennese master s fame. his most intimate national Archives of Ha- thousand people could be “Washington Place,” where Liliuokalani spent the halls where two or three dependent one hundred per cent upon amateurs for com- inscrip- He gave only one concert featuring his own years after 1898 until her death. Dominis was mace friends; he in turn sang waii) has her and more important sonata and the playing of sonatas. seated; and second— — No virtuoso or musical celeb- positions in a —and no piano sonata was among them— governor of Island in 1863, an office he held until it to another, and thus tion, “Composed at strongly considered as home music. rity was supposed to offer Oahu song were any work of this kind to little before hall, whilst Beethoven, the virtue: o, long died. its circulation increased Haunawili, 18 8. Plavcd sonatas, Carl Ph. E. Bach, Haydn, Mo- a public eager for glittering August, 1891, when he Composing passages and brilliant he acquired ar- the Royal Hawaiian a European reputation as composer, day by day. . . . With by Beethoven, and Schubert never thought of cre- runs. Outgrowing Beethoven, In the autumn of 1874, King Kalakaua, Liliuokalani's zart, a school developed ranged His [Berger’s] in San his concerts in the Imperial Theaters. brother, visited America to sign a reciprocity treaty other nations, music is Band ating works which could be used for building up a con- which, cultivating brilliancy and splendor, quickly whole output of piano sonatas was published in his United States. In view perpetuated by note and Francisco, 1883, and be- cert repertory. The concert pianist and traveling vir- conquered the public everywhere. However, which ceded Pearl Harbor to the this school, lifetime and Schubert came very popular.” could be studied by everyone, but events, wonders what would be the line; with us it is not . . tuoso needed compositions which offered opportunity too, had its merits and historic functions, of present-day one but its in- was able Schubert’s In The Et-jde for Jan- to sell only three. The most if if Liliuokalani had her way end the custom is no to display technic and 'splendor. Concertos with or- fluence strongly affected the taste position of America had of the concert sonatas pass- Louise came out between 1830 and 1854 after his this cession. She envisioned Hawaii a different to this day uary, 1932, Armi- chestral accompaniment, variations on favorite melo- goers and amateurs, and all the in defeating circumstances and ing. following An authentic tradition of playing these works bitterly resented any “foreign” [1898] There are few, tage gives the dies, and especially improvisation, formed the usual conditions existing then make the neglect sovereign power and of Beeth- could never most of fanciful account, as told of a piano or a song have developed in Vienna since encroachment. if any, written composi- program. There was no giving oven’s sonatas and great variation-works perfectly them had been discovered literally years after tions of the music of by Griffis: “During the recital. In Vienna distinguished virtuosi appeared of- understandable. ten In 1887 she journeyed to England as guest at Queen Schubert’s days of the monarchy of a play, and death. Victoria’s Fiftieth Jubilee celebration. She acted as Hawaii excepting those ten on the stage during the intermission Nevertheless, Hummel and Moscheles, the most im- Schumann’s lucky it was cuite the fashion- they to economize the time for presenting pieces portant journey to Vienna in 1838 was a regent during 1889-1890, and the sudden death of her published by me.” had representatives of virtuoso pianism before chance for the music world. then many pearls In old Hawaiian mu- able thing to entertain apt to demonstrate workmanship. Henselt, Thalberg, and Liszt, were Although brother elevated her to the throne on January 29, 1891. by no means op- of did the Schubert treasury came light, the sonatas four sic, native instruments at one’s country house ponents to Beethoven. On the contrary, to She finally abdicated January 24, 1195, after they were not find the on this side of the Island A Strange Neglect wholeheartedly devoted an enthusiastic and persuasive herald in years of trouble, and announced her intention to live were used mainly for to him, and Moscheles studied ranks of great Schu- the mel- (North Oahu) . On one or ex- the sonatas intensively pianists and musicians. Clara thereafter as a private citizen.* keeping time, Beethoven, the virtuoso, played his concertos from his boyhood and in- mann failed to strengthen deserving ody in all cases being such occasion in 1881, his unique art of improvisation. The only structed friends everywhere into her husband’s In her book, “Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen,” celled in this immense world Princess Liliuokalani of tonal wonders. propaganda, for the great Viennese genius through she writes: “In my school days my facility in reading carried by the voices. sonatas he offered before the Viennese public were Liszt followed almost the same her artistic activity. she played These included the pahu was returning on horse- 17” paths in the first As concert pianist music sight always recognized . . . After leav- those for two instruments: the “Horn Sonata, Op. phase of his virtuoso career, at was and only three repertory back to Honolulu. As the events Wagner said of sonatas, which she added to her ing school, musical education was continued from ( ipu hokeo ) or drum; and the “Kreutzer Sonata.” However, at these Liszt’s performing of Beethoven’s my not before 1866. the puili, a bamboo stalk party climbed the steep the master “kindly assisted” at the piano in favor of “Sonatas Op. 106” and “Op. Ill,” “Those who time to time as opportunity offered, but I scarcely never Franz with- Pali trail, the Princess Bridgetower, the heard him play Liszt was an important Schubert herald the days it would not have been pos- spread at the tip and G. Punto, the horn player, and G. them in a friendly circle could remember when not out cultivating to body, began to hum quietly violin virtuoso, who occasioned the composition. More- know their real meaning." the .sonatas. He restricted himself sible for me to write either the words or the music for tapped against the Playing and then suddenly burst Beethoven thoroughly aware of the fact that vvnen Liara bcnumann his transcriptions of familiar songs, and any occasion on which poetry or song was needed. To producing a swishing over, was performed the “Appassior brilliant was uliu-li, a into song. For the first in the “Kreutzer Sonata” he offended against holy ata" in Vienna in 1838, no less paraphrases of some piano pieces. He compose was as natural to me as to breaths 1 hive sound; and the than thirty years aft' QUE5N LILIUOKALANI compelled to bad containing time, over the crags and rule, doctrine, and tradition; therefore, he remarked on Beethoven composed it and do so to satisfy the taste or rather never yet numbered my compositions, but am sure they small gourd one decade after — (Mrs. John Owen Dominis) h taste—of precipices, floated the the title page: “Written in a very concertant style, al- death, the foreign young lady his fashionable public. Anton Rubinstein, must run well up to the hundreds. Of these not more its dried seeds, which caused the greatei too, was a by as a rattle. strains of Aloha Oe. It that of a concerto,” a challenge to virtuosi and excitement in musical circles. great admirer played quarter have been printed . . . even when I was used Ruler of Hawaii from 1891 to 1895 most — To program the “Apna of Schubert but than a a warning to amateurs not well equipped technically. sionata” in a public recital preference Beethoven, In his Musically speaking, there is said that in the party was considered almost' Chopin, and Schumann. famous * apocryphal) that when that evening two Beethoven’s pupils, F. Ries and C. Czerny, neglected revolutionary act. Franz Grillparzer, cycle of 1885, featuring the history of piano There is a famous story (certainly were but two ancient were Austria’s greate' Victoria, she said, "Your music was Queen Liliuokalani visited Queen the hano, or nose-flute, the lovers were heartbroken at the thought of part- their master’s sonatas constantly in public appearance. poet and a good musician, too, illustrated through recitals, there in veins." Hawaiian instruments, and who praised this in a noen- seven big Vajesty, they say that I have English blood my no complete the English queen. jew’s-harp also played with the nose. ing, and as the man started to leave, a beautiful lei The former propagandized his nine piano concertos and Franz Liszt, then twenty-six years sonata to represent Schubert. “How do you account for that?” asked uke-ke, a rough old and alreat dark-skinned rule-, "there is a rumor In “Well.” replied the voice in- was placed over his shoulders ( Continued on Page 545) everywhere, but the latter, in his modest apartment overshadowing his fellow pianists, concluding this brief sketch, we may Thus, the natives considered the human the recognized the in historic that my grandfather ate your Captain Cook.” realize > that the master (.Continued on Page 538 MARCH WUTH MUSIC” SOI .5 00 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” SEPTEMBER, 1944 "FORWARD THE ETUDE ;

Music in the Home Marching' Orders Music in the Home A manual of parade technique with definite, understandable symbols for the use of school band leaders and drum majors, to say nothing of the whole ballets cf attractive young women baton twirlcrs, which have added a feminine touch of pulchritude to high school The Etude Contemporary marching programs, is to be found in the excellent Records Reflect book by Lawrence Johnston. The work has numerous half-tone illustrations and diagrams which will be direct'y helpful to school authorities. “Parade Technique—A Practical Manual Music Lover’s Bookshelf Musical Achievements for the Marching Band” By Lawrence Johnston p-fj-es: 69 Price: $1.25 Publisher: Belwin, Inc. Any book here reviewed may be secured from ^Jlugli l^eecl THE ETUDE MUSIC by j-^eter Gracie Takes Her Back Hair Down MAGAZINE at the given plus least that is what her publishers stress first about price At postage. Grr.ce Moore’s bi: graphical picture of herself in “Ycu’re Only Human Cnee.” Born in Slabtown, Cocke County, Tennessee, in a modest little shingled house, much to WO SYMPHONIC sets put forth by Columbia “there is nothing to disturb and her beginnings were as Ame'ican as you could wish. The recently, both made in England, are—in our please" in the conductor’s reading. From her childhood, when she resolved to be a mis- T estimation—among the finest recordings of the recording is eminently satisfactory. sionary (although she and her active brothers hired year to date. Hence, we place them at the head of Gould: Latin-American Symphonette; themselves out to a traveling circus), through her Rochester-Philharmonic Orchestra, di- man our review list. The days at Ward-Ee’mont College at Nashville, Tennessee, L R. Wereditk Cad, set 964. f Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat (Drum Roll); rection of Jose Iturbi. Victor (when she stated that she knew lit' le about the world The Halle Orchestra, direction of Leslie Heward. Co- Lecuona (arr. Gould): Andalucia; and of music except the knowledge she had gained by read- Moussorgsky (arr. Kindler): Song of Rus- lumbia set 547. ing The Etude and playing phonograph records over together. The encounter in Kentucky little Tennessee girl gives the following laughed over it National Orchestra, distance, the Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338; The sia; The Symphony ar.d over again) to her successes in concert, at the appearance in a world of pro- striking picture of her meeting, in Copenhagen, with was my first and last London Philharmonic Orchestra, direction of Sir rection Hans Kindler. Victor disc 11-8594. ELEANOR STEBER Opera, in musical comedy, and in the Metropolitan Mrs. Bryan fessional politics.” has long been regarded as the U. S. Minister to Denmark, then Ruth Thomas Beecham. Columbia set 548. Morton Gould movies all that she puts down makes lively and sur- and glorious” time — gifted music teacher-daughter of the “Great Your reviewer had a “grand symphonies were represented in the one of the arch-technicians of radio ar- Owen (the Eoth of these prising reading.* these biographical confessions, which are both William Jennings Bryan) : reading Columbia catalog played by other orchestras, but rangers; he likes to spring startling effects and to Saudades das Selvas Brasllicras No. 2 f Villa-Lobos) Commoner” was filled with naive and sophisticated. effects often Andalucia and Gitanerias “My dressing room at the Forum neither of the previous sets offered the finished per- produce a smile. The ingenuity of his Microbinho (Mlgnone) ; How Grace Moore “broke into” light opera on Broad- wonderful fish foods for “You’re Only Human Once” sets. defeats his purpose, is to tire of ef- Vale Suburbalne packages cf fruits and the formances to be encountered in the present because one apt (Lecuona); Congada (Mlgnone); way is set down in vivid and amusing narrative that instead of the usual By Grace Moore of the roll fects for effect’s sake without salient musical inspira- Malaguena (Lecuona) played by Erno which Copenhagen was celebrated, Haydn’s “Drum Roll,” so named because (Fernandez); ; gives a sparkling picture of the somewhat sordid strug- bouquets. I had told the press I loved chicken and Pages; 275 on the kettle drum preceding the opening Adagio, is tion to back them up. To be sure, there is a section Balogh (piano). Continental Set No. A103. gle thousands of girls are forced to make to get a coo’c book and wanted Danish recipes. Price; $2.50 one of the composer’s finest symphonies. It was the of the public which likes this sort of thing, people There is a sort of brnvura and dash to much of this story of was writing a foothold on the street of a million lights. The Doran & Co., Inc. To my intense de'ight I received an enormous carton Publishers: Doubleday, eighth of the twelve Haydn wrote for the Salomon who listen to music more on the surface. The sym- music by our Latin-American neighbors; rhythmically their battles with disappointments in the tricky world good phonette, holding twelve little dressed chickens, their legs tied concerts at London. It abounds in buoyancy and which is based on the rhythms and idioms alert and bold in coloring, these pieces have captured of the theater is an exciting one. In Miss Moore’s case with pink ribbons and with roses tucked where the humor; it possesses splendid rhythmic vitality and its of four Latin-American dances—rhumba, tango, gua- the imagination of many American listeners. Of the Multum in Parvo perform- rancha, necks used to be. It was the prettiest line-up imagi- thematic structure retains its freshness. The and conga, will appeal to those who like pop- composers represented. Lecuona and Vil'a-Lobos are Lewis, in very practical book on voice, recipe for each Joseph a ance here by Heward is admirably set forth, despite ular idioms dressed up and scored nable. Enclosed with them was a for a large orches- perhaps the most popular in this country, and we which he calls “Singing Without Tears,” puts into fifty- chicken twelve in all—recipes that are still an in- some personal feeling for ritarding which not all lis- tra. The appeal of this type of thing is, however, more suspect the works played here by these composers will — another writer would string yard in eight pages what many teners find cogent in Haydn’s music. Yet the “un- ephemeral than enduring, for the composer spiration for cooking chickens from my own is limited be the most Immediately appealing. Mignone’s clever out into two to three hundred. Many a student vocalist affected rightness” of Heward’s approach and projec- in what he can do with this Connecticut. kind of material. The Insect Is, of course, a caricature, and will provide an book as “dandy,” since in its very the box of twelve will describe this tion of this classical work remains laudatory when work is not a symphony in any sense of the “Ruth Bryan Owen, hearing about word, but effective encore. Corta-Jaca i ; technically abundance of instructive and Vianna's should be compact form it gives an considered on the whole; the cleanness of the playing a suite of modern dances in an inflated chickens, decided that the only place they dress. brilliant and showy, the sort of thing which Inevita- practice material which is worth many times its price. of the reproduction add up to What Gould cooked was the American Legation. Consequently she and the tonal warmth can do with a popular tune is evi- bly provokes Balogh’s per- clever English vocal teacher and spontaneous applause. Mr there. The book is by a very full enjoyment of a fine Haydn opus. Heward, who re- denced in his slick and “highly colorful arranged a charming dinner party in our honor arrangement of formances are admirably set forth; he brings out the published first in the “Old Country.” done the twelve gift chickens was cently died in his forty-sixth year after a long illness, Lecuona’s popular Andalucia. Lushness is The butcher who had up the keynote brightness and avoids stress of sentimentality, and “Singing Without Tears” English writer said—the most satis- to the Kindler added twelve more for the extra guests, and all were was—as one has transcription of the Moussorgsky song; both rhythmically and technically he is thoroughly Minister By Joseph Lewis fying conductor that England has had since Beecham. he emphasizes its sentiment rather than succulently prepared. When Madame made a its strength capable. For this reason, his Lecuona selections are Pages: 58 Mozart’s “C major,” K. 338, ranks with his most of line. Both Iturbi and kindly little speech of welcome to Val and me, I hardly Kindler give these various his especially appealing. Student-pianists will find remembered, on the moment, Price: $.75 mature works. The symphony is often referred to as works competent performances, and the recording knew how to reply, but in performances of all these pieces worth emulating. Publisher: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd. “unfinished,” because Mozart sketched a minuet for all cases remains impressive. a story about her father in Jellico, Tennessee. William Schubert: Sonata in A major. Opus 120; played by it but never completed it. Knowing its three move- Reusner (arr. Stanley): Suite Jennings Bryan had come campaigning through the No. 1 (3 sides); and Robert Casadesus (piano). Columbia set X-236. guest in our ments so well after a period of years, most of us—we PacHelbel: Canon (1 side); The Arthur South and had stopped off in Jellico as a Fiedler Sin- The “A Major Sonata" has long been What Does Music Mean? feel certain would hardly ask the addition of a fonietta, conducted of Schubert because he wanted to sample Mother’s famous — by Arthur Fiedler. Victor set home far 969. popular with reason it There is no getting away from the fact that by minuet. The continuity of the work seems so eminently The amateurs; perhaps this is the chicken. (Stran-e, I interpolated, that here in seventeenth-century composer, Esajas Reusner, fried joy has been neglected by professionals, for one very sel- the greater part of the public finds its highest right. The melodic material of the opening movement was a celebrated lutinist. Denmark I was sharing chicken with his daughter.) He composed several books as you will dom hears it played in is seemingly in music that “means something.” Preach is not as imposing as we find in the last symphonies, of suites and dances for public. This work Bryan had taken a great fancy to me and listened the lute, which in their time music and the all so ingenuous: its melodies the music upon the virtues of absolute and pure but what Mozart does with this material remains were highly regarded. A contemporary sing and sympathetically when I told him how I wanted to grow musician moves with is dis- lofty, abstract pleasure of hearing the works of wholly captivating. There is delightful variety in the Johann George Stanley, a simple straightforwardness that be a singer. I sang two little hymns for him in arranged the “Suite No. 1” up to programs, arming. For this reason, to under- Brahms, which do not call for pictorial changes of mood, and the whole movement is adroitly for an ensemble of strings. The most players tend the family parlor in my small piping eight-year-old work comprises six improving books which together. value the contrast of texture, the implication of its Kentucky, a the large number of constantly drawn short movements all in the familiar dance voice. He was going up to Williamsburg, forms of tone, romantic and fantastic charm of sym- The slow movement is the heart of the work. undercurrent of sadness. Legato delicacy of another speech, and present the Here, the period. The slight texture of this and short distance away, to make music would a compositions points to an unquestionable hu- as one English writer has said, Mozart “soars above have fared better varied color, and melodic contrast are required for along and take me with him. On phonic with the original scoring of Father decided to go Stanley telling achieves man thirst for “Dolmetschers” who will translate and all that music is not concerned with, and, without which called for one violin, exposition of this sonata. Casadesus the stage with all the dignitaries I sat in the place of two violas, and basso posing questions about other worlds, or spurning an admirable legato coloration, GRACE MOORE rhapsodize about this or that work and add to its this continuo (harpsichord reinforced with and delicacy of tonal honor—on William Jennings Eryan’s knee. Then he cello) The but he does that attractiveness for millions. One of the best (best be- one, just makes music for music's sake—not for form's predominance of the high strings not bring to the sonata the contrast asked if I wouldn’t like to sing a song for the audi- here, and the lack or expression’s, or any single sake that music com- of firm Myra Hess and exquisite there was also a bitter tussle with the religious and front cause it is so readable) is a recent volume by Edward a bass foundation, does not help Artur Schnabel attain. Yet his ence before his speech. He sheved me out to the for sustain- lightness quel - social misgivings of her Southern family, back in Ten- Downes in which he presents two hundred of the prises.” The scoring is curiously for strings and bas- tainmg mterest in of touch and fcis technic are and I sang the hymn. I’ll Go Where the music. Only two movements meticulous of the platform, soons only, but what variety Mozart acquires! He the Gipne ities that many since nessee, to whom the footlights were the fiery gates of Bryan works most frequently heard in the symphonic reper- and final Courante, possess marked would do well to emulate, and You Want. Me to Go, Dear Lord, which Mr. individ- the Hades. Her contests with convention are put down with tory. Leading from “Music and the Dance” and “The divides his violas “to add an extra line of darker but uality. The Canon, by the noted recording is realistically attained, one feels certain later told me, in his big jovial way, had been entirely seventeenth-century photographic intimacy which potential prima donnas Is Born,” he conducts the reader through warm color.” The Finale seems to bubble over with organist, Johann his performance will audi- a speech and instrumental Symphony Pachelbel, is far more have a widely appreciative appropriate to his campaign arresttog ence. should be required to heed, though few may do so. amazing amount of musical information which good humor, yet it hints at an inner sadness, as so music, and here the On the last pianist it Before he left he promised to watch an addition of the harpsichord side of the recording the in putting over. much of Mozart’s humor always hints. hetosPS Plays in- Mies Moore’s experiences overseas, which brought many will find most charming. W. J. Turner to provide a firmer foundation. the Laendler, Opus 171 by SchuberL-those my career with a fatherly and tender interest. The fame and led her to the Metropolitan, are presented chapter is given over to music in “The has remarked that we can never tell “whether in the Latin-American gratiating country students story about her father delighted Ruth Owen, and we The last Classics-Corta-Jaca • dances which all piano last resort Mozart’s music is sad or merry.” (Vianna) know as with a lively touch, so that there are none of the fre- New World.” wholly delightful little pieces. Beecham’s performance of this quent dull pages of conventional personalities. For in- “Adventures in Symphonic Music” music conveys the Debussy: I En blanc et noir (3 Pieces for 2 Pianos) impression that he has great for Edward Downes a fondness the work. played by Ethel Bartlett Columbia By and Rae Robertson. * Incidentally, The Etude mry stand on the fence cl la chanti- Perhaps this fondness causes him to linger over the set Pages: 323 X-241. cleer and crow over the fact that scores and scores of successful poetic beauty of the slow movement, for here one feels : rt : of this day, who have received their first inspira- Price: $2.50 Debussy wrote this music re- nu wM U BOOKS RECORDS suite in 1915, and the frequently repeat, were ’Drougnt a slightly faster pace would have been in order, tion from this magazine, “We Publisher: Farrar Rinehart, Inc. yet 0 6 ' nature. & m E,ac *- °f the war upon his sensitive Oik 'a— I he first of the three pieces (Continued on Page 552) 502 "FORWARD SEPTEMBER, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 503 MARCH WITH MUSIC” 1944 THE ETUDE . ^ , “

Music and Study WO HUNDRED YEARS ago in 1744, Johann Bach completed his “Well-Tempered Music and Study Sebastian T Clavichord,” which means “The clavichord tuned in equal temperament.” Of all the works with which Bach enriched the world, none has exercised such a Duet Music far-reaching influence in the development of music, The Musician’s Bible which will continue until the end of time, Could you give me a list of some classics an influence Table masterpiece. In 1722, during his stay written originally for piano duet? A friend Teacher's Hound as has this, his and I, both passably good pianists, are The wrote the first part of this revolu- at Cothen, Bach planning to meet one night a week to and work, which contained preludes and fugues in Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavichord” play ducts tog-ether. We want very much tionary demonstrated to work up some good music for this every key, both major and minor. It medium, and are looking for interesting Only after a long period of which lay in keys neglected at that time, training possibilities It Has Meant to Musical Art material. . . . We do not like the stuff teacher in What Conducted by can a make a rough guess as and the demand it made for equal temperament handed out in most “Duet Albums.” At to probable future course harpsichord resulted in present we have Brahms’ “Waltzes. Opus the of a talented the tuning of the clavier and person’s career. 39,” Debussy’s “Petite Suite” and Mosz- young Two essential an advance of much importance. kowski’s “Spanish Dances.” qualities must be considered, “48 Preludes and Fugues” are un- first and last The immortal —W. F., California. —ability and sta-bility. The and have been termed the “musician’s Bible” cuer first con- matched J4ersclie(l C. Cjregorij For lists of such material, see the ex- cerns itself, of course, “musician’s daily bread.” Others have called Lu with musical tal- and the cellent article “Original Music for Four of the new dispensation. Mu- ent, intelligence, mental capacity, natural this work the Testament Hands” by Ralph Berkowitz in the Janu- Doc live their lives with these preludes and fugues, Mus. pianistic coordination, adaptability, and sicians ary, 1944 Etude. It is the best, most com- resourcefulness. those which they learn in student days never are The second, “stability,” and arranged An early writer in his work on Bach wrote: "His prehensive compendium of duet material Noted Pianist dred years before Bach, Spanish guitarists includes character (strength forgot ton. the clavichord, on account of and bal- that well-tempered performances were favorite instrument was I have seen. Several musicians before Bach demonstrated the their frets so and Music Educator ance), diligence, persistence, concentra- his giant labors its power of expression. He learned to time the instru- in their composi- possible. It was Bach, however, who by tion and application to work, possibilities of equal temperament were at his service. He did ideals, and penetration, placed the entire art in his ment so that all the keys Fantasia, Number 51, in the famous Fitzwil- and his keen Humorous Anecdotes of course, health, vitality, and tions. A whatever he wished. He could connect the physique! all time his masterpiece, the “Well-Tem- with them book (in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge) debt for by I have been asked to give talk That's a tall order, isn't it? liam easily and naturally as he could a to our Clavichord.” most distant keys as " Bull (1563-1628) modulates into all pered Junior Music Club on “Humorous Anec- " composed by John , related tonality. Of harsh- Yet, a student’s potentiality toward a two years old, the new organ connect with the nearest dotes in the Lives of Famous Composers.” twelve keys. John Jenkins (1592-1678), in his Fancy In 1687, when Bach was successful musical career ness in modulation he knew nothing; his chromatic I have found in books and articles many can be meas- the Temple Church in London was installed. In this for 3 Viols, modulates from F major through all the in he kept that I can use, but most of them are ured only by the sum total of these G-sharp and A-flat changes were as soft and flowing as when in- G-flat. There are several other examples organ there were ranks of pipes for familiar; so I am looking for unusual without flat keys to all sides, and has disappeared dispensable qualities; but then as the keyboard the to the diatonic genus.” incidents we all history which reveal that equal tem- and also for D-sharp and E-flat. On or funny happenings not so in early musical to play on his giving me the slightest indication of his know, even when we ha-, added the front part Bach naturally wanted something generally known. I would appreciate it these known before Bach thought of writing finger keys were cut half way so that perament was clavichord and so he set to work to very much if you would give me a whereabouts. up to their estimated pc: i the back well-tempered few mages, there “Well-Tempered Clavichord.” of such a key would play the sharp note and of these. F. G., North Carolina. loving his a piece in each of the twenty- — “What more can I do or say, my still remain so many imt nnderables that raised) the flat note. The only instru- make a book containing keyboard instruments were tuned on part (slightly , Correspondents with this Depart- In Bach’s day his various manuscripts and The lists of humorous care and help having proved useless? I it were lolly to an. a system is four keys. He went over such anecdotes ment are requested to limit Xetters make sort of pre- system that put certain keys very accurately in tune, ment which today Is tuned upon such to Words. a fugues, inventions, fan- are, of course, endless; so, since, as you One Hundred and Fifty can only bear my cross patiently, and diction, the English concertina. made a selection of preludes, but left certain other capriccios, and the like (all the latter forms say, there are so many sources for you commend my undutiful boy to God’s The only course possible for ambitious Some of the English tasies, keys most unpleasantly ex- will hear being possible varieties of the prelude) , which to chose from, I won’t try to give you mercy, never doubting that He parents and aspiring yon; people Is piano makers (notably to out of it. The latter, in pressed him as being worthy of a place in such a col- any other items here. . . . But here’s my sorrow-stricken prayer, and His did not flnd a teacher in whom tlu-v have faith- therefore, could not be Broadwood) the preludes and fugues he brought something unique for you to read to your own good time bring my son to under ‘ ut themselves In his adopt the system of lection. A few of hand- . and finally, to vour Pana and Mamma for it is a P used. club members! the of leads until the together to form a series of complete preludes and You, as young people, are aad that path C0nVer8ton after a long period Ol ind intelli- equal tuning gross fault to forget must shall will have Equal temperament is wrote pre- no doubt interested in that side-splitting fto Him. eighteen forties. These fugues. For certain of the other fugues he gen t work, trust the t' to discern compromise between one’s duty to father and . a mother. . . preludes he wrote form of humor called “double talk,” “I have opened my heart to you, and instruments (previous to ludes, and for certain of the other whether the student ha .t i liance Now I must close, though it makes me to be- scientific and artistic composition thus re- which everyone thinks has been “in- beg not to blame for son’s mis- therefore fugues. But in every case of a y°u me my comeaflrst-ratemusician.ngoodmusi- For instance, if that time) morose. . . I needs. well farewell! ... kiss over the music afresh, often trans- e y 1 gen n conduct but to accept my assurance that could not very well be trieved, he worked ' C ian. or all. . instrument you a 1,000 times and remain as always no musician at . . Then, a keyboard n , 1 ^ .L f i° it, in every number filling it with the It’sflas old aso^humanity. Here’s a delight 1 bave ^one a11 that a true father, whose used to perform the forming and your little piggy wiggy jf the student aspires ardently and ur- were to be tuned by a richly expressed in his art. The exception is ful example of eighteenth-century double children lie very close to his heart, is Bach “Well-Tempered poetry so Wolfgang Amade Rosy Posy gently enough and is willing to study and system of acoustically *» left this work as originally talk _ . nniinH tn Hr» fr» orlrrormo fVioii* rjrol fn ro , . . A-minor number. Bach —an excerpt from a long, hilarious _ , bound to do to Clavichord” or the com- the Booby Looby. advance their welfare.’ struggle and persist lorn and intensively perfect fifths, the tuner letter written by Mozart (age composed for a very special reason. twenty- . Has any loving father ever penned positions of later mas- enough, he will, without a doubt, reach would soon find that in one) to his cousin, Maria Anna Mozart. more heartbroken lines than these? ters of the keyboard. In a goal which will bring good adjustment order to accommodate The First Set . . . Wolfgang often wrote and talked in This clever English version was made of No further record of the fate of Bern- scientifically 1855 the huge organ and contentment to his life. all of the first set of this style; in this letter he is at the top by Emily Anderson in her remarkable Hall, for It was in 1722 that Bach composed his hard appears in Bach biographies. Did perfect intervals in each St. George’s It is unfair to demand of any young preludes and fugues. He called the book, of his form: three-volumed edition of “The Letters he return to his earthly and Heavenly which Dr. S. S. Wesley twenty-four person that he possess the “divine spark” octave, he would require 1744 he a “Dearest Coz Fuzz! of Mozart and His Family.” (Macmillan, Father’s specifications “Das Wohltemperirte(s) Klavier.” In made homes? . . . We hope so! made the before choosing music or any of the other a number of finger keys. I have received reprieved your dear London, publishers.) and upon which the similar set of twenty-four works. These generally are arts for a career. earth should The Cahill Telharmoni- letter, telling selling me that my uncle It would be hard to beat that letter for Why on known as the second part of the “Well-Tempered (which appeared great W. T. Best played, A Difficult Decision parents require him a priori to become a can did not so term them, and carbuncle, my aunt can’t and you too delicious tom-foolery, wouldn’t couldn’t was tuned to the un- Clavichord,” though Bach about 1900) , one of the As the parents of a boy who great artist or celebrated virtuoso? . . . “the 48.” In -writing this are very well hell. . . shouldn't it? . . . has played refer to the two books as . Today the letter What a lad Mozart was! equal system. After en- we for you. may we make a first of the electric in- setter from my papa Ha! Ha! dropped few inquiries If he chose another career would they book, Bach presented a prelude and fugue in each close to our hearts? We are during this for twelve people in most advance struments, did have a safely into my claws paws. I hope that moderate circumstances, demand that he be assured in that major and minor key. A Sorrowing Father unable to provide scientific keyboard with years, Best insisted all the things for our of emerging a lawyer, renowned system of piano tuning, called you too have got shot the letter I wrote children that we famous a it be changed and the Thus the present In one of your classes you read a touch- would like. Therefore, an amazing number of you. If so, so much the better, better because we wish physician, an outstanding business tycoon, system introduced. “equal temperament,” was begun and established, and ing letter from J. S. Bach to someone in to do all in our power, keys and required the equal the we want to know or a “great” are tuned in equal temperament much so . . . Now for some sense! . . reference to one of his sons. I had grocer or engineer? pianos and organs never —does our son have in him the The loss of the unheard about divine mind of a mathema- “You write, you pom- out, disclose, di- this son, whom you called a spark that will make him It is unfair to demand this of the arts system to this day. a great mu- tician to play com- equal scientific "wayward boy.” Could you send me a sician, or does any to vulge, notify, declare, signify, inform, ac- he impress you as one who of writing, painting, acting, or music, serious, so far It is not generally realized that Bach, in addition copy of this letter? I am sure many other might position with extensive was not become a very good musician or great mathe- quaint me with the fact, make it quite Etude readers would like and above all, to require it of your child. Musicians of being an immortal composer, was a to have it, too. just another run-of-the-mill modulations. Therefore, as it went. pianist? science of clear, request, demand, desire, wish, order —W. E. B., Illinois. We know Parents covet a happy, healthy life for earlier could get matician and inventor. He was versed in the the impossibility of a true this curious and ex- times forecast, little regard for theory and me to send lend you my portrait. Very Yes, among realizing only too well the their offspring. Why then shouldn't an along quite well with acoustics, although he had Bach’s swarming progeny man hu- tremely difficult instru- well, I shall certainly frailties; but if he does stressed the practical. The great Alsatian despatch scratch there was one son who brought his father impress you eager, normal young person find happi- SEBASTIAN BACH what was at hand in the always as having even a slight ment had only a few JOHANN it to chance, we will Dr. Albert Schweitzer, writes of you. . . . Do you still love me? I many hours grief. back ness and well-being developing contemporary painting unequal system; namely, authority on Bach, of It was Bernhard him to the limit of our power through players, one of whom From a sure What of the master: “II connaissait a am you do! If so, so much the bet- Bach, a young we do not want is into even Aren t keys to four sharps him in his biography fellow who held the im- a young man disil- a “mediocre” musician? happened to be Edwin up ter, lusioned and with et la nature de tous les instruments better the much so! . . . Well, so it that lack living facilities fond la structure portant position of organist at the church of confidence thousands of competent musicians Hall Pierce, at one time assistant editor of The Etude. or four flats. But it did not provide adequate thf a major la de les perfec- is in this world, I’m told. One has the at Muehlhausen failur« ^ well-adjusted, this very modulate. Composers therefore et reflecliissait sans cesse a facon —a job which his father lifefife HisHi? lifevf must?? contented lives at The complications may be understood when one real- for keys into which to be his own to make of purse and another has the gold. With had honorably or break, matter indeed. For at tionner.” ("He knew the basic structure and nature discharged for a while in but we, of course, want moment? izes that on such an instrument the key for B-sharp found this loss a very serious to u«e ceaselessly the per- whom do you hold? . . . Surely with me, his XPenenCe in U£e of to all the instruments and studied own young manhood. The shame that t0 reven t Now as to talented young B-sharp least a hundred and fifty years the problem how t°rophe P catas- parents of is a trifle higher than for C. However, C and —I’m certain you do. —Anxious last advo- fection of methods for their performance.”) this rascally son brought to his Dad may Parents. people: let them beware of the glamour are so nearly alike that on the piano one key is ade- get things right was discussed, until at Bach in “Letters addressed to me will reach be read in this letter cbe of dividing the octave into twelve The preludes and fugues of this work were found from J. S. Bach to I —wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing, lurking in quate for both. This is true of all the other keys on cated the system quoto this letter sc , you, which I must ask you to—to what? various places and at various times. Sometimes several a friend: amP 6 ° f baCk °f thelr his Chan keyboard, each key representing a compro- equal semitones, each almost imperceptibly out of the dilemma minds ’ awaitlng the piano Why, fox is which faces manv turned up. Bacli a no hare . . . now where So ovmg aaxious ? degree. Accepting thus different copies of the same work and tender a father as *' ' to Pounce balance, and to ear. Bach sensed this tune, but all “out” in the same you loving, and intelligent on the happiness, mise acceptable the human was I? Yes, of course,course’ ? } nai copies of the original 24. He at reacheach . yes, are will his wrote out three or four understand the sorrow with which °Ver success of girls. stressed its practical importance. Since his time the system of equal temperament, he tuned key- the land. So for the their sensitive boys and and they will reach hat will? benefit ^ “u pieces in his home music and in his teaching. ^ I write this letter. I ‘ accordingly became free not used the have not seen Par ' ’ ’ guard upon this basis. board instruments and my ents, mav I say They ’»ust be forever on their most all music has been composed . thattnat“,B *‘ evefwUHeven’ of . . Why, now Il remember . . . letters, with the ». When tired of teaching he would play a few them wayward son since last will , ^com- r key of the twenty-four, but to °U year. You will Dletest C aeninct 5n only to play in any ° f tells why letters will reach you . . . But & °Ung pupil; one pupil, Heinrich Gerber, us what remember then that I paid y person 's Early Experiments into and through them without running to his and what he owed talents and I f cially no*?when7he arto need'an armv modulate sort of letters? Why, of course, letters less than three occasions played the for his board at Muehlhausen, acquaint ‘ time into that harsh “out-of-tuneness” hitherto prevailing, that Bach on no and left ance witThU of talemed ’ weH - balanced The well-tempered scale was not new in the addressed to me P®e nt twenty-four to him from start to finish. Since a sum of ’ entire money to meet his other debts, there is no to the is said to suggested such a when such scales as F-sharp major, G-sharp major, way of predicting . help bring peace beauty into of Bach. Aristoxenos have (Note: 1h P and their All this nonsense just to ask hoping- that in the future fUtUre P°s>t‘°n ™, and similar ones were touched upon. Bach himself that day other musicians have done the same for he would re- the art 7 in new world c^fnr daughter compromise system as early as three hundred and fifty Maria Anna to forward any mail which form. You will therefore regulating his keyboard friends and pupils; Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn, understand how teachers' 8reatest of * one call years before Christ. Some even go so far as to claim was an expert at tuning and able rT?to of these^ven if what you may come for him!) pained and surprised Judge a ‘ Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, and a host of smaller men. I am to learn that ™ na wi r student’s th* -Hi, hove that the Chinese knew of it centuries earlier. Two hun- instruments. “Don’t forget give to my compliments he has again been borrowing money on 0r ’ *** a^^ireas- tKanSy "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 505 504 "BODfrzinn"FORWARD — ure - SEPTEMBER, 1944 MARCH WITH MUSIC" THE ETUDE —

piano; but much though I knew Wag- Liszt at the of Barh Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, though I had studied him, I never Music and Study music of Haydn, and deeply antici- what I leceived Music and Study ner, and Brahms. pated receiving from him that day with complete„„m niptp bv Schumann who first spoke Liszt. I saw at last the difference It was make n the help of between he advised students to matter and having the wisdom of Bach, and studying a matter revealed works on the playing of his favorite instrument. In brea , Fortunate indeed are the pupils who have heard these Clavichord’’ their daily man's inspiration. “Well-Tempered through another By Liszt’s render 1813 his high excellence was admitted when the Em- could not fail to numbers performed by eminent pianists and teachers. if they did this, they was made ing them that ing, the whole of Bach plain to me." peror Napoleon appointed him his own harpist. wrote in a Bach wrote this work for himself, for his own aes- become good musicians. In 1832 he great statement. But Hiller, refined interfered aesthetics This is a pianist French politics seldom with in thetic pleasure, and all the numbers, with the excep- his: a former teacher of , and musician, moved Wagner to sarcasm. those days, and three years later Bochsa was plucking tion of the A-minor fugue, are one by one, and dissectea poems, exactly in the “I have taken the fugues question here of sombre German Gothic “Lo! Here the Gentle Lark! the strings of his instrument for Louis XVIII. In advantage o “No or any way the works of Chopin, the lyric poems of Grieg, or their minutest parts. The them down to tomfoolery of that sort. On the contrary, the three years, eight operas by Bochsa were performed at the ballades and intermezzos of Brahms are musical have a strengthening root a piece this is great, and seems to the keyboard with such a Greek the Opera-Comique, but in 1817 he had to flee France was a thor- flowed over serenity poems. Each solves an individual problem, whether it effect upon one’s whole system; for Bach under his hands that its harmlessness quite bore because he was detected in extensive musical forgeries. be a prelude or fugue. sickly or stunted me But the pieces are all poems ough man all over, there is nothing Dramatic Story of Mme. Anna Bishop tried condemned to twelve off, and I seemed to see myself sitting in In his absence, he was and written for eternity. a neo- in musical sound, a fact every listener will recognize about him, and his works seem francs. Hellenic synagogue from whose musical rites all years’ imprisonment with a fine of 4,000 The if only the performer knows how to play were in existence m traces Bach cor- Two schools of Bach thought emphasis had penalty of acquiring ill-gained lucre was adroitly ex- himself of Old Testament been most neatly and Child of Destiny rectly, which is the case with about one pianist in a the generation of Mendelssohn, who appointed Prima Donna scoured away.” pressed in the chorus of a song, popular several dec- hundred. One of the most unusual things about the to make the influence of Bach felt. The bicentennial of Bach’s important work ades later. It ran: “Well-Tempered Clavichord’’ is the singular way in Among Wagner’s favorite numbers from the “Well- should Original Trilby” not pass without the musical world pausing “The it is time, which Bach, while writing for the limited clavichord, Tempered Clavichord” were the Prelude in E-flat to pay- Time is money, and money the composer, No. 4. tribute, not only to but to a work of And don’t you be forgetting it. divined and developed the possibilities of the piano. minor, No. 8, and the Fugue in C-sharp minor, art not only made equal temperament that can, Modern music dates from the moment Bach made He once heard the Prelude played by Ferdinand Hiller, which possible, but Get aU the money you the leading influence which prepared don’t get time for getting it. equal temperament possible. If he or someone else had and the Fugue by Liszt. Of the latter he says: was numerous But concert pianists to bring us the works of the not made that possible, we would not have the great “I knew that great things were to be expected from immortals WarL Bochsa’s unsavory reputation actually did not follow him across the narrow English Channel. London ac- Publisher Well-Known New York claimed him from the start, and so many pupils Henry Hager besieged him for lessons that he was unable to accept Brooklyn, New York all the applicants. The English seemed unwilling to PUBLISHER, MESSNER, INC. believe in the genius’ criminal record, or, believing How Can J Raise your pupil’s lesson as REPRINTED BY PERMISSION OF THE JULIAN My Income? Prepare for carefully as you it, preferred to place the onus on the stupidity of BOOK, “ THEY ALL HAD GLAMOUR,’’ 1944 expect him to come prepared. Give honest value for FROM MR. MARKS’ WELL-KNOWN COPYRIGHT the French courts. your fee. The attacks on his mor- A Nation-Wide Symposium With Contributions From L. White Leonard al character which caused Saranac Lake, New York him to resign from the Practical American Teachers The story of Anna Bishop reads like a melodrama from her A Strange Influence Royal Academy of Music This seems to be a fine time to Interest adults in childhood to her death. Very beautiful, very talented, and Bochsa, the young in 1827 did not interfere playing the piano. In the past I have found adults splendidly trained as a pianist (a pupil of tgnai Moscheles) at matron’s Svengali, al- with his career or with his N The Etude for October, enthusiastic but difficult to hold, because of their many 1943 a request was made Eric L. Armstrong the Royal Academy of Music in London, she married, in 1831, though not as unattrac- courting of Anna Bishop for statements on the subject, activities. Now it is different. There are so many “How Can I Raise Stellarton, Nova Scotia Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Professor of Music at Oxford Univer- tive as Du Maurier’s some twelve years later. I My Income?” with a view to securing a variety of —young women in particular—who are very anxious sity, composer of Home, Sweet Home and Lo! Here the villain, still had piercing If an artist wishes to ig- Study your students. Be all things all opinions and ideas. The following are prize-winning to men by to fill an evening or two a week. There is also more Lark! latter he wrote for Anna, whom he called eyes, heavy overhanging nore moral rectitude (in wisely directing ’ Gentle The suggestions each according to his aspirations and time for practice. Even from practical teachers in various parts of with war work, and tremen- the eyes of an envious abilities. If “John” his "little lark." In 1839 she eloped with the famous French eyebrows, and sharp our country, presented in alphabetical wants Mozart, et al, give it to him. dous activity, adults are saying order. how much comfort and public) it merely makes If harpist and conductor, Robert-Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, with features. But what was , “James” wants Old-Time Dances, has no desire relief they are finding In their music. They seldom more important, he was him a better performer. other than to she remained until his death in Sydney, Australia, seven- be a better than average fiddler at coun- miss lessons whom or practice. actually instrumental in He was a virtuoso to his Sister M. Alexius try dances, let him harpist to Napoleon go; and go with him. He may turn In teen years later. Bochsa had been and their lessons we do a great deal of reading, and developing the power audience, even if not in Willmar, Minnesota to loftier forms of music expression. Many do. Louis XVIII. He escaped from Paris to avoid imprisonment for easy ensemble work. Perhaps we’ll even have a small and quality of his friend’s private life. forgery. He is said to have exerted a hypnotic influence on Here is my idea for raising a teacher’s income. The Caroline E. Bizzoni “intimate" recital soon. Our ranks are constantly swell- voice. His very presence prototypes enclosed slip, a report and statement ing. Anna Bishop and the couple became the original Success Everywhere (reproduced Bellmore, New York With some systematic advertising I believe it would seemed to exert a mes- of Svengali and Trilby, immortalized by Du Maurier. Mr. here), properly filled out and sent to the parents of be possible to have a large adult class meric control over Anna, Mme. Bishop retained To raise rates may raise teacher’s a income, but . my pupils at the end of each month, has doubled my to Marks' narrative follows Editor’s Note. professional promote a certain regularity and he drew from her in her name class in a short time. of income is more im- Ruth Mueller this way passages of un- even after she left her portant to a serious teacher. Brooklyn, New York From my plan equaled vocal beauty heartbroken family to tour a teacher can quote lessons mt two. - As a salesman, * three, four, five, or ten manner and appearance count for which she could not pro- with Bochsa, and she im- f dollars per lesson and still much. While reputation may pupil, * NNA (Anna Riviere) was born in London in 1810 duce without him., When, mediately achieved the retain a good workable average rate for help in securing a Report and Statement the gifted every and regular student. lesson requires salesmanship. You must hold the /\ of French parents, who had emigrated front in 1839, she and Bochsa brilliant career which her As I have teachers interest of the pupil and give him confidence that he J- X. Bordeaux to Soho where her father, the de- gave “dramatic concerts” Svengali promised her. of who come for “refresher" courses singers for coaching, will reach his desired goal. scendant of Goldsmith, became a drawing master and together at the Queen’s She sang to enthusiastic adults from business, and ad- Presentation Sisters Music and vanced students a most prolific parent. Anna remembered him as Theatre in Dublin, critics audiences in every capital pressed for time, I have solved my Ellen I. Nason being wholly intent upon earning a livelihood for five wrote : “In the delivery of in Europe, and her Amer- Expression Class problem with the three-rate plan, namely: Newport, Rhode Island 1. Regular single lesson daughters and seven sons. her beautiful cadenzas, ( Continued on Page 538) rates, high enough to cover Date 194 losses from A most In addition to Papa Riviere’s flair for art, he was she seemed to have bor- irregularity, and for which appointments successful way for a piano teacher to main- are tain a a flute player and the front drawing room at Fitzroy rowed all the delicacies Piano Lessons To made. class of pupils is by means of the club idea, 2. Special Student eight-week which provides a real Square was reserved for music alone. Anna’s musical of Bochsa’s harp effects.” From a contemporary lithograph Expression Lessons To terms, payable in ad- reason for practice with a pur- bent was recognized early, and she started her musical In return for his price- vance at the reduced rate of five pose, and an opportunity to- Debit single lessons for all to work and play $ 3. Special Honor Student gether. Children training under dear, exhausted Mama’s interrupted less gift to her—the terms, payable in advance respond to the club plan, with its Credit $ the first week possibilities tutelage until she was entered in the Royal Academy ability to sing as a lead- of every second month, covering for monthly meetings, individual perform- two of studied pianoforte under the ing Balance $ months, or about nine weeks, ance, election of Music where she prima donna—she gave him her trust, affection, at the reduced rate of officers, guest soloists, small duties, five single lessons. This gives and occasional skilled direction of Moscheles and became an accom- and the disposition of her life itself, for four weeks Parents’ Name the regular student a socials. special bonus and Tlle plished performer. Her voice also developed and proved later she left her husband, children, and home in applies only to that all-year m®y be considered where seri , as a “work shop” ous, studious t to be an expressive soprano, characterized by great Albion Street, and went off with Bochsa to Hamburg. * — * type, which teachers adore. e pupils have a chance to express themselves before Payments cover the time period other flexibility and power, so that by the time she was It was just a case of “Get up, Jack—John, sit down.” only and credits do students, a prelude to public performance. Attitude not carry beyond the expiration twenty-three she abandoned pianoforte and began At this moment it is amusing to recall that Sir Henry Toward Work date. Topics for meetings are bounded limitless and are studying under Sir Henry Bishop. Hers must have was the composer of the heartbreaking tune, Home, Excellent Work only by the imagination Laurence Dilsner of the teacher. been a most grateful nature. She felt so indebted to Sweet Home, in 1821, ten years before the death of Good Work Association with the National Long Branch, New Jersey Junior Division of the those persons who developed her voice that she re- his first wife, and lived to see the irony of it. Without e eration of .' Music con- Poor Work The wide-awake Clubs and participation in warded them one after the other. any of the copyright protections which have since teacher can substantially an<1 l0Cal Shows Lack of Practice increase cultural Projects further heighten in- Eight years before her debut she married Sir Henry been developed, the composer received only £20 for hismcome by adopting any of the terest following su“ sold Shows Careless Practice Bishop, professor at Oxford, who, not content with a a song which a hundred thousand copies its first ™akes ener8>’ and the club will be found a purely academic life, had composed “The Lady of the year, and has never stopped selling since. Fails to Count at Practice j. Extra Services to the veritable Student dynamo for pupils and teacher alike. Lake,” “Guy Mannering,” and other operas popular in Bochsa was not just another harpist. Today’s critics Needs Help During hiS MSt at Home Practice the t6aCher Can Command England at that time. The first Mrs. Bishop had believe that he revolutionized harp playing by con- tuition additional Capable of Doing Better Work passed away after a long and serious illness, on June tinually discovering new effects and incorporating 1. Repertoire classes Stevens Point, Wisconsin Shows Improvement 10, 1831. He claimed it had broken his heart, but Anna them into the technique and eventually into his classic 2. Appreciation e aucc —History courses ®ssful music teacher professions must have proved good mending tissue, for within Lack of Punctuality T?Q , improves his 3. Theory classes allocations. He license four weeks the lonesome composer married Anna, the , works for a degree and a . 4. Summer courses where of the DUDil will t„t, 1 Can most promising and certainly the most beautiful his Teacher PUpU wlU take offer an vmusual service if he hold lessons weekly. several a stJf SIR HENRY ROWLEY BISHOP iCense to teach music educa pupils. In the light of subsequent events, it might have VOICE 5. Personal H ; for credit. The study with master a"dard been better if he had waited a little while longer. teachers. 85 high for the music teacher a From a portrait in the National Gallery it icis forfn the 506 public school (Continued on Page 512 ] "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” SEPTEMBER, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUJIC” 507 THE ETUDE E

Study NE OF THE DIFFICULTIES presented to the Music and Music and Study organist-teacher of today is the fact that the O average student does not want to take the time for the thorough groundwork that is so important to the professional organist. Recently we asked a class of young organ students to tell something of the history of the organ pedal. Not one of them could tell to Hollywood anything about it; in fact, they had never given it a as Teacher From Athens their studies Organist a thought. Other things had crowded and The they were too busy learning pieces to spend time on the history of their chosen instrument. Certainly or- Gold knowledge regarding the A Rhapsody in Purple and ganists should have some history of the organ pedal, where it originated and developed. how it Li t l^oiancl ^t)iaaie, wu 2w. unanimously gives credit for in- Art Evolving Tradition almost Is a New Type of American Musical venting the pedals to Bernhardt, the German organist to the Duke of Venice from about 1445 to 1459. ample evidence that the organ pedal, From the “Lots” In California's Motion Picture Empire? However, there is primitive in construction and limited in compass, ex- education. He came to the n l ri: /« I nndnn Fnnlnnrl where he received his musical early part of the fourteenth century. Of -wmww.. --- isted in the organist and choirmaster ’thirty-five ago and for the past thirty years has been the pedal, written on a separate staff, the United States’some years music for During this time Dr Diggle has written a tre- of St. John's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, California. earliest example, according to Dr. W. H. Cummings by the Los Angeles and other mendous amount of music—orchestral works that have been performed (1813-1915) a well-known antiquarian, is to be found been played here and abroad- S^lrthur (jarlett , symphony orchestras—chamber music in all forms, most of which has Ileborgh of Stendall in published organ compositions that in a work written by Adam church music, songs, and pianoforte pieces, and over three hundred such 1448. The music of the North German organists played in all parts of the world. have been . _ . T , The Etude, The American Organist, I he as Buxtehude, Reinken, and others was usually written Dr. Diggle also has contributed articles on musical subjects to musical magazines.— ditor's Note. on three staves. However, it was not until the middle Diapason, The Musician, and to some of the English least, sort of terpart in the “Hungarian Rhapsodies” of Liszt. In HERE APPEARS, at to be a new of the nineteenth century that organ music in Eng- tunes are strung together, notably the popular music in the making. Emanating from these, dance lish-speaking countries was consistently written on more elaborate Hollywood shows and broad- languid, brooding Lassan and the fiery Friska. In- T the the three staves. At the radio, it consists of a kind of vocal declama- tensity of emotional feeling, grave or gay, is char- cast by time it is interest- with the ac- same teachers, we need effect produced was a bumpy crescendo tion around which the orchestra weaves a vivid poly- acteristic. As ing to note that William into the last two bars. One felt that Spanish LEO FORBSTEIN to set up canons of cellerando put chromatic web of harmony and instrumentation. It Even more of a rhapsody is the brilliant (1777-1813) in of Russell gets tired of the player did not know enough of the language likely to re- Caprice by Rimsky-Korsakoff. In this work the vocal taste. One is melodious enough, but more have a Brilliant Conductor and Arranger second book of his could his the the high-brow, sophisti- music to do more than pronounce it. How : have peated theme than a clearly defined lyric melody, and origin of the rhapsody is clearly recognizable we of Warner Brother! Studio published performance, no “Voluntaries,” to every- listeners possibly be moved by such a songlike melody; there is in one part “male-quartet” cated attitude more often than not, the orchestra carries the theme. a has a piece in teachers, in 1810, thing in church and matter how magnificent the instrument. As The technique is curiously derived from Negro mel- for French horns in free tempo without barlines; indi- sorts of in music, ize that we have two rhythm both C major with a fully realize the importance of technic, but we also know vidual organ music which ex- we ody and Wagnerian opera. In his spirituals and other instruments keep the other instruments waiting derived from bodily function. The metrical forms of pedal part pro- written-out of hu- that something a great deal more than mere digital songs, will constantly modify the melody while they go off into long, free cadenzas as hibits any shade the Negro much rhymed verse or song in repeated stanza is in ballads descends to which GGG, Surely the ficiency is needed to make a musician. It is important in to give proper emphasis to word-values, and some gypsy might use in a solo of his own, the others man emotion. order or strophic lyric-songs, are derived from bodily motion, the lowest note of the of too principal mission of mu- to lift the pupil above the deadening effects it is partly from this habit that syncopated melody listening. It is a true rhapsody both in form and in as in walking, marching, rocking a baby, or rowing a GG organ pedal board. music. must have his sic is to transmit emo- much organ and church He is derived. But the orchestration, harmonies, and varied emotional expressiveness. Rimsky-Korsakoff's pedal organ of boat. These acts demand balanced musical phrases or The that no imagination stimulated and his judgment and taste thematic treatment are distinctly Wagnerian. In the "Scheherazade” is of the same order; the various tion. Suppose and of with marked ac- is quite an instru- sentences measured length, and today be qualified improved by contact with the best chamber and or- Liebestod from “Tristan,” for example, the main scenes are curiously linked by violin solo-passages music could cent—two-beat, three-beat, or their multiples, usually ment in itself, but even chestral music. He should be urged to buy gramophone themes developed by the orchestra, Isolde’s representing lady’s by an emotional adjec- are and the own habit of saving her neck can easily become an running in eight-measure lengths witli half cadences so joyful, gay, records of the right sort and play them over and over part is largely free sort of declamation. by leaving off tive such as a Thus, though each night in the middle of the most blessing. There or full cadences at the end of each sentence or division. unmixed so on, again until he knows them thoroughly. In listening the Liebestod is the very climax of the opera, Isolde’s exciting part of her story. sad, pathetic, and seems to be a conven- Speech-rhythms are the second of these rhythms who would wish to listen to great orchestral works he will perceive the funda- part is incidental. It can be left out altogether in The true rhapsody, however, is of vocal origin: the derived from bodily function, but this time of the tion that an organ is not mental principles which govern the composition of concert performances, and this is often done. beginning of both to it? When you speak spoken drama and opera. Originally, ah organ unless the speech organs. They are formed by the words we use of being “moved” by music; he will notice how themes act as foils to one Maybe some of us would be just as well pleased if perhaps, it was no more than declamatory speech m sentences more or less unrestricted as to length or pedal stops are kept per- another, the balance between unity and variety the vocal parts of the new Hollywood music were which took on rhythmic music it is primarily how a singsong, much as some petually booming. Have form. But proper accentuation is imperative, and good movement that moves is always justly held. Such close contact with the best omitted. The amatory inflammation of the crooner radio speakers do today. The rhythmic tendency led declamation becomes a kind of running musical we ever thought how in- will to have a properly balanced judgment in or torch-singer may, in some cases, have a transient at last to the familiar you, though color, pitch help him pentameters and hexameters tolerable the relentless speech, approximating, though necessarily imi- all have good taste is not enough; he must maniac-depressive effect on the listener so that he of classic verse. But when, “ not and intensity play their things. To as Kipling says, ’Omer employment of pedal tating, the spoken word. Bar lines may often be parts. The organ can have soul, and it is the teacher’s duty to develop this envies the royal prerogative of King Saul, who once smote ’is bloomin’ lyre,” declamation was probably omitted. stops can become to which far too often is left to threw a javelin at the harp-playing David. that free and untrammeled, produce every degree of soul or imagination, Be only half musical. It is dif- peop’e sensitive who legato ex- slumber and to die from inanition. This is the reason as it may, the introduction of declamation into our ficult to discover what part the frail staccato and little lyre played it? It is Finding the Proper Word have to endure or so many organists who play without thinking popular music is interesting in many ways. It is, for in such frenzied utterance. cept a portamento a we have inconceivable that any interpretation of any thing, clear indication of the One reason why opera in English translated from slur, but it is almost about it. You cannot give an one a breakdown of the In our own times, declamation is written out by the master of orchestration absolutely as regards its once-sharp division between “popular” and “classical” composer and has a foreign tongue is often so stilted, not to say ridic- helpless in the matter of music unless you know it become very artificial. The voice is ulous, would use his double and understand its full mean- music. For another, it is an equally clear indication no longer free to declaim is the necessity of finding English words so stress. In fact, as a technical performance, at will, for today instru- basses in this way. emphasized that they For ex- transmitter of human ing. This is true of pianists, violinists, orchestral con- of the amazing growth of dramatic feeling in the pub- mental considerations dominate vocal technique. The fit the original music. ample, Though the critics of singers, and there should be no exception lic since the development of the screen art and the voice is by nature a gliding probably the most important phrase in opera feelings, it is very much ductors, and instrument. It has no fixed the organ may not have sound picture. keynote, is, “I love you.” In Italian, “love” is amor; handicapped. for the organist. and does not by nature move in steps and the word for in realized it, much of the halfsteps imposed by the need French it is amour; in German it is Hebe. In all With this fact in mind Rhapsodic of a scale or ladder of cause' of their dissat- Helping the Pupil Melodies tones essential three cases, the be held it is lamentable that so to keyed instruments. It is vowel-sound is long and can ROLAND DIGGLE capable of isfaction lies in the help his pupil to know what is Only a few years ago, popular music even on the inflections much as a climax-note, that the many organists fail be- The teacher can smaller than our smallest interval notwithstanding the fact thoughtless use which beautiful and what is ugly. Some organists seem to higher levels consisted chiefly of strophic ballads or the semitone. Yet if a singer goes French word is slightly suggestive of a cow in need of cause they have only a “off-pitch” ever so players make of the tunes with clearly-defined milking. music they enjoy raucous tone. We hear all sorts of bad combina- dance lyric melody. Some slightly he is likely to hear from the indignant The English word "love,” however, is short the superficial, nodding acquaintance with the fans pedal stops. We look, for instance, at the score of chords; doubled major thirds and may resent the passing of such melody, but would who expect and sweet. It appearance, tions; badly laid out few him to sing true, not merely to cannot be lengthened without distorting which are playing. They know its outward a scale but first Act of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger,” in that sound thin, and chords wish for a return of the old “corny” theater-orchestra, to a tempered it into loo-oove, to notes but they know doubled discords; chords scale that is out of tune with lah-ahve or luh-uhve. So we have double basses are they can reproduce the printed Nature’s we find page after page where the that sound muddy. All of this could be avoided very or the stale tonic-and-dominant harmonies with an own intervals. sing the stilted phrase, "I adore thee,” which nobody nothing of the inward message. This is the sort of either silent or used most sparingly. Yet in listening along the right occasional juicy augmented-sixth chord, as in ever cold. hear the simply had the player been taught Sweet Good declamation has become not only uses in real life. It sounds artificial unreal. of music that leaves one absolutely We hard to sing — to this music we are not conscious of any feeling speaking, those who appreciate the and Low. Modern harmony and orchestration are often but hard to write. While music amazed at the speed with lines. Generally Our prejudice against recitative is far more varied in its rhythms than missing something. In notes; we may even be or inadequacy, or that we are beautiful in other fields will obtain it in music. strikingly original, even when forced and theatrical. declamation is largely speech is, that is all. We have heard due to its formal stiffness and can accommodate any sort of word- significance and force which they are played, but espe addition we are struck by the ' The teacher should place stress on the art of accom- But the most fundamental change Is in the drift “ally m the older oratorios. One emphasis in less begin the colossal Fantasia in G minor by difficulty is the neces declamation, curiously enough, it is attach to the reappearance of the double basses, organists lyric melody to that paniment of choir and congregation. Choir accompani- from rhapsodic declamation in the sity of giving stress to the right elastic than speech with some soft stops on the swell, perceiving syllable or word in metrical verse-stanzas. Com- when after a long interval Wagner once more intro- Bach voice part. This is really a return first ment of whatever kind should be subsidiary and, in to principles Wrong emphasis can easily distort posers often find they distorting absolutely nothing of its greatness, power, and fire. the meaning In must choose between duces them. adding and the rhapsodies of the ancient bards who recited- such a simple sentence, the recitalist, there general, form a nonobtrusive background, for example, as melody and distorting is illus- In a recent concert by a well-known “Mary had a word-accent. This parts without giving the their sagas and epic poems in a kind of dramatic little lamb,” the meaning trated by number which contained a long cre- beauty of detail to the vocal changes according to whether Schubert’s setting of Hark! Hark! The Lark! A Valuable Device was included a impression that it is an organ solo accompanied by singsong. you emphasize the word “Mary,” music are scendo and accellerando—a gradual upward curve of “had,” “little ” or Without doubt our composers of organ The word “rhapsody” is very old and has accumu- “lamb.” The composer emotion. As played, the voices. Of course, in music where the organ has its provides the emphasis bv mean, much to blame, but organists themselves can do a ever-increasing intensity of part it must speak with authority. lated many meanings. Originally it was a stringing of tone-duration, accent, or own independent pitch; but even so great deal to overcome this evil. I have for years re- together of various folk tales done the In all instances, however, a careful watch should be into metrical verse, singer must provide the right Hark! pedals inflection so as to ’con Hark! the lark at heav’n’s gate sing3 served a general piston which controls the as in Homer’s “Odyssey”; but it was used later to vey a true impression. He kept on clean registration and careful pedal phrasing. may need to sing the phrase for the purpose of shutting off every pedal stop and describe the bard’s frenzied delivery of The accompaniment of congregational singing is a the lines. one way if Mary had a little lamb Shakespeare never “Hark!” to This to play with and intended that first leaving only the pedal coupler to the manual. Nevertheless, the original meaning of the word still quite e cut short, different matter. Here the most important thing is another if Mary had a little but Schubert that during lamb for dirnei had a tune in his head practice is recommended especially for use ORGAN survives, and the epic poems have their musical coun- To understand declamation, he words did rhythmical organ playing. ( Continued on Page 540 > it is necessary not quite fit, so he let the word-em- service playing. to real-' pnasis go hang— 544 '• and atoned ( Continued on Page 508 "FORWARD MARCH SEPTEMBER "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 509 WITH MUSIC" , 1944 THE ETUDE “ — ° : o ”

Whisper these words, then repeat (2) alona° ud al times: pup, pup. pup. & 5 6 (3) pop. (4) PfP- < > P,p ’ < > PaP- In Music and Study Music and Study each of tx open the center of the lips. these B—Words beginning with this sound cause usually starting w, pitch, the singer below the yowSi or pulling up to it. B is Dl,ct scooping > ICTION, with which every speaker and and a voiced Vonl qualifications to become expert per- be given the same pitch an have the necessary and must as the vovw? ? t w to fill up singer is vitally concerned, is the expres- follows. ... Wch cussionists. Just why conductors continue 1. bi. bi, bi. bi, bi. 2. bip. sion of ideas through words. In song, the Exercise 3. bib. 4. him e with players lacking any ability or apti- D times, then sing. “Peak their sections several text or lyric is the very heart of the composition exercises: 1. me, pe, be. completely beyond my compre- Further ne, pe, be- 2 m tude has always been 3. ma, pah. Eay clothed in a musical garment. It is the text which bah, poh, moo; ma pah, pah, ’ *pay patln,’i, hension. may. bay. may. pay. bay. : 4. inspired Diction may. pay, section first the poet and then the composer. Iff—Sustain the m a trifle before completing In selecting the students for the percussion Wor m/ine, m/an, men, mat, 1 lo as if imitating a A consonant may be defined as a speech-sound re- distortion or mangling of the text. The following are siren, with qualifications of the a strong, rising pitch to secure an open vowel. Make each consideration to the selection and all, and yet sulting from a local interference with the vocal cur- so common as to be familiar to almost extremelyxtremely imaginative and ask a very definite question. students assigned to the percussion sections. ? Where? When? win 0 rent, or a stoppage of sound (with a few exceptions, so little seems to be done in correction: Do it now Why Who? Who Why win? What one BATTERY OF SNARE DRUMS One ( oo-on ) what? Why one? What what?

as l, 71 s, ) . “Do wit Let “Le tim go”; What is love m, , ng Consonants must never interfere now”; him go— Exercise 2: Practice these words until you can say them with tone. They must be made so crisply and articu- clearly, rapidly, and easily. Practice each one five times, being — careful to enunciate each clearly and distinctly. Do not run lated so quickly that the flow of tone is not impaired. too late “It’s stew late”; Up, up ye heirs of glory — them together. See that the lips are flexible: which, whisk, In developing the word, try for clear-cut, definite, “A pup ye heirs of glory”; Black eyes of “Bla kize whif. whoop, whiz, whist, white (not wite"), whip, whine, why (not "wy”), where, which, what, when, whoa, while, light articulation. Take all consonants easily, lightly, zuv” Take cakes and eyes in turn—“Take cake san ; — whether, whither, whim, whose, whimper. and crisply. Try for free, forward, flexible movements. dies in turn”; Go up “Go wup”; Rest, oh rest in the LIP TEETH SOUNDS (F and V) All articulation should be as far forward in the mouth Lord—“Res, tow res tin the Lord”; For peace and not Place the upper front teeth over the lower lips and push Percussionists— breath through with the the breathing muscles. Be sure that as possible. for war—“For pea sand not for war”; With horror you feel a contraction or lifting of the abdominal and breathing Since the singer is concerned with both vowel and overwhelmed—“With horror roverwhelmed”; Far away muscles and that there is no pushing or blowing out from the throat. consonant, he must be skilled in the utterance of —“Fah ruway”; Let us adore, “Leh tussadore"; He — Exercise: Repeat each syllable five times, slowly at first, both, and it is hoped that then as the following observations is coming soon “He iz scumming soon”; The night more rapidly. Be sure that the jaws move as little Men” possible. You wish to of lips dragging Forgotten may aid in the development of ease and clarity of has a — develop flexibility without The thousand eyes “The nigh taz a thousan deyes”; in the jaw'. Speak slotclv and careful 1 B«- sure to make the diction, in a heightened appreciation — and of the great Dance to your Daddy “Dan stew your daddy”; In- final sound very plain. Gradually Inert-. > < -peed. Sing on one tone as formerly: fee/-/ee/-/ee/-/ee/-/c«>/ Similarly with expressiveness and beauty of the English language. cline thine ear—“Incline thy near”; Comfort ye my jayf, lahl, fohf, Joof, f\b. people—“Come for tea my people”; Massa’s in the cold, V is made in the same way. the only difference being that )- — It has pitch. In both these sounds the tip of the tongue is tZeJti Mispronunciation cold ground “Massazin the coal, coal ground”; Lift Lj Wittiam 2 resting against the low’er front teeth. thine eyes, oh lift thine There is no legitimate excuse for incorrect pronunci- eyes—“Lif thy yeyes, oh lif Exercise: Follow instruction's in above exercise w’ith veev, vayv, vahv, vov, voov. ation or accentuation; a good dictionary thy yeyes”; My Country tis of Thee—“My Country can always Exercise 2: Combine the sounds n ucc/, vayf, vahf, vohj, tizza thee”; Runner up—“Runna rup;” be consulted. The fault may lie in the vowel, the Marching as voof. vif, reef. fav. five, fove, low. Speak, then sing. Technical Foundation — FINAL F (fu-/) touch, itu-f). enough, (six/), cough, the majority of band Musical and consonants, or the accentuation. has not heard to “Marching az stew.” rough T IS GENERALLY agreed by Who huff, sniff, puff, snufi. piff, whiff, sniff, belief, Ridiculous as paff, poutT the percussion sections of march- too many drummers are not such gross errors as “colyum” for column, “sacriligious” such utterance is, it is all too common laugh, half. calf. conductors that As previously stated, FINAL delve, contribute greatly to the individual atten- for sacrilegious, “perculate” for percolate, “daffudil” and in almost every case is caused by the carrying V have, salve, dive, love. lave, pove, move, I ing and concert bands musicians. They frequently have no live, cove. wave. vale. five, connive, dovt stove* sieve, vivid, over to a new word or syllable, results achieved by such organizations. It is instruction from the band conductor; for daffodil, “eternuty” for eternity, “worshup” for a sound which does not vicious, vivacious, receive, believe, deceive, reprieve, perceive, ultimate tion and less belong verve, all musicians, percussionists are “forgotten” students of the worship, “mistruss” for mistress, “wen” for when, “wy” to it. The result is slovenly, unintelligible strive, brave. also admitted that of frequently they are the diction.(1) Rule: TIP in then- general musical result, they acquire innumer- for why, “wirry” for weary, “watt” for what, “angul” Articulate the sound where it belongs. _ OF TONGUE SOUNDS usually the most deficient band and orchestra. As a In each of these sounds, the tip of the tongue is placed Omission of vowel or consonantal background and reading ability. habits of stick technic, and reading, and for angel, “kin” for can, “git” for get, “nachurl” for — sounds: Lord God on the teeth ridge just behind the upper front teeth. able faulty of Hosts — T and D are is released training can be attributed fundamentals so essential to “Lord of explosives: i air lack of such the natural; “Thy gif stew me” for Thy gifts to me, and God Hos”; Trust not “Truss not”; that Is, i ft of Much of the they never acquire 35 n£ue d ro s to its resting place in the bottom of the of on. Adept—“adep”; Mountain—“mahtn”; *P P a number of facts: (a) The instructor’s lack musical education. so Oh help—“oh moufii. Use only the smallest part of the tip of the tongue, give to their hel”; — a definite instruments, (b) The lack proficient in the art of Wastes “wase”; celery — “selry”; history — pressure, and let the tongue drop quickly. knowledge of the percussion Often the drummer is very Exercise 1: Let only the jaw must enter percussion Vowel Distortion “histry”; diamond—’“dimond”; violet—' tongue move No of consideration given to the selectivity of — “vilet”; fifth— in. Be sure to have the proper vowel mold Pronounce several — tx, guidance for students “flth”; Latin “Latn”; groups on ti, U, lack of proper Vowels are frequently distorted, sometimes amidst “amist”; monotonous one breath. Sing on any desired tone: ti, ti, students, (c) The almost too, too, too, —“monotnous”; costs—’“coss”; too, too. te, ta, to. the necessary qualifications, (d) The colts—“colss”; Exercise a possessed with beyond recognition and certainly with an entire loss wither- 2: Pronounce rapidly and clearly. Intone on ing—“withring”; smothering— given word of many drummers toward the mas- of beauty, varying in different sections. “smothring”- Why pitch. Be careful not to scoop in going from one general attitude Some of the must ta this—“Why muss this”; Whisper plainly and distinctly. (21 Pronounce instruments, (e) The lack of in- twists, nasal twang, flat, geometry-“jometry”- tery of percussion or hard quality given are: cause ,ip tee. tay, tani. - ,op ' tape. Tom. to, tow. and effect—“caus’n uffect”; *®P" me. many teacher-training institutions in the “dayown” for down, “hayoos” for house, “poor” for tonight—“t’night"; I don’t talk, tock, time; tame, ton tin. tan, team: tie. terest among have to—“I don hafta”; tide. tine, toy; twain, twang, twill, twin, of percussionists and the per- pour, “wooter” for five verses—“fi verses”’ tweak, twist, tweed; teaching and training water, “datter” for daughter, dresser twine, twit, twinge. drawer—“dresser draw”; clothes— I very cussion program. “cyaint” for can’t, “clar” for clear, “hyar” for here. “close”; The last A T Form sound briskly and sharply with the tnn Aff rt, . before cup drained deep - -°P. tongue, trifle All vowels should he pure without taint localism. The lass cuh drain deep” ? as ho-t, no-f. ro-t. Pause a of ’ Thvy olaold ™ak ' ng the sought griefs—“The ol grease.” final T hot, not spot. rot. lot; ought, Selecting the Student nadg, rut, sit, t ’ bought: lit. wit. l cat. rat. sat. hat. fat: 8 SUgg6Sted as aids rate. unmusical students as- “ in get - wait, Articulation “ng clarity of mct: date - bate. late, Too often, we find the most enunciation"*" ’ T S Make the T sharp and crisp: little. ne ttle band and 4 , of the school L S d Am ng the easiest crystal, mighty. signed to the percussion section articulation is are those mettle, city, pretty, witty, flighty, Poor due to laziness of tongue and by Se fips ;i b m° , formed Dn ;It alone since is made just like T, only voiced. Let the tongue orchestra. This is of course a serious mistake, a lips. The untrained speaker or singer usually speaks move, not the jaw\ Pronounce percussionist must possess an innate feeling rapidlyfusing^ only a^uic^operSne'of"?)! d do. dame. capable q opening of do - dah. with slit mouth, tight jaw and tongue, and has an the lips, not the center of ^’ 5°' do - d °- Then de. day, the jaw. da?e eal,da dir ’ musical knowledge, *e - dea dog, dice, dine, for rhythm, and considerable unintelligible delivery. Me, me, me, Hoff’ P. dime, dim, doom, Tongue and lips must be free me, me. Similarlv m nr, ai- do” - do?- d y ’ moo> mim, °Re dole, doft. competent teacher ming, mm. Sing. mo, may, T „ , he patience, and perseverance. Any flexible ift P**® j and and the jaw relaxed. Thq tongue particu- P—Lips closed, ^ tongue quickly for this sound. release a little ... tin r > student capable of nuff of a gainst the^ hard release smartly, as knows the difference between a larly needs education. stiff tongue compression of the middle slight do palate arid A or one that pulls of the lips Do not \ po-d. and so forth. ... to teaching. Yet down but see that the lips th aw , bid, learning and one totally indifferent alone are e r< bade, back will render free, intelligible articulation im- product ? l Ppd’ sod. nod. lid. red. bid. only the Und ' fed. breath that is in the mouth. Use blondfblonde, ‘fooH S’ constantly being assigned to the percus- Exerciseexercise 1.i P,p fond, blood, bland, students are possible. The powerful muscles at the base of the Repeat several times. p, p, Pj p blade. sion sections of bands who have absolutely no aptitude tongue are in such close proximity to the vocal Xe twid ' bands : d twiddle < (w»d-*??!riddle ( rid-dle) . diee) fldH? T«2 te as percussionists. that freedom of vocal emission also is seriously im- (fid-dle), middle, wheedle, tweedle. noddle. N Thfc ~ appeal to many students who tip ofor thuicl — Percussion instruments paired by ‘1 maae™de bny boldingholding the tip t an unruly tongue. firmlv aoaine* a! . y fhP front band, y i le hard back of the Pa,ate immediately jj Before considering orchestra teeUi an?d ^S*^ i is w particular methods of training, foma^H J? ntln y»ng the breath. Be sure the tongue it should be noted clear ^ttural tone will result. that enunciation demands the Exerriv^ i> . onf the ond Pranounce rapidly, moving only the tip clear, concise CHORUS toneue-g run. ORCHESTRA utterance of every letter in the word, le 016 a tongue: mm I BAND and n“n nin ,‘ i « move with the Edited by (Prolong ne, i William D. Revelli unless silent. Most faults in diction consist of: William D. R no £i"l the N) n, n. n, n-in. Then lW® Edited by evelli hm’ r nine. DRUM POSITION ow ' neat, "noo ”). BASS new (you. not , net ! un DRUM POSITIONS nit nyo nut, 11 SNARE °t • numb 1 nice. no. not. now. noon, ’ nurse^n nurse » noon, Page 510 nose. ( Continued on "FORWARD MARCH WITH ,r FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 511 MUSIC’ SEPTEMBER . 1944 the etude ”

a couple of and A440 would be thousand pounds INCREASE of string instruc- suppose the pe ITH THE Music and Study What do you Liszt’s Steinway at Weimar was and brass instruments! x at least. of course tion in the public schools, the improve- Music and Study Right you are! One 30 cussion equipment included? A435. ment in group teaching methods has two 14" x 8 snare drums 16" single tension bass drum, Would be glad to have Mr. Smith drop in W When a large number of fairly well, his homework imperative. instrument NaturaHy th^. when become handle his rudi- inferior pair of cymbals. York and look over what rudimental drumming; he can perform all the and a very he is in New source students are being taught at the same time, the should be encouraged with regular assignments performance was greatly impaire have. ments very efficiently. The various stroke rolls, flams, band’s material I question arises whether it is possible to maintain and with solo playing within the class. percussion section. Theodore E. paradiddles, ratamacues, and other rudimental nota- entrance of the Steinway" within such a group a high quality of individual For the advancing student, private lessons recommendations I would ““e tions are tossed off without the slightest hesitation. Following are a few although the mass production of will eventually become necessary. Playing always len playing. For, Class Teaching should prove of value w Yet this same drummer who has mastered every rudi- suggest, and which instrumental players has a great value, it is in a group will not permit the development of being considered. ment, is a total failure asked to sight-read even lection of percussion equipment is when justified only if it does not prevent the growth a really keen sense of intonation, and tone qual- snare and bass drums should the intermediate selections from the repertory of the For concert bands, the exceptionally talented student to the ity will suffer even more. At this stage the num- s ou of the that is, each head band or orchestra. The answer to this problem lies in be of separate tension; level. Lumping dozens of be- ber of class lessons could be decreased r oi highest possible weekly size should be as follows: the manner in which the rudiments were taught or tighten separately. The Musical “orchestras,” regardless of age and if the homework of the student is guaranteed. snare drum Extraordinary Diplomacy ginners into of the Violin or orchestra, the learned. They were probably presented without any the small concert band without giving them a thorough prepara- For older beginners, class teaching is a real band oi talent, specific application, and learned problems 14" 9" or 15" x 8". For the large concert as isolated of x Overseas Motion Picture Bureau of the in handling their instruments, will not blessing. These frequently lose ambition in pri- 9" recommended. The Office of tion of technic rather than as means to reading the nota- orchestra the 14" x 10" or 15" x is War Information has hit upon a plan to celebrate bring success. A good orchestra is composed of vate study because they are too advanced mu- field or parade drums the tions as presented on the drum score. The percussion The marching band should use players; hence, instruction must sically their product. In liberation of Italy by the Allies through a singular good, individual to be satisfied with own section 12" 16" 12". Bass Drum sizes are recom- can never be unified or played with precision of 15" x or x specific as well as general. classes where they have the companionship of to musical bond. It is a thirty-five minute film entitled be and musical taste until each member has been thor- follows: For the small band of twenty mended as presenting classes for beginners should be as others with the same problems, their patience bands of “Arturo Toscanini," the Maestro, the NBC String oughly taught the application of the rudiments. All thirty members the 30" x 16" is preferred. For Symphony Orchestra, Jan Pearce, Metropolitan homogeneous as possible. Violins, violas, and usually lasts long enough to help them through the patterns of the various notations represent a com- forty-five pieces the 32" x 16" is the most Opera thirty to more if they are taught sepa- the critical period, during which they may gain tenor, and the Westminster Choir. The film opens with violoncellos profit posite of the rudiments. Unless the drummer can prop- satisfactory. Bands of more than forty-five will find the very beginning. If this is impossible, a sufficient technis. size a very effective playing of Verdi's La Forza del Destino rately at erly conceive the rudiment, and then apply its notation, the 36" x 16" bass drum the best. Regardless of its the time* should be devoted to each section to deal separate tension. and closes with his Hymn to Nations, which the he cannot possibly read or execute the pattern as indi- the bass drum should alwavs be Another ideal requi- Practical Application in 1862. The picture gives with its specific problems. A cated on the score. master wrote shots of Tosca- homogeneity of age and musical talent. Cymbals nini at his American home in Riverdale, New York; site is Utilizing the principles outlined above, two variation in the same class makes the The Drummer's Responsibility and Captain Burgess Meredith tells of the efforts Extreme beginner-classes were organized in April, 1941, Cymbals, when played in conjunction with the bass of in America in work harder and less beneficial. as an activity of the Simpson College Prepara- Too many drummers cannot read. Due to the lack of small bands and great Italian refugees combating Fas- drum should be 12" in diameter for talent should be estab- is Toscanini's arrnm:oment A standard of musical tory Department at Indianola, Iowa. Twenty instruction and being prematurely assigned to the crashes, the 16" or 17 cism. One feature of The 14" for larger bands. For hand rhythm test may be Star-Spangled Banner. lished. A graded pitch and children came into classes four or five -times a school band percussion section, they soon acquire the for larger bands. The finest cymbals are the Turkish, prior to any musical training in order to week after school hours, grouped according to is difficult to imagine a film that could do given faulty habit of following other drummers and “faking” K. Zeldian. The common method of using handles on It more determine the student’s fitness for a particular their age and talent. After six weeks of study, to arouse in the hearts of the people of I tally feeling or “improvising” the written drum part. It is always a is discouraged as this hinders the cym- a cymbals to be minimum standard should be required a public demonstration was given. Practically of unbounded gratitude for America’s part in the liber- class. A revelation to witness the astounding and complicated bal tone and frequently causes cymbals to crack. Cym- even for the least promising group. The ability all of the pupils had a good position and bowing rhythmic patterns that are forthcoming from these leather, horsehide, or rawhide and ation of Italy from the deadly swastika. This piece of bal straps made of the difference be- time, in classes million: to sing by note, to recognize at that achieved only because “improvisations” when some of the youngsters take it covered with lamb’s wool for marching purposes (to musical diplomacy will outweigh of words and tween two simple and unlike motives, and the they were not permitted to practice at home. upon themselves to “improve” the written part or com- avoid fatigue) are much more satisfactory than cymbal arguments. ability to reproduce by clapping, simple rhyth- The group performed a few scales, tunes, and pose an original one—all in accordance with their own handles. mical groups, may be regarded as the minimum simple exercises with the piano in the back- particular style preference and imagination. The dis- In later issues of The Etude we will discuss the care requirements to qualify for a violin class. Stu- ground; the tone quality and intonation were appointing factor of these performances is that the of percussion instruments, the teaching of the rudi- dents with serious talent deficiencies should not quite pleasing. “original” part is not adaptable to the composition, ments and technics pertinent to the development of be accepted because they will hinder the entire After this first period, the best students were and neither do any two players agree upon the changes the percussion section. its advancement; sooner or later they permitted to take instruments home and begin to be made. Often we find the band-trained drummer group in will drop out, anyhow an action always harm- to practice; they regarded this a privilege. Grad- opening his rolls, beats, and flams, while the dance- — ful to the class. ually all of them began to work at home, and trained drummer will press his beats to dance rhythm. talent the first year every practiced Unified, accurate, clean percussion performance A slight selection based on a simple after member efficient from three to twelve hours weekly, besides comes only from the same thorough, careful prepara- test makes the work easier and more work preventing too students from par- at class lessons. After eighteen weeks of study, tion and instruction that is prevalent in other instru- without many Experto Credite of all children private lessons were introduced to the ments of the band and orchestra. ticipating. Usually three-fourths _ most above the fourth grade will pass such an ear promising students, who received one half hour More and more, our composers and modern arrangers HERE IS A LINE in Virgil’s “Aeneid” often in place of class lesson. are calling test, offering an ample number from which to per week one Some upon the percussion section for climax col- quoted by lawyers in court, “experto credite" select students. A more serious loss in partici- members were exchanged between classes from orings, crashes, accents, and various complex rhythmic (always believe the expert). reader T A of The otherwise time to time in order to maintain unity. pants is caused by the ignorance of and dynamic shadings. The proper conception of such Etude, Mr. George B. Smith, wrote us, “Can you tell talented will The classes were trained on a plan technics and effects requires the basic desirable students. Even the most by which same musician- me at what pitch (note and vibration rate) Franz ship not show interest in the serious study of an in- the elements of technic were itemized and and taste as are displayed by our wind and string Liszt had his piano tuned for public performance?” strument if they have not been exposed to some taught separately. After the single elements players when they are performing these identical cres- The editor, not being an expert, sent the letter to his were completely mastered, they were cendi, accentuations, colorings, and rhythmic patterns. sympathetic experience in connection with that applied in good friend, Theodore E. Steinway, who replied in his particular Children usually want to various combinations. Thus the functions of How often we witness a performance that is utterly instrument. characteristically clever manner. We pray that Mr. learn an instrument played by some older person gained, less and less piano accompaniment should be the left hand and that of the bow arm were taught. ruined by drummers due to their insistence on over- Steinway s letter will not bring down a torrent of of respect. used, note-reading isolated for powering the entire band! They to for whom they have shown a great deal to avoid any development of “piano dependency.” Furthermore, was a while. seem have but two Mr. Smiths at his busy office. Mr. Steinway wrote: TOSCANINI SPEAKS FROM THE HEART Hence, it is later first hold dynamic levels; namely, loud and louder; their cres- suggested that at a stage of ad- Children were taught to their instruments The new film, in vancement the instructor lead with the violin in his properly, to bow on open strings (without notes) to “Arturo Toscanini/* now being shown Creating a Desire for Learning , cendi are usually too hurried, or lack precision, and “May 10, 1944 Italy is a in hand, part the masterly piece of international diplomacy, of time omitting the piano. The rhyth- use their left fingers ( pizzicato exercises) , to read such players have little conception for tempi changes. Dear James Francis: In localities where violin playing is a tradition, the which the great Italian from mic impulse given by the violin being less distinct The fate of the band, whether on the march or in the conductor sends a message job; but where string playing is music accompanied by rhythmic exercises (marching, I have your kind letter about pitch. This America teacher has an easy is the to his compatriots in Italy, liberated by the Allies than that of the piano, aids the children in their in- clapping) and to sing simple intervals and scales. concert hall, is in the hands of the percussion section. attitude should be created , bete noire of the music business from the tyranny unusual, a sympathetic and has been of the Nazis and the Fascists. tonation they have to The drummers are responsible for the cadence, pre- before organize classes. In many com- but depend upon themselves to Later, when notes were used, the music was first sung kicked around like a football by all attempting to and sundry play well in time. Finally, all outside help should be and clapped, then played pizzicato, cision, and rhythmic background of the marching band. ever since munities the latter condition prevails at present. and finally with Pan blew his pipes! At one time a Czar They are responsible for much of the dynamic con- concentrated so strong- omitted to let the group depend upon its own skill, the bow. To avoid confusion at the start, only the two of Russia had a band made out of pure Schools in most localities have silver and using the piano only occasionally to accompany pieces. middle trasts, rhythmic accompaniment, accents, and colorings ly on the band, that string music has faded out com- strings were used for several weeks. everybody went crazy—the pitch was so high Dependency of one student upon the others should Only unison material was used for several of the concert band. Such responsibility must be given Even Frederick the pletely. In order to improve this situation, good string months, Great, a rather fine flute due consideration every member of the percussion prospective also be avoided. Children learn to imitate at a sur- with piano accompaniment. Part-playing has not by player himself, stuck his neck out playing should be demonstrated often to on it! How Can I Raise My Income? prising rate of speed, and the instructor should be on section, if the band is to perform efficiently. Source material students. A string ensemble from a nearby college, or much value if introduced too early. At the beginning, is easy. Swell articles in the guard lest he might find that one or two members of the time should be spent on the foundation of accu- This will come about only when teachers and con- ‘Encyclopedia Britannica,’ ( Continued an able solo player, can do miracles in preparing the ‘Grove’s Musical Dic- from Page 506) ductors will become more discriminating in their choice demonstra- the class do not read music, but copy the movements rate technic, and on the development of a sense of tionary,’ Oscar Thompson’s ‘Cyclopedia’ ground for a future string program. Such and Helm- of their neighbors with eager eyes. For this reason it of percussion students and when the training of such teacher, but this is is of the audience. rhythm and pitch. No time should be wasted at this holtz: ‘Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen.’ only reasonable if the former tions should be kept on the level to give is better to have each student sit alone rather than students is given just consideration. As grades as a affili- Class teaching can be very successful for beginners stage on learning something too difficult. Part-playing to Mr. Smith’s specific inquiry. Papa member of a faculty. Being Liszt ated with share a stand. can be gradually introduced later on, the stu- was before my time. He the school system gives one prestige. if the teacher can give full attention to each individual when Percussion Equipment stopped playing in public The teacher manual assistance Class lessons should be given frequently, partic- dents can read well. The use of piano accompaniment m 1847 and died in 1888. It is who belongs to both state and national student. In the first stage of study, reasonable to sup- ularly at the beginning. beginner It is indeed difficult to understand the reason for music teachers’ the student acquire A on the violin will prevent a sense of monotony when playing in pose that he never played on a associations is well informed. He finds by the teacher is necessary to help Steinway in public should not be permitted to practice alone until the inferior and obsolete percussion equipment that is the conventions attaining to he has unison. In a class, children get as much satisfaction but of course he had one at his instructive, stimulating, and profitable. a correct position and bowing. Naturally, home in Weimar a fair control of basic technic. Only when he knows being used by many of our high school and college ’ In fact, the class is too large or from playing the standard violin pieces in unison with from 1870 on. progressive teacher is ever the student this would be troublesome if the how to practice, is it wise to let him take his instru- bands. of music; if other hand, piano accompaniment as they do from solo playing. he learns more in order to give more, and the teacher must play the piano. On the thus ment home. Naturally, if the beginner has learned to Just why conductors ' and students will be so dis- he great help, Students appreciate pieces more if they play standard since 1923. Before that we attracts more pupils. He enlarges his personal a pianist-assistant in violin classes is of scales had A435 since reper criminating in the choice of wind or string instruments as long as I can one every public. assuming that he is able to play in time and can do and exercises alternately with the more pleasing remember in the business--}' year and also performs .in and so indiscriminate in the selection of the percus- years. a little harmonizing; he not only keeps time but helps music material. Playing pieces alone offers a one- sion instruments is truly a “sixty-four-dollar question.” Since Liszt Minnie Strain Tatum the beginners in their intonation. A pianist-assistant sided diet and reduces their appreciation. Students must have played in public on I recently was the guest conductor of a ninety-piece Pleve' Simsboro, Louisiana one pupil playing in unison were often called and Erard pianos I would guess frees the instructor so that he may go from upon to play alone. they would be school band. This band owns several thousand dollars between A430 each usable to another to help and direct them in doing things VIOLIN Often the group played pizzicato while one played and A435. These old pianos materials; something which will meet worth of instrumental equipment. had n with bow, Thousands of dollars and could not demands of the to right. Edited by Harold Berkley the thus checking on one and occupying have stood the straff general public. Strive always had been appropriated for the finest woodwind, string, -ach - is the rest of the class at of A440. The difference between the fundamentals may After a satisfactory control over the instrument ( Continued on Page 542) tuning at A43t sos that the student cquire the - 512 SEPTEMBER, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC 515 , 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" THE ETUDE — !

Music and Study DREAM may help a composer create a musical Music and Study composition. When the subconscious mind has been saturated with a problem with the fun- Shall l Teach JSow or A Wa 0 of musical ideas, these may crystallize into Q. I have played the piano damentals Where do Scales Come From? since , nine and am now twenty-one. Was The well-known composer and violin virtuoso, I i ov a dream. Q. Will you explain to Usic me why there are and have been playing fourth-grade ? Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), conceived his “Devil’s so many different names and versions of ces and studying harmony. I have in dream. h*«n? Trill (Trillo del Diavolo ) Sonata” a The the minor scale? The different writers on that I could be a great toW Answers help to m,- told the story to Lalande, French musical theory disagree with one another and if I master himself Questions munity took some piano about pupil, k°!“‘ the naming of the scales, and in the hesitate to do it and ™ 1 who published a book on his voyage to should like astronomer, In a Dream e “It Came case of the so-called "melodic” form one your advice.—E. O. H. in 1765: of my books even prints a descending scale Italy A. have dreamt that I had made a bargain that is different from the ascending one. You asked me a “One night I Conducted by Question Why don’t the theorists make up their which is very hard for me with the Devil for my soul. Everything went at my to answer. in the Subconscious minds and get together on this?—G. L. G. anticipated every one of Great Creators Find Inspiration I have always contended that command; my novel servant a Drn A. Your difficulty is a natural one but pective teacher must be at wishes. Then the idea suggested itself to hand him least a reason my your blast at the music theorists to see what he would do with it. Great was is a bit ably good musician before beginning my violin unfair. Your assumption t when I heard him play, with con- is that it is the _J(ar( 'MJ- Qelirkeni teach, but in your case these my astonishment seem t theorist who makes the scale, but as a skill, a sonata of such exquisite beauty as ly. lAJtildemar d'dchweidieirner be two things against waiting. The summate of fact first flights of imagination. I felt matter the theorist has nothing is the fact that those who surpassed the boldest my want to take to do with it. Music theory is simply an transported, enchanted; my breath failed lessons would probably have no enraptured, in- other violin, tried to re- organized and codified record of usage, rather than to be content with such Doc. opportunity of studying me. and—I awoke. Seizing my I "Dreams are true while they last and do we not live in dreams?” Mus. music; therefore , just as a dictionary is; and a scale is cidental music courses as the college may they must either produce the sounds I had heard. But in vain.” Tennyson (“THE HIGHER PANTHEISM” Professor Emeritus have you as simply an attempt to devise a system willing give credit for. their looked upon the music which he composed be to teacher or no one. The second Tartini that will record the kinds is that as the best he ever had usage of those who Actually, I am interested in two Oberlin College you yourself would probably as a result of this dream learn a great compose the music. Song existed for of college music. I like to think of a col- made. He emphasized the fact that he was not able deal from your teaching experience which many years before ever a musical scale should Music Editor, Webster’s New and music of his dream into the composi- Do you believe in dreams? Your Editor does. He does not refer to the dreams of prophecy lege course as “liberalizing”—it therefore your own to translate the progress as the astrologers of old interpreted as part of their stock in trade. He is convinced, however, that this was formulated, and musician called it “The Devil’s the earliest theo- be an experience that broadens the hori- International Dictionary tion, in its full beauty. He and pianist would be greatly speeded thought-provoking article by a well-known Viennese physician is by no means based upon a fabric of thin rists merely tried to catch the tones zon of the student, gives him a chance up Sonata.” The manuscript hung over th'e door of his On the whole, as a human being, air. For many years he has realized that the regular editorials on musical, artistic, educational, and that were used in the of I be- protection against future songs the day to dip into a number of fields in addition study as though it were a offending the Nativity. Ac- lieve I advise you to begin teaching. technical subjects were out of place in the hallowed moments of mysfery and put them into a regular series, But one. to delving deeply into some one area. visitations of the unholy cordingly, for the December issues, he has written verse in place of these editorials, some of fhese being be sure to intensify your own study and ascending and descending. The reason For the average college student who is Creative workers—musicians, writers, painters, put down in a state very near somnambulism. Two were found upon fhe writing table in his study at practice for the different descending form of the majoring in English or history or science, scientists, inventors—repeatedly have asserted that home, with only the barest dream recollection of his having written them, while one was discovered in melodic minor scale is simply that those a few courses in music, including some they suddenly and unexpectedly found in a dream the morning as an incredible surprise. However, in this latter instance, there must have been an erased Can a Girl illi period of semi-consciousness, as the fluorescent when morning came. who invented melodies found by experi- actual study of playing and singing, will W Only One the solution to a problem, or the motive for a new desk light was found still glowing ence that the musical effect was better be a genuinely liberalizing experience, Hand Study Music? work of art which, in spite of their efforts, they had that way; and the reason the harmonic and I am hoping that in time all col- been unable to find for days or weeks while awake. Q. I have a girl who ranks among the form is the same both ascending and seem like gifts from heaven. leges will not merely allow but will en- first three in her cla.vs in classroom stand- Such dreams sometimes descending is that this the form came into courage such an excursion into the field ing and who has learned to play with The mind is by no means a mental vacuum when existence during the pleasing proficiency an alto horn in scholars believe several times for his musical certainty that it will development of in- of music. I am thinking now of the stu- our body is asleep. Quite a few artists and works. He said of the another sort, and one has no strumental music, particularly beginners' band. She has had some in- unconscious continuation of and dur- dent who is not planning to be a profes- they do their best thinking while they are sleeping. the day’s work during have any result. struction ln piano but she has only one artist ing the rise of the monophonic style. sional musician elects British scientist, Charles V. Boys, who con- sleep: “When an who is occupied with a great There is a fundamental difference between the pro- but who music be- hand (the right) and I am puzzled as to The (The monophonic style, or harmonic after the ap- subject goes to bed at night, his brain during sleep during a dream. cause he likes it, because it makes his how to help her. I have arranged some structed one of his famous machines continues to motion of a work and style, is essentially melody accompanied life richer and more satisfying. of the simplest piec« in The Etude for parition of the idea in his work out things in spite Sleep furthers the creative work by resting the brain; V\T7 Ar, t..r, f-t n ri n.iiU i-U 1 ’ by chords, as contrasted with the earlier right hand alone, but this seems to me to of himself, whether is of body is improved, and this But there is a second type of college dream, tried to give an he the condition mind and be inadequate and I am wondering what polyphonic style which consists essen- of the con- asleep or only half asleep. is good for the work. But no inkling of that which music; namely, the course which is you would suggest. Was it not Maurice explanation tially of a melody accompanied by other Then sleep breaks into consciousness. How- planned for the professional musician Ravel who wrote a concerto for left hand nection. “It is nothing when he awakes goes on during melodies.) alone for friend lost arm in and goes are seen in dream are able to the public performer, the private teacher, a who an more,” he said, “than to his study, he ever, matters which a Does this help you? If not, then the World War I? This is a matter of much is astonished into the clear consciousness of the wak- the church musical director, the music having the mind satu- to find all break through concern to me. Dr. Gchrkens, and I will only other advice that I can give you is subject and his difficulties are solved. ing individual. There is a bridge from dream life to educator in school or college. Such a per- certainly appreciate your help.—J. P. C. rated with a that you study both music theory and The night man has done waking thought. The difficulty lies in the crossing of son needs to broaden his horizon, too, then—if your mind is on early music literature assiduously No question will be answered in so as of course, THE ETUDE A. It seems to me you are handling the to you, all that; the day man is this narrow bridge. Usually the dream disappears into but first of all he needs to dig unless accompanied b it —thoughts come to get a little deeper into ) she full name down your and address the inquirer. situation deal of intelligence, often nothing but a the unconscious as soon as the sleeper wakes. Only down deep and establish his roots firmly of Out , initials, with a grent not by direct intention, subject. or pseudonym given, will be published. scribe.” part of the brain rests during sleep. Some parts of the as a musician. As a matter of fact, this and I commend you both for your fine but out of the sky, out of brain not go to sleep but continue to function. This person needs to have studied music rather attitude toward this girl and for your nowhere.” Goethe, upon various do overexer- intensivel lon pedagogical sagacity ln having her study occasions, expressed the is particularly true after overstimulation or Shall I y e before he comes to col- Attend a Liberal Arts novelist Paul von Heyse lese. But, both an orchestral instrument and piano. Night Man Has same opinion. He was a tion. The German poet and l t . having graduated from high "The C l yi o a C ollege or a School l lusic. success of it; but if you (1830-1914) has emphasized that a thrilling novel ap- of school, where music was one of many are to be a The orchestral instrument will give her Done All That!" sharp and experienced musician activities, you have to start early playing, observer of nature in gen- peared to him during a dream and that he used it , he now engrosses himself inJrl plenty of practice in ensemble Q. I wish to ask your advice about my ke® There are many people going ' In in one of his books. He dreamed an intensive attempt to P most fields one may as well social experience eral, and of human na- nearly unchanged education. I have studied piano and am master the struc- , as a fine type of V n'°m a uarter to who cannot remember that he was strolling with a friend through the main now a beginner jn organ. I sing in a ture of music, to familiarize himself with ° Q a third of one’s —which will have a tendency to keep ture in particular; not of , dream. church choir and have been selected by lme t0 the ma r subject anything of a street of Sestri Levante, a town at the Italian Riviera. its history and literature, and to make _ J° and still pre- her from developing an inferiority com- his own kind of human the choir director to become her future f for a They do not have any They entered the church, and found a tombstone on himself the master of the particular me- successful career in plex, as many handicapped children do. nature. The first idea of assistant. I am eighteen years of age and 77 recollection of what they d ' But ln the which the corpse of a beautiful woman about forty graduated from high school in 1942. dium of expression that he case of music, the with a the great poem, “Prome- Dur- has chosen , And the piano will provide her ' have dreamed, though the ing my high school years I mu st spend from theus” to him in the years old was placed. The sexton of the church told took a secre- for himself. All this must for the next 7 T two-thirds to rich musical experience that will help her came tarial observer, noting course, but I wish to make music ourths of a11 his time any by course of a dream. He two visitors the life story of the dead woman, a four or five years constitute the core- ./f?" in working become a better musician and a more my life work. Here is my problem: I have ms major their restless behavior in poet’s friend activity subject if he is says of his creative activ- duchess, and it was so unusual that the been advised to go to a well-known uni- of his life. But, if during this to be in any appreciative fact that she Se a listener. The sleep, must assume that marvelous versity for master °f it. It is ity that what he noticed said; “That is true fiction, and a romance a Bachelor of Arts course, period he can also make brief excursions !^ the failure of is more intelligent is a11 t ege than ordinarily they been dreaming. all studying music privately at the same time. into 'j°_ admmistrator had while awake during the at that.” This remark saddened the poet— this in other fields—English, languages, his- „ to recognize to within I tVlj the good, and it may be entirely do understand that a liberal education Ce that A good memory for the his dream because his friend had in this way taken tory, science, other makes the well day often developed at — is a great advantage to arts—so as to broaden going so the do so an individual, but t,„Ha 7T possibilities for her to content of a dream is a material although he himself was his horizon music major night into regular dreams. possession of the I feel that I must attend a music con- and enrich his life, he will who is attend- with to consider iT1 „ ,5 , music that she will want those servatory if 1 a s great asset. Only not an author. I am to gain a complete musi- be a finer person and * college. And it Then when he opened his probably a better T™ 7 is the it as a professional later on. There cal education. I would fa f, 6 0t field dreams be used which have to try for a musician for the ttle lead of the can eyes in the morning, there experience. Music, . music for scholarship, I how- school is no hurry’ however, and as couldn’t afford to attend to recognize the about this, are remembered by the Remarkable Instance a conservatory ever, is so demanding a mistress life-enriching va take appeared before him A otherwise. What do you that if u o the present I advise merely to courses entirely outside you conscious mind. Mozart think I should do?—A. F. he is to be successful as a musician he the field of music study either a wonderful new After waking the story was so alive in the poet’s that is an optimistic attitude toward her had a remarkably good must be willing to responsible for the or else a part give up the doing of fact that so of whole story, imagination that he wrote it down immediately. On many piano and a wind instrument. dream memory. is said A. My advice is that you work up a many other things musicians are He which, although inter- self-centered There amount of of a story which already the same day he visited his friend and told him of the group of piano pieces is available a fair to have used his musical and then seek audi- esting and valuable, would interfere good had been present. dream. Half jokingly he said that actually he ought to with material for right alone, but a tions at a number of music schools. his hand dreams repeatedly in his Most development into a fine musician con- Gretry never missed the leave the story to his friend, as he was the one who conservatories deal of it is difficult—like the Ravel compositions. have at least a few schol- Many college called his attention to the material. Laughing, the educators do not under certo I be- opportunity of finding a first arships if that you mention. However, Voltaire, the French TARTINI and you are really good, there stand the difference GIUSEPPE given friend renounced this privilege. Von Heyse added to between majoring lieve mate- melody which was should be no trouble about finding that there Is also some easy philosopher, reported that such in music and majoring in English, science pub- him in a dream. He was the dreamed material which, upon publication as a completely rial, and I write to the he had composed a conservatory. or answered advise you to poems (“Die Frau mathematics. They apply the very5 o of ingenious musical inven- novel, was called “Madam Duchess” same question. pertinentpertment lishers of selection during his dreams, and, as he emphasized, they were quite aware of the rarity Please do not misunderstand my atti- Summing un t ,„in The Etude for a ”) line of . for the reasoning to the prospective right the interesting remark that a composer Marchesa Therein he quoted word word tude general in the easiest pieces and studies for actually not the worst of his poems. Benjamin Frank- tion. He made toward college education. I am musician as to the the“f arU coT report of the sexton; even long names had future doctor, lawyer from important ideas always could be sure of making twelve bars of harmony dreamed strongly in favor of liberal hand alone. By making a selection lin is credited with having conceived education, or housewife. Here they are wrong. discover a melody, to put one’s remained in his memory from the dream. Also Robert It is these and additions- during his dreams. every morning, but to but I believe firmly that if one is to be possible also arranging some conceived several of his stories in to wait until one’s second year very the exact spot—the living, hidden spring Louis Stevenson pieces for get on Andre Erneste Modeste Gretry (1741-1813) had hand on a musician one must build the rest of in college before her, she should particularly the famous “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. deciding to maJoTta Sisfthe prophetic from which is to issue forth the true accent of nature dreams, one’s course around music pcr“n wl^want well, and in spite of her great handicap frequent dreams to which he liked to attach as a core, one of these other fields, 6 of Hyde.” ( Continued on Page 546) and still make 3 profe«ional her to other hand, he used —that, too, may need much labor, but it is labor musician t100 attendatteL I believe you will be able to help meanings and which, on the a conservatory- of live 514 "FORWARD a happy and useful life. 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to say, “All right, you can take lessons, lessons but if trouble about practicing, Music Study we ever have any you must and not going to fight stop, because I am to get you SONG to AUTUMN Immediately a thought is the piano!” raised in the which would never be there if it child’s mind were not suggested by his parent. It makes practicing a bugbear be. which it never should most successfully help The parents who their children to study music are those who put them on a reg- of practice schedule. The best time, if possible, The Great Advantage ular is in the morning before the child goes to school. Otherwise or immediately after it is just before dinner in the home, where evening. In the average the piano is in the living room in which the whole family congregates, Music Study for Children some consideration should be given to the practice period. The family must be patient and must not object to hearing the sometimes (to them) tiresome sound of scales. These are necessary to a thorough training and must be sympathetically endured. On the other hand, it is wise lef (^uc^enLa WJebster to try to get the practice period in at a time when the family will not be there. In some cases, however, this is not desirable. Consider, for Eugenia and Winifred Webster, duo-pianists, have conducted a example, the child who does not highly successful school of music in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. like to be alone, but who will work work in advanced piano While the school has developed the better if he has company. The primary it has made a specialty of work in the p'aying, also parents should understand this and grades. be satisfied to be in the room with Miss Eugenia Webster reports that she has found it most him, quietly following their own necessary to convince parents of the necessity for beginning pursuits, lending moral sup- musical instruction as early in the life of fhe child as feasible. but Since writing this article, she has become a WAC and as The port by their presence. Again, there Etude goes to press, is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey . is the child who can work better if Lieut. Charles Cooke, author of the very successful "Playing he can have privacy, with no in- in way related the Piano for Pleasure" (who, by the way, is no terruptions. to the Editor of The Etude), read this article and suggested

that Miss Webster send it to The Etude . Editor's Note. The Choice oi a Teacher

When the child is old enough and the parents have decided that he A FTER TEN YEARS as a private piano teacher in should begin his study of music, ZA a small city, the writer has become more and careful consideration should be -i X more firmly convinced of the importance of given to the choice of a teacher. musical education. Gone are the days when it was Don't let him begin with just any thought that only those with special musical talent teacher who, perhaps, may be in- should study. Many times those less gifted work harder structing the little girl next door, and, in the end, play much better than those more unless you are sure he is the best talented. Most persons of average intelligence have an available. And don't think the fact inborn love of music and the ability to perform well. that he has been graduated from a By that we do not mean that they are limited to simple well-known conseivatory qualifies melodies, but that they can learn to play the import- him as a good teacher. Not at all. ant musical compositions not only passably, but J Good teachers are bom, not made. actually in a very acceptable manner. Perhaps someone with less train- WINIFRED AND EUGENIA Surprisingly enough, in the matter of practice, the WEBSTER ing is a much better teacher, and adult is, as a rule, the chief concern of the teacher. can guide your child to a real love Children will practice. The years of childhood are the and appreciation of music more play. In the ones set aside for learning, and children will accept past few years the pendulum seems to successfully than the person with man- letters after have practice just as they accept study, according to their swung to an extreme on this. Every parent wishes his name. Also remember that the basic training is his child to have individual inclinations. But the adult who wishes to a happy childhood. Naturally! But of the greatest importance. Don’t decide to begin with learn is different matter. Remember, he is away does a happy childhood depend a now upon playing all day, So-and-So because he charges less, and you want first school, presumably through with scholastic study, or upon learning to fit oneself from for a life which can be to see how your child makes out. That poorer teacher his living. Perhaps he did not have the lived to the fullest only by developing and earning an inquiring may be a fatal mistake and ruin your child's chances opportunity to study music when he was young. Now, mind and the ability to concentrate? of ever learning to play well. however, he feels that he can pay for his own lessons So many teachers have come out with so-called One of the best times to have a child begin his and satisfy his, as yet unfulfilled, desire to play. At “new” methods: “Learn by note.” “Learn each note study of music is at the end of the school year in this stage he finds that he has many more demands on separately.” “Don’t drill the poor little things; they June. This gives him two months in which to get r his time, demands which he feels must come first. won’t like it.” Much of this no doubt is nonsense. We, really good start before he goes into his first complet That is where his self-discipline comes in. He can learn of course, are not going to make things needlessly term and his new adjustments in school in September to play, but he must put himself on schedule and hard, as was done sometimes in the past. Certainly we If possible, have him take two lessons a week for a make time for the necessary practicing. will sugar-coat the tiresome scales and drills as much least the first month. There is so much to learn, an' as possible. But the fact remains, they must be learned. so little can be taught in the first few lessons tha Too Much Play? We should make them interesting, certainly. But we he will not w’eek should have enough to practice for a whole This is why it is so vital to have the study of music also see that they are ’ practiced. The th Then, result will be that for the last four days of begin in childhood. If a good foundation has been too, music is a subject which definitely needs week he will say that he to practice easier, one is grown, to pick it individual instruction. does not need laid, it is when up and Class work can be used also, but because he knows his lesson. He will be quite right go on, whereas the adult who must learn from the it is more effective in conjunction with private lessons Of course, going over value, but beginning has a much harder row to hoe. He must Here is one place where the it would be of great child needs all the atten- 1 children get tired of that and need more variety. Th- start as any child does, because there is no short cut tion of the teacher. Minds work differently. There is a ambitious child alone. to learning. must learn his notes on the music and difference in aptitude. probably would try to go on He The hands are shaped differ- Cooperation between ’parents and teacher is es- on the piano. Because he can use his mind more in- ently. The ear is different. All these factors must be sential. There o dependently, he will learn this much faster. But there considered. can be, however, the wrong kind cooperation, interference is the problem of his hands. His bones and muscles The approach is which actually becomes of the greatest importance, with There is the overzealous eagernes' are set and firm, and cannot react with the ease they complete understanding and cooperatoin mama who, in her between the to help, child it parents becomes a hindrance. with her should. However, with the will to do he can learn, and the teacher. How is a child She sits to be inter- to help him that and that very quickly. ested, when the parents practice, and it never occurs to her say they never cared for the teacher has his perhaps The problem with a child is different. In the first music; that they never would practice when definite methods, which they Mother does not when place, in this day and age, we find the accent not so “took” music lessons? One of the saddest understand. The result is that things that the pupil has learning and industry, as on recreation and can happen is for the forgets for the moment the teacher much on mother of a child eager to what have explained, as can 547' very easily ( Continued on Page 516 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" THE ETUDE TREES AT NIGHT This nebulous little piece gives fine opportunities for contrast and dehc&te pianissimos. While requiring deliberate treatment, the rhythmic flow nevef should be lost. Mrs. Ogle is State President for North Carolina of the National League of American Pen Women. Grade 3-4. KORONIS ON LAKE matter of EVENING ^s c A a attempt this P,if ^difficulty !” andanu notuu* Deven J *°j Some timid players will exclaim, “Six flats! Three staffs! All those runs! y-“ f; black keys make reading In^six^flats (G-flat), the much largely in hut is written on auuLiicL slimstaff totu make readinga easier^ the reading, the melody another — nosition Remember, keyboar in is ^m„cojn os hon. ier than this same piece would be in the Key of C. The pedal is as important as the Minnesota, ra e pedal is the third hand.” Lake Koronis, named for an Indian maiden, is located in MYRA Koronis sings as she glides over the water ADLER Moderato con moto m.m. J = 56 2 3 5 TV I 7 r 3^8 _2 , 4 5 3 5 4 m ±=5 i m vj' la mclodia marcato e legato

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Prelude in B-flat Major, Dp. 28, No. 21

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HETHER Chopin intended or always stress the first measure slightly juxtaposition of the and lighten up on the second. not, his major gorgeously colored B-flat W sombre chord Prelude the Prelude with sharpest possible minor makes the Z c of ’ the funereal despair After great musicians of the present gen- “ are touched with the One by one the 20 the heavens shimmering col- the Baldwin. This choice is made by -low of sunset,-soft eration choose first miracu- (in Measure 17) are than by tradition. While the ors which tone and touch rather transformed into triumphant cloud they do not lously of the Baldwin respect tradition, over the firmament in makers masses marching search for perfec- After the climax rest upon old laurels—ceaseless dazzling procession spectacle fades tone has become (Measures 39-40. the tion is continuous. So the golden Rose mountains and wine-col- flexible, and swiftly. richer, the effortless action even more in the cloak of sea are enveloped ored of fine music more faithful. Two final chords breathe the interpretation night. . . yours... yours even though Baldwin benediction. . This perfection is throughout light of hope shines There The effectively converted to production for war. from the radiant opening to is the Prelude entire Prelude, including meas- Reduce the will always be Baldwins . . . aspiring recitative of the final are now, and the Measures 32-40, and the coda to this again, what a breath-tak- . . . And ures. design. Do not start to work at the the • contrast Chopin achieves with PIANO COMPANY Cincinnati ing eighth-note accompaniment until you THE BALDWIN headlong and turbulent Prelude in G - HAMILTON. HOWARD AND ACBOSON1C PIANOS have memorized and mastered the piece Also built by BALDWIN which follows: minor thoroughly in this form. Decide minutely The student must first reduce the Prel- on your plan of interpretation—how to major to its musical essen- ude in B-flat play the theme, what touches to use, A UNIQUE MUSICAL THEORY METHOD which are: .1) recognition of the tials, what dynamics to employ, where to con- two-measure rhythmic flow, the first for New or Advanced Students—Developed trast, where to subside. measure strong, mp-touch) the second to practice the accompani- Musical Educator comprehension Then begin by an Illustrious > (2) weak ( down-touch ; several . . Note that in pat- ment alone. . of the rhythmic shape and melodic courses sold! places I have suggested some slightly More than 250,000 tern of the theme which persists through- “revolutionary” fingering—this to facili- out the piece, in spite of the rich tapestry tate the legato and to ease the awkward of accompaniment; (3) thorough grasp of In playing the accompaniment, left THEORETICAL WORKS construction of spots. the formal and tonality wrist and gently or right hand, a high English translations) the Prelude. For example, Measures 1-16, by S. M. de S. M. Morcouiller (new forearm will help. to rolling B-flat major with brief “excursions” wide met- Other items: I have given a “Musical Theory” ... 75^ other tonalities'. Measures 17-32, abrupt the ronomic margin ( J=92—116) because Answers—Scores Dj?frams. the sudden 644 Questions and Leans the change to G-flat major with Prelude from the exhaustive, explicit, concise quiz method. natural surge of the An margins for notes. pianissimo and the F-flat in Measure 26 student deftly through all essentials. Wide beginning through the majestic surprise calm Fully indexed. (a stroke of genius ! then the ) ; middle section and back again to the of the . modulation to B-flat major instead vari- on the Musical Theory” . . 50tf quiet coda compels acceleration and “Exercises based C-flat . . the mag- application of major in Measure 33; . Note from the be- Stimulating exercise book for the practical ation of tempo. . . . nificent climax in Measures 39-40 with study progress ginning that the melodic curve of each the over the theme striving for mastery its strongest measures usually has Exercises” . . . $1.50 massed pedal point four “Key to the forces of powerful Note also exercises. on the third measure Indispensable aid for the teacher in correcting daily and. inner voices; stress aggressively thrusting octave (G-flat) Keyed to the student’s assignments. that if a powerful bass and finally, beginning with Measure 45, played at the beginning of Measure 17, the subsiding coda with fragments of the is single tone, a stunning effect Leaders Say: theme, instead of a What Musical and six left-hand reiterations the damper be made by holding down thoroughness and lucid manner in with can “ . Impressed by an added variation at the end for sure these to the last part of Meas- which you have set forth the material. I am pedal from here in English as good measure) of a lovely melodic curve: volumes will have as great an acceptance sure to start Measure BLACK . .” (Signed! FRANK J. ure 32 Be they have had in French . Ex.l build the crescendo in important 33 softly and “Work of the first rank. It embraces all the sure is clear and precise and will be a of two measures. ... Be subiects of music. It “blocks” students.” (Signed) WILFRID PELLETIER in Meas- greathelp to that the dotted half notes also “ concise and orderly presentation. In the hands of precedence over the inner be excellent instruction like ures 50-53 take competent teachers they must the soft tint of sunset color which (Signed) EGON PETRI a important fragments books for students . . voices, for they are survives after the other hues have faded. books and think theme and must be easily identi- “Congratulations ... I have seen your Many Prelude of the are grand.” (Signed) ERNO RAPEE pianists never play the the “benediction they . Even as such. . . well because they are so concerned with fied (last two measures). the “trees” is thematic of the left-hand accompani- we bid a your dealer cannot supply, send check or With this month’s selection If ment that the “forest” of rich melody farewell to the Chopin “Prel- money order to Passes unseen (and unheard!) ... At reluctant twelve will have to wait first, udes ” The other therefore, it is essential to study Meanwhile, many Publisher the another time E. J. MARCOUILLER, Prelude basically, have indi- for as we for Technic of cated are in store 17 E. 42nd St., New York 17 in Ex. 2. surprises first one will . . The As you play the Month addicts. . this, count “one, two” by for it. whole “sprung” next month Watch measures—one count to a measure; be 537 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” SEPTEMBER, 1944 ^ 1 :

mnacuiuu^ Even in later years sne namic values. These objectives are the ° f beauty of her face and fig- Brougham. an actor Johl1 Dependable Technic evolution of years of slow, tiresome preserved the who ah Sir Henry Bishop died in a humorous weekly practice to secure this stability. After it ure, and when periodical ^ her harpist. The un- "Diogenes hys CalIe(i Voice Ueestiois has been secured, the artist can com- 1855, she married Lanterne” n < Continued from Page 495) accustomed legality of his position, and Brougham and a companion mence to shade, to tint, and to give all were > combined to ing at a cafe. dln ' those delicate touches which are a free an acute case of dropsy, William E Burtn within the year and, low actor, who. too, fel' expression of his artistic ideals. The out- kill the gentleman had once nP Alfred the finger not only struck the key but kept Australia, his soul traveled magazine, entered a standing virtuosi leave nothing undone starting from and seated hi, on going down until it reached the “key in insisting to more celestial regions where his gifted their table. The friend at upon stability first. asked Bur bottom.” In other words, the finger rests him past St. he ever read f yinsvercJ Lj EH. NICHOLAS DOUTY Rubinstein, in his advanced years, had harp playing probably got the new comic upon a solid base when the key itself card. “Never except a colossal purview of the art, and has Peter, without even a union when I’m drunk,” rests upon the felt under it. Moreover, emphatic the been accused of dropping a few notes Poor little Anna Riviere, alone again reply. Brougham Wallenstein then it does not do more than this. After the trilling her bowed and under the keyboard. In other words, some at forty-five! After way responded, "Then No questions will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full name sound is made by thank o'*’ the hammer’s striking Argentina, and Brazil, inquirer. initials, or pseudonym given, will be published. insisted that his playing was not always through Chile, “Way‘ °' FRANK and address of the Only the wire, the sound cannot be increased ™ SSj A flawless in notes, although it was magnifi- she returned to New York in 1858 and reader" says by pressure. Still we remember that of facts about cent in the arms of Martin Schultz, a diamond On February 4. statement spirit. We have heard a few of 1873. Mme. Bishop certain teachers, who were very popular san . the great who have slipped now and then. merchant. On March 21 of the following The Last Rose of Summer important subject in Europe, had their pupils push upon appropriate! an Once in Carnegie Hall, a very famous year Anna was the principal singing- enough at the Brooklyn the Academy at recall keyboard after the notes had been there is some four miles every day. To walk "I do not pianist actually forgot a considerable witch in the illustrious performance of memorial benefit for John 'tyed. The Pupil Who Thinks She Can walk three or struck. Tausig Howard Pal! one day and then sit on an and A. P. Ehrlich are for Deagan fifteen or twenty section of the Liszt Sixth Rhapsody, and “Macbeth” organized by Charlotte Cush- the lyricist of Home. Sweet in filling orders Sing Without Hard Work neither said to have approved Home Th delay office chair the rest of the week is of this. Even if be- the critics knew that it occurred, they man at the Academy of Music for the song was, however, no But it’s the kind of delay Q. What can I do to a voice pupil who sensible nor healthy. de Pachmann guilty indication of r7 Marimbas. having read a book was of such a prac- comes discouraged and pays no attention to hiss inspiring? It did not mention it in print the next day. American Dramatic Fund, when Edwin tirement, for in July of two standpoints. 3. Why should one when tice. the same is worth while from usual reply He insisted that when he did this, yZ that proper breathing and so on? Her is a bad habit to get into. Breathing should But these instances of Homer’s Booth played Macbeth, Cushman, the she was the first Nodding famed singer patriotic delay, caused correction is: “Kate Smith sings, and the sound of the note expanded in his ever to First, it’s a to any be noiseless. do not refer to the great number of fine Lady Macbeth, Charles Fisher, the Mac- perform in the Is that statement true? stomach in imagination. Mormon Tabernacle highly important war never had a lesson 4. You speak of drawing your as comprehensive Like many of his itself fact that curious performers by the can give me will be appreciated. expiration. This who play with accurate, sure- duff, and C. Kemble Mason, the Duncan. at Salt Lake City by express Any help you during both inspiration and whims, it was childish nonsense. invitation call on our facilities. N. H. Inquirer. It did orders have first — is, of course, quite incorrect. The stomach has footed, fleet, and satisfying technic in of Brigham Young, who might no more good than pushing upon a have been relatively insignificant nothing to do with breathing; it is part of the bringing the art of the composer to music A Tragic Experience looking for yet Second, it’s a A. Miss Kate Smith has a fine, natural voice, all embracing brick, and its another wife. digestive system. and only possible results could to the lifetime temperament, and a magnetic per- lovers. Yet the average student is likely delay when compared an artistic have Many tours followed for Anna, and the Two years later Mme. Bishop correct for been calluses on the finger tips. went to sonality. What might be perfectly to excuse his needless technical blunders of a truly fine instrument. For Is an Hour Lesson Too Long for a Girl of drama of her life could never be called Capetown, South Africa. satisfaction not do at all for a woman devoid The various methods of administering How could she her, would Fourteen? by inferring that the Homers the DEAGAN gifts. Your pupil is acting work. It . of music century this power to the dull. On February 18, 1866, she sailed on possibly turn down the engagement’ more than half a of her exceptional as piano keyboard have had she wishes to succeed she are entitled to one or two little nods in very foolishly. If she and I have been the “Libelle” from Honolulu to Hong had never been to South Africa. has been a symbol of supremacy Q. I am almost fourteen many protagonists. How the hand should Just to name follow your advice carefully and study every piece. After all, should studying from my present teacher for almost Homer, as an Kong. The good ship foundered and la make things more difficult instrument amateurs lessons. Often be held, how relaxation should for a sixty- in marimbas. If s the hard, or else discontinue her be se- author, was possibly a year. I take one hour-lesson per week and read by a composite small diva, at fifty-six, found herself ship- five-year-old talented pupils are the most difficult should be cured, and how the keys should be at- woman, her tour included prefer and professionals insist upon. the most the hour lesson seems to me to be too long. My army of Greek rhapsodists, any one of wrecked on waterless Wake Island with the city of to control. is below Middle C to A before tacked, have been the casus belli Kimberley, to reach which answer range from A of in- whom J. C. DEAGAN, INC. It would be very tactless for us to was capable of a cat nap in his a few kegs of Angelica wine between the involved high C. My lessons consist of one half-hour of numerable wars between various a 500-mile jolt in coaches Avenue, Chicago 13, III. questions concerning the stars tech- time. all and 1770 B.rt»au any personal scales and exercises and one half-hour of songs. professional and We are, now and then. ship’s to Miss nical company and death by thirst. The Cape carts over ii.--. screen, or radio. Write camps ever since Czerny, Jaell, Iy made dirt roads of opera, stage, Please advise me on the length of my lessons men dug for in care of the radio station over Deppe, water without avail and and unbridged ri\ • Kate Smith too young to study? Leschetizky, Philipp, Breithaupt, . if it’s true that and whether I am she is singing. Enclose a self-addressed, strict rationing began which 2. I tonsils. Would it affect my on the fifth her - have bad and Matthay gave day. nature mellow i in old will reply. us their prescriptions age, such a stamped envelope and perhaps she laymen alike, for After a three-hour struggle, a person as well voice to have them taken out? and enriched the understanding 200-gallon jolt was liable to transform her milk She is a very charming, kindly of the of 3. My teacher insists that I make up missed keg which remained on shipboard famous singer. finesse of touch. Many who Lo! was human kindness n-.to butter. In as a I ill making two hour-lessons in saw Jose Here the Gentle 1881, lessons if am , beached intact, but it against this. Iturbi at the keyboard in the film, was obvious that Anna gave still another concert one week. My mother is very much the “As at Stein- Breathing Exercises it will enrich the company, dividing the water Breathing and My teacher says it will not hurt me.—D. K. H. Thousands Cheer,” in which his hands and the way Hall, and in 1883 tat the age of has started voice lessons on the screen Lark! provisions, had to set sail for the La- seventy-three) Join the Patriotic Parade of Q. My daughter were magnified to the , appeared for the last the she is being very young, and if you study and I am worried about way A. You are size drone Islands, some 1,400 miles distant, time the Songs in she must teacher must of any of hams, were surprised to note that at a Gilmore band concert. She died Those Who Are Using to breathe. Her teacher says singing seriously at fourteen your knowledge ( Continued from Page taught his 507) or die miserably when the contents and exhale slowly as she careful that your exercises are designed so hand position was not at all like that of of apoplexy in March. 1884, in New York, National War Effort Folio draw her stomach in be the all his pupils act strain your voice. Your motto of the keg gave out. sings. It seems to me that that you will not exponents of the Leschetizky tradition, where her declining years had been songs ican audience loved her dearly. Only rival A series of si* dedicatory are gasping for breath, and they must be to “make haste slowly.” Never sing too or The captain and eight as if they it!" that which Matthay endorses, yet his men took the spent. all America will want to sing. their shoulders when high, or too loud until you person reading singers were heard to criticize her. have a tendency to move long at a time, too On smaller boat and were for Uncle Sam. to expand the rudiments of brilliant and lacy playing has won him never heard of 1. We’re Building Ships breathing. I was always taught are older and have mastered the Anna’s last trip to the Pacific Coast, one stom- international again. Anna and others took Are the Men of the Merchant Marine. and then, when exhaling, the voice production. Have a heart-to-heart talk admiration among pianists. of these the larger 2. We diaphragm remarked gushingly to the Bandanna. naturally drawn in. It seems much with your teacher about these suggestions. one and after sailing almost 3. Anna she wears a Red ach was The technic of making blunders is often prima without aid hold the tones of course, they donna: “I am delighted to meet Uncle Sam. easier to breathe deeply and 2. If your tonsils are diseased except from the stars 4. We’re Working all for developed very early in the for thirteen days, out. If they are only temporarily student’s you, for I barely Tvay. . should come remember hearing your Remember Me to Lillian. this suddenly Guam appeared to 5. uses is to breathe with a they may possibly be cured by the study career. Training in surety should charming voice, their hun- Selecting Music to Fit 2. One exercise he infected either in Stockholm or 6. Then Came MacArthur. in. Please may I medicines. A thorough start gry eyes with all the suddenness hiss and draw the stomach application of certain at the first lesson. In these days somewhere else of a would nearly forty years ago.” mirage. They have your opinion?—Mrs. R. V. U. examination by a good throat doctor there has come into quite general disembarked and went on It is use, “Yes, my dear,” responded Mme. Bishop Price $1.50 determine the correct procedure for you. to Manila. Anna had the Hall of the acts of inspira- to methods of teaching in which teachers, laughingly. lost her wardrobe, Order direct from the Author and Publisher A. Your description easy to take the tonsils out but impossible “Isn’t it delightful to possess neither accurate nor her music, and all her tion and expiration is them back again. fearing rigidity, have encouraged a kind such a jewelry but not WM. O. ROCHOW germ of put memory, for we must both yet you seem to have the last question have the glorious spirit ( Continued from Page 500) scientific, 3. We have really answered your of ultralimp, “fluffy” style of playing been which made her one 732S-A West Chester Pike. Upper Darby, Po. mind. Perhaps you breathe children then.” the idea in your in our first paragraph. If you and your teacher of the most admirable process badly. Here which, if overdone, can result in in- musical troupers correctly, but describe the good old common sense, the an Anna and her harpist continued hap- exercise care and their of all time. condensed description of what great benefit to you. secure, unsteady, stumbling performance, journeys pianists of the Romantic era, after over- is a short, you lessons should surely be of around the world until she be- Instead TRAIN when you inspire and also when making fine piano of collapsing from the virtuoso pens playing impossible. A came famous as exposure coming the purely technical should get a few books upon the the most widely traveled and taking expire. You That Tires Easily: Sore Throat technic, after all, is to her bed, Anna the upon the anatomy A Voice like the works of a vocalist of her Bishop took pianism which prevailed throughout subject, especially a book generation. She even pen- a deep, clarified in sing more than two or three fine watch: no operatic breath and century, chest, and have this matter Q. I cannot matter if the case is of etrated to went back first decades of the nineteenth of the and my Kasan, the capital of Tartary, to work. staves without a pain in my throat, platinum and gold, encrusted She immediately gave a ama- next with dia- in 1841, where no other concert transplanted the sonata from the i®\] Results GUARANTEED! diaphragm descends and singing is so soft that a person sitting European artist m Manila, organs— 'Tnsp'na'tlon: The monds, rubies, then went on art We build, strengthen the vocal expand it. Please suggest and emeralds, if the works to Hong Kong teur’s music and salon of T mf by so^d. sci the outer abdominal walls to me can scarcely hear had ever before ventured. brilliant room IK / not with singing lessons-but as a result A lin- and Calcutta silent and cal about the strengthen my vocal cords are no good, the where she entifically correct y°. _n^sfactU)n10 is also an expansion some way for me to watch is no good. That guist, she gave sixteen patronizing socialites, into the limelight and absolutely guarantee complete0 satisraci in front. There sang the national airs of With Sent to no is not a forceful may be removed.. I am is Tar- concerts, touring results. Write for Voice Book. FREE. ribs and back. This so that this deficiency the reason why famous India before Clara ncler ar nt lower teachers have she re- of concert halls. sure, 17 years old unless sinned bv F ? -,. . » « comfortable voice trained at tary in the language of the people To be «£«$Ji 1A r rt perfectly natural, not interested in having my and turned to England PERFECT VOICE INSTITUTE, Sliidw SSM. 64 E. Like St,0HICAG0 effort, but a insisted upon long, patient drilling in and finally to Amer- and Hans been doing since the so need exercises that I can take immediately won their hearts. In Schumann, Anton Rubinstein, action which you have this time, technic-making 1843, ica “for a rest.” whidi you will teacher without injuring exercises, scales, and ar- she spent von Biilow did not play before throngs, moment you were born, and without the aid of a twenty-seven months at the From dead. If the peggios, so that the human mind, then on her sorrow accom- ATTENTION ALL TEACHERS continue doing until you are my throat.—V. B. Concerto mus- San Carlo Opera in Naples, was that, and one cannot imagine Brahms becomes a where she although Available now to you a copyrighted registration descent of the diaphragm description of your vocal difficulty cles, and nervous system her beauty remained, offering natural A. The become so re- appeared 327 times her voice panying the famous Alice Barbi, card that will give your business a professional effort you are apt to injure one of two with her lover con- faffed registration, forceful, willful leads us to believe that it has sponsive and dependable that her. No doubt she audience standing. A combination card for certainly stiffen the the player, ducting. At that had strained his songs, in presence of an practice record, contract, information, vnnrself and you will First, you may have an inflammation If you are a record collector, you period her repertoire her the financial breathing courses: when performing, vocal cords with income tax report. can institute pay for which makes that move may give his entire included a volume of sound running However, the You muscles’of the trunk— of the vocal cords and the muscles undoubtedly have read the many twenty-four different into four figures. jmssed lesson plan if you desire. (A proven plan process. operas. which they of a pleasant, natural cold, or you may have thought to artistic interpretation. were never Rub- that will not lose single pupil). a task instead them, as the result of a and informative leaflets writ- A good Anna sang in Mexico, meant to pro- achievements of Clara Schumann, you a lungs are filled with useful Havana, Australia, duce, and Acclaimed by thousands of parents and pupils as Expiration: After the nasal catarrh and the mucous from the nasal technic makes the difference after constant brought the its orig- ten for Victor’s Musical Masterpiece between Brazil, and eventually overexertion instein, Billow, and Tausig, finest, most useful and attractive card in diaphragm slowly returns to onto your cords during Hong Kong, Cal- they the world. air the °*‘' cavity may drop down finished workmanship and amateur refused to function. feeding against the aPPr injured your albums by Abraham Veinus. Mr. medi- cutta, and Ceylon. There Poor Palmo about by their reform and extraordinary An Unsurpassed advertising specialty. inal position, thus sleep. Second, you may have was only one manager Send amoun, of breath nec- member of our Air ocrity. of the Opera House pianists $1.00 for 12 postpaid cards and full direc- mated vocal bands the cords by loud singing or screaming. We have Veinus, now a country where music was sung in New enrichment of the concert tions for using and returns many, of tone desired. that Anna r getting financial to produce the volume girls who have acted written a book, THE We have been had the misfortune and many times the essary seen several cases where Forces, has reviewing, in our mem- never visited—the land t0 sign Anna repertory, utmost historic cost of card. abdominal, and some of the of her forefa- are of The External leaders at high school football games which is a concise and ories and through UDup afteraff herh voice expiration. as cheer CONCERTO, records, hundreds of thers, France. Had had started to de- artistic CURTIS M. GILLUM muscles also take part m the vocal apparatus that she gone there, Bochsa importance. dorsal, or have so injured readable survey of concertos from performances teriorate. He hastened Music Studios always an open question whethm; examina- by great piano virtuosi, would have been his bankruptcy big concer 76 South Ind. 2. It is they became almost voiceless. An seized by the minions by Therefore, when in our 14th Street, Richmond, breathing gymnastics. They the sixteenth century to almost last and in all of charging only a not one should use a competent physician, especially a them we retain first of all of the law. dollar for the first the treasures the muscles con- tion by balcony halls great artists display designed to strengthen all would determine the cause month. It’s valuable for reference a vivid memory of and fifty cents for per are cubic ca- throat specialist, the fact that the In 1852, the second a to be breathing, to enlarge the a remedy discus- Anna sang in English for the scale of music conceived and created vened in 01 your trouble and he would suggest and stimulating for musical player which could ^RE YOU INVASION MINDED? elasticity of the lungs, has a definite artistic design of the first never support an never pacity of the chest, the treatment. No book of exercises The Neiv time in Flotow’s “Martha” and op- formed in intimate rooms, they If 01 a course of sion.”—ROBERT SIMON, two era company unless improve the control of the breath. from a good musical painting the virtuoso takes it years later every night serv LIBERTY Ind to can take the place of lessons $3.50 she was acclaimed in “Norma.” were a theless perform great educational BELL OF 1944 things they are valuable, if, on Yorker complete sell-out. new inspiring right they do these However, Shaw & Lindsay’s . song will put you in the teacher. upon himself to recreate in art; It was said an soi’rit stiffness singing second, In between she of this musicians nd kepP up Ore morale of those around you. lead to muscular appeared in the ices to numberless young Ran*;. file contrary, they Vocal Technique” is espe- music dealer’s your bookseller’s, or Golden ugiy and not 0ur Community a service by book, “Educational At your , every note is struck definitely too successful usingu, .* A West Chester Pike, Upper Darby, Pa. are done with p keep burning ( , SngCT Sthey Palmo s \ Opera House rTojesst-onal copies available. Public performance it is wise to The Etude. next came un- in not overdone. For example, 338 their homes. mm2 and "FORWARD 339 MARCH WITH MUSIC” ETUDE "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE SEPTEMBER, 1944 ' l ' • s

to the medi- realization of the key, not by Alan Gray, and smaller collections by the subdominant—from C A keeping grip of the The Organist as a the dominant—from C to E steady rthythm, and Fry and Whitehead are excellent for this ant becomes not In t ' the tonic from ing ahead. Candidates imagine purpose. I recommend these free accom- the mediant becomes — difflemn becomes the leading where no difficulties exist, PIANO TEACHERS! Teacher paniments also as being useful as a sort C to F the mediant more 0ft and Choir Orestions than not on account of lack Organ of branch on which to grow a short tone, and so on. of confide ( Continued, modulation Transposition suffered because from Page 509) interlude, the sort of interlude that oc- Even this sort of simple the piavo?' a most helpful little lost their sense of tonality, a curs in any service and which is usually needs practice and fault tl t We must take advantage “Manual can be overcome only of repeated filled up by the organist with a few book on the subject is Orem’s by constant praT SPEED DRILLS notes in a to tice. In simple a tune emphasize the rhythm. the best books of extemporizing meaningless chords that are only irri- of Modulation,” one of tests ve Ânswered by HENRY S. FRY, Mus. Doc. For example, in the hymn Now Thank student. We sug- few seemed to realize the tating. Far better to use part of the hymn its kind for the organ essential cha/ foT Teaching Beginners We All Our God, to tie the repeated notes the modu- acter of the theme +' or anthem just sung with some replace- gest that organists write out and many failed be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full would show poor musicianship. The lift of if convey its mood in questions trill ment of chords and harmony. Here the lations from all keys to the key G ; their No improvisation the inquirer. Only initials, or pseudonym given, will be pub- Reading between repeated chords will name and address of Sight depend on teacher can give wise hints and very this were done, the poor old Doxology This test, perhaps more than any other Naturally, in fairness to all friends and advertisers, we can express no opinions the acoustics of the building, but we must practical treatment it is an indication of the ’ lished advice. would begin to receive the musical incliviri,, to the relative qualities of various organs. avoid anything approaching as Keyboard Finder and the staccato Modulation is another art which the deserves. ality of the player. Complete Set of 32 Cards, — Only 50 of the pianoforte. In this day, when uni- organ teacher can students during The serious teacher Book of Instructions f help cultivate. The In examining young will keep in mind son singing of the hymns is finding its church organist understands this to past few years a number of common all these things and impress Drill No. 1 the his students church a mixed group ment to an upright piano? Also, where I could rightful place, free accompaniment n We have at our For stressing visual to mean the shortest way from one key to points of failure have become increas- with their vital importance. have get it connected to the piano at no great ex- quickly learned by tiny tots, There is For the past two years we SIGHT-PLAYING easily and accuracy one or more verses of a no tinders. two- Cards. hymn will prove another, usually through not more than ingly apparent and should have the easy and quick road social functions, both rel.tr- pense? How would you suggest playing a any age, with these Speed Dull and the organist at numerous or beginners of most effective if the instrument La9 organizations. There is manual pipe organ without using the pedals for class or individual is of a three or four chords. One of my teachers attention of organ teachers. The man- with patience and enthusiasm f'” *nri fra ernal Makes teaching easier and quicker will be whether in an emergency? Is there any way of learning size to warrant it. Few organists can considerable discussion as to do used to say, “When you modulate draw agement of the organ and choice of stops able to guide and direct his aZays the pedals without having a pedal- instruction. students . which to play this sort of thing so wear our choir robes. extempore, but with a the fingers closer to Should Will you advise ways in which a together from the were consistently unsatisfactory. Tonal that they may in turn fulfill their gowns with white collars. board? Drills consist of 32 cards with little work and duties Znsist of black organ- EASY TO USE— Speed study most of us can position in which they this matter-whether person might get a position as assistant were.” This changes were generally too abrupt, and as organists in a manner entirely you advise me on and easy-to-follow instructions for their use. On write out a free worthy Can outside the ist in a smaller church? (Other than want- complete accompaniment that is good advice and will save one to another of their S?” lowns should be worn the staff which cor- many a movement from manual high calling. ads.) Should the Postlude or Recessional each card is a picture of the note on will be in good taste and not too extreme. poor R- M- keyboard. Xhus, modulation. Keeping in mind the was a frequent source of trouble. Un- church?— Marches be played “full organ” in a large responds with the key on the piano For those who feel they cannot 16' than the written do this seven notes of the scale tonic, super- of uncertain finger church? Explain Swell to Great —J. L. C. the student learns through his eyes, rather — steadiness pulse and wearing of the choir robes depends 2 there are a few A The c t each note. Drill No. collections published tonic, mediant, the church author- or spoken word, the location and position subdominant, dominant, technic were other weak points. Sight- on the decision of For instant recognition that will prove useful. largely being A. We are sending you the names of three Two books of submediant and leading we feel that the robes, of keyboard positions tone—we find reading was nearly always an outstand- The Bell Lyre in flin ties although your neighborhood, to whom we Speed Drills are an advanced descants arranged by Shaw, Junior church vestments, should not be builders in AN ADVANCED STEP— a collection that to go from C to G the tonic becomes nart of the your needs, and ask the note on ing weakness due in most part to non- even though religious suggest you communicate step in aiding the student to quickly identify Sed for secular affairs ad- robes that for prices. We are also sending you the the piano. These handy cards Perhaps a set of i staff with the key on music is used. pedal-board for the High School Class the church dress of a person who has a the keyboard posi- Room not be used except outs.de stress visual accuracy, recognition of would sale (we believe radiating, but not concave). secured from the money for paid rapid visual, mental and muscular could be recommend that you play the bass part in tions, producing the choir. We engagements for an octave lower to suggest the coordination. inia Wo,•riion octaves or b y-j pedals, in omitting the use of the latter. You specification for a proposed pictures. This Q. Enclosed find over on the Swell Organ THE LARGE NOTES make vivid mental Would be glad to might play the hymns three-manual church organ. con- but best of r” ... children like Speed long been or and transfer the hands to the Great for feature is important, T HAS the problem of the any suggestions as to alterations lesson, and the receive playing in this man- should be used at . j first Drill No. 3 advise enclosing the gregational singing. When Drills. They music teacher to encourage and in- additions. Would you hand, practice. For stressing rapidity Diapasons be ner play three notes with the right pupil should have a set for daily home Great organ? If should the playing the keys I spire the students of the junior high transferring the tenor part to the right hand OPPORTUNITIES ' to enclose included in the box Is it customary a re- school to It in new position when neces- is becoming more i l more of age love music and to bridge in different swell and playing SIGHT-PLAYING parts of the Pedal Organ course, as should the organ? sary. This is for an emergency, of of pianists, and students at the very start, gap from the elementary grades to boxes? How should this bMandolin room THIRD program, the old familiar nursery We make some suggestions of changes in the you. Advanced Composition Choral Conducting Saxophone Ear Training Sight rhymes and folksongs Every- specification. In the Great organ w*.- suggest a $150.00 & Singing Clarinet Reed Organ are used. SONG CONTEST, History of Music Harmonic Flute 8'. proposed Swell organ U °ance Band Arranging Banjo one, no matter what age, enjoys the old In the Look back over the past year! What we find details, write Put it down tunes a Tibia Clausa, which is an unusual For again. These melodies have a store stop progress have you made? Name. . . . in present-day specifica- Adult or Juvenile Church organ postwar list of information, for- tions. MUSIC on your namely scales, triad and we suggest that if included, it be THE HARMONY If you are ambitious to make further Street No. mations, and so on. One of the favorites omitted from ensemble effects. In the Swell TONKabinets for phonograph records are already on the post- progress, enjoy greater recognition, organ PUBLISHERS of music lovers. These beautiful is we suggest a Celeste stop and a war shopping lists or thousands City the popular London Chimes. Vox famous Tonk occa- and increasing financial returns, then Viole Celeste would cabinets, made by the craftsmen who create ^ ' ' if possible. The latter stop Illinois Are you teaching now? Chicago 90, sional furniture, are worthy of finest home interiors. Styles for all you owe it to yourself to find out If so, how many pupils haveôu>' have to be of two ranks unless an equivalent Box 743, Do you hold types of rooms; sizes to protect all sizes of record collections. this a Teacher's Certificate? Have is included Choir organ what great Home Study Musical you studied Harmony?'" ? fop with it. The Ask your dealer. TONK MFG. CO. Would you like to earn the Degree V includes Organization has to offer you. At of Bachelor of Music? a Viol d'Orchestre and a Voix Celeste. f the Viol d'Orchestre is included, the Voix Celeste should be a Viole Celeste if built on the Viol d'Orchestre. In the Pedal organ we suggest the University Extension a soft 32' stop in addition to the Open For Lovers of x , wood 32'. You state there will be a little MUSIC TOlUCabinets Conservator Ulrica SACRED u tion, but we are wondering if quite an , SONGS , HYMNALS, I RADIO 1 5 2 5 EAST * The class all the amount of 53RD STREET (DEPT. A- 4 5 2 transposed this into unification is not included in the SOLOS, DUETS & TRIOS — for your sheet music CHICAGO specification. ILL. keys. After knowing syllable names BUILDER the CHRISTMAS PROGRAM phonograph record ” !,‘M‘ for of the song, the ..M ...J •I ««». »— it was very easy for Q- Would it be possible to send the Writ* Today I for you 292J-CF Troozt Avenue ( Continued, 552) ation CITY I*. NO. on Page y°u sent J. C. in an edition of HELENAS PUB. CO. KANSAS 540 Thîe 'FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” Etude, regarding a pedal-board attach- THE ETUDE n k A nîr iv/TTLJ MTIVIT3 . 4 . C^ a S I2 — —

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different. It is the speech of the soul. flections and emphases have come to lin-M. HAROLD BERKLEY I can say truly that when I play, I know that have shown me something JnuuerJ Lf i , Ic® 1 Music You Need nothing about the fingering I use or the realize before. questions will be ansivered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full name positions in which I play. I seek only to “To my mind, it all comes No back . to th. Only initials, or pseudonym given, will be published give back, from heart, the thing that conviction that and address of the inquirer. my musicianship is • • • • right the m t in your the music has stimulated in my heart. direct expression of own personality Thnf Once, after a concert, I was greatly star- one way of perfecting 44AfAihed 'UJcdteAL musicianship is tn luf, tled by a cordial lady who came to me conquer oneself; to rid oneself home or studio! of mean Kathleen -Qtmou* cumbers 6 In ever increasing and said, ‘Ch, Mr. KreiSler, do tell me nesses; to live the sort of Ysaye had any special standard for fhe better life one ran An Unknown Maker 2. I do not know that tions are becoming of s belief t, grateful they were three movements of Century what you were thinking of when you admire. The ‘artist’s life,' _ , . avs told us how "program” for the last teachers* proof Indeed, in its best simplifier of music. mani Written so that pupils J. A. G., Saskatchewan, Canada. I have not conception that tne is the ideal hl 0 h e the Armour pieces. — the Franck “Sonata.” His Walter Rolfe conv®niences of played that Eeethovcn!’ Naturally, I was festation, is f feelmg and “Presser Service” MUSIC anything but a round them, and based on sound find trace a violin maker was like the discernible loss of flueney PP^ a ^ 5i? TEACH- of fun" °ii»niov playing9 been able to any of opening of the first movement Without brings the others active that .her this superb musician m the Music Profession thinking of only one thing the music parties, practice it is no wonder in a pupd of tllSi musical values, c mav order mate — and gaiety! It is a constant A ching by the name of Numberger who worked dawn was passed on to me by are not vet skilled a na n prob popularity every year Here Is a greatest music to those who Wlth eturn Privileges of Beethoven. works gain in Bohemia. There were several makers by that of the “Sonata’ is so ex- on music not used, And to lose myself so coming of values, a constant Armours numbers After all, the music the original versions. Thisi ms permits ( < desire to of Kathleen enough to plav permte Ththe selections '5e t of/ music, be the listing name who worked in Markneukirchen, Ger- deeply felt that one does no at vour leisure rie-ht in vom- pletely in the music I am playing as to person "Century Edition at 15c a copy. pressive and so one wants to be. Certainly Available in it, or to con- Amaryllis. C—2.. without expending no one many, however, and two of them were named need to search for a program in 3213 ^’mJ'taikowsky 1 any money ’before . 0-2 Cantabile ssuitabiA tab 7' finding forget, for the moment, which vibrations ever Auld Lang Syne. of something else. 3382 Andante Lamare Tmatee materialsria^ for reaches his ideal, but 3467 .(‘—I Karl. They made strong healthy violins of a sider it as an interpretation 2 ...... your needs. (Ask for details of our the act of 3383 Andantino, F .Heller exanvna- .<* 1 are • today Op. 45, leSeS S° th&t the musical ones ar.d which are part striving does something Carrrptown Races (jôste « rather superior commercial quality which 3356 Avalanche, Dora y°U may know the liberal to the spirit ?462 Butterflies, 2. —uon terms of “Presser that Me Back to Old Vlrg.nny hundred Perhaps a Trade Name 3538 Blue G— -MerKei ServKe”.) of my own being, 3468 Carry 02 are worth about one hundred or one The, Op. 81. No. 4. C -• means that I am play- can never be lost. In and Out not been 3357 Butterfly, 3155 Darting is better known Alberta, Canada.—I have (Symphony No. 81. I ing j,m-S and fifty dollars. The family D. C., 3179 Chicadee “•“SgJSs...Hems my best. “The true artist anything about a violin maker Christmas Eve. Op. 43, G—2 is, in Henley’s for its bows, some of which are of really ex- able to find out 3358 words by Elegie. .Em— “Naturally, Goodnight Ladies Huscroft. He is probably employed 3216 musicianship means con- •The captain of his soul.' 3463 ii-flat— cellent quality. named Finlandia, 3 And when tho*e on the label in- 3388 G— EeetliiSthevemoien Paris, firm whose name appears Fuer Elise. Am—2 Send jôr stant alertness, constant learning. sheerly 2. Jean Remy, 1770-1854, worked in the 3386 Some oj! . . And human qualities shine forth firm is old established 3545 La Fontaine.. from Little Dutch Dance of rather large model, side the violin. The 3145 J, | France. His violins are a Zmgana (Mazurka). A..i—3 there is no one from whom one cannot his playing, .... and instruments they 3363 La 0,585 he convinces others. 3146 Luis? eZ{ clean workmanship. He used both and highly respected, Le Secret (inter. Piz.), F—2 Tone, Marietta J but of good, made. They 3364 Rehnbert learn. More than once, I 3147 r put on the market are well have stood near technic, fleetness, are 00 light and dark-brown varnish, and usually have A*bar never goals in .' dollars. Without 3220 Merry Widow Waltz, F—2 Bon!,’in Lto* o»» th worth sell for about two hundred unopiu a pocr street fiddler and have learned themselves. tiff gy branded his instruments. Today they are possibly say 3221 Military Polonaise. C—2 PRESSER' They are simply the 3150 Nannette your violin, I cannot Fleurs, (Naila), C—2 mears dollars, hearing 3547 Pas bes^ something Susanna i| <»n*r).. around two hundred to three hundred Have ^pici, from him. Certainly, his 3464 Oh concert work. 3 ." * * tonal by which is suitable for " the artist makes manifest at Home (Foster) of his more whether ft Sehirarenka those 3465 Old Folks j, according to condition; but some so. alee PnfiTh Dance "6d* * Pm—3 * and technical in a fairly large hall? If equipment were not of the thoughts, 3466 Polly Wolty Doodle much as five vou played it No!). C-2.Beethor™ feelings, and aspirations for and Down careful copies have sold for as will tell you 3180 Prayer, T(§hSLZy 3151 Roaming Up reaction of your listeners purest— yet, [he : '. and in a human The '. "ON way, in- which he Shepherd'* Lullaby. hundred dollars. ' ! MemletouSn APPROVAL' can never find 3153 Li pfiesta? M^h.'F-TT words.” - it is satisfactory. 3395 3144 Singing in the Glen whether Capriccioso, 3. Menddssohn ‘ 3223 Rondo O— 3157 Soldiers All * Spangled B-anner Excellent Copy 3472 Star £ Not a Violin Problem An III! 3192 Two Guitars , violin is gen- PACKAGES Minstrel, The *- v A., Wisconsin . —If your 3152 Wandering A. W. question is rather hundred and St a N. F., New York.—Your is worth between two Tales from Vienna Woods, G l Modern Piano Method for Beginners uine. it date 3398 p rY^ Examine A territ 7. and calls for the advice dollars. But the 3225 To Spring, F—3...... this music at your riano, make your outside my fifty and four hundred rhtmfnutiopiii 3196 Part 1 a violinist. 1841-187. Oinn Valse Od 64. No. 2, Am— 1 *1 t rn Us he music Keyboard of an otologist ratner than that of is wrong. Otto Bausch, 15. —2. Brahms »° not wanted. J ,,,, ;,. tllo jitters on tho on the label Waltz in A -flat. Op. 39. No. SSwSi!?credit m u } sincere good 3193 will be allowed for that you have my and was a Flowers, 2. . . -Tschaiko^ky returned music, 3197 Part^l But I must assure you worked in Leipzig, Germany, 3327 Waltz of the V— and this may be any or all . Tlmo Signatures Strad Am i MacDoweu of the music you I ;1I Moaaurea, to have a buzzing in your ear when- He followed the 3372 Witches Dance, receive ‘ sympathy— thorough craftsman. on approval”. You pry oi of Century’s only ' red listing Any of these packages for the 3198 must be a severe nervous strain. violins usually have Tlie above is but a partial will music selected and retained, wiitina ExffldM, Flw FbtXer EntdsN ever you play model, and his p’us the nomin-1 chiefly when your sake, ttiat transcriptions by Walter Itolfe. We travel all the way postage cost of Th. 2/4 Time Siunaturc Since you experience this buzzing varnish. I hope, for catalogue listing over to you, sending the mu ic to you. Spe- ass Teaching 3199 PartlV— red-brown to send vou our complete cial packages of the Violin lutrotiucins the Sth Note higher positions, the explana- in transcribing the date. a copy. It'.sfreeonrecuesL that you may inspect covering individual needs as you 3200 Part V— you play in the you made a mistake 3600 mimbens at 15c the hypersen- dealer for Century music. If lie cannot your dealer for Century music. If he tion may be that you have become Ask vour contents, if you simply Ask you, send your order direct to us. will your order direct vibrations. Or it may To Remove Old Rosin supply (.Continued from Page 513) cannot supply you, send sitive to the more rapid mark those you wish to see, catalogue, listing over tension of removing rosin that to us. Our complete be that you are under a nervous Mrs. C. H., Iowa.—For CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. sign your is FREE on request. the strings and name and 3600 numbers, which vou are unaware. In the latter case, a has collected underneath New York, N. Y. necessary. A - 254 West 40th Street address on the coupon THEODORE with a psychiatrist may be of help a good violin cleaner is PRESSER CO. 1 18 theory PUBLISHING CO. consultation bridge, Or, ^' ’ ’ and th= CENTURY MUSIC cause, then an can sell you a bottle. and mail to us* open strings, but this should ta you; if hypersensitivity is the most any repairer 1712 CHESTNUT STREET, Tmetimes^îrhvthm^ 65 254 West 40th Street New York, N. Y. perhaps a can have a very PHiLA. 1, PA . &P ' not be the man to go to, or care to do so. you done - 03 “ results in the otologist is If you PM aT clasTfesso^ rllm TSE* detail at your local dru lkG Va " neurologist. I have answered you in more effective cleaner made up ? weallening of that finger in poor oil. riety • and a I made Fine, raw linseed exceptional and an unforced Hi r* and I hope that the suggestions store The formula is: by mail, water, P°sition ' The against Meanwhile, try turpentine, one part; maintained by Muments will be of some help to you. seven parts; oil of preventing° monotoândtony f LEARN "SWING" MUSIC has been pre- and taking first, scales your the condition may disappear as parts. After the mixture RARE OLD VIOLINS tiredness. other than C major Quick course to reavers of alt InslmmenL^mitke not to worry: four choruses, obbliRatos. shaken, pour a little ownarraiiRemnii ..{ “hot** breaks, r.s it cr.me. the bottle well are weak. It is very r*otes, \vlii>le tones, etc. suddenly pared and easy to demonstrate embellishmer.is, -irations.lAue cloth and rub gently purchased a MODERN DANCE ARRANGING of the mixture on a soft have just Presser A On even 10 children that there is one a clean cloth w. Spproval Note only choruses polish with tare Pac! Reading Later Duets, trios, quartettes and ensembles—special over the violin. Then well-known private collection of kind of ajor of —modulating to oilier keys -suspensions—anticipations Markings old piece of silk—until the • m scale with a number Tempo —preferably an in prime condition. This Beginners nlav hptw « organ points color effects—swingy backgrounds polishing solo violins, all K 6y S are — — completely dry. Keep on HV PIAN0 TEACH- transpositions, and, if children learn to Wrne loony. metronome varnish is opportunity for those who I ! JLNArfvq PILCES. A E N 8 x kept on their „„,i ! M., North Dakota.—The disappeared. 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Koch kSiând'paying . used he German, W. 7th Street, Los Angeles 14, A Violin by for ônly the music I use cmning T STRADIVARI’S HISTORY mg for credit the balance. and return- on the ANTONIO e,c- third finder and ™ Belgian schools, work There were SPECIALISTS IN VIOLINS, BOWS, REPAlPS. difficult and lately to the Havana, Cuba —L on account Miss J. R.. name of CATALOGS and LITERATURE on REQUEST of the of Sevcik, 1 by the maTor Auer, Thomson, Hubay, Carl DEGREED CHOIRM...I ASTER of violin makers c istmg between ORGANIST a number theê.ghteenth the ,°a years andan New Germany in . . York in Name second and fourth Plesch, and others, acquir- experience in NewNew' Lch working fingers. Scales th the means of ersey conducting choirs and choral socie- begHninu- with e t A U andSon ^ ing tone, artistic *es. At Music in a Jer- y them was re- IQlMitwi cCeiViA- fimger are technical skill, and present Director of t te/whidTof the most position in a da'te 'l cann°o Chicago 4, III. ‘ ev church. 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Doring Of course, scale tke violin in in- accepted. their viol as SQUIER, Author $2.50 class, of ; of V. C. Issues for playing can ,• the principles Jde music postage and ex- and the value Specimen Copy 25c— 12 ed to pay for Handhig work, and one Battle Creek, Michigan by neglecting brurnenta I change. Specialty one hundred the ® Playing may be the same, but Give us a trial. Burpee’s is between fourth finger ar h ^hoppe, nowadays 542 " Delton, Mich. and fifty dollars. "FORWARD ' aPpIication of these is diSerezit. hundred 543 MARCH WITH MUSIC” ... ,, sr>û tvnru MTlSir THE ETUDE Anyhow, the rhapsodic element has A*********************^ Torn returned to music, and in ‘ /*\ Music in War purple and J* — W ITI k. I I n tan > A. I* - . _ . . # A. a Tl- i /'I IPHT V gold. It has come up from the TEACHERS bottom * ATTENTION JUST ISSUED! VOCAL as well as down from the top. It is a far Normandy cry from Gershwin’s early “keyboard” * jazz to his Rhapsody in Blue. On the & s ( Continued from Page 499) other hand, Fercy V Grainger and others o“ CADENZAS (Variantes Et Points D'orguel A have not been backward in introducing once so tranquil and idyllic. Caen is in omui saxophones and other “jive” ( instruments flames. How much of its irreplaceable h By MATHILDE MARCHESI into the sacred precincts of the t treasures will survive? In these poignant sym- 1 phony orchestra. * and tragic moments, the thoughts of Again Obtainable If some of the music era mating from I .'ormandy’s sons converge toward the An Outstanding Contribution to the Aims of Vocal Hollywood and the loudspeaker is homeland, toward their relatives and pretty $2.00 Net of Its Kind. . . . awful, the general public Price 'nstruction and the Most Popular Volume is at least get- friends, toward the schoolhouses where in for Years by Vocal Teachers ting larger concepts of the varied CADENCAS Has Been Use Many they studied and the humble little shrines power Available at your favorite music shop or direct from for Every of musical expression. And and Prominent Vocalists the World Over. ... A Must MUM where they prayed. Will a miracle of besides, popular music always has Coloratura Soprano. divine mercy protect them? been pretty awful Many people yearn for the CONSERVATORY Still, above all present sadness and “lovely old EDWARD B. OF MUSIC folksongs” of the past, MARKS MUSIC CORPORATION sorrow, there shines an enlightening per- forgetting that we have kept only the few Year after year for over 50 years serving the finest in music ception: Normandy may go through worth keeping * out of a mass of vulgar rubbish. R.C.A. • • A professional more dark days, and such may be the Building Radio City New York 20, N.Y. I* music school in an *1* attractive 4 *** *T« *•> $» *; $» «$» *x* > ** *** *5* *** *»* ** *** ** ** *** *+* ** ** **4 ** *** *''* *5* *** *** *** : *T« ***>’ *•*« *1* * * ** ** * «J» price *1* «$* *•> 4 *** *** ** * * * ** ** ** *1* :**:**:* 4*4 »> > vj* 4 V V of freedom. But sooner or later A*, «j* *J* v* •J* *J* *J* «J» college town. (Member of the National peace will dawn again in the hearts of Association of Schools of Music.) men. The orchards spreading among roil- ing hills, the shady lanes winding among Thorough instruction for contro- pronouncements carefully selected the pastures, the hedges fragrant with death. It was a great object of (sixty-one this month!) and weary of time to time he issued students in all the as now as to who the “Im- research,” he wrote Edward Speyer. The on Beethoven questions. Some of these branches of music under artist teachers. perfume of hawthorn will once more The Basic Beethoven versy then was. Thayer believed she Trieste consulship was a burden to him; appeared in the Tribune and reflected Special training in hand and be mantled in the white canopy of apple mortal Beloved” choir direction. recognition of Beethoven. blossoms. The Sainte of Lisieux will the Countess Theresa von Bruns- he didn’t mind welcoming American war- the growing more t Continued, from Page 436) was In 1888 his association with Henry Write for catalogue describing Oberlin’s than ever dispense her Shower of Roses. wick, but beyond stating his evidence he ships and helping stranded American conservatory became And Normandy will Thayer's is an honest Beethoven. permitted no reflections. “It is not im- seamen, but disliked the regular burdens Krehbiel began. Krehbiel, who courses and its superior be reborn, because 'For the FINGER DEVELOPER equipment (200 practice of the York Times, took like Rome, Normandy is eternal. first time,” said Grove, who ought to have portant in the history of Beethoven to that kept him away from Beethoven. Be- music critic New rooms, 23 modern organs, etc.). Degrees: known, it upon himself to pry a fourth Beethoven Bachelor of "Beethoven’s life was placed on know all the frailties of people whom he sides, $2000 per annum plus “honest 44A New Invention for Pianists” Music, a solid volume from the aging Thayer. Grove Bachelor of School Music; Master of basis of fact.” Chapters Sixteen knew. I know certain things which Nohl emoluments” hadn’t left much for per- The use of this exerciser a few minutes of trying to persuade Thayer that daily is guaranteed to improve the touch Music, Master and Seventeen, of the Engli. edition, does not. I shall not parade them to prove sonal comforts after paying expenses. helped by of Music Education. any pianist. It has been stated by many that are detailed is his cus- the Trib- he should hire a secretary at the pub- It but amazingly frank por- my wonderful knowledge, as A head ailment dating from it will revolutionize pianoforte technic. Thayer did go so far the muscles of the fingers, hands, traits of a difficult subject. The extraor- tom.” Nohl was another Beethoven stu- une’s night office became constantly lisher’s expense. develops and arms in a new and wonderful way and Frank H. Shaw, Director, Box From Athens as to employ a “typewriting woman” for 594, Oberlin, Ohio. dinary sensibility and independence of dent who, with many people, favored more disturbing. After three year’s sepa- so quickly that users are astonished. The ap- experiment wasn’t concists of an ingenious arrangement Beethoven emerge plausibly. In Julietta Guicxiardi, Countess Gallenberg. ration from the biography, he resigned. a few days, but the pliance deline- of rings and fine silk covered elastics, which very successful. He was too worn out to to Hollywood ating his character, Thayer set a high (Thayer’s endorsement of Guicciardi as Later he was reattached as an inspector creates resistance on the “downward” and admitted “upward” movement of the standard for impartiality the lady in question in a book by Marim of old rags exported to the United States. make any progress and finally assistance on the as well as prin- fingers. The effect of thisi is noticed immedi- finish Beethoven. He gave ciple, in contrast to Tenger Is considered a forgery.) “I have no expectation of ever receiving he would never ately, greater speed and brilliancy being at- ( Continued from Page the “ludicrous” no- 508) put them booklet of testimonials is tions of Beethoven pecuniary recompense for my forty the materials to Deiters, who tained. Our new then abroad. He de- The American musicologist, Oscar Son- any now ready and will be sent upon request. together as the fourth and fifth volumes scribes labor,” he wrote Grove, sadly. ! Supply is limited. for it a few bars later by his lovely treat- the unfortunate boyhood, the neck, in an excellent example of Bee- years of Order today himself and then went on to prepare a second Price $10.00 ment of the word “arise.” drunken father, the unsmiling mother, thoven’s criticism, “The Riddle of the To relieve his feelings and put never saw the wold by the early for a fourth volume, Thayer German edition. Thayer Manufactured and But Schubert made no such error in necessity of making a living. Immortal Beloved,” has corrected both in condition series; he died in 1897. CHAS. T. MARSH, Ltd. QbbflartiiJnHlilute of his The assorted literary works. From completed (T)uoir dramatic Erl-King. In this, the voice erratic quality in the composer’s life theories and made a convincing case for produced SOS East 64th Avenue is VANCOUVER, II. C., CANADA Confers not only gives proper emphasis to words analyzed convincingly from the basis Amalie Sebald, one of Beethoven's nu- Bachelor of Music Degree, Master of Music Degree, Artist Diploma and syllables, but also of his hard youthful Wegeler de- WARD LEWIS, Dean of the Faculty reveals character. experiences and merous admirers. Where There are four persons, irregular discipline. in love Beryl Rubinstein, Director (on leave ei absence) 341 each having his clares that Beethoven was always Royal Composer 1 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O. own “Aloha De” and its kind of appropriate declamation: Thayer isn’t inclined to make bohe- and made many conquests which would PIANO TEACHERS! the narrator, mian 501) the father, the child, and excuses for Beethoven. A New Eng- have been difficult for an Adonis, Thayer ( Continued from Page the EARN $5,000 YEARLY? Erl-King. In this song, also, we have land note is manifest: “It was the great coolly remarks that Wegeler had oppor- DO YOU if not, write us at once. Saint Mary - of - the - the proper division of labor misfortune of tunities “Let such (1) Liliuokalani did compose both the You should ... Woods between Beethoven’s youth—his im- to make observations. by his sweetheart. The lover, of course, DETROITINSTITUTE voice and its original form. Get in the BIG MONEY teaching popu- accompaniment. pulses by nature dwells words and music in While the being exceeding. y quick matters be forgotten,” he adds. He crushed the girl to him in ‘one fond em- COLLEGE or MUSICAL singer lar music (swing). Have your own school. Conservatory of Music for girls. Courses in ART declaims the story in and violent instead principles, (2) The story of the song’s conception Applied Since 1914 appropriate —that he did not grow up on the lofty moral and the incident so impressed Music, Theory, and Public School Music, leading to has prepared ambitious young brace,’ CAVANAUGH PIANO SCHOOLS regrees people lor semi-recitative and constantly under well be that given by Griffis (as of B.A. and B.S. with a major in Music careers in music, dancing, dra- changing- the influence of a wise and strict similar to South Natick’s best, which she gave vent to her could Fifth Avenue New York 17. N. Y. Education. matic Liliuokalani that 475 Piano, voice, organ, harp, violin, other art. All instruments, voice, theory mood, the piano Armitage’s article), and instruments; composition, furnishes rhapsodic fer- parental control. It Beethoven possessed. [the verse], cited by Miss harmony. Beautiful, well- jf cred music, conducting, cam- ... was another mis- feelings in song. The tune equipped buildings, spacious panology, vor, emotion. campus. All sports. radio technique. Accredited. Di- 4 and pictorial background fortune that, in Rock by the the date could be either 1878 or 1881. (3) Catalogue. Box 14, Saint Mary-of-lhe-Woods, Indiana. plomas those years when the The reviewers were not all kind to to the old song, Lone and de Trees. Faculty of 70. Catalog. Moreover, similar A. C. Jackson, Bus. as in Wagner, we strict Liliuokalani unintentionally must have Playluf.BiqJit Mgr., 52 Putnam Ave., Detroit, Mich. have an regulation of a school would have Thayer, English and 1857], which she un- independent especially the Sea [by Converse, “theme” giving unity compensated used themes adopted into the Hawaiian Pianists - Sight reading made Lessons to the in some measure for the French. Apart from squabbles over his doubtedly heard aboard some visiting whole: a little running Henri Berger arranged, 1 easy. Improve your playing by MILLIKIN CONSERVATORY figure in the bass unwise, unsteady, often discipline finished foim by music idiom. (4) BALDWIN-WALLACE OF MUSIC which harsh, dates, the “Immortal Beloved,” and sun- vessel, was put into studying “THE ART OF SIGHT suggests the rumbling of of and arranged only, the music from the Complete his . enjoy DECATUR, ILLINOIS the storm father, he was thrown into close dry famous leader . READING” and really ,.nd matters, there was a feeling that Capt. Henri Berger, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC „he ominous dramatic original song for its public performance music. Satisfaction guaranteed Offers thoro training in situation connection with that this BEREA, music. Courses leading to actors and actresses, the record was painfully laborious. Like It could have been mentioned *2 OHIO (suburb of Cleveland) Bachelor of Music Meanwhile, tho right its first publication. Degree. Diploma and Certifi- hand in the treble who, in and, possibly, for HALL Chicago 26. Ill Affiliated with those days, were not very dis- Jahn, resembled Doane’s hymn, DANF0RD a first class Liberal Arts College. cate 'i piano v°ice Violin, Organ, Public is pounding who was supposed to have taken same tune also Tour ami the .veer courses School away with triplets While it may not be strictly Hawaiian leading to degrees. Faculty Music Methods and Music Kindergarten that sug- tinguished for the propriety of their the Gentle Saviour, first pub- (5) or Artist Teachers. for Methods name of every waiter who ever offered Pass Me Not, O Send catalogue or Informa- gest both the thundering themes, it does reflect the tion to: Bulletin sent hoof-beats and manners or does mention in musical free upon request morals.” Mozart a cup of coffee, Thayer spoiled lished in 1870. And Berger ^l-B^RT R I EM the driving, ENSCH N El D ER, Dean, Berea, Ohio pelting wind and Hawaiian spirit and choice of melodic W. ST. CLARE, MINTURN, Director rain. The book has charm when Thayer his first for December 10, 1884. WM. S. HAYNES COMPANY Against this chapters on Bonn by listing al- in his Journal tempestuous background tells how Dommis’ pattern. Beethoven’s music pleased chil- most every actor or actress engaged at arrangements for Mrs. Flutes of Distinction the voice sings mostly in “Making be added that “Aloha” is a half-notes anti’ dren, or describes the — Copyright.” It might his idiosyncrasies—beg- theater “not,” it was complained, Aloha Oe. Alright. Music Lovers quarter-notes, giving scope for greeting, meaning literally “Love to You.” STERLING SILVER—GOLD—PLATINUM to earn LIBERAL COMMISSIONS the proper ging goosequills, servants, “because copyright date (November use of short, complaining of it is known that Beethoven The earliest securing subscriptions for THE unaccented syllables. When used for parting, the word “Oe” on request ETUDE. Part or making dinner appointments in taverns, was in the song, recorded by the Catalog full time. The use of the habit of visiting it, but only 14, 1834) for No Cost or Obligation. Write for modern harmony is added. Also, Liliuokalani wrote: “I com- and the and so on. A robust, because is made out to a Boston, Mass. plete details TODAY! modern orchestra, cheerful, lively Bee- there is not proof to the con- Library of Congress, 108 Massachusetts Avenue, Address: of course, give have had more calls for my music than greatly thoven is pictured in place of thunder - trary.” a pioneer San Francisco CIRCULATION DEP’T increased scope a This defect persists all through Matthias Gray, for pictorial, 1859- I could possibly supply. An edition of emotional and-lightning demigod. lyric the through the years THE ETUDE MUSIC and descriptive His love for work, but, after all, it was a schol- music publisher MAGAZINE effects in support of ovei Aloha Oe, published simply for gifts to ETUDE Your Marketing Place a poetry, for walking outdoors, his care- arly one whose catalog was taken Make THE 1712 CHESTNUT ST.. PHILA., PA. declamatory style of and Thayer was writing a schol- 1889, and copies singing. This has ful my friends, is nearly exhausted. No Etude Advertisers Open the Doors to Real methods of work, his musical friends, ar s Beethoven. Oliver Ditson Company. m fact become a highly He was doing with the by the offered for sale; but in Opportunities specialized art’ rivals, few of the facts have ever been In Hollywood pupils, and teachers—some great author of the “Fifth Symphony” what These above are but a and the the general wish, . . . any broadcasting cen- names then, Jahn have obscured and dis- response to ters, this is but almost all forgotten now had done to Mozart, Chrysander that for years the day . WESLEYAN CONSERVATORY OF of the arranger. stranger desiring to possess . . Hawaiian MUSIC—A DIVISION OF WESLEYAN are typical Thayer was origin of one of the most COLLEGE Many of these touches. doing to Handel, Spitta to Bach, and puted the .’’ arrangers, including have the opportunity . . Institutional member of National per- While strictly Deiters Lack of space pro- music may PLAYING Association of Schools of Music haps the first of encyclopedic in these was to do with Brahms. What widely sung songs. IMPROVE YOUR them—Ferde Grofe data, Thus Liliuokalani followed the old tradi- are matters, the made other available Pianists for free booklet show- Degrees: B. M. and A. aso composers biography observes only dis- Thayer different his Eng- hibits marshaling —Send B. with major in music of distinction. was New of her ancestors and passed along ing how you may greatly improve your Many creetly land after carefully consult- tion others have Beethoven’s somewhat hectic love accuracy it is believed, technic, accuracy, memorizing, sight- little gift for creative and moral conviction, but song for the edification of her For Catalogue and Information work affairs. Thayer’s which and considering a her reading aiul playing thru mental address: habitual moral idealism enabled finished many references Quick results. Practice effort onders ** giving him to outclass in ing friends or anyone else who admired it. muscular co-ordination. The orchestral guided its origin, that minimized. Used by famous pianists, teachers and Dean Wesleyan splendor fto theI his handling of the unaddressed Product the of assertions as to Conservatory Macon, works of the more works of his contemporaries. mass gesture was truly in the spirit of students. No obligation. Ga. imag-" immortal five con- Her inative Beloved” le'tsr found in the justification in drawing California but less specialized ®s effort, however, exhausted him: there is Eroadweil Studios, Dept. 64-J Covina, composers. composer’s , had Oe: Aloha. 5 secret bureau drawer after his concerning Aloha 44 must confess that I am growing old clusions "FORWARD MARCH ” WITH MUSIC wmn Af Avm W/ITJ4 MUSIC” 545 THE ETUDE SEPTEMBER . 1944 :

affair, because they know that by work- Advantage ing The Great and progressing they will be able to play more interesting music together, and “It Came in a Dream’’ that they thoroughly of Music Study enjoy. So many familiar compositions are arranged as duets in much easier form than the AMERICAN (Continued from Page 515) for Children solos, that a less able player can perform them in this style with a great from Page 516) (Continued deal more satisfaction than otherwise. condition of dreaming led Richard peated itself for several CONSERVATORY A nights Th Study of the piano is also very good to that astounding formation of somnambulism shows first few lessons, Mother Wagner that not alone vinooen in the from the mechanical angle. We have had the of the the E-flat major chord which represents effect of the dream was to tell him the name as pupils, children who were hampered responsible for 1hurries the running and rushing of the floods of this peculiar incident. The Junior has a perfect lesson by poor coordination. nervous con te Then Sometimes their MUSIC dition of the is delighted. Sometimes the river Rhine in the Prelude to “Das mind which the teacher hands are awkward and they have dif- provoked th-~ and CHICAGO 59th SEASON Rheingold.” During a trip to Italy he somnambulism, may also on for months without the ficulty play its role this can go in making them respond. For in- mother is be- was seriously ill. He lay one day tired In a dream the chemical theory realizing that the stance, such a child will want to use his of the teacher Conserva- and benzol that the pupil is Founded in 1886 by- John J. Hattstaedt, today The American nervous in his hotel room at Spezia; ring was formed in the mind coming a crutch and second finger, but the third comes down of education in he could not sleep at night for noise the chemist Friedrich effort to remember what tory of Music is outstanding among institutions for music Kekule von Strad not making any instead. A great deal of patience is positions of honor without and fever within. The next day onitz (1829-1896). He lived very carefully explained to him needed in such case, this country. Its graduates are to be found occupying in London is being a and progress is he took a long walk, and in the after- at that time and fell because, after all, Mama in every department of music. asleep on the bus in the lesson naturally going to be very slow. Sur- and responsibility noon flung himself down on a hard couch He was wakened show him when he is by the voice of the con- knows and will prisingly enough, the patience must be in his room, intending to seek refresh- ductor calling out the station, Suddenly everything comes to on the part of the teacher and parents, and im- practicing. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music ment in sleep. mediately he the teacher puzzled at wrote down the dream a standstill, with for the child generally will work willing- He sank into a dream solution on the thirty Professional and Teaching Engagements condition, a of a problem which he had sudden lack of understanding ly and be delighted when he finds his The Faculty—One hundred and tried the national and in- —Graduates of the Conservatory have kind of cataleptic state, and suddenly to solve again and the child thor- artist teachers, many of and again without success. part of the pupil, hands beginning to be more easily con- ternational reputation, including pian- been much in demand as teachers and felt, he says, “as though I were sinking if Rudolph Reuter, Al- also in concert, opera, radio, orchestra, Even a dream experience has oughly at sea. trolled. ists : Heniot Levy, been len Spencer, Edward Collins, Kurt lyceum and choir work. The News Bul- in a mighty flood of water. The rush and lost, it may habit some parents be regained with luck. The Another evil is the One of the greatest thrills to a teacher Wanieck, Louise Robyn, Earl Blair. letin containing a list of about 300 suc- roar soon took musical shape the and cessful graduates holding responsible within my Nobel prize winner Otto discussing all problems with of music is to be able to look back and Mabel Osmer, Edwin Gemmer, Loewi (Nobel have of in Universities, Colleges, Con- others Voice : Theodore Harrison, Charles positions brain as the chord of child. ; E-flat major surged prize in medicine for 1936 the presence of the the homes into which she has servatories, and Public Schools will be lor his re- teacher in see many LaBerge. John Wilcox; Elaine De Sellem ; incessantly in broken request. chords: these search this case has : John Weicher, Herbert Butler, sent upon de- on transmission of nerve After the lesson—which in introduced music, and to know the Violin im- Wi'lits. Stella Roberts Organists clared themselves as melodic Scott ; figurations pulses) found the solution very good—Mother will come in pleasure it is bringing. In this day of Tuition is reasonable in keeping with the to his prob- not been Frank Van Dusen, Edward Eigenschenk ; of increasing Cmes and may be paid in convenient in- motion, yet the pure triad lem in told Mary I Sowerby, John Palmer. a dream. He was reading a novel and say in decided tones, “I trouble in the world, it is definitely im- Theory: eo Complete particulars given in of E-flat major Jeanne Boyd, Irwin Fischer. School Music stallments. never changed, but fell asleep and at have a good lesson be- find our lives being catalog which will be mailed on request. three portant. As we - " seemed o'clock in the she wouldn't —C. Dlssinger, Ann Trimingham, Henry JUILLIARD SCHOOL by its steady persistence to im- morning practice.” At OF MUSIC brusquely roused himself. He cause I couldn’t get her to changed by forces of circumstance, due Sop kin. Students’ Self Help—The management part infinite significance to the endeavor to assist needy element had a solution to the questions which the teacher sends up a silent to the conflict which is world wide, we Accredited Courses are offered in Piano. makes every in with Band students to find part-time employment. which I was sinking. I awoke from which he the fray Vocal, Violin, Organ, Orchestra and ERNEST HUTCHESON, was dealing, a solution which prayer for strength, and enters will more and more turn to each other School Music, Chil- Many find work as teachers, accom- President my half-sleep Instruments, Public in terror, feeling as though he had trouble, as Piano, Musical panists or part-time positions working dreamed. He turned on the light by asking just what was the for fellowship and recreation as we have dren’s Piano Work, Class the waves were Dramat.c Art and Dancing. for commercial houses, etc. now rushing high above while still and is Theory, INSTITUTE half asleep, grabbed a piece Mary seems very much interested not done in a decade. Then music will OF MUSICAL my head. At once I recognized of Degrees Bachelor of Music, Bachelor Dormitories Desirable living and board- ART that the paper which turns out that is universal — — he found on his nice progress. It come into its own, for it the orchestral night making cf Music Education, Master of Music ing accommodations can be secured at GEORGE A. WEDGE, Dean Prelude to ‘Das Rheingold’ table, and wrote down the formulas that Mary was naughty early in the week and. language which every human being and Master of Music Education are con- the Conservatory Dormitories at moder- which for a long time I by authority of the State of Illi- rates. Particulars on request. must have car- he had seen in his dream. had to double her understands. ferred ate Individual ried as punishment, has nois and recognized as a guarantee of vocal and instrumental instruction. about within me, yet had never Students enrolled at any time. been Then he immediately accomp 1 ishment. able fell asleep again. practice! Instruction in theory, to fix definitely, had at composition and music education. last come to The next morning, he could not used by parents is bemg in decipher A different method Hattstaedt President me: and I quickly free catalog address John R. , Diplomas and the B. understood what he had written it was depriving the child of his pleas- For S. and M. S. Degrees. the very essence — scrawled that of of my own nature- the too illegibly— but neither could he re- ures if he won’t go to the piano willingly. stream of life 4, III. Catalog on request. was not to flow to me from 581 Kimball Hall, Chicago member the contents of his dream. Why should he wish to play when it is Diction without, but from within.” Through 120 Claremont Avenue For the whole day he had an inner made hateful to him? In the first place, Room 432 New years Wagner had tried York 27 NY unsuccess- disquieting feeling that arise. have d it must have this question never should We (Continued from Page 510) the Parting point to the been £?. something important that he had seen too many wise parents successfully Rmg. This adventure in Spezia oc- lost. The following night the lives of lo give curred in September, he awoke again incorporate practice into Loving Friends about THE ETUDE and ask them THE MAMkICt 1853, and at least at three FINAL N Prolong the N Tell jour Music foi o’clock, and then he recalled their children to think that it cannot soon, loon, spoon, the preceding Exercise: moon ( moo-n ), subscriptions. Philadelphia five years Wagner what brown, r ou the privilege of sending in their Conservatory had he had written down twenty-four croon, down, town, frown, clown, j cone an immense be done. rain, lane, MUSIC SCHOOL amount of thinking hours before. shine, dine, fine, pine, sign, main, of It was the solution to the men, tin, fin, Rewards for subscriptions you send Study with Artist Teachers. Music and sketching for feign, drain, hen, pen, den, ten, Ask for Catalog of , the music of the problem 216 South 20th Ring. concerning the mechanism of Street Now, suddenly The Teacher an Influence P1 and down as if Philadelphia, Pa. MaIUA LZEHMAN a dream brought the transmission L Let’ the tongue flop up 1712 Chestnut Street jjUAivE of the nerve impulse. and relaxed. THE ETUDE meats. Opera, a flash the needed greater on a hinge. Jaw free Conducting, Chamber Musii Managing Director crystailiza- The private teacher has a much lil-*l-il-il-U-il, Depts. Write-' I t on. Exercise i: lel-el-el-el -el-el; Faculty headed by The drowsy state, halfway influence in the lool-ool-oo - between Dream Mystery and Artist's chance of becoming an lol-ol-ol-ol-ol; »&#«; Olga Samaroff, sleep and full Work ool-ool-ool; lol-ol- v ; Mus. D. consciousness, is especially life of a child than has the school Courses fertile in The scientific leading to Degrees artistic creations. dream interpretation as only an in- (la-k), lad. teacher. He can become not Êxercise 2: lace (la-s). lack fcsMOPOUTAN offered by lave, limb, A Revealing n0t Sigmund Freud gives evidence lair, lamb, late, last, New Book in Two 0nly the artistic structor but a close friend. There is loud, lain, SCHOOL Parts hnfa?“? mind that the Uchem OF MII5IC but also the logical popular belief is correct to a lily, light, lean, PARAGON OF RHYTHMIC COUNTING mind of the scholar. nothing more interesting for the teacher ^ SHIRLEY GANDELL. M.A., Ox.ord certain T>e President. FOR RIVERDRIVE SCHOOL OF MUSIC The Egyptologist, degree. However, the future Prolong the L sound: pill (pi-UL University, Enoland, ALL RHYTHMS & ADIS Brugsch-Pascha than to watch a child grow and progress, Exercise 1: Accredited. Offers courses which the pole, roll, soul, coal, toll, 41st year. worked hard dream reveals rill sill till. fill, of Music. Certificates, PARAGON 84 and long to to us is not the small tall, call, pall, in all branches OF HARMONIZING Riverside Drive decipher cer- and to know that he is having some fell, sell, hall, Paul board- future tell’, knell, dell, diplomas and degrees. Desirable applied to tain Egyptian which actually will it is nail. down- New York City hieroglyphs. happen— fall' sail pail, fail, rail. UNIVERSITY ing accommodations. Located in He could not the part in this development. 1 smoothly. Let FOUR KINDS OF find the future which 2: Read cl-arly and town musical center. HARMONIZATIONS solution and we should like to see. Exercise suiting ! CHICAGO Chicago. FREDERICK G. went to bed wearily The teacher also must be genuinely fall with inflection Box E. 306 S. Wabash Ave., Send for explanatory KOEHLER, Director after Accordingly, the voice rise and circular having put out the if a dream is able to his Dormitories light in despair interested in the pupil, regardless of U h but with l e influence the tone without scooping, THE SCHOOL OF ast dreamed that he condition of the creative Sing°on one 86th Stf^Park~AveJ Catalogue on request continued the talent or lack of it. matter how many f *New' York City Speciol Summer Session in- mind and, No smooth, beautiful legato. Answering Etude Adver- complete research. moreover, Confused a musical or other pupils to each and clear artistic he may teach, as he goes thoughts were all work, not only the revelation of THE HOMELAND pays mixed up. in turn, is his tiUtM tisements always Suddenlv the that one for the moment of luscious Ulue it all appeared dream itself is Limpid lakes 50TH to him. He left important, but also only the low-flung hills YEAR S bed the pupil—his sole concern; and T.ie beneath the and delights the reader. 1 BOSTON wandered critical ability floods the valley ! UNIVERSITY flj>)ieive X TKeatre OF like a somnambulist and evaluation of the Laughing sunlight accredited courses in Piano. with child must be made to feel that he has Offers closed waking Gilding all the daffodils. eyes through the dark consciousness of the working the shore Public School Cbffer/e o/if/ujrc room to the his teacher’s undivided attention. This Lilting ripples lave Voice, Violin, Organ, table where composer. sunlight hngers, 1 , 'll,,“n£ ' he the failing Offering SECY tHU»teT y7BO S»otnwSv"7 wrote down is, teacher. Where Orchestral In- complete courses m r.ano. Voice Y.' the newly at times, hard work for the her curtain low Music, Theory, and Violin, Cello, nm. discovered This exact Twnlight draws Brass. Woodwinds, and Percussion inW™’ solution. Still sleeping, differentiation is no easy He pupil who lavender-veiled fingers. Schools--Colleges ments. Public School Music, Composition he re- task, may have just taught a With her struments. Music. Musicology. Church turned to his bed but it is necessary. Like other Chorus, Glee Club. Orchestra BUY and remained is difficult Faculty incomes members Band WAR BONDS asleep musicians presenting a particularly toneue and teeth: pun- of Boston Symphony Bache-' AND this time without who found inspira- Exercises for lips lors and Masters any dreams a valuable Degrees in all musical subjects problem: or his next pupil may be one for Confers degrees of B.M., A.B., Catalog. Dorn, This tion in a miv, hv. COLLEGE OP MUSIC. 73 Blagden procedure repeated dream. Richard Wagner was viL'fiv. ’lit bif, St .Bosmn STAMPS FOR itself f whom he fore- Pif.' fiP. VICTORY several or fully aware needs all his tact and and M.M. CONVERSE COLLEGES nights. In the of this fact. In the “Meister- tiV V of Ernst Bacon, Dean, bpartanBUurg, B. C. morning he was sightedness. Nevertheless, these things tongue, tip of the tongue, tip always singer” Walther Tin of fee on. (Re- Distinguished Faculty amazed to find the solution von Stolzing tells Hans of fee tongue and so to the Sachs must be thrown off, and the pupil of the thlTongue^tip “ hiS of “a dream rare desk - and he had of black * Puzzled him moment made to feel that he and his P^Lcrb^bloMacrbugs blood, Department of Music howhnw rhe eauty.” Hans B a be KNOX Galesburg, Illinois had succeeded, in Sachs teaches him a true forth. The above should spite of Problems V i wnnH andd so James MacC. Weddell, a uairman CHICAGO darkness, the experience are all-important. US then rapidly, at all tunes of flr°st. MUSICAL m writing down the the artistic mind: ^nI slow'y et Address Registrar for Bulletin COLLEGE Catalogue sent upon request. Founded 1867 COLLEGE wholee lines111168 Competition will al- C by Dr. F. K is one thing that Ziegfeld clearly and legibly. Afy friend, just that PS C twi'fers” R ÔLPH GANZ, is poet’s work; most mm'y s^-caPed°“ tongue CONFERS DEGREES OF B.MUS President To always make a child work. It should Thereâre DePAUL UNIVERSITY B Milt Fn u u „, m this case we have a find in dreams what meanings lurk. CONSERVATORY remarkable con- not become out-and-out rivalry, but can SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF MUSIC nection between Believe! Our deepest lh 6 every sound BRANCHES^ O^ÛSI^TpEWAMNSTRUCTION^FOR a dream and a wisdom here be and distnwky Wacis E. Miller, P»s. kind of s better used as an incentive to keep up „d c^y East Lake Street SHENANDOAH CHILDREÂN^N^N-MOFESSIONALS somnambulism oft in dreams to = a oareffe_r Boom 401, 64 leading to Ad dress by which us made clear. in every word, song Courses Registrar, 60 E. Van Buren St„ the creative with his be pro- the Chicago All. fellow pupils. This can B. Mus., and B. Mus . Ed. degrees. Rates 5, Illinois work was promoted. This poems that the world has known Chicago, Illinois the incident is rl moted by having play duets reasonable. In the heart of the Shenandoah markable because Are nought but truths have the children the same procedure our dreams Valley, Dayton. Virginia . 546 re- shown.” together. They will love this and it will of the artist. "forward make their own practicing a less lonely ^Beautiful ^^“ark MARCH WITH MUSIC’ „,nr-rr IVSrTTJ MTlCir” THE ETUDE :

Piano Program Junior Etude Contest Silt ^4.it Ion STUDY? l>u rJteonora I TO will award three at- paper, and put your address on upper WHERE SHALL GO _ titnior etude month for the neatest right corner of your paper. ^rizes each set and for answers Write on one side of paper only. Do ALWAYS GET those old pianos board box on clothespin legs, stories or essays “y but boys and and the the boys had cut and pasted a Contest is open to all not use typewriters and do not have any- York mixed up—the Spinet, this one ,tzfes Private Teachers (New y[ t0 of age. (Western) I X until it had the eighteen years one copy your work for you. Private Teachers Clavichord, and the Virginal, shape of a modern ? under “? to eighteen years of not over one hun- said Jack. grand piano. I fifteen Essay must contain CARRERAS and the Harpsichord,” Class C, MARIA twelve to fifteen; must be re- H. FREDERICK DAVIS in the “This is the Class B, dred and fifty words and Renowned Pianist “I heard some of the others Harpsichord,” said age years^ the Junior Etude Office, 1712 Teacher of Many Successful Singers "INTERPRETATIVE AUTHORITY answered Dan. Dan. "In playing this, twelve ceived at aid ibune class say that, too,” the sound was under will appear on Taught. Beginners Accepted ^ Street, Philadelphia (1), Pa,, All Branches of Singing pianists. produced by pieces Nam Chestnut Bldg Salt Lake City, Utah of successful concerting “Let’s look them up and make some of quill, leather future issue of The Etude. Studio: 606 Templeton Teacher fP rn a the 22nd of September. Results of appointment talented students. or tortoiseshell, will re- by Phone 3-0316 (or 4-5746) tor Accepts kind of a model of each one. Then which contributors Te ' B scratched next best Write for Free Circular St., New York City The thirty contests will appear in December. Sub- 169 E. 78th we can show them when it comes our across the strings when the keys ject for this month’s essay, “A Musical (Inez Barbour) C6 which | LIVERETTE HADLEY turn for a program.” were struck.” yo^nameâgelTnd class in LUCIA O’BRIEN MRS. HENRY put Experience.” left corner of your VOICE Soprano On the afternoon of the boys’ pro- “Now I will tell about the Piano,” enter on upper ou Course Oratana Concert y Graduote of Samoiloffs Teacher’s Authority on the Art of Singing gram, Jack and Dan appeared in the declared Jack. "In the early Will accept a nmi part of Reasonable terms. Recital and general repertoire. studio with a collection of paste- NO 2-1030 EX 1141 number of talented students. The Violm Phone STUDIO Square Los Angeles, Calif. THE HENRY HADLEY board boxes cut in different shapes. Composers’ 616 N. Normandie Ave. * C V Opera 15 W. 67th Street Daisy’s Music winner in Class C) Only. Sus. toToo*7-0100 Patterns Jack’s first. (Prize By Appointment turn came “This is by Emma Beck PETERSON If the EDNA GUNNAR is very hard to moke a violin. supposed to be the earliest ancestor of opera It HENKE of composers well aged it will not produce a Pianist Artist Teacher MARGARET tni The names wood is not Concert — trivet .Jtenru of the piano,” said he, holding violin with a Physiologist up a square. How good tone, and nobody wants a Los Angeles, Calif. Voice concealed in the 229 So. Harvard Blvd. ” are I think it would be hardest to make "Bel-Canto Art g!nS small square box with pieces of white bad tone. FE. 2597 Teacher of the ,°L^(" that it took students the curved pieces. I can imagine Beginners and advanced string stretched across it. “It is to voices adiusted Stradivarius and Guarnerius a long time SAMOILOFF Overstrained, defective also LAZAR S. York-Edgecombe 4-2388 “Don’t you wish you could lose called the Dulcimer, and we read make their fine instruments. The violin is 610 Riverside Drive-New Let’s take No. 10,” of famous singers Daisy began. instrument to play. If you want to be Voice teacher your exercise book?” Eileen asked about it in the Bible. The strings a hard engagements You see, the pattern have to practice many hours From rudiments to professional SYRENE LISTER starts with a a great artist you teachers courses EDITH were difficulties. accepted. Special Daisy, as they were walking home skip of wire, and they were struck day. Each hand has its own Beginners AUTHENTIC VOICE PRODUCTION of a sixth from every all summer his Studios. C to A, then for over four Dr. Samoiloff will teach City from been playing the violin rates for the 405 Carnegie Hall, New York school one afternoon. four by the players with small hammers. I have for catalogue—Special descending notes, years to go yet be- Writ© with the late W, then forward years but there are many duration. Collaborator and Associate Teacher “No, I don’t,” “Here is another the S. Muckey declared Daisy, “and and back on ancestor of the well. I do not want to play Shaw and Endorsed by Dr. Floyd E and F. All the other fore I play Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Warren want to make it 610 So. Van Ness you would not either if you practiced measures piano,” continued Dan. “It is called violin as a profession but I are just the same pattern, great artists play ^'phifad'el’pJira! ^Pa- your the my hobby. I love to listen to Tivurâyf ôV'^'prener^’^Mgl'l exercises in patterns.” only one note higher Clavichord, and it was the fa- ELIZABETH SIMPSON each time. That the violin. , . . , vorite (Age nine) “What kind of patterns?” asked is what you instrument of John Sebastian Jerry Werdern Pianoforte Technique" call a sequence, you California Author of "Basic Eileen. know.” Bach. He wrote ‘The Well-Tempered 1 Pupd^Preparecf'jo^Concer^Work.'cla^ Ojurses Voice—Piano “I’ll show Clavichord’ for it.” P Normal with Mr. La Forge are: you,” Daisy said, as they “That does ” •; Planistic Interpretation, those who have studied seem to make it easier iechnTue Among Richard iBooks, Prize Winners for June Teachers. Anderson, Lawrence Tibbett, turned in to her house. Going to the said Eileen. The class applauded wildly one Other Methods for Piano Marian when many can you find by moving and Mme. Matzenauer. St., San Francisco; . York they ”609 Sutter - , Corner 89th St., New piano, she opened saw this Essays ' Cal. Park Ave., the exercise book. Sure. But then pasteboard box, stand- can move in 2833 Webster St., Berkeley, MOO there is more to it square at a time? You Tel. Atwater 9-7470 than that. ing on four clothes pins for legs, La Monte (Age 14), Florida. The same fingers fall and direction. Class B, Sunny in any Hill (Age 15), Texas. the pattern with a neat little keyboard Class A. Minnie Fay Private Teachers (Mid-West) RICHARD McCLANAHAN each time, and the ac- outlined MATTHAY with pen Representative TOBIAS Quiz cents are the and ink on the strip of in Fundamentals same, too. I always the Private lessons, class lessons think box, outside the front Etude Red Cross Afghans FRANCIS L. YORK Lecture-demonstrations tor teachers 1. Is out the pattern where that Lady Playing Junior DR. the clarinet a woodwind or and practice Clavichord, from a painting by Answers to Quiz and the Theory worn New York City had been set enough knitted Advance Piano Interpretation 801 Steinway Bldg., one measure until in. They gave Van Hamesson, It is gratifying to know that Mus. Bach., and Mus. brass instrument? I feel sure of it, louder 1550 to desig- required for the degrees of sent in to 2. short line used applause or wool-goods squares have been 1 Woodwind; A thgp it. is easy to when they saw the tiny above or below the M ° S JAMES MORRISON 2. What is a leger line? move it to the other Etude 10 make twenty-six Afghans, pitch of notes CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC the Junior the6 ' DETROIT intervals.” wires which went the eighteenth Most of the staff; 3. Well sus- Mich. 3. is through holes in century, there lived with more coming in every week. regular five lines of Detroit, teacher of voice What meant by sostenuto? - 5. Mi 1 important emphasis, that in sent to the Valley Forge 4. Stress or "Well, I’ll front over each key, Florence a harpsichord these have been tahied- Artistic Interpretation. 4. What is try your pattern and rested maker chord formed by tak- Perfect vocal technic and an accent? idea. I tary Hospital, through the Red Cross, though Twelve; 7. The Mus. Doc on the white named lf1833 6 tones of a EVANGELINE LEHMAN, think you have strings stretched Bertolomeo Christofori. He Hospital third, and fifth 82nd ST. 5. When was Brahms something there.” across a few have been sent to the Naval T'.hp first of STUDIO: III WEST born? 9. Stephen Teacher, with a recordI the main part liked 8. Diminuendo; Composer, Singer, and CITY of the box. the instruments he made, but and similar places. diatonic scale; abroad, will accept NEW YORK 6. How many sixteenth notes are from many musical tnumohs here and Squares have recently been received Foster; 10. F minor. interpretation, Appoint “When the keys of he did not like in voice culture and there in a dotted the real Clavi- the way the strings Lovberg. Margaret pupils half note? Helen Maywald, Marjorie by correspondence. EDWARD E. TREUMANN chord were pressed sounded when they Shupe. Musical merit 7. What is a triad? down, a small were scratched Burgland. Peter Surge. Beverly Avenue, Pianist—Artist-Teacher Madge Studio: 167 Elmhurst Concert Fiddle, Crickets, piece of brass on or plucked. Missoulian Club. Geraldine Crowther, Michigan Emil Von Sauer, Moritz Moszkowski 8. Give Fiddle the end of the wires One day a Dulcimer play- Highland Park (3), Recommended by a term meaning “becoming Bloomer, Gladys: White, Georgia Gorson, Jus- rubbed over the er came to and Josef Hofmann. . by Ida I

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OFFER For Thy God Reigneth is marked Class or Individual Instruction KOHLMANN BOOK Comp, and Arr. by ADA RICHTER . with unusual*, THE By CLARENCE CHOIR singable passages f r mixed voices PORTRAITS OF As those have this books Contains twenty favorite hymns, skilfully ar- 9 and for r£i» who used successful Clarence Kohlmann’s highly successful In response to many calls for it, another book voices. Also, there is a melodious On Recently ranged for early grade piano duet playing. trio for trehio method are aware, the author’s intention in —Concert Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns Lawrence Keating’s compositions ana ar- Issued and Scheduled voices, and there are solos BEST preparing of New Uniformity of grading allows for interchange for soprano -“l WORLD’S Parts One and Two was to provide and More Concert Hymn Transcriptions have rangements for junior choirs is now in PreP®^“ tenor, and baritone. it is ap- Junior Choir between the players at will. The level of diffi- Appropriate scriptural material for one year’s study for the “alter created such widespread interest that tion, Lawrence Keating’s Second Books of Interest to Teachers passages are interspersed MUSICIANS a voice parts and Other culty in general lies between grades one-and- throughout, to be r ”a known kindergarten” age child, or a book to follow her parent that many pianists will welcome Book. Although he has kept the e P °r espcei;,lly Kindergarten hands. average run of one-half and two, and a verse of each hymn is “ appointed Thumbnail Biographical Sketches own Class Book. Part Three is similar collection for four within the vocal range of the Active Music narrator. With selection two-part num- Workers. included between the staves. These arrange- quickly will assume a place as one intended for the second full year of study and This book will be made up of a good junior high school voices, these This book its own effective- ments may be used by two young piano pupils resourceful reference books on will continue the plan of the earlier books. of popular hymns, and will establish bers have a satisfying fullness and INTRODUCTORY CASH nf the most , PRICE of of the material is original, but there are place engaging recreational duet material. for four-hand accompaniments to hymn singing. va-uvs Compil' d bv Mr. Guy McCoy. 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better sung. Mr. Kipnis is over-concerned sic and can institute such performance- Records Reflect with effects for effect’s sake. The Rach- in his own home or community. maninoff song, written originally for high voice, sounds too lugubrious in the pres- DEAN DIXON, young American Negro Contemporary Musical Gretchaninoff lacks ent key, and the conductor and composer, has announced essential spontaneity. Tonally, the noted the formation of the usiciansmpKip American BuilJers Youth basso is most persuasive, but these songs Orchestra, with Achievements the purpose of bringing require good deal more than vocal good music a to children of all ages Th“ beauty to make them live notably. orchestra, under the sponsorship 0f ( Continued from Page 502) John Charles Thomas in Concert Fa- American Youth for Democracy, plans to vorites. Victor set M-9S6. give its first concert at an early date. Keenly appreciateJ lano Teachers Only selections Ly in many three of the P out The editorial staff of The has been described as an ironical com- eight offered here does Mr. Thomas con- SYLVIO LAZZARI, composer, conductor mentary on those who were not fighting vey the impression that he “feels” the who for many years ’ Etude has had three guiding was blind, died re THE in the war because of some physical de- songs. These are Drink to Me Only With cently in Paris BACH-PHILIPP at the age of eighty-four NEW FORMULA principles since its founding: fect; it is “an elegant valse caprice.” The Thine Eyes, In the Gloaming, and Rus- In his early BACH years he was a champion ROBYN- HANON FOR THE PIANO TEACHER OCTAVE STUDIES AFTER second piece, dedicated to a French lieu- sell’s Fulfillment. The firct two are man- of Wagner’s music and “1. Is the article worth contributed es- Isidor Philipp while tenant who fell in battle in fully projected with an earnestness EXERCISES for the piano AND PIANO STUDENT By March, 1915, which says with his views to various J UCT T M. periodical* r VuluxAoolvuOc In these ingeniously arranged octave studies is of a more serious nature, is impressive. Fulfillment is Jr 111 o I With Special Annotations and stud- irrespective of who wrote it? and on its an effective Mr. Lazzari was bom in Bozen, Safonoff Philipp furnishes advanced piano student Austrian By Wassili mastering the own emerges as a tone poem of dramatic song which apparently appeals to the Explanations for the Teacher ies valuable in moving on to Tyrol, on January 1, 1830. The author of this new for- variety of 2. Will it He was a AND higher technic of the piano. A great be of direct prac- import. The final piece suggests baritone both as mula as a conductor, pianist, a storm a poem and a piece of pupil of Ernest Guiraud By Louise Robyn rhythmic problems, intervals in octaves, moving and Cesar and teacher was outstanding. and other at first and then the tranquillity music, in all the rest the poetic Every competent piano teacher is familiar with from the white keys to the black keys, tical help to which mood Franck, and wrote He was a man of great musical the reader? 3. Is a number of success- the Hanon exercises which are so ideal for the are covered in these studies, which, even follows. It is exception- details not known to be definitely seems to evade Mr. Thomas, although ful FOUNDATION abilities and of an assignments in the operas. He came to the United five-finger exercises required during the funda- after their mastery in lesson States ally fine personality, and in cipntinued the subject covered in associated with war. These vocally he remains mental period of the piano student's training. fifth and sixth grades, might well be more pieces are appreciable. in 1918 to conduct the Europe, England, and the world premiere of “dress-up" of these studies and sug- of the daily exercises of the pianist wish- oddly opposed to The Robyn whenever he ap- as part each other; hence, they his HARMONY United States accuracy and a proper readable manner opera, “Le Sauterio,” in Chicago. gested story elements that may be used with each ing to maintain a brilliant than hith- do not Mr peared he was received with passages make a smooth suite. Although Lazzari exercise make the teacher’s presentation and the flexibility of the wrist in handling conducted opera for two THIRD PIANO BOOK great enthusiasm. He taught octaves. this music is seasons A SECOND OR pupil’s handling of these studies easier. Of skipping about the keyboard in erto?” The October is not representative of De- at the St. Petersburg Conser- Etude at Monte Carlo and also one course, the age of the pupil will govern when PRICE, 91.00 bussy’s .season in vatory for many years, and most inspired work, it nonethe- Paris. these exercises should be assigned, but the aver- a Besides operas his works for a time was Director of fine example of this unless has interest, include By Mary Bacon Mason age pupil between nine and twelve who has had CLEMENTI-GOETSCHIUS and accordingly belongs orchestral the National Conservatory in New York City. compositions, chamber training through about the first two grades of on records. The The World of Music music His editing of “Hanon Virtuoso Pianist" in changing policy. performance by the pop- book for any progressing piano study will be ready for the benefits to be SIX SONATINAS piano pieces, and songs. This very acceptable the Presser Collection edition has made that ular two-piano book to follow the author s derived from these studies. PRICE, 75c OP. 36 team is marked by tech- young pupils is THE edition of Hanon's a renowned favorite. This FOR THE PIANO Pic- hugely successful ‘Folk Songs and Famous way for an advanced Dr. Percy Goetschius occupies a pre-eminent nical proficiency and clarity of line. (.Continued “new formula” is a short from Page 493) MASSIMO Mason has cleverly adapted and ar- as a musical pedagogue, and his editing FRECCIA has been engaged tures. Mrs THE pupil to acquire and maintain independence of place Bach: Sonata in E minor, for from classic composers, superior edition of these famous violin as permanent ranged pleasing selections the fingers, fineness of touch, and beauty of marks this as a conductor and musical di- spirit of each in most many teachers consider superb and figured bass; played by Adolf Busch fitting texts to follow the EIGHT CHORDAL sound. Teachers of students working for hieher sonatinas which rector of the New Some of these texts were selected from to be familiar for furthering the musicianship of piano students . (violin) and Artur organized three orchestras, one of which, Orleans Civic Sym- instances. pianistic accomplishments ought Balsam (piano). Co- famous poets. The illustrations offer. in grades 2 and 3- PRICE, 60c the American phony Orchestra. the writings of with all that this book has to V2 lumbia disc 71852. Syncopated Orchestra, have been executed in a form to appeal to the ATTACKS PRICE, $1.00 well- toured Europe and a number are pen renditions of Besides the set of six after the first World War. child, 12 ARTISTIC STUDIES sonatas for violin paintings. The second half of the book THE E. AZALIA HACKLEY known With ILLUSTRATIVE PIECES Octaves I and clavier, MEMORIAL providing for IN THE in Legato and Staccato Bach wrote two other violin is devoted to elementary harmony, THE TRILL THE COLLECTION, inaugurated cut-out cards which engage sonatas—one in minor SECOND ANNUAL PIEDMONT FES- by the Detroit harmony games and FOR THE PIANO By Frances Terry E and the other to know BEETHOVEN Musicians’ pupil s interest and lead the child WORKS OF TIVAL OF Association the title indicates, and as the ccimposer's in G major. It is MUSIC AND ART was held (an affiliate of the relatives As the curious that neither of major scales and triads, and the minor Wagness artis- July 19-23 National Association By Bernard By Isidor Philipp name would assure, these studies consider these works has at Winston-Salem, North Car- of Negro Mu icians) of major triads, and some of the major chord development, been available on rec- The Wagness Piano Course is a favorite with Editor states in his preface that this mu- try along with needed technical in honor progressions. PRICE, 91.00 The olina. The musical of the great Negro States. The peda- trill in the these mellowing qualities lead the ords in the domestic catalogs; the “G events, which in- educator of teachers all over the United. sically illustrated resume of the and with that name, soundness of his materials for piano was prepared to be of serv- student to gain from octave practice something major” has cluded a presentation of Mendelssohn’s has been presented to the gogical works of Beethoven long been available on their success. In this book, piano playing. Be- more than mechanical precision. PRICE, 60c an Detroit pupils has made for ice in rEe higher srudv of “Hymn of Praise,” by the Public Library by the and different, having erred English H.M.V. disc, played by Mr. Busch Festival chorus Detroit MINIATURE by means of a preliminary exercise cause of Czerny and other teachers of two hundred Musicians’ Association. but interesting, piece giving an exposition of the their indications for the trill in Beethoven s and his son-in-law, Rudolf Serkin. fifty voices and the Fes- in CHORD CRAFTERS This chordal attack, Mr. Wagness covers the marcato works such piano authorities as Nottebohm, tival symphony orchestra, and splendid little work deserves wider ex- were directed CLASSICS chord, legato chord, accompaniment chord, Kullak, Dannreuther, von Biilow, Philipp, By Louise Robyn by George arpeggiated chord, hammer the subject careful study. supplement any ploitation; it remains King Raudenbush. staccato chord, others have given This book may be used to one of Bach’s finest The pro- chord. are represented gram chord, pizzicato chord and the forzando Over 20 different Opus numbers course of piano study, and it is especially chamber included also a move- given to works. The opening movement performance of Vol. 1—BACH AND HANDEL The physical approach and the physical in the 27 generous musical excerpts planned to follow Book II of the author's cele- Donizetti’s clearly ex- correct handling is divided between “Daughter of the ment necessary for each attack is guide in the authoritative and brated "Technic Tales.” It presents eight funda- virtuoso material and Regiment.” the great Vol. 2—HAYDN and MOZART plained, and carefully posed photographs of the of various forms of the trill met in mental chord attacks, and for good measure a beauti-ully poised doubt. Beethoven. cantilena, the second arm. wrist, and hand leave no detail in works of that great master composer. treats upon four more chord attacks demonstrat- an<* These little volumes help to give second the pupil PRICE, 80c movement is ALEXANDER BERNARDI, is book to be taken up when ing more advancedchord principles. This book an Allemande, and the finale pianist and for the mu- This a third grade pupils an appreciation an octave comfort- along in the MARIA is able to reach the span of is for pupils who have progressed KURENKO a Gigue. conductor, widely known of master com- The dance throughout musical qualities in the writings that it should movements are ex- ably. which means on the average third grade or are entering the fourth grade of sical centers The Hell beauty and technical usefulness KEYBOARD EXERCISES amples of Bach’s gift of Europe, died on Lyre posers. There are used supplementary to a mam course of study piano playing materials. It is illustrated and in- THE for handling such No- the classic be RUSSIAN NIGHTINGALE in the gems selected from four of grade. PRICE, 75c because in these forms. vember 23, 1943, according along in the third or fourth Julian Pascal corporates the story element Mr. Busch’s performance is' to word re- composers represented in these two volumes. By kinder- SPEAiCS styl- of many piano days of children starting piano study in cently received by Johann Sebastian Out of the successful handling The extremely istically admirable, through the Red Volume 1 has 14 numbers garten and primary grade ages, many children popular Russian prima donna, but his tone remains Cross. in the inspiration to the author to the Bach and 10 numbers by George Frideric Han- CZERNY students came material in Mme. Maria Kurenko, whose voice has delighted Bemardi was a pupil for developing become ready for the instruction consistently acerbic and his technic and friend of by Franz Joseph create these keyboard exercises ml.lions on the radio in our country, is del. Volume 2 has 9 numbers are. CHORD CRAFTERS while yet at an age when stresses a Ealakirew essentials in piano technic which point which few £in?ers often lacking and toured with and 11 numbers by Wolfgang Amadeus those three chord have realized. Mme. in essential smoothness. 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The (Continued which the famous the call good teaching DOUGHBOYS HEAR IN INDIA Masetto, and Vedrai, carino; outbreak of the from Page 540) are ten Czerny studies for sung Here choose as The great war first world war kept College piano pedagog CLEMENTI pieces— has introduced millions of young by Bidu Sayao (soprano) with him in Paris. Wellesley Americans orchestra, a part of the technical to nc.v scenes, new concitions, new THE Lse which should form Title and Crude Composer Price civilizations the world conducted by Erich STUDIES over. The famous Amer- Leinsdorf. Columbia student ESSENTIAL Clown, The (2 ) Kern $0.30 ican composer, to play it in new keys. Lily Strickland, who lived in disc the koussevitzky The major Coming of Spring (4) Brouwers .50 India 71577-D. music founda- many years, tells of the kind of music scales were not Edited our TI°N, INC., has only learned but proved ROBYN -GURLITT Glider. The <2-3 ) .40 bojs are hearing "over there." 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PBINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY THE CUNEO PRESS. I ..’c" One of a series of Incidents in the lives of immortal composers, painted for the Magnavox collection by Walter Richards

How America’s best loved folk-songs were inspired

IS family frowned at his "devotion to books of "Irwin & Foster, Agents.” But in Today, when wartime tension seems hard to H musick.” So, in 1846, young Stephen his spare time he would jot down verses in bear, why not summon back the peaceful Foster was packed off to Cincinnati ... to Negro dialect— and tunes to go with them past by listening to one of the mellow songs inspired by the colorful new environment in work in his elder brother’s steamboat agency of Stephen Foster as rendered by a Magnavox until he outgrew his talent.” which he found himself. "strange radio-phonograph? So faithfully, so beauti-

But there was melody in the air of that Soon, this young Northerner was composing fully does this instrument reproduce the folk-songs that seem to have Cincinnati waterfront of a hundred years ago been born and world’s great music that it has been chosen bred in the old romantic South—Stvanee River —music of the south on the lips of the Negro above all others by such famous masters as and Old Black joe, Camptown Races and My roustabouts who manned the gorgeous Kreisler and Rachmaninoff— Ormandy, Old Kentucky Home. In the words of Alex- by Mississippi River steamboats from Memphis Beecham and Horowitz. The Magnavox ander Woollcott, they "are now, and for and New Orleans. Company, Fort Wayne Indiana. generations yet to come will be, an enduring 4, Dutifully, the twenty -year -old boy kept the part of American life.” Buy War Bonds For Rehting Power Today—Buying Power Tomorrow

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