Volume 71, Number 12 (December 1953) Guy Mccoy

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1953 Volume 71, Number 12 (December 1953) Guy McCoy

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• • Early Choral Masters Series LeTTeRS the gift Choral composition flourished in Europe from the 13th century to about the complete prr-emlnenee ever choral muale; 10 mUCh10 middle of the 18th century. During this period the techniques of contrapuntal cepttons rhere we re hardly any choral com_ .. 01 Illllu.l >ftb bull~, , T 0 T D E EDITOR and harmonic practice were established, laying the basis for the future devel- the late 18th cen'ury or 'h. ho'" of 'Ile 1Dth"""Ul}' 1 """-Iut!ll> ~ that speaks opment of practically all Western music. It was not untn after 1600 that of the 20th century. ho ver, a rene ...eel In~reat lw bot0u1ing 1llt1illl~ interest in instrumental composition gradually relegated choral music to a works of Ole ~arJy chonl mu~,.. to the point ht n m.anuested~~ secondary position in the art music of Europe. With the emergence of new studied, pubIJaheFrederick McKay Clifford Shaw (Class 8) IMorchl (J uly, 1953), Mr. Bollew recom· newest addition to musical culture Concert material which is Clifford Barnes Arranged for bond by Lt. Col.A. M.Edw{)fdJ mends vocal instruction for chil- in America, in such a manner of Centenary Verticals !olk~Iike in character, rang_ George Frederick McKay Standard bond $9.00 John Warringlon mg from a marching song to dren. Having been a kindergarten that it is very misleading to the a ballad.' Symphonic $12.00 AmJnged by Edwin F. HeiJokko Standard band $9.00 Condensed score $1.00 Siandard bond $3.50 and public school music teacher, reader. Standard band $9.00 Symphonic $5.00 Standard bond S 2.00 The writer is obviously not sure Symphonic $12.00 Extra paris $.50 1 should like to raise two ob· This plaque marks every Symphonic $12.00 Full condo I ' Condensed scor. S.50 Condensed S«Ife $.35 jections-first, the child is grow- whereof he writes, for he begins Stcinway Centenary piano Condensed score $1.00 Condensed SCOre $1.00 cor s score $2.50. Extra paris $.50 hlro ports .s.30 bIro parh 5.15 ing and the voice is a delicate with "chimes," then jumps to Extra parts $.50 Full conductor's score $2.50" organ. The light singing and note "carillons" as though the two in- Full condudo,'s SCOre $2.50. Write for FREE SCORES and Our NEW BAND CATALOGtoday! reading he is supposed to get in struments were of the same to-

( • included in price of full Qnd Sy .... Mr.) school should be enough for his nality and produced the same THEODORE I tender years. If parents want to lay musical effect. STEINWAY Be SONS PRESSER I a good foundation for future He lists the overtones of a Stcinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street, New York 19 CO., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania progress, let the child take piano tubular chime and claims them I or violin lessons;' these will help to be (Colllinned on Page 3) • • I ETUDE~DECEMBER 1953 I .I. Letters to the Editor You'll be glad you gave the RCA Tape Recorder (Continued from Page 1) ihu,ie magazine No other gift gives more A than the RCA PUSH- first series. A perfect carillon BUTTON Tape Recorder. EdiloriaJ and Buslnese Offieee, Bryn lawr, Pa. those of a carillon bell! He would During the Christmas season- seem to be his own authority since needs no second series, one series throughout the year-you'U use it there is no support-historical or of true bells having sufficed again and again to remember family, musical-to his argument of what throughout the ages. friends, good times and important occasions .: Try the easy, PUSH- F.uad,d 1883by THEODORE PHESS£B James FTaJlcU Cooke. EJU., E... rilu. constitutes a carillon belL He Just anything that rings is not necessarily a bell, nor does a col- BUTTON action .. , hear its true-to- (EJiwr,I9U7.19491 evidently did not consult-c-or -per- life tone at your RCA Dealer's. Guy iifeCoy, Managing Editor haps ignored-works on the caril- lection of ringing objects con- Marjorie E. lIfosher, Business Manager lon by W. G. Rice, F. P. Price, stitute a carillon. Man did not George Rochberg, Music Editor and myself, which cover the caril- choose the shape of the ben for Harold Berkley Maurice Dumeanil Paul N. Elbio Karl W. Cdui"" lon through its entire development. anything but its tone j and it is Elizabeth A. Celt Cuy Mai", Aleand", McCurdy William D. fteYeru These authorities list a series of only because of tone that the bell Nicola. loo.imJtr, overtones vastly different from has this form, a form that gives those in the ETUDE article. the most pleasing, inspiring, satis- It would appear, furthermore, fying tone known to percussi~n. that the writer endeavors to Anything of lesser tonal quah~y Vol. 7/ No. 12 Oecember 1953 justify the use of certain ringing and purity is foreign to the canl- tones as carillon bells, advocating Ion and hinders it from achiev- FEAT n a second series of bells in the same ing its fullest expression. Arthur L. Bigelow 11 instrument to make amends, mu- I! sically, for the deficiencies of the Princeton, N. J. 13 14 RADIO CDRPORATIDN 0'AMERiCA rs 16 11 20 20 26 THE COMPOSER OF THE MONTH

it ... PAIIT~I£ s The great master of the classic form of ristmas 30 E, Adams St.-Chicago 3, Ill. Lt:'n'En TOTil £DiTon _ , , ,...... 1 composition, Ludwig van Beethoven, is \,\1.-/ COMPOSER OF TilE MONTH - , , ...... •...... •..... , •. ,..... 3, VIOLIN SPECIALISTS MUSICAL OOOITI£ ', , ...... • ,...... l"'cl#lb r",J.MJJry " ETUDE'S composer of the month. His birth OUR NEW CATALOG NOW READY WORLD OF ~1 J ••• , •••••.••••••••••••••••.•• '.', "•••••••••••• , ., ;; date as verified by Beethoven himself was FOR MAILING MUSIC LOVER' {1 OJ\. II L .. _ Dill" "~I".'.orl 6 Publishers of "VIOLINS & VIOLINISTS" j(fJ'~ NEW RECOHO"-IIICU FlOELl Y ...•..... _ ..••.. ".~i £101. II December 16, 1772, and the place of his MUCH TO DO ABOUT NO fl," _...... m,.", D.1frrdll 19 birth was Bonn-on-Rhine; he died in Vienna ~ More precious than a rare jewel, a lustrous ~:k~'i'f'S, PACE ',': . -: ...... •....•••.•.... _, M.In U C En S RO 0 rULE ...... •...•.....• _• \14M"'. D"u.t.udl !! March 26, 1827. Beethoven's father took /' f 0 '\". new Kimball Consolette and modern lessons QUESTION AND AN WErt _ , ...... •. K.ri Ir'. Cc.",k(lt, %3 over the musical instruction of his son at ~ offer your girl and boy lasting advantages ENURCI C THE REP llT me ....•. _•...... " 'u,,,,,lu" .'~1 2-& MUSICORD VIOLI '1ST'S FOR M _ •...•..•.....••••.• 1I.,oU lIt-tllt! 25 -PUBLICATIONS- the age of four, and by the time he was unmatched by any other gift, regardless of VIOLIN QUESTJO, ...... •. , ....•..•. _...••. 114nJJ 8n/tlfT 52 eight he played the violin very well. His ORGAN QUESTION ...... • r"..,.,lrlt '''lUi,. 53 PUBLISHERS OF THE FAMOUS cost! Poise, self-reliance, coordination, music "FUN BOOKS" LUllwig JUNIOR ETUDE ...... •...... , . , eUS4br-rlt A. wit 5-1 next teachers were Pfeiffer, Vanden Eeden Van Beethoven Send appreciation ... all desirable traits ... will ONCE TRIED-ALWAYS USED and Neele. In 1781 his first published com- be theirs for life" ~I S J C positions appeared and within the next ten years he wrote various for Youngsters will thrill at the rich console tone works, meanwhile serving as organist in a church and as violist , C?m/Jo.ition, /0' Piano ( Qlu lind OU,.,) PIANO COURSE* FOR JUNiORS FREE , as they play their new Kimball. With' all four Tile Spinning Wlu:el •.. , .. _.•.•••.•.••.•.•••••••... _•. Rlclt.,J. ".... ku !i Prep book & Book 1 •••••••• , each 85~ in an orchestra. About this time he became acquainted with Count 91u; Sdibf/(( c Hallelujah! (Cltoru8 (rom "Tile Ie I~h") «(rOM '"'Tb(:.m They meet the highut teachi~g s,tondard.s .. exclusive "Tone-Touch" features, the Kimball oDI n Extra interest added by captivating comic Waldstein who remained his life-long friend and benefactor. In <;&uli(l,iUwic o D "l the Greal On .. orio. ) ...... •...... " ..... 1I."J.d.L«iN 28 BOOK ~onsolette is so responsive and easy to play. agate Ie, OPWI 119, to. I (front "f'illn(l Com~ition.!! Volunu: JI") strips and illustrations. This is a favorite 1792 he was sent to Vienna by the Elector, and became a member [jl'f1UY David Hirschberg book. ABOUT ...... -.-.. o T CI' BUlltor:u-D'Alktr 32 of the highest circles of art-lovers. .... v •.• ~.•"•• o America's music teachers, from their own wo U'18b.na8l\felodi~ (DUCI) •. _ .•••••• , ...•.•••..••• an. b1 A. c.rl••J 3-& In 1794 he had lessons in counterpoint with Albrechtsberger MUSIC experience and understanding of music's rich 1,Ul,Untelital and ¥ocal Com /Huilion .. DAVID HIRSCHBERG* and in 1795 he made his first public appearance as a piano virtuoso SPACE lifetime. rewards, inspire their pupils to the Chor~~e Prelude: Von Hi~H~d 11000h,Oa Kumm' leh ))u (Orp.o) (from here: does not permit an ade· PIANO COURSE ••• B5¢ quate description of this remarkable same v:,lued ,,:ppreciation. We deeply admire C The Churth Or,gluluil • Culd~u Tree.ury olume J") ... JoII_""" P_cJ.dlld 38 Playable arrangements of famous melodies in Vienna, playing one of his concertos. This was followed by ap- horn Ie Prelude: Von llin1ulI:J Llod., Komm' Ich U~r (Orpn) (frnm Scribner Hadio Music Library. We na and original music. With beoutiful i1lustro· will therefore be glad to send you these.tIre~ess Instructors for their important S "The Church Orgltui.llt'. Golden Trea.u.ry olu_m~ 3") ...••• "'.lfllu pearances in other cities at which he played his own works. In 1796 J. C. 39 tions. without obligotiol>, an interesting book- anta ~roughll\:le Choo·Chou Traina (OUI Dadd '11U., in, Fun) c~~mtrlbubo~to our 97 years' progress. lVe he visited Nuremberg, Prague, and Berlin, and played before let telling how you can own all this On ~n~~I~f S~I~~ 'Oi~:(;n' cia"ri~~l""'" .lA~k Joff '"' King Friedrich Wilhelm 11. He continued to compose and begin- music fo' a small fraction of its ffor- sIncerely WIsh them, their students, and the (Cia~i~e',j'(r~~l":Til~ MUSIC BY THE* MASTERS la,'er's RCI)Crtory") ...... •.••.•..•...... •...• MUlJdualtn.P.,e 42 mal cost. more than half a million music lovers who Russell E. Lonning .....•...... 51.00 ning with 1800 he produced some of his greatest works. He is con· To obtain this 40-page: illustrated Piece. fo, Young Player. First, second ond third grode clossics free booklet, simply paste coupon on own Kimball pianos ... scholarly phrased and analyzed. sidered to have had three periods in his creative inspirations; the Come All Ye Shcpherdll •. R be " a post card and nmil to Corn Huskin' ...••••..•.•..••••.• Ar,. it Louiu ",,~',"e e first period up to 1800; the second £rom 1800 to 1815 and the CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, Follow the Lead··'····················,············· ,MQr.u11Ilc'!ale jl third to his passing in 1827. 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In December 1826, following a severe cold, he de- under no obligation wbatsoeve:r. ;:'~'" .~~ W. W. KIMBALL CO. veloped pneumonia from which he died the following year. {$'! KIMBAll ow... Street ~ __ His works comprise 138 opus numbers, and many unnumbered •• ,' ';;'" 31 EAST JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO 4, ILL. Name ..••••••••••••••••••••••• f"': PIANOS .vt; compositions . .~~. Keyboard .~ City State _ The Ba~atelle, Op, 119 is included in this month's music section 'Et;. 01 tho .M Established 1857 . o$3.'Oaye:arinU.S.A dp· _ .. Addreu ..••••••••••••••••••••• ''';"k. Nation . '1f.: Re:p!lblic. Guatemala. H~~iJ.0s$e~sIODs;.al50 In the: PbiJippioes. Com Ria., Cuba. OomIDJC1n MUSICDRD PUBLICATIONS on Page 3~. .",.. . (~~?~;,r Spun and all South Am .' 1ex1co. Nicaragua. Pao;una Republic of HoodUJu Sa.lndol. Since 1941 '~?~

when word came from a fellow resentative to the Legislature hunter that wild boars were roam- From five of Our governorsI ha\" ing the couutryside. O~slow had had commissions as Justice,~ iust enough time to wr-ite out the Holden concludes his eccouotwith ~nal cadence, grabbed his gun and a characteristic phrase: "And here rushed to the forest. He took a ends the nauseous egotism." THE WORLD OF shot at a boar, but missed. Then another hunter fired and hit On- The learnerlltabit of USing the slow in the left cheek, while the Latin word "vide" in bibliographi. boar fled. Onslow was carried to cal references is impressive,but it his estate; the wound was band- reaches the point of absurdity 'aged, and he could get back to the when the material referredto can. By NI COL ASS LON I ltl SKY second movement of his quintet. not be "seen" at aU. In the article He named this movement Le De- on the violinist Viotti in Crove's lire and the whole work became The Curl is String Quartet is "best man singer of 1953," at the Dictionary there is a footnote: 24th Annual Chicagoland Music STRANGE CONCERT took To a music historian, the careers known among his friends as the "Vide seven letter from H.R.H. presenting on six Wednesday ~ve. ninzs in the Free Library of Phila- Festival last August. A place at the Theatre d'Art in of these men presented a peculiar Bullet Quintet. Adolphu Frederick Duke of Cam. Paris on December 11, 1891. There Soon after this incident, Onslow del~hia a Beethoven cy~leto include fascination. In 1842, George Hood bridge, to Viotti, in the po ion all of the master's string quartets. The Philadelphia Orchestra was performed a work billed as "a discovered that he could not hear of Boston resolved to gather bio- of the pr nt writer." Presum. The series began on ~ovember. 4 with its director Eugene Ormandy, symphony of spiritual love in eight with his left ear. He had to top in October participated for the tenth graphical information of these ably, nc hod 10 make a pilgrimage and will continue at tnt~rvals 'tt~ mystical devices and three para- playing cello-which wa hi in- consecutive year in the Worcester composers, some of whom had still to t.h writ r" hom 10 look up -Apn..'] 7 1954 In connecucn..1 WI 1 phrases." The text was taken from remembered the American Revclu- strument-at his chamber music this mot rinl. these concerts. Guy Marriner, ec- (Mass.) Music Festival. The Wor· the Song of Songs; the music was tion. The letters he received in re- gatherings. Friend tried to c n- ture-recitalist, is giving two lectures cester Festival Chorus under the direction of Dr. T. Charles Lee, mu- composed by Flamen de Labrely ply are sketchy in their content, sole him by comparing hi ca on the Beethoven String Quartets. sic director of the festival, appeared for an ensemble of "auditive, and dubious in literary expression, with Beethoven's. Thi wa an • The first of these was on October 21 and the second one will be on Jan- at each of the five evening concerts. spectral and odoriferous" projec- hut they are nevertheless unique ill-advised attempt, f r n I w I l\ E It V Am riean Com. uary 20, 1954. tions, that is, consisting of sounds, documents of an era. The letters thought very poorly I Beeth v n's The Babylon Symphony Or- colors and smells. One of these de- po rs, Timolhy wen wa an are preserved in the manuscript last style. "Des folic, de ab- McHenry Boatright, baritone of chestra of Babylon, Long .IsI~nd, vices emphasized the vowels I and int r ting figure. He had no mu- collection in the Music Department surdites, des reverie d'un genie si 01 training xcept for a fewweeks Boston. a student at the New Eng. conducted by Christos Vt-ionides, 0; the tonality of the music for of The Boston Public Library. malade!" he exclaimed "Un bruit land conservatory of Music has been presented a concert on October ~O this section was D major, and the in a inging haol. Vet he acquired assourdissant qui decbir I'oreille! n awarded a Marian Anderson Scholar- as part of the program of the MUSIC color of the backdrop, bright or. uffi i nt knol.ledge to compose 8) ~fodern psychiatrists have a Slip.I· '1,·m r , Boatriaht., was named the (Continued on Page And he added with pa ionate an. hymn tun and even hool man. ange. The hall was drenched in word for it: Triskaidekaphobia, ger: "If I were to write anything violet perfume spread by atom. uals, v 'rol I hi tun bear the irrational fear of number 13. Mu- resembling uch cac phony a izers in the audience, on the stage, till of variou counlri ,Poland, sicians have not been immune to Beethoven's last quartet, I would and in the prompter's box. hino, Ru i, ven though the this strange allergy. Massenet burn every piece I ever put on w rd hav n recognizable rela. omitted Op. 13 in the list of his paper!" ti n to th titl. He sen'ed ia Mayor La Guardia of New York works, and substituted Op. 12b for the antin ntal rrny where he City was a very musical person. it. Rossini was superstitiously fear- On occasion, he even yentured to OUver llolden, the aUlhor of lear d to pia I,h flut. lie wa a ful of Friday the thirteenth. He the once popular anthem ClCaro. conduct a number or two with an man of con id rable education, a died on November 13, 1868, which nation," wrote to Hood: HIn i- orchestra. The trouble was that he lover I Il 'lr , ond himself some· was a Friday. Coincidence? A dents in the life of Oliver Holden, Learn why the new Wllrlitzer Spinette could beat time only in 2/4. When thing of 0 poet. lie wa an ad· mysterious psychosomatic influ. who was born in Shirley, Ma sa. he was asked to conduct the Star. mirer of Burn"". and \'lrote poems ence? A subconscious death wish chusetts, September 18, 1765. Had is so easy to own and play Spangled Banner, p.e gave a vigor~ in a olch dialect. In 1836, on his to justify his inner fear? No one a common school education in ous downbeat. Nothing happened. can tell. seventy. i.th birthday, he pre· We're going to show you that you Read how you can playa Groton, Bmited to a few months The concertmaster explained to sented a copy 01 hi eollecrionof don't have to be made of money to tune in 15 minutes in the year 1777. Enlisted as a have a W urlitzer in your home. Now him that the National Anthem be- tunes, " ew England Harmony," Let us show you how you can le~rn soldier in the Revolutionary War you cangeta magnificen~~omeorgan gins with an upbeat and goes in • to the American Antiquarian S0- to play right in your ownhome. With 3/4 time. La Guardia was em~ and sailed on a cruise 1782 in the patterned in the traditIOn of the our new "easy-play'.'course yo,umas· THE NAME of George Onslow ciety and inscribed the loUowing ·'Mighty Wurlitzer" for the lowest harrassed. "I can't do that," he Hague Frigate, and took five tel' your first tune in just 15 ~ltlutes. is hardly a speck in a mu- verse: price ever. said. "Just don't look at me, and prizes. Had two months inslruc. You simply followthe easy plct~res. sicologist's eye, but he was the An) record agree This new Wurlitzer Spinette has everything will he fine." The or~ tion in a singing school 1783; not We know that's hard to belleve. cynosure of the musical world a Thai J ul)' twenty.three something even the costliest organs chestra complied. La Guardia until 1785 did I presume to teach But here's how we'll prove it to you hundred years ago. His grand. Wa Illy birthday a laog time don't have. It's the first organ to at onT expense. Mail the coupon and had at least the right feeling for my school in PepperriU a tune of father was a British Lord who ago; combine instant action for popular we'll send you Lesson 1 absolutely tempo, and acquitted himself very my own-this was New Canaan. married a Frenchwoman, and An' 1 will engage music with traditional tone for serio FREE. Write now, well. Even with the music in 3/4, The first effort was too successful ous work, No installation cost, of George Onslow retained the Eng. Ye'U ken my auld age, conducted in 2/4, the downbeat for I took encouragement to com: course. Youjust plug it in and over lish form of his Christian name in Gif ye'li read the lour lines Accept this FREE coincided every other bar. pose freely to the neglect of aUen- 1000 tonesare at your beck and call, deference to this lineage. Other. below. tion to musical science. I do not , But get the full story, from your "easy-play" les- wise, he was a typical rich French. feel exactly at home in this egotis- Twice lwenty years, an' half a Wurlitzer Dealer. Let him tell ),ou son. Playa tune man from Auvergne. He spent his about his easy payment plan. And • tical exhibit, but I may consistent~ score. life partly in hunting and partly in about the automatic tone controls, in 15 minutes! pIONEERS of American music Jy mention the request of the Ves- An' ye ma)'un add just ten years writing an immense collection of overhanyinrrkeys, and other features *$1325 f.o.b. Norlh Tor>awanda, N. Y. who flourished at the time of try of the Stone Chapel Church to (2·m(lnu(ll ....nd_pedal.org(ln) chamber music. Quintets and quar- more; that make°playing the Spinette so the American Revolution were not 1------_. tets flowed from his pen by the compose for them an ode called Noo join eight years twa times, much fun. professional musicians. They were Auspicious Morn, and a hymm I The Rudolph Wurlitzcr Co. dozen. They were all pnblished and aD' then I DCI)t. E-312,No.Tonawanda,N. Y. ministers, soldiers, carpenters, tune called Beneficence, which performed. His music was facile, Cast a' logither, my age re;[) ken. I I'd like to have your .free "Ea~y.Play" farmhands, magistrates, small busi- conventional and competent. were annually performed on Christ. Executives of Steinway & Sonsand the J. C. Deagan Ch!me~ompany I Home Organ Lesson 1. Send It 10 me The arithmetic involved can along with complete information 011 your nessmen. Their compositions were mas days and charitable occasions. at the installation of the electronic Carillon, the fi~st of Its kill? to be WURLOZER I Once in his life, hunting and be expressed by the equation: new Spinette Organ, usually confined to church anthems From the age 01 21 to 77 1 have ill I music interfered with each other. heard in the Manhattan business district, atop Steillway,Hall, N~w ORGANS I Name _ and secular part songs without been in public life as Selectman 2X 20+ 20/2+ 1O+2X8=76. York City. Left to right: William R. Steinway, vice·president ~f Stem- He was busy finishing the opening Ncw RCA albulll of popular fnvor- I Address _ accompaniment. Timothy Swan died on his eighty· way & Sons; Rudolph Freimuth, retail sales manager of Stemway & Allegro of one of his quintets, Assessor, Collector, Overseer of itcs featuriua H:cll Wilson at thc I fourth birthday, on July 23, 1842. Sons; Jack C. Deagan, vice·president of J. C. Deagan, Inc.; Lloyd Wurlitzer Spi'nettc with Hill ~rcen I City Zone' _ the Poor and for many years rep- at the piano at your Wurlttzer THE E D ·wIc"Cahe,retail mana:ger of Steinway & Sons' organ department. I County' State' _ 4 dealer now 1 • ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 5 - \ !Utlsic Lover's BOOKSHELF

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ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 9 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 d THE WORLD OF MUSIC 7~~~ (Continued from Page 8) OUTSTANDING YOURS! many other works, including the "'le March played in Westminster.Abbey PIANO TEACHING PIANO TEACHERS· STUDENTS· MUSIC·lOVERS at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on last June 2. ALBUMS Frank Munn, Irish tenor, known • for twenty-three years as "The Gold- en Voice of Radio" died October I, Hilde B. Kreutzer', Composer. Pian'st- Teacher ..Author in New York City, at the age of 58- A top pianist on Radio and TV brings his keyboard MI. Munn, who retired seven years know-how to students and teachers in the follow- The Young Pianist ing booln: ago. had made his entire career in radio and recordings. '. lr--~E-w-E-ST-B-OO-K-I-'} The Philadelphia Coffee Con- certs committee is presenting the MODERN MElODIES FOR POPULAR PIANO PLAYING Stringurt Quartet in a series of four A sparkling collection of all-time favorite songs especially arranged for the early informal concerts in the Benjamin intermediate pianist. Price $1.00 Franklin Hotel, Phila. The first one O,her Books by MARVIN KAHN was ...iven on November 22, with other: to follow on January 10, Feb- BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO POPULAR PIANO PLAYING •. 1.25 ruary 28 and April 4. The Quartet BREAKS, FILLERS, ENDINGS & INTRODUCTIONS includes Jacob Krachmalnick and (written with Murray Arnold) ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 1.25 A n.w •• rlf. thot wIll d.1l0ht t.och"l. Irwin Eisenberg, violins; Gabriel It do.,n·t pr •• um, to .,11 how to i,ach. CHORD CONSTRUCTION AND HINTS FOR POPULAR Braverman. viola; and Hersh I Coro- but It do •• ofo ...ld. the Cor,,(1 tool! of PIANO PLAYING •••••••.•••••••••••.••• 1.25 t,ochlnG slowl'(, thoroughly. 100Icoll,. A detsky, cello. Arthur Cohn. Director fln, <;I,an lob, Ilg not". II; tyP'. MODERN STYLES AND HARMONIC CONSTRUCTION of the Seulement Music School, will Boo~ I ,. 7S~ What would we do without mUSIC. at Chrirrstmas ?r FOR POPULAR PIANO PLAYING •.•••••••..•• 1.25 give ana Iytical comments. Book II 85~ PRACTICAL TECHNIC FOR POPULAR PIANO PLAYING 1.25 Book III $1 .The glorious bells from myriad spires, 'Valler Sp.·y, concert pianist. teacher. composer, and since1933 on The carols of Christmas to tell the great story, NEWEST PUBLlCATlONI the faculty of Converse College. The Adventures The story of which mankind never tires. Spartanburg, South Carolina. died MICHAEL AARON DUET BOOK . . • $1.00 Music gives life to the spirit of Christmas ...... on September 26_ at Spartanburg . 01 Primo and He was 85 years old. Mr. pry had As nothing else in the world can do. studied ill Vienna. Berlin and Paris, Secondo Millions of voices each year are chanting He was nationally known. YOUR BACH BOOK •••••••••• by E/ilobe'h E. Ro;eN The glory of Christmas to me and to you. J. W. F. Leman, conductor of YOUR CHOPIN BOOK •••••••• (Grode l e ] ~ the \Vomen's Symphony Orchestra YOUR usn BOOK .. of Philadelphia. former viola player THINKING FINGERS (wrlffen of the Philadelphia Orchestra. di d .e, ~ Never forget the symbols of Christmas, with Herb.!r' Bradshow ••••• on October 16 at the age of 72. In .. , /lItIMD _...- The star in the east o'er Bethlehem's hill, IT'S EASY TO READ (wrlt'en addition to serving as conductor of SECDNDD wl,h Memo Beyers) ••• '.' • •• 1.50 various orchestras in Philadelphia. The Mother and Babe that rest in the stable, YOUR MOZART BOOK he conducted the Steel Pier Sym- So peaceful, so pure, so quiet, so still. ~,.",-, ..,:.\/~ Q', favorite Mozart compositions. fingering exercises and phony in Atlantic City for a number i.•~.-'.If~-"~". . , ".~):!~. Never forget our gladness at Christmas, the author', SU9ge"slions for faithful interpretations of of years. He was formerly on the Mozort •.....•.• • • . . • • • • • • . . • • • . • • . • • • • . •• 1.50 music faculty at Ursinus College. ';'-f<~' The holly, the candles, the trinkets galore, ' .. MOZART PIANO RECITAL ON RECORDS! Frank Edwin Ward, organist- The Christmas tree toys, the wreaths in the window, Guy Maier's dramati( recorded performance, on Iwo Th. cr..... r.'t-conc..pt. m01' delightful. composer, who had held important 10" long playing discs, of the favorite Moxart selections Two J 0" original m.lodi.s. cu'.1f iIIudrotions--in 0 The mistletoe hanging up over the door. posts in New York Citro died in book thot c.hildr.n will 10"•. lill noltl in contained in his own piano texl _ "YOUR MOZART Long PlayIng this .asy dlret book. Never forget our hlessings at Christmas, BOOK" •.••.•.•••.•.••.•.••••..•.•••••.••. 3.95 Recordsl \'VoHero, N. H., on September 15. He was on the faculty of Columbia Our loved ones have sent us such heautiful things! University for a number of years ()~ NEW AND IMPORTANT PIANO BOOKS The Holiday Book and also taught at the Guilmant Or- The spirit of giving is now all around us, "" HAZEL COBB Look & Learn Workbooks I & II gan School. Arranged by Rufh PO$! Just think of the happiness Christmas brings! EUGENIA ROBINSON (Grode lo-Ie) 6Of. Workbook One- teaches nOle-re-ading in as direct and effective a way as pas. Andre Marchal, noted French sible. Workbook Two offers a more progressive method for nete counting and organist, has become a member of reading. Includes valuable charh and diagrams" each .75 the Nort.hwestern University Music Who made our Christmas the gladdest of Seasons? "" ESTHER RENNICK Hymn Tunes For Beginners school faculty as a visiting lecturer. A collection at beloved and familiar hymn tunes for the enjoyment of the Christ, Who taught us to give and forgive. beginners, arranged in fiv. finger patterns for piano (with words). Contents M. Marchal, considered one of the Inelude: Jesu. Lo"e. M. - Rock 01 Ag •• - Faith 01 Our Fofhfm _ America, w.ol,·Jd's leading organists, has been Thus we proclaim Him once IllQre in our carols, T". Beoufilul - BI.ss.d Be Th. Tie Tho, Binds ond many others...... 60 glvmg a series of pubHc recitals and "" WILLIAM KREVIT Styles & Touches For The Piano lectures. These, most of all make Christmas live. Achieves better sight reading, concentrative listening and coordination of Let beautiful music, on this Holy Christmas, eye, hand and ear for smoother keyboard performance...... • . • . . •. 1.25 . H~nry Holden Buss, composer, "" MYRTLE MERRILL Sight Reading At The Piano pJ.alllst. teacher, who had appeared Lead all of the troubled world to sing A sight-reading course far pianists of considerable ability. College and wlth many of the major symphony Piec.s for all tn. holido,s of ttll ,ear. The song of songs, to welcome the advent, conservatory students Clnd leachers develop good reading habits and achieve orchest.ras. died in New York City progressiv.t'( arranged starting ""ith til. a wider acquaintance with the world's greotest piano literature. 1.50 fall. A. copy shOuld b'. \Iud with ..... ry The birthday of Jesns, our Infant King. on September 17, at the aae of 91: beginning m.thod. Big no'". "" RICHARD McCLANAHAN Harmonic S'udy Edition His. violin works were played by -James Francis Cooke No. J, SOLFEGGIETTO Irom MUSICAUSflES VIELERLEY by C. P. E. 80ch 5•• these and oth.r fine HHit(J~ ,_uing A technically brillianl $Judy piece cClrefully edited and provided with a har. lead!ng artists of the day-Franz o'bum.s 01 )'OUf deal.r .•. loon. monic background for study and leClching purpOses or fwo.pigno per- Kneisel, Eugene Ysa'Ye and Maud © 1953 J.F.C. formgnce ... ,., •..•..•.... , •.....•. " ...... •....•.•.•... , ... ,. .75 Powell. Mr_ Huss was a lecturer at HERITAGE MUSIC Hunter CoBege. He had received PUBLICATIONS, INC. 1619 BROADWAY many awards for his works. MILLS 47 West 'lrd St .• New York 23, N. Y. MUSIC ,nc.I New York 19, N. Y. THE END 10 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 11 ETUDE-DEeD/HER 1953 sonality are inborn gifts, what can we d to deve!op the ar~istic whole of giving pleas~ BLIND MAN organizes and manages ure? FIrst, the singer must please with her A the largest festival of church mu:ic in voice. And the building of a voice takes America. if not in the world ... the eimul- more than a few months of lessons! stu. A taneous presentations of "The Messiah" by dent best appreciates the value of vocal Handel in communities in Southern Cali- study at the moment when she begins to fornia ... in 1952, 41 performances, all sing songs. Prior to this time, she has been on the same day and at the same hour; in- kept on scales and vocalises (which present volving 500 choirs composed of over 5,000 difficulties enough at the beginning!). Even singers. It is estimated that 50,000 people the first vocali e pre-supposes kill in draw. attended these 41 performances: ing breath, in sUPI orting it with the dia- The festival, originated in 1947 by the phragm, in sending it through a relaxed blind man, Dr. Gordon Bachlund, attempts throat into the forward chambers of rese- through music to accomplish the larger aim nance (of the masque). The ma tery of of promoting the growth of cooperative these kills h lp h r to gel oul pure lone Christianity, providing fellowship among to bind her tone into 0 m th scale, to churches and presenting a dramatic b-irth- One of the 41 pcrfol"lnancesof "The Messiah" last year reach hieh not ,to illg legato-all of day gift by church musicians to the Infant which he a hi ves on pur vow I tone. And King. Since 1947, the first Sunday in De- then ames thi p ial moment when the cember has become known as "Messiah" In 1952, [orty-one perjormances with familiar techniqu r th vocalise are car. Sunday. ried over to word$-ond difficulties arise. Dr. Bachlund, a tall, slender, kindly man 5,000 singers made Southern California's Dr. Gordon Bachlund Certain con nents are troubl cme 10 the is director of the Music Commission ... a . tone; un uspected -I ficiencie show up' joint commission of The Southern Cali- Bidu Sayao there is bad fo us, bad legata. The ver; fornia Council of Protestant Churches and tones s~und dl~erenl. Many young ingers The Church Federation of Los Angeles. Jlfd4«d fAl/e,k, have this expert nee, and th re i only one The Commission, with Arthur Leslie soluti n-a r turn to d I r tu Iy of bel Jacobs as director and Dr. Gordon Bach- the largest church music festival in America canto principles through more, and more lund as chairman of Public Performances, intensive, vocali ing! was launched in September 1946 as an ex- Actually, the purp e of voealising is to citing adventure in faith and purpose .. - fix corr t singing habi imc th voice so faith that it would soon find its place as a that they remain th r 8 nd nature, service to the churches of the community freeing the tone of str i tur and allowing ... purpose that it would, through music, From an interview with Dr. Gordon Bachlund "The most successful personalities are those who charm people them to flow into any peech pau rn (in prove one of the united forces in Protestant any language) . ntil thi flow i free, basic Christianity. The aim of the department was Secured by Ralph Freese into opening their hearts." vocal technique i un ure. not only to raise standards in church music, Voeali ing sh uJd b gin on one', best, but also through that raise, to assist Obispo to the North and possibly other per- freest vowel-lor me, thi i AH. [ext, churches to realize the full powers of music 1949 we had to expand into the county ter- formances in distant states such as Arizona scales, arpeggios, and exerci es must be reo in leading people Godward. The work ritory because other churches wanted to and Nevada. In fact this year our slogan From an interview with Bidu Sayao As told to Rose Heylbut pealed on all the vowel. until EE-O- of the department is four-fold: Advisory, participate and that year there were 19 per- is, 'Las Vegas to the Ocean, San Luis Obispo OU- -OE, etc. feel a free and as na- Educational, Inspirational, Promotional. formances. In 1950 we had 27 areas; in to the Mexican Border.' Till now it has been tu ra! as A H. And all the vowel. whether Dr. Bachlund became director of the 1951 we went into other counties and had 32 'Messiah' productions. And last year, entirely a Southern California event. T~E !DEAL artistic career presents the easy or difficult, mu t be produced with commission in 1950. school ourselves in the subtle art of giving 1952: there were 41 presentations held si- "All musicians give their services. No Illogical condition of being laraer than the same technique. Further. vccelieing "Well," Dr. Bachlund said, "The 'Messiah' pleasure, for even the greatest natural gifts multaneously in Southern California on De- one is paid and as much as possible the the sum of its parts! The great sing:r brings must be done legato, staccato, with all kinds idea started with myself and the Music Com- need proper development. If you have a ca. cember 7th at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. director, soloists, instrumentalists and choirs to ~e stage a voice, stage ability, much ex- of attacks--and always with the same re- mission as a plan to dramatize the work of reer at heart, accustom yourself to the idea "We have already started work on the are from the area in which the production per.ience-and something else, without gard for beauty of tone and musical taste the music office. We thought first in terms that everything you do on a stage must of a major performance, perhaps in the 1953 season's presentations and we are hop- is presented. And the surprising thing to me which the rest of her equipment seems as .if ~ey were songs in t ad of -exercises. ~eem easy, relaxed, spontaneous, fr~e. This ing for 50 areas with at least 6,000 singers is the utter lack of frayed tempers, jeal· v~l~ele~s. The something is the power of ThIS kmd of preparation takes time but it Shrine Auditorium and then, suddenly: the mcludes your manner of lk' idea" struck me ... bring 'The Messiah' to and a mass audience of some 60,000 peo- ousies and bickering often found in any givmg mtense pleasure. It can never be an '1 wa mg, your ~s the only road that lead to artistilc sing' smi .e, the way you breathe' , th e way you ple. All the over-all coordinating and or- community project. The surprising thing to entirel! acquired or studied thing. mg. Only when these techniques are second the people rather than the people to 'The rroJect not only tones but interpretive ef- ganizational work takes place right here in all of us and to others who have come from Vano~sly called personality, magnetism, nature can the inger feel ready to face the Messiah'. And so for the first year we ect.s. Never must the job seem a strain If my office. The older areas are all organized afar to learn of this Festival is the tremen- compulSiOn, we recognize it as the inner problems of actual singing, fittintr conso- planned modestly trying out our idea, check- a singer shows that a passage is diffic~lt ing reactions of directors, ministers and the but we must line up the newer areas by let- dous cooperation that we have had from magic which enables a sin O'er to take her that the moment h ' nants to vowels, bringing out musical tone audience into her hands the moment she causes er nervousness public. We were amazed with the result. ters, phone calls and personal visits and we the church musicians and ministers. The that the emotion is tense her aud' .' on all syllables in all rC

ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 13 Backstage Impressions of a Musical (Andor Foldes, widely ksunow concert pianist, recently completed a successful .tour of South Africa and neighboring cousu nes, He with the TV scene designer has written a highly interesting account of -Journey to Africa the tour which ETUDE feels privileged to present to its readers.-Ed. Note.] One of the foremost pianists of the present N A SUNNY morning early in May of O this year after making the usual con- day has a rewarding experience tractual arrangements, we left London on concertizing in this far away land. a shiny, new Constellation for our first stop: Nairobi, Kenya. (Mrs. Foldes, as always, accompanied me on the tOUL) ~ After what can hardly be described as an uneventful trip (the right wing of our plane was hit by lightning between Khartoum and Nairobi and for a few minutes it was touch and go), we arrived in Nairobi and within an hour of our landing I sat on the stage of the newly built Kenya National Theatre to tryout the piano for my recital which was .scheduled for the following evening. Here the first of many surprises awaited me; it turned out that I had played the D minor Concerto of Brahms on this very instrument only two years before in London's Albert Hall. The William Molyneux, NBC Television The realisti.c sctli.ng for Puccini's one-act opera, " 00.' Ang Iree," i instrument was very familiar to me and scene designer, at his drawing board. most effective. PtiJars al"e car-dbonrr! tnbes wrnpped wiLh linoleum. upon inquiry I learned that it was purchased from the Steinway house in London An amazing number of problems must be solved in making music about 18 months previously and I finally identified it beyond a shadow of a doubt visible as well as audible on the air. as the piano. I had played upon. Very soon 1\1... and 1\11'8. Foldes enjoy afternoon tea ser-ved by a native in Nairobi I was further surprised by learning that Nairobi had other claims to fame, outside by William Molyneux of the rapidly deteriorating Mau-Mau by Atulor Foldes situation. I met Mr. Nat Kofsky, a very fine violinist and former student of Carl Flesch, who since ·1951 is head of the East Mr. Molyneux has designed sets for many grams began to appear on TV schedules all legendary show bu iness family-, the 8i· Africa Conservatoire of Music and who about 450) were sold-out and that the singer Isabel Baillie. The Classical Record NBC·TV programs, ranging from "Henry these problems plus special others arose .. bienas (fathers, son and grand ons oyer told me amazing things about the musical American music I programmed by Cop- Club also sponsored a Rhodesian tour of Aldrich" and the "Four Star Revue" to his The reasons are easily understood. TV tJ1r~e generation ) did pioneer work in the- life of this interesting city. The Conserve- land: Thomson and \\;:'illiam Schuman, in the Cape Town University Opera Company, current weekly stint [or "Voice of Fire- is a reproduced image on a screen, captured atrica! perspective which still guides today's to ire, started in 1944 with a small teaching addition to the steady fare of Bach, which gave successful performances of six stone" and frequent assignments to N Be' s by a camera and transmitted to the nation's stage designers. staff mainly composed of members of the Beethoven, Schumann, etc., was very operas (including Menctti's "The Medi- distinguished TV Opera series.~Ed. Note. ~iving .rooms through a series of processes The nature of per pective problems for British Forces stationed here for the dura- cordially received by a representative audi- um") which I.believe is now about the Jnvo!vmg all the laws of optics. In a pro- those who have never stopped to think tion of the war, has grown by leaps and ence, which included Lady Mary Baring, most-performed American opera. BEFORE television, broadcast musical scemum theatre the audience is seated be- about them can be deduced {rom lookina bounds and now boasts over 250 students. the wife of the Governor of Kenya, who is In Southern Rhodesia everybody was ex- programs had only to be heard to ful- fore the set with its eyes free to move and ~t certain pictures. Hcbbemas paintin; Although the greater percentage of the an accomplished clavichord player herself. cited about the forthcoming visit of the fill their function and enlist their audience's take in its various aspects. On TV the cam- The Avenue of Middelharni .. is a good pupils are Europeans, there is a growing After this pleasant and unexpectedly de- world-famous Halle Orchestra of Man- attention. But with the emergence of TV as era itself is the audience's eye and the example. The eye follows the road between interest for music among the young people lightfu! overture we left for Salisbury, chaster which was to give a series of con- a factor not to be ignored in the entertain- watcher at home acts only as a receivine ment world it became apparent that if they the trees till it vanishes at the horizon and of other races too. Indians, Africans and Southern Rhodesia, where I also gave two certs in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia's station for what the camera has seen 0 were to continue being listened to by audi- ~verything in the picture, trees, human be- Goans study here peacefully side by side recitals. Here I wasn't so forlunate with seconcllargest city, which in the Summer of It is not enou?h for the TV scene d'esign- ences who'd been wooed from their radio ings, even the ruts in the road are drawn in and a short while ago a 14 year-old African the piano, as the first time I had to play 1953 celebrated the Rhodes Centennary. ~r to plan a settmg convincing and aesthet. sets to the newer form of armchair enter- relation to that point. In exactly this way boy, Ambrose Nyange, received no less on a rather unsatisfactory instrument, but Also in Salisbury I was able to hear a con- lCaU! satisfying for those who see it in the tainment, they must arrange to be seen as the Bibienas drew their stage sets. placing than 95% of the available points in a was rewarded for the next concert with a cert of the Salisbury Municipal Orchestra, ~tudlO: It must also be accurately visible well. columns and arches back of each other to theory examination held by the Associated fine Stein way, which it seems was not avail- founded a year ago and now giving its sixth In all It.S details to the eyes that see it across . TV of course had meant the opening of the back wall of the stage where a cam-as Board of the Royal Schools of Music in able for the night of my first appearance. or seventh public concert. It struggled the nation, c?nveying whatever impressions new frontiers for the young crop of scene "drop" . t d . London. Several native students, who re- My concerts were sponsored by the Salls- valiantly with Mendelssohn's Italian Sym- of depth, distance and direction are de- _ . . J?alll e with the continuing and designers who had found Broadway and ceived their initial training into Western bury Classical Record Club, an amateur phony and did very well, considering all the manded by the script. Limitless vistas from dllTIUllShlllg design bung directly back of Hollywood practically closed fields, limited music at the Conservatoire have subse- society of music lovers, which through the handicaps which the players had to over- a stage whose physical dimensions are the stage scenery and let the audience look to the big, established names. But these quently gone to Europe to finish their enterprising spirit of its secretary, Miss come. them.selves rigidly limited, are frequently down an avenue not of 200 It. (for stages widening opportunities and new horizons education there and have returned as music Bettie Templar, is rapidly becoming South- 1 had an opportunity to meet tbe Rho- required, and it can therefore he seen that of the time were often that deep) but one also brought the set designer special tech- teachers to help their own people. ern Rhodesia's leading concert managing desia Herald's (Salisbury's only newspaper) ma~y of the basic problems that beset a TV th~t appeared to extend for as much as two 11l1Ie!. nical problems not encountered in other deSigner are rooted in perspective I was very pleased to learn all this and society. Artists who have appeared here \'ery excellent music critic, ML M. B. Col- types of thea.trical design. When music pro- Centuries ago, as far back as' 1680, a Television scene designers today use the was most happy to find that both of my since the war include Claudio Arrau, Eileen lingwood, a fine amateur pianist himself, same method. On (Continued on Page 49) recitals in the lovely new theatre (seating Joyce, Mischa Elman, and the English with whom we (Continued on Page 57)

ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 15 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 ,. ITH the decree of Gov. John S. Fine as Adjudicator in the National Piano Audi- W of Pennsylvania that the Ole Bull Mu- tions, of the National Guild of Piano Teach- sic Festival shall henceforth be a regular ers. The contest took place in Lycoming part of Pennsylvania Week, the spirit of the College, Williamsport, Pa., and while Miss great Norwegian violinist returns in trio Bull was there a citizen of the town, Mr. umph to Pennsylvania, 100 years after the Jerome Bosworth brought her an old violin ignominious failure of his colonization for her inspection and opinion. At firs~ project on the same site. The Governor's glance, Miss Bull knew nothing of this in- decree and all that followed it, was made strument but agreed to do research on it. possible through the devoted idealism of After fifteen months of intensive work Inez Bull, internationally known coloratura Miss Bull established that the violin wa~ soprano, and great-grand.niece of the vio- a Maggini, worth about 25,000, which had linist. once belonged to Ole Bull and had been The story began in 1852. Fired with the lost to her family for 96 years. After the hope of launching a colony where men of failure of his colony, Bull. stranded at the good will would be free to live in liberty Van Buren Hotel in Well ville, N. Y, had and work for the furtherance of their been unable to pay his holel bill. IIi violin ideals, Ole Bull purchased 11,144 acres was taken in payment by the local Ju lice, of land in Potter County, Pa., in the section and he never a w it again. Later, a relative now known as the Susquehanna State For- of Mr. Be worth, one 1 8BC unn Hoyt, ob- est. He bought the land from one John F. tained the violin by paying I ull' hotel bill, Austr-ian dancers rehearse a folk Cowan, for the sum of $100,000 (of which and hi family took it to Williamsport. dance in the streets of Llangollen. $80,000 represented Bull's own funds and Miss Bull' idcntificati n of the violin his personal contribution to the project) ; was made in January r 1950 in an addr and began negotiations for the purchase of before the William p rt Mu i lub in Spanish musrcums play for a dance rehearsal in a Llangollen courtyard. from 30,000 to 40,000 more acres. With which she als poke of Bnll'. riginal him, he brought 800 of his fellow Nor- colony and the injustice done him. The wegians, eager to settle a New Norway. occasion was wi Iely publicized and, as a Bull believed that this mountainous reo result, the tate f Penn ylvsnia allotted Ukrainians, in national costumes, practice their sword dances on the hills above the Dee valley. Lithogl'uph of Ole Bull presented in 1842 gion, "consecrated to a new freedom," re- 9,000 to rebuild the colon) cetion of Ole to the gl'cul-gl'ent gnlndmOlhcl' of Inez BuH. sembled his beloved homeland, and he held Bull Stale Park. ew roads \I r begun, high hopes that the settlement would be- swimming po Is, parking areas, and camp- come the Land of Plenty of pioneer dreams. ing sites were made, and 8111perS were pro, He even thought there might be natural gas vided with excellent facilities at the mini- on the land, a notion which won him ridi- mum co t of forty ents a night. Out of this A Rare Bit of Singing One hundred years after the cule. Work began on the colony; churches initial step in the belated honoring of the and schools were built, snug farmhouses efforts of Ole Bull, grew ~Jis Bull' idea ignominious failure of his appeared, and on top of the highest prOfll- Lor a Centennial elebration ( r 1952, Ac- ontory rose Ole Hull's Castle, which he cepting her idea, Governor Fine invited and Dancing. colonization project on the named Walhalla. Inez Bull to lay a wreath at the old Castle same site, the spirit of About this time, Hull's concerts took him site, and asked her advice in arranging the on a tour of South America where he feU full Centennial ceremonies. Thu the Bull The International Eisteddfod is the Olympic Games ill, and it was many months before he was Centennial Celebration, the tatc Bill for able to return to his colony. When at last the restoration of Ole Hull's Castle, and the of Music-a race of rhythms and voices. he got back, he found havoc, with the land Ole Bull Music Festival came into being. Ole Bull in dispute and the colonists about to lose August of 1952 drew further attention to their homes. It turned out that Cowan's the BuH colony, with the celebration of its by George Kent land sale had been a fraud. Cowan himself Centennia.l by the Potato Growers Associa- had neither deed nor title to the property tion of Potter County [formerly called the FOR ELEVEN months of the year the What happens in the street, however be- medals. But the contestants took away with Bull had bought from him; Bull's tenure returns to Olean a Project). Inez Bull was deputed to sedate little Welsh town of Llangollen is guiling, is not the real business of the meet- them something far more precious-a was valueless, and the "artistic foreigner" meet the Scandinavian airliner bringing a as gray as a cocoon and as sleepy and as ing, which is competition-lighthearted, warm feeling of fellowship with the peoples found himself the victim of callous dis- box of soil from Ole Bull's home. Vale- dnll. But in July out comes the butterfly- but competition for all that. The Interna- of other nations. h?nesty. The colony broke up; the settlers, strand, in orway. Later, she used this soil and for five days there is no spot on earth tional Eisteddfod is the Olympic Games of You could not fail to see it if you stood Pennsylvania discouraged and angry, left for other parts to plant a tree at Ole Bull State Park. before more lively, more full of sound and color. music and from 8 a.m. until dusk it is na- in the railroad station on the last day and (the many Norwegian settlements in the an assemblage of dignitaries including Dr. These are the days of an annual event tion against nation-a race of rhythms and watched them say good-bye. Everybody, it ~orthwest springing, in part: from this Milton Eisenhower, brother of the Presi- voices in an arena under the largest tent in seemed, was crying. Spaniards were giving ill-starred migration), and all that was left called the International Eisteddfod (pro- dent. and Dr. E. L, ixon, uncle of the Vice nounced is-teth'vvod}, when singers and Europe. away their castanets. I saw a woman dancer of the once-promising colony were rem in is- President. dancers from Europe and America take This year more than 2,000 men, women putting her high, tortoise-shell comb-and cen~ names, such as Ole Bull Run, Lysoe . The accidental finding of the Maggini over the town. There is wild dancing in the and children, representing 22 countries, they're expensive even in Spain-into the SP~lI1g, Oleana Township, which still re- by Gunnar Asklund had inspired Miss Bull's efforts thus streets, top-of-the-lungs singing by men and competed against one another. There were hair of the gaunt old woman who had been main. As for Bull. himself: his money was ;101111 ar; another odd cbance was to carry them women dressed to the last silver button in 130 choirs, 30 dance groups, close to 100 her hostess, Ukrainians, all mill workers lost, he became Involved in bitter court further. On their drive home after the soloists. Nations back of the Iron Curtain from Lancashire, were tearing the ribbons battles over the land, and saw his illustrious their native costumes-and not a profes- ceremonies at Ole Bull State 'Park Inez were represented by refugees living in Eng- from their costumes and winding them name tinged with disgrace. Hurt and brok- sional among them. Austrians yodel, Span- Bull and her mother, Mrs. Aurora S~ewart land. As accurately costumed as before they about the arms and necks of Dutch and el,l, h.edev~ted the rest of his life to clearing iards beat out rhythms with their heels, Bull, stopped at a drugstore in the village Irishmen fife, Dutch, Norwegians and Red, and performing with perhaps greater Breton friends. hIS mtegr ity, playing endless Concerts to of Galeton, Pa., the first town they entered, fervor, were Ukrainians from Manchester, Then the train came in and everybody pay. back those who had lost through his Americans put their heads together in close The man at the Counter greeted ;\'1iss Bull harmony. And Welshmen roIl out their Czechs from London, Latvians from Leeds, was kissing everybody else, wiping their project. And that is the story of Ole Bull' colony-until 1948. s ~nd asked if she was a stranger. She had hymnlike tunes from a hundred doorways, Poles from Wrexham. eyes and saying things in their own language. The words few understood, but the In that year, Inez Bull was asked to serve "ardly uttered her name when the man cried. up and down lanes bright with flags and The cash prizes were trivial; the trophies Bull? Do you (Continued 011 Page 63) bunting. were not made of gold; there were no sentiment was the (Continued on Page 20)

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cords Much To Do

Reviewed by \ PAUL N. ELBIN About Conducting (

dollars will buy a better amplifier today High-Fidelity Notes than some that old for two or three times by WILLIAM D. REVELLI this amount only a few year ago. Good speakers, the bottl nc k of many record players, are numerous but really good ones THE CHRISTMAS season presents a case, what is heard does not continuously are still expensive. With their end sures, deadline for decision for manyfamilies suggest that a listener is hearing a record first-quality speakers co t several hundred that are considering new record playing or a radio. dollars. There i really no point in dis- equipment. According to indications, more When anyone asks me how to recognize cussing genuine high-fidehty in t nus of ductor. "Surely you don't expect us to sound as people are comparing models, makes, types high-fidelity, my answer is, "When you can N THE OCTOBER issne of ETUDE, a one or two hundred dollars { rite mplete Since these differences of responsibility good." My answer: "Perhaps we shall and prices preliminary to Christmas pur- listen and forget that you are hearing re- Idiscussion devoted to the responsibili- outfit. exist and as they are highly important to never sound as good, but suppose all of us chases this year than ever before. produced music." ties of the instrumental music educator was On the other hand, it is possible to pay the training and background of the con- keep trying to do just that." He seemingly One authority with nation-wide contacts The difference is the difference between presented to our readers. Among the re- a lot of money for a phonograph and get ductor, it is only logical that we give remained unconvinced. Incidentally, we said recently, "This year for the first time a human voice heard across the desk and sponsibilities mentioned were those re- little more than a handsome I icc of Iurui- presented a concert two weeks later, and since television invaded the country's living heard over a telephone line. In either case quired in the field of conducting and their proper emphasis to the development of ture. A buyer has to make up hi mind following the concert the same gentleman rooms dealers find customers more inter- you recognize the voice, but over the tele- influence in the final success of our school conductors in each of these respective fields whether he wants record-playing equipment approached me and said, "This was the ested in new phonographs than in telephone you are always aware of distance. instrumental program. In the following dis- and particularly to the conductors of our that is essentially a mu i al instrument or greatest musical thrill I have ever experi- vision sets." "Presence" is the first characteristic of course we shall be concerned with the prob- school bands and orchestras. whether he is merely iutere tcd in a abinet After seven or eight years of talk about "hi-fi." lems relating to the training and prepara· Musicianship is a primary requisite and enced!" Let's never compromise our rnu- that makes sound . Both kind 01 playing high-fidelity, the principal goal of most High fidelity has nothing to do with any- tion of school band conductors as well as of paramount importance in the training sical standards. Whether it be on the grid- equipment are on the market. buyers seems to be that vague thing known thing except quality of musical reproduc- means for improving our present conduct- and background of any musician, be he iron, the parade, or in the concert hall, we It is the ear test that should determine familiarly as "hi-fi." But while the average tion. Unfortunately, this kind of quality is ing standards. singer, pianist, instrumentalist or con- should strive for the highest possible stand- what you buy this Christmas, if your in- buyer gradually becomes aware of the term, and always has been expensive. There is perhaps no assignment in the ductor. ard always. terest is music. I have heard table models the enthusiasts who created the movement It is true, happily, that new deaians and entire field of music education that is more In this particular phase of his training, Musicianship is in itself an endless study, with surprisingly good tone and expensive and spurred a vast buying boom are throw- quantity production are tending t~ lower demanding or challenging than is to be it is essential that the school conductor one which through its various facets is console phonographs that sound like juke. ing up their hands in dismay. prices of "hi-fi" components. A hundred found in the program as administered by pursue his studies just as assiduously as unceasing in its demands. Among the ele- boxes. Whether you choose an assembled This is because the high-fidelity repro- our present day school band and orchestra the student who is preparing for a pro- ments necessary to the proper growth of duction of music by radio, television and job or whether you select one of the new fessional symphony career. our musicianship is the development of "high fidelity" commercial models for conductors. records means something definite to the Unlike the conductors of our major sym- Too frequently such is not the case; performance upon a major instrument to a 1954, by all means let your cars help your men and women who are confirmed "hi-fi" phony orchestras, whose responsibilities often we find the music education student high degree of proficiency. From such pocketbook to decide. The criterion for practitioners. While their object is not so are concerned chiefly with program build- and school band and orchestra conductor skills much is gained; it is here that the judgment, of course, is the real article- ambitious as the exact sound of the Phil- ing, score study, repertoire, tours, record- as well, who have established standards in musician through hours of serious study harmonic-Symphony re-created in a 15' X music as it comes from a piano. an orches- ings, personnel, and other such details their minds which might well be termed and practice disciplines himself to the ardu- 20' living room, the object is nothing less tra, or a human being, related to actual .concert performance, the "music education standards" and which ous task of acquiring patience, persever· than the re-creation of the feel of live conductor of the school band and orchestra fall far below the musicianship standards ance, perfection, and other study habits music. • finds himself confronted with countless obtainable by others in their field. I am which are indispensable to the ultimate To be sure, given the finest records and details which are only remotely related to reminded of an incident which occurred achievement of musicianship. the best playing equipment, certain per- MoussoL·gsk)·_Ravel:Pictures at a" Exlubision the public performance of his organization. only last summer, when following a re- Unfortunately this phase of the music formances may be reproduced so faithfully Stravinsky: Firebir d Suite hearsal of our summer session band I was education student's training is too fre- that a distinction between the live and the In the case of the professional symphony approached by a member of the band, a quently neglected. Here perhaps is the first reproduced is difficult. This can scarcely Columbia is advertising this new LP as conductor, most of the administrative and conductor of a high school band in a and most important turning point in the . be true of a large pipe organ or a sym- the company's "greatest hi-fi achievement." organizational problems are in the hands southern state. It seems the gentleman was musical background of the student of music phony orchestra, but it is true of a human ~h.ou~h ,Columbia has produced many of the management. Such items as concert education as contrasted with the serious voice or a string quartet. hi-fi tn~lUphs, this may well be the great- schedule, publicity, budget, ticket sales, of the impression that my standards were not in keeping with those he had conceived student of music, whose primary aim is Music lovers by the hundreds of thou- est. Ce~tamly the tone is characterized by tours and innumerable other time consum- as being appropriate for the band. Hence the realization of musicianship and his sands know that it is possible to hear in everythmg music lovers have asked of rec- ing details are for the most part assumed the home reproduced music that either o~d manufacturers: "presence," unstrained by personnel other than the conductor. he remarked, "Dr. Hevelli, you expect us willingness to sacrifice in order to achieve sounds very much like the original or gives h.lgh frequencies especially for the strings, Not so with the school conductor. who to sound like the Philadelphia Orchestra." it. rich and clean base response, overall bal- must be organizer, personnel manager, To which I replied, "The Philadelphia Or- Today we find many students in the an authentic concert-hall illusion. In either Dr. Paul N. Elbin ance of (Continued on Page 471 publicity agent, teacher, and finally-con- chestra sounds very fine to me!" His reply: music education (Continued on Page 61)

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Continued from Page 17 OR A CHANGE, why not give yourself F a Christmas present? ... For a book 1. more fascinating than the Kinsey reports, easy language of simple affection. What Is Your Carol Q.? tell your book-store to gift-wrap for you a Llangollen is a lovely place in the Ber- copy of Andre Maurois' "Lelia," the new, Holiday Gift Suggestions wyn Hills, about 200 miles northwest of by MAYMIE R. KRYTHE extraordinary and enlightening biography London. It has an old ruined castle, a of George Sand. Don't open it until the wooded canal and the frisky River Dee from day a/tel' Christmas, for I'll guarantee which fishermen take salmon within view of that you won't put it up on the shelf until Select correct answers from foUowing: the main street. It is the town of the world's 1. Which carol says that the shepherds you have read it from cover to cover ... most famous lamb-who followed Mary to saw the star? What an astounding character she was! [or Teacher A. Angels We Have Heard 011 High school. There actually was a Mary-Mary 2. Who wrote the words for Joy to the Or, try Max Winkler's engrossing story B. 0 Little Town of Bethlehem Hughes, nee Thomas, who died in 1931 at World? of his life, HA Penny From Heaven;" or the age of 90. What the lamb did amused C. French 3. Which carol is a Negro spiritual? Beatrice Landeck's indispensable "Chil- Jane Burls, a British writer visiting Llan- D. David's 4. What carol is called the Crusaders' dren and Music" which you could use gollen, and she wrote the poem. It is also E. Go Tell it on the M ouruain Hymn? afterward as a lending library book for all the home of the Yale family, and Elihu Yale 1;. Three 5. Give the title in Latin for 0 Come, All your children's parents to read; or J oh n and Pupil who founded Yale University is buried 14 G. 0 Holy Night Ye Faithful? Burk's irresistible biography of Clara miles away. H. Isaac Watts 6. What· carol has the Latin refrain, HIn Schumann; or Ernest Hutcheson's "The The International Eisteddfod is Llan- I. Holly Excelsis Deo?" Literature of the Piano" which every pianist gollen's party and nobody from the outside J. Jeannette, Isabella 7. What carol tells of the Angels' message? should own; or if you want a keen yet en- helps with money or services. More than K. Fairest Lord Jesus by GUY MAIER 3. What girls are to "bring a torch"? tertaining insight into present day com- 300 men and women-a full ten percent of L. Flocks 9. Is this a French or an Italian carol? posers, get "Modern Music" by Max Graf the population-give all or part of their 10. From what people does the carol, Deck M. Child time every day of the year; and except for who knew nearly all of them. the Halls come? N. The First Noel pieces, (first and second year) "Duet slighting reference to those schools still permanent office help not one of them is 11. What carol has words written by O. Welsh Book" ... sure-fire for youngsters of all teaching class piano in the "dreary Hot paid a penny. Some Moder-ns Phillips Brooks? P. It came Upon the Midnight Clear ages. June Weybright's "Duet Book" (first Cross Buns manner" .•. Sorry I did not The housing of visitors was handled by H you are looking for. interesting con- 12. Who is referred to as the "Rose" 111 Q. Adeste Fideles make myself clear! temporary music for your students, try the year) also offers fine recreational material. a committee of housewives, schoolteachers, Lo, How a Rose E'er BloOining? R. Handel About thirty years ago when class piano new little volume, "Prokofieff is Easy," She calls it "entertaining," an apt title! store clerks. They knocked at c\'cry door 13. Who wrote He Shall Feed His Flock? S. Christian first felt its oats it was the custom to twelve pieces arranged and edited by Denes Class piano teachers know the value of in Llangollen and in towns in a 20-mile 14. Cantique de Noel is the French title T. Virgin Mary promise everyone that he would be able to Agay, an excellent intermediate grade in- duets and ensemble music, but many circle, and listed every bed and spare mat- for what carol? playa piece after the first lesson. Hat Cross tress. With an attendance often exceeding troduction to this composer. private teachers do not. When they are not ANSWER »Buns was usually the "piece." Why? It 130,000, these were not enough so they con- Do you search for dashing, effective insistent enough in assigning ensemble Complete the titles of these carols: was familiar, used only three tones and verted schools, churches, union halls and "modern" pieces? Try Bartok's Suite Opus music throughout the year, they deprive could be played on the black keys. To this county offices into dormitories, to which 'T 'OZ a '61 La-c-especially the Scherzo and the Quasi- the student of much of the social pleasure 15. The and the Ivy W'81 day Hot Cross Buns has persisted in spite truck owners, asking no pay, hauled cots .L 'ZI V'9 Toccata which follows it ... Krenek's which piano study should offer. A good 16. March of the Kings of the unwisdom of teaching a beginner a and bedding. The women were on hand to S 'Ll 9 'rr b 's eight short pieces named "1946" are tasty way to start regular ensemble routine is 17. Good Men, Rejoice )I '17 tune which required him to playa succes- do the unloading, make the beds and give J: '91 o '01 and not too tough nuts for mature players to present the student a duet book at 18. What Is This? ::I .£ sian of repeated notes: the large bare places a homey look by hang- I 'SI J '6 to crack ... Carlos Chavez's new sonata Christmas time. 19. Once in Royal City ~ '171 Ex. 'I ing curtains in the windows, arranging [ 'S H '0 is, I think, his best piano composition to 20. While Shepherds Watched Their'--- 1I '£1 flowers in vases. d 'L N'1 date. Dissonant of course, but short and The Best Gift WL J;. IJ Throughout the year there were thou- full of sharp, crackling flames. Like the The best gift you can give yourself is One :\_ pell _ ny, t .....o a_ p~n_ lIy. H"t ClQ55 bUM sands of letters to type and multigraph, familiar Bartok sonata thisChavez work is one of the modern electric or electronic Everyone knows that extended repeated thousands of pamphlets and pieces of music one of the few contemporary piano pieces "spinet" organs. If its price seems prohibi- notes---even slow ones-require a more to tuck into envelopes-and more thousands with solid musical substance. tive you will find that all the organ manu- skilled mechanism than a beginner pos· of telephone calls to answer. Anybody who For more conservative items, give your facturers offer easy, enticing terms. If you sesses. In other words, serious muscular had an afternoon or evening to spare re- Who Was This Christmas favorite students "Your Liszt Book" which use such an instrument as an adjunct to contraction is almost invariably set up at ported at the offices for work. And when Outcast? offers a fresh lyric approach to this master's your piano teaching, I believe it will repay the first lesson by the effort required to the desk work was over, the men took off music ... For reading pleasure and holiday you many times in terms of increased and play those repeated F's and G's. If the tune their coats and climbed the hill to roll by VINCENT EDWARDS atmosphere I recommend Henry Levine's sustained pupil-interest, ensemble pleasure, is used it should be used in this way. and level the town's one flat fiveacres where "Themes From the Great Oratorios" ... general musical stimulation and new Ex_ 2 the big tent was to stand. Carissimi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Men- pupils ... Any teacher can quickly learn In every garden men and women potted N0 STRANGER tale has probably ever ing on, and those magnificent homes were delssohn, Verdi, Rossini, Steiner, Gaul- to play these instruments with the minimum ., their loveliest flowers and brought them BuL why use this threadbare tune? It's been told than that which recounts the scene of Illany happy family reunions. they are all there in sensitive, beautiful of time and maximum of enjoyment ... to the Eisteddfod ground to stand on shelves silly; no one cares to sing or play it; 'teen what happened to a famous American over In front of one fine mansion, the exile arrangements. Treat yourself this year to an organ! in front of the big stage, where they be- one hundred years ago on Christmas Eve. from America came to a sudden halt. Above all, take a week's vacation from agers despise it ... and why, pray, is it came a solid bank of living color. When In London, where he had lately been highly Looking through the lighted window, he For the Youngsters your pupils at Christmas. Most of them necessary to painfully playa whole "piece" the foreign teams arrived, townspeople were popular as an actor and song-writer, he sud- beheld a spectacle that seemed to climax Easy, attractive duet books make perfect ~lon't want to "take" at this festive time, at the first lesson? It would seem to me at the station in London or at the docks denly found himself in a desperate plight. all the rest. There stood a tree with shining gifts for children, especially if a member and you certainly need a "breather" ... that the first playing experiences should be in Liverpool to escort them to Llangollen. Once the toast of the matinee crowds he tapers whose reflection fell invitingly on the of the family will play at home with the Go to some large center and enjoy your· joyous, fearless, relaxed. To this end I When the Eisteddfod opened, townseople was so reduced in funds that he had been dark pavement. In that cosy, warm interior, youngster. Some good duets have just ap- self ... take in the shows or an opera ... recommend that the beginner be taught to were selling tickets, acting as ushers and turned out of his lodgings. He was both window shop . . . make this a loafing locate the three blacks and two blacks with- guides; and when it closed, and the streets a ~roup of youngsters were playing with peared like Marion Bauer's little "Classics hungry and penniless, and in his sad dis- holiday! out looking at the keyboard. Then he plays became a whirl of Mardi Gras gaiety, they then new toys, while a group of admiring as Duets," short, tasteful arrangements tress he had t~ken to walking about the elders looked on. short snatches-one or two measures-of were still there cleaning up the inevitable streets of the big town. (second and third year) of Scarlatti, Bach, The children danced and clapped tbeir Haydn, etc.; also Mark's "Piano Duet "Hot Cross Buns" well known tunes on these black keys. Titles debris of crumpled programs and ice-cream Q.uite by .chance, on the night before hands, and their cries of glee even pene- Album" (second year) a delightful set of The recent article, "A Unique Piano and examples are given at the lesson. He wrappers. Christmas, hIS wanderings led him into one tr~ted through the casement to the stranger. twelve recital pieces. Michael Aaron, too: Pedagogy Course" stirred up some aca- goes home and returns playing (softly!) Shopkeepers and hotel owners naturally of t~e finest residential districts. It was an FlIlally, there came a lull amid aU the has produced a set of original four-hand demic staffs. Several took exception to my (Continued on Page 61) made money out of (Continued on Page 48) evenlllg when there was much festivity go- merry goings-on. (Continued on Page 47)

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EIGHT AGAINST THREE!

• How does one master the problem of QUESTIONS playing eight notes in the right hand against three in the left? The pieces / am spring the mails bring a new crop of at. interested in which contain this problem tractive circulars in which the features of are Chopin's Waltz in Ceharp minor, Op. forthcoming courses are advertised in dith. 64, No.2, Chopin's Nocturne in E-Aat, Op. yrambic terms. Equally superlative ad- AND ANSWERS 9, No.2. and Beethoven's Bagatelle in Eflat, jectives are used concerning the merits of Up. 33, No. 1. -Mrs. R. W., Canada those holding them, whose number increases with each new season. When questioned about the advisability of attending The only real way to master eight- TEACHER'S such or such event I invariably give this against>three (or any other similar rhyth- answer: use as much di rimination as you mic problem), and to obtain an absolutely would in selecting a doctor for a serious steady flow in both hands, is to practice each hand alone until it is absolutely steady, case, or an attorney for an important law and then put the two hands together, trying suit. While me of the course are offered by musicians f unqucstionable compe- to maintain the independence of each hand. Conducted by KARL W. CEHRKENS, It is, of course, possible to work out a tence, other are C nducted by self-styled Music Editor, Webster's New International ROUNDTABLE mathematical relationship: as "teacher of teacher " who rely on bluff and Dictionary, assisted by Prof. Robert A. aggre siveness t C nceal th ir pedagogic Melcher, Oberlin College. vacuum and who ought t go to school rather than pr tending to leach those more talented while", r humble. It i wise to MAURICE DUMESNlL, Mus. Doc., gives advice about the study of form, thoroughly investigate the ba kground of thus allotting two and two-thirds notes in wrist trouble, sonte faults of teachers, and other interesting questions. each "me ter teacher" in order to deter- the right hand to each single note in the mine if the claims t upremacy are justi- WHY DID THE SDUNDING BDARD CRACK? Tasker Howard's book "Our American left hand. But such a mechanical calcula- fied. Time and money will thus be saved. Music" and also the 1946 edition of EI- tion never makes for a truly musical Aow. THE STUDY DF FDRM applications. I hope you can give me a per- Personally I am allcrgi to these appella- • The sounding board on my piano is son's "National Music of America and its In two-against-three, perhaps, and possibly sonal answer to this problem" which per- tions of "teacher of teacher II and the like. cracked, and I hope you will be able to tell Sources." (2) Write to the Music Division in three-against-four, one can do the thing / would greatly appreciate it if yon would haps is ,nore widespread than we think. They make me think of Hollywood hyper- me what could have caused this. The instru- of Library of Congress, Washington, D. c., fairly well mathematically, but the result give me some details on how to teach Sona- (Mrs.) R. A., Ohio producti ns or week- nd peciels at the ment has had good care, with regular tun- and ask them where you might find a film, almost invariably sounds calculated, and I tinas to a young student-such as the JOTln, Apparently your boy's trouble was caused supermarket. A delightful French saying ing, so 1 am puzzled. and what songbooks contain specimens of myself have never thought much of any sort sub-divisions, etc. Is there an edition which by over-practice of octave pieces and wrist applies well to the wording of certain fold- -Mrs. E. E. M., S. Dakota early American songs. (3) If you can af- of mathematical playing. It is far better explains thoroughly the expression, accents, exercises. Two hours a day is entirely too ers: "Lc papier ne refu pas I'encre". The ford to spend six dollars, buy a copy of to feel the rhythm of each hand in larger etc.? Thank you in advance for the in/or. much. One must be exceedingly careful in paper never refu ee to take the ink. How Jrl hen a piano sounding board (more "Books on Music and Musicians" published groups, and to keep each part moving in- mation. dealing with the wrist. Exercising it at an true! properly called "soundboard"} cracks, this by G. Schirmer. In this book you will find dependently of the other. P. L. L., (Maine) early age is necessary, of course, and young Publicity hungry "would-be-ers but is usually due to abrupt changes in tem- listed a number of books about music in Since the Beethoven Bagatelle moves students should begin as soon as possible, never-can-era" should remember that De· perature or humidity. I doubt whether the America as well as a wealth of other book along at a fairly rapid pace, the eight notes Years ago in 'Germany the Litolff edition using sixths, fifths, or even thirds if their bussy simply called himself "~lu ieien tuning had anything to do with your trou- title; thai would probably be of great help in the right hand must be absolutely even. brought out a number of volumes annotated small hands cannot reach an octave. But Iranea is"; and Isidor Philipp, greatest of ble, for a tuner does not ordinarily touch to you in your work. - -K. G. This should not be difficult to manage in by Heinrich Germer. Another edition was look out and ponder on the French proverb all living piano pedagogs, modestly refers the soundboard. A good tuner will, how- this piece, especially since the troublesome published in Paris and- if I remember cor- "L'exces en tout est un defaut": for indeed, to himself as a teacher of ... piano. ever, be able to make some minor repairs WHAT IS ALLA BREVE TIME? measure is preceded by three measures with rectly the commentator was Georges Sporck. excess in everything is harmful, particular- on the soundboard of your piano, even triplets and groups of four sixteenth-notes But in recent years I found no trace of them ly in that one delicate, complicated joint. ALLA CDDA, PLEASE though when it is once cracked the tone is • Please explain alia breve time to me- in the right hand, which set up a feeling of anywhere and it is probable that they have Think of tennis or golf players, and the never as good again. The moral is that a its effect on tempo, how one sets the metro- momentum. In the two Chopin numbers, disappeared from the catalogues. But I have heart condition they may develop if they "Will you please write a short article in piano ought to be kept in a place where the nome, etc. -C. N., Florida however, Illany performers divide the eight a suggestion: remain too many hours, too often, On the your elucidative column," writes iovellinc temperature is as even as possible, and notes into three groups, the first group Since your chief concern seems to be course; of such drugs as arsenic or iodine, Fiaccone of Atlantic City, N. J. "explaining where the humidity remains approximately The measure sign 2/2 is often referred consisting of two notes in the right hand jorm, with explanations as to the different of which a few drops will cure but too many that it is "Alla Coda,' not 'AI Coda.' Every normal. -K. G. to as "alia breve time" and it means merely against one in the left hand, and the next sections, developments, recapitulation, coda, will cause great damage. Still, one can time I read 'D. C. al Coda' it gives me the that a half note is the unit of the beat. In two groups consisting of three notes in the etc., why not use the excellent arrangement practice a lot of octaves if one does so a shivers. Coda ill Italian is feminine and the EARLY AMERICAN MUSIC other words, there are only two beats to right hand against one in the left. This, of Haydn and Mozart symphonies by Percy few minutes at a time, alternating with article 'el' is masculine. Tbauk you very the measure, and if you use a metronome of course, makes the problem very simple. Goestschius? I believe you could use other branches of technic which immediate- much and best regards." . • I wish to organize a study unit for high to determine the tempo you set it at what- In the Waltz this is justified on the grounds Haydn's "Surprise" and "Military" sym- ly relieve the fatigue. Absolutely right! I am happ to mention school of the music in the American Colo- ever point indicates the number of clicks that it maintains a simpler waltz figure, phonies, for instance, to great advantage. Your doctor's advice is good: hot bath this grammatical error which I have noticed nies and I fi.nd myself needing all sorts of per minute directed by the metronome also that since the next measure of the These reductions sound much like easy (15 seconds) and cold (5 seconds) re- many times myself even in supposedly cor- information which 1 do not have. So will marking that you will probably find at the right hand begins with a triplet figure, sonatas or sonatinas, any way, and the an- peated ten times, twice a day. This treat- rect and authentic editions. you tell me where to secure the following: beginning of the composition. The sign 2/2 closing the preceding measure with two notations stem from the pen of a real ex- ment is indicated by the eminent Detroit The same happen often with the French A film about early music; a songbook of may seem to bring about a quicker tempo groups of triplets makes for consistency. pert whose authority will be questioned by orthopedic surgeon, Dr. William E. Blodg- language. Some people, for instance, spell the early American songs, a chart to show than 2/4, but the actual tempo of a com- In the Nocturne the uneven distribution no one. ett. I know of various cases when it worked the famous Debussy number "Claire de the growth of music in America; some pic- position is determined by the mood of the can be justified on the grounds that the remarkably well. It strengthens the liga- lune," arguing that "Ia Lune" is feminine, lUres of early instruments; a play or operet- music and other considerations, so the safe group of eight notes sounds much like a WRIST TRDUBLE ments and stimulates the blood circulation. ~vhich it is. But here the adjective "Clair" ta demonstrating early American music. way is to follow the metronome mark; and trill, and that it is conventional to begin Have your boy follow this treatment faith- -Mrs. L. T., Conn. if there is none, then use your judgment a trill more slowly and speed up as the My sixteen year old son practiced octave IS used as a substantive meaning "light" fully and patiently, and I am confident the as to the tempo that seems to be "'right"- trill progresses. In both cases; however, exercises and pieces jor about two hours a (from the moon, or of the moon). final result will be gratifying. Your "order" is essentially too large for or else get a recording of the piece and it is perfectly correct to maintain the group day last fall. As a consequence, his wrists Amusingly enough, I sometimes have dis- this department, but I can give you some follow the general tempo of the artist who of eight even notes in the right hand against are very loose and if he plays even for a cussions on that point with people who want TEACHERS DF TEACHERS bits of advice: (1) Look up a copy of John made the recording. -K. G. three in the left. -R. A. M. short time they become worse and start to to teach me my Own native tongue! Thank you, Mr. F'iaccone, and as a coda hurt. A doctor told him to use hot and cold The woods are full of them and every •.. let's be correct! THE E~D 22 ETUDE-DECEMBER /953 23 ~------ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 have just been published by Concordia. VIOLINIST'S FORUM ORGANIST'S PAGE Its 120 selections include chorale preludes, postludes, offertories and voluntaries. The list of composers represented is an im- mensely varied one, ranging from the early works of Frescobaldi, Pachelbel and " ... .1 wonder if you could give us some Buxtehude to Bach and his relatives, information about the "Bariolage-etroke" Johann Christoph Bach and Johann Mi- The term was used by a critic reviewing chael Bach; Brahms, Reger and their Yehudi Menuhin's recent concert here, par- .A Rarely Used- contemporaries; and later composers like ticularly in reference to the performance . Enlarging the Repertoire Healey Willan, Camille van Hulse and of Bach's E major Preludio. We hooe Richard Weinhorst. sought for the term in a number of books All these works are usable church on violin playing, but have found no refer- Bow Stroke music, of suitable length for the service. ence to it.... Is there published in A mer- In addition, the material is classified and icc any magazine especially for violinists?" Organists should make use of the fine new cross-indexed according to its fitness for Mrs. J. K. B., Holland the various festivals of the church year, Various questions of interest works being produced by and for special occasion su h a weddings, To anSwer your second question first, funerals and confirmations. "The Parish there is an excellent little magazine called .to violinists are here discussed contemporary composers both native and foreign. Organist" is above everything else a prac- "Violins and Violinists," published at 30 tical book for the working organist. I East Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois. The believe it will be found to be one of the subscription is $2.50 per annum. It is an and suggestions given most useful compilations in the organist's informative magazine, having articles on library. violins and on various aspects of violin for their solution. by ALEXANDER McCURDY The music of Everett Titcomb, especially playing. his fine Gregorian improvisations, have As regards the hariolage, the term is been mentioned here before. His music is rarely used any more, except in France. striking and always practical for the servo Essentially, the bariolage is the rapid by HAROLD BERKLEY VERY NOW and then readers write original and striking. ice. An intere ting new work by Mr. alternation of two or three strings, legato, E in to say that they have found help- The Peeters works are a sample of the Titcomb is his Organ Toccata, published one of the strings being open. It. was fre- ful the repertoire suggestions made here, sort of material available to the venture- by H. W. Gray. quently used by eighteenth and early nine- fingers are warming satisfactorily yet still and to ask for more of the same. some organist. It is material which can be Ruth Barrett Arno Phelps' se ond volume teenth century composers for violin, and Ex. A feel a little inflexible, then thirds and I once drew up a list of suggested rep- effective on any sort of instrument, whether of "Sacred Hour at the Organ" is a new had occasionally been used earlier. Your octaves should certainly be practiced. ertoire which was sent to readers upon it is a small two-manual electric or pipe collection of twenty organ work. Like the critic to the contrary, the three-part "5q~l, d U CO When a gentle glow is felt in the fingers request. The list is no longer available organ or an impressive four-manual in- first volume, it contains music which has arpeggio passages in the Bach E major Pre- Play it as though the notes were slow and a sense of flexibility is apparent, then because (a) every copy has long since stallation. been selected with taste and carefully ludio are not true bariolage, in that the quarter-notes; put each finger down as is the time to play something fairly rapidly. been mailed out and (b) many fine new It has been my experience that, despite edited. bowing is detache and not legato. The real strongly as possible; maintain the grip The 8th stndy of Krentzer (in E major) or works, worthy of inclusion, have appeared laments over the dearth of "good new Richard Purvis, already well-known for bariolage, well played, gives the effect of consciously throughout the duration of the Paganini Moto Perpetuo are both ex- since the list was first prepared. material," there is always plenty of fine numerous composition, has created music great difficulty, whereas it is actually not each note; and keep your mind keenly cellent finishing material in the warming- Among these items should be listed the material available if one is patient enough of unusual effectiveness in his "Four difficult at all. For this reason it was popu- concentrated on what you are doing. He- Flor Peeters Miniatures. Mr. Peeters, who to look it up and conscientious enough to Prayers in Tone," subtitled "Repentance. lar with composers of exhibition solos for peat the exercise six times, then go to the up process. So far we have considered only the left currently is making a transcontinental con- get it well under his fingers. Obviously, Adoration, Supplication and Thanksgiv- violin. second position and do the same exercise cert tour of our country and Canada, is a good work will suffer if it is not given ing." These are among Mr. Purvis' finest beginning on F -sharp. After this, go to hand, and usually that is the hand that himself a working organist and choir- a first-rate performance. efforts and will amply repay the time spent Warming·up Exercises the third, fourth and fifth positions, always needs to be considered, for the two hands master, acquainted at first hand with the Organists in search of new material who in mastering them. " ... Two years ago 1 moved to Minne- remaining in the key of A. generally watm up together. However, if choirmaster's problems. His Miniatures fill have not yet acquired "The Parish Or- A new "Little Organ Book" from C. C. sota, and / find the winters very cold for At first your hand may tire quickly and the right hand should remain cold, prac· a constantly recurring need, that of a short ganist" should by all means do so. The Birchard Co. contains thirteen short pieces violin playing. It takes me a long time to tend to stiffen. When you feel the first tice the Whole Bow Martele (see ETUDE prelude, offertory or interlude when one four volumes, edited by Heinrich Fleischer, by thirteen British composers. Included are get my fingers warm enough to play sign of this, at once shake your hand for October 1951) for a few minutes on is called upon to "play just a little longer." works by Harold Darke, Walter G. Alcock easily .... I was told I should play scales loosely downwards for about ten seconds. some such study as the 11th of Mazas or At such times organists who have a and H. Walford Davies. All the composi- as fast as possible, but this does not Never try to "play over" fatigue or tension. the 7th of Kreutzer-a study that skips flair for improvisation simply elaborate tions are usable pieces which will add help.... Can you suggest some exercises After the hand has been shaken out, reo strings, in other words. Follow this with upon the material already heard. But there variety to the service. I could use that would help me warm up sume practicing just as slowly and thought- about two minutes of the Wrist-and·Finger are players who cannot improvise. It is a Organists in search of further material more quickly?" fully. The element of mental concentration Motion at the frog, and the right arm and knack which eludes them. However, no ought also to investigate the hymn-preludes F. R. R., Minnesota is every whit as important as the motions hand shonld then be feeling completely one should despair if he is not fluent at of Mr. Purvis, Carl McKinley and Seth you make. If after five minutes of this limber and under control. improvisation. Not being adept at improvi- Bingham. Mr. Bingham's set of canons' Cold hands may, of course, be caused sort of practice, your fingers are still cold, The above suggestions are intended to sation is like not having perfect pitch- be general only: as soon as you acquire also is well worth trying over. by ·poor circulation j so it might be a good turn to slow scales and arpeggios and play inconvenient sometimes, but nothing to If the reader thinks that in this article, plan to exercise briskly, though not strenu- them with the same care. If the fingers the habit of deliberate practice backed be ashamed of. and in others on the same topic, I have ously, for about five minutes before you have not warmed up after another five by mental concentration, you will soon dis- Careful advance preparation can always been trying to encourage use of music by begin to practice. Then your first few minutes, practice some slow thirds and cover the types of exercises that work serve instead of improvisation. A good today's composers, he is absolutely right. minntes of playing should he thoughtfnlly fingered octaves, as in example B: most quickly for you personally. But do knowledge of works like the Peeters Min- Fine music is being written by men like Ex. B discard at once the thought of rapid play. iatures will enable the organist to fill up planned to develop both warmth and flexi- Van Hulse, Bingham, Titcomb, Sowerby, ing for warming-up purposes. almost any gap in the service. bility in your fingers. Carl Parish and others. Why shouldn't we " j;3 I~j ~ IJI hiliI 3l' ~J f d f S f Peeters' music may be considered "ad- The most important point to remember play it? All of us ought to be working con- There are violinists who swear by the The Grand Detache· vanced" by some, but if the organist and is that slow practice will condition the stantly with new American music, not only practice of thirds as a warming-up exer- ", . . Can you tell me what the Grand his congregation will give the music a fingers much more quickly than fast prac· as a means of adding variety to the service cise; others are equally enthusiastic about fair trial, in all probability they will find tice. A little experimenting will prove this. Detache is? . . . I always thought the but also as a service to music generally. If it richly rewarding. Peeters has also set If the hands are cold, fast playing will fingered octaves. Experience, however, Detache was a short bowing near the point, organ literature is to be enriched with new many well-known hymns and chorale tunes inevitably cause the fingers to stiffen. seems to teach that for the majority of but the word Grand should mean broad, works, we must encourage composers to Begin your practice with some easy players both are too strenuous for a be- so I am not quite sure what I should in a musical framework which is new, Alexander l\'[cCurdy write new works for organ. THE END finger-exercise, such as is given in Ex- ginning exercise. They tend to numb the do .... Is the Grand DhacM anything like ample A: hand rather than warm it. But when the (Continued on Page 52)

.... 24 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 25 ._----- , No. 110-40264 The Spinning Wheel

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m'p~~------=--- A committee or Amel"ic.nn8 who A Plenary Session of the Conference met daily fOI' luncheon discussions, in the Palais des Reaux Arts, Brussels. 4 3 3 3 1 3 5 4. 3 2 • 3 2 1 Music to Unite Nations simile

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by Esther Rennick 5 4 3 2 o 3 " (Mrs. Esther Rennick, musician and teacher professional musrctans, and publishers. musical idiom, and the need of having "1 i of Birmingham, Alabama, who attended the With the search for peace foremost in works from each country performed in in- lnterruuionai Conference on the Role of Music the minds of our leaders, and with fa ith ternational festivals, thu bringing together in the Education of Youth and Adults, has and vision that music is of infinite im- musicians from all parts of the world. 1 1 dim. written: a most interesting account oj the vari- portance in the understanding of nations, The Council constantly stressed the mf 3 2- p ous meetings and the problems discussed, 1 1-- the predominant idea in every discussion necessity for encouraging the interchange Fine -Ed. Note.) emphasized the effectiveness of music edu- of musicians in all branches, and the crea- cation on international relations as a means tion of facilities regarding materials, such HE INTERNATIONAL Conference on I % i 3 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 T the Role of Music in the Education of of developing esteem and brotherhood be- as printed music, recordings, instruments, 3 2 4 3 U Youth and Adults which met in Brussels tween the peoples of the world. and books. Un poco meno mosso " 5 last summer was convened Unesco and In this day of turmoil and unrest when The fact that one civilization no longer by It .\ 5 4 4 4 5 the International Music Council, in collabo- men are afflicted with hate, and many ignores the people of other civilizations "0 ~ :I 2 ~~ .. 1 2 ~ " ~2 ~~> " ~> ration with Belgium authorities. things affecting man's welfare are warped was most evident as musicians from all " All professions and specialized acttvrttes by war and selfishness, we were faced at parts of the world listened to recordings concerned with music education were rep- the conference with the realization that of Balinese gamelans, Chinese Drama, faith and vision are not enough to stifle the 111p I resented by the more than six hundred American Folk Songs, Gregorian ChanL 2 dreams each country has of dominating the 1 registered participants, representing forty Byzantine melodies, and Arab singing. That ~ :3: countries and twelve national and inter- others. We banded together beneath the modern man is intellectually interested in • national musical organizations. standard of music to consider what con- the whole world, and seeks to break away The aim of the organization is "to stim- structive part music, art, and education can from parochialism, was evident by the I 3 • ulate music education throughout the world play in abating antagonism and oppression eagerness of the teachers from every coun- 2 3 ~ " " " as a profession and as an integral part of between nations, and how best to work to- try to know those from all the other lands. general education and community life, in gether to achieve our goals. Many of life's differences yield to the Tempo I 2,...... -5~"3 ~ --...... 3 accordance with the right of all men, as A great deal of study was given to the enormous strength and infinite power of I I - ::! 3 .-.... -.... :--... ..-... set forth in the Universal Declaration of problems connected with non-specialized music j list as differences of creed yield Human Rights, to take part freely in the music education, which aims at developing to the great musical masterpieces which are sensitivity, taste, critical sense in music, cultural life of the community and to en- beloved by churches throughout the world. mf dim. joy the arts." and to help listeners understand and ap- The Council made use of a truly universal l1p poco a poco !accel. . The conference was convened for the pur· preciate the wealth, beauty, and diversity repertoire to foster the ideals of under- pose of transforming these aims into ex- of the world's store of music. standing and brotherhood among all men, periences and actualities by providing op- International music education, which was and to help unify aU nations. portunities for the exchange of information discussed in the broadest sense, should be The meeting gave us a kaleidoscopic view D.S. al Fine between nations, increasing cooperation conducive to genuine understanding be- of music education the world over. It gave between music educators, musicologists, tween nations because the Council kept in us a better awareness of where we are composers, teachers, professional and non- mind the characteristics of each nation's m music, and a (Continued on Page 58) Copyright 1953 by Theodore Pr e s s e r Co. 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s Bagatelle 4 ~~t 1/ 3 3 I • ~ .:. ~ . Beethoven brought a new voice to music. The sheer force of his personality and the power of his imagination created . the bridge between the classical attitudes he inherited from Mozart and Haydn and the pure romanticism of Schubert, . I j",ooOil . v' "!" Schumann, and Weber. In his struggle w ith "f'or-m ;' Beethoven found a dee ply personal expression in his large orchestral scILe'f'zi and also in two sets of Bagatelles hecom po s e d for piano. The second set/'Eleven New Bagatel1es~' came out of his ~ ~ ;,. ;.. II.. Ii late maturity and clearly point the way to the fanciful, short pieces of Schumann.(Turn to Page 3 for a biographical sketch) i it Grade 31 ; LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN, Op, 119, No,l · Edited by E"gen d'Albert 1 . :~ 4 1 II'

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Fr-omv'I'h e Church Organist's Golden Treasury;' Vol. III, edited by C.F. Pfatteicher and AT D' [ ] . , ,.,'. .. aVlson. 433-41005 From;lThe....Church Organist's Golden Tr easur y." vei. III, edited by C.F. Pfatteicher and A.T. Davison. [4-33.41005J CopynghLIU51 by Oliver Dilson .Company I' d nte rnat iona l Copyright :Secure Copyrighl 1951 by Oliver Dilson Company Inlernalional Copyrighl 'Secured 38 ETUDE - DECEMBER 1953 ETUDE -DECEMBER 1953 39 No. 111-40048 F F1 dim. q F'dim. C ..--3---' G7 C F Lyrics by Santa Brought Me Choo-Choo Trains PAUL S. LASKY (But Daddy's Having Fun) Music by BOB SADOFF Moderately A.S. c.A.P San- ta brought them here; I wish he'd let me play, but there is lit· tie chance I fear. I asked for trains, I 8..·····...... ······..····..······....····....··..········....·...... , What a mess he I .:l I .:l I .:ll .:l J. .= J. .= J. .= J. ~. . .= I. .= r. .:I I.. .:1 J. .:lJ'1 S

\ PIANO ~ P I. $I. ~ r r- . . • ., I VOICE Em Cm Em Dm G7 C C7 F "!IiC G7 G7 : . . . . . • ~ - ... IT SAN-TA BROUGHT ME CHaO-CHaO TRAINS for Christ-mas Eve this year; Just the kind I asked him for, so begg'd for trains, But Dad-dy just shook his headj ,==== Now San-ta brought them just for me, But mads 0/' tAingb', The tracke toere all urrong eome - Aowj- The en - gine ran off on the rug .And , ; ...... v n 13: 'U" "IT ... . I . ~ ~~ . I I

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wish that he would leave them for a min-ute, on - Iy one; 'Causewhenhe goes and leavesthem and thc coast is fin ·'llyclear, I'll Dad- dy got there first,so I can kiss my trains good-bye SAN-TA BROUGHT ME CHaO-CHaO TRAINS, It said,"The train is Jun _iorsl andgoult bet-fer dis -ap_ptJar,o So here 11,8 goes, US leav - ing new, the coast isfin - 'tly clear, To :J

11 112 G7 G7 C , c F#dim C F G7 Gaug-.C G7 C C C C7 1'" dim., C ...... -t . • - • ~. f" ... 11 • • "' made me, oh , so glad; But I can't get to play with them,"I year. _ year. _ can't get rid of Dad; He has. n't let the trai ns a-lone since run my trains that San-ta brought on Christ-mas Evethis run.mll trains that San-ta brought on Chrisf~mali Bve thu >;::..;::.. ~~~;- ~ ;-;::..;::..;::..;::...... -. ... U' ... "IT ... I ... . r r .. • 1"4 ':j -itt . If -<9 • feri! .. h:"_ r " r ~ f ;::.. r · ;::.. · . . 'r . ~ ..,; 1'09- 1 I . ' . . j I Copyright 1953 by Theodore Presser Co. ~ ;::.. ;::.. International Copyright ~ecured '" ;::.. ;::.. 40 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 ETUDE-DECEMBER19~ 11 1 , a pwcere a tempo -. . On~ings of Song , Solo for "Bb_Clarinet ~ poco rit _ I P' atem~ ~ ~ FELIX MENDELSSOHN ~.~ , ~I ~ • I /' ~ ~~ .. J A rranged by N, Clifford Page

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From liThe. Ditson Clarinet Player's Repertory" ,arrangededited and b N Cl' CopyrIght 1936 by Oliver Ditson Company y . 'fford Page. [434.40079J 42 ETUDE:DECEMBER 1953 13 ETUDE. DECEMBER 1953 Come All Ye Shepherds N'o.110-40~72 Follow the Leader No.I30-410gB Grade 14 Arr. by LOUISE CHRISTINE REBE (A Little Canon*) Moderato CLEO ALLEN HIBBS 2 , Moderato (J=1l6) .~~ 3 4 I') 5 % 1 1 5

Un· der.,.. thc., I t.he L. night, ':1' She p - herd s were., watch-ing-,- their • ..,e. -c, • ..... v of_ old And the_ wise < l!. mf ------. .:ff PIANO Let us L, be.L. glad like- those PIANO - , -- /' --.. ~ . ,-- -- , , I 5 I I I I I , ' , ! 5 , s ...-----;l , 3 , , ::---- /\ II / ~----- , ---- H' 2_ f't :G- - ~ } l!. so __ the birth of the Christ Child It --...... - . -.- . ... . F,,'1tc shin - ing_ br ight . An - gels pro-claim -. stars t.h-at.c, were - Let our_ ad- 0 - ra - tion and lovc_ --.. men w it h., ,.their gifts,frank-in-cense and gold. ~ ,-- ~ ...f'-' ... '" " -- , . , J I I , , I " " I L"st tirno ant!/. ~._------, : , /\ II ~---~ 5""': ::c-- 5~1 · I .../ ,,~ <, "'.-/ '-" .::» ~. • l!. p't ...- f rr- z. t. "--- ,,--'" .

Born in a man-gel' oh s o L, low-Jy ' Un-der a hcav'n-ly light. P p cro .."c. "!I' ~ -mai t o rit. pp ~- --.. with hu - mil- i'- ty bc_ OUT~ gift un - to __ Him. 1", ,~ , , ! rit.l~ '" c , .. : , , · . I , J , I I I , .D. S.at Fino I , I I I " · " , ,.,. ~ , ..A------A--... , ~ * A canon is a piece in strict imitation. In this little canon, the melody in the right hand is imitated exactly hy the left hand melody ---/0 " " " two counts later. International Copyright secured Copyright 1\1r:i1by Oliver Ditson Company Copyright 1953 by Theodore Presser Co. International Copyright secured No.llO-40275 Corn Ruskin' No.llO- 40273 "Let's Play Leapfrog" Grade ~1 HUBERT TILLERY Grade 2 MARGERY McHALE Fast and lively (d 66) 3 1~3 1J.l -; - 1 2 2 , ::0- f, 3 - --- . ~ l!. .~/' v· • .- V ~ v· l!. .... \ooi' .- -. --..- ,'!t' PIANO -~ - ::0- ~ , ...... - .. ''IT .- ,;. .;.. ... I ... it- "...... - , , . ~ ~ , , 5 , , 2 2 '5 3 3 I I 2 L.N. 5 L.H. 2 5 ,,,,4'----11. 4 2 j 7'~f,0od" lIst time [ILast timc I ~ 00:;::; L 5 ~i3' 2' 1. 2 ,J. ! J. ~ 3 only . . 1')J.l I - . l!. . ' .. • '--.,./ • I U"I C-J, r .. • ~ _ ~ I r 1"'1 f ~ "'---" t. ~ --. . ,/ ..... ~ :::= ra .---- .1'';; -~ . "" Ft'nc mp ::::0- "L:Pr: r. .J>< .1. ~ -- .. -...... ,. ,c-. r---~ ,., .. , , .. 2 !. " , ---- L.1f. 5 4 , 5 !. 't I 2 5 • CODA :> 5 /\ '6' ~ ~2 I'i . --I , I') II I I I l!. ~ poco 'I't:t. . . . Irrlc,JY R.H. l!. .. -fI!' poco rl,t . ---....::: ~ =- 2 ~ ~ "- r . l!. It!!. ::p;- . ..:. . R.HJ ~ "I "i ~ ==- "':P ~~ :::,... -,., ~' ~. ~ . /' ~ r::::: /' . . '" #p' n' I L.H. I, ~ .. 4 r I, I. r ,. I r. ~ I I 3 I 2 .D. O. at Ooda 3 5 8va bassa ...... __..::..:::: 3 2 .D. O. at Fin" Copyright 1\:153 by Theodore Presser Co. 44 International CopJTigh! secured Copyright 1953 by Theodore Pre!'sf>r Co. International Copyright secured ETUDE-DECE.IfBER 1953 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 45 (---

WHO WAS THIS CHRISTMAS OUTCAST?

(Continued from Page 20) The Dinner Party It was then that a young lady in Together, the singers and their No. 110-40251 FRANCES M. LIGHT the home, gracious in manner and accom panist made a perfect picture, symbolizing what the song really Grade I really beautiful in feature, stepped Allegretto(J =120) to the piano. Her fingers had hardly meant. touched the keys before the whole As the outcast turned once more family, recognizing the f~~i~iar to face the lonely streets, his eyes strain, gathered around her, JOInIng were blinded by tears. ~ .f their voices in words to the music. How surprised that happy family ~ Ap_plesfcan.dy,bub-ble gum100; . Let'S have a par-ty and we will dine. Never did a family look happier would have been if they could have "!f You have a nick - el, I have a dime; PIANO 'We will start eat-ing at half-past eIght. on Christmas Eve or a song seem known who heard them sing that 'fnpCome to my house, and don't you belate; more suited to the occasion! song on Christmas Eve. As their Clear to the wanderer outside voices died in the last note, the man came the refrain: who wrote the words moved off again "Home! home! sweet, sweet home! into the night. The homeless author Be it ever so humble, there's no was John Howard Payne! place like home." THE END

:to 'f~f NEW RECORDS blow-ing' our gum; Oh, such a party and such fun. party for Eat-ing can-dy, rit (Continued from, Page. 18)

registers and instruments, and quiet instrument, the recording gives the surfaces. As to the performance, pianist or string player everything Ormandy and the Philadelphia or- he needs for a home rehearsal. tnternuttonal Copyright secured chestra can play this music as well Planned for future release are the Copyright 1\) 5 3 by Theodore Presser Co. as any orchestra in the world. Or- Brahms and Schumann quintets and mandy has cooperated with Colum- the Ravel quartet. (Classic Editions No. 110-40271 To a Daisy bia's "hi-fi" intent by giving the CE MMO 11 to 15) Grade H WILLIAM SCHER color and drama of the music full sway. Despite the number of dupli- Music of the Middle Ages COil (J=76) Andante mota 2~5 2~3 2 cate recordings available, the new 1 3 4, 1 Here is an indispensable record Philadelphia recording of these for the class in music history or for popular works easily glides into anyone who seeks illustrations of first place. (Columbia ML 4700) secular music of the Middle Ages. Give your child a The Minnesanqer and troubadours p Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G PIANO left little written record of their art, Major, K. 313 Flute Coneeno No.2 in D Major, but Vox Productions has assembled brighter future K.314 on one disc 14 examples that are as , 2 authentic in source and performance 2 2 , 5 Though Mozart called the flute 3 • as you are likely to find. Otto Pingel, • "an instrument which I can not with a Wurlitzer tenor, does most of the vocal work, bear," he was willing for a price to and a splendid troubadour he shows write two flute concertos. These con- himself to be. Erika Metzger- Ulrich, certos are scarcely major Mozart, this Christmas soprano, despite top billing, has a but they are pleasing works which part in only one number-enough to flutistsdelight to play. Vox has gone reveal her unsuitability for the type to Vienna to record Camillo Wa- You can think of many fine reasons of music. Instrumental numbers and nausek, flute, and the Pro Musica accompaniments are provided by for wanting a Wurlitzer Piano for Chamber Orchestra under Hans the Collegium Musicum, Krefeld, Christmas. To add new beauty and Swarowsky in performances of both under Robert Haas. Unusual "pres- charm to your home. To draw your concertos, each complete to an LP ence," glassy surfaces, and com- family closer together. To make en- side.The Mozart style is impeccable, plete lack of distortion make this tertaining more fun for everyone. the soloist more than adequate, the ,~, disc a technical as well as artistic 1 balance of flute and orchestra good, But the finest reason of all is to 3 success. (Vox PL 8110) and the recording entirely satisfac- give your child a head start in life. tory. (Vox PL 8130)' Villa-Lobos: Noneuo and Qualuor At a WurJitzer Piano a youngster can acquire poise. 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The Quatuor suggests PIANOS Inzer this Christmas. in the 78 rpm days is now practical Brazil in more placid mood. (Capi- Mode by the World's Largest ManufaCfurer of Pianos and Organs Under One Greot Nome and successful. Complete even to a tol, one 12-inch LP disc.) ===- ~ C. at FiJI - - D. Peters edition score for the missing (Continued on Page 62) THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER COMPANY· DE KA~B, ILLINOIS Copyright 1953 by Theodore Presser Co. 46 Intermilio~alCopyrighl ... ~ ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 47 ETUDE -DECBMBER 19' j in churches and on river banks. In BACKSTAGE WITH THE TV SCENE DESIGNER setting is different or where anum· shots are made from above, with the flicted with the school term. Cefu-Mawr, the Spanish singers of A RARE BIT OF SINGING AND DANCING Llangollen discovered it had ~o ber of scenes are involved in each camera pointing down and bringing Almaden and a choir of the local (Continued from Page 14) money to rent chairs for the big program (such as Firestone) this is the studio floor into prominent view. workers of the Monsanto plant sana (Condnncd from Page 20) tent. The committee put out an March 9th this year, Miss Hilde not more than 150 ft. long. impossible. My own solution to this problem has to each other' until 4 o'clock in th~ urgent call for something to sit on- Gueden appeared on "The Voice of Floors obsess the TV designer in Floors become even more impor- been to use "photo" paper which exile is meant any Welshman who morning. In Glyn, the SchleSWig. the event: deposits of some $75,000 enou ...h to accommodate 8000 people. Firestone" show. For her final song general, and the designer for per- tant on programs that involve vocal- comes in wide rolls, spread it on the returns to the old country after a Holstein group strolled up and down above average were recorded in the In re~ponse came upholstered chairs she sang Czardas from "Die Fleder- sonality-musical shows in particular. ists, a fact I have come to realize floor, paint my design on it, and sojourn abroad. The names are read the lanes singing while the Welsh town's two banks. But for the great out of parlors, sturdy oak ones out maus" for which I had designed a Not only are they a key means of sharply, having done the sets for after the show, have it removed. and, as anywhere from 300 to 500 at windows and in doorways reo majority money was not the incen- of kitchens cane- bottomed settees, ballroom setting in perspective. By creating a desired space impression, "The Voice of Firestone" since May Lighting plays as important a expatriates come to the platform, the sponded. I remember particularly tive. Scores of home-owners, for ex- milking sto~ls,_ even a few creaking having the floor design become as already indicated, but they must 1951, with frequent additional as- role in achieving successful perspec- huge audience sings, as only Welsh· one Dutch group singing on a night ample, refused to accept payment Morris chairs. Pews were unscrewed smaller and smaller toward the back receive some decorative treatment to signments to NBC's TV Opera Ser- tive effects as correct painting. A set men can, the lovely hymn of we]- that was so black you could not from their foreign guests and when from churches, benches came from wall of the stage, as well as scenery create a realistic scene. Rugs are ies, as well. No matter how attrac- can be painted in perfect perspective, come. Last year there were business- checks came by letter they sent them see the faces of the choir. Their con. on each side of the set gradually ruled out, for they would catch in tive a singer may be under other but under the wrong light the hoped. men and their wives from the United the schools. ductor donned white gloves, and it back. The show appealed to the But disaster threatened again when diminish in height, an impression of the camera's rollers and impede its circumstances, caught full-on by the for effect will be nullified. To achieve States, wool growers from Australia, was thrilling to watch those ap. strong streak of idealism in the French railroad workers went on nearly 250 ft. was achieved on the freewheeling action. On a permanent camera in the act of singing, most depth illusion on a set painted men and women from New Zealand, parently unattached hands markina Welsh character and was done for strike. The Spaniards came in a NBC Center Theatre Stage. which is set .It's possible to paint the floor, of them look singularly unattractive. in perspective, the upstage area Canada, Patagonia, Borneo, Hong- the beat. ~ the sake of that intangible something ramshackle bus. The pre-Communist actually only 40 ft. deep and perhaps but for a show where each week's Consequently a large percentage of (Continued on Page 51) kong and other places. called "international good will." Hungarians, singing as they went These village songfests have a dual The multilingual affair at Llangol- "This is your hearth," said the purpose. The villagers want to hear chairman. "Here we speak "the same and passing the hat, raised enough len, now seven years old, is an off- money to get to the Channel in more singing but, more important, shoot of the National Eisteddfod, a language, think about the same they want the visitors-e-invariahl- things and at times quarrel with the rented automobiles. The Italians purely Welsh institution going back walked and hitchhiked. Everybody poor young t rs-to have enough perhaps 800 years. Eistedd in Welsh same kind of anger. So poke up the money to purcha e a few souvenirs fire. move the cat out of the way arrived on time, a little battered but means to sit; fod is a place. Together somehow a little happier because to take home. The Au trian singers they make a word for a meeting of and sit down in the old chairs." of the difficulties overcome. two years ago were presented with people to listen to poetry, to singing The International, upstart among $200 or about 10 for each manin the Eisteddfodau, was the brain child The first year was an enormous <~, ,Learn More ••• Earn More and the playing of musical instru- success, spiritually and financially. the t rou pe. Out of such thoughtful. ments. Hundreds of Eisteddfodau of a Welsh miner's son-a stocky, Not only did the Eisteddfod cover all ness ha come many enduring friend. take place in Wales every year. 40-year.old newspaper man named expenses, it had made a profit of ships, kept alive by letters and by Abroad, wherever Welshmen live Harold Tudor. The idea came to him, . 86000. And it has continued to reo exchange of gih . A Welsh familv ,hru HOME STUDY in Spare Time there are others. We have them in he told me, during the war. One ~~l turn a profit. Last year's show, for may end to a panish visitor a fe~· America. There was a huge Eistedd- day when bombs were falling and example, cost $165,000 but cleared yard of cloth. Back will comea fod at the Chicago World's Fair ack-ack guns chattering he heard a $18,000. The profit goes into a fund ham, a doll or a wicker bottle 01 before the turn of the century and farm boy singing undisturbed by the ...~_~..- for improving the festival and into a wine...... noise and the danger. ... this year Utica, N. Y., celebrated its ------.;-- _---~,...-- sinking fund against the day when Last July's meeting was rendered .~ \\ .. ~ r Yom music can open the door to bigger opportunities ... if you 98th. The song outlasted the bombard- the International will have a perma- memorable by the visit or Queen .:.:,~ ~.,~ continue to train. Decide now to better your skills and broaden The Llangollen gathering, because ment and it seemed to Tudor that ...... ,,,'-~~~ your musical knowledge. Competition is keen, even in the smallest DIPLOMA nent structure as a gathering place Elizabeth and the Duke of Edia- it has more color and variety and here, symbolically, was the answer communities. Prepare to meet it anywhere, and take advantage of instead of a tent. burgh. Long before the royal couple includes singers and dancers from to the problems of the world. Music. I;' 01 all the won~lerful opportunities that are open in all branches of Competition in the singing follows arrived the tent resounded with the or Bachelor's Degree foreign countries, has attracted more the one language all people under- t, your profession. stood, might make a chorus that rigid rules. All groups sing three singing of hymn. The big canvas attention and has grown more rapid- enclosure hold 8000 people. On Opportunities and Better Income Become affiliated with a school that has earned the ly. Today it is second only to the would silence the guns for a11 time. songs: one in Latin. one a set piece recommendation of thousands of successful teachers lawns and 51 pe outside there is Royal National Eisteddfod, a festival After the war Tudor, living 15 assigned by the Eisteddfod, and a New forms of entertainment, TV for example, require entirely and professional musicians for over 50 years. We are space for 25.000 more who can listen new musical techniques .. , but well-paid, "Big Time" positions of all the arts and a focal point of miles from much-visited Llangollen, third of their own choosing. Listen- the 01'l1y school giving instruction in music by the to the music through the many laud- are available to those trained for this highly specialized field. Welsh culture and Welsh national enlisted the interest of Gwynn Wil- ing to 100-odd choirs sing the same Home-Study Method, which includes in its curriculum speaker. Bel w, in the town itself, aspirations. Here there is only one liams, who had quit the practice of piece of music may sound monoto- Interesting positions -are open in sclfools and colleges everywhere. nIl the courses necessary to obtain the Degree of language-Welsh. Even operas like law to become a composer and nous, but it is astonishing how dif- there are other amplifiers so that Again, specialization is necessary. Qualify yourself for teaching by Bachelor of Music. "Carmen" and readings from Dickens publisher of music. Together they ferent it sounds when rendered by the music from the Eisteddfod stage enrolling in our Advanced Study Courses. DOU BLE BENEFITS: Turn Spare Time into Profitable Study! talked to George Northing, mayor a group of London policemen and becomes easily audible to not les You improve your own performance, and you learn the latest im- -are done in Welsh and, of course, Schedules of busv musicians and teachers seldom by Austrian store clerks. than 50.000 persons. proved methods to stimulate interest of your students. every word spoken from the stage of Llangollen. He too liked the idea permit a return to formal classes, but they can advance is in the national tongue. of an Eisteddfod on broad, inter- Evenings are pure entertainment: On the stage to welcome the Queen Start NOW toward Greater Success rapidly through Extension Courses. These need not national lines and he called a meet- the soloists and choirs sing, the were ten choirs-c-about 800 voieee- The two main prizes, a crown and Get the training every musician wants to advance further interfere in an)' way with regular work. The progres- a chair, are awarded to poets; one ing. Llangollen then and there de- various groups dance, and always and when she made her \'fSY tothe and get it the modern, convenient Home Study way. Know the sive musician, busy as he may be, realizes the value for an original set of verses in the cided to launch the International. there is either a fine symphony or- tage the massed singers rolledout advanced, up-to-date techniques of today's music leaders. Courses of further study and finds the time for it, proceeding old Welsh meter, the other for one A little figuring showed that such chestra or a ballet company from Bach's "All Honor, Praise and Bles5' include: whenever spare moments are available. in more modern tempo. The crown- a gathering would cost the town not London. ing." The song was taken up by HISTORY:-A modern course including CHECK COURSE THAT INTERESTS YOU and mail coupon for less than $40,000. For Llangollen, The great attraction at Llangollen the audience and by thousands 0111· HARMONY:-\Vritten by two of the ing of the bard and the chairing of fill est theorists in the counrrv. Simple, all types of musk from ancient origins sample lesson and booklet ... without (lilY obligation. the bard are climactic moments. The with a population of 3000, it was an however, is indefinable-the spiri~ side the tent. Down in LlangoUen yet thorough in every way. From bask to 20th Century. Interesting-with em- fundamentals right through to Counter- phasis on the analysis of. musk-not a ~•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I other prizes are for soloists of the enormous sum. The committee passed of both audience and performers. On bu es stopped and activity in the point and Orchestration. dull collection of facts. : UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONSERVATORY. Dept•. A-7861 harp, piano and violin, for individual the hat. A garage owner tossed in both .sides of the footlights, they stores ceased 8.5 people in the gwlS ADVANCED COMPOSITION:-Designcd • 2000 South Michtqan Blvd.. Chicaqo 16. Illinois $150. A housewife gave a dollar. A to give you a useful knowledge of mu- ARRANGING:-All the tricks of modern singers and singers in choruses, for are SImple people. This year, for and bouse added their "oices tothe • PI&ase send me catalog, sample lessons :lnd full informa· schoolboy dropped in a penny. Every- sical forms and the general processes ;,rranging drawn fro~ the experiences writers of essays, short stories, novels example, the Dutch singers were all welcome. Beyond doubt it lf1S the of Composition. of the biggest "name" arrangers in the : lion regarding course I have marked with an X below. body gave something and that first country. and plays, for painters, sculptors, f~ctory workers, the French dancer loveliest musical ovation the ruler ':r. NORMAL PIANO _Especlallv deSigned • 0 Piano, Teacher's Normal Course 0 Voice year there were contributions from " for teachers or future teadlers Treats : 0 Piono. Student's Course 0 Choral Conducting potters, knitters and embroiderers. vmeyard hands, the women's choir of 8 people ha e\'er reeeh-ed. CHORAL CONDUCTlNG:-Brand new and solves ellery problem of the pro • 0 Public School Mus.-Beginner's 0 Clarinet To me the most unusual feature of citizens of Llangollen living abroad. from Bergen, Norway, were aU office course includes all the modern tech- Tudor's idea grows larger each , F;:ressll'e teacher : 0 Public School Mus.-Supervisor's 0 Dance Band Arranging the Royal National Eisteddfod is Finally there was a fund of $5000. niques-even broadcasting . employes or housewives. year, even spreading to other CO~D' •' ~ PUBLI~ SCHOOL MUSIC:-Flts you for • 0 Advanced Composition 0 Violin the attitude of the Welsh audience. Hardly enough-but the credit of actual work in the school room. Our VOICE:-Includes all essentials, such as Ear Training & Sight Singing Guitar Of ?ll this the audience is aware tries. pain now has its own danCJll! model lessons develop originality and : 0 0 Llangollen was good. Tudor and his Breathing, Resonance, Vocalization, These people who in private life are a.nd Intensely sympathetic. Once Ei teddfod. isits back and (nlli give you an excellent guide for teach- • 0 History and Analysis of Music 0 Mandolin associates sent out invitations. ing others. Enunciation, Phrasing, Style, etc. : 0 Harmony 0 Saxophone miners, farmers and shopkeepers lIsteners were informed quite casual. among group in orway, wede~ listen with intense and intelligent For a discouragingly long time no • 0 Cornet-Trumpet 0 Double Counterpoint ly by. the chairman that Luigi Cas- and Denmark is B de\-elopmtot t\i. : 0 Professional Cornet-Trumpet 0 Banjo interest to the poems and essays. foreign group responded. Then the toiOZZl, con?uc~or of the ~lilan group, rectl ascrihable to the International They follow the judges' literary and first entry-from Kalmar, Sweden. : Name,-~ ~ Age, _ had sold hIS plano in order to defray which may in time C'-oh-e into an technical criticism as people in Others came in a rush: from Belfast • Street No. _ ex~enses. The audience began to all· andinavia musical assembh· \ University Extension • America might follow a sports com· in Northern Ireland, Oporto in • whIsper and after a while there wa The idea born in war bas yet ~ • Cily' Stale' _ mentary. and when they leave they Portugal, from Florence and Milan 450-" h I • in Italy, from Winschoten in Hal. . to e p pay the cost of a silence the guns. Yel the 1I"tllth 0 • go on arguing with one another new plano." • Are you teaching now? If so, how many pupils hove about the merits of this poem against land. There were 14 altogether high spirits tbat pours throUgh~ • In villages near Llangollen, where c • you? Do you hold a Teacher's Certificale?' _ that one. enough to begin. Ohio State and little market lOWD on th. Dte {nil I\~)~CONSERVATORY • many of the contestants are quar- The most moving moment is the Yale wanted to compete but the over its bridge i creaun~' . • Have you studied Harmony? Would you like to earn ~~red, the choirs sing again after the but 10,""ly bond bett on the interaction of characters, not imported 4 live cypresses from up- '17 '~u~preds l.I;JQIV 'f: 'u!l{nu;JIN: !pnq;J A 'Z ·.I;JZln;J.I)[ ;Jl(dlop01:I '1 quarter rest. for Ieer. on the fact that the action takes state New York at a fraction of the A graceful brace su pports The level ..,11"et lOU place at sea. A realistic setting corn- cost of imitations. All was well till plete with nautical minutiae would we came up against the Fire De- his side, near by. have pulled attention away from partment which insisted we fireproof His timepiece and notes denote 1s known far and wide as the the actors. For this reason we re- them. Spraying them with the proper his pride. Octave High. frained from putting the set into solution had the unfortunate effect motion like a ship rolling on the of turning them white, an unhappy high seas, though mechanically this circumstance remedied only by paint- would not have been difficult. The ing them green. So by the time we fact that it would have distracted used them our real trees were fairly the viewing audience was enough ersatz anyhow. TEACHERS reason to discard the idea. Every- Some of the other prop-problems thing in the performance was sub- that have to be kept in mind include for Extra Profits and $$$ Savings ordinated to the characters. On the the fact that they must have differ- other hand, the opposite is true in entiating light values. A wooden JOIN \ \ presenting Strauss' "Del' Rosen- cigarette box on a table of similar I' ETUDE TEACHERS' CLUB kavalier" which NBT performed in wood would not be sharply defined 2 installments, last April and May in the gray and black tones in which for details, write ETUDE as the final opera of its season. TV comes over. A ceramic or silver ETUDE TEACHERS' CLUB Lightweight in plot and characters, box would be better, though if silver "Hosenkavalier" depends for its is used it has to be waxed to dull it c/o ETUDE the music m090zine the music magazine flavor to a great extent on the and eliminate shine. Mirrors must Bryn Mawr, Po. setting and costumes of the Maria be treated the same way, and cos- Theresa period of 18th Century tumes with light-catching sequins, Austria. The grand stairways, or pailettes are strictly ver botem: PIANISTS BE VERSATILE EXTENDS HEARTIEST CHRISTMAS All in all, while a sound technical ~anened walls, glistening chanda- Seven New Books by Hollywood's Teacher of Professional Pianists Former hers, costumes of satins and bro- background in the principles of Head Teacher of Popular Piano Department of NEW ENGLAND CONSERVA- cades all suggest the spirit and architecture and design are musts TORY of MUSJC GREETINGS TO ITS MANY FRIENDS temperament of the time. for a TV scene designer, and it helps I. Block Chord Exercises for the Pianist Light ~ravels in a straight line, if he starts with, instead of acquiring 2. Single Finger Figures for the Modern Pianist on the way, an understanding of the 3. Substitute Chords and Voicing by Mastery of MOflcrn Progression a t~eorellcal bit of information that 4. Substitute Chords and Voicing by Mastery of Modern Scales laws of optics and color values, basic IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD I~asan immediate practical connota- 5. Solo Styles for the Modern Pianist tl.onfor a designer who is "dressing" to all this is the need for a strong 6. Left Hand Ideas for the Modern Pianist Iusset for a show. Pictures, if photo- back, an active imagination and the 7. Runs for the Pianist graphed from the side, for instance, improvisation gifts of the mother in Studies for Development o! Technique, Transpositions, Endings, Introduction.s, "George. guess who Junior brought home for dinner;" must be hung off-center to appear "Swiss Family Robinson." And if he etc. Each Book 0/ 15 Studies $3.00 Send Postal or Bank JHoney Order Only to centered in the image on the TV doesn't have them when he starts, SAM SAXE 6513 De Longpre Ave. Hollywood 28, Calif. screen. Foreground furniture must he'll soon develop them. THE END 50 -ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 51 PRACTICE PIANO WHILE BABYSlE[P~! With the l\MITONE SILENCER you can practice and lIevel9p "t'\O'i~""'l technique in complete .. the ~ privacy. ONLYYOUHEAR ~r9an ~uestions THE NOTES - HO SOUND perfect ~iolin f(lluestions CURIES BEYOND THE Chr;.Ima5 ROOM. Others not dis. Gift turbed While reading sleeping. enjoying TV 9; radio. Fits any spinet or Answered by FREDERICK PHILLIPS FRANK SAAM'.S By HAROLD BERKLEY . upright. No installation problem-jUst !lrop it in to practice-then 11 take it out to play normally. «'3;' •iJ'~ SATiSFACTION GUARANTUD some deviations from rigid tempos- ~~TttlT NO. 2501919 Value of a Lupot Bow the rest are worth between $10,000 ONLY $9.95 PIIllpaid No C.O.D.'s please Canyou. refer me to a Hymnal or A godsend to beginners and student. .•• and $20,000. PLEASE SPECIFY: Make of Piano, Whether a bookthat gives metronome tempo for purposes of interpretation and a time sever for professionals. E. G. T., British Columbia. In my spinet Dr upright; Player: man, woman, chila. marks of the standard protestant expression, but the following are the A few minutes daily will greatly benefit opinion, you paid too much for the THE LIMIT ONE COMPANY ARTICULATtON •• INTONATiON •• TRILLS 5226 PENN AVENUE, PlnSaURGH 14, PA. hymns?Or can you advise me on the basic metronome tempos of these six • VIBRATO •• FLEXIRlLlTY AND TONE. violin branded "Violin d'Artist- An Average Maker propertempo for such hymns. 1 play hymns: The Church's One Founda- Endorsed by Berkley, Dounis, Mis- Wieniawsky." Such instruments are G. M. -.n., Oklahoma. Dominique theorgan at onr church; some say 1 tion, ; 100; Corne Thou Almighty chakoff, and many others ••• factory products, and are usually Salzard was born about 1810 and = ... and I am delighted with your play the hymns too slow, others say King, ; =88; Eternal Father Strong worth less than $200. (2) The bow died about 1875. He lived for a while "FINGER-FLEX". To my mind, it is the to Save, ; = 76; Lead Kindly Light, only mechanical aid to violin playing that stamped "Lupct" is almost certainly in Paris but most of his work was too fast. How can I determine just I have seen which fulfills the cloirns made whatwould be the right tempo? ;=60; Now the Day is Over ;=69; for it. not a genuine Lupot. If it were it is done in Mirecourt. His instruments "FINGER-FLEX" has a speciol appeal R. G.-Iowa Onward, Christian Soldiers; = 120. for me because it is so readily adoptable not likely that it would have been are typical of the average French to the system of Mute Practice which I sold for $5S-a genuine Lupot bow, work of the period, and are worth described in my book 'Basic Violin Tech- The very fact that some say too I play a one manual and pedal nique'. in good condition, is worth between today about $200 if in good condi- .. -. • . Tunepianosin30days I"The results of the "FINGER-FLEX" prcc- su lUu ..,c,,1 1oIluwh ••I\:_ ..-,..,y. Pl.n.. ,,,,, '" 1"'1 slow,and others say too fast, is al- Connsoniaa Electronic Organ (Model tice amazed me". $250 and $400. But if the bow and tion. u..mUlld. I...... l1:'li_' .ralll'''1: I.l)' .,,~ru;. ktl lu.OI\ I~~ mostproof that you are not far from 1 EJ, and am interested in organ In"...u"."'" rn.n"al~. Inch"lln~ln.l lun,n~.11111 beingright-neither one extreme nor studies and pedal studies for prac- Frank Saam's"QL:r£mona~1Lu~trr" A Guitar Question ~~~I"N;a'~,,:"'.':,"~,""l:~-~:::.,.f .... ·~~NII::'.. = tice purposes. Please suggest studies WORLD'S OUTSTANDING CLEANER & A Certified ClaiJn E. L., Massachusetts. I am sorry CAPITOL CITY TUNING SCHOOL the other. We do not know of any POliSH FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS Dept. 1240. 129 E, Mlchl.all Au .. Lallal •• II. MII~ metronomemarked hymnal or of any suitable for One manual. / have Wrile for fulr particu/a" Q. V., Montreal." The violins of to have to disappoint you, but guitars bookgiving such markings. The rea- "Pedal Mastery" by Dunham, an.d it SAAM'S MUSICAL SPECIALTIES Tomaso Carcassi sell today for any- are quite outside my territory. Per- Box 3866, Park Grove Station, Detroit 5. Michigan thing between $900 and $lS00-if haps you could get some information son undoubtedly is that tempo is has been a great help to me. 1 am they are genuine! The trouble is that if you wrote to the Manager, The BOOK MANUSCRIPTS largelya matter of individual taste, still taking piano lessons, and am some unscrupulous copyists have in- Rudolph Wurlitzel' Co., 120 West INVITED and the leanings and "bringing up" working on fift.k and sixth grade serted genuine-looking Carcassi la- 42nd Street, New York City. The H YOU arll loolIIlnl 1M • pU!.Ilhbu. ttnd I. '" 1m. of varied congregations. A personal music. Illu.tratlld booklet tlll~ T. I •• ,h'" ,. &"tAI/ L. S.-Mich. bels in thousands of inferior violins. firm sells guitars, and it has a good II /'''I

58 ETUDE-DfXEUBfR /9;) ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 59 MUCH TO DO ABOUT CONDUCTING should place more emphasis upon ground are put to the supreme test. (Continued from Page 19) performance, teaching techniques, The most effective and practical conducting, and actual applied ex- means for acquiring score-reading their college training is in evidence grams of our colleges whose mu- perience such as is to be found in ability is to begin with the study of pro I' . d I sicalbackground was irrute to c ass when we observe their conducting at the modern trends of our progressive the scores of the string quartets of lessonsin a heterogeneous ensemble various state festivals and contests. schools of medicine, dentistry, sci. Beethoven, .Moaart and Haydn. Next Iichmet for a semester or two, and ence and engineering, where lectures we could follow these with the study presser~s PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER ~:lowed by participation in the Correlated Instruments are gradually giving way to actual of woodwind and brass quartets, schoolband or orchestra. In addition to a thorough back- demonstrations, and student partici- quintets, sextets and thence to the Many of these young men and ground upon the major instrument, pation under competent supervision. larger ensembles. womenare possessed of considerable the high school band conductor must Certainly it is difficult to conceive of By means of these procedures the . .' . 0 d r 'ted to two copies ) student of conducting will acquire Order now to take advantage of low advance of publication pnces. r ers are trru . '11 b ~ talentand if givefi'the opportunity of acquire a solid foundation upon the programs and curricula which at- ) receivingproper instruction would various wood wind, brass, percussion tempt to produce teachers and con- facility in transposition, voicing and per book. Please send remittance (check or money order) with your order. Postpaid delivery WI e ( eventuallydevelop into excellent mu· and string instruments. This does ductors by means of the "lecture cueing. The fact that the score in- '( made as each book comes off the press. ) sicians.Unfortunately, however, fre- not imply a semester of class instruc- method" although many such courses cludes a minimum number of parts is quentlytheir entire m~sical ~ack. tion of heterogenous instruments exist. An example of such was cited an advantage to the inexperienced groundis devoid of a sl!1~le prrvate meeting twice weekly for twenty by a student in my own conducting conductor, as it will provide ample LITTLE PLAYERS HAVE ARRIVEOI SACREO SONGS (for Junior Choir) lessonunder a competent instructor. class sessions as is so often the case, class who had recently been granted opportunity to read each individual FOLK·WAYS U.S.A. -s-Robert Nolan Ken by Elie Siegmeister arr. by Margaret Jones Hoffman Nevertheless,even with such defi- bUL rather a serious and prolonged an "A" in a previous conducting part. The "Little Players" series by Kerr is rounded cienciesthey attend colleges whose study of the instruments under the class which consisted of sixteen lec- As facility is gained, the student A progressive series of American songs, scenes This collection contains easily sung ar-range- out by this latest addition, ,\hiCh Iutrodu ee the staffand curriculum are inadequate direction of a competent teacher. tures on baton technique, although should seek scores of more extended and sketches for piano-in 5 volumes, beginning ments of sacred songs for junior choirs in unt- student to more advanced rending problems, to provide for a thorough musical Naturally, such a program of not a member of the class was called instrumentation and form. The re- with music Ior the very earliest beginner. Be- son or two-parts. Included are traditional carol" rhythmic patterns. phrasing, and chord building. training. Yet, these same students study could not be accomplished in upon to conduct a single composi- hearsing of the small ensemble is lieving that the children of each era are attuned and hymns 3S well as choice selections of Helpful hints on how to penctlce, m ·mory geme, willgraduate and many aloe certain the normal four or five years of col- tion. also a valuable experience for the to the sounds of that period, the author has Brahms, Schubert, Thomas Tallis, Max Helfman. and notes to both student and teacher make this to be our music educators of tomor- lege; but if carried on through a If we are to produce conductors young conductor since it enables tried to interpret the sounds of current Ameri- An additional group of responses and amens a worthwhile eonu-ibutfon to Il da~oltical ma- period of years following graduation, who are trained and prepared to him to test and improve his rehearsal can life-"the bleat of the hot trumpet, the whir- makes this col1ection invaluable for the junior row. It is ironical that though these the conductor will eventually acquire efficiently rehearse our school bands techniques, baton control and facility ring of a plane motor, the jingle of a television choir director. teria1. young folks are intelligent, indus- proficient technique and adequate and orchestras, we must provide an as well as offering opportunities for commercial." By capturing these elemental ex- 41041030 List Price 1.00 412·41007 List Price .85 instrument upon which they may development of style, interpretation periences in the simplest of tone patterns, Elie Advance of Pubtiemton .70 triousand talented, they have little teaching skills upon these instru- Advance of Publicnrion $.50 have an opportunity to practice their and phrasing. Siegmeister has wrought a series to appeal or no opportunity to develop their ments. At any rate, he should not be In the school music field the con- strongly to the young pianists of onr own age. musicianshipbecause of the require- teaching those instruments of which conducting and rehearsal techniques. ductor is concerned with so many THEMES FROM GREAT CHAMBER MUSIC mentsimposed by the music educa- hc has no training or knowledge. Certainly, we would never think of 410·41033 List Price $1.00 attempting to develop pianists, vio- factors that the opportunity for the compiled and arranged by Henry Levine RELEA ED tion curriculum. Methods, courses, Another indispensable requisite of Adyancc of Publication $.70 THIS 1'10 Tn! philosophy,psychology, and other the well trained school conductor is linists, clarinetists, or singers by the conducting and interpretation of a This volume will bring to the music teacher, importantand vital academic courses his knowledge of baton technique. "lecture method," yet that seems to musical score becomes a treasured student and music lover a new source of enjoy- The following books, from last be the pattern of many "conducting" experience. In the usual school band SHARE THE FUN aresteadily being increased in num- Here the student should seek indi- ment-the pleasure of playing some of the month's pre-publication list. are berand content; as a result the mu- courses as "conducted" in some pro- or orchestra rehearsal the conductor by Ella Ketterer vidual assistance, since the Instruc- loveliest musical moments in the entire litera- NOW IN PRINT. For a 30·day peri. sicalcontent of the curriculum is be- tion presented in many music edu- grams. Let us profit from the pro- remains a teacher much of the time; A duet book for very young students. Here are ture of traditional chamber music, most of the od only they are offered at speeiel ing constantly curtailed and to the cation classes, while ample for the gram of "interneship" as conducted on the other hand, he must be s~ch a ten easy duets for two young players. Both music derived from String Quartets of Beethov- INTRODUCTORY PRICES. detriment of the student's musical elementary stages, fails to provide by our schools of medicine and sterling musician and superb con-- primo and secondo parts share equally in the en, Schubert, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart and Tcha i- progress. the necessary skills and background dentistry and apply these ideas to ductal' that he can inspire his young music. Recital material. Grade 1 to 1lf2. kovsky has never been available for piano. CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS Unfortunately, we frequently find required in the field. Also, frequent- our students of conducting. musicians when the opportune mo- 410·41032 List Price S.85 41041027 List Price 81.50 -s-arranged by Anthony Condt/or; in the field of music education a ly the classes are large and thus Such participation under proper ment arises. supervision is certain to assure us of In conclusion, may I again em- Advance of Publication $.55 Advance of Publication 51.10 This book of fomitiar car Is provid a prae- curriculumso demanding in its re- afford little opportunity for indi- tical two-stave accompanim nt ,dlich mlar be lated and non-music requirements vidual attention. The laboratory in- better school conductors in the phasize that the art of conducting is used for the piano, pipe r Hamm nd rpn. that the student finds little or no strument frequently consists of either future. one of music's most demanding as- TEEN·AGE TECHNIC PROKOFIEFF IS EASY It also serves us a supplementary u~t"OD:ipani. timefor the pursuance of study that a piano, recording, or voice; seldom Another field of preparation that signments, filled with hours of dis- menl for "Chrislmas arol We Lo,·t To by Stanjord King compiled, edited and arranged by Denes Agar must be included in every conduc- couragement and moments of re- Sing" (with stories of lhe arol) publi~bed is pertinent to his field of speciali- is sufficient or proper instrumenta- tor's background is that of theoI)', ward. However, if the student has the For intermediate grades, this folio of 25 short Mr. Agay has aptly described Prokofieff as ~'One for mixed voices (312-21130). zation. tion provided the student for con- necessary musicianship and leader- etudes will fill the bill for the teacher whose of the few modern masters whose works have a 41141004 List Prit'e .;5 Certainlythe vast majority of the ducting rehearsals. harmony, ear training, counterpoint. teen·age students are especially interested in nearly universal appeal ... !" This unique col- Final .lntroduclory Price .60 subjectmatter which formulates our Because of these conditions the analysis, instrumentation and arrang- ship ability and is willing to accept learning how to play dance music. While not a lection offers twelve of Prokofieff's pieces, ill. presentmusic education program is conducting experience and rehearsal ing; only through such study and the disappointments with the pleas- ·'popular" method, it tackles the technical prob· cluding original piano pieces from his "Music PIANO PATTERNS importantand vital to the student's techniques so necessary to the stu· experience can the conductor come ures, then conducting can be one of to understand the content of the life's most musically satisfying and lems of arpeggios, scales, cross hands, and ve· For Children, Op. 65" and easy.to·play transcrip. -Thirty Easy Characteristic PieceJ over·alldevelopment; on the other dent's development are often by- score, and while such knowledge thrilling experiences. locity through attractive, tuneful studies in pop- tions of selections from the well known "Pet,er This collection I>resenb, the "c.lcome com· hand,the fact remains that its in. passed. Hence the elements of form, ular style. Included are boogie-woogie, samba, and the Wolf," "Classical Symphony," "The bin.ation of utlractive and app alin~ pieas clusionis depriving music education baton technique, facility, clarity, does not necessarily improve his Finally, may I add, if our school rhumba, tango, fox trot and others. Grades 3-4 Love OJ Three Oranges" and "Romeo ane! whl~h ~erve to develop specific kill for the students of a sufficiently adequate control, co-ordination, grace and baton technique, it is of valuable bands and orchestras of the future inclusive. Juliet." b.Cgllll1l1lg student. Each ction (there arr musicalbackground to properly per- fluency are seldom adequately pre- assistance in his interpreting and are to improve, we must first find s~x) contni~s five varied piee chosen ~pe- form their lifetime duties as mu- projecting the composer's musical means for providing a more ade. 410·41031 List Price $.85 410·41023 List Price $1.00 cIflcally to ILlustrate these basic techniques: sented in such classes. Th~ problem siciansand teachers. score. In this phase of the conduc- quate and complete background for Advance of Publication $.50 Advance of Publication $.70 htaccato-lcgnto; rhythm; arpe~~io:.: c:roNo is a difficult one, but where it re- ands; scales; and cbord!. ho u5IIbie for . ~nother basic requisite of mu- mains unsolved we again find our tor's preparation, he must concen- the student in our music education supplemenlary "Ork Dnd for recilal. SICianshipand 50 essential to the de- prospective conducting student be- trate and apply his knowledge with programs. This objective must be 41041029 List Price 1.2' YOUR FAVORITE SOLOS LORO IS MY SHEPHERO (Psalm 23) velopmentof the school band and ing "short-changed" as are certain every composition he would perform. accomplished, of course, without FinulintroducloryPri e 1.00 Score-reading is another requisite sacrifice to the broad scope of the compo by George Walter Anthony -Giuseppe Moschetti orchestra conductor is a knowledge to be the thousands of students who of the representative literature of that is basically essential to the cultural and academic program so Presser's top twenty piano solos-the selectiom Cantata for Mixed Voices and Organ perform under his direction in the PIANORAMA OF EASY PIECES the major instrument. Only by such equipment of every conductor. It is vital to his total equipment as a teachers order above all others-have now been This cantata, ideally suited to the small church BY MODERN MASTERS years ahead. . me~nscan the prospective conductor Perhaps a partial solution to thIS here that his musicianship, perform- musician, scholar and individual. compiled into a significant volume that may choir, may be used at any time durin ... ,I . . 0 Ie . compiled and arrafl&~d bJ' D~nd A!Of ance ability and theoretical back- THE END well become the most important single item in I achle;ethe training necessary to the problem lies in a remodeling of our lturglcal year. Composed in a traditional har. TillS collection offers ideal mated.1 for your work. Outstanding contents include The effectIVeand musically satisfying per. music education requirements and a monic and contrapuntal style, it moves con. s~udy,. rc.cital. and sikht readio~ ~ _ioD.! (or formance,and only through the seri- thorough job of evaluating the sub- Camel Train, Dance oj the Rosebuds, Hungary vincingly from the music of the fi,-, h ~ e 21~lal1lSlof modernle ~l.iU.Tbirt) plett! PIANIST'S PAGE ~ C orus, ousstudy of ~uch repertory can the (Rapsodie Mignonne), March of the Wee Folk, through a four-part fughetta to the fi,>al s . y ~ of the leadin! ('olUPO~n. of tbe ~Otb ject matter of present day method . " ectlon performer or conductor achieve a Valse Petite, and fifteen other best-selling num· employmg echo effects and ending on a brief S~nlu.ry kare pre 1l1ed. includioll ,,"ork by and technique couJS(;S. Undoubtedly, (Continued from Page 21) bel'S. but powerful "Alleluia." dalavlnsd'Yp' De.b,!s~y, Prokofie.ff. Bartok. Ko- proper knowledge and concept of much condeRsing, streamlining and y an oeCllll. style ph . the excerpts with either hand, on the the Man Down; Old Oaken Bucket; , rasmg, expression and tempi elimination of much repetition now 41041034 List Price $1.25 41241006 List Price $1.00 41041026 List Price 1.50 andthus rende ff·· • black keys, all over the keyboard, Morning Mood (Grieg) ; My Bonnie . t an e ectlve mterpre. found in many courses could be Advance of Publication $.80 Fioal1ntl"oduetoryPrice 1.20 and without looking . Lies over the Ocean; H aly Night; Advance of Publication 8 •70 tatlOnof the composer 's score. accomplished by such a survey. The opening measures of the fol- Old Folks at Home; How Can I ~ere again, frequently we find a Another aid in solving this prob- lowing are some typical "snatch" Leave Thee? ; Over the Fence is Out; senous deficiency on the part of lem would seem to be found in are· examples: Cuckoo; Three Blind Star-Spangled Banner.... and of THEODORE PRESSER CO., ;choo1band and orchestra conduc- vision or overhauling of the applied BRYN MAWR, PE Mice; Il Etait Vne Bcrgere; Blow course, Hot Cro.~sBuns! THE END YL IA ors whose shallow background in music requirements. Perhaps we 60 ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 61 , ETLDE-DfXEIlBER 19;' NEW RECORDS OLE BULL RETURNS TO PENNSYLVANIA (Continued from Page 16) CLASSIFIED ADS (Continued from Page 47) MUSIC SCHOOL STUDENTS en to know anything about the Berger presented the Bill calling for earn extra money h;PP f the Ole Bull Castle? We (I) the rebuilding 01 Ole Bun's ~ARIION~, Composition, Orcnestre- THE SCIENTIFIO MUSIC TEACHER string tone like Joseph Schusterls." Castle as part of the Bull Centennial tto n, MUSIcal Theory. Private or _Monthly-$3,00 year. Request sam- Franck: Quintet in F Minor Phanst~e moneyto rebuild it, if we Correspondence Instruction. Manu- ple. Morong, Box 21, Brooklyn 25, But Schuster is more than master 01 ave " Th Celebration, and (2) the reactivation scripts revised and corrected. Mustc New York. as an ETUDE REPRESENTATIVE The present status of Cesar doit accurately. . . e man, arranged. Frank S. Butler, 32-46 107 the heart-warming romantic tone, ~aondneyHeymann, President of the of the colony in the form of an an- St., Corona, N. Y. Franok is suggested by the fact that OLD AND NEW ViOLINS. cenoe, Schuster, first 'cellist of the New hamber of Commerce, was nual Music Festival, to be held dur- Bows, Supplies, Repairing, Eaken. apitol's new recording of the piano a eton C ,., for information. write C York Ph ilharmonic-Symphony for G I ing Pennsylvania Week and to be LEARN PIANO 'rUNING-Slmplifted, 310 E. Washington se. Chambers- uintet is the first domestic record- asamazedby Inez Bull S identity as authentic instruction $4.00-Liter- burg. Pa. q eight years and now a concert 'cellist, Business Manager g on 16ng-play. Fortunately, the sbewas by his offer, and together known as the Ole Bull Music Festi- at u re free. Prof. Ross, ·466 Beecher in manages his rich tones with versanl, St., Elmira, N. Y. rst is good. We have grown accus- lheydiscussedwhat loo~e? like ~n val, under the personal direction of WHA'I' DO YOU SAY when pupil tells ETUDE the music magazine fi you that he is stopping his lessons? ity and art. Capitol Records has re. Inez Bull. This Bill passed the Sen- WRI'I'E SONGS; Read "Songwriter's tomed to excellent chamber perform- t emely vague propOSItIOn. MISS Compilation of replies will be sent to centl y added Schuster to its roster extr b ildi h ate unanimously, 49-0, the first Bill Review" Mae;aztne. ] 650-ET Br-oad- all interested persons by Carleton Bryn Mawr. Pa. nces by the Hollywood String Bullbad no idea of re.Ul mg t e way, New York 19, 25¢ COpy; $2.00 a and has launched his recording Frick, P,O. Box 123, Monticello, uartet, and there is no let-down Castle-all plans and pictures had in Pennsylvania State history to be year. Illinois. Q career with an interesting recital of ith this Franck recording. Victor beenlost for nearly a century-and thus passed. It was passed by the w three contrasting works. Performing House 205-1. UACIi: POPULAR SH~E'I' MUSIC TO LEARN PIANO 'rUNING A'I' H01\I£. A Her's piano role is properly co- themostshe could promise was to 180.0. Ballads, ragtime, everything. Course by Dr. w m. Braid White, ~ with the Los Angeles Orchestral Thus, the Ole Bull Colony has re- Catalogue 15t. Classics exchanged world's leading piano technician and f 0 rdinated with the quartet, and the communicatewith her grandfather, tor- popular. Fore's, E3161 High, Den- teacher. Write Karl Bartellbach. Society conducted by Franz Waxman turned to life in Pennsylvania. All ver 5, Colorado. instrumental arrangement around l Theodore Bull, in Norway. Then, in 1001A. Wells sr., Lafayette, Ind. Schuster reads Bruch's Kol Nidrei of Inez Bull's suggestions for the IIie microphone is so well-contrived considerableexcitement, Miss Bull TO STUDY? sensitively and give the familiar Centennial were carried out; and the VIOLrN3-IAKERS. AJUATEURS, HARJUONIZING ~IELODIES AT WHERE SHALL I GO that the balance is better than we andher mother continued their trip pnOFESSIONALS. Fine tone Euro- 8IG"T-24 pages of solid instruction Schuman concerto a splendid rendi, Music Festival, sponsored by the De- pean wood. Materials, supplies, pat- and easy-to-follow charts on impro- usually hear in concert. Tonally the borne, terns, tools 3-1"0:1 instructions, Illus- PAULINE ALFANO tion. For record collectors the un, vising, transposition and harmoniza- PRIVATE TEACHERS (New Yo,k CHy} disc is equally successful. (Capitol Whenthey arrived, they found partment of Commerce, was held for trated catalogue lOt! refundable. tion. $1.00 postpaid. Free list of thou- CONCERT PIANIST-COMPOSER· TEACHER familiar Johann Christian Bach the first time in October of 1953, fol- Premier Violin Supplies, 430 South sands of popular songs. books and Pupil of Paolo Gollico & Michele Fivesky P 8220) awaitingthem a letter from Gover- Broad way. DI vision VE, Los Ange- folios sent on request. Lewis At-nne RICHARD McCLANAHAN les 13, California. PROGRAM BUILDING-HARMONY- 'cello concerto is the chief value01 lowing Miss Bun's return from Nor- Music, 117 W. 48th Street, New York Teacher of Piano norFine,invitingMiss Bull as guest COU NTERPOI NT the Schuster disc. This work by 1. S, way where she was sent as Governor 36, New York. Matthey exponent, formerly his representative. Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B of honorto the Bull Centennial in )IUSICAL PERSONALIZED STA- Studio: Carnegie Hall, 57th St. & 7th Ave., N,Y.C. 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Dramatic Soprano ISABEL HUTCHESON again to serve his purposes, bringing CLASSICS ON rix8 SONGDEX CARUSo Teacher of Singing-"Bel Canto" recordings of 1947 and 1948 do not withfurther research, yielded suffi. Valuable' Christmas ~ift. For full 10 cents each (your choice). Shows Refresher Course for Piano Teacher.: Stokow ki and the Philharmonic. In information write LISTEN A.ND Experienced European trained Arti.t ave the tone quality of more recent cientdata to begin rebuilding the enjoyment to many people. The Mu- melody, chords and words. Free list. Coaching Opera, Concert and Radio Modern PianoT echnie:CoachingConcert Pianish: h both cases the Indianapolis record· LEARN TO SING, 1049-£ S. La 'Valter Stuart Music Studio, 1227-B Group Work: for further information addreH; Caslle, sic Festival will carry out the same Cienega, Los Angeles 35, California. Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey. Correct voice production, defective singing discs, the art of Dinu Lipani is ing comes off econd best. ritsky's corrected. Studio 202, 10051/2ElmSt., Dallas, Texo. Thenlon October 18, 1952, Gov- idea-planned· for the people, u~ed Beginners accepted faithfully represented. (Columbia Khachaturian lacks iOCl5IreneS!, FAULTY TONED VIOLINS given a Phone: Trafalgar 7·8230 enorFine called Inez Bull from her by the people, and made up of the thrilling new voice by an acoustical SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVA- ML 4721) sometimes to the pOint of in9pidity, 608 We5t End Ave. New York City concertengagements in Europe to be people," expert, Weep no more. Rejoice! Che~- TORY OF MUSIC, INC. Moreover. Capitol hs recorded the sea Fraser, MVM. 2025 Starl>:, Sagl- naw, Michigan, Walnut 1·3496 Brahms: Rinaldo, Op. 50 guest of honor at Penns\'lvania Any chorus, band, orchestra, choir, CRYSTAL WATERS 3435 Soeromento Street performance with a m)-opic micro- Opera Deportment WeekState Forest Rangers e~corted soloist, etc., may perform at the Ole Teacher of Singing Bachelor of Mu.ic Degree The amazing searchlight of the LP phone that results in clouded tone VIOLINIS'I'S! Learn about the Fraser Popular Song. and Classics Artists Diploma Pedagogy Certificate MissBull and her mother to the old Bull Music Festival, and awards will hand-made violin. It has everything TV.-Rod io-Stage-Concert disc continues to discover music far at low level and tODe ",..ithout bodr Approved for veteran. Castlesite. It was at that time only be made for the best vocal and in- -beauty, power, melody, a soul, low 405 East 54th St. New York22, N. Y. Children'. Saturday morning Classe •. 1rom the beaten path. Brahms' Ri- at higb level, (Capitol P 8223) price. Chelsea Fraser, MVM, 2025 'VANTED PARTS FOR 35 piece or- an empty pit on the crest of the strumental performances in the State Stark, Saginaw, l\fichigan. chestra for "Indian Summer", N, naldo, f?f instance, with words by Moret; "Folks Up 'Villow Creek", mountain,and surrounded by the of Pennsylvania each year. Anyone LEOPOLD WOLFSOHN MAE GILBERT REESE Goethe, IS known to music historians Carlton; and "Darkle Tickle". 'lVill PIA.NISTS. TEACHERS, STUUEl\'TS. accept band parts if orchestra parts Composer, Pianist and Teacher Pianist Iahler: )'mplJ,on)' '0.1 inD treesOle Bull had so loved-as well wishing to gain a hearing may com- tune octaves and unisons yourself. Teacher of Aaron Copland, Elie Siegmeister Specialized training for 1argely as an indication of the kind not available. The Doctor's Orches- Major as by six natural gas wells (from municate with Miss Inez Bull, 172 For complete easy instructions, send tra, 115 N. Portage Path, Aluon 3, . ond many artists ond teochers. teachers and concert artists of opera Bl'ahms might have written_ $200 to: Piano Tuners Exchange, BEGINNINGTO ARTISTICFINISH 1330N. Crescent Hts. Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. When William temberg badthe onlyoneof which the State of Penn. Watchung Avenue, Upper Montclajr, 3434 Urban Ave., Santa. Monica, Cali- Ohio. Hotel Ansonia, B'wayat 73rd St., NewYorkCity Ho 3-2296 Opus 50 is a cantata for tenOr solo. opportunity to pr sent lbe Pitts- fornia. male chorus, and orchestra, and sylvaniadrew oyer 8600,000 in reve- New Jersey. RE'l'IRING. Will sell private Long burgh orchestra in Nelli' York'sCar· nuesin a single year!) There, in In addition to improving the Park Island Music~Da.nclng School, equip- tho~gh g:lluine Brahms in style and READ 1'1'. ")i'AC'rS A.NU FANCIES ment, good will, lovely furnished negie HaJl last winler. he cbosethi~ th~ presence of state dignitaries, and launching the Festival, Miss AOOu'r ANTONIUS S'l'RA.DlVAR.IUS home. 25 years finest reputation. caIIbl:e, IS far below the "German ANI) HIS VIOI.I,,"S" 25 cents per Telephone R06-1645 or write ETUDE, sym phony to dCUlomtrale the talenl~ MISS Bull received the Scroll. laid Bull is carrying forward her plans copy. Box 342, potsdam, New Yor}c Box 41, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ReqUIem" and "Song of Fate." Vox e Ilas released Rinaldo in an excellent of the steel-c.ity orcheslra. Capitol'J Lt State of Pennsylvania wre~th on for the Castle. Through the unclear FOR. SALE, A museum piece in ex- FOR. SALE. Small music school near recording shows. not onl)' Wit Sle~' t e Castle site, and listened to title of a century agol the State of cellent condition in rose wood. performanceero. by Joachim K 1 Philadelphia, Pa. Approved for Vet- N berg und niland and fe-peets the ~p~ec?eswhich credited her with Pennsylvania took over the land and Decker Brothers. New York. ~Quare erans Training. \Vrite ETUDE, Box: t~n~r; ew Paris Symphony As~o- grand piano, tuned for firs_t tll"!1e In 42, Bryn Mawr, Pa. TEACHERS-ANTICIPATE FIRST-OF-THE-YEAR INQUIRIES! ClatIon Chorus and the P d I score but tl,at hi orcbe~ra is able ll~gmg to honorable fruition the made it into a State Park. Now that 1880. Mrs. Paul A. Otto, a Chnton ' as e Oup project which had ended d· Ave., Tiffin, Ohio. Orc Ilestra conducted hy ReI 'L' b to interpret th conduclor's concf]l' tr I f so lsas· Inez Bull has fully established Ole FOR SALE. Rare records. Lists. Col- . (V Ie Ie 0- kDO~ll ousy , or her famous ancestor Bulrs claim to the property, the lections bought. E. Hirschmann. 100 Plan to advertise in our WHERE SHALL I GO TO STUDY? column for the next WltZ, ox PL 8180) Lion. :Mahler"s first :'!mphonf. L 'VA.N'rED ')'0 npy. H~rp. 'Vrite Nels Duncan Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey. ater, Miss Bull 5ang the Ole Buli Remlln, Red 'Vlllg, M:lllnesota. six months. Rates are reasonable-only $5.00 per '12 inch, $7.50 per % inch, $10.00 as "The Tilan:' _a.s .,mtlen whe~ State will rebuild the Castle, turn- the compo~r "'-as onll 28. Likeo1her songl.Chalet Girl's Sunday, aceom. ing it over to Miss Bull who, in turn, FOR A CHRIS'l'ftIAS PRESENT. 'Vhy per inch. Because of this special rate, only orders for six consecutive issues can ~chuma~n: Concerto ill A PIANO 'rUl\'ING. Memb,:r of the Na- not a fine old violin or bow? Bar- mInor Mahler s)'mphonles.. the fir5t h!! ha~Y~ngherself on a zither which will give it back to the State of tional Association of Plano Tuners. gains. Box 342, Potsdam, New York. be accepted. Advertising copy must be entered by the 5th of the second month for Cello and 0 h Ope 129 rc estra, strong enemies and loral frieo~~' e~ongedto the family. of Abra. Pennsylvania as a Museum. Thus, Ordel's accept.ed for Germantown and h:m vicinity. E. Smeta.na. 6321; Gel'man- preceding publication. For example, copy for the February issue must be received The Pittsburghe", h"e proud,] I ,Lmcoln at the time Ole Bull the site of New Norway has at last town Avenue, philadelphIa 44, Pa. JUUSICAL BINGO is the delightful J. C. Bach, Concer'-' C answer to many problems. Developed . f "'lI1 Wasm America GE 8-5493. by December 5th. Forward yo,ur copy and order to: Advertising Manager, mInor or 'Cello and 0 h recorded performance chancleriztd come into its own. Ole Bull's lost by Prof. Lloyd C. Rudy, after 50 years B h rc eslra experience as teacher, composer, con- ETUDE the music ma9azine, Bryn Mawr. Pa. by affectionate regard for eftJ'f de- ~n May 4, i953, Inez Bull was land has been returned to idealistic "rue : Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 FOR. SAl,E: Steinway baby &,rand. cert. dance, critic, lecture and mer- tail. Re<:orded clarity i, good, ;•. as ~dto appear before the Pennsy] service through the vision of Inez chandising. $1,00 per seL Any number \'ama St I L ' . Excellent condition. Ann Stlnson, What this world needs" a e eglslature at Davisville Bd" Hatboro R. D, 1, Fa, can play. 12113 \Voodward Ave., H . Bull, his distinguished descendant. Detroit 3, Michigan, marked a music lover ... ' re- faces lair. (Capitol P S:!:Hl hurg b· h arns· Hatboro 1332. , JS more THE E'D , at w lC time Senator James THE END 63 62 HERJ~ ETUDE-DECEMBER 1953 ETUDE-D£Cf. L Index of ETUDE for 1953

Bourree Dec. 28 KrebS 00. ae Hailellljall! ill Schbcrt'. Dav July Oh Doctor, My Throat! Vor/we8 Jan, 18 Handel- Krenur.lI11 <01 J{llaw 1'lwl My Cando/ier. May ARTICLES 5100,000 Saved Frolll the Scrap Boal' Levine { 1\1ar, ae Kevln-llooSOIll u [,h'co/ll Aug. 26 Redeemer Liretil" uerueeu MCRIlel " Acccmnantst, 'rue Dance A~A'lulH:l Nov, 11 F1nale (from "Sonata 00' Orchestra. The Scherman lIIay 9 Haydn 29 Africa, Impression of Musical r.uuc in D") Mar. 15 Organ Questious i'HlIrps ]o;ach Month Organ " Journey to Foldes nee. Haydn- Albanese-c-Preparatten for Organist, Mortuary, career as llr(s/{,iIl .nuv 15 Jan. 48 Paderewskj As I Knew Him Henderson Nov, 12 Bnlll[lton A/ldanio Opera Jleylbut Sept, 11 Follow tile Leader Dec, Parents, "Do's" a!Hl "Don'ts" Fnr HIbbs neon- Appogiaiures, }i'aulty llcnderlng or ,I LUlie Bear Cui, Sees l'fall.elcller- Dic Uebll deht mit Ba8serman Aug. 20 Ur08small Aug, 14 , " t lie War/a 0'" 11i,.s 011''' Apr. Ames ,anllen SchrWen Au;:. 3! Artist, Place of Non-Concertizing in Pennies In the 'I'ambcurrnc Ccotze Jnly J I .. PtyiHfJ Squirrels Play- Do. Alte Jallr Vergon- Sellt. 20 Phonograph Dtscovers thc Organ, Baeh-Hiemen- America's i\[u~ie Brant Hofstad JulY ucn ist ~ao, ~ij Jan. 12 The-Part I £l~ill AtlTil 17 t-une schneider Ball. zrustctene of lloilb"t '1'Ii" Hi-fI Sleamer ond Cadlllan-l':ddl' AI [)OInlin{J Ma, ~1 Bells, A Bymnhuny of Peery gout. 19 -Part 2 MaY 17 the 1'II.'J xrav Duro Scher::o Msr. 41 Bells. I,egends of Ancient CQwU" June £ 2 piano Lessons Begin 1, Whcn Should 1 uuu Jan 26 l':Gho June 4"'" Handel- Eachi\lonth Suder Joyner Jail. 46 Orcrlurc (n n·Minor Berkley {Violinist's Forum (e~"epti\la~') Piano Playing, Grand Manner in I Our Maple rree ae MaschcUI Apr. 41 Violin Questions June Katz ,\I'ilntet Souf!16 Sept. McKa.\' 1;/Luiuc I'oem aune 4. Bach ;\Lonth (Emil tiauer} JonS8011 ,Ian 35 Jan, 14 Piano Teacher in America, Pioneer ' A Harll Son/) PaehellJcl "911 IUmmel Uoch, [)~ Bohemian, llllmortal Media July KQWI/l' Icll /ter OCt, 38 Boy Choir, Why l'OL a COlHlHUl,ity 1 (\\'illialn Mason) Alllrim Oct. 20 March of III.e 01l0111es Ketlcrer Tile Bueealleer July oralld I'artllo ill HrC{J{J Apr, 12 Piauo Teachers?, \\'ho Are World's ..41'" Feh, 18 { 'J'lle Pledghl108 Feb. /)·,II/nor Oct. Ii Brelsach-You Must Be the Greatest Alllr-im 35 l' /le 11' hirlpaal Jan. PaS(llllnl- Ur",l" /'ur'1I0 in SOng as You Sing It Brallt Mar. 14 Piano Teaching. Some Ch~racterlstlcs Pcb. 4'1 of Good Gibbs 7'10\', 16 J;:el"all The l,i1l16 1"nwlllfi/er ,Moschetti /I·.1l1llar Nor, 16 BulL Ole, Beturns to Pennsylvania KI!)'se[ JulY 44 { UflWl(/. Dec. 12 Plano Triumphs, The Cooke Oct. I ~ Marek of tl16 1'ro/18 ., 1'lIrlila in June 511 :>.",L. 11·1I11I0r Busonl, ~'erruccio, Piallo AU. of Paddack Seut. 13 Pianists?, KnOll" Theon JUdenOlir "wi! Mood Dec, 38 l"eb. II /:te1l8 of NormamIy SePt. 4, "'alther NUll Lab', IlIcllI Hul', Cadence Infleetioll ,ucVlallahml Jan, 11 Pinza~Abllil.Y ami TralninJ{ West DUllee 01 the Clacks Sent. 44 den Hcrren Scpl. 3i Carol l.a,?, What 18 Your Krylhe Dee, 20 I'ipe Organ Tone from an I::1eclronlc 45 Allr~ Or:;an 1,'lb;1l June IIi Gay Ma8querud6 JulY Casals, Pablo, Greatness of /:Ju8tman Apr, 10 Peu,!8 01 tIll' Nili/Il Nov. 20 Cello, l\Ia~tering the l'ar,;sol Aug, 17 Praelieing a Plcce, 1I0w to Begin Boyd Walther VOII 11/llllflcl /tadl, Va " Springtime ill SorrenlO June ;!:1 (;haillber Music, Audience Pra~t1cing, The Hule of Parenls In { KO"WI' Jell lIer Dec. 39 Saoul lIlar. Meullmll11 Jan. I ti Star Dream8 Oct. l!;ducatloll for Jan. 32 -%7 Child Is Father to the Man Hollew July Pupil's lnterest ill Piano SLUUY- l'iemw86 Echoes " Wtekllno III Memoriam lulJ 40 '" Part I /i'iHlibul/m June 2ti Children Designed this Opera " July ~6 Klohr· Apr. 31 Prnduetlon UOlleals Au:;:, 11 Part 2 Schaum 1'llC BUlboara Dlareh) Mar, l'ul'll's Mother, Lcttcr to My Clark 1Ilay 20 My 1'i/)/)1I Bonk Feb. Ylg1J1I Chopin, In Search or MerUa Sept, 15 Kreutzer 46 l:hrtstmas Outeast?, Wllo \Yas " I'ra,;tice, Mental OiccoHu' Light '1'116 D,;,mer ,Parly D". " Dcc. 20 Hadlo l:ity'S Unscen E~\lerlg Heylliut "llr, IS BUlllll- ur Tills /::dwllrds Malillicro, July 20 providtJ Cburch Organ?, What Allout Student Rc\"{'lli-lland and Orchestra arr. by !lIillllllllO i,~G ZhlllJllllj;l GlOG Ao~, 42 Vo • 1I1a1' Department Oct. & Dee. AUI:. 21 PraCtlee 011 SUlllmers ~lxrrilJer A P,oucr Berul- Dec. 12 Prelude 011 a IJebrcw COJlll11unILy, i\J\lSie Slloulu Servc 8t~~;ill Sayao-Pcrforiller-or Artist! lIcylbut .\ld)onaid Sent. 31 "eutrer UUU'1l1l IJlIllee lub' U Allr. 11 SIght lteadll\,<:, 11ll1lartance or Nask May 1!) Me/ody Puentl- EschMonth Dec, Com)lo~erof the Month Sing?, Must You-I'art 1 IVillWlll8 :;eut. 17 ~[ellale Corn /fusktn' Ztllllialin I,C/mut, t (:orrell" F~b. 40 Oct. 17 Feb, .. -l'art 2 -'lcKar NaGajo Lldluby .. Searlllolhi JIlII 1'UlllilltJ Mar. 41 CO~l:~~~~~llbe:~~r'I,~n~'?\~~f~lin i\1~~~?iA~r, SInging and Dancin;;", A llaro Illl of But the Lard is Mindful VI,'aldt- suests With' Musie j Ml.'lldeh- July 27 I Corelll, Arcangolo, Master of Dec. I of l/i8 Own Zlllll>albt Te",,,. all G"~.IlG Mu 4! July 1:1 Singing, Allack lind (,;lIli~~ioll B~r;~Apr. 14 sohn- lIear )'e, i8rael, OP. 70 Nov, Masters-Tribute to DeI,er/gell 5j Vlt"ll- July tiinging, GooLl Hcahh i\!l, StellS 10 ;\rllstlc l{f~lt~~: Mar. II .4 Sprillf] Breeze AUJ:, Baeh-Counod· fk~?~: Gelt J::ach Mouth \'.cddlllJ{ Bell_s anl! Harp Strings Lam/; May 10 :'\0\'. Boreh A~e :\1/1"'/1 ('ellol ~Ql', Junior ETUDE Rogers { 0" a Hobby /forse Just SUllPosln' Oooke Jan, 11 1\ hat Ha'-e ~QU Got to Sell? Cooke June 20 Topsy-Tunw Toy Apr. Hl:r.et-J>a~o lIItllut/ Inultl Od.. " I"et'8 Play ~ccllfrou ne<:, Lerlne Woe Is Me 1leb 37 Tlllcry Silver Sh,lIdoll;8 45 Munay Hill 2·1432 "Strange, Varlat!on~" Jail' 24 ValBe - Oct' Nov, " The Hanower Pipe Organ JU1~: " Chopin 21 "'I.JJillfJ an .41r1JIOlie Oc~. or organ. 24 Mu;mrka ...' "'" -, t~/)l; 32 Travis J,111/e TambollTincs " FORTY The Practice Problem Nov I 1 Mar. 24 Chopin· Noe/llrne, OP. 9, No, 1 . Dri/ffng 45 MelchIor-An American 'Vay of Life • . Trunll Au::. " Maier (il/aster Lcs50n) Mar 33 Vanderrcro Cowboy Charlell 0101(:118 Oct' lfeb. MeWon~bo You Put the word~IlUoU'lla Oct. 11 Coffey Walker The Spj,nning Wheel ~~ Spider Dance .\Ilf Dec, Crarnm 34 Callul Sireet BOODle 2~ • Across? Comfort .TUlle 15 Hird~ of La Jolla ~far' i\1a}' DaVidson 21" I'm Goill' Ou~ W08t 45 CHRISTMAS CAROLS #411-411004 .75 Me,siah Sunday Freese Dec. }'eh, 13 Oil", Ihe C'"an :"Ul':: H Westcrrelt Red irOlI Ore 48 Silaell Pat;,,1 !\Ul': :I>'el}. Chicago ~W~A~~d~~~~~~sOi\ts °l,w~ldMu~~~?IlicrSOIl July 16 Davis { 4:l { R08ie Nell 15 ";llC Jolly JrjfJUlcr Sellt. Mlr. 45 fIarr;lIgl011 liel>. 43 The Wild Horae Race ~ever, easy arrangements of traditional carols, for 12 De Cola f Ilreleell Jan 34 \Vestenelt, SePl- 45 Virgil Malcher, Ministry of Fiuc Arts?, Should We ,1, n.uliday SOlln May Thc Grenodierr (from H3l'e a Brllllt i\lay De Vito 32 arc, by "Mardi Gras") t ,e pianist of average ability (about Grade 3) , Verses Il 1 fruhrkilln "'alms l'ov Westenelt- Nov, 430 N. Michigan Ave. 11 Douato Tllc 1I'istllli Lift/e ' -"lory gIVen for singing, ~~~~~~,a'o~c~;;;rt~~rzsall~~e'f: Nce~~~~~ Dec. PrinceBS June " Poor Lillie Zr~i Anr. Hol-i.dajJ ~" JJo/land- Delaware 7-0512 DI'otak Valac Gracie"se Sept, 28" Wi:;:ham Se,ll. 32 * Write for your copies T0 DAY! MuIs~e,-Delilocr'ati~ 'Pro~ess'ili ~\;e~/~~g~:j\~I~; n IAttlc Shlldow June { PIll/PU'8 Ta/e Aul':, " 47 See olld Gee #430-40047 .50 ~IlIsic L!:t\'er'S BOokshelf A11ders011 J<:ach'i\lollth E'b The H(wd May AUl:, { 47 Wright Wind Oller Ihe Pin~ 46" ~~~~i~;~{~:i~~}~ICndS ThrOUj~:~~~~~~ ~~G: ~~ 1'110 of lVar Oct. 43 June JI English OUIIU .4nti(Wc 1"eb. ~[uslc 'reacher, Security for Oooke l'elJ, 11 34 A Wililer PrOlic Jan, 33 Piano Duets Music Therapy-A New Occupational Federer { On SUrer Skalcs i\fR_v • Horizon Lllr80u AUI:. Smoke DrellmJl " Music to Live By Antrim ,1UllC I' 33 Beethoven Contro·Donce VorauBel :j~~:44'" Balnes- Sept, Pasadena, CaliL Please order by catalogue number MUSic to Unite Nat!lIus Rennick Dec. 20 Franco Purode Jan. Musical (;rltlcal Assault and " { 44 Hodson Tile /{inO'8 Retiela SIHlrise at Sea I"eb. 36 Cadman Au;:, Joseph W. Conrow, Battery Ooeke Nov. Frescol>aldl- Miater Policeman " Couperln· Jan, Musical Culture In America. PrOblems }:sposito Corrente ill A Jllin"f " " Jan, 27 Becr RiooYdon or a Genuine Mocaanj/l Nov. 13 Geibel- NM. " 1175 Woodbury Road Musical Education, FIlling the Gap8 in Richter Vi~;alls af Slcep Donaldson The Dark·key, Dance Oct, <4 Dungan Jan. Ooil/fa Nov, Gluek- lIoPPJ/ Don 26 Garland, "'tb. " Sycamore 7..5365 Musical Hcrltage, America's Rich Hralll1l5 Garollc Juh' Tteo Olrriatmua " Buchanon Au". 11: G(}(lxr(l Sero1ld Valse, Op, 56 an. b}' :l!rlodic. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Aug. 28 Keats Dee. CO., Musical Oddities Slon;lIll/kl/ EachJ\lonlh Gre}' Memory 01 Mal/time Dance al tile R.QlebWd, H" THEODORE PRESSER Oct, '"30 June New Recorda Ga~c{>Jme Jan, • .lillie Handel· Da"lfe 01 tile IA/Ue £lbill July. ))ec, Kettcrer Benkcr SO'lOlilla ill B-Flat Fcb, 4S { n oor/C/l. /;lloc, Tke Toy 8uil[lool Milt. " • Mar, "Ja 64 FOLK-WAYS U.S.A. (VOLU By Elie Siegrneis e Mr. Siegmeister, noted authority on American folk music. has people and has established itself part of Americaa folle already completed the first of five volumes of "American songs, culture. In preparing this material, Mr. Siegmeister has more scenes, and sketches" for the piano. This first volume is designed than adequately solved the problem of writing simply yet for the beginning student. Each subsequent volume will be musically so that each piece may be a meaningful experiencefot progressive in difficulty so that the series will eventually cover the student. We believe that this series will be a valuable con- all phases of piano study. Mr. Siegmeister believes that the piano tribution to the teacher and student, and presents a new depar- student should be brought up not only on traditional music but ture in the treatment of American folk music. also on the music of our own culture--music that stems from the

AMERICAN FOLK SONG CHORAL SERIES Edited by Elie Sieg eis This series of choral arrangements will be welcomed by school Thomson, Douglas Moore, Paul Creston, Philip James choruses and amateur groups everywhere who are in search of and choral music which is not only within their capacity to perform. Normand Lockwood. The whole range of American folle song but will also enrich and invigorate their programs. In addition to will be presented.-&om western songs to mountain ballads, fro~ the settings which Mr. Siegmeister will provide, there will be white spirituals to blues. We believe this choral series WIU also contributions by such leading American composers as Virgil make a significant contribution to the growing field of choral publication_

THEODORE PRESSER CO., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania