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He CARL FISCHER, Inc. as been program annoratm- for RCA-Victor and Decca record . and 62 Cooper Sq., New York 3 for s~veral years he has been treasurer of the ew York Music Critics Circle. style 10 BOSTON • CHICAGO With the addition of the t f d hi ki . • EVERETT DALLAS • LOS ANGELES . se wo orwar t 10 -mg young men 10 Us stav, ETUDE feels that It has added greatJy to its editorial strength and scope. EVE RET T P I A N 0 CO., D I V I S ION 0 F MER I DAN CO R P.. SOU T H H AV E N 3, M I CHI G A N 4 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 5 b.. _ violin playing is superior. Then all of us will take a vote. If the decision goes against me, the five pounds are yours." The vote was overwhelm- ingly in favor of the violin. Gener- ously, the gentleman handed the money to Marre.. "I won my be,t." he said, "but this is a reward for your artistic performance."· When Marie grew up, she decided to give a concert of her own. She went from house to house selling By NICOLAS SLONIMSKY tickets, but failed to raise enough money to pay for the rent of a hall. The concert had to be called off, and Marie scrupulously returned the lied; then put it into a clean cup; USIC HISTORY abounds in money to those who ha~ bought the add some of your own blood, and stories of professional rivalry. tickets. But even though she could M The most celebrated of them drink a full spoonful of it drop by not present a concert, she gained was the contest for popular favor drop. Thi is the true philosophers' the sympathy of many citizens. A among the English a udiences be- stone, the univer al tincture which rich man named Napier Miles vol- The CONN _"MINUET" Organ tween Handel and Bononcini. It was cures all internal and external dis- unteered to supply funds for her immortalized in the verse: eases and transmutes all metal into education; later she met the great Offers New Joys of Self Expression pure gold." English composer Edward Elgar who This great new Conn spinet organ~ with aU Some .say compar'd to Bononcini gave her a letter of introduction to its easy-playing advantages, provides new That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny; • the famous violinist Wilhemj, who opportunities for happiness, It hel~s create Others aver that he to Handel was in L~ndon at the time. When closer family ties-as you play, SIng and Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. NE OF' THE MO T romantic Wilhelmj heard Marie play, he leaped have fun together _ .. precious hours that Strange all this difference should be mu ical hi grnphi s is the life to his feet and promised to teach O t ry of the Engli h violinist will never, never be forgotten! It is the one Twixt tweedledwn and tweedledee. her without a fee. But Marie was Marie Hall. Her father was an itin- frightened. by this "big massive man musical instrument that provides every mem- YOURS Handel proved that his tweedle- erant musician who made a precari- with bushy gray hair falling to his ber of the family rrue joy of self expression- FOR ONLY dum was vastly superior to Bonon- ous living by performing on the harp shoulders" (as she described him in for every mood, every occasion ... because cini's tweedledee. He was enshrined in the treets of Newcestle-cn-Tyne. her reminiscences), and she rushed j anyone can play it! complete with all the in the memory of men, and buried The whole family took part in these to her father and begged him not to basic JESSE FRENCH in Westminster Abbey. His biog- concerts j Marie played the violin, let her go. raphy is known to the last detail, and as did her little brother and uncle; tTS quality features Before she reached the age of THE CONN "MINUET" his worshipful admirers added many her sister played the harp. "Street twenty, Marie Hall became successful INCOMPARABLE You can pay more ... $100, $150, even TONE So Easy to Play S200more ... but you can't buy better episodes to his life that could hardly playing shaped my whole life," rem- beyond the wildest dreams of her Iii TELLS YOU value in style, quality, and musical have taken place. ini ced Marie Hall. "I loved my audio days of street minstrelsy. She com- excellence! Yes ... in the Jesse French IT'S THE CONN ANYONE CAN LEARN But what about poor Bononcini? j Crescendo you save the difference- ence there are no more sympa- manded large fees; she played for SIMPLE TUNES yet you stillget such outstanding fea- He was hopelessly compromised in thetic li tener than these simple Queen Victoria and other crowned :'MINUET" tures as the exclusive 7-ply pin plank; IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES England in consequence of a curious folks. Responding to applause, I heads of Europe. She traveled to --- Perma-Crown sounding board; Indi- Hear it •.. Compare it _ .. Your Conn deoler vidually voiced hammers; Magic affair of plagiarism. It seems that in passed the hat around for money," Wifl) India and Australia; she made a tri- No Other Spinet Organ Offers Sa Much! ( glodly show you how! Touch Action. Investigate before you 1731 Bononcini submitted to the invest. See, examine, play the Cres- From Newcestle-cn-Tyne the Hall umphant American tour. She liked You'll know it's a CONN, when you hear it You needn't know a note of music! cendo today, at your Jesse French Academy of Ancient Music in Lon- family moved to Bri tal. where they American audiences, but could not -00 other spinet organ produces such ,bea~. You or any member of your family can dealer! Only a small amount down don a madrigal which was an exact played on the waterfront. The Bristol and easy payments puts this Spinet accept the American way of life. "Ice riful, flawless tones, so incomparably rich 10 start playing with both hands sensation in your home! copy of one by Antonio Lotti; this sailors particular] liked Marie's ren- water is too cold and hotel rooms all their colorful, natural harmonics. The immediately. Prove it to yourself by fact was discovered and ruined Bo- dition of Chopin's Nocturne No.2 are too hot," she said. sparkling bril~ia~ce ~:lpop~la~ dance seeing your Conn organ dealer ~ right away! JesseFrench~sons noncini's reputation. Distracted, and in her OW11 violin arrangement. In Marie Hall married her manager music the realistic vorces of violin, oboe without prospects of employment, the rich section of the town. the in 191I and settled in Cheltenham. and flute, the lovely mellowness of tradi- '3fI'Zite FOR FREE LITERATURE Bononcini fell in with a mountebank, tional organ tones; might,Y big organ Pianos musicians would station themselves Her world fame was behind her, but See your CONN organ dealer for complete information and demon- FAmom IQr MUJica! Excellence Sillce 1875 one Count Ughi who claimed the on the lawn in front of the drawing effects .. , all are at your instant corn- she continued to appear in concerts stratton lesson at no obligation-or, e divi5ion of the mand. By tone alone you'll choose the discovery of the philosophers' stone. room windows. and play 'villi as accompanied by her daughter Paul- write for new brochure describing P. A. STARCK PIANO CO. CONN "MINUET!" the MINUET. and for helpful ------~------~ Bononcini paid him a large part of much dignity as any ensemble in a ine Baring at the piano. The latest _ guide, "Howro Choosc ao Oegan." JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANOS : his earnings for a recipe for making Divisjon of the P. A. Starck Piano Co. r concert hall. edition of Grove's Dictionary lists ~.~ 234 S. Wabaih Ave., Chicaga 4, III. I gold: "Put this fluid in a clean vase Sometimes Marie would play the Marie Hall as having died in October, Without obligotion, send m", free booklet; and place it in a dark corner, where harp. This started a discussion among r ~-~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~ o "Musk in Your Child's Development" 194.7, but this is a premature burial, I Dept.1156, Elkhart, Indiana. no light of the sun, the moon, or her admirers: mould she study to for she was a "Soloist at a concert at I Send MINUET brochure and "How to Choose" Nome _ the stars can penetrate; do not open become a violinist or a harpist? An the White Rock Pavilion in Hastings I booklet, FREE and without obligation. it for ten days; if upon opening you aristocratic, elegantly dressed gentle· I i Street _ in the autumn of 1953, and her vigor- I NAMEi _ find that there is a multi-colored film , man offered a bet. "Here is a five- ous appearance at that concert at • covering the fluid, let it stand until : ADDRESS'- _ :, City ZOne_Slate _ pound note." he said. "Play some- which she played difficult technical IN TONe" it acquires a green color and heavy lL 0Please• __• check here if you are a••'",acher • thing lor us on the violin and then works with great fire promised many I CITY, ZONE, STATE _ fetid odor; soon it will become pur]- on the harp. My bet is that your MUSICAL I years of further musical activity. CENTURY I o Check here if interested in larger organ. 6 etude-novembar 1955 etude-november 1955 7

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One hundred and 19 1 attamme~ts and wide experience Kunwald (1) ; Leinsdorl (2) ; Mitro- porary music in addition to a special sets out to write a book embodying h' poulos (3); Molinari (3); Monteux concert by the Valparaiso University two entries were received. life philosophy about the thing that ~; (1); Munch (8); Nikisch (3); Or- Cha pel Choir will be presented at the Dr. Richard Warner, Rochester knows best, the reader may be assured mandy (65); Paur (3); Reiner (1); festival. of a real treat. The "Fundamentals f organist and member of the Eastman Sousa (2); Seidl (2); Stokowski School faculty, has been appointed Singing" is different from any bo:k Michi~an State University's station '(4); Stock (1l7), Tbe list of artists head of music at Kent State University, ~pon the ~uman voice and the art of WKAR-TV is presenting a fall and win- appearing re-embles a who's who in Kent, Ohio, where he is scheduled to mterpretauon your reviewer has ever ter series of concerts of unfamiliar the concert field for the last seven (Continued on Page 61) read, and he has read scores and Score music, including works by Purcell, of them. It is not a book to he perused decades. and put aside, hut rather a life-time This Society has bad a country guide to be read and reread. It is so wide influence upon the music of the •••••••••••• • Interspersed with ingenious observa. new world but has been particularly ti.o.ns. practi~al help, physiological expo- valuable in the amazing development ~,'"' " ~ sitions, POttICS! and sometimes amusing of the music of the mid-west. Full ~~<6J';-"" jB. <1",.. ,s-aU#.L&&ijJtXU.... !Iit!J.M,U..W;'.421Q. annola~lons: that the only suggestion of control and responsibility for the the, writer IS, that if you are making a F.or YOur " Musical Society now rests with the Plano ch personal" serious study of singing and the voice e School of Music of the University of meot 'upoonos the instrtl_ to get the hook and live with it. All artists agree' WhlCh great Michigan, of which Dr. Earl V. Moore this is accomplished by the author with- is dean, O~lt being tautological or over-loqua- BEGINNERS CAROL BOOK...... fm students halfway through the pre-grade books. Contains CIOUS. 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a graphic word picture of one of the most important events in recent musical history After years of intensive reconstruction work. the 's outward appearance will be almost unchanged from the original one, with the only eddl- tion of two terrace roofs on the side. by S, GORDON JOSEPH

FYOU HAD strolled along Bruckner and 20th century corn- lor music, and found particular en- green with envy, and at a cost to remained an enthusiast herself: Court composer. Vienna's Ringstrasse, as I did, posers Alban Berg and Boris Blacher; couragement among the members of turn any big Hollywood producer spending lavishly on the theatre arts The time before the Napoleonic on a sultry summer's day in and thus resume a tradition of opera royalty. Indeed, the next emperor, grey with fright! Considering that at a time when strict economy should Wars of the early 19th century had August, 1949, you would have in Vienna which has endured through Leopold I, wa himself no mean com- the Emperor himself and members have been the order of the day. For witnessed another sort of conflict: come sooner or later to the three centuries of tribulations and I poser and a prominent patron of of his court played some of the bit her, only the best was good enough, between the Germanic form-the forlorn and gutted shell of the halcyon days. music. 0 when his forthcoming mar- no matter where it might have to be drama set to music (a sort of classi- Opera House, capturing so poignantly parts in the great "Hossballett" per- The story of opera in the city can riage was announced in 1666, a spe· sought. So Lessing from Germany, cal Rodgers and Hammerstein] , and the forlorn post-war spirit of the city formance, it must have been quite a be said to have really begun in the cial theatre was built for the wedding Goldoni from Venice, and Gluck, the pure Italian grand opera, ending itself. But if you should happen to festival. middle "of the 17th century, when the celebrations to house one of the made Vienna the melting pot of West in victory for the latter. After the walk along the Ring on a winter day During the next hundred years, this wife of 's Emperor Ferdinand greatest opera' feasts in the whole defeat of Napoleon, Vienna became this November, you will find a bright medium called Opera matured into European music and drama. The cul- .III - Eleonora of Mantua - intro- history of the city. mination was the greatest contribu- the center of world attention as all new building in its place, reflecting a regular Viennese tradition. And duced this new musical art Iorrn from Cesti's "T1 POIllO d'Oro'' was staged tion to Austrian musical prestige to the great powers flocked to the peace the traditionally cheerful spirit re- though the reign of-the famous Maria her native Italy. It seemed to accord with a cast of so many thousands as date-the masterpieces of Mozart, Congress-the transitory U.N. of its stored to Vienna and its citizens again. Theresa (1740-80) was marked by with an almost innate Viennese love would turn even Cecil de '[ilIe who was appointed the first official day; and 'Austria's capital rang to For with its beloved Opera House B. war and political cr-ises, the empress the sound of music and dancing, at last properly functioning in its opera and sumptuous balls. These midst, Austria's capital will have be- post-Napoleonic years were the come her old gay self once more. The reconstructed equivalent of our jazz era of the 20's, From November 5 to December 5, View of the damaged where the Viennese public sought an overwhelming array of musical interior, showing the stage and aUditorium refuge in works that would make talent and genius has been lined up design by Rudolf them forget about war, and social for the re-opening of the Vienna State following the fire Eisenmenger on the and economic troubles at home. So Opera. Seat prices range between $15 c.aused by the and $100, but 250 dollars wouldn't main curtain. Prof. the romantic and escapist works of bombing in 1945. Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti became buy you a place now, if you haven't Eisenmenger's design which almost top favorites during the succeeding one already. Karl Bohm, Hans Knap- was the winner among pertsbusch and Rafael Kubelik, Fritz completely wrecked decades. But the convulsions of 1848, 78 submitted by the year of Central Europe's ulti- Reiner from the Chicago Symphony, the interior. and a host of great singers will per- 16 artists. mately unsuccessful rebellions, so- form works by Mozart, Beethoven, bered the populace considerably and Wagner, Verdi, , brought about a gradual change in temperament which was more pre- 10 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 11 t _ "The Twilight of the Gods"; and then THE VIENNA STATE OPERA and the Vienna Court Opera found it- self on the brink of a period of stagna- as the Nazi armies were pushed back pared to face up to the sterner realities tion. Just in time to save it, however, by the Allies all over Europe, all thea. .of the day. .ccmposer-ccnductor him- tres were closed under government or. It was such conditions that initiated self became manager in 1897, introduc- del'S. Only 29 days before the city was the new Verdi-Wagner era, with its ing, in addition, a new concept of Opera liberated from the Nazis, the tragedy weightier operatic themes. Wagner had and opera-going to Vienna and to the occurred, and the Opera House was actually taken part in the 1848 revolu- rest of Europe. He, it was, who began bombed during an air raid over Vienna. tions, resulting in his exile from Ger- the practice of keeping late-comers It speaks volumes for the people's many and Austria till 1861 and the ban- outside the auditorium until the end of love of music that within seven weeks, ning of many of his works. But the the act. Works of composers, too, were while the Russian army was still pour- "more than teaching" young people of Vienna responded so no longer to be tampered with at the ing in to occupy the city and the war in ardently to such of his music as they whim of the conductor ·01' producer. The Europe had yet a week to finish the heard that eventually he was allowed Opera as a frivolous pastime was fin- scarce resources of the capital had been to come to the capital to conduct re- ished with; the day of taking the' art sufficiently mustered to present. a per- hearsals of "Lohengrin," performed Madame Lolle lehmann, famed opera and lieder singer, provides, through seriously had begun. formance of the "Marriage of Figaro" shortly afterwards amid enthusiastic The new idea of the composer·man· on May 1, 1945, at the old undamaged reception. ager was continued with Felix von Wein- Volksoper. her master classes, inspirational guidance to today's young singers, Opera had now long ceased to be the gartnef but after he relinquished the Soon, under managers Alfred Jerger exclusive province of the rich and the post in 1911. another eight years were and later Franz Sal mho fer. with Josef royal, end the ordinary folk were find- to pass before the custom was resumed Kri ps as conductor. daily performances ing it as much a part of their daily when Richard Strauss joined Franz were taking place again-using the by NORMA RYLAND GRAVES lives as the cinema is today. So round Schalk as manager. In that year of 1919, Volksoper and the Theater an der Wien about this t.ime Vienna had been feel- the face of Central Europe and Vienna -in spite of the greatest difficulties and ing, more and mote acutely, the lack of had changed. The days of the monarchy frustrations. Postwar shortages of prop- an adequate permanent opera-house for were over. the Court Opera now became erties. of musicians. stafl and technical the public in some central location of the State Opera. Schalk was succeeded assistants. fuel and heating, transport N THAT MEMORABLE Feb· by her wide experience, that stamps be a most exacting critic, her remarks the city. An opportunity unexpectedly by , and Weingartner were all overcome. O ruary day in 1951, when world- her Pasadena and Santa Barbara are tempered by her kindly spirit. presented itself when a great programme took over again from 1935 to 1938. Then But. for the next two years, opera in acclaimed Lotte Lehmann unexpect- master classes as outstanding. To Imagine a well filled concert hall of public works was initiated in the came the time when darkness really Vienna had to live off its own fat. for city in 1858. When the ancient walled edly announced her retirement from them come film and stage stars, the- with twelve or fifteen pupils in vary· descended upon Austria. In February no visits t.o or from abroad were per- fortifications around Old Vienna were the concert stage, the music world atrical producers, concert artists, mu- ing states of composure seated in the 1938, the troops of Hitler goose-stepped milled. Nevertheless, some outstanding pulled down in the mid-19th century, a suffered an irreparable loss. ForLu- sicians and those not musical-at- front row-e-waiting. Just below the into Vienna. and Austria's independ- performances were given during that long wide semi-circular space was left nately, in the intervening years a new tendance at Pasadena often exceeding center of the stage is a large chair ence was a dream of the past. And yet, time: of "J igoleuo," "Salome," "Tris- around the inner part of town. This facet in the many-sided Lehmann 500. -also waiting. Suddenly, from the the Opera refused to die. Perhaps the tan and Isolde," under the energetic was to be converted into a series of Although the fundamental aim of conscious rustle of the audience in citizens needed its comfort more than administration of . At last, personality has developed-that of grand boulevards, known to this day as teacher and counsellor to aspiring these classes is to teach "interpreta- the back part of the room you know the Ring, and lined with imposing build- ever, and it cannot be denied that their however. in 1947. the company was al. young singers. In this role her impact tion" to well trained voices, Madame that the former great opera star has ings and public monuments. And on new German rulers could provide con- lowed abroad, first to France, then 10 is characterized by the same verve Lehmann highlights each session with this Ring, a site was reserved for the ductors and producers of international London's Covent Carden. Later, great entered the hall. new home of Opera. standing: men like Knappertsbusch and conductors came as guest performers that carried her operatic career to much of the music pedagogy set forth She is strikingly handsome, erect On May 20, 1863, the foundation stone Furtwangler, and Karl Bohm, who was to Vienna: John Barbirolli from Brit- such triumphant heights. in her book, "More Than Singing." in bearing, with deep-set eyes whose was laid. Six years later, almost to the made manager in 1943. ain. old acquaintances Knappertsbusch, "I love all those boys and girls in But even her own pedagogical axioms color is intensified by the blue dress day, the first music was heard by the It was on June 30, 1944, that a Wag- Furtwangler. George olti and one-time my classes. They are so eager-so take on new color when enlivened she wears. Personally attractive ner performance t.ook place. which public in the new building of the Vienna managers Karl Bdhm and Clemens hard working," she says simply. It is with humor, lively reuartee, engaging though she is, it is the warmth of her turned out to be the last that the citizens Krauss. Since then. Bohm has once Court Opera, as the opening bars to this spirit, augmented by a vibrant candor, and the Lehmann flair for personality that is one of her great- "Don Giovanni" were played. Under of Vienna were ever to hear in their old more taken up the reins of directorship. personality whose artistry is matched the dramatic. While at times she can est charms. the earliest managers, Dingelstedt and 19th century Opera House. For the sea- During these post-war years. Vienna As she introduces each young vo- , performances of son ended, somewhat symbolically, with became gradually transformed from the Mozart were encouraged, thus establish- drab sad locale of "The Third Man" calist, she gives a thumbnail sketch of ing that enormous popularity of the back to its old famiJiar self as one of the song to be presented. Perhaps the composer in Vienna which he had cer- Europe's gayest capitals, while t.he pupil will sing a few phrases, but tainly not enjoyed to a like extent in THE COVER THIS MONTH "theme music" of the city's mood unless lotte more often she is abruptly halted as his own day. The magnificence of the switched from Harry Lime's to that of lehmonn is owoy Through the courtesy of the Madame Lehmann works with her to new Opera House demanded nothing .Tohann Strauss. In key with this change, from home. she establish the composer's mood. Austrian Information Service spends her less than the grand scale; and got it the stones and steel girders rose from "After you signal your accom" with the full-blown operas of Beethoven, ETUDE is privileged to show o~ the shambles along the Ring, as a pri- leisure time panist, turn slowly, naturally to your Mozart and especially Wagner. During its cover this month two artists at ority reconstruction project began to outdoors-hiking, audience," she admonishes. "Your the last quarter of the century, indeed, work on one of the most exacting take shape; until one day last year, the swimming, riding, actions must frame the song with the manager Franz Jauner administered an and painstaking jobs in all the res- "Viennese heard the news they had ploying with her overdose of the spectacular to the point toration of the Vienna State Opera waited for so patiently. the greatest dogs. first note of the accompaniment. Let of risking 09casional dubious taste. House. It required months of de- news since the end of the fighting in (She has five.) your eyes, your face mirror the But, under the baton of the legendary tailed nerve-wracking work for Mr. Europe-their State Opera House was thought. See, this is what I mean," and the new directorship Eduard Giuliani and his assistants to be opened again towards the end of and taking her place by the piano she of , the Vienna Opera to restore the ornaments of the 19551 . demonstrates her words. moved from strength to strength. What When. in fact on the nigbt of Novem- The song proceeds for a few meas- an epoch of Austro-German contempo- foyer and in the main staircases. ber 5 this year, Karl Bohm raises his ures, and then up goes Madame's rary composers this was for Vienna!- The reopening of the Vienna State baton and the first strains of Bee- hand. "Do you really understand what with Brahms and Bruckner, Wolf and Opera will be marked by a month- at top of page is portroit thoven's overture to "Fidelia" soar you are singing?" she asks anxiously. Wagner, and the fabulous Johann long festival of special concerts of one of the famous throughout the theatre, the Viennese "Do you want to mouth 'Oh, lovely Strauss. Yet by the end of the century, and operatic performances. roles that Madame lehmann cup of happiness will be filled to over' they had mostly passed from the scene, created: thot of the spring' like this?" She pulls her flowing. THE END Marschallin in "Der Rosenkovalier." face down (Continued on Page 42) 12 etude-november 1955 13 hI _ • Orchestra Department Edited by Ralpb E. Rusb

a mUjica!lour much practical information

is given here by an through Gurope experienced educator in a discussion on

a leading piano virtuoso recalls interesting incidents

of a recent successful tour. • • SOME

Strin9 Choir at Idyllwild Arts Foundation Summer Music by ANDOR FOLDES -- Camp (California) with its conductor, Rolph E. Rush. HEN I THINK back on my CHARACTERISTICS W recent concert tour of Europe -my seventh since the end of Frankfurt Opera House, although it Radio's energetic musical director: HE EFFICIENT rehearsal is characterized, first of the war-in the course of which I did not get the universal acclaim louko Toionen, who is a fine pianist aU, by purpose. It moves always .toward .the reahza- played 68 concerts in eight countries, T which the composer's first opera himself. He introduced me to the tion of one or more definite objectives which may be many interesting experiences come to OF "Leonore 45/50" had all over Ger- young Finnish c mpo er Ahti Son- musical social psychological or educational in nature. my mind. The more concerts an artist many a couple of seasons back. ninen and it wa a great pleasure These :irns m~y also be narrowly specific or broadly plays, the .more he travels, the more Werner Egk's "The Magic Fiddle" to hear the tape recording of onnin- general, and they may o~er)ap at a.ny of a dozen points. he is pleased when he can "get away" (which I saw in Munich at the Opera en's piano con ert played by Mr. They are omnipresent III the minds of players and an evening to hear music made by House there) is an entertaining folk- Tolonen with the radio orchestra THE other people than himself. At least I conductor, and they are the goals toward which every opera-a latter-day "Schwanda" of earlier this season. This is a frankly moment of rehearsal time is directed, . always enjoy hearing new orchestras , sorts. It was originally composed m and unabashedly romantic work and The efficient rehearsal is analysis and synthesis. The in various parts of the world, new 1938 and is having a comeback in the performance wa lively, vigorous word "rehearsal" itself comes from a French word works, new interpreters and new most German opera houses. and full of temperament. meaning to harrow, to smooth out, to break into sma.ll operas. EFFICIENT My wife and I were in Stockholm Mr. Jack McFall. our Ambassador bits. This certainly, is closely related to the analyt~c During my last tour I was able to when Ingrid Bergman played in Ros- to Finland, honored my concert with hear at least 3 operas which were new process, although the analysis in .a good re~earsal IS sellini's version of Paul Elaudel's and his presence together with our cul- considerably more than just breakmg something down. to me and which I have enjoyed: Hin- Arthur Honegger's "Joan of Arc." tural attache, Dr. Lester C. Ott Dr. demith's "Cardillao," Rolf Lieber. It is establishing relationships both musical a~~ tech- Unfortunately, we weren't able to Ott is a real hi-fi fan and has a mar- REHEARSAL mann's "Penelope" and Werner Egk's nical and it is followed closely by the synthesising of see this production as I was busy velous collection of over 500 LP rec- "The Magic Fiddle." "Cardillac" was the parts into a musical whole. .. . during every night of my stay in ords. which he carries around with presented at the Nuremberg Opera The efficient rehearsal has a beginning, a middle Sweden, but opinions were quite him 'wherever he is stationed. I prom- House under the baton of its chief section and an ending, a "happy ending" if possible. divided-the audience being ob- ised to give an evening of contem- conductor, Alfons Dressel, in a really The beginning probably sbould be formal, a mailer of viously on the side of Bergman, while porary American music for the Il.S. superb performance. It was the second quick accomplishment of routine tasks. It shoul~ be the Swedish critics seemed to be Information Service in Helsinki, on version of this opera, which Hinde- brisk and businesslike and should include such things almost solidly against the perform- my next visit to Finland. and he mith has completed recently. I have as setting-up (roll, chairs, stands, instruments, music, ance. seemed to be quite enthusiastic about not seen the original, but of this final announcements), tuning and warming up. . In Finland, where I played with the idea. The middle section is the heart, that portion of re- version I can say with assurance that the excellent Finnish Radio Orchestra it is one of the fine operas of our In Copenhagen, Denmark, I wasde- hearsal time around which everything else revolves. by Trumon Hutton in one of their regular Tuesday night lighted to meet Erik Tuxen again, It should become longer as students become more century. Hindemith successfully mixes symphony concerts (held in the beau- the neoveristic style with the atonal with whom I played a Mozart Con- skilled at their preparatory and after-playing jobs. II tiful ampbitheatre·like Aula of Hel- certo with his wonderful Danish State will include old and new business and will be charac- and keeps his audience spellbound sinki University), I had the pleasure during the whole evening. The Swiss Radio Symphony-one of the top terized by an intense drive to accomplish. • of meeting again my old friend Jussi orchestras not only in Scandinavia Tbe ending should be a happy one, in the sen~e that composer Rolf Liebermann's "Pen- Jalas, who is not only one of Fin. but in all of Europe. This was my everyone has a feeling of worthw.h.ile c?mpletlOn .. It elope" uses the ancient legend of land's most outstanding conductors, Ulysses and puts it into a post-Second fourth appearance with this wonder- may include the playing of a familiar piece and will but has the distinction of being Si- ful body of musicians in five seasons allow just sufficient time to clean up properJy. World War setting in a small Italian' helius' son-in-law as well. I also spent village. It was well performed at the and it brought back many happy Let us suppose (Continued on Page 40) some time together with the Finnish (Continued on Page 49) 14 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 15 ti _ CHORAL DEPARTMENT

Organizational Practices •

School Choral Programs

An outline of some of the procedures

developed by leading choral educators.

by GEORGE HOWERTON Fritz Kreisler with young friends The beloved master at the at his eightieth birthday last February height of his career.

I. The prevailing attitude regard- somewhat more advanced than the mer School ing the organ ization of a program of "Girls Glee Club." Q. Previous Training in Voice and think for yourself school choral activities tends toward II. Basis for Membership in the A Instruments a conception of the a cappella choir Cappella Choir. The procedure for R. Previous Vocal, Choral and In- From on interview with FRITZ KREISLER. Secured for ETUDE by Rose Heylbut as a group where membership is ob- testing voices runs all the way from strumental Experience Outside tained upon the recognition of su- a quick group test to a very detailed tbe School perior ability and achievement. The and specific individual test. In the RITZ KREISLER is now enjoying tives on today's standards of musician- was beginning, concert reviews ap- a cappella choir may be said to oc- latter instance, the voice is tested for In some instances a personal record Fhis retirement (his public is not), ship" "Not really new perspectives," peared once a week, only in certain cupy a position at the peak of a range, quality, pitch discrimination, card of the type indicated above is hut he needed time to get used to it. he replies, his kindly eyes twinkling; journals, and were read by a public utilized together with a second card Genial, urbane, with a mental quick- pyramid, with various other groups and reading ability. Scales and arpeg- "my views on modern musicianship of, perhaps, 30,000, all of them music- known as the "Musical Ability Card" ness which belies his eighty years, the acting as preliminary steps leading gios are employed for the test together have been with me for some time, and lovers and intellectuals. Today, there on which the following appears {se- world's greatest violinist believes he to the choir at the apex. Typical pre- with intervals of unusual types. Some I see no reason to change" them. For is daily criricisrn, not only of concerts cured at the time of the tryout, with has at last successfully conquered a liminary groups are of the following directors use the Seashore tests as a better or worse, today's standards are but of radio broadcasts and record- space left for additional comment to seventy-year-long habit of hard work. types: basis for selection. In many cases a diametrically opposed-in every way ings; and it i read by millions. The note subsequent progress) : "At first it was really difficult not -to those which prevailed during my A. Junior High School Choirs. The certain academic superiority is pre- opportunity exi ts for everyone to graduation from junior high school requisite to membership in the choir. to be traveling about; not to be shap- own formative years. A. Quality participate. in some way. in music, choir into senior high groups is com- ing the day towards the climax of con- "I was born in 1875, in the times Many directors use a detailed. in- B. Placement and this is a great gain. However, paratively easy when the same person formation card upon which may be cert time," Mr. Kreisler confides, "but of Brahms and Bruckner; Richard C. Breath Support broadening the field of music has also has charge of the choral program in recorded the progress of the individ- - now I'm delighted to he completely Strauss had not yet asserted himself; D. Volume affected musical standards. which is both schools. It becomes somewhat my own master. I need not watch Wagner was considered (by those who ual singer. Such a card may include E. Pitcb not always a gain. more complicated when the junior schedules-or conductors. I need not considered him at all) to be a fiery the following information: F. Tremolo "Formerly, the music world was high school group is under a different A. Name ponder the aesthetics involved in revolutionary. Brahms opposed Wag- G. Blend less hectic and less confused. It took director from that of the senior high. B. Address whether to play Beethoven and ner-he also opposed Hugo Wolf. The H. Attack and Release of the Tone an artist longer to assert himself; but In this instance, many directors have C. Telephone Number Brahms before or after a modern con- entire musical world took part in the J. Flexibility once he did. his position was secure. worked out a relationship which pro- D. Parents' name certo. I do some playing, of course, controversies; violent discussions K. Articulation We knew no demand for 'glamour'; vides for the exchange of information E. Age and some composing, hut only when I broke loose and became part of one's L. Sight Reading box-office receipts were not the meas- "between the two heads. Recommenda- F. Year in School feel like"it. Another thing: I am fifty- life and work. M. Independence in Part Singing ure of success. A performer was tions are made by the junior high G. Height three years married, always to the "It is easy to say that music was N. Musical Intelligence judged solely in terms of artistic con- school director to the senior high H. Previous Choral Experience same wife, and it is wonderful to be different; to offer famous names in O. Memory siderations. and was loved accord- school director, and upon the infor- J. Voice Part (to be filled in by with her all the time, enjoying rich proof. We must remember, however, P. Character and Personality ingly. We had no notion whether mation thus obtained classification the teacher) companionship and exchanging ideas that music is never an isolated phe- Q. Attitude without the aid of Long Distance or Wagner. Wolf Debussy, were rich or into the proper group is facilitated. K. Range (to be filled in by the nomenon; rather, it is a reflection R. Interest in Solo Performance Special Delivery. T had to revitalize poor: we cared not at all how they B. Mixed Glee Clubs (composed of teacher) of the times which produce it. Thus, S. Public Appearance of the Singer myself to a new life, in a new age; dressed, whom they knew. who came boys and girls within the same group). L. Time and Place of Study Halls what we really mean is that the entire T. Special Aptitude in Allied Fields to their parties (if any). The entire Glee Clubs (for boys and girls but it has worked out beautifully." spirit of the age-the Zeitgeist-was C. M. Time and Place of Lunch Period judgment of life was different. separately) . This matter of revitalization to a different, in social and economic de. N. Free Time Before and After Space may also be provided for j'\Vhen ] got to Paris, as a boy of D. Mixed chorus (usually a some- new age makes you ask Mr. Kreisler velopment.. in judgment of values, in Scbool grade record and achievement in eleven or twelve, I remember seeing a whether withdrawal from professional everything. what less advanced group than the O. Former School Attended by the other courses. rather shabby man pass by the house "Mixed Glee Club." music has given him any new perspeo- "Take musical criticism. When I Singer III. Balance of Parts. "Because of where (Continued on Page 46) E. Girls Choir (usually considered P. Choral Experience in the For. the wide (Continued 16 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 17 '------RADIO- TELEVISION

Background Music A STUDY PROGRAM In• Radio and TV for the Cornet

by Albert]. Elias or Trumpet

HETHER it be Ravel's "Bolero" in English what they want, as it makes same program's "lliad.v vUncleTom's suiting them an easier job." Cabin," "The econd hepherd's Wfor a fiery Spanish play, or Here are valuable suggestions for solo and study spine-chilling music for a "Who Stole Often the director lets his music Play"; for the film presentation of My Ford?" commercial, background staff "work blind," says one of the Edward leichen photography ex· material for this important band instrument. music is an important item in dra- Mrs. Haas' associates, Maud Brogan, hibit at New York's Museum of Mod- matic presentations on radio and tele- "cheerfully asking you simply to ern Art-"The Family of Mann-on vision. But for all its importance in

'liIIIII _ PIANIST'S PAGE Boris Goldovsky's A Note on Mozart's NEW DEAL IN OPERA C Minor Concerto The slory of the New England Opera Theatre, thaI unique organizalion which has given

its audiences a new conceplion of GRANO OPERA. by GUY MAIER by Aubrey B. Haines Boris GoldovskV I OZART seldom chooses the to preparation for next year's cele- which sounds to me peevish rather M Key of C Minor. When he does, bration of the two-hundredth anni- than dramatic. Some of the slow the resulting piece is invariably full versary of Mozart's birth? How movements of these early Sonatas • of storm, conflict, despair, as in the about planning your own modest con- show similar weakness, hut any re- at left Goldovsky great C Minor Sonata, and both Fan- tribution to his birthday with a sim- semblance to Mozart or Haydn very rehearses with aid of quickly becomes lost. walkie-talkie which tasias in C Minor. In the Concerto in pIe performance of one of his early connects him with C Minor (K. 491) Mozart is at the operettas; or excerpts for one or two Other composers influenced Bee- back stage chorus. summit of his orchestral writing. pianos from the "Magic Flute" or the thoven also, Karl Phillip Emanuel None of his other concertos employs "Marriage of Figaro"; a narrative Bach, and even (so say the historians) such a large orchestra; no other piano .perfcrmance of his amusing Cherubini, whom Beethoven greatly achieves a conceruuue virtuosity of "Les Petits Riens" ("a little bit of admired. By the time the glorious piano and orchestra to equal it. Its nothing") or one of his shorter con- Sonata in D Major, Opus 10, No.3, glorious wood-wind writing makes certos like the A Major (K. 414) or bursts upon the scene, all trace of any such pull vanishes. What other • practically a concerto for that choir . C Major (K. 415) with a group of at right singers This "symphony with Piano" is prob- string players; or a group of short composer has ever set off a first move- reheorse with backs ably the most spacious of classical pieces by his father, Leopold, con- ment with such springing steps, and to Mr. Galdavsky to trasting with some Wolfgang's? who but Beethoven could have writ- develop self-reliance concertos. Beethoven, who was much of and freedom indebted to it had great admiration Let's make it a banner Mozart year! ten its tragic slow movement? of action. for it and often played the concerto. Who influenced Beethoven? So, away with these "influence" The first movement introduction- A member of a recent class asked: considerations! Let's just study Bee- 100 measures long-is practically the "Which composers influenced Bee- thoven, play him, live him and let exposition of a symphony. After it, thoven most?" his boundless vitality restore body the piano opening, played with dig- Beethoven's early style indicates and soul. HEN some years ago Boris with perfection its goal and a mul- acter definition and delineation are nity and tenderness, becomes one of clearly the influence of both Haydn A Technic Tip Goldovsky was assistant to titude of rehearsals accepted as a required, too. Every character knows the most moving themes for our in- and Mozart. If, for example, you feel It seems to me that many teachers W Fritz Reiner in Philadelphia, these composers present his first never consciously decide how to teach matter of fact. "It is difficult to exactly, to the smallest detail, what strument. Nowhere else has Mozart in the conductor had him play for a compute the number of rehearsals action and movement-s-even what exceeded the richness of texture, the Sonatas, have you observed that Bee- students to achieve quickest, surest rehearsal of "La Boheme" being required for each performance," Gal- thoughts he should be thinking as a passionate outcry, the conflict of thoven's style, right from the Sonata results in technical study. For in- staged by Dr. Ernest Lert. "I sud- dovsky says. "A work that the com- character-are required of him each darkness and light of this first move- Opus 2, No.1, is characterized by a stance, do you ask a student to go denly realized that opera came to pany has preformed previously, for single second of the opera, according ment. The Finale of five variations is nervous abruptness which is a far cry home, practice an arpeggio-then to life," Goldovsky says now, looking instance, will take considerably fewer to Goldovsky. "Each character's mus- Mozart's finest and freest variation- from the healthy humor of Haydn come back and tell you exactly his back on that day. "It made sense, hours of rehearsals than a new work. cular co-ordination and the matter form composition. or the ethereal suavity of Mozart? It practice processes? but only when it was properly di- When the company originated, its of timing, of fitting together like a Remember it was Mozart who is not only a relief but a joy to hear Always ask a pupil how he has rected and staged so that the musical first performance was 'The Marriage jigsaw puzzle the movements of all wrote to his father that "everyone is the old classic smoothness shattered. practiced any difficult passage, and and dramatic values were brought of Figaro.' Several weeks of constant the characters on the stage, require amazed that I can always keep strict Have you noticed, too, how in these make him show you the exact means out simultaneously and in equal pro- rehearsals-morning, noon and night a great amount of rehearsal time. time. What these people cannot grasp early Sonatas Beethoven is often very he has used to try to. master it. You portion." Who would have guessed -c-went into the preparation of this Since our singers are never allowed is that in tempo rubato the left hand roundabout in his transitions and de- will often be surprised-and shocked then that out of that discovery would work, which was almost completely to watch the conductor-not even to should always go on playing strictly velopments? Right from the begin- -by the "methods" he divulges-x-I have emanated the New England double-cast. Since that intensive catch his eye by accident-much while the right hand takes on its own ning he so stubbornly pushes the require my own piano classes to do Opera Theater of Boston, which has preparation, however, much less time more rehearsal time is required to free but gentle liberties." dramatic elements that he seems to this very thing. For example, I give literally given grand opera in Amer- is required to prepare subsequent co-ordinate the orchestra with move- Artist students should study this be obsessed with drama. Sometimes each student the privilege of choosing ica a new deal? performances of that work." ment on the stage and to fix in each concerto. After it, even such difficult he will introduce a rough joke here any rna j or and minor arpeggio. Then With union rules having to be The New England Opera Theater singer's mind the correct tempo." concertos as Mozart's D Minor or or a sudden rage there, quite unlike return next lesson, explain their prac- conformed to, and therefore a mini- requires many more rehearsals for Casting the role ill an opera pre· E-Aat Major (K. 482) or Beethoven's the, smooth developments of Haydn tice routine and play these for four mum of rehearsals for great com- its performances than the average sents but one real problem, according in C Major or C Minor seem much or Mozart. octaves rapidly up and down, hands I. panies such as the Metropolitan and opera company because its staai nas less formidable. Often the drama seems out of pro- singly and together. Then, for smooth- o 0 to Goldovsky. That is to find a singer the San Francisco, the New Eng- are much more elaborate, definite and who ideally fits the requirements of The Mozart Year-1956 portion to the subject matter as ih ness and speed I set them to prac- land Opera Theater stands unique: detailed. Much more minute char- the (Continued on Pa~e 48) Are teachers giving enough thought the C Minor Sonata, Opus 10, No.1. ticing the (Continued on Page 64) 20 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 21 li _ ACCORDIONIST'S PAGE THE accordion BAND, Teacher's Roundtable

Maurice Dumesnil, Mus. Doc., discourses on Middle C Approach, Vibrations and Resonance, Chopin's Military a Polonaise, and other matters. community MIOOLE C APPROACH this two-against-three; just get right Recently 1 attended a clinic for the meanings of these terms. (Miss) M. J. P., India into it with complete relaxation. As a piano teachers given by a well known help, you can wait a trifle longer aft- educator who stated that the Middle er the first beat and compensate by C approach is awkward, unnatural Resonance is the transmission of project playing the triplet faster, thus more and involves too few tunes for young vibrations from one vibrating body easily. This will also sharpen your beginners. This seems to make sense; to another. It takes place when the rhythm and give more character. f"owever, most of my pupils began two bodies are capable of vibrations With a few minutes practice I feel using the Middle C as a starting point of the same frequency. For instance: if two tuning forks of the same pitch sure you will do it satisfactorily. for both hands. Should I change my by THERESA COSTELLO Symphonic Accordion Ensemble, directed by Frank Gaviani, method, or simply try to incorporate are placed close together and one of appearing in the Boston Commons, Boston. NERVOUS TENSION some of these other ideas into my them is struck by a hammer, the other teaching? Thanks for any advice. will immediately begin to vibrate and Each spring when / present my stu- C. B. F., Louisiana emit the same sound. dents in recital there seems to be such THE ACCORDION BAND, no The matter of juvenile delinquency Caviar» band received the largest On the piano this phenomenon has a nerVOu.S tension in all of them, no longer a novelty, could well be has been brought up so many times ovation. The audience clamored for This is a matter of opinion and larger possibilities and if you playa matter luno well prepared they may made the center of community life or that it is virtually unnecessary to encores and the next day's newspa- everyone is entitled to his own. How- low C it sets up resonant vibrations be, that [our or five get completely activity in your own city or town. To point out that the accordion band, pers gave front-page coverage "to the ever, personally I remain in favor of in other strings of the major chord. lost all. parts of their pieces which those who have not as yet seriously as much as any other form of music, accordion portion of the Festival. It is the Middle C approach and do not We use this effect often in Debussy they've played perfectly for me for considered the formation of accordi- can help to reduce the maladjustment such events as this one which are consider it -in the least awkward or and other composers whose music weeks. Can you give me any sugges- on groups, either for studio or public among children, particularly teen- giving the accordion (and the ac- unnatural. hi fact, it is most natural lends itself to tonal effects. tions how to help them overcome this appearances, the following observa- agers. Playing music keeps the young- cordion band) a real significance in since it clearly draws the line be- Upper partials have to do with the nervousness? Thank you. tions should be interesting and in- sters interested in a "hobby," devel- the music world. tween treble and bass, between right acoustical effect of the composite Mrs. H. B., New Jersey formative: ops in them a growing sense of self- Until recently, the lack of pub- and left hand, and the two C's meet sounds produced by all instruments There is no retarding age limita- reliance, and attracts them from the lished music suitable for large groups exactly one line below (the treble -fundamental sound plus a number There is little for you to worry tion; an accordion baJ29. may consist streets tb a worth-while activity in of accordionists has been a stumbling staff) and one line above (the bass of additional pure sounds-the "over- about if only four or five of your of instruments ranging from the 12 which they can join with their neigh- block. Today, however, there are sev- staff) . tones" which are not heard distinctly students get lost in their pieces occa- bass to the 120 bass, with players bors. In this respect, accordion bands, eral music publishers who actually That it may "involve too few tunes because their intensity is much less sionally. In my opinion, it's a small from five years of age upwards. Of while serving as a deterrent to j uve- specialize in accordion band litera- for young beginners" is immaterial, than that of the main sound. percentage indeed and besides, it hap- course, it will include adults, too. nile delinquency, can do much for ture, and a healthy library of ac- because what I consider important is The study of acoustics is a very pens in practically every recital. My There is no limit to the type of music community life. cordion band music 115 now available. to make good musicians out of young interesting one~ and I am sure that memory fails to recall any such event that can be performed by the ac- There are many such groups All of us are familiar with the tre- pupils and not aim at having them if you go into it more deeply you will when no slips or breakdowns oc- cordion band; it can cope with popu- throughout the United States which mendous strides made by the ac- play tunes or ditties as soon as possi- find it quite fascinating. curred. lar and serious music equally as well. have done much in their communi- cordion as an instrument since the hIe. For those students and even for This capacity has been demonstrated ties to improve the relationships of end 01 World War II. The numher of I advise you to use a little retro- MILITARY POLONAISE your entire class, the best thing to do on many occasions during the past living together and many a charitable accordion devotees is now well in the spection and examine the results you In Chopin's Military Polonaise, is to rehearse their numbers repeat- several years in various parts of the cause has been enriched by their gen- hundreds "of thousands, and if the ohtained from the Middle C approach fifth bar of the middle section in D edly before people. This can he done United States. erous co-operation. They have also number of accordion bands that are in former years. If they were satisfac- major: why is this so difficult to play at your studio and quite informally As is the case with other types of done much to acquaint the public now functioning throughout the tory, why make a change? If you up to speed without the second "g" some days before the recital. Also: bands, the accordion band can par- with the inherent possibilities of the United States can be taken as a cri- decide to try to incorporate the "new chord of the triplet (two against have them play for one another. I ticipate in patriotic parades, open-air accordion, particularly in band work. terion, one can safely predict that the ideas" into your teaching, you should three) being played with the second don't mean your entire class, but two concerts, community song-jests, a~d A splendid example of the accordi- accordion band (or orchestra), as a do it with discrimination and con- octave in the bass? or three, or small groups. You can all kinds of public functions, both on orchestra is brought to mind by a musical group, will bid fair to be- tinue your usual method with your R. B. W., D. C. ask the mothers to have their little indoors and out. Many towns and 300-piece all-accordion band, which come the most important of band serious students, reserving. the ditty daughters play, too, whenever friends cities lack the funds necessary for appeared several years ago at the New movements in the country. approach-whatever it is-for the maintaining a community orchestra England Music Festival held in Bos- You shouldn't find that passage drop in. It all helps, and there is no • • • others in your class who prefer it. difficult, for it seems to glide along substitute. or band. This is where the smart ton. Directed by Frank Gaviani, it The World Accordion Champion- very easily if you play the triplet It's a natural thing for anyone- studio- operator can fill the gap by was the first accordion band to be ship was held on September 24, at VIBRATIONS ANO RESONANCE fast, crisp and light, reserving the even seasoned virtuosi-to feel un- providing an accordion band-from asked to participate in concert with the Dome, Brightou, England. Com- I would like to get some informa- strong accent for the chord which easy the first time they playa piece his own roster of pupils, if necessary other musical groups, which included petitors sent to this championship tion regarding resonance and upper comes on the first beat of the next in public, and it is customary among -thus rendering a real service to his on that occasion Dr. Edwin Franko represented the winners of individual partials. I do not quite understand measure. Try not even to think of them to (Continued on Page 62) community as well as himself. Goldman and Arthur Fiedler. The contests (Continued on Page 59)

22 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 23 "------• ORGANIST'S PAGE VIOLINIST'S FORUM Raising Making the Most of the Our Standards Kreutzer Double-Stop Studies by Harold Berkley by Alexander McCurdy

THERE ARE many ways in which ilar passages in the study, the thumb ten against a triplet (as on the third the modern approach to violin should lie well back beneath the neck, and fourth beats of measure 1), it manual Moller organ, edcqueee to the FTER several trips during which I and an excellent organist, the latter teaching differs from that in vogue which should not be gripped by the is sounded with the first note only size of the church, on which the A had the opportunity to observe playing a large four-manual Skinner thirty or forty years ago. The chief first-finger knuckle. In fact, the of the triplet; but when a quarter the work of organists from Canada to organ. This instrument was well- youthful organist performed quite advances have been, of course, in the knuckle should not touch the neck at note is so written, it is sounded with the Gulf of Mexico, and from Maine placed and well-played. I arrived in creditably. teaching of bowing technique, but all for the first seven measures. This all three notes. The study needs to to California, I have concluded that time to hear an anthem, several At the service which 1 attended there have been significant changes rather extreme shaping of the hand be played very slowly at first-as organists and church choirs in our hymns and an improvised offertory, the church happened to be crowded, also in the approach to left-hand tech- can be relaxed somewhat in the 8th though written in moderate tempo country are getting better all the all done in consummate good taste. and the brief offertory was finished nique. One of the most important of measure, but it must be resumed in quarter notes-as there are many time. I arrived late at the Presbyterian he fore the ollection had been teken these changes has been the teaching the 9th. In this measure, the student fourths in it. Fourths sound beaut- The music played and sung is con- Church and heard part of the sermon, up. "I waited with professional in- of double-stops at earlier stages of should he able to play the chord in iful if they are absolutely in tune, stantly improving in quality. So is then several responses by the choir, terest to see what would happen. The the student's advancement: nowadays Ex. A cleanly; without, that is, any but if they are the least bit off pitch, the way in which it is performed. a hymn and the postlude. The choir young organist was equal to the oc- the progressive teacher gives simple of the three fingers touching a neigh. the effect is deplorable. They are not More and more, it is the rule rather was well-balanced and its singing in casion, improvising fluently on themes exercises in thirds and sixths to stu- boring string. easy to play accurately, the lower than the exception to hear fine per- the responses was beautifully done. from the offertory and simultaneously dents who are still working in the note tending to be too flat or the formancee of fine music. Churches Even the Postlude was carefully modulating into the proper key for first position. upper note too sharp. The appearance are giving more thought to this as- worked out, rather than being, as is the Presentation. It was as smooth a Such has not always been the case. of a fourth should be a warning of pect of the church service; and right- sometimes the case, a haphazard mu- perIorrnan e a anyone could wish to Formerly, it was the lucky pupil who danger ahead. ly so when one considers that in most sical scramble to accompany the exo- hear, and delighted me no little. had any real training in double-stops With one exception, there is no No. 33, in E minor (usually No. 36 churches about 50 per cent of the dus of Sunday worshippers. It de- ] n California, where people also go before he encountered them, looming passage in this stud y the technique in other editions), can well be the service is in some way connected with lights me to hear an organist take his to church, I attended a large Presby- up before him like the Great Wall of of which is difficult to understand. next study to be worked on, as it music. Postlude seriously and do a good job terian service. The organ in this China, in the Kreutzer Studies. After The exception is the transition from must be bowed staccato, and not le- As I travel about the country, I with it. church is the most effective badly- toilsome effort he discovered that measure 6 to measure 7-see Ex. B. gato as the two previous studies have like to find out what the churches, Such were the high musical stand- built and badly- pecified organ that they, like the Great Wall itself, were been. There is an important tech- musically speaking, are up to. On a ards I found prevailing in the I have ever heard. It so happens that not insurmountable-but at what a nical point here. While it is recog- recent Sunday morning, in a large churches of one Florida community. the instrument is very well placed in cost of toil, and sometimes tears! nized that an instantaneously strong Florida city, I attended parts of three It is a pleasure to report that such the church and therefore sounds bet- Even today, in spite of the fact finger-grip is a necessity in most services. standards are not confined to Florida. ter than it has any right to sound. that several excellent books of easy The difficulty disappears when the technical playing, it is also realized People go to church in Florida. In Maine I heard a service in a col- The large choir, too, theoretically double-stop stuclies are available, necessary technique is explained, but that in a legato passage played at They take a genuine interest in the lege chapel, with a student organist did not deserve to sound as well as there are hundreds of students who I have found very fe"v' pupils to whom a moderate tempo, the finger can church there, and the three which I and a student choir. The service was it did. During June, July and August come to those of Kreutzer ill-pre. it ever has been explained. This is squeeze the string rather than hit it; attended were well filled. It was not a delight. The organ was a beautiful the church allows anyone, practically, pared; and as many more who, what must be done: The second finger ~ while in staccato or marcato playing during the so-called "season," either, instrument, played to perfection; and to sing in the choir on Sunday who though well-grounded in double-stop- which in measure 6 has been stopping the grip must be at its strongest as which I take as evidence that church- the choir, although made up entirely shows up for rehearsal on Thursday ping, find in Kreutzer problems for the D and A strings, remains in place the bow makes the stroke. This is going in Florida is a year-round ac- of students, was a first-class one. night. In the summer months the or- which their previous training has not through measure 7; the first finger, especially important in double-stop tivity. The choir's decorum, by the way, ganist-choirmaster is operating some- prepared them. It is for these stu- which has been stopping B natural playing. The Methodist Church, where I was as admirable as its singing. It is thing rather like a hotel, with check- dents that the following notes on the on the G string throughout 6, moves The printed bowing is better ig- heard the Prelude, the first hymn, my observation that few choirs now- outs and new arrivals every week. Kreutzer Double-stop Studies have back to Bdlat on the last note of 6 nored until the notes are fairly well some responses and an anthem, had adays would deserve the scathing fortunately, the choirmaster knows been compiled. and stays there; and the third finger learned-c-when, however, it should a large congregation. The organist comments which Mark Twain made his business so well that the continual The best of these studies, to start moves over to stop G-sharp on the D certainly be practiced, for it is one was well prepared. He performed on about choirs a century ago. changes of personnel do not spoil his with, is No. 34 in the edition I am string. The first, second and third of the most valuable bowings a stu- an adequate three-manual Austin, Student organists are well prepared performance. Besides, the permanent working with (that published by the fingers remain down all through 7, dent can work 00. well-placed and well-maintained. His these days and usually give a good nucleus of the choir is always on Theodore Presser Co.). It is also No. only the fourth finger moving. If this The next study in order should be accompaniments were played with , account of themselves in performance. hand. The service, choral singing and 34 in most other editions. To play it combination of motions is gone over No. 32, in F minor (No. 37 in other taste and restraint. The choir had At a resort in the Blue Ridge moun- organ-playing at this church are on with accurate intonation, the student three or four times quite slowly, editions). Valuable though it is as a been thoroughly rehearsed and did a tains I attended service in a "summer the highest plene, and are a source must have his left elbow well under learning it will be no problem. study in intonation, it is even more most creditable job. The congrega- church" open only four months of the of continual inspiration to the con- the violin and his left hand far enough The next etude to be studied should valuable as a bowing study. Practiced tional singing was a joy to hear. year, which relies on a volunteer gregation. around so that the knuckles are al- be No. 37 in D major (No. 38 in as in Ex. C, it is a splendid exercise At the Congregational Church, a choir and a student organist. The It is sometimes assumed that most parallel with the neck. For the almost all other editions). In this for co-ordination of bowing technique. few minutes later, I heard a fine choir church has just acquired a new two- the servo (Continued on Page 41) first sixteen measures, and other sim- study, when an eighth note is writ- (Continued on Page 57) 24 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 25 tI _ • N DISCUSSING pianistic values, it tions were chiefly of the bravura kind, those of his age were not. Liszt Grade 4: I is common practice to deal WIth Sonata VIII, in F Major was a pupil of Czerny. Another of "technique" and "musi..:ianshi?," op· Edited by M. Esposito DOMENICO SCARLATTI posing one to the other as If th~y Czerny's pupils was my OWngreat Allegretto pastorale (1683-1757) were mutually exclusive. The fact IS, master, Leschetizky, whosetendencies (J.~,,) they are not. Musicianship on the were in the direction of musical in- 5 1 4 I;" .-----. 1----2 ••• ~ .:,. ~ ~ 1 3 '~3 1/"3 1 piano demandsadequate te~hnique- sight rather than of bravura tech- one cannot make known his concep- nique; he had and advocated tech- nique of the balanced sort. '----'- tion of a great work without the P dolce . TRENDS PIANO technical facilities which will take it Another definite tendency was , out of the mind, out of the keys, and established by Schnabel. Hi, wae tbe into the air where it can be heard. era of remote inwardness-of almost • 1 forgotten Schubert sonatas, of search- 1-,-'r* • Furthermore, there is nothing intr in- ~,---..:::.------=-"---- 3 ~~ sical1y unmusical about .possessing ing Beethoven playing. All in all, 3__ Schnabel started a pretty good school, good finger technique. The unmusical - 'Ir ·~.1I~_3 ~~...... •. 1 (and quite unforgivable) thing is to exemplified today by hi, pupil, Clif- • . 2 1 ------ford Curzon. Later still, we come to ------lose the balance between proper and ---- '---- • exaggerated technique. the trend of Horowitz who may be ' Where does one draw the line? At said to out-Liszt Liszt, and to set the ~~~ -- ---,.. - ~ ~~U , ~ fL.b. plano what point can one justifiably say, model for young pianists of today . •• whose chief ambition seems to be to "This is good technique-s-but that '/I == 2 5 r is a gymnastic monstrosity?" To my playas fast and as brilliantly a, he • '!' '-,J '---~ mind, the answer lies not with the does, ignoring his fine artistry and metronome but with the attitude of musicianship. 5 playing mind. The technique which enables In attaining this ambition, they fJ • 3 'Ir J)J ..Ii .J f)'Ir~, J(J ..Ii .J .tl'lr~1 ) U one to release his musical ideas is are in danger of missing everything . · . necessary and good. The technique else of importance in music-making, ------which is developed for its own sake, which is why r say that I hope this I I- V, 'I '2 1 2 V I t 0 regardless of the statement of musical phase is but a passing one. i- ~ k•• ~ ~ r-. r-~ ~ ideas, and solely in order to permit --- .. its possessor to play louder, faster 11 is difficult to prophesy whether ------4 1 4 3 3 and more glitteringly than anyone it will be or will not. If the world 3 3 5 else, is bad. And it is bad not because quiets down, if the spirit of the times it is loud and fast but because it is manages to settle on gentler matters unconcerned with music. It is the ex- than war and atomic explosions,ma- ---J ~lIJ. ~~ ~ J).J ~JlJ. J~..J )r~Q 4~ aggerated, effectful, show-ofl tech- terialism and general restlessness, . • nique which is unmusical and hence such gentler preoccupation will un- · - , 'I , deserving of condemnation. doubtedly be reflected in art. If our > ·~t > ere.•c~ Such condemnation should be tem- younger arti ts determine to set them- -r--- ,..---- t,!,"~1 pered, however, with the knowledge selves more musical goal, that, too, fI.. ••• fL ~~~ ~ ~ .;-.. ~ f= q! ~ ---!' .,... b •• that technique and musicianship alone will find reflection in mu ic and mu- do not tell the whole story of piano- sic making. One of the healthier 3 1 playing. The spirit of the time itself, signs of musical development occurs = the Zeitgeist, has its influence, estab- here in America, in the form of 5 lishing a kind of trend as to what is assistance (grants, scholarships, etc.) 5 4 1 heard and what may he called fash- to young composers. Returning to ~2 1 ~ ~ Benno Moiseiwitsch --- ionable to hear. America alter only a year's absence, Each age, perhaps, has its own one is amazed by the number of new trend. Today, the tendency among composers to have emerged, as well cresco From an interview 1 ~1 ~. 'Ir______.f 'Ir____. young pianists is to play very loud as by the number of new worksfrom 'Ir~ . and very fast. I hope this is but a familiar ones. This, of course, is an with Benno Moiseiwitsch, passing phase, as it well may he, since excellent thing; not all of these new these things come and go. There have works are necessarily good, but at 2 3 noted Russian piano virtuoso always been trends. Liszt began the least they are given a chance to be phase of bravura technique and dis. , 5 4 heard and thus to sift themselvesout. fl ---5 J t~1 ~~ 5~2 11 h t 2 t ~t, Secured for HUUE ciples of bi" like Thalberg and It is difficult to generalize a5 to 11 ~ .1o.~1 Tausig, gave it added momentum. how more truly musical insight is . . . Anton Rubinstein was, perhaps, of , · by Myles Fellowes to be attained. Each talent must be r I r I . · the same type but of different calibre. V C:...I"' ,.----r ~ r V [ treated individually. according to the " fdim. p - I"'ft--tJ11 ' oco rit.~~_ _ He had a natural technique which mental aud physical possibilities of f 1-1', was tremendous, together with an its possessor. We can speak out with . . . equally tremendous musical insight good intentions, stressing the fact · 3 :;j' :;j '1 .. • which saved him from being a mere that, while good technique is natu- - :;j--: } .I ," .:--- ,---:;j~ technician. It is interesting to see rally necessary, the acquisition of From "Early Italian Piano Music" Edited by M. Esposito that while Liszt's personal inclina. (Continued 011 Page 39) Copyright 1906 by Oliver Ditson---Company International Copyright secured 26 ETUDE-NOVEMBER 1955 ETUDE-NOVEMBER /955 .27

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It is essary. The tricky part of the whole too important. In playing the work my- not an easy thing to derive pleasure situation is that a fine technique is not ~ ~ f'- I---~ self, I am not greatly concerned with ~ .-----,., • --- from Shakespeare and Shaw if one is unmusical-that the danger lies in ex- • the historic peculiarities of Hoffmann bred on who-dun-it murder mysteries. aggeration, in neglecting the real mean- I or Kreisler. I am concerned with Schu- · And it is not easy to stimulate a taste ing of music. I mann, whom I know and love for his I I I for Mozart and Schubert in young peo- Another helpful step is to encourage melody, his passion, his sincerity, his ple whose sole dream is to play Liszt students to give more time and more suffering. Thus, I play what I find in faster than anyone else can play him. devotion-real devotion, not just an oc- the music, regardless of its'~program," Much, of course, depends on the casional half-hour or so-e-tc taking and I hope others do the same. A.t best, young artist's own receptivity to music, music to their hearts. This can be done I I don't believe too much in "program together with the way he has been mu- by encouragement; by good teaching, music." I believe, rather, in searching sically brought up. But training alone and supervision between actual lessons; each score, not for what is said to be can't solve the problem. We take for by hearing good concerts by reliable there, but for what one finds in it .. "!' 7! 7 granted that the average teacher will artists; and by listening to good record- pp - - inculcate sound musical habits. But ings, not at all in order to imitate them, oneself. - On the subject of "program music," - - what happens is that the young artist but to listen for values one has not .:" I am reminded of an experience I had is entranced by great technical display, heard before. • with Rachmaninoff, whose friendship I • by very reason of his youth and Inex- Not long ago, I met a young pianist perience. He hears these technical gym- who was about to give a recital and was privileged to enjoy for many years. -v I I Before I ever dreamed of knowing him, 1 3 3 1 nastics and immediately becomes fired who quite warmed the cockles of my '4 I found his seldom-played Prelude in to equal them. It is a rare young talent heart by telling me that his program Bsminor, and fell in love with it. As I that is not caught by the glare of this included Schumann's Kreisleriana. I studied the work, I gradually visualized glamour-technique; that sets its sights went off on tour myself just at that a definite picture, or story, about it, and upon an inward and musical interpreta- time, and I do not know what happened '" I ...... -----. this stayed in my mind. Some twenty tion of a Brahms Intermezzo rather to the young man and his recital, but I ------remember him and admire him for years later, when, to my delighted sur- than upon the sure-fire dazzlement of prise, Rachmaninoff admitted me to - display. It is difficult to combat such choosing to play the Kreisleriana. It is, .. alas, one of the least-known, least- his friendship, the picture was still p pp I tendencies in a general way. In an individual way, a teacher can played works of Schumann, and, to my (Continued on Page 44) -~ 1\ :n ~ ~ ;;. • • • , , I , Teacher'so.Diploma IN MUSIC EARN Bachelor's Degree CONSERVATORY·TRAINED MUSICIANS COMMAND BETTER INCOMES You can receive the highest type of musical training in your own Study in Spare Time home. These Extension methods and the curriculum have been poco cresco at Home! pp developed and perfected by the Conservatory over years of This is Your Opportunity-Mail Coupon Today! time. Their value and soundness is proven in the careers of ••••••••••••••••••••• c ••• w ••••••••••••• ~ -UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONSERVATORY, Dept. A-832 thousands of musicians and teachers, who owe their success : 2000 South Michiqan Blvd., Chicago 16, Illinois largely to the personalized and painstaking coaching of this _ Please send me catalog, sample lessons and full informer- : Han regarding course I have marked with an X below. great Conservatory. Courses include: .0 Piano. 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CONSERV AlORY : the Degree of Bachelor of Music?' _ 88 ETUDE-NOVEMBER 1955 etude-november 1955 39 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EFFICIENT REHEARSAL most school instrumental music mate- RAISING OUR STANDARDS rials are much more carefully edited Aff''lfl Piano Publications, nowadays than in the past, there re- (Continued from Page 15) (Continued from Page 24) mains much to be done by the individual for Those Who Want To Teach With The finest! that we have a school orchestra to work just a bridge or to make an appoint- director. ices heard in places like Emanuel with. It meets every school day for one ment with a young fiddler to perform It is now a pparent that an efficient, Church in Boston, St. Bartholomew's in New Publications By HAZEL COBB! period of 50 minutes. These 50 minutes some slightly bigger job of adjustment. economical rehearsal is a planned re- New York, the Fourth Presbyterian NINE GOLDEN KEYS TO EASY READING hearsal. It is planned as one complete aloe the Does in which we must prepare Much time can be saved, in this con- Church in Chicago, or Grace Cathedral A new approach to note-reading! Immediately ~stablishe.s th~ pla~~ment nection, if the instruments are inspected meeting in a sequence of similar meet. the group for festival, for Christmas, in San Francisco are the ultimate in of nine strategic keys - the five C's and four G s. Reading IS fccllitcted ings. Much more is involved for the for assemblies, for P.T.A. meetings, during class time at regular intervals. musical polish and refinement. One by further relating these keys to all other notes , ,.. .75 for the spring concert, for graduation, Warm-up routines vary with instruc- director than merely meeting his group finds, however, as he travels that there DO IT YOURSELF ON THE NINE GOLDEN KEYS TO tors and with groups just as they should and correcting mistakes as they occur. and for the many other appearances are many other churches in which fine EASY READING of the school year. These minutes are vary according to the needs of a par- He must know individual players and organ'-playing and choral singing are provide for their needs, and he must Serves as a "workbook to the original "volume .75 ours to use as we see fit. We can ticular group. Some orchestras or bands heard, quite worthy of the beautiful may be particularly in need of tone pace himself and the group so that spend some of them in taking roll, sanctuaries in which they take place. setting up chairs and stands, passing development and the instructor may give there is always group interest in in- During a recent journey I heard two help along these lines with a five or dividual or section problems. The First Name In Piano Methods! out music, tuning and warming up. At excellent organ recitals. One was by six minute warm-up of long tones or MORE AND MORE TEACHERS THROUGHOUT the end of the period we can reverse The teacher, or director, of the school Alexander Schreiner, playing the fa- chorale studies. A group may need to music group is also a conductor. Too THE NATION ARE USING AND ENJOYING THIS the process, at least as far as cleaning mous organ at the Mormon Tabernacle develop a particular type of bowing, or HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PIANO METHOD I up is concerned. These are all jobs often he wastes valuable rehearsal time in Salt Lake City. One of the busiest of there may be a rhythm problem which which must be done, they are essential by talking through. or explaining a present-day organists, Mr. Schreiner can be learned in the warm-up period. tasks and they must be organized for difficult section when a more able con- plays an immense number o l recitals. THE Occasionally, simple cadence chords MICHAEL AARON rapid, routine accomplishment. But they ductor could have done the same thing and the recitals are amazingly good. have great value for learning to tune are not teaching, or conducting or mak- simply by conducting. There are many His recitals in Europe this year en- PIANO COURSE as we play. And the scale should not ing music. They are only "get-ready" school situations in which the teacher hanced the reputation of American or- jobs. They are not what we, as teachers be overlooked, for it has as many possi- does a good job in spite of his lack of ganists abroad. Perfect Uniilt.errupted Sequence - Natural Progression bilities for group development as the or directors, are being paid to do. an adequate conducting technique. This The second recital was the Memorial One of the first steps is to organize instructor has imagination. MICHAEl AARON PIANO PRIMER ' ..... , ,60 is not to de-emphasize the importance Chapel of Stanford University. I always the rehearsal room so that the basses After the warm-up, the rehearsal may 01 being, first of all, a good teacher, but go there when I have an opportunity; it MICHAEL AARON PIANO COURSE Grodes 1-2-3-4-5 each 1,25 and drums, for instance, are stored as proceed in one of several ways. Often to suggest that improved conducting brings back memories of the days when, MICHAEL AARON ADULT PIANO COURSE Books 1,2 each 1,25 close as possible to the spot in which there is a public appearance in the technique can be a short-cut to the as a child, I was inspired by the play- MICHAEL AARON PIANO TECHNIC Books 1-2 ... , . eoch 15 they are customarily used. Other play- offing, and the imminence of it will gov- same or possibly better results. ing or Warren D_ Allen at that very ers should be able to get their instru- ern the amount of time given to develop- MICHAEL AARON DUET BOOK ...... 1,00 Conducting is many things. It is lead- instrument. This year I heard the pres- ments on the way in and store them on mental work. If the appearance is near, ership. musicianship, communication ent young organist, Herbert B. Nanney, DAVID CARR GLOVER, Jr. the way out. Chairs and stands should most of the time will be spent prepar- and choreography. It is art and act, playa recital which thrilled us all. He he set up so that each player can see ing and polishing the numbers to be TIP TOP TUNES Books - 1-2-3 and it is also a means of control. The has technique and imagination, and the director without difficulty. The floor played. This may not leave as much More hours of fun and practical teaching in these collections of original conductor who is confident of himself. knows how to construct a program in usually can be marked to indicate time as the director would like to spend piano solos." Each book carefully graded, each piano solo ideal for and who shows that confidence with such a way as to interest all listeners. where sections start. Stands should be on music calculated to challenge and enjoyment and study each book 7Sc every gesture. is likely to have very lit- It must be a source of gratification to raised to a height which permits each develop the younger players. But this tle to worry about in terms of discipline player to see not only his music but development work will not be over- be part of the audience which attends Piano Books by ERIC STEINER problems. the daily recitals in Salt Lake City and also the director. The library, at least looked by the director who has in mind One of the aspects of the rehearsal the folders containing current music, the fact that graduations are inevitable those at Stanford. ONE, FOUR, FIVE problem which should be mentioned is It is gratifying, also. to belong to should be easily accessible to the li- and wil! rob him of his experienced the all important selection of materials. the earnest, conscientious body of men "Beqinners" are immediately taught to. ploy familiar melodies ccccm- brarians, who can be trained to collect players. Like the football coach, he If the players are to have at least one ponied by simple chords thus increasing interest and encouraging the music in such a way as to insure should concern himself with the prob- who constitute the organists of Amer- genuinely musical experience at every ica. It is amazing and heartening to further study .. " ...... 75 its rapid dispersal. lem of bringing along the replacements rehearsal. it must be planned for. It is While the group is entering, getting by giving them frequent chances to get consider the progress made during the THREE CHORDS IN THREE KE'IS not enough to trust in the inspiration past two or three decades. Standards of instruments assembled and getting into the game. of the moment. Usually it is better to logical follow-up to "ONE, FOUR, FIVE" wjt~ more familiar folk and seated, the conductor should, stay off Once the warm-up is over, the group playing and choral performance are be- nursery tunes accompanied by the three principal chords of C-major, conclude each meeting with the playing coming higher every year. The organist the podium. When, in his judgment, the is ready for work on new material or of something the students do well and F-major and G-rnejor. Encourages early study of harmony and players are about ready, he may step today is a full-fledged, -self-respecting more intensive study of music they have which they like. They may need to have transposition .75 onto the podium-a signal Ior immedi- professional. And this is true not only in already begun. With new material it is their self-confidence restored after an 'lOUR OWN HARMONIES ate attention. At his direction, tuning desirable that the students be aiven a the largest cities; our fine music schools arduous session on something new and How to harmonize melodies with the three principal chords. Shows a should start, with everyone carefully complete overview of the piece"" before and their hard-working teachers are difficult. variety of chord "accompaniments in several keys, includes writing trained to "listen first and tune after" settling down to details. With music providing a supply of trained young Another characteristic of the efficient cs slqnments. encourages interest in advanced work 1.00 the "A" or "Bb" is firmly established. organists for the entire country. The which has already been presented, the rehearsal is the speed with which the Brass and woodwind players should work of the American Guild of Organ- wise conductor should be thoroughly conductor moves from one thing to the 'IOU'RE THE CO/tf1'OSER have tuning slides or barrels at the ists in maintaining high standards for prepared not only to point out difficul- next. He should be able to estimate The student quickly understands how fa compose short piano pieces by place where they sounded best in tune the profession is beginning to show ties but to make suggestions for over- accurately the amount of time to spend following given suggestions as to structure of melody, various forms of at previous rehearsals. It is not neces- results. coming them. He will be concerned with on any particular problem and be pre- simple 'compositions "and proper use of harmonies for the ac- sary to scratch the slide or notch the THE END the total sound as well as individual pared to move on to the next one when companiment , ...... 1.00 tuning barrel. Most youngsters who or section sounds. He will know which play well enough to be in orchestra or he senses that a change is desirable. portions of the piece he can slight and Perha ps it is best to close with the MARVIN KAHN'S "THEORY PAPERS" band can be taught to move slide or which will require concentration. acknowledgment that the subject and A complete set of theory paper's to teach the piano student, lower intermediate barrel to the place where it was in tune Any rehearsal will go more efficiently grade le ....ef. the rudiments of harmony end their application. Siresses chords yesterday. its ramifications offer opportunity for ILLUSTRATION CREDITS and more rapidly if all music is clearly years of study. And even then. rio one and chord progressions, speCIal emphasis on ear training. includes Keyboard The strings, of course, are a different and frequently marked with rehearsal Cover-Austrian Information Service Harmony drills. Set" of 12 sepcrcte papers for indi v idual auignmenh' and will be able to tell for sure what makes problem. They must be given time to numbers or letters, with bowings and .© Franz Hausmann additional teachers supplement all under one cc v er 1.00 a great teacher or director. or what dis- tune and given help when they need it. fingerings, with breathing and phrase 10, II-Austrian Information Service tinguishes an efficient rehearsal from Very often the instructor may find it marks, and with anything else which IS-James Abresch one not quite so good. necessary to turn pegs himself, to ad- may be unusual or important. Although 20-.Qi Gesu THE E D 23-Henry Photo 40 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 41 b... _ MORE THAN TEACHING directly into active production. Madame walk, sloppy posture have no place on loves-riding and swimming-she is ADA RICHTER'S Lehmann feels that if there were more the concert stage. A trim, erect figure never too busy to help an ambitious is one of the singer's greatest assets, young singer, assist in some civic enter- NEW SIMPLIFIED PIANO ALBUM (Continued from Page 13) of these opportunities available, poten- tial young artists would find the road for the eyes of the audience are caught prise. With an enthusiasm that is con- OF less difficult to travel. by beauty just as their ears listen for tagious and a smile that is heart-warm- in exaggerated lines. In the laugh that If you 'are an ambitious young singer beauty in tone." ing, Lctte Lehmann today is playing one of her greatest roles. Through it WALT DISNEY'S follows, her eyes twinkle knowingly. -with professional music your goal- Although teaching is a major part of . all, like the mellow overtones of a cello, She has broken the singer's nervous and have found che right coach, you her life, Lotte Lehmann's interests are runs the Lehmann philosophy: "The tension. "Your eyes are lovely," she still must consider another angle. What many. In her hilltop home high above greater the artist, the greater will be smiles, "but let your audience see are your individual qualifications? Just Santa Barbara, she has her studio - her desire to be a part of the whole, them." as there are many teachers but few out- where, in addition to her beloved music, rather than to be an outstanding char- Again the pupil may be handicapped standing coaches, there are many stu- she devotes time to painting (she has acter .... God put music in my heart, by a lack of personal grace as was re- dents few of whom are thoroughly exhibited both in New York and in San· and a voice in my throat. I serve Him oently well illustrated. The girl was qualified for a concert career. Francisco}, ceramics and writing . when I serve music." THE END gifted with a lovely voice but was as Are you determined to succeed? To In between her work, the sports she heavy on her feet as a bag of cement. overcome roadblocks no matter how After Madame Lehmann had exhausted many? "If the student has the burning SNOW WHITE various personal devices with little suc- urge for a career, I never discourage cess, she suddenly stopped the music her," comments this famous coach. "You AND THE and stepped to the girl's side. can't reach for the stars at once. The "I don't want you to do what I did," human voice is slow in the making and SEVEN DWARFS she confides. "When I first started to demands years of painstaking effort and WITH sing, this is the way I stood. This is study. There are no shortcuts. Auditions the way I walked." (All the technique may be excellent in focusing attention WORDS AND MUSIC AND of the finished actress goes into the on your voice, but they can also be STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS Lehmann demonstration.) "I was so harmful. Too much sudden adulation misleads you into thinking the way is Including pictures of Snow White, The Seven very terrible-do you know what one Dwarfs, The Prince, and Snow White's friends critic wrote about my role of Freia in easy." Can you take criticism? "You will -the animals of the forest. 'Das Rheingold?' 'I sang and played with touching awkwardness'!" have plenty of it. Remember that your AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC DEALER, BOOKSTORE, Needless to say, after audience laugh- coach isn't a shoulder for you to weep OR DIRECT FROM ter subsided, the girl went through the on! On the whole, most students have BOURNE, INC•• 136 WEST 52nd ST•• NEW YORK 19, N.Y. difficult stage routine with marked im- learned to accept criticism in the spirit provement. in which it is offered. I have always Unfortunately many of today's young found my pupils most co-operative." vocalists are handicapped by lack of Do you have imagination? Can you good teachers." ow don't ask me what color each song with your own feeling? makes a good teacher," she sighs deep- "No singer can be convincing who does ly. "I only wish I knew. I am beginning not feel deeply The more a singer gives to think that after all it is just a ques- of her own self, the more creative she tion of good luck in finding the right becomes-she stamps her art with her one. Of course, every good teacher must own personality. Always art must be a possess certain basic skills of tech- living thing that comes from the heart." nique." Years of experience have not changed From watching the master classes in Lotte Lehmann's attitude toward two action, you conclude that an effective career-determining factors. First of all, she feels no student should start serious coach must be something of a psycholo- DOUBLE YOUR FUN WITH gist, philosopher, and pedagog all rolled study before she is 16. By that time she has laid a certain foundation on into one. She must know when and how Ih.u~mehl,,1 Pel'Cils:S"IOI1 to encourage, must inculcate high per- which to work. "By all means lise the early training METRONOMA sonal and artistic ideals ; at the same years to perfect yourself physically," special touch. Wonderful relax- Electronic Tempo Indicator time she must be practical in her out- A Wurli(zer Organ becomes Iook-c-vto smile rather than to sigh." she advises. "No singer can undergo the more fun than ever with new arion for adults, it offers chil- strain, nerve tension, incessant demands with the Flash Baton "Young musicians today have much "Instrumental Percussion." dren an interest that contributes later made upon her if she is saddled in their favor. No longer must they go Xylophone, guitar - a whole to their education, makes them World's most dependable time beat .•. now with a weak body. Learn to swim, to with improved circuit for even greater ac- abroad to finish their education. Right range of thrilling new voices the envy of their friends. Mail ride. Dancing is of the utmost impor- curacy! New, two-in-one dial selector and off. here in the United States are some of can now be played with no (he coupon for details. on switch. New, easier to read tempo mark. tance in teaching grace, litheness. the best teachers in the world. Numer- ings. New, improved flash baton for better "Languages are best learned in the visibility. ous scholarships help ambitious stu- early years. German, Italian, French, Selmer Metronoma gives you correct tempos dents. The chief fault I find is that CAN'T WEAR OUT-can't slow sound Spanish-the singer's training is in- down. The beat is always steady, two ways ... (I) a beat that can be set Americans are too eager to reach the r~------loud or soft, (2) a sight beat through a visible complete without a speaking knowledge accurate at any tempo. top. They forget that when they choose I THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER COMPANY flashing light. Eaaily set to any tempo from 40 Organ Dept. E-511, North Tonowanda. N. Y. NO MOVING PARTS-it uses the of them. A great many music schools WURLmER I t~ ~08-~argo to Presto-with a twist of the music they select a jealous mistress who . 0 Send me information on "lnSlrumental thyratron "heart beat" tube de- now provide just such a curriculum. dial! Get It ~ow-Metronoma is your biggest demands lifetime devotion." I P"r""uion." veloped for radar. Exclusive de- "Above all, utilize the early years to sign (U. S. Patent No. 2,522,492). tempo bargain! o Send me detail. on th" W"rlitzer Organ. The other difficulty experienced by build correct posture. Walk correctly, ORGAN VOLUME CONTROL-make the On Sale at BeHerMusic Stores young Americans stems from circum- heat loud or soft as you like, or sit down gracefully. I don't know why For free illustrated folder, write stances wholly outside their control- MUSIC'S RICHEST vary from sharp to mellow. it is-whether it is today's casual way I ::::" . lack of practical training facilities. In VOICE NO CLUMSY ADJUSTING-no set of living, the informal shoes and dress many large European centers opera is ,Cit'Y Zone State .. SCrews. Dial it like your radio to H. & A. INC- any tempo-40 to 208 beats per ~tlmtr that modern youth so delight in-what- suhsidized by the state. Training schools ever the cause, young singers have be- minute. DEPT. a-i i t. ELKHART. INDIANA are established to funnel talented voices comecareless in this respect. A shuffling 42 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 43 i.,; _ TRENDS IN PIANO PLAYING BACKGROUND MUSIC (Continued from Page 18) (Continued from Page 39) ing him less than a week to compose his in my mind, and I was dying to know score for the one and a half hour show. whether my conception of the Prelude When not composing the background came anywhere near his own; but 1 music himself, Cines tries to use con- didn't like to ask him, not wishing to temporary music for the scores. "I never take advantage of his confidence. More use-or rarely, anyway-academic mu- years passed when, one day at lunch, sic or anything composed before Ravel ADA RICHTER Rachmaninoff. showed me an inquiry and Debussy, before 1900," says Cines. from an admirer; the question was. "I like to stress the contemporary whether his familiar Prelude in C-sharp American composers so more people PIANO COURSE You can depend on minor was really meant to depict a man will hear their music, ask about it and buy it. And they do, too, according to buried alive (a rather ghastly iuterpre- From Prokofieff to Raymond Scott ... Victo,'~~~:;~r: the accuracy of tation then much in vogue). "What are mail and inquiries we receive." you going to reply?" 1 asked. Rach- Like CBS' Gene Cines, Phebe Haas ·Sigmund Romberg, Bela Bartok! Free from maninoff shrugged: "If it makes her and her three associates at NBC find exhausted lIIusical dieMs GI d filled with these METRONOME de Maelzel happy to think that, let her." He seemed listeners calling to inquire about the il1l}J~ftant "new sounds" not a'vailable in any other method. by SETH THOMAS amused by the inquiry, and that gave modern music used 011 TV. "More and me the courage to put my own question more," says the young Mrs. Haas, • Clear of so many years' standing. "Tell me," "we're using jazz and contemporary • EasV lum. It is easily adjustable for tempos GOOD RHYTHM HABITS are vital to I said; "did you have any definite 'pro- music." Also like Cines, she finds "sym- fine musicianship . . . accomplished from 40 to 208 beats a minute. • Effective • Comprehensive gram' for the Bsminor Prelude?" He phonic music tends to sound too im- dancing. That's why teachers and stu- Enclosed in a handsome hardwood portant, makes the background music dents concentrate early on developing hesitated; then said, "Yes." This gave case, its sturdy keywound mechanism too prominent," covering up rather than • Entertaining • Contemporarv this important technique. That's why is built by the skilled hands of master me a fine leaping of the heart; so far, so many of them turn to Metronome craftsmen. Painstaking attention is I was right about a "program." Then supplementing the dialog. "Jazz, written for the Student for the Teacher de Maelzel by Seth Thomas'". .. the given to every detail of construction he asked why I wanted to know, and for small outfits, underplays and is company whose name has meant pre- often more useful for our needs." Pre-School Book 60~'• Books I, II, III (Early Beginner) 75~, Book IV (Early to assure you unparalleled quality- 1 told him that I had a picture-story B:ginner) S 1.00 • "Keyboard Games" (Supplementary material to be used cision in time for 141 years. to make Seth Thomas Metronome the in mind for this work. He wanted to On the other hand, what the NBC With last half of Book I, and all of Book II) 75( • "Adventures At The Kev- This durable instrument is famous finest you can buy. know what my picture was; 1 begged staff did for the production of "The board" (Supplementary material to be used with all of Books 111 and IV) $1.60 for its exact and dependable measur- Ask your music dealer, department 10 know what his picture was, and for Hunchback of Notre Dame" is an ex- ing of time-audibly and visibly-by or jewelry store to show you this fine a while we talked back and forth, to ample of the use of symphonic rather See it at gou' dealu, without delag distinct tick and oscillating pendu- metronome. Only $13.50t• than smaller scale music. "Music of see who shou ld speak first. M. WITMARK & SONS· 619 WEST 54th STREET, NEW YORK 19, N. Y. tReLBlI-J'rlce .ubject to chani''' I said that my picture involved a long the period of the play, the twelfth cen- story. Rachmaninoff said that his in. tury," says Mrs. Haas, "would have volved but a single word-which did been much too thin for the heavy drama. away with my fine lea pings of the heart We needed something with archaic flavor but with Jots of brass, and loud. Thomaston, Conn. as it indicated J was wrong. "My impression is the return of ... " That nice barbaric chorale in Honeg- _."- Seth ll-wmas Clocks Dlv. of General Time Corp. '------I began. ger's Firth Symphony came to mind "Stop!" cried Rachmaninoff. and it occurred to me that it might be "Why?" suitable. And, sure enough, the piece "Because-that is my 'program'; re- was just what we wanted." ETUDE BINDERS turn." Jazz-"the moody kind"-has been 1 still have no idea whether he had used, Mrs. Haas says, "for what, people refer to as 'pretty soapy things.' It is You will keep ETUDE neady ill its in mind someone's return from a wed- often the only thing that saves the show proper place, ready lor reference ding. a night out. a success, or a failure. for those listeners." All audiences, how- and safe from dam.age, ill this Return is enough. And the experience ever, demand a good tune during a «uroaive blue binder with golt! confirmed me in my view that a "pro- romantic episode, as Cines' associate, lettering. gram" in music is less important than the style and the self of the composer. Chris O'Connor, points out. "A melodic piece is invaluable. even in the back- Order yours today from: which each interpreter must find and set forth for himsel L ground, during a tender love scene. You Whether the com poser is Bach. or try, moreover, to bring the same theme ETUDE, the music magazine, Beethoven, or Rachmaninoff, his inter- back whenever you want to accentuate the love interest." Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania pretation depends on learning all one can about him. his life. his times; Music written especially for the occa- studying all his indications most faith- sion has been called for by highly spe- fully; and transmitting the result ac- cialized shows like the "Iliad," where a proper hour and a half accompani- cording to one's honest best efforts. To Mason & Hamlin pianofortes have merited the wHJ.ualifierl praise ment was difficult to find in recorded accomplish this, is the best use one can teachers, for generations. More than a hundred years of crefrsmensbip form. For the Trojan War episode, too, or make of technique. give them unsurpassed tone, performance. stamina and beauty. Make extra money ... on the half-hour "You Are There," as The fingers must be flexible, of Your purchase of a Mason & Hamlin is au investment in prestige O'Connor recalls, "we had a hard time by becoming a subscription agent for ETUDE course, but never should mere flexibility and good taste that will return dividends for a lifetime. become an end in its own right. The getting lyre music for the 1100 B.c. Youcan make extra cash easily and quickly in your spare time as do many of end is music-which is endless. And event. We could have lute music, as it is contemporaries by writing to: your ~he best way to approach it, perhaps. more readily available on records. but 1Ot1ttr% n c. ~ll I> I The World'~ Fi'!e.

48 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 49 h _ C. 1. Some organizations provide a ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES set of music for each student. TEACH EASIER These sets may be checked out A NEW with MUSIC FLASH CARDS IN SCHOOL CHORAL PROGRAMS for individual study. If this pro- cedure is followed, careful records FOR TEACHERS-the fundomenlals of music should be kept as to issuance and on 6 x 9 inch cards. Sixty illustrations plus one (Continued from Page 17) 3-1001 piano keyboard (42 keys). Price $1.50 return. Magical FOR BEGINNERS-same os Teachers but size 2. Some organizations provide only 2 x 3 inches. The 60 cords are divided into 9 variation in volume and tone quality, V. Seating of the Group. Some direc- easy lessons with 117 questions and their an- tors seat the strongest voices in the a number of sets sufficient to ac- swers on the back. Price $1.00 which is characteristic of the high APPROACH TO TEACHING commodate the enrollment in the FOR ADVANCED-teaches the student to school voice, the proportionate number center, working out to weaker voices at nome, write, and sight read the notes of the the ends. Some place the strongest sing. largest rehearsing unit. In this major, minor, 7th, dim" and aug., chords and of singers of each part in a chorus can- PIANO FUNDAMENTALS their inversions [207 chords). Price $1.00 not be arbitrarily stated. The only cri- ers in front and the weakest singers in instance music obviously cannot Order ,rom vour dealer or write: be taken from the rehearsal room. terion for balancing the voices in a back. In some groups stronger voices DEK.A.MUSIC COMPANY high school choral group composed en- are seated in the rear of the group and When the various rehearsing units 1102 S. 31st Avenue Bellwood, illinois tirely of either girls or boys or mixed weaker voices toward the front. Most are massed for public perform- directors apparently tend to scatter the ance, memorization makes it pos- MAGIC at the PIANO voices is that the weight of tone must be stronger in the lower parts. The size strongest singers throughout the group, sible to work from a compara- --'~ CALL TO WORSHIP of the high school performing choral feeling that in this way the learning tively limited number of copies. by Henry Levine group should thus be determined by a process is speeded up through the as- 3. Sets of music may be placed ~- carillonic bells & chimes sistance given to weaker singers by the on the chairs by the Librarians . Chime~s.grting as Iowa, $396.00 balance with the voices available for prior to the arrival of the singers, Write for complere info.motion to the lower parts." (Alice Doll Nelson, stronger ones. Additionally, a better The "know-how" of magic fascinates children. They like MAA5-ROWE CARILLONS Oak Park, Illincis.) blend of voices is often secured if sing- or a system can be evolved where- to learn the meaning of secret signs and are eager ers of unlike ability and dissimilar by individual singers call for their Dept. E2, 3015 Casitas Ave., los Angeles 39, Cal. IV. The High School Tenor. Many to know how sleight-of-hand tricks are performed. In directors are unduly concerned over the voice quality are placed together. sets upon entering the room and his new book. Mr. Levine shows you how this curiosity smaller number of tenor voices available VI. Student Officers. Much of the rou- obviously- return them upon de- can be profitably channeled into piano study. INCREASE YOUR INCOME to their organizations. Numerically, the tine mechanics can be carried on with parture. This makes possible the Magic at the Piano contains many features found in TEACH MODERN PIANO by note no other study of piano fundamental". tenor section is customarily the small- the assistance of the following student use by each singer of the same $}~OO Classical teschen everywhere helpod by our method and class-building aids. 50th year. Send for tree est in the chorus. However, owing to officers: scores at all rehearsals in case brochure and samples. Latest 96 page Instruction book only $2.50. With HOUle Study Course, $3.50, the particular color and timbre of that this may be considered desirable. .3end.[or new illustrated folder with complete details. Free 011 request. postpaid. A. President, who handles organiza- voice, the tenor section is capable of THE CHRISTENSEN METHOD tional problems outside those of a VITI. Care of the Library. It is ad- Dept. E. Box 2248, Hollywood 28. Calif. balancing a much larger number of strictly musical aspect. vocated that choral music be kept in 116 BOYLSTON ST. voices in the other sections. When it B. Vice- president, who assists the octavo boxes filed in closets or closed Years & Years Experience Teaching is necessary to strengthen the tenor sec- President or acts in his absence. cabinets, Music should be protected BOSTON 16. MASS. tion, the following devices have been C. Secretary, who takes care of at- from dust and should be so filed that found effective: TUNING tendance records. it is immediately accessible. Card index NO Learn by doing in our mod· A. Using a few of the lower altos to ' e,n. coml'letely equipped files should be maintained in which the shop, FuJI couroe taullht D. Treasurer, who handles the col- in 36 weeki. Write today reinforce the tenor part. It would music is listed both by title and by PIA for detailed info,mation. lection of fees or dues. not be wise to keep the altos singing composer. Binding or hinging music This Opportunity is for • GREER SHOP TRAINING • E. Student Conductor, who assists in tenor indefinitely; the altos should represents an additional cost at the time 2230 South Mic:hic)oll Ave. _ Chicago 16, III. some of the rehearsals, particularly be used only in those portions of the of purchase but is more than compen- tenor part which lie easily within in the warm-up rehearsals immedi- ately preceding public appearances. sated in the length of time added to BOOK MANUSCRIPTS their range. They cannot he justi- the usability of the music. YOUR CHILD fiably used when, in order to sing F. Part Leaders, who organize re- IX. Repertoire. INVITED the notes, they are forced beyond the hearsals for the various sections and H you are looking tor a publisher, send tor our free. A, Programs should be laid out in Ask your child's Teacher now to enter him in illustrated booklet titled To the All/hor in 8e01ch f)f assist in learning the parts. /I PUblisher. It tells hQW we can publish, promote anti lower limits of their natural register. distribute ~'our, hook, as we have done for hundreds of G. Librarians, who' are responsible the spring for the entire following annual spring non-competitive Auditions of the other wtit~r~. All subjects considered. New authon (It is often possible to bring in two welcomed. Write todllY for Booklet ET, Jt's tree. or three of the higher baritones on for the scores. season in order (1) to secure ade- VANTAGE PRESS;lnc .• 120 W. 3. st.. N. V. I quate balance of repertoire; (2) to In caut.: 61!53 Hollywood m~d" Hollllwood ee those passages which are too low for H. Robe Committee, which checks on have ready the music always neces- the altos to sing comfortably.) When the condition and circulation of the NATIONAL GUILD of PIANO TEACHERS sary for special days and events; (3). WANTED. BDDK MANUSCRIPTS altos are used, the same group of wardrobe. to select music calculated to provide, Served 43,000 this year on any subject-music or general. We olTer expert girls should not always be employed J. Stage Committee, which handles editing, pinpoint promotion, complete publicity, opportunity for the development of Founded 1929 Irl Allison, Pres. as the supporting voices. The device such problems as stage set-up, ar- Box 1113, Austin, Texas fair, honest, cooperative contract if your work is the various points of technique. acceptable. Write, or man manuscript directly, wlth- of using altos to reinforce the tenor rangement of risers, etc. out obligation. B. A cappella material is still em- part should he rotated; that is, a K. Many organizations make use of GREENWICH BOOK PUBLISHERS, INC. certain number of altos may well be ployed but not exclusively. Some ac- Atten.: Mr. UPJOHN,489 Fifth Ave., NewYork City a choir mothers group which can be used in a particular selection while companied material is to be included of great assistance in carrying on in the singing experience of all in other compositions they sing alto choir activities. and other girls are u~ed as reinforc- groups. ing voices. VII. Organization of th.e Reh.earsal. C. Extended works such as cantatas 'I:LKS WITH GREAT COMPOSERS and oratorios are employed to an B. Giving particular attenti~n to some A. The Librarians should assist in by Arthur M. Abell of the higher baritones who are often making up sets of music, consisting increasing degree. It is suggested possible tenors. Many high school of repertoire currently in rehearsal. that cuts of particularly difficult ma- This book reveals the intellectual, psychic and spiritual experiences of boys who are called baritones are As the students assemble for re- terial may well be made in order Brahms, Puccini, Strauss, Humperdinck, Bruch and Grieg while creat- placed in that section sim ply because hearsal, the Librarians see that each to bring otherwise suitable works ing their immortal masterpieces. These disclosures were made during the technique necessary to secure die singer is provided with a set. into the capability range of the per- the years 1890-1914 to the author, who was a dose personal friend formers. tones in the upper part of the range B. The program of the music to be of the composers. This is the first time in musical history that a book has never been developed with them. rehearsed should be listed on the D. Group solos are used by some describes in detail the inspirational processes of creative geniuses while In many cases, these boys sing bari- blackboard when the singers assem- directors in works of the nature of at work. Philosophical Library-15 East 40th St., New York 19, N. Y. tone merely because they can sing ble. As the students gather, they the oratorio; it is felt that this in the baritone range easily and with- should immediately place the compo- device is customarily preferable to Illustrated $2.75 out bothering with the problem of the sitions in the order which is indicated the employment of the typical high application of vocal technique. for the rehearsal. (Continued on Page 61)

50 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 51 h _ ... STUDY PROGRAM FOR CORNET ADVANCED METHODS Title Publisher Author (Continued from Page 19) World Method Gatti Ricordi the method to the individual student. Twenty-six ORGAN & CHOIR Hence, the materials are to be considered Celebrated only as recommendations rather than a pre- Studies Bousquet C. Fischer scribed program. Vingt Etudes Clodomir Baron MOZART CALENDAR Brandt Leeds QUESTIONS Etudes SUGGESTED ELEMENTARY METHODS One-Hundred "earWCl1lC 93elt~~ 1956 Etudes Saches Baron Title Author Publisher Fifteen Studies BaJay Andraud can give your church a heavenly In 1956, to commemorote the 20Qth anni- Method for Twelve Studies Brahms- Mercury versary of Mozart's birth, the Peters Edition Cornet Farnum Axelrod voice in the community. Goldman Their beautiful bell music daily Music Calendor will be illustrated with 28 Foundation to Lip Flexibility W. Smith C. Fischer identifies the church as a source of beautiful reproductions exclusively of C. Fischer Cornet Playing Goldman Twelve Grand spiritual life. Churchmen every- Mozort memorabilia: contemporary paint- where find they actually benefit New Studies Bizet Andraud ings of the composer at various oges, also Frederick Phillips the church 10 ways. They: Progressive Twenty with his father end sister, and of his wife Method Pease Flammer 1. Advertise Ihe church. Melodic and' children; facsimiles of original manu- Elementary 2. PrepClre folks for worship. Studies Garnaud Boosey- scripts, and of letle~s to his fother and to Cornet Method Robinson Rubank 3. Increose Clllendonce. Hawkes What do you think of the following for as little as $4,000. These matters, 4. Add beouty 10 services. his publisher Hoffmeister. Those illustrations Aeolian Cornet 5. Build membership. - specifications for a small church organ? and also the cost of the combination also include the media of architecture, draw- Method Johnson FitzSimons ADVANCED SOLOS 6. Comfort the sick Clnd shut·lns. ing (red pencil Clod silver-point), sculpture Basic Studies Fantasie GREAT -Open Diapason 8', Dulciana pistons, would be more reliable com- 7. Inspire new charClcler in mony, 8. Stir religious thoughtl daily. and woter color, severol being reproduted for the Caprice Pares Alfred 8', Octave 4'; 61 pipes for each. ing from a reputable manufacturer. 9. Create CI cultural atmolphere. here for the first time. Beginner Reinhart Elkan-Voge1 Allegro SWELL-Violin Diapason 8', Oboe 8', The Gulbransen people, we are told 10. Widen church influence. Fcctuc! information oppeors on the reverse Basic Trumpet Maralele Galajikian Belwln Flute 4', Super Octave 2'; also 61 pipes on good authority, are no longer making Secure full details on benefits, per- of each two-week poge, most of it valuable Method D'Auberge- Alfred Fantasy Dubois Baron each. PEDAL-Bourdon 16',32 pipes; organs. A boy of 13 able to play 7th formance and modest cost. Write: C1nd informative, some of it less valuable Abend Concerto for Lieblicli Gedeckt 16', 32 pipes; Bass and 8th grade piano music acceptably SCHULMERICH CARILLONS. INC. but interesting-as dates usually ere! Bound Trumpet Haydn C. Fischer ELEMENTARY SOLOS Flute 8', 32 notes; Open Diapason 8', certainly should make a good candidate 12F27ACarit1on Hill, SELLERSVILLE,PA. in the traditional Peters Edition green cover Sonata VIII Corell i- Ricordi 32 notes. Usual couplers. Is it possible for organ study. We recommend the *"Carillonic Bell." i. 0 trademark for bell inslrl,lmenll and printed on superior paper, the 1956 Concertone E. Williams Morris Fttzgerald to couple the Great and Swell 1.0 Pedal following books relating to the or- Music Calendar again will be a welcome Library of Fantasie in Eb Beret Leduc ====~'~fS~,~"ulmerich ~C'~'~iII~OO~":"~"'~''''!I!II!(i!M Christmas gift for a teacher, student, a Easy Solos Buchtel- Kjos Caprice Luigin i Baron at 16'? Our [ut ure building will seat gan: "Contemporary American Organ," music-laving friend-or for yourself. Yoder Trumpet about 350 to 400, and a versatile instru- Barnes ($4.75); "The Organ, Its Tonal Trumpet Star Allegro Arnell Schott ment is required. IFould such an organ Structure and Registration," Clutton LIMITED EDITION. Price $2.00 Series Vandercook Rubank Concertina Vidal Belwin as described be available for from and Dixon ($2.50); "Playing a Church Noce Badinage Bozza Andraud S3,000to $4,000? Please make any rec- Organ," Conway ($1.50). With each minimum order received for ViJJageoise Clerisse Evette- FIVE Peters Edition Music Calendars far Concerti I, ommendations for changes which you Schaeffer 1956. one additional Music Calendar will 11, III E. Williams Morris think might be desirable. How much I am a music teacher, and plan in be included without charge. Advance Album of Concertlno Perrino Ricordi extra would 8 to 10 general combination the near future to purchase an elec- orders accepted now. Off the press in Favorite Solos lillya-Isaac Cole Meou-tun Yin Andre-Bloch Baron Fundamentals of Country Dance Goldman C. Fischer pistons on this instrument cost? Also tronic organ. I was born in Vienna and October 1955. Aria Cirri Musicus Harmony· Concerto for about a home organ? Are there any have studied piano under Rosenth.al and INTERMEDIATE METHODS SIEGMUND LEVARIE Trumpet Giannini Wilmark builders besides Hammond, Baldwin, Emil Sauer, and believe my piano tech- C. F. PETERS CORPORATION Method for Sonata for Consonnata and IFurliczer? If! here may nic will be of help on the organ. At This up-to-date textbook helps the 373 fourth Ave. • New York 16, N. Y. Cornet, Book II Lillya Cole Trumpet Hindemtth Associated I gel in touch with them? Is the Gul- present I am looking for a book on student to master the rudiments of Complete Valse Caprice Cbepelevsky Leeds organ technic for self study. harmony. Concentrating on Iunda- J\'lethod Arban C. Fischer bransen organ still being made? Also mental theory, it provides a firm basis Sonata for Method for please give names and prices on books J. H. C.-Ala. for understanding the practice of tLJiIkun ~and~" Trumpet Peeters Gerran Cornet, Book 11 Edwards- Belwin pertaining to organs. Would you recern- harmony as exemplified by compost- 30 E. Adams St.-Chicaga 3. Ill. Concerto for Hovey mend a 13-year old boy who plays 7th With your excellent background of tions of the past and present. "A very Trumpet Pilse Universal distinctive approach ... wholly un· VIOLIN SPECIALISTS Intermediate piano study and teaching experience, Caprice Bozza Leduc and 8th grade piano music st:.Ldying like other harmony books."~ETUDE. OUR NEW OLD INSTRUMENT Method Gornston Schuberth Scherzo Goldman c.# Fischer orgall? we see no reason why you could not 227 ills. $3.50 [ CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE Modern Arhan- Publishers of "VIOLINS & VIOLINISTS" Concertino longen Brogneaux J. H.-Calif· accomplish a rather complete mastery S\. Jacome Edit., Rlibank Sonata Hubeau Durand of the playing of either of the electronic The Language of Music Whistler VIOLINS Legende Enesco Andraud The organ as ou~lined would seem organs you mention with self study. KLAUS L1EPMA'NN INTERMEDIATE SOLOS lntrada Honegger Salabert quite satisfactory, and we have only two While of course the tone is produced A perceptive guide to the enjoy- Let me shop the New York Market for the Concerto for ment of music, offering new insights violin you desire. Prices ore low-good via· Ten Famous suggestions to make. In the Great there differently from that of the pipe organ, Trumpet Goedicke Leeds inlo composition and performance. lins plentiful. Send requirements-no obliga- Solos Presser is nothing between quite loud and quite jn both makes the console set-up is pat· Etude de "This unusual compendium of musical tion. 25 years experience. Son ate Emmanuel Buffet- terned after. the usual pipe organ, and Concert soft, so for a stop of medium volume knowledge will prove a most valuable Crampon Poot Baron TONE SEEKER and suitable quality we would suggest 'therefore jt would be possible to use addition to any mnsician's library. Flower Song Concerto for P.O. Box 422 Ridqefield, N.J. text books designed for the regular pipe Finely conceived and executed."- Series Trumpet Lewis Mills adding a Melodja 8' or RohrAute 8'. In Vandercook C. Fischer ETUDE. 355 ills., 376 fJp. $5 Apres La ~ollnds From the Swell you need a softer stop, and organ. We therefore suggest the follow- Did you ever stop to think that Retraite the- Hudson Clarke C. Fischer we would suggest adding.an- Aeolienne ing: The Organ, by Stainer-Rogers for practically all the Violin Technique, Blisser Gaudet . An Objective be it Paganini or Tchaikowski or Concertina F'lntasie 8'. The Super-Octave 2' will probably a general understanding of organ play- Concertante Psychology of Music Bach, may be expressed within a few No.4 Porret Billaudot Rueff Bamn be a little loud and harsh, and could ing, Pedal Mastery, by Dunham, for the basic patterns? That by studying Etude de Divertissiment Bordes Andraud ROBERT W. LUNDIN correctly just a few lines or measures be replaced by a Flute 2', or even proper development of foot pedal tech- for basic movements and coordination, Concours Petit Hungarian Alfred omitted entirely since you have a Swell nic (to get best results the pedals on Here 8["e the facts of musical be· you will improve your entire Everybody's Melodies V. Bach V. Bach havior fitted into a unified theoretical playing immensely. to Swell 4' coupler, whjch would give your organ should be the regular 32 Favorite Solos Edit., Arnold Concerto No.1 Brandt Leeds structure. Covers measurement and Amsco note, A. G. O. standard pattern). In Write for descriptive material of Waltz, you the needed brHliancy. It is not cus- prediction of musical talent, methods AJtbough this outline does not by any books by Robert Juzek: the matter of registration we suggest of learning music, etc. "A fresh ap· "Response" Goldman Schirmer tomary to couple Great and Swell to SIMPLICITY OF VIOLIN PLAYING, means represent a complete digest of all Primer of Organ Registratjon, by Nevjn, proach to the study of musical be· Book I and II J upiter Goldman C. Fischer Pedal at lhe 16' pitch, and we doubt available materials for cornet or trumpet, havior."-MusIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL. ALL VIOLIN TECHNIQUE, Book III Fifty·six the wisdom of even consjdering this. which will probably be sufficient, but it does include a highly selected and care- 17 ill", 303 pp. $4.50 Price $7.50 each volume Progressive Normally we do not like to quote prices for sometbing a little more complete fully graded survey of such materials and Order your book, from: Duets Lillya you mjght use Organ Registration, by METROPOLITAN MUSIC CO. Belwin should prove belpful to both teachers 8'1d as so many local conditions are in· Willow Echoes Simon 222 4th Ave. New York 3, N. Y. Fillmore stlldents in tlleir selection of malerials for volved, bUl we rather doubt if such an Truette. Your local music stores prob- THE RONALD PRESS COMPANY Two Airs Purcell Mercury 15 EOI' ~6fh Strut. New York 10 these instruments. THE END organ as you describe could be had ably have these books in stock. 52 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 53

• d Music and Earthquakes Junior Etude Contest by Geraldine Trudell WhoKnows The Answers The Junior Etude will award three attractive prizes this month for cor- rect and neatest answers to the puzzle on this page. Contest is open to HILE Gaylin was practicing her (Keep ·,core. 100 i& perfect) all boys and girls under the age of twenty. lOR ETUDE W sonatina her mother was an- 1. Was Grieg Danish, Bohemian, Nor- Class A, sixteen to twenty years of age; Class B, 12 to 16; Class C, under swering a telephone call, and she wegian or German? (5 points) 12. Put your name and age-class on upper left corner of paper and your noticed that Gay tin seemed to keep 2. Does marcato it canto mean dying address on upper right corner. Write on one side of paper only. Do not use one ear on her music but listened to away, increasing in volume, bring typewriters and do not have anyone make a copy of the work for you. ed by Elizabeth A. Gest the conversation with the other. After out the melody or play in strict Names of prize winners and list of thirty receiving honorable mention will appear on this page in a later issue of ETUDE. she hung up she said to Gaylin. "You time? (5 points) 3. What is the lowest tone played on Contest closes November 30. Send entries to Junior Etude, Bryn Mawr, Pa. must learn to concentrate on what the bassoon? (20 points) you are doing if you wish to succeed. 4, What are the letter names of the You should concentrate so much that Scrambled Composers tones in the dominant seventh Letter Box even an earthquake would not disturb chord, key of f-minor ? (5 points) Puzzle you," Two Coins from the Sky 5. Wbat is the C-clef? (10 points} Send replies to letters in care of Find the names of six composers, each "Oh, Mother, I'm sure no one could 6. Which of the following opera com- Junior Etude. Bryn Mawr. Pa., and name having five letters. Start at upper by William J. Murdoch play the piano in an earthquake!" posers was born first: Bizet, Gou- if correctly stamped, they will be left corner and move one Jetter at a nod, Verdi, Mascagni, Puccini? (I5 forwarded to the writers, Do not ask time in any direction. The path is con- "But you're mistaken. One of our for addresses. Foreign postage is 8 points) tinuous. ISTORY tells us that about 250 Perhaps we shouldn't care about great pianists, Julius Ketchen, was cents. Foreign air mail rate varies, giving a recital in Ankara, Turkey, so consult your Post Office before H years ago a choirboy in Lune- where the coins came from. We should stamping foreign air mail. Print burg used to walk the long distance to simply be grateful that this boy did and as he pia red he noticed that the your name and return address on G E G N D A Hamburg and back, almost every day, receive help along his way. For he people in the rear of the hall were the back of the envelope. L I G Y R G to hear a famous organist play. went on to tremendous accomplish- leaving. After the concert he told the C U R A H L He was quite poor: otherwise he ment, and we all owe him a debt of reporters about it. 'They started to 7. From what oratorio does the aria • K Z T V E I might have taken the coach. But he leave,' he said, 'as I was playing the He Shall Feed His Flock come? Dear Junior Etude: LIS E R D (15 points) I enjoy reading ETUDE from cover to did have enough money once in a Brahms Sonata, and by the time I 8. Is the Highland fling (Scottish cover. I have just qualified as a trained while to stop at an inn for a hire to played the second movement there kindergarten teacher and am teaching were onl y three people in the hall. dance) written in three- four, four- eat. four, or six-eight meter? (10 in an English school in Bombay. I Results of Kodak Contest Almost in tears, J began the third During one of these tiresome jour- points) study singing and piano. My interests in July movement. Perhaps the people here neys he stopped at the inn. He was sit- 9. What is a brace? (5 points) include needlework, handicrafts, stamp Prize Winners ting near a pile of trash in the yard, do not like Brahms, I thought. But, 10. From what country does the melody collecting and dancing. I would like fa Class A, Virginia DeWan (Age 16), when two fish heads came sailing out as I finished the Sonata I found, to given with this quiz come? (10 hear from some one interested in mu- New York of nowhere. Plop/-they almost hit my amazement, the audience had reo pointe) sic. Class B, Jane Bennett (Age 13), Mia- turned. Then I learned there was a Jean Dias (Age 18), 1ndia sissippi him. A,lswers Oil next page Two fish heads seem unimportant small earthquake and when the chan- Class C, none received. BACH IN FRONT OF THE INN enough. But when the boy picked deliers began to sway the people (From an old engraving) Dear Junior Etude: • them up he discovered a gold coin remembered that five persons had Dear Junior Etude: Honorable Mention for Kodak contest I have played piano for about ten years, I study piano and violin and play in (in alphabetical order) inside each ,one! beauty, inspiration, and musical been killed by a falling chandelier play clarinet in our school band and our Kenebec Valley Orchestra. We give Mildred Avery, Connie Bowman, Maurice Where do you suppose they came knowledge we can never repay. The during an earthquake the previous also play saxophone. My hobbies are Brown, Marjorie Carson, Orin Dunlap,' three or four concerts during the sea- from? Do you think someone might boy was Johann Sebastian Bach! year, so they quietly and quickly left writing and drama. I would like to Marian Fetter, Arlene Huff, Anita Jackson, son. I play glockenspiel in our Junior have been watching this lad and pitied the hall. But, after the tremors were hear from other readers. Marie Kulp, Muriel Linn, Sidney Lamb, High Band and play the recorder for Jean Norton, Doris O'Keef, Jeanette Parker, him because he was so tired? Would over, they all returned to their seats.' Cay Cilbertson (Age 14), Oregon my own enjoyment. I would like to hear Claire Parsons, Ann Pearson, Leon Piper, such a person hide the money in fish Thanksgiving Song So you see, Gaylin, by concentrating Bettina Porter, Lynne Preston, Audrey • from other music lovers from all over Thomas. heads just to add to the surprise? on the Sonata, Ketchen was able to The following would also like to reo the world, . ceive letters. Space does not permit Do you think it might have been Give thanks for our music every day; play during an earthquake." [Julius Claire Poulin (Age 13), Maine printing their letters in full: Laralee Dear Junior Etude: the innkeeper himself? Maybe the Katchen has concertized extensively Give thanks for the pieces .thet we Music is a "first" with me and I study two used to talk together, and the boy Minkler (Age 17, New York), plays play; in Europe and America and played piano and bass clarinet, sings in glee piano and cello, also collect hundreds told the man he made these long hikes • Give thanks for pianos, old and new, for the armed services overseas.] club and is -starting organ; Linda Dear Junior Etude: of scores and recordings. Perhaps my so he could hear the organist and Give thanks for the practicing we do. Butts (Age 13, Texas), plays piano, I have studied piano for nine years, also favorite composers are Bach and Bee- learn something from him. Perhaps guitar, accordion and mandolin; Mary violin and oboe for several years and I thoven. I greatly enjoy opera, large the innkeeper wanted to help him, Give thanks for our voices when we Ann Yeager (Age 13, Maryland), plays love to compose. At present I am work- scale choral works and chamber music. but in a secret way. sing, Nationality Game piano and violin, is interested in voice ing on a fourteenth century trumpet I would like to hear from others, espe- Or was it just a joke? Perhaps Give thanks for our choirs, and by. Ida JU. Pardue and Iooks forward to a musical career; tune. I would like to hear from others. cially cellists. someone in an upstairs window Bobbie Lynn Dale (Age ll, Virginia), I play in our Community Orchestra. Bernard Vanderveen (Age 25), everything; A nationality is missing in each of studies piano; Debby Weber (Age 11, Janice Walker (Age 15), Colorado Michigan thought it wonld be fun to throw gold Give thanks for our orchestras and the following titles. Pennsylvania) studies piano and violin coins at the feet of this poor, tired, bands, The first player writing the correct and plays in school orchestra and band; and hungry boy who needed them so Give thanks for the songs from many list is the winner. _ Answers to Quiz Jane Bennett (Age 13, Mississippi), badly but would never guess they lands. 1. Norwegian; 2. bring out the melody; 1. When --- eyes are smiling; 2. plays piano and is studying deFaUa's were inside the fish heads. --- Sailor's Song; 3. An -- in Ritual Fire Dance. 3. Hflat, two octaves below middle C; We'll never know. But we do know Give thanks for composers, men so Paris; 4. The --- Cavalier; 5. In a 4. C·E·G·B flat; 5. a symbol placed on the boy made good use of the money. great, --- Garden; 6. The Flying --; the staff, indicating that the line on Answersto Nationality Game which it is placed is middle C; 6. Verdi The coins fed him when he really Give thanks for the joy they create' 7.--- Rhapsody: 8. Song nf--; 1. Irish; 2. Italian; 3. American; 4. (1813) ;7. "The Messiab," by Handel; needed it, and so encouraged him to Give thanks for our teachers! Thus' 9. --- Symphony; 10. -- Bnd- Spanis~; 5. Persian; 6. Dutchman; 7. 8. four-four; 9. a curved perpendicular go on making- these long trips for the we pray, al Procession. Hungarian; 8. India; 9. Scotch (or line connecting two staffs; 10. England sake of music. Jane Bennett (age 13) Miss. Give thanks for our music every day. (Answers on next page.) Italian); 10. Norwegian. (see Letter Box list) (Drink to Me Oaly Wirh Thine Eyes). 54 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 55

d THE KREUTZER STUDIES MUSICAL TOUR (Continued from Page 25) YEHUDI MENUHIN CLASSIF I E D A D S (Continued from Page 49) old friend, Harald Saeverud, the Nor- ,PI. '\'B.. SHOULDEREST Ex. C ~.!U.B. ~" . S. HAIli\IONY, Composition, Orchestration, '1'111.<.:SlJ(;l.:K"iS SbUII~S t or Piano wegian composer, who lives near Bergen 'reacne rs : t'"ycJlolvgy rrom the xcu- Musical Theory. Private or .correl>p"tHI- ~h! F;F:::@ ",F I ~ • It is elastic - fits the ence Instruction. Ma n u scr-tpt s r-e v ts ed dents' I'oint uf View; Ro te or Note.- on the west coast of Norway. Earlier -' r a r ~~]I etc. How and Why; Gradt ng -roo a y a MUS~C; and corrected. Music nrra ng ed. F'ru nk S. f"? player :::;Ul.:":l.:''''' . in the season I gave the first German r- Butler, 32-46107 St.. Corona, N. Y. :::ii.xty-lvur Rulea fur .t::ach dlS~- CUSSIOll,.:ti1.UU. ::;ucees,,; St u dto, 130x 41", performance of Saeverud's extraordi- The staccato eighths on the first and Super-light. weight 60 LIDAUX 1'lANO TUXING ~ Simplified, Venice, Cal. I grams authentic instruction $4.00-LiLt':rature nary Piano Concerto, which I intro- third beats are played by taking a short free. Prof. ness. 456 Beecher St., Etmira., VIOLL,'j\IAI1l.EHS, Ai\-lA'l'I~Un.S, PUO- duced two seasons ago under the baton • Permits perfect left N.". j"h!!oSllL'\'.c\I.S.Flne lone :::iea::loned Du r o- stroke-two or three inches-c-at the p ea.n vrottnmalcera wood. Complete Ma- of the composer with the Harmonien point, and then rapidly carrying the hand technic 'VUI'I'~ SONGS; Head "Sung writer's terials 'I'uo Ie j ns t r uctio n s, Patterns. 11- Review" Ma ga zl n e, 1650-ET Broadway. IU::ltrated Cal'alugue rue. Premier Violin Orchestra of Bergen, Norway. But I was bow"in the air" to the frog. When the • Relieves tension neck New York 1~, 25¢ copy; $2.00 year. (Est. :::iupplies, Lri visio n EVN, 4~U. Sou.th delighted to speak to Saeverud over the 1946) Broa.dw'LY, Luti Angeles 13, Cailfufllla.. bowis placed on the strings at the frog muscles phone and to tell him of the outstanding in preparation for the whole bow Down ]"Oll. SAL~. Rare Heco r di n g s, Lists. Col- • Does nat retard vibra- VIOLINIS'I'S: SIlUPLIFIED VIOLIN" success his work had in Bremen, Cer- lections bought. E. Hirschmann, lUU oo uns u. Improve your violin playin.g stroke, the forearm should be parallel tion Duncan Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey. by asking questions. $2. Popular, ctasst- many, where I performed it during a 10 cal. J. Prager, 289 Empire, Brooklyn 25, the floor, the wrist flat, and the SWING PIANO - HY ".AIL. 30 self- Norwegian week given by the Bremen Designed and used by teaching lessons $;l, Samples. Oyer 50 N. Y. fingers curved. The Down bow is made, publications. Phil Breton PuhltGations, Radio Station. While in Oslo, 1 had forte, and then the sixteenths are this world famous artist. P.O. Box 1402, Omaha 8, Nebras ka. SAVE :'iO'lo ON'"""IOLI~S AXD HO",VS: Italian-Fl'ench-German._Importers luncheon with the chief conductor of played. piano, with a delicate martele. and w h ol eaaler-a. All -r.o p" mak er s-e- For the player who has LEARN PIANO TUNING A'l' HOi\IK the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Odd Note should be made of the sign under Co u r-se by Dr. Wm. Braid wnne, worl d'e Gadda Sd er-ci, Lab er te, Kriner. Artist never used any type of shoulderest, or for those who have Ieadlng piano technician and t eacn er. bows 'by Bazin and Lapierre. Violins Gruner Hegge, and his charming wife, the first of the slurred eighths when- \Vrite Karl Bartenbach, 100lA w etts St., from $10. Bows from $3.75. Buy wnote- tried various types without benefit, here is the rest which will Lafayette, Ind. sale directly from Impo rt.er and save at who gave me an account of the lively ever they occur. It is not an accent, least h a.l f , Free trial. Send for -t ree musical season in Oslo. I also saw other F[U~1.!l l\lAIL_OltDER. CA'I'AI.OG: Hun- brochure and booklet of old violin label but a crescendo mark, indicating that definitely improve your playing. dreds of self-instructive bootes for mu- rncstmn es. Mar-lin Brinser, Dfr., 643 old Iriends in the Norwegian capital sicians from jazz to symphony. wetter Stuyvesant Ave., Irvington 11, N. J. the second note uf the pair is to be Violin-$7.DD Viola-$7.5D Stuart'Music Enc., 421-B Chestnut sr., city-critic-composer Pauline Hall, 'one played with more tone than the first. Union, N. J. Send for illustrated folder written by Yehudi Menuhin, listing odvontages. Rests available now at: UOLJ~I':(;'t'IO:"oi j t.allun. I,'t'endl and w{-r- of the fight.ingest champions of contem- One-third of the bow for the dOLIbJe- man ::;ll'inged instrument::;. Dows, his- SACR.IFICING 200 AUCOItIHQNS-AI.L parary music in the North, and Mr. REMBERT WURLITZER KENNETH WARREN & SON I{INUS. Discounts to ,0%. Free catalog. tot'ieal materials pl"iced low. H. )urg, self-instruction lessons. Also teaches [ also heard the world-famous Concert- than the other studies thus far dis- J Fa. you piano regulating, repairing aod gebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam under other servicing operations. 'Vonderful cussed. At the head of the page it is PUPII,-GI~'I"I'I!:US. An almost ihrallihly illustrations. Full price, only $4.95 post- lheir regular conductor Eduard van recommended that two bows be taken ~ ~~"~~E~"Q~ effective meth"d ot" olltaininJ';" new pu- paid-or C.o.d. plus postage. Satisfac- pils. Sample 50¢. 100 for $5.00. PUl'l!.. tion g-uaranteed or refund. Nelso.n Com- Beinum. It was a magnificent evening. in each measure. I would go a lot GETTERS, Box 172, lI:asthampton, :\"[a88. pany, 210 S. Clinton, Dept. AU-100, I have never heard Bach's B minor Chicago 6, 111. further and recommend that eight be Here's excellence~k~of performance through skillful ,TOliN S. I1UI.[., Violin Ma!{er, 32 years Suite played more beautifully, nor have f experience, Specializing in tine rep<'Iit·- used! A bow to each eighth note, that craftsmanship ... Far 48 years, professionals and ing. References furnished, Fon Hunter, ARHANGBIUBXTS-rich, full sounding [ heard the Prelude and Love Death of beginners have demanded Kaplan Strings, for faithful New York. Tenor Band Arrangemen ts, "Pops," is. While the left-hand difficullies are Standards, Specials. Bob Bullard, 1118 "Tristan" played with so much clarity beingovercome, the student should take tone quality and constant fidelity of sound. PIANO 'I'I';CH.,'I(; SIi\IPI.IFIEIJ. Play North Sixth, Maywood, Ill. and refinement as on this occasion. Your dealer will proudly tell you more about popular music lJl"Ofe8si"lliti "I V It:l. $1'''1. eight bows, then four, then two, and Kaplan's TRU-STRAND"Maestro" and "Red-C-Ray" Kazaks, 234 E. 58th ,street, ,\"ew York The soloist of the evening, Robert Casa- J lUODEllN" T-IA.Ri\IOXY. Composition in- finally one bow to the measure. strings for violin, viola, cello and bass .•• 22, N. Y. struction. New, individual, "Personal desus, played Mozart's Coronation COD- Letter" method. Piano arrangements The first four measures are a pattern KAPlAN STRINGS are 'rl'PU.1\"O. The Touch System of Play- made. Korber stUdios, 406 St. Johns certo in the grand style. and it was great precision wound and KAPlAN MUSICAl STRING CO ing the Piano. The Powell !'iatlo 1\la:;k Place, Brooklyn 38, N. Y. fingering-first position going to second, bloc],;s the !Sight or tile I,e~'board uut fun to compare experiences during the polished. South No,wolk (onn permits sight of the mU18;>,Buenos Alres, Argentina. Orchestra. which recently celebrated the 2nd and 3rd fingers jnstead of the dent. Join the many teachers that are stamped self-addressed envelope to • 99% accurate now finding more joy and profit in Nelson Music Studio, 814 S. Chestnut, 3rd and 4th. This is in keeping with the BIBLICAL RESEt\ RCH. Questions an. its fifth anniversary. The Residentia North Platte, Nebraska. • 5 year written guarantee their chosen profession, Write us and s",:ered .on Biblic~l places, persons, Orchestra of The Hague is a superb modern idea of fingerjng. which seeks thmgs, tIme, quantIty or number. $5.00 • the only Underwrilers-ap. we shall send you our brochure to- HAHi\IONIZIl\'G 1\1I~I,OIHI~S A'l' SIGH'I' 10 avoid any fingering that tends to for 5. Ed & Cora Stubbs, Oil City, Pa. body. Its excellent conductor. Willem proved eleclric metronome gether with complete information. No -24 pages of solid Instnlction and break the flow of the tone. easy-ta-follow charts on improvising, Van Ouerloo. is weU-known in the obligation, transposition and harmonization. $1.00 l\-IODE.RN HAnlUONY. Composition in- Write for our free booklet United States through his. many The remaining six of the double-stop postpaid. :1<"'ree list of thousands of structIOn. New, individual "Personal CAVANAUGH ENTERPRISES popular songs, bool,s and folios sent on Letter" method. Piano arrangements records of the Epic label. He told studies will be discussed in a later ~~3FRANZ MFG. CO./INC. request. Lewis ArfIne Music, 117 W, 48th made. Korber studios, 406 St. Johns ;ssue of ETUDE. THE END ~ 57 Wallac:e St, New Helven, Conn. 475 5th Avenue New York 17, N, Y. Street, New Yorl.;: 36, N. Y. Place, Brooklyn 38, N.Y. (Continued on Page 58) etude-november 1955 57 56 etude-november 1955 ------MUSICAL TOUR certainly would have been inconceiv- THE ACCORDION BAND STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, THROUGH EUROPE able even five years ago. How I wished MANAGEMENT CIRCULATION, ETC. that Bartok could have lived to see (Continued from Page 23) Required by the Acts of Congress of (Continued from Page 56) this .... August 24. 1912. and March 3, 1933 German audiences seem to be divided held in Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, than one hundred handsome trophies Of ETUDE, the music magazine pub- me of his forthcoming visit to the lished Monthly, except Mov-lune United States in the course of which evenly between their love and venera- Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, were awarded last year, together with and July.AuKust, when published he will make 'his American debut with tion of the classics and their enthusiasm The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland six important scholarships. Contest de- bimonthly, at Philadelphia, Pennsyl- a pair of concerts in Washington, D.C., for the contemporary music literature. and the United States. Soviet Russia re- tails are available from the AAA Secre- vania, for October 1, 1955. at the helm of our N ational Symphony The dividing line seems to be drawn ceived a special invitation, with the tary. State of PennsrlvanialSS more or less by the age groups-the hope that such a gesture would en- County of Montgomer-y . next December. Before me a Notary Public in and From Holland I left for Belgium, listeners over 45 going strongly for all courage friendly relations between all * * ". for the SL~te and county aforesaid, where I played a Mozart Concerto with music written before the turn of the countries concerned. Representing the On the 3rd of personally, appeared Allan E. Shu- century, while the younger generation United States were Louis Coppola of .bert, who, having been duly sworn the fine Belgian Radio Symphony in a November, the according to law, deposes and says big charity affair held at the beautiful forms a solid front for the works of Connecticut, who was sponsored by the first anniver- that he is the Business Manager of hall of the Brussels Music Conserva- Bartok, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Hinde- American Accordionists Association, sary of the pass- ETUDE the music magazine and that tory. The evening was honored by the mith and their even younger colleagues, and Mrs. Joan Cochran of Kansas City, ing of Pietro the following is, to the best of his such as the gifted Hans Werner Henze, knowledge and belief, a true state- presence of the Belgian Queen-Mother, Missouri, who entered under the ban- Deiro, one of ment of the ownership, management, Elisabeth. The Queen most graciously Karl Stockhausen, the young Italian ner of the Accordion Teachers Cuild. .the outstanding erc., of the aforesaid publication for asked me to her box after my per- Luigi Nono and the French pupil of Another important European Con- pioneers and the date shown in the above caption, Messiaen, Pierre Boulez. test, known as the Seventh Accordion required by the Act of August 24, formance during intermission time and personalities in 1912, as amended by the Act of expressed her appreciation of my play- The German radio stations, which festival of Stradella (Pavia), Italy, the accordion March 3, 1933, embodied in section ing. Queen Elisabeth is a real patron have, by necessity rather than their took place on September 23, 24 and field, will be 537 Postal Laws and Regulations, of the arts and is especially fond of own choice, taken over the role of 25, in the city of Stradella. It was open commemorated. pri~ted on the reverse of this form Maecenas, are doing their share in to amateur and professional contestants to wit: music. She plays the violin herself and Born in Italy in 1888, Pietro was fasci- ACCORDIONS 1. That the names and addresses in her youth she was a pupil of the giving generously of their time and from all countries. A large competition, nated by a toy accordion at the age of _ETC._ FREE CATALOG-Tremendous savings on every- of the publisher, editor, managing great Belgian violinist, Eugene Ysaye. money to the younger, even the young- one which attracted a great deal of in- seven, and thereafter his absorbing pas- thing in the musical line_amplifters----\llaviolines. editor, and business manager are: guitars. brass and wood wind. spe~iali2ing in qualil~ She now presides over the yearly Queen est, generation of composers from all ternational attention, took place almost sion for the accordion remained un- accordions-over 200 real bargains. Write Publisher Theodore Presser Com- over Europe. The Cologne Radio even pany, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Elisabeth Musical Competitions held a month later in Essen, Germany, from shaken. As a mere youth he was forced JAY STEMMERMAN'S DISCOUNT HOUSE Guy McCoy, ,111 Sutton each spring in Brussels. Many a young sustains its own laboratory of electronic October I can report that the Phone VI 7-0866-VI 6-525a Editor: 14-16. to earn a living, but every leisure mo- a932 88th St .• Woodhaven 21, N. Y. Road Ardmore, PennsyLvania. artist got his first start toward a world- music, in which interesting, if some- American Accordionists Association and ment possible was devoted to mastering Man;ging Editor: James B. Felton, career at these lively competitions, what forbidding. performances of this the American Teachers Guild expect Westford Road, Philadelphia the accordion, so that by the time he mi- 5431 latest type of "music" have been heard Two Modern Teaching Aids 20, Pennsylvania. where young artists from all over the to plan their own contests for world- grated to America, in 1907, Pietro was by Leta Wallace and Amy Winning Business Manager: Allan E. Shubert, world meet. to compete for the cherished lately-however mostly between the wide participation in the near future. already proficient in performing on an Jr., 503 Coursey Road, Oreland, First Prize. hours of 11 p.m. and midnight, when More details on the American contests instrument that was little-known in Pennsylvania. Speed Drills .I spent some pleasant hours at the most Cerman citizens are asleep. will be given in the next issue of America at the time. Within two years, 2. That the owners are: In Switzerland, I met two of myoid Flash Cords for Sight Playing Theodore Presser Company, Bryn house of our cultural attache in Brus- ETUDE. after having acquired an extensive rep- Set of 32 Cords...... $.60 Mawr, Pennsylvania. sels, Mr. John L. Brown, who surprised friends, the Swiss composer Roger ertoire of American tunes, Pietro made The Presser Foundation, Philadel- me with a copy of his recently published Vuar az and Conrad Beck, both of whose * ". * his debut in American vaudeville with Slide Rule for Scales phia, Pennsylvania. book on American Literature-s-which works I had the pleasure to introduce A Shorf Cut to Scale Playing 3. That the known bondholders, For the fourth consecutive year, Na- instantaneous success. He soon gained mortgagees and other security hold- he wrote in French and which was pub- earlier in the United States. I was glad tional Accordion Week wiJl be held dur- international recognition. For Standard and Modern Finger- ing with Scale Book $1.50 ers owning or holding 1 per cent or lished in France. This book is one of to be able to hear the first performance ing the week from November 18 through Pietro's spare moments were spent more of total amount of bonds, mort- the best expositions I have read on the of Conrad Beck's "The death in Baser' For Standard Fingering Only with gages, or other securities are: None. November 25. National Accordion Week with accordion manufacturers, to whom instructions for use $1.00 subject. Mr. Brown, too, is a hi-fi fan -an oratorio of great dimensions. has been granted official recognition 4. That the two paragraphs next he recommended many new innovations Copies Sent on Approval to Teachers above, giving the names of the own- and we discussed our likes and dislikes which made a great impression on me as. by the Chamber of Commerce of the which resulted in vital changes in con- Order from your deofer or direct from ers stockholders, and security hold- in the world of recorded music-always well as on the audience. United States, and is llsted in their struction of the instrument. And cer- ers: if any, contain not only the list an interesting topic-s-even if one of the To .finish off my recollections, I Publisher of stockholders and security polders officialbooklet of "Weeks, Months and tainly to him must be given the honor as they appear upon the books of conversationalists happens to be an "in- should like to mention my trip to Aus- Days." The American Accordionists of introducing the first American piano Jenkins Music Company terested subject" in more ways than one. 1217 Walnut st., Kansas City, Mo. the company but also in cases where tria, in the course of which I played Association is requesting all teachers, accordion. At the same time, in 1919, the stockholder or security holder I got my initiation into the mysteries several -recitals in Vienna, Craz and appears upon the books of the com- studio operators, dealers, wholesalers Pietro wrote the first piano accordion of European TV in Brussels. I played Innsbruck. I was happy to include and the entire accordion industry to pany as trustees or in any other method, which was published by an- BALDWIN-WALLACE fiduciary relation the name of the a 30 minute show for Belgian television, Aaron Copland's Piano Sonata (1941) co-operate in making this year's annual other pioneer in the field, the publish. performing works of Scarlatti, Schubert in my radio recital over Radio Vienna, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC person or corporation for whom such celebration bigger and better than ever ing house of O. Pagani & Bros. Thus trustee is acting, is given: also that and Bartok under the hot klieg lights. which marked the first broadcast per- BEREA, OHIO lsuburb of Cleveland) the said two paragraphs contain before. An attractive poster for general began another phase of Pietro's life, Affiliated wlth a lint' class LIberal Arts Collep;e. In Germany, where I played the great- Four and f1,e year courses leadf ng to dPl:r~ps. statements embracing affiant's full formance of this excellent work in the display and other forms of direct-mail dedicated to writing the accordion lit- est number of concerts of my whole Facultv of Artist Teachers. Scnd tor catalogue knowledge and belief as to the cir- capital of Austria. Here, too, as in matter are available; all those desiring erature for wliich there was an urgent or Information to: tour, I found tremendously interested CECIl. W. MUNK. Dirllctor. Berea. Ohio cumstances and conditions under various German cities, as well as in to participate should request further need. Study followed study, so that which stockholders and security hold- audiences wherever I went, and I played Helsinki and Copenhagen, where I also information from the AAA Secretary, Pietro lives on today in the heritage of ers who do not appear upon the in almost every city in Western Ger- books of the company as trustees, played works by contemporary Ameri- 289 Bleecker Street, New York 14, New valuable accordion literature he has many. Especially the great enthusiasm hold stock and securities in a ca- can composers, I was happy to see the York. left behind. THE END pacity other than that of a bona fide for the music of Bartok surprised and enthusiasm for these compositions. Au- As part of National Accordion Week, owner: and this affiant has no reason delighted me. In Hanover, for instance, diences in every corner of the Continent CONVERSE COLLEGE to believe that any other person, the American Accordionists Associa- SCHOOL OF MUSIC where I gave two recitals on two con- embraced works by Douglas Moore, Roy association, or corporation has any tion will conduct its seventeenth annual secutive nights (the first an all-Bee- Edwin Gerschefski, Dean, interest direct or indirect in the said Harris, Roger Sessions. Abram Chasms. COntestin New York on November 20. Beginning with the December stocks, bonds, or other securities thoven evening with five piano sonatas, Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. Spartanburg, S. C, The contest is open to any amateur issue, an accordion question and than as so stated by him. the other an all-Bartok program with These composers, as well as a number answer column will appear. If you (Signed) ALLANE. SHUBERT,JR., sis accordionist in the United States. Pres- about 90 minutes of the Hungarian of fine young American artists current- have a particular problem or Business Manager ent requests for entries indicate that MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY Sworn to and subscribed before me master's works), I was flabbergasted to ly touring Europe, are doing a splendid question that needs clarification, this year's contest will surpass all SCHOOL OF MUSIC this 13th day of September, 1955. find that for the Bartok evening, the job in keeping up the fine reputation please write to the Editor of this DECATUR, ILLINOIS SEAL MARGARET1.... JENKINS,sis others. particularly last year's, in which orrers thorough training in music. Courses lead- Beethoven Halle was as overfilled as of American performing artists on the department, in care of ETUDE. Notary Public more than 1,000 accordionists partici- Ing to degrees or: Bachelor or Music, Bachelor or on the Beethoven evening, and the man- Continent. America has every reason All questions will be given care- MusIc Education. Abater of Music, and Master (My commission expires February pated, representing students from more of Music Education. 23. 1957.) agement had to put some fifty seats on to be proud of its musical ambassadors. ful consideration. "'iemher ot the National ASioclatlon Schools or Music than one-fifth of the accordion studios Bulletin sent upon request the stage as well-an occurrence which THE END W. ST. Cl.AIRE MINTURN, DIrector throughout the United States. More 58 etude-november 1955 ~------etu.de-november 1955 59 ... YOUNG NEW RECORDS SCHOOL CHORAL PROGRAM ._------~~ FOR A MUSICAL MUSICIANS' • • RECORD (Continued [rom Page 47) (Continued from Page 51) CHRISTMAS _ LIBRARY • WITH MATCHING Old Smoky and eight other assorted folk The Perfect Gift MUSIC BOOKS songs are sung with impressive effective- school singer on this type of material. for children- De8criptive Flltdcr (III Requ68t Some directors engage professional Dept. E, p.e.B. 106, Forest Hills 75, New York ness by the Roger Wagner Chorale. In OF MUSIC young and old general, the choral work excels the solo singers to appear as soloists with their work. (Capitol P 8324) school organizations in performances SOPRANO of major extended works. Some direc- gedlcofed to the Superior Training of American Talent RECORDER Debussy: Preludes-Book T1VO tors employ group solos not only on • Intensive professional study of MUSIC, oratorio material but also on unison Walter Gieseking's recording of these balanced with a liberal arts program EASY TO PLAY dozen preludes for Angel is exactly solo songs. Chief among reasons for in America's first coeducational college. FUN TO LEARN what has been expected. The keyboard this practice may be cited: Dormitories. Concert series by guest and magic that marked Gieseking's Colum- 1. Development of individual singing Full chromatic range bia set a few years back is present, but technique. Oberlin artists. Excellent prccfice facil- of two octaves something has been added-a fullness 2. Improvement of group technique ities. Faculty of 55 eminent musicians. All Plastic Model $3.75 to the piano tone that adds to the total as the individual technique advances. 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Effectiveness of a group of high recorder or piano...... 30¢ certo, not the routine playing of the school voices on a solo passage or _Calendar of Dlusic events of the cur_ rent year TWELVE CHRISTMAS CAROLS much better-known A Major. Arthur composition. (Many directors include Grumiaux is soloist with the Vienna Sym- at least one group solo in each public - Programs of concerts, recital. given for t -3 recorders ..... 35¢ phony conducted by Bernhard Paum- program.) during past season Sale Selling Agents for gartner. Recording is good except that E. Opera and Operettas. Works of this American Recorder Society Editions there's too much studio reverberation. type are still in great favor and are Director of Admissions. Oberlin College ASSOCIATED (Epic 3157) usually presented as all-school projects in which all departments of the school MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC. Box 5115, Oberlin, Ohio Tehulkcveky . Album Jar tile Young, co-operate in the presentation. 1 West 47 Street, New York 36, N. Y. o». 39 THE END Mendelssohn: Si_"l: C/tilllre"'11 Pieces, ------, 0". 72 Menahem Pressler, M-G-M's house COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY of MUSIC of CfNCINNATI pianist, finds Mendelssohn's not-so-easy THE WORLD OF MUSIC Children's Pieces worth the effort. But A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE the simple sketches of Tchaikovsky (Colltinued [rom: Page 9) ALLIED ARTS. - AIlY...W, l.P.RE;ORDS suffer from a heavy right hand and a DEGREE COURSES WITH MAJORS IN PIANO, VOICE. ORCHESTRAL trace of nonchalance. (Try Poldi Zeit- replace Dr. Ralph E. Hartzell, who is lin's Opus 39 on Opus disc No. 6001.) returning to full time teaching at his INSTRUMENTS, ORGAN, COMPOSITION, MUSIC EDUCATION ;:-;oua CIlO~~~ :lSCOU1I'f (M·G·M E 3204) 38 ownrequest. Affilioted with the University of Cincinnati. Member of the National Association of , Schools of Music: "The unashamed Accompanist" lus Gregor Piatigorsky has made pos- CATALOC WILL BE SENT ON HEQUEST _ P ANY W 0' 12" L.P. 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The suite from the Symphony played the last concert of BUTLER UNIVERSITY Record Club of the Year". This does not obligate me t Limited to 1933 Lieutenant Kiji film is recorded its European tour at the Royal Festival 10 any ~ay I ma~ order as many or as few records of I JORDAN COLLEGE OF MUSIC my ctlolce as I Wish. • with dazzling sound and artistic finesse. Hall in London, England, on October 5. A rich tradition, 0 progressive philosophy, on outstanding faculty, complete accred_ Mail Order My free loP. record choice is , The "Chout" ballet suite is recorded Thirty-two works were played during itation. Baccalaureate degrees in Donee, Drama, Music, Music Education, Radio. NAME , 1 the 26-concert tour, sponsored by the Write tor catalogue and desired informalian Buyers Only! ADDRESS • complete for the first time. (Vox PL CITY :: ZONE STATE..~ ~ : : 9180) State Department. Dimitri Mitropoulos, JORDAN COLLEGE OF MUSIC (Box EJ, 1204 Nortn Delaware Street Indianapolis 2, Indiana ~------_. (Continued on Page 64) (Continued on Page 63) 60 etude-november 1955 etude-november 1955 61 ~------I World of Music TEACHER'S ROUNDTABLE (Continued from Page'6l) NEW YORK COLLEGE OF MUSIC Arved Kurtz, Director Chartered 1878 (Continued fro';' Page 22) George Szell and Guido Cantelli con- College .and Professional Courses .•• Class and Individual" InstructIon .•• Daytime or Evening ••. Full or Part Time ducted the orchestra. Sherwood Music School Write for Catalog "try it out on someone" beforehand. Iormance. Member of the National Asso- 114 EAST 85th STREET NEW YORK 28, N. Y. Thorough professional training for suc- Much more so when young and inex- The Suddeutscher Rundfunk, a ciation of Schools of Music. Founded cessful careers. One and two-year Cer- perienced students are concerned. radio network emanating from Stutt- 1895. Splendidly equipped lake·side . ~ NORTH PARK tificate courses prepare for private The great Anton Rubinstein himself gart, Germany, sponsored a festival of SCHOOL Philadelphk. Conservatory of building. Spring term begins February studio teaching. Bachelor and Master did just that. And if no friends dropped jazz music between October 10 and 15. '-"~ COLLEGE Music 79th Year 2. For Catalog, write Arthur Wildman, OF MUSIC Degrees, four and five years. Piano, Pianist Art Tatum and the Gerry Mul- MARIA EZERMAN DRAKE, Director in, he tried it out on his cook! DONALD F. OHLSEN A music schoof on voice, organ, violin, 'cello, wind instru- Musical Director ." ligan Sextet gave two of the seven Deall a r:ollege campus Piano. Orchestro, Opero, Chorus, ments, composition, public school mu- Strings, Composition, Voice, Winds. SHERWOOD BUILDING concerts. For Free Catalog Write Dept. ET Degree Courses sic. Faculty of renowned European and NEW RECORDED WAY Foster at Kedzle, Chic::aga 25 Member NASM 216 S. 20th St. LOcust 7·1877 American artists. Many opportunities 1014 South lUichigan Avenue for public recital, solo and group per- Chieago 5, Illinois 1 am an adult and for some years 1 COMPETITIONS have had a great desire to learn to play WHERE In tile the piano. But J have been frustrated The American Academy in Rome of- SHALL GO TO STUDY? heart fers fellowships in musical composition .f because we live on a farm and a long to U.S. citizens for one year beginning RICHARD McCLANAHAN WILLIAM T. POLLAK cultural distance from any piano teacher. Be- Teacher of Piano October I, 1956. Yearly stipend is A.M., Mus. Doc., A.A.G.O. Chicago sides, my work on the farm prevents me M~tthay exponent, formertv his representative. New York College of Music $1,250 a year, plus round trip transpor- Privote les sons, technic courses; available as visit- from taking time off. Recently 1 heard Ing lecture-recitalist. or critic-teacher. Piano, Organ, Conducting, Cooching, tation between New York and Rome, Choir Training. Improvisotion, that it is possible to learn by one's self Six-Dav Piano Seminars Harmony, Counterpoint. Fugue, 801 Steinway Bldg., J 13 W. 57th St., N.Y.C. from recordings. Is this true? I would studio space, residence at the Academy, Composition. Orchestration and an additional travel allowance. De- Correspondence Courses be very happy if it could apply to my EDWIN HUGHES 9 Melrose Lane, Douglastan 63, L.I., N.Y. case. Thank you for any help you can tails: Executive Secretary, American PIANISTS PREPARED FOR PUBLIC ~ give me. S. E. G., Texas Academy in Rome, 101 Park Avenue, PERFORMANCE AND FOR COLLEGE, ..., New York 17, New York. Deadline for UNIVERSITY AND CONSERVATORY EVANGELINE LEHMAN: Mus.D. TEACHING POSITIONS Eminent Vocal Teacher ~ MUSIC CAREERS . ~ applications: December 30, 1955. 117 East 79th st., New York, N. Y. 167 Elmhurst Ave. Highland Pork 3, Mich. ~ PIANO_VOICE_INSTRUMENTAL ~ Phone: Townsend 8-3567 I believe I can help you solve your The Queen Elizabeth of Belgium In- HELEN ANDERSON ~ Public School Music-Church Music- ~ 0' problem. During a workshop held a ternational Music Competition, Fifth In- "Teacher of Successful Pianists" 1455 Harvard Blvd. Toledo 14. Ohio· ~ Opera - Radio - Television ~ Phone: Wolbridge 2594 few months ago for the Youngstown, ternational Piano Competition. Award: Master's T echniq ue-T one-Interpretation ~ I~ Ba.helar and Master 'Degrees !I diplomasand twelve prizes worth all to- Special Courses: Harmony, Improvisation I Ohio, Piano Teachers Association, Ihad 166 W. 72nd St., N. Y. C. Tel. Sc 4·8385 gether more than 600,000 Belgian the opportunity to examine a new sys- HARRY EULER TREIBER:Mus. D. Mme. Giovanna Viola Hull (Desmond} tem and its results. It works, indeed, francs. Closing date: applications must Voice Building reach the Manager, International Com- Teacher of singing-European trained Pupil of the late Wm. L. Whitney ~I ~ 7807 Bonhomme Avenue-St. Louis 5. Ma. I through recordings. You do not have "Bel Conto" (Vannucini Methodl petition "Reine Elisabeth de Belgique," Voice culture-diction-coaching to know a note of music when you start. Studio 509: 270 Huntington Ave., Bodoll, Mass. .~ A non-profit educational institution of higher learning approved for ~ Palais des Beaux-Arts, n, rue Baron Phone: Trotolgar 7-8230 ~ non-immigrant foreign students and for G.!. Training. Institutional ,.:; What is required is the desire to learn. 608 West End Ave. New York City Horta, Brussels, before January 31, ~ Member National Association of Schools of Music. ~ The name of the course is "Sheridan LUCIUS DUNCAN ~ ". ~ 1956. CRYSTAL WATERS System." It is wr-itten for the beginner Teacher of Singing Violinist (We tliut Popular Songs and Classics of any age. but particularly-as in your regret space limitations do rV.-Radio-Stoge Concert Lo 7-0723 J04 N. Mole St., Philo. 2, Po. case-s-the older beginner. It starts from not permit listing of other coruesu.) 405 East 54th St. New York 22. N. Y. the very first contact with the keyboard. ISABEL HUTCHESON Bachelor of MUiic, Moder of Music, Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S. in Ed. by then progresses easily and gradually. transfer to Kent State University or Western Reserve University) THINK FOR YOURSELF Refresher Course for Piano Teachers: Your music book is in front of you on Modern Piano Technic: Coaching Concert Pianists: WARD DAVENNY, Director Group Work: For further information address 3411 Euclid Avenue Cleveland 15, Ohio the piano, and your teacher on the rec- (Continued from Page 46) Studio 202, 10051h Elm St., ucucs, Texas Member 0/ tile NaUo''''/ AUOc/lIt1"n of Scho"18 (Jf M...... ic ord is at your side, explaining, advising upon them that I exerted my most val- and illustrating. With a little patience WILLIAM FICHANDLER uablework. For me, 'fingers' alone were EDNA GUNNAR PETERSON MUSIC and ARTS INSTITUTE of SAN FRANCISCO and "a few minutes a day, you will learn Pianist. Teacher Bachelor of Music Degree necessary but secondary, and I worked 314 West 75th St., New Yark, Su-7·3775 Concert Pianist-Artist Teacher to read music correctly. at them according to my needs-my Compositions published by G. Schirmer Free Literature 2622 Jackson, S.F. 15 Ross McKee. Director and Theodore Presser. 17447 Castellammare Pacific Palisodes Calif. The advantage of such a course is ob- needs, never someone else's. I recall Gladstone 4-1803 ' vious. One can take the lessons when- that the great Joachim had long hands, ERNESTO BERUMEN Sacred Musiccourse oHers ••• ever one wishes. These lessons can be and thus required certain bowings. CONCERT PIANIST AND TEACHER majors in piano, organ, voice and is accepting a limited number of serio u·s MAE GILBERT REESE composition. Also instruction in 1)r- repeated and beard over and oyer. The What followed was that he taught these Pianist chestral instruments, music theory piano students in New York City. For infor· and literature - plus a nwnber of un- rate of progress is entirely up to the special howings to all his pupils, and matian write: Specialized training for teachers and concert artists usual chun;:h related subjects. Excel. 150 Greenwoy Terrace, Forest Hills lent, expenenced faculty. student. There is no hurry, no nervouS the pupils accepted them, without 857 S. Rempau Blvd., Los Angeles 5, Col. 75. L I., New York New, four-story William Howard strain. Practice can be done at any time, thought to the shapes or needs of their We 4-4272 ~oane Memorial music building pro- morning, noon or night. Ownhands. did not accept them be- Vides modern classrooms and 38 I MARY BOXALL BOYD sou.n~:ptol?f practice rooms. Practice For more information you can write cause with them, my hands could never Pupil of Lescheti~ky and Artur Schnabel faclhhes mclude 6? pianos, 3 pipe HAROLD HURLBUT organs and 5 electnc organs. to Sheridan System, 363 East Raven- ha~e brought out a clear tone. 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Write today for descriptive CATA- for learning languages? Well, it is very ar.ything at all except the most thought- Eminent Pianist General tuition at Moody is FREE. LOG. Address Office of Admissions similar and is based on repetition. Exponent of Motthay principles Fees for applied music are very rea· Dept. ED323. • ful, devoted analysis of what they truly Teacher of teachers HENRY O'CONNELL sonable. vocabulary, pronunciation, aU done believe. Take hold of whatever mate· Private Lessons Teacher Violin & Clorinet Coach through records. Thousands have rials nature gave you, and with them, Available for Recitals FormerlVa College Instructor learned that way, and there is no reason makeyourself. Above aU, learn to think Clnd Lecture-Recitals Advanced Pupils or ECHned Beginners why music students shouldn't meet with for yourself." 320 West 86th St., New York City 24 325 South Pleasant Royal Oak, Mich. Tel. EN '.75B6 Appoinfments by mail only I the same success. THE E D THE END 62 r etude-november t 955 etude-november 1955 63 tfl _ NEW RECORDS BACKGROUND MUSIC their counterparts in other studios around the country continue to provide (Continued from Page 60) the incidental music for radio and tele- (Continued from Page 45) vision's dramas, much of the music that Dvorak: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 will blast forth over the airwaves dur- Balakil'eff: Tamar-Symphonic Poem ing blustery November will be more Music lovers are indebted again to New! cially-composed music. For a play, say, than background music. NBC's Tele- Sir Thomas Beecham for rescuing little- they MELODY WORK BOOK Robert Pace set in the early 1900's,.it is difficult to vision Opera Theatre, for one, will open known works of merit and establishing Materials from which the young student can learn to play with confidence find many suitable recordings. Rec- its seventh season on Sunday, Nov. 6, them as disc-favorites. This is especial- in any key, harmonize melodies and experience the pleasure of creative ords made then are either scratchy or, with "Oriffelkin," Lukas Foss' new ly true of the Variations, one of Dvor- music. Designed as a supplement to Book I of the ROBERT PACE as Phebe Haas puts it, "sound as if opera (see Radio-TV page October ak's finest compositions, given a PIANO SERIES, this Study may be used to encourage harmonization, ETUDE). The N. Y. Philharmonic- transposition and creative work no matter what method you pre- they had a cold in the head." As a re- rlmroughly-stud.ied but happy reading fer-$1.00. sult, the music staffs look for a song Symphony, for 'another', continues its by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of the period in an old-fashioned or- season by presenting a series of dis- under Sir Thomas's inspiration. (Co. chestration but on an up-to-date record- tinguished soloists on its Sunday after- lumhia ML·4974) put New! noon CBS radio broadcasts. Under ing. That failing, and if the budget for MUSIC MADE EASY. Vol. II Mara Ville the production allows (live music costs Dmitri Mitropoulos, Pietro Scarpini will Dohnanyi: Quartet No, 3 in A Minor play Mozart's Piano Concerto (K.482) Dvorak: .....Quurtet. No.6 in F Major The aim of this book is to develop rhythm and theory and to correlate roughly twenty limes more than re- (" Alllerfcan") them with the student's instrumental training. Transposition is taught. corded music), an orchestra is em- on Nov. 6; Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Melody harmonization is introduced to give the student a practical ployed to playa suitable composition. Mozart's Two Piano Concerto (K.365), Through its excellent Capitol record- application of the chords already learned. Familiar songs are used to For the recorded selections, radio and and Jean Casadesus, Saint-Saens' Sec- ings of works by Brahms, Borodin, demonstrate the application of theory. An attractive and entertaining television studios have collections of ond Piano Concerto on Nov. 13. With Franck. Shostakovich, Wolf and others, the piano study, Volume 11includes entertaining illustrations and enlighten- ing visual aids.-$1.25 commercial recordings and a series of Pierre Monteux conducting, Mischa the Hollywood String Quartet has cre- Cue Libraries, with exact timings, from Elman will perform Mendelssohn's Vio- ated a nation-wide audience of admirers MUSIC MADE EASY, Vol. I Mara Ville which to choose. lin Concerto on Nov. 20, and Robert who will welcome these sensitive read- Both Phebe Haas and Eugene Cines Casadesus will return to play Mozart's ings. The Dohnanyi Quartet with its Ideal for basic instruction in theory or for instrumental study. Note values, music symbols, time signatures, scales, rhythm, accent, ties, find that their music training, like that Piano Concerto (K.491) on Nov. 27. lovely middle movement, new to rec- ords, is read sensitively, while the slurs and tetrachords are presented with variety and imagination. Gay of their associates, is a help not only Soloists for Monday evening pro- illustrations and provision of space for writing of symbols and notes in selecting music but in registering and grams in November will be presented "American" Quartet is equal to any of are important features of the work. 12 pages of familiar songs top off it.s competition. (Capitol P-8307) FUN this tune treat.-$.90. memorizing new music they may hear. as follows: in their spare time they listen to new compositions and see if they can find The Voice of Firestone Stravinsky: SywpllollY No.1 in E-Flat CHOHD·A-TUNE Hilda Holt a piece that might be good to use at (ABC Radio and TV) Major, o». 1 Humorous illustrations and familiar compositions combine with spirited sometime in the future. "I try to keep November 7, Roberta Peters A synthesis of all symphonies written • original material to stimulate interest while teaching transposition and abreast of records," says Mrs. Haas, November 14, Dorothy- Warenskjold in the middle and late 19th century is harmony in the first and second year. For wee folk.-$l.OO. "and whenever I find something wh ich November 21, Brian Sullivan this student work of Igor Stravinsky, is fun I try to use it as soon as possible November 28, Nadine Conner written in 1906 when he was studying In on some show." Eugene Conley with Rlmskv-Korsakov. As played by the Among the things that they must Vienna Orchestral Society conducted by watch out for, say Mrs. Haas and Cines, The Telephone Hour F. Charles Adler. the score is given its is that a piece, say, played on a juke (NBC Radio) full due-which is not very much. box in a bar scene is not going to be November 7, William Warfield {Unicorn 1006) featured on the following program-or November 14,· Jose Itur hi people will call up and ask what reason November 21, Blanche Thebom Karlowicz: Concerto [or "jolin alHl those selecting the music had for plug- November 28, Igor Gorin Orchestrtl i11 A Major, FUN D A 11: E N TA.1-. _ ging this particular piece. They must Op.8 Szymanowskt s SOl/ata in D Millor lor also be careful, as Cines says, "not to Promising to be high points of the Violin and Piano, Op. 9 1r'- t. use music that is identified in people's month's light musical fare are "The The road to piano learning is a rocky Here is one of the first Colosseum minds as the theme song of another Creat Waltz," with Patrice Munsel and one. The young student stumbles STUNTS FOR THE PIANO Ada Richter records to combine superior art with show or with a movie." They must make Keith Andes, on Saturday evening, Under imaginative headings ("Running on Tiptoes," "Rope Climbing," passable sound. The concerto, beauti- over technical problems he can barely certain that once a composition is Nov. 5, and "Dearest Enemy," with "Relay Race," "Stretch Yourself") "stunts" like staccato, scales, hand- fully played by Halina Barinova with used-be it Bartok's Divertimento or Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling on understand, let alone master. over-hand and extension study are introduced to the first grader. In the National Philharmonic Orchestra all, 18 phases of elementary technic challenge the fingers and imagination Kern's Only Make Believe-it is not Saturday evening, Nov. 26, as NBC-TV To make the going a little easier the under Kiril Kondrashin. would be an of the pianist.c-S. 75. ' used again for the same program; that "Spectaculars." The former, which has piano teacher turns to a score is consistent, using not too many been seen on the stage and screen, tells, instant success on American programs. the reliable Study book. MORE STUNTS FOR THE PIANO Ada Richter types of orchestrat-ion or idioms. It is with its Johann Strauss music and Moss The sonata features no less a violinist also import.ant that the records- have Hart book, of the famous quarrel be- than David Oistrakh; the able pianist More stunts. . more fun. Delightful descriptions and illustrations Suddenly the weary young learner make this the perfect book to supplement any course of instruction. smooth surfaces to enable the turntable tween Strauss, Sr., and his son, and the is Vladimir Yampolsky. (Colosseum CRLP 190) Bridges the gap between easy exercisesand introduction of the sonatina. man to put the needle down or pick difficulties the younger one had in get- finds fun at the keyboard. "Walking a Tight Rope" stresses changing fingers on one note; "Acro- it up at any point, says Mrs. Haas, ting T lie Blue Danube performed and in THE END This fresh new approach, bats" emphasizes grace notes-to mention just 2 of the 16 studies. Grades 2-2~.-$.75. "without getting a 'wow' sound-and gaining recognition as a composer be- seasoned with imaginative, so he can get clean entrances and exits cause of his father's jealousy. The latter of the music." show, with Richard Rodgers music, Lor- A NOTE ON MOZART'S bright and playful exercises, starts The conductor or turntable man, of enz Hart lyrics and a book by Herbert him merrily on tbe way to greater C MINOR CONCERTO Ask your dealer to show you the piano course, must be on the alert for any Fields, is the 1925 musical comedy piano success. Ob, yes, there can study books offered here. New and old, they emergency, but Cines and Mrs. Haas, which tells of the trick played by Mrs. (Contir1lLed from Page 21) be fun in piano fundamentals! will delight you and your students. or one of their staff, stand by in the Hobert Murray in detaining the staff of studio in case they are needed, armed General Sir William Howe at Murray arpeggio exercises (in their chosen with their cue sheets which indicate Hill so that 3000 of General Putnam's keys) on pages 47-48 of "Thinking Fin- THEODORE PRESSER COMPANY where the background music is to sneak Continental Army could join General gel's," Book 2. These offer concentrated, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania in or fade out of a scene. Washington's forces on Harlem Heights. sure-fire control and eliminate long, While Eugene Cines, Phebe Haas and THE END deadly up-and-down repetition.

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