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For more information, please contact [email protected]. p MUSIC STUDY EXALTS LIFE M VS I C ®ETVDE MAGA ZINE JANUARY 1927 ■. HH ■. | I 9 Music and the State: with Important Opinions from Oen. Charles G. Dawes, Vice-President of the United States and Hon. Nicholas Longworth & -^Eight Ways to MaKe Playing Interesting—E. R. Kroeger ^ ^Schumann the Man—Felix BorowsKi ^ ^Practical Acoustics—L. Fairchild JANUARY 1927 Page 1 THE ETUDE A Remarkable Selection of Delightful Operettas From Which to Make an Early Choice for Spring Production_ is so simple to pet res nils Three New Comic Opera “Hits’’ With an Irresistible Appeal PENITENT PIRATES ROMEO AND JULIET A Musical Farce Comedy in Two Acts L Musical Burlesque in Two Acts for Men ■Words, Lyrics and Music inih such material An Operetta in Two Acts for Mixed Voices Words and Music By R. M. STULTS WILLIS Book by ALICE MONROE FOSTER Hr JOHN W. BRIGHAM MOST enter- Lyrics and Music by PAUL BLISS A LELAWALA—The Maid of Niagara, by Charles Wakefield r-p HIS delight- Cadman | OPERETTAS The Oniahgahrahs, threatened with war, are about to sacri¬ fice “Lelawaia” by sending her over Niagara. Falls according to legend. In love with an Algonquin, she is finally spared in a dramatic moment and the sacrificial canoe is used for a wedding ceremony, bright dialog. setting. Stage Guide SAILOR MAIDS, by Charles Ross Chaney Typical American characters in a most interesting plot involving a mistaken identity. Very humorous, picturesque and brimful of good melodies. White sailor costumes and ordinary street clothes. Simple setting. Two acts. Orchestral parts on renta1' Score $1.25 Stage Guide 1.00 AUNT DRUSILLA’S GARDEN, by J. S. Fearis A group of “real boys” with a baseball gets into trouble with an austere, unapproachable lady who is fussy about some flower beds. In the last act the boys save the house from flames EVERY PERFORMANCE and a grand party is staged. Very tuneful, easy to memorize and full of fun. 7 principals and cho. any number. Two acts, A SUCCESS one stage setting. Score $1.00 Stage Guide 1-00 ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES A, musical comedy for Junior High School by Violet M. THE WISHING WELL, by John Wilson Dodge HEARTS AND BLOSSOMS Thayer and Bernice. Johnston. A melodramatic modernization of the fascinating “Arabian A romance of old Ireland in three acts. Based on a fas¬ Nights.” The sort of operetta that has a real punch. Cast of cinating legend, this work has much to recommend it as an Beck and 2 Bar or Bass, 2 Bar., t Ten., 2 Sop., 1 Mez.-Sop. Two acts, a appropriate piece for Schools, Convents, etc. The music is prologue and an epilogue. Simple costumes and setting. Orch. exceptionally fine, costumes simple and stage effects brilliant. Orchestral parts on rental. inpr0CeSS' Score $1.00 Score $1.00 Stage Guide 1.00 Stage Guide 1.00 mwm A descriptive^booklet “Pyramids of Entertainment” comprising 65 useful operettas Free upon request NEW TEACHING MUSIC ESPECIALLY SUITED for MID-SEASON TEACHING A Fantastic Chinese Romance in GRADE I GRADE III Among the Daisies—Spaulding.25 At Evening—Wright...- |r~. ■- "—11 As Blue Bells Sway—Dore.30 Flowers in the Forest—Burns . Dancing in the Forest—Woodrow.25 Hungarian Song—Esterhazy. Merne Slones I Peach Blossoms—Stuart. Fairyland Music—Piaget.30 : from lo net and T Rosemary—F ox.30 Magnolia Blossoms—Vargas. Up-Stairs, Down-Stairs—Mattingly.25 Valse Coucou—Giles. GRADE II Brilliant Finger-Work. GRADE III Fireflies Frolic—Spencer. A VIRGINIAN ROMANCE wmmm Drolleries—Huerter.25 Nathan*! IrjtfHyatt L Galloping Horses—Rogers. -25 Shooting the Rapids—Rolfe. The Juggler—Blake.35 Moonlight—Smith. •as a«ss«r 1 Grand Polka de Concert—Sherwood The Jester—Blake.4® Ipp Sea Foam—Adair.55 On Moonlit Sea—Smith.... An l^\t:rclt?per- GHOSTS OF HILO in Three Acts ANNOUNCEMENT of NEW MUSIC TO BE READY JAN. 1 I4W4-I 4U14 Hawaiian Operetta for Young In the Northland THE CASTAWAYS Keyboard Secrets Merrie Stories fron BARBAROSSA OF BARBARY By PAUL BLISS Thru the Castle Gate By Dorothy Gaynor Blake Sonata Mignonne A Musical Comedy in Two Acts Toneland By Ift this cleverly illustrated book the alert mind By Marie Seuel-Holst By Nathaniel Hyatt Dorothy Gaynor Blake of the composer has again anticipated the “crying- A?gsfia need” for up-to-date A charming little mood in four move¬ Clever little pieces Six interesting pieces. of charming pieces, ea ig some definite keyboard develop imagination. » Each having some definite ments, strictly' in sonata form with analytical teaching value. 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