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7-1-1954 Volume 72, Number 07 (July 1954) Guy McCoy

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Organ Articles therefore, was accustomed to read- Sir: I have been impressed and ing multiple staves, but I still had inspired by several recent articles to struggle with those pedals. in the ETUDE written by, or Whatever Illy shortcomings as about, organists of enviable stat- an organist may be, I have very ure, working in large city churches definite and fervent convictions as with magnificent instruments, and to the responsibilities and oppor- performing music of unquestion- tunities involved. First of all, the able quality. I have been inspired organ is a means by wh ieh the ._- and impressed, and yet a little de- spiritual experiences may be en- _•. ""'"{ft' -,,~ pressed also, because such circum- riched-our first responsibility as • stances seem so far removed from organists is to create, insofar as ~- - See.·· my own, and I feel that there must we are able, an atmosphere of be many others like me. worship, to give continuity to the Beat yo~ cart ~ .. Perhaps we have no right to call service. Perhaps we are best com- A ,;;;::... ourselves organists-c-those of us plimented when we are not com- who serve, as I do, a congregation plimented at all-when the wor- of several hundred people in a shippers are not conscious of the A Beat you \ small town. Certainly we cannot music. I am the first to admit, can hear! call ourselves organists in the though, that I was very, very grate- sense that that is the profession in ful when I heard in a roundabout which we earn our livelihood-at way one Sunday that someone had least in material terms-as any said it had been worth coming to' ~tlmtr Bob Jones University believes salary which might be involved is, church to hear the music! That of necessity, nominal in nature, should make any organist eager to that the purpose of education and we sandwich our church work work harder. Here again, I would should not be primarily to train in as best we can with that by mention the "quality" of the mu- METRONOMA which we earn our daily bread. sic-most of the people in my com- Electric Tempo Indicator young people to make a living- The instruments we play are-with munity, and surely in others like with the Flash Boton they should be taught how to live. the possible exception of some of it, while generally well-educated the newer electronic ones-limited and progressive, are not on inti- World's most dependable time beat! Selmer Metronoma by size and probably by age. I mate terms with Bach and his like gives you correct tempos two ways ... (1) by a sound Bob Jones University graduates play an ancient tracker action or- and do not readily associate it heat that can be set loud or soft, and (2) by a sight beat gan (and I should add that I do so with a personal religious exper i- through a visihle, flashing light. Easily set for tempos happily, as its tone quality is such ence. I feel that it is far better are successful in their business or from 40 to 208-Largo to Presto-with a twist of the that we would be most unwilling to play music more obviously diaL profession. They never have trou- to exchange it for an electronic melodic and I play those much- ble making a living because along instrument, the only substitute we maligned arrangements of hymns In playing with a band or orchestra, you are expected could likely alford). Nor could I if the arrangement is one that em- to follow the beat of the conductor's baton-not the with the academic and cultural call myself an organist in the phasizes the beauty of harmony, sound of the bass drum or other members of the group. training of Bob Jones University, sense that I am a trained organ and is not just a lot of arpeggio- The Metronoma, 'with its flashing visual beat, helps you player. On the contrary, I'm a filled "variations"-and the con- learn to do this. Simply turn the sound beat volume as they have been taught a Scriptur- transplanted pianist, acquiring gregation appreciates them. low as possible and follow the visible flasher. Get it now al and Christian philosophy of most of my knowledge of organ . An organist is, I feel, Christian -Metronoma is your biggest tempo bargain! through reading and that time- first and organist second, and has THEY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MEET self-sacrifice, self-discipline, and honored tutor, experience. almost unlimited opportunity to loyalty to Jesus Christ. I play in the church of which I intensify the influence of his EMERGENCIES SUCCESSFULLY. am a member, and I do so, as I'm church. I am blessed with a music- CAN'T WEAR OUT-can't radio to any tcmpo-40 to 208 sure do many other "organists" minded pastor, and together we slow down. The beat is always beats per minute. steady, accurate at any tempo. in countless towns and communi- plan the services, trying to inject IDEAL for use by ... NO MOVING PARTS-it uses Music students and teachers in ties, gladly and humbly. I began into them impact and unity and the thyratron "heart beat" sight reading practice. playing regularly when my pred- inspiration. Our volunteer choir tube developed for radar. Ex- clusive design (U. S. Patent Instrumental groups ecessor suddenly became ill and is mostly young people, and we try No. 2,522,492). for a sight-beat plus sound- beat. ~~t,.~. resigned, and being the most likely hard to set up a music program VOLUME CONTROL-make Vocal groups and church choirs prospect available, I agreed to that will be both challenging and the beat as loud or soft as you for quick, visible tempo like, or vary from sharp to guidance. make what pretense I could at be- enjoyable, and will give them op- mellow. Dancing instructors ing an organist, considering it portunity to use and develop their NO CLUMSY ADJUSTING- 10 provide a basic beat in OB JONES UNIVE SI Y hoth a duty and a privilege. The talents and fill our services with no set screws. Dial it like your class. experience has been, and is, rich, beautiful, vital music. We try to enlightening and challenging- make the services varied and in- GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA and, sometimes, frustrating. I'm a teresting-while aware that much On Sale at Better Music Stores capable pianist and fortunately of what the worshipper may derive Distributed Exclusively by Music, speech, and art without additional cost above had had four years' experience ac- from a service depends on his regular academic tuition. companying choral groups and, (Continued on Page 3) ~tlmtr Academy and seventh and eighth grades DEPT. E.71, ELKHART, INDIANA in connection. ETUDE-JULY [0';4 1 Letters to the Editor easy piauo music $3.50 A YEAR GRETl:HAl\!Il\!OFF: (Continued from Page 1) the music olaua.:iue . $1.75 Album of Andrucha, 10 pieces ETUDE IrConcerning Interpretation" own attitude. we don't expect him to Album of Nina, 10 pieces 1.50 Editorial and Business Offices, Bryn Mawr, Pa, overlook weaknesses that we might Sir: The article, "Concerning In- terpretation," by Paul Badura- Children's Book, 15 pieces .50 have avoided. Needless to say, since our per- Skoda in the May 1954 ETUDE, A Child's Day, 10 pieces 1.00 Founded 1883 bJ THEODORE PRESSER J ames Francis Cooke, Editor EmeritUJ forming personnel is mostly young was very interesting. (Editor. 1907.1949) I am studying piano, and I found Dew Drops, 9 pieces 1.25 and limited in experience and train- Guy McCoy, Managing Editor ing, not all of our efforts are out- that this article did more for me Glass Beads, 12 pieces 1.00 George Rochberg, Music Editor standing successes. Many times we than a lot of articles I have read. I find that Mr. Badura-Skoda 1n the Meadows, 10 pieces 1.00 are downright mediocre, and therein Karl W. Gehrkens lies one of the greatest. pitfalls of knows what he's talking about and I-iaroJd Berkley Maurice Dumesnil Paul N. Elbin Send for Ihe new 1954 AMP Piano Calalogue William D. Hevelli any work connected with a church- expresses his point very clearly. I Elizabeth A. Ge8t Guy Maier Alexander McCurdy Nicolas Slonimsky we are aware of our shortcomings agree with him when he. mentions and as vulnerable to discouragement that the true method of piano play- ASSOI:IATED MUSIl: PUBLISHERS, INI:. ing is not technique alone, but the publishers & importers of fine music as are all humans, and there is the true interpretation of what the com- I West 47th St., New York 36 July 1954 temptation to give up and save our- Vol. 72 No.7 CONTENTS poser wants the pianist to convey to b331 Hollywood Blvcl., Hollywood 28, Col. selves some work and worry and, perhaps, embarrassment. But unlike the audience. FEATURES the large churches we read about. I think this is the most important IDEAS FOR TilE PIANO " . .Hilde Somer 9 there aren't capable professionals article you have had on piano, be- Robert Whitford THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SETTLEMENT Roy N. KunJde 10 waiting to take our places-we are cause it conveys to the student the 1954 PIANO TEACHER CONVENTIONS OPERA, IN CANADA May Week. John.,one II THE CREDIT OF THE .MUSIC TEACHER · .. · .Jumes Franci. Cooke 12 all there is and much of the effec- true method df playing the piano. Hotel Statler, New York City, July 5. 6 THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN ISRAEL •...... Jacque. Singer 13 tiveness of the church depends on Most students think all you need is Hotel Statler, Los Angeles. August 4. 5 IS THE FALSETTO FALSE? ]osepll A. Ballew 14- technique and you'll be a great pi- l\IUSICA.L GHOSTS LINGER NOT HERE! Arloa HUlme/! 15 our keeping at the job. Even when Conventions are sponsored by the Certified Robert Whit- POINTERS FOR THE CHURCH ORGANIST ]ose[111W. Clokey 16 anist, but it isn't so. Aho, television ford Piano Teachers of America. but open to all piano we're not quite as good as we'd like LET THEM MAKE SONGS OF THEIR OWN KuthrYIl Sanders Rieder 17 is a bad influence on piano players, teachers and interested persons. THEY SING FOR PLEASURE ETllest Hardy 19 to be, we're sometimes surprised at Convention events are '0 two-day teacher training course, given "THE WAY TO THE FUTURE IS THROUGH THE PAST" the number of people who are in- because there is a lot of piano play- personcltv by Robert 'Whitford-on artist concert Ienturinq t~e Soulima Stravin.ky 26 ers who show the wrong thing. piano virtuosity of louonn Jones, Amenco's newest plano .d~s- spired by the fact that we're trying. INSPIRE YOUR STUDENTS .. _ Cruce C. NaBla 55 covery-Q recital of outstanding stvdents-educatlOnal exhibits The sooner students find out the end social functions. Complete convention charge of $6.00 includes And more often than not we're a 011 of the above. Write for convention program which lists the DEPART1UENTS little astonished at how well we do -s-ight way to piano playing, the soon- many interesting subjects to be covered in the teacher troining Robert Whitford er we will have keyboard artists who course. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ...... •...... •...... 1 sound in actual performance. There COMPOSER OF THE iUONTH ...... 3 may be times when I'm uncomforta- can convey the true meaning of the Robert Whitford Music Education Bureau ,MUSICAL ODDITIES ...... •...... Nicola. Slonim.ky 4 piece to the audience. instead of all 204 H.E. 31st St., Miami 37, Florida MUSIC LOVER'S BOOKSHELF Dale Anllerron 6 ble on the organ bench, but I've Write now for a free copy of PIANO TEACHING TODAY whieh reveals Robert Whit· WORLD OF l\IUSIC ...... •...... , 4 found I'm much more uncomfortable this fancy motion. ford's personol method for teaching children C1ndhis method for teaching adults. With NEW RECORDS , Palll N. Elbin 18 Melvin Melanson your copy of Plono Teoching Today you will also be sent complimentary. Mr. Whltford's SOME SOBER THOUGHTS-TO REiUEJUDER IN SEPTE1UBER .Gll):. Maier 21 oJI it. master lesson on MUSIC'S MOST UNUSUAL CHORD. Just send yo1tr name and oddress QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . _ Karl W. Gehrkeru 22 R. B., Missouri Detroit, Mich. and stote whether you are a piano teacher. CI student or a parent. and we will send TEACHER'S ROUNDTABLE Maurice Dumesnd 23 'fOUl the above. TEACHING MATERIALS SUGGESTED Alexander McCurdy 24 THE MYSTERIOUS WIZARD OF THE VIOLIN (Part 2) ... J. H. Cnlmever 25 VIOLIN QUESTIONS ...... •...... Harolll 1Jerk·'ey 52 COMPOSER OF THE MONTH On to CHICAGO ••• for the ORGAN QUESTIONS •...... _ Frederick Phillip. 53 JUNIOG ETUDE _ _ Elizabeth A. Ced 54 International Piano Teachers Association 4.NTON STEPANOVITCH AREN, ,\-~1? er ~ 1954 NATIONAL CONVENTION lUUSIC .fl. SKY, Russian composer and pi· Hotel Sherman, Chicago. July 12. 13. 14. 15 Cmnposilion. for Piano (Solo and Duet) Scherzino (Theme from the Fifth S,.mphony) (from uPianorama anist, is the composer of the month Presenting America's Outstanding Teacher Training of Ea!y Pieces by Modern Master!") ...... ••••.... Sho8Iakovitch ..4gay 27 for July. Arensky was born at Nov- Course. Under the Personal Direction of ROBERT Romanze (From Eine Kleine Naehtnwsik (K525) ) gorod, July 31, 1861, and died WHITFORD, l.P.T.A. Founder-President. (from "Themes frOID Greal CIJamber Mu!ie") ..•...•.... Mozart-Levine 28 at Valse (F~om H~uite, Op •. 15") _ Aren.ky-/Uero 29 Tariokl, Finland, February 26, 1906. Other convention events are, on artist concert, featurinIJ the piano virtuosity of Louann Organ.grmder m the Rain ...... •..... Noah Klall88 32 Jones, America's neIVest piano discovery-grand bali-live recitals Fresenting America's From 1879 to 1882 he was a pupil of outstanding piano sh,dents-educational exhibits and numerous socia functions. Complete Trade Winds (Tango) •.....•...... •. Stanford King 33 charge lor all convention events, incl!Jding the lour-day teacher training course is $7.00 Space Waltz (from "Teen-Age Technic") ...... •..•...... Stanford King 34 Johanssen and Ril11sky-Korsakov at for I.P.T.A. members. For non-members, the charge is $12.00. Hustle I;'ustle .(from "Teen-Age Technic") ...... •..... Starlford King 34 ROJDanlle AntiC (froIIl "Teen_Age Technic") ...... •..... Stanford King 35 the Petro grad Conservatory. In 1882 A few of the many subjects fa be presented in the Teacher Training Course are, Music fnterpretotion, Keyboard Technic, Improvising, Keyboard Harmony, Piano Pedaling Valse Petite (fronl "Your Favorite SoI08") Ella Ket/erer 36 he won the Conservatory Gold Medal Popular !"Iusic, Mod,e.rn Harmony, The COl}cert Pianist, Teaching Material, Modu/otin'i: Lullaby for a Kitty (Duel) (frOID "Share the Fun") . _ Ella Kefterer 38 TranspOSing, Memonzmg, etc. Leadmg musIc educators wll' nd book .presents portraits ond thumbnail biographical sketches o e unl Olney(from "Folk-Ways U.S.A.," Vol. 1) his first opera, "The Dream on the Volga," was produced in ;~!~::; ~iOtOh~~r~SI~~~c:~~~~~~tn:e~r~sSt:n!~~~li~~:;:. phose of musicol endeavor, even induding It· k' I k· (f " Au. by Elie Siegmeister 47 IS It, tas It ronl Folk-Ways USA "Vol I) ~ bEl· S· . I 47 Priee-$l.Sl} Prell lU'd (f" •.• , •. ••.. i'1rr. y Ie legmen er Moscow. In 1895 he succeeded Balakirev as conductor of the Go sf k alyen Iff Folk-Ways U.S.A.," Vol. 1) .•• Arr. by Elie Siegmeister 47 THE 0 0 0 REP RES 5 ERe 0 M PA NY. Bryn Mawr. Pa. Hillb.i: D ourse (rom "Folk.Ways U.S.A.," Vol. 1) .Arr. by Elie Siegmeister 48 Imperial Court Choir at Petro grad, remaining in this position J Y ance .••••..•..•.••.•..•..•.....•...... •••. Babbs Tralli. 48 until 1901. PIANO TEACHERS In spite of Rimsky:Korsakov's poor opinion of his pupil's ability and his dire prediction, "'He be soon forgotten," 1:0URSES IN PIANO SHiHT READING given by IDA ELIlAN En Puhlished monthly by Theodore Presser Co., 1712 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. wm o/e;,;;/j/ secorl cl4H rna/ter j4nu4ry 16. 1884 at the P. 0 41 Phi/a P4 IInd~r Ih~. Aci Arensky wrote music that in still played today. His own dis- Originator of HEar Trainingr Sight Readingl Piano Method!> Internallo~a!'copy~1g' hf~:,yrlgdht l,9,54, .by Theodore PreHer Co:, U. S. A. a~d Great Brlltt;lI. ·sipation and free way of living undermined his health, and CARNEGIE HALL, Suite 301, JULY 15 to AUGUST 15, 1954 ure • n rIg tl ffJerl/fll. 40 hours-4 weeks-$125-inciliding materials The name "ETUDE" is registered in the U.S. Patent Office. he died of what we know today as tuberculosis. Although he For 'free copy: ~~PianoSight Reading Can Be Taught," write to wrote two operas, a ballet and several other larger works, he is remembered most for his smaller lyrical pieces. He wrote nearly IDA ELIlAN SI:HOOL OF MUSIl: $3.:50 a year in U. S. A. and Pass . . I' '" .. Republic Guatemala Haiti M e.sslOo .a so 10 the PhJlIPPlfJes. Costa Rica, Cuba. Domlfllcan 100 piano pieces. The Waltz from Suite Op. 15 is included in App. by N. Y. State Department of Education Spain and all South Americdn C~Xl~O.. l4 lcaraguh' GPal?ama. Republic of Honduras. Salvadar. foundlaod; $4.:50 a year in aU o~~e~les except t ~ Ulanas; $3.7:5 a year in Canada and New' this month's music section on Page 29. CARNEGIE HALL, Suite 301, 7th Ave.,eor.56th St., Ent.,N. Y.,Cirde 6-2746 Manuscripts or art should be accom co.u:rfles. Smgle copy price: 40 cents. Printed in v:.S.{a. for return of unsolicited manuscripts ~~n~~. by return postage. ETUDB assumes 00 respOllSlbil1t'Y

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WORLD OF MUSIC Here is a graphic description ers were gone, and he could not. (Continued from Page 4) of Anton Rubinstein's perform- bring himself to tell it to the Musical· News ance of Chopin's celebrated A-flat Queen. In desperation, he pro- The Tenth Annual Philadel- major Polonaise on his American ceeded to sing himself. After he phia Music Festival sponsored by tour: "His left hand marched down finished, he inquired timidly: Items from The Philadelphia Inquirer Charities, the piano like a conquering army "Your Majesty, were you able to Inc., was presented in the Municipal Stadium on June 11, before an im- while the right hand retreated be- distinguish the melody?" "Yes," mense audience. Some of the leading fore its might, only to pluck up was the reply, "It was God Save the Queen, and I never heard it Europe stars of the entertainment and con- courage again and rush after it; cert stage together with noted choral sung so badly." then they 'joined forces and fled up and instrumental groups participated The Ninth National Conven- Freed was named as winner of the Berlioz obtained a permit to An International Congress to the keys together, and crashed and in the lengthy program which fea- tion of the American Symphony Or- special award of $100 for his trio deal with the sociological aspects of banged over one another." use the Paris Conservatory Hall tured Ed Sullivan as Master of Cere- chestra League was held in Spring- for Harp, Flute and Viola. radio music is to be convened in By NICOLAS SLO IMSKY for a concert of his works. The monies. A partial list of the featured field, Ohio, June 17-18-19. As an in- Paris, October 27-30, organized by director Cherubini remarked: "But artists includes: Dorothy Kirsten, tegral part of the convention, the Alec Wyton, choirmaster of • the centre d'Etudes Radiophonics of you won't make any money out of Metropolitan Opera soprano; Rich- Second National Workshop for Or- Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, HEN PADEREWSKI came "The girls mobbed him. and it is a the Radio-diffusion-Television Fran- it." "I don't want any money; I ard Tucker, tenor of the Metropol- chestra Players was conducted on has been appointed organist and to America in 1891, his long fact that he was compelled to call HE NOW FAMILIAR key- caise. The Congress will be open to W itan Opera; Guy Marriner, pianist; June 18 and 19. Artist members of master of choristers of the Cathedral in rued ical as istance when he board instrument Celesta, in- want to make myself known," re- sociologists, musicians and radio hair excited as much public com- T Pvt. Larry Ferrari, organist; Eartha the orchestras affiliated with the of St. John the Divine, New York vented by Auguste Mustel in 1886, plied Berlioz. "I see no necessity specialists of all countries of the ment as his pian ism. "His reached home after the cnslaught. Kitt, popular songstress; the Phila- League served as workshop instruc- City, to succeed Dr. Norman Coke- was used for the first time in or- of your being known to anybody," world. strength, like that of Samson, is in lew York ought to be proud of delphia Ballet; the U.S. Air Force tors, including Richard Burgin, Sam- .lephcott who retired last August. remarked Cherubini . those wild and temp ..tuous fe. chestral literature by Tchaikovsky Concert Band; the Florida Southern uel Lifschey, WaIter Heermann, Wil- .Mr. Wyton will assume his duties his hair," remarked a cynical Music Week in Copenhagen, male, and they deserve more at- in his Nutcracker Suite. Tcheikov- College Concert Choir; the Festival lis Page, Sigurd Rascher, W. August 15. journalist, and proceeded as fol- Denmark, was observed from May sky wrote to his publisher Jurgen- • Symphony Orchestra; and the Phila- Vacchiano, L. V. Haney, Arthur lows: "The moment I laid my eye tcnti n from .\fr. Paderewski than 19 through 24 with programs of var- son in June, 1891: "In Paris I delphia Inquirer Festival Chorus. Cooper, Saul Goodman, and the The Goldman Band on June 18, on Paderewski, I knew he was a they an hop t g t. If )Ir. Pad· ious kinds, including a chamber- discovered a new orchestral instru- EGINALD DE KOVEN, the members of the Chicago Symphony opened its 37th annual season of the genius. A man does not have such erewski hould be ambitiou to orchestral concert in the Concert Woodwind Quintet. Guggenheim Memorial concerts on ment, a cross between an upright R genial American composer of Ramino Cortes, composer of Los a head of hair for nothing. He start a harem in ~fCh' York it Hall of Broadcasting House j an or- pleasant melodies, was asked what Angeles, is the winner of the Eurv- the Mall in Central Park, New York would be n ces ary (or him tose- piano and the Glockenspiel, and it gan concert at Fredericksborg Cas- has not the studiously eli he veiled dice Chorus Award of the Philadel- Leon Fleisher, American pianist, City. The opening concert was the produces a heavenly sound. It is was the source of his musical in- de; an opera and ballet evening at locks of the second-rate pianist. cure a structur fully a large as phia Art Alliance. His winning opus winner of the 1952 Queen Elizabeth 2047th of the series, all of which called Celesta Mustel and it costs spiration. "Why: anything in mo- the Royal Theater; a chamber music of Belgium International 'Music Have you ever seen a stork' nest the Fifth Avenue Hotel to accom- is a three-part women's chorus, have been conducted by Dr. Edwin 1,200 francs. It can be bought only tion," he replied; "a railroad train, concert at the Assembly Hall of the Competition in Brussels, was awarded Franko Goldman, founder of the on a Dutch housetop? 1£ you have, 111 dat til women who would "Missa Brevls-Kyrie-Glorla." Ned from the inventor Mustel in Paris. a cab, a horse, an automobile, a National Museum; an orchestral the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge clamor to b nmong its inmates." Rorem, a Philadelphian now study- series. you know just what Paderewski' golf ball, even a pack of cards, pro- concert at the Concert Hall in memorial medal in honor of the 1 want you to order this instru- ing in Paris, received honorable hair looks Iike. It is thick and A ew York soci ty leader, .\Ir!. vided there is rhythm." Ironically, Tivoli; an organ concert of music finest artists of the year in any The Chautauqua season of con- ment. You will not lose anything mention. flat, and he holds his head straight Ward.M llister wa asked to reno his life ended in motion, too. He by Buxtehude at Maria Church .in branch of music. The medal, one of certs and opera will open July 4 and on this deal, because you will sell up and down as though there were der h r opini n on the Paderewski Elsinore; and a complete perform- a group given annually on a non- continue for eight weeks. Walter it later to the theater administra- collapsed after a dance at a party The Paulist Choristers, founded eggs in the nest that he did not craz . "F rv nt d v ti n to art is ance of "The Messiah" at the Ca. competitive basis, is awarded by the Hendl will again be conductor of tion." Tchaikovsky added a note of in a home on South Shore Drive by the Rev. William Joseph Finn in want to shake out." urely an admirable trait," she de- thedral of Copenhagen. Harriet Cohen International Music the orchestra, and Mischa Mischa- caution: "Please, do not show the in Chicago, and died of apoplexy 1904, in Chicago, gave their golden Awards Committee. The awards were koff will return for his thintieth Another commentator called clared, "but Q woman should take while the music was still playing. Celesta to anybody. I am afraid Torsten Ralf, Swedish opera jubilee concert at Town Hall. New founded by the late Sir Arnold Bax. season as concertmaster of the Chau- Paderewski "a human chrysanthe- care how he express it. To in- that Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazu- Here is a fine injunction to the tenor, died in Stockholm on April York, on May 13. The Rev. Joseph tauqua Symphony. Alfredo Valenti mum." Among other jokes about trigue I raJ k or the arti!es R. Foley, who has been director of nov will smell it out and make use moderns from a very old-fashioned 27, at the age of 53. He was a mem- Ramiro Cortes of Los Angeles director of the Chautauqua Oper~ Paderewski's hair the most durable hair r to struggl f r the honor the Paulist Choristers since the re- of its extraordinary effects before book, "Harmony of Harmony" by ber of the Metropolitan Opera Com- is the winner of the $300 prize in Association, will present six opera went like this: someone remarked of touching hi garment i certain· tirement of Father Finn in 1943, me." Jurgenson followed Tchai- Jacob French, published in North- pany in 1945, being the first Euro· the 1953 Composition Contest of the productions: "The Mikado," "Aida," to him that at the rate he was send- Iy not dignified. I belie,. that conducted the concert. Friends of Harvey Gaul, Inc. John "The Magic Flute," "Tosca." "Or- kovsky's instructions faithfully, ampton, Massachusetts, in 1802: pean artist to be given a contract ing locks of hair in response to Mr. PadcrcwEki's impression or "Some persons who profess to since the beginning of World War V~rraJl of Seattle, Washington, re- pheus" and "La Cenerentol~." Al- and secured the priority for him. Henry Wendell Endicott, presi- requests frorn feminine admirers, America would be like that of one II. ceIved first honorable mention, while berto Bimboni and Edward Murphy After the production of "The Nut- understand composition insert dis- dent of the Boston Opera Associa- he would soon be bald. "Not I I;; Gardner Read of Boston received will divide conducting honors. of t.he Chin mandarins brought cracker," Rimsky-Korsakov and cords, so that the concords may be Teresa del Riego, English song tion~ a director of the Metropolitan second honorable mention. Isadore (Continued on Page 5) -my dog,:' replied Paderewski. here several )'ear ago. Some the sweeter, but if those authors Glazunov used the celesta many writer of international fame, this Opera Association and a trustee of women even handled their gar· would but consider, they never times, but they never knew how year celebrates the sixtieth anniver- the New England Conservatory of When Paderewski entered the ment to see what they were made would insert any more, for in com- an·xious Tchaikovsky was to keep sary of her debut as a song writer. Music, died at Dedham, Massachu- artist's r00111 of Entertainment of. As one mandarin remarked the secret from them, for his cor- posing and singing we should Her best known song~ 0 Dry Those setts, on April 20. Mr. Endicott, a big Hall in St. Louis, he found signs afterwards: fBelly good country, respondence with Jurgenson was strive to imitate the heavenly host, T ears sold 28~OOOcopies within six game hunter, was interested also' in plastered all over the walls: "Hair but too much lcoman.' n not published until both Rimsky· where there is neither discord nor weeks of publication. horticulture and forestry and the cut while you wait at the Brand gardens of his home were opened PaderewskiJs manager had addi- Korsakov and Glazunov were dead. jar, but all the music is sweet: per- Tonsorial Parlors," "Hair cut annually to the public. tional headaches because or Pad· It happened in 1891, long be- fectly sweet." wi~hout pain,~' and "Highest prices erews.ki's habit of walking the fore anyone could think of the In Baden, the suburb of Vienna, Music Festivals paId for human hair at WicrO"ins & Rudolph Kolisch, first violinist streets ca~elesslr, looking up at radio. Queen Victoria expressed a Beethoven's old housekeeper was C "A 00 of the Pro Arte Quartet, artists-in- o. reporter asked his reaction Bayreuth, Germany the high buildings and not watch· desire to hear a musical perform- found still living in 1890. She was residence at the University of Wis- to these suggestions. Paderewski ing his tep. On the niaht before ance over the telephone which was asked whether she remembered Wagner Festival consin~ has secured a leave of ab- retorted angrily: "l shall not cut his American debut, Padere\lski then installed at Windsor Castle. what Beethoven looked like. "I July 22·August 22 sence for a year to conduct the the hair that shook before 7 kings went to Sleinway HaU and ham· The director of the central station do," she said, "He never combed Master class in violin at the Acad- and 5 queens.H But when another mered on the door until t.he night engaged a vocal quartet, and the his hair, and he looked unkempt Wuerzburg, Germany emy of Music in Darmstadt, Ger- reporter insinuated that his hair watchman let him in. lie then went singers were placed in front of and wild. His pictures are not like Mozart Festival many. He will also give a series.of ~vas merely a theatrical prop to into the wareroom_ had the gas several telephone transmitters. Just his real self." It was in Baden that July 22-August 22 lectures at the Goethe Universitat in Impress the multitude, Paderewski lighted,. opened a piano and pro- as they were about to begin, the Beethoven worked on the Ninth Frankfurt·am·Main. became so furious, that in the , ' ceeded to play until dawn. Then he line went dead. The director tried Symphony. His room is still pre- Salzburg, Austria news~aper s account, 'Ludwig van Beethoven, Brain International Festival artists. money we have invested in him." director was stunned. The perform .. Owner." THE END August 22-September 11 (Continued on Page 8) 4 r.e.p_o_r_t_ed__ a__ N_e_'_V_York journ;l. l...__ ETUDE-JULY 1954 5 ETUDE-JULY 1954 r~- I zation of what happened in the Jllusic Lover's nineteenth century in that Pale oj Settlement, as the vast ghettoin Western Russia (bigger than ali New England) was ultimately CARILLONIC BELLS Dr TUBULAR CHIMES? BOOKSHELF called. It was here that Catherine ][ of Russia herded the Jews in By DALE ANDERSON 1791. Bursting with the emotional ... MAAS makes BOTH! fire of the race, they built up an internal force despite pogromsthat gave them an intellectual power millions of dollars. that has been the basis for the ge- Introduction to the Psychology of mended to all serious minded stu- nius of many of their finestcom. Music dents, organists and choirmasters The judges for the contest quote SYMPHONIC CARILLON by C. Reves:; posers and performing artists.This of ecclesiastical music from a his- a significant statement of Mr. J us- world's finest electronic was responsible for the distinctly carillon .•. beautiful G. Revess is director of the de- torical as well as a present day tice Oliver Wendell Holmes, when Jewish composers such as Joseph Whether you prefer electronic bells or the mellow tones of bell tones never before partment of psychology at the Uni- standpoint. (129 pages, cardboard he was upon the Supreme Court of achieved, always sounds Achron, Alexander Krein, Ernest genuine cathedral chimes, you will find the finest in either versity of Amsterdam. Your reo cover.) the United States: "The law tries in tune. Bloch and Lazare amin kyo made by Moos. Listen-then compare-you will understand viewer, who was for many years a Concordia Publishing House to embody what most men believe The work is e pecially valuable why more churches ond institutions select Moos. student of psychology here and $2_25 and want. But belief and want CATHEDRAL CHIMES frorn a rnu icol gical standpoint. Regardless of your need-a simple bell tone or a fine unsurpassed in the tubu- abroad, has perused the book with beain as vague yearnings and only lar chime field ... remark- Th non-jewish render whoknows great care and feels that it is one ASCAP's copyriglit Law Symposiulll gr;dually work themselves into carillonic set-you'll find the world's greatest selection of bell able depth and warmth. Num.ber Five works." om thing of erman will find and chime systems from our long line of fine instruments. For inside use with organ of the finest treatises for the gen· and outside amplification. eral reader he has seen. This series of valuable essays The material in this series of intere t in th imilnrity of Yid- The more than 25,000 installations of Moas Chimes, Psychology in any of its forms relating to copyright laws here and essays is extremely valuable t di hong p m 10 the various Carillons and Bell Systems attest to their superiority. THE VIBRACHIME is a very complex subject demand- abroad, is sponsored by the Amer- anyone of the thousands of mu- crman dial ts, For special ref- Pure, sweet bell tones that ing extremely acute concentration ican Society of Composers, Au- sicians and authors and publisher ercncc purpo S the work i im- Write for catalog covering ow' comptete. tine of fine can be ployed with orgon portant and x II ntly docu- bell instru.menis and access ones. for inside use. as tower and repeated re-reading before cer- thors and Publishers (ASCAP) as who now have an income from carillon, or both. The first tain technical problems can be a memorial to the late Nathan ASCAP. m nted. self-contained, and the profitably comprehended. The au- Burkan, writer and able general From the start ASCAP has had Bloch Publishing ompany 3.50 world's largest selling eledranic bell instrument. thor has done exceedingly well to attorney for ASCAP in its earlier able leadership such as that given mAA5-RoWto~ treat his subject without delving days. If it had not been for his at the present time by A CAP's CUl'll 0, Th 1nn or np] too deeply into the physical and keen insight and aggressive meth- able President Stanley Adams, and llnlt rhe olee or old by T. R. Ybarra mathematical side of the subject. ods, ASCAP might never have its brilliant attorney Herman Fink- Dept. E2 • 3015 Casitas Ave .• Los Angeles 39, Calif. He is also to be complimented reached its high position as a pro- elstein. From the days of ou a, \ h n an XI rfen I journalist. ~ =-0!1~~ upon his ability to make this ab- tector of the interests of American Herbert and Berlin to the present formerly upon th stafT of the i\ew struse study readable after the composers and publishers. of Rodgers and Harumerstein an l York Tim ,writ n biography of manner of the French Albert La- The Nathan Burkan Competition Cole Porter, it has produced from an adored friend, ne mighl ex- vignao, in his monumental, "En- awards prizes of $500.00 each for performing rights for hundreds of pect a war runtnbl hyperbole. Mr. cyclopedic de la Musique et Die- meritorious essays upon copyright composers, a revenue aggregating YI nrr-a, however. who had wit- awaken to the singer's amazingly the shadow of Vesuvius. What? Handel, a Symposium I hardly saw in any other." Thus Edited by Gerald Abraham t ionnaire du Conservatoire." Rev- by students in law schools to fos- rnany millions of dollars which n d Carus t triumphs in Vorth rich and powerful voice-a voice Trust a roof over his head or a the critic makes his subject live esz is to be commended particu- ter an interest in copyrights in gen- otherwise would have been non- lind outh A rue-lea, ha not only that still rings in the minds of floor under his feet that night? Professor Abraham, able Eng- and breathe. larly for his notable chapter upon eral as well as in music. The existent. All this would have been ho en to give u a refreshingly thousands who heard him, and is Never! He slept in the back yard lish writer and musicologist, large- In the second essay by the emi- musical talent and genius. How- awards in 1951 and 1952 went to impossible without an intensive delightful and entertaining tor)' of still brought to life by his Victor under a tree, with the towel still ly self taught, has prepared for nent Dr. Edward J. Dent, he dis- ever, it is futile, in our limited Reginald Ray Reeves, of the Uni· and incessant familiarity with the ·-the mo l a laim d opera inger records. Unfortunately, for musi- around his head and the photo- the Oxford University Press, a cusses the operas of Handel with space, to make an extended review versity of Idaho College of Law, copyright situation. in history" but has ndde<1to this cal history, the singer passed on graph in the silver frame still notable series of five symposia fine discernment, as does Julian upon a work covering such an in- and to Russell A. Schlattman, of The Number Five Copyright exhaustive r reh, \\hich actually before the electronic high fidelity under his arm." He made sure not (each about 300 pages in length) Herbage in the chapter upon the finite number of details. the St. Louis University School Law Symposium is published in resurrects in the reader's imagina· recordings were known to the to be trapped inside the house. covering the lives of Sibelius, oratorios. The other essays of Basil The University of Oklahoma Press of Law. In addition to this, eight the United States by Columbia tion, a portrait of Ihe great artist musical world. Caruso's career, year by year, Schumann, Grieg, Schubert and Lam, Kathleen Dale, John Horton, $4.00 other students were awarded hon- University Press, and ill Europe. who passed into immortality over Caruso's many years in Amer- was that of a conquering hero. Handel. Gerald Abraham and William C. orary mention. The ten essays in Canada, India and Pakistan bv thirty-three year ago. ica were not without comedy and His glorious voice grew richer and The individual essays in each Smith, give the music lover a very The Musical Heritage of the Church all for 1951 and 1952 are pub- TheOflore Boehy-Nickel, Editor Oxford University. The price i~ '1r. Ybarra has quoted liherall)' tragedy. Ybarra tells with graphic more golden. His acting ability symposium have been written by full picture of Handel-the singu- lished in the new volume. These es- $4.00. from many sources including a adjectives of Caruso's experiences improved and his income soared outstanding British writers and larly interesting individual, the A series of valuable essays pre- says cover man y phases of the lengthy interview ntith the singer. in the great San Francisco earth· to half a million dollars a year. critics. The idea of having the in- composer, the performer and the sented at the Valparaiso Univer- copyright law in generaL The The Model'll Renaissance of Jc";sh secured for the ET DE by Dr. quake in 1906 (April 17). 11 oc- Then, on one tragic night, he had dividual appraisals of a number impresario. sity, Indiana, at the summer ses- judges of the contest were Hon. Music James Francis ooke in 1912. curred at 5 a.m. Scotti, Sembrich a violent hemorrhage on the stage of writers, intelligently collated Oxford University Press $6.00 sions from 1947 to 1952. Many b" Albert Weisser Stanley H_ Fuld, Court of Appeals Caruso, after his youth in and Pol Plan~on were at the St. at the Metropolitan Opera, and and edited by one man, is an ex- distinguished musicologists includ- of the State of New York, and A Concise His(ory of Music Albert Weisser was born in New i aple , made hi debut at the iet· Francis Hotel. They all appeared another a few days later on the cellent plan, inasmuch as it would by William Lovelock, D. Mus. ing Dr. Paul Henry Lang of Col- Leon R_ Yankwich, Chief Judge York City in 1920. He is a grad- ropoUtall Opera House in i\e\\' in the hotel lobby, Caruso with a stage of the Brooklyn Academy of seem that each writer would have Dr. Lovelock has given us a sound umbia University, Dr. Leo Schrade of the Southern District of Cali- uate of the School of Art and York City, i'lovember 23_ 1903, wet towel around his head and a Music. Caruso's sensational career a different angle of approach and and extremely well written History of Yale, as well as Dr. Paul Nettl fornia. Seience of New York University. at the age of lhirt '. Thereafter, silver framed photograph under was at an end. He went home to illumine different facets. of Music with excellent documenta- of Indiana University and Dr. Don· The copyright laws of various As a composer and conductor. he he made 607 appearances at the his arm. Scotti remembered that Italy where he died August 2, Thus, in the first essay by Percy tion. At the end of each cha pter are aId Ferguson of the University of countries change occasionally from has won a distinctive reputation Metropolitan. His first appearance he had a friend in the suburbs 1921, at the age of 48 in his "bella M. Young (Handel the Man), we lists of records which may be pur- Minnesota participated. time to ti me, but the theory under- in our country. He received the in America caused no furor. He of the city. He therefore hired a Napoli." find that the brusque, cursing Han· chased to illustrate the text. The The book concerns itself in gen· lying jurisprudence changes slight. Purple Heart for his services dur. was merely the new tenor Uat the driver who agreed to take him to Mr. Ybarra's book is filled with del did have a temporate side book is also illustrated with some eral with the music of the Lutheran Iy. The interpretation of the laws, ing the Second World War. He Met." He had already had more his friend's home for three hun- anecdotes, incidents and hints upon which his great contemporary line drawings and numerous nota- Church but includes an excellent however, is subject to many deli- has now given to musical literature spontaneous receptions in Italy. in dred dollars. Caruso went with the voice. While it should be a critic, the historian Charles Bur· tion examples. The period covered essay upon the "Rise and Decline cate mutations. Therefore, it is a most informative work upon the South America, in Russia and in him. "They found the suburban treasure to any singer, it is also ney, described thus: "When he did is from the earliest Greek begin- of English Church Music" by Don- highly desirable to have every pos- changes that have taken place in England, where he drove his audio home of Scotti's friend in a fair of exciting interest to the general smile, it was his sire the sun, nings down to the contemporary ald Ferguson. The collection leads sible phase of such a subject avail- the twentieth century in the field state of preservation. Scotti pre- reader. bursting out of a black cloud. scene. The book is one of 240 pages. to a higher understanding of the able to experts. This is especiaUy ences into frenzies of delight. Sing· of the employment of ancient Jew- ularly enough, Caruso was in no pared to go to bed in one of its There was a sudden flash of intel· One paragraph in the book is de· theological significance of music in important to ASCAP with its an- ish melodies in modern music. rooms. But Caruso refused to cross Harcourt, Brace and Company ligence, wit and good humour, voted to American music. worship. It is to be highly com. nual income soaring into many sense a rage in New York. It was Most non·Jews have little reali. not until 1904 that they began to its threshold. He had been born in $4.50 beaming in his countenance, which G. Bell and Sons, LTD $1.75 l_6 _ ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 7 Arthur F'lckenscher, pianist, dent of the Meneely Bell Compa?y organist and composer, died sud. of Troy, New York, died in that CIty The World of Music denly in San Francisco on April 15 on May 4" at the age of 77. Mr. at the age of 83. He had beenhead Meneely was also a. composer of of the music department of the llni- carillon music as well as an ac- versity of Virginia for 21 years until complished player. He was also an (Continued from Page 5) his retirement in 1941. instructor for chime players. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eng. A Festival of Baroque Music land's venerable Hl-year old com. A Summer Music Festival and of the $2000 award in the Steinway was held at St. John's Episcopal poser, will visit the United States Workshop under the direction of Centennial Piano Competition. Har- Church, Hagerstown, Maryland. on this fall for his first trip here in Karl Krueger, American orchestra riet Serr of New York City was given May 7 and 8. A feature of th.~ pro- conductor, and Wilbur Hollman, a special consolation gift of $1000. arums was the American prenuere of more than 20 years. He will be the Auditions for the award were con- guest of Keith Falkner, English bass. opened at Cedar Crest College, Al- lIandel's "Utrecht Te Deum." The ducted by the National Federation Ideas for lentown, Pennsylvania, o~ June 28, festival was conducted by Charles baritone and professor of voice at and will run to July 17. Mr. Hollman of Music Clubs. Me Kee, director of music at St. Cornell University. He wilt lecture at is head of the Music Department at John's Episcopal Church. Also par- Cornell and several other colleges Eugene Ormandy, music di- Cedar Crest. The American Arts Or- ticipating were Edward Linze! and on the subject "Background of chestra under Dr. Krueger, and the rector of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Music." the Piano Ernest White. of the Church of St. is fulfilling a busy conducting sche- Festival Chorus under Mr. Hollman Mary the Virgin, New York City. THE E '0 will present several concerts. The dule in Europe. His complete list Workshop offers refresher courses of appearances includes concerts for school and college music teach- with the Vienna Symphony Orches- From an Interview with Hilde Somer ers, church musicians, private music tra, May 30; Vienna Philharmonic, teachers and college age music stu- June 5; Stockholm Philharmonic, COl\II»E'I'('.'IONS (For details. write to sponsor Ji.ti/t'dj Secured by Burton Paige dents. June 9; Bergen (Norway) Philhar- monic, June 11-12; Philharmonic Or- • Arcari Foundation Accordion C mposit.ion ('0111 ",I. .tward of $500 for an original work-a rhapsody for uc .ordion and orche-rra. Closing Eastward in Eden, a lyric drama chestra in London, June 20; Amster- date, October 15, 195 . DCLOils from AI' ori F undation, 14 ~lcrion by Jan Meyerowitz, was given its dam Concertgebouw, June 30-July 2; New York premiere in May when the Tonhalle Festival, Zurich, July Road, Merion, Pa. it was presented by the Opera De- 6; Cologne Symphony, July ll; Hilde Somer partment and Orchestra of the RIAS Orchestra in Berlin, Septem- • Capital University Chapel Choir Conductors' Cuild annual anthem Mannes College of Music. Carl Bam- bel' 5-6; Oslo Philharmonic, Septem- cernpetition. Anthems suituble for average church choir. Closing bergen was the musical director and ber 9-10; Danish State Radio date September 1, 1954. Derails from Ev r It W. M hrley, Comest Ralph Herbert was stage director. Orchestra, Copenhagen, September Secretary, Meee Conservatory, Capital Univer h y , ulumbus 9. Ohio. Concerning significant results obtained in presenting a series of piano recitals 16 and 19; and the Bergen Phil- The American Society of Pi- harmonic, September 22·23. • American Guild of Orgunlst .. I riz Anth m cute ..t. 150.00 with explanatory comment. This was more than a music appreciation project. ano Technicians will hold its na- offered by The H. W_ Cray ompany. In ., for tit be-t anthem for tional convention in Chicago, July The 1954 Summer Music mixed voices. Deadline. Iunuurv 1. 1955. 0 tail from The H. W. 5-8, at which time several men prom- Clinic of the University of Wiscon- • Cray Company, Inc., New York 17. 'W York . inent in the piano field will speak. sin at Madison, July 5 to 25, is this amount of understanding is essential to thing I sought. Wouldn't it be fine, I Among these will be Dr. William year observing the silver anniversary ONE OF THE pleasantest aspects of con- • Mu-Jcal Fund Society ol Philad l phiu Internntionul nmpo-ruon cert touring is the opportunity it participation-c-you grow into appreciating thought, to give audiences the same sort of Braid White of Chicago, who will of the Wisconsin Summer Music Contest. 1000 award for a choral work (or mixed v i es end orch mao affords of talking with people-all sorts of new music by hearing it-older forms and informal information-not as "lessons" speak on "Problems of Modern Piano Clinic. It is estimated that more than Closing date December 31. 1954. OCUliIs from Dr. F. \ illiam under- 10,000 high school musicians have people of varying ages and backgrounds styles have deep meaning for us as the but as a pleasant means of entering more Scaling," and Dr. A. Becker of De man, Chairman, 1025 Walnut treet, Philadelphia 7_ Pa. Paul University, whose subject will participated in these clinics. This and tastes-and learning what it is that foundation on which musical continuity actively into music! Only in such a way be "Is Professional Piano Service summer the clinic will have a staff they expect of music. I have enjoyed this rests-and this business about "long-hair" could a true tradition be developed, and the. • Friends of Harvey GauL Inc .. Eighth Annual Coml)o~ition Contest. Better?" of 80 from all parts of the country experience since I made my debut in my na- is an artificial thing and a pure abomina- deplorable "long-hair" handicap overcome. and Canada. An award of 300 for a violin solo with piano accompaniment. A tive Vienna at the age of ten; and continued tion. But the questions themselves were less Could I do this? Mme. Povla Frisjh, Danish-born ]00 award for a composition for four harps. Closing date Decem- it here as soloist with the New York Phil- important than the state of mind they indi- My chance came through a social meet- singer and teacher of New York The Chicago Musical College, ber 1, 19.54. Details from Mrs. David V. Murdoch, Chairman, 5914 ing with Mr. Julius Bloom, the distin- City, has received the Royal Gold one of the oldest music schools in Wellesley Avenue, Pittsburgh 6. Pa. harmonic Symphony and The Philadelphia cate. This is an instinctive reaching-out on Medal of Award bestowed upon her the United States, has merged with Orchestra, and as recitalist in Carnegie the part of people who love music and guisbed and brilliant director of The Brook- by King Frederick of Denmark in the Roosevelt College School of • Northern Califcrma Harpists' Association nnual composition con- Hall and on coast-to- coast tours. But a spe- aren't quite certain how to approach it. lyn Academy of Music. We met. we talked recognition of her distinguished ca- Music, effective September 1954. Be- test. Two awards of 150 each for composition £01' harp solo or harp cial highlight came a year ago. when: as What could one tell them-how advise music, and suddenly found ourselves in en- reer. The decoration was presented cause of the long and distinguished with one or more instruments or voices. Closing date January IS. soloist with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston them? thusiastic agreement on the relationship of by Ambassador Henrik Kauffmann career of the Chicago Musical Col- 1955. Details from Yvonne La MotIle, 687 Grizzly Peak Sh-d .• Berk· Pops Orchestra, I played 65 concerts in 68 The more I thought of it, the more fired music to living. The result was that Mr. at the Metropolitan Club in New lege, its name will be retained. Dr- eley 8, California. days. We reached an aggregate audience of I grew with a wish to do something about Bloom offered me the opportunity to tryout York City. Rudolph Canz will teach in the 380,000 people, many of whom came back- the situation. Courses in music-apprecia- my ideas at the Academy of Music. And I piano department and will have the • Lorenz Publishing Compan~' composlllon contest. Priz.es will be stage, to talk music; and nearly all of whom tion didn't seem to be the final answer. jumped at it. Putting our heads together, James Francis Cooke, editor honorary title of President Emeritus given for 25 anthems ami 15 organ voluntaries submilled between had the same thing to say. People wanted What was needed was some means of taking we devised 'the series known as Six Ideas emeritus of ETUDE, former presi- of Chicago Musical College. It is June 1 anJ December 1. 1954. Delails from Editorial Department, to know how to listen to music-how to get music out of the "highbro'w" category and for the Piano. dent of the Theodore Presser Com- interesting to note that three of the 501 East Third Street. Dayton 1. Ohio. pany and from 1907 to 1949, editor oldest music schools in the country- the most from it. showing it to be the integral part of nor- Our purpose was to give audiences what of ETUDE, was tendered a testi- the Chicago Musical College, the Is it enough. they asked: simply to enjoy mal living which it really is. A means of so many of them had asked for-an idea • Broadcnsl :i\1usic, Inc. Student composers Radio Awards. Total monal dinner in Philadelphia on New England Conservatory of Music what you hear? Aren't we missing a great doing just this suggested itself in a most of what to listen for in music; of what mu- prizes, $7,500 (fi,·st prize. 2.000). Closing dale. Dec. 31. 195~. De- May 10, by the Chestnut Street As- and the Cincinnati Conservatory- deal by not knowing the creative forces agreeable way. sic really means; and such facts as were sociation of which he was president lails from Russell Sanjek, director. 580 Fifth A\enue. Fifth floor, were all founded the same year, making music? Does the average concert- My husband is an attorney who loves needed to co-ordinate music both with the for 15 years, and is now honorary 1867. New York 19. New York. goer have to study the programs? Can you music without having had special training life of its own times and of ours. As to its president. Leaders in the professional make yourself appreciate things that don't and business fields of the city were The Boston Pops Orcheslra • National Symphony Orchestra Composition Conl~t for Uniled in it. When I play to him, at home, he often nature. the series was to be programs of in attendance. Dr. Robert L. John- early in May, opened its 69th season States comp?sers. Total of 83.300 for originaJ compositions. Entries appeal to you at first hearing? Do the older asks about the nature and meaning of piano music, clarified by comments (which son, president of Temple University, with its conductor Arthur Fiedler to b~ submItted between October 1, 1954, and January I, 1955. forms and styles have meaning for us to- works; and, in giving him bits of informa~ is different from lectures illustrated by was toastmaster and the address of beginning his 25th year as con- Details from National Symphony Orcheslral Association, 2002 p day? Can't one love music without being tion which form part of the professional music.) the evening was given by Dr. Alfred ductor of the Boston Pops. Soloist Street. N. W., Wash., 6, D. C. too "long-hair" about it? And I could list musician's background, I see his eyes light The comments were to give, as far as H. Williams, president of the Federal of the occasion was Hilde Somer who dozens more. up with wonder and pleasure. These bits of possible, a sense of the continuity of mu- Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. had been the featured soloist on the • Midland 1fusic Foundation Composition Contest. Awards (If 2000. It is easy enough to give backstage an- fact reach him as entertainment; yet they sic. We sought to stress the feeling of tradi- orchestra's tour last season. $1500 and $1000. Composition for orcheSlra or choral group or orches- swers-enjoyment isn't quite enough-you add substantially to his enjoyment of mu- John Browning, 20-year old pi- tion rather than cold, dry chronology; to tr~ and choru.s combined. Closing date JuJy 1, 1954. Details from The needn't go in for deep study, but a certain anist of Los Angeles, is the winner sic. Here, on the smallest scale, was the (Continued on Page 53) Chester Meneely, retired presi- MJdland MUSIC Foundation, State at Buttles Street, :Midland, Michigan.

8 l ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 9 D.,. Enore Mazzoleni, Artistic Director

All degrees of musical aptitude are represented by those who come to the J.Veighborhood Music Settlement

They all study together united by the Scene from Act II, HMadamc Bunerff r" Hoval Conservatory Opera Festival Lawrence Bukunas, director, with a group of budding violinists. bond of music by Roy N. Kunkle Opera ,n• Canada ICTURE if you will all old·fashioned united by the gf at common denominator, music. Pdwelling in the heart of Los Angeles Irene Salemkn, soprano The intriguing story of the Royal Conservatory Opera "melting ;ot" filled to overflowing with Those who have had the privilege of youngsters, some blue-eyed and Aaxc,:- hearing the youthful r presentarivcs of the haired, many olive-skinned with black hall' ~cighborh od 1u ic ttl mcnt were im- Company which in its brief history, has firmly and flashing eyes, but all intent on one ob- pre sed by their eager carne tnes-, and were made aware that here in outhern jective: eager to get all the joy possible established itself as a most capable organization. from music. Crowded quarters in this California, a work of vital imp rtance is Andrew l.\1acMiJlan, baritone, coach anti usstsmnt stage rlireetor crowded house where a piano has pushed being a . .omplish d through the cttl ment the laundry tubs off the back porch. Every -a Settlement funded to nn:,\' I' the mu- by May Weeks Johnstone Billy Sinoff, a ps-omfsing young student. available spot is used for an instrument or sical needs of the oncmically under- for practice, and work goes on well into privileged children of Lo Angcle- and the night. neighboring c mmunities. The Settlement train for better inter- The Neighborhood Music Settlement in $37,000 to stage the three productions, HERE IS [Ill aura of excitement these dents, and you notice a large proportion East Los Angeles gives the community les- national relation almost a efJecthely as days aboul the staid old buildings of the of very pretty young girls with lovely "The Marriage of Figaro," "Madame But- sons in harmony. It is an incorporated, it train for per lorman e and appreciation T Royal Conservatory of Music, in Toronto, shining hair. Everyone is talking animated- terfly" and "Faust," but they had made ex- nonprofit organization for the purpose of of music. Here, the children are united by Canada. in the air. You sense it the ly, and there is a feeling of pleasant, pur- penses and there was a nice little balance giving music instruction to those who sin- the bond of love for the rnuvic \\ hi h radi- It's moment you enter the College Street door. poseful activity, in the hank. cerely desire music but cannot afford it. ates out from them and touches the lives The Royal Conservatory Opera Com- Dr. Johnson attended many rehearsals New York City alone has seven such music of rnany familie in thi spirit or kindly On 3:. busy day, like Summer School pany, which has grown out of the Conserva- and was often backstage giving advice and settlements, but the big white house at 358 tolerance, and an influence that is raising Registration Day, you might see as you tory's School of Opera, is the reason for assistance which was invaluable. Comment- South Boyle Avenue houses the only music the community in which they live to a cross the foyer, many prominent people in the activity. The first all-Canadian profes- ing on the performance, Dr. Johnson said: settlement in Southern California. for higher standard. They all study together the musical life of Canada, Dr, Ettore Maz- sional opera company, its astounding suc- "The company is only three years old, twenty years its rooms have been converted and what could make for better citizenship? zoleni, the principal of the School of Music, cess has given a boost in morale to all those and for the members to have reached their into studios where literally thousands of No one can live his fullest life without is chatting amiably with Dr. Edward .lohn- who have struggled for years to establish present standard of proficiency in singing children have been taught by competent culture. and the means of acquiring culture son and Boris Berlin, The beautiful bru- opera in Canada, and acting in that brief space is truly teachers, should be available to all regardl s of nette in the fabulous dark blue dress, stand- amazing." The Neighborhood Music Settlement was his economic standing. What is the chief ing just ahead of you at the registration Growing from small beginnings where founded in 1914, and incorporated in 1936. means of culture employed? The study of desk, is actually Mme. Gina Cigna, the concerts of operatic excerpts were given, The critics raved, the public was de- Pupils of, all ages, all races and all music, both as a cultural and a social force. world-famous dramatic soprano from La through performances of entire operas to lighted j conductors from other companies creeds are welcome at the Settlement. Spe- Through class work and through making Scala Opera House, Italy, who is now on invited audiences, the school went on, in had come from as far away as Uruguay and cial talent is not necessary, although it is music 1Jl groups, these young people learn the teaching faculty of the Opera School. February 1950, to the daring venture of from New York City to see the premiere- They've becnnlaking music togather-, encouraged. The Settlement is here to co-operation and respect for other races Rounding the corner of the corridor staging a real Festival of Opera lasting it was obvious that opera could be produced you'll see more distinguished and foreign- a full week, with three major productions, in Toronto successfully, John M. Har-nett, Assoc. Cond., Los Angeles serve, and it is felt that if a person has a and creeds, Phtlharmontc, with three young pfuyere. sincere desire for music, music can do Industrial growth of the city is bring- looking people going in to see Mr. Ezra The festival was held in Canada's largest But when the tumult and the shouting much for that person. ing delinquency areas in its wake. The Schabes in his lilly publicity office. In the legitimate theatre, the Royal Alexandra. had died, the people at the Conservatory Pupils have certain obligations to ful- Settlement is helping to bring to these cafeteria at the coffee hour, Andrew Mac- Dr. Arnold Walter, head of the Faculty were almost exhausted. They had shoul- fill: they must be prompt for lessons; they boys and girls that which will make better Millan, popular coach and assistant stage of the Conservatory, was director, with dered all the responsibility of the festival, must prepare the lessons assigned to them; men and women of them, Causes of delin- director of the Opera School, sits at a table Nicholas Goldschmidt as conductor, and including the advertising~ financing, and and show their interest and co-operation quency: " othing else to do, I'm just a with another teacher and several students. Felix Brentano as producer. Gweneth Lloyd even selling the tickets. The effort expended by a receptive attitude. Recitals are given nobody." These people are busy. They He is wearing an informal, crew collared of the Winnipeg Ballet arranged the chore· had been tremendous, Consequently, there once a month by the students and a com. have something to do. They can play for sweat shirt under his jacket and it is hard ography, and Dr. Edward Johnson, the dis· was an audible sigh of relief when a public bined concert is given once a year during their Own enjoyment and for others; they to distinguish him from the students. tinguished former director of the Metro- spirited group of Toronto citizens formed an the month of June. Pupils range from six are somebody. No pupil of Lhe Neighbor· There is a happy camaraderie in the politan, lent a very willing hand. Opera Festival Association with Dr. John- to approximately forty years of age. Here, hood Music Settlement has ever been a de- small, crowded room where the faculty The Festival was sold out well in advance son as chairman, Anxious to keep Canadian twenty nationalities meet under one roof, linquent, because (Continued on Page 20) mingles on democratic terms with the stu- and was a gratifying success. It had cost talent in Canada, (Continued on Page 58) L 10 ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-fUT,Y 1954 11 A young American conductor whose experience

gives his every word a note.

The Credit An Editorial of authority tells of of the The Hole of by JAMES FRANCIS COOKE Music in Israel

An Interview with Jacques Singer It is recognized that there ha always they are playing Pop Goes the fPeasel, with Secured by Rose Heylbut HE INDIVIDUAL'S credit is to him been in mu ic a large number f ifin rant earnest music workers, as it ,vould be to what the sterling mark is upon silver. f1y.by.night perform rs of unstable back- TIt is based upon his record for meet- list quack medicine men with reputable ground, who live and f d upon \\ hat well- physicians or shyster lawyers and am- ing financial obligations promptly. The trained musicians call unmusical trash. WHEN JACQUES SINGER accepted highly musical, its very youth serving to bulance chasers with lawyers of high stand- credit of the music teacher is just as im- Naturally their financial integrity i zero. the invitation to conduct the orches- stimulate an interesting and colorful musi- ing. portant to him as credit is to the banker, Even to In s such a group with well- tras of Israel, he carried with him a con- cal life. Most of the present population the corporation or the United States gov- The great body of music teachers in have their roots in other lands-Austria, schooled Il1U ic workers, and th n strike siderable reputation as director and builder ernment. Publius Syrus (circa 42 B.C.) is America cannot fail to resent Dr. Ha n- of orchestras. In 1938, on the recommen- Poland, Russia, Germany, even America- an average which place them in (l lass responsible for the epigram: "He who cock's generalization affecting their credit dation of Leopold Stokowski, he was ap- and they bring with them the musical tastes rating in the minds of thousands of people. near the bottom of the list i at least in- loses credit can lose nothing further." pointed conductor and musical director of and customs of their origin. Thus, one suiting. The writer in reading through Life Evidence that the credit rating of the huge the Dallas (Texas) Symphony Orchestra. finds a wide kinship with familiar music group of music educators, entitling them Perhaps Or. Hanc k i not fully ac- magazine a few months ago: came across Singer's first appearance there drew an along with the beginnings of a native to high listing based upon the actual facts, quainted _with the trem nd u advances an article upon credit which was based audience of 1,800; after four years of his development. " will be given later in this editorial. made in all fields of rnu ic ducation upon an investigation conducted by Dr. leadership, the Dallas Orchestra, begun During his summer's stay in Israel, Mr. Robert S. Hancock, Instructor in _ during the Is t fifty years. par- Singer conducted the three national or- ticularly in America. He would with a group of amateurs, had developed Marketing at the university of HOW GOOD A RISK ARE YOU? chestras; the Tel-Aviv Symphony (founded do well to secure the recently pub- into one of the finest in the Southwest and Illinois. Dr. Hancock, taking the its audiences numbered 8,000. In 1942, by Toscanini), the Haifa Orchestra, and l. Business executives 22_ Lawyers and judges Ii hed book "Public Relation in list of vocational callings from Singer entered the U. S. Army, rejecting the Jerusalem Radio Orchestra. 2. Accountants, auditors 23. Traveling salesmen Mu ic Education" by Professor the "Dictionary of Occupational "My most remarkable experience," says 3. Retail managers 24. Plumbers Floyd Freeman Graham of the a Special Services captaincy to serve as a Titles" prepared by the United 4. Chain store managers 25. Policemen and firemen very live North Texa tate Col- "shooting soldier," He was assigned to the Mr. Singer, "came on the evening I was States Department of Labor, made privileged to lead the Haifa Orchestra in 5. Doctors and dentists 26. Carpenters lege at Denton, Texe (published bands, however, and, for a while, made forty-two generalizations in co- 27. Guards and watchmen Army history by the enthusiasm he inspired the first symphonic concert ever given in 6. Engineers by the Expo ition Press. Xew operation with the Associated Farmers (owners) 28. Farmers (tenants) 7. York) and learn of the vast in- among the GI's with his concerts of classi- the city of Nazareth. The occasion was Credit Bureaus of America, .and 8. Army and Navy officers 29. Truck and bus drivers cal music. Then he was sent to the foxholes one of great excitement-not exclusively Enlisted servicemen tegration of music in the public with the aid of the Bureau of Eco- 9. Office workers 30. of the Pacific. He fought three and a hall musical in origin! The political conditions College professors 31. Unskilled factory hand- school systems of America. with nomic and Business Research. 10. years, won three bronze battle stars, and in Nazareth made it extremely difficult to Railroad clerks 32. Janitors our churches, with civic move- The following credit ratings are 11. made the first music on Corregidor with organize the concert. presented from-the December 31, 12. Skilled factory workers 33. Section hands ments and with industries. as well Plasterers his famous 147th Army Ground Forces "Nazareth is largely an Arab town, with 1953 issue of Life magazine and 13. Post office employes 34. as with colleges and universities. Railroad trainmen 35. Barbers Band. Following his honorable discharge, a larger proportion of Arabs, both Chris- are reprinted with the kind per- H. He should know that the national Singer went to New Orleans, and thence to 15. Hotel, restaurant mgrs. 36. Coal miners annual bill for music on the radio tian and Moslem, than of Israeli. This fact mission of Life magazine and Dr. 37. Common laborers 16. Schoolteachers Vancouver, B. c.l where the regular ten- has both musical and political repercus. A study in audience types and interests. Robert S. Hancock. and on television run into almost 17. Clergymen 38. Bartenders week season was extended to twenty-five. sions. Musically, the picture is complicated This generalization printed in untold millions. All these matters (Below) The orchestra stands in tribute to Mr. Singer. 18. Nurses 39. Musicians He remained there till 1951, founding a by the fact that the Moslem religion per- "Life" with its huge circulation, 40. Domestic servants are based upon sound business 19. Public offidials 250-voice chorus, inaugurating the first mits no music in its mosques' the muezzin paints a rather black picture for 20. Retail sales peopl. 4l. Painters practices. Serious musicians of Symposium of Canadian Music, and build- who calls the faithful to p~ayer, uses ~ a group in which Dr. Hancock 21. Printers 42. Farm laborers these days are, therefore. obliged ing the orchestra into a notable ensemble. kind of singsong chant, very old and char- classes all musicians. As far as to lead regular and responsible Singer went to Israel for the exciting acteristic and beautiful, still not exactly hundreds of thousands of responsi- Steadiness, not size, of income is the most important factor in the lives. chance of studying musical conditions in melody as we know it. And politically, the ble, upstanding music teachers, as ratings, although individuals in the top four categories may be there Unfortunately, the musically a young country. Asked, as he invariably atmosphere of Nazareth is tense; quite the well as serious performers, artists, because they have much firsthand experience with credit and know uneducated public is liable to look is, whether Israel is "musical," he voices conductors and composers in the the value of a good rating. Clergymen in big churches in big cities upon any kind of a tonal rumpus, reverse of what one might expect in the one of his favorite theor ies-c-every country United States are concerned, the are grade-A risks, but the bulk of the clergy works in small towns blare or squeak or bang as music. very cradle of our loftiest traditions of and is invariably underpaid; it is remarkable that the whole class is musical provided its people have a generalization is not only falla- The writer has a mental picture of brotherhood and amity. Nazareth is the ranks as high as 17th. Lawyers (22nd) ranks lower than one might cious but is unjust and exceedingly a conference with a famous Amer- chance to hear and make music. "I do not seat of nearly all known creeds-Moslems expect because their income fluctuates-a SIOO-a-week lawyer bas believe that some peoples are musical while Jews, Roman Catholics, Orthodox Greek damaging. It is as unfair to group a few good weeks, starts thinking of himself as a S500·a-week attar. ican industrialist who called in a others are not," Singer states. "Music is an Catholics, the various Protestant persua- trivial "musicians" who happen to ney. a?d gets into trouble. Farm laborers rank last not only because young woman from among his inherent human need. The more music play the tambourine or the bones their income fluctuates, but because they migrate, a deadly combina- thousands of employes. She sions-and a strong rivalry goes on among or the musical saw, or who ap- tion. hummed melodies badly out of there is in the air, the more musical a them all. Even the Christian sects blaze nation becomes. In this sense, Israel is parently swallow harmonicas while [Continued on Poge 62) up in (Contin;"ed on Page 61)

ETUDE~JULY 1954 L 12 ETL'DE-JL'LY 195J 13 There's no room for ghosts, musical or otherwise, when the members Here's an intelligent discusswn of of the Greeley {Colorado} Symphony get down Is the to the business of making music together. this vocal phenomenon which should

terv and elear up much 0/ the my's ery (R) Dr. J. Deforest Cline, Raymond C. Hunt, Dr. Kendel and Dr. Ginsburg. Fa t« e t to doubt concerning its use.

False? by JOSEPH A. BaLLEW

the lower part or the v icc. iut gmh'tl And day, that the falsetto is a false voice, u.n- HE FALSETTO is the skeleton i'~ the merged \\ ith it, and vice \'c r581 ~h rc..uh aesthetic and harmful, to the welter of :ary- enriches and frees the who lC VOICC to an T cupboard of the VOIce teaching profes- . . I nber of remstere ing oP1l1JOIlS on t lC nu t • • I:> incredible clegrec, mphasizes and imprnv s sion. Everybody knows it is there.' y:t a~l in the sinO"lng voice and to the lI1exac!, it- indi\'idunl quality, iii erat s its power (L.) Dr. Henry T. Ginsburg. (Above) The Greeley Philharmonic Symphony. pretend that it is not or try. to dl~l~l1SS.It often contradictoryo and nus. Iea dirug ter rm-1 by the dubious method of s~lgmatlZ1Dg It. and volume. extends its compass and r n- nology in common usc. . However, as with all family ~ecrets, ef- ders it unbelievally flexible and agile. Si~ce the falsetto exists in all voices and forts to keep its presence hidden ineluctably The valu of the proces may be exempli- .IS never . 5nppressed~~ but only rendered fail. It stubbornly refuses to stay concealed. fied by refer .nce to a few living ;in(l'~n: quiescent, it is difficult to ~nderstand how ~usieal Ghosts The great majority of young singers, be and a few of the imme liat past. raglln· it can be considered anything than a per- they tenors, baritones or bassos, \~'hen vini in his early clay at th Merr politan. fectly natural part of the v?~ce. F~rther- on the threshold of soaring into the heights was a good e vample r the integration of more, anybody who is familiar With the of their range, and with sopranos: mezzos the eo-called Ialscuo with the lower part singing of the cantors in the Synagogues, by Arloa Bunnell Linger Not Here! and contraltos at certain other points, O."t of the \ oice. The earlier Jus i I joerling with the male singers of most Eastern comes the recalcitrant falsetto, or quite was a better example. 1acCorll1itck. Rich- countries, and w1th the calls and chants arel Tauber and Gigli, \\'ho is still ::inging. audibly tries to. . of practiced yodellers, is aware that even At this stage one of two thm,g: usu~lIy the pure falsetto, when properly_ developed, are C\'en hetter instances. "MOM!" Larry's voice called as he Meditatively, Larry listened to the music of music, rather than professional aspira. happens. Because nearly all aSpirIng sing- Caru'"o. \\ ho was practically ~elf-tautrht. is of enchanting beauty, amazl~g volume side stepped his P·26 modeling and sighed wondering how long it would tions of which only two percent of the stu· ers have heard the falsetto roundly con- tr and resonance and of breath-takmg range. ofTcr~ a \\onderfully illuminatin Ie...;;,son paraphernalia strewn across the living room be before he could start playin'. It had been dents are interested. demned, some automatically and ashamedly 1n addition history provides us with nu- 011 the efficac) of the integration of .the floor and headed for the kitchen, "Come two weeks since he had sent for his violin Greeley's modified and recent musical recoil at its escape believing they ha:e merous acc~unts of the beauty of voice and so.talled falsetto with the re~t of the \Olce. here a minute." and he wasn~t aimin' to let Phyllis make accomplishments date back to the earl y reached the limit of their range, whIle unsurpassed agility of execution of the male As a nedgling professional opera .;;,inger. "In a bit," she replied above her violin the Junior Philharmonic Orchestra before pioneers, when with their scarce and varied others try to bypass it by forci.ng .their soprani of earlier times, many of whom he wa~ known to ·'break" quite oficn on arpeggios of Liszt's Les Preludes and the he did. assortment of instruments, they undertook lower tones above the plane of Its Inter- high notes. This revealed an innate desire sang: publicly with voice unimpa.ired to .8 successive popping of the potato kettle's Enthusiastic as he was to join, Larry, to establish a city of culture and refine- vention. very advanced age. Very few slllgers, If to fusc the !:"o-called falsetto \\ ith the re- lid. "Practicin' and puddin' will be done." like many others did not realize the fore· ment. With the close of a century since When they reach the studios, thi.s latter any, whose upper tones arc a mere exten- mainder of h is voice_ and a lack of mastery With a disheartening "Oh," Larry saun- sightedness and the outstanding leadership the pioneers headed west with these few procedure, plus the inhibition a!?alnst the tel~sion of their lower can comfortably sing in achie\-in!! it. .In his early record~ \\e hear tered through the kitchen out the door and of community minded citizens that had priceless possessions, changes far excell- falsetto is intensified. Almost wlthout ex- jn the high lessitura that so many cantors. an ad\-ance~ but the so-called fal.retto i~ 51ill toward the barn munching an oatmeal made Greeley a leading city of musical op- ing one's expectations have been wrought. ception'they are cautioned not to yield. to Eastern male singers and cultivated yodel- not full\- intc!!rated. His later records show cookie, with the aroma of roasted beef fad- portunity to old and young alike. Despite the intervention of five wars we it, and systematically led to do .everythll1g leI'S encompass with ease~ while practically he is s~tceeling admirably. while his still ing behind him in the gathering dusk. His have progressed from stagecoach to jets, possible to resist and sll1otl~er It. If, after none are able to equal the accomplishments later recordings show he has completely dad would know more about plane models Since the 1948 findings of the A. S. being warned, they allow It .egress, they from tallow candles to fluorescent lights, of earlier singers in Aorid lllusic. succeeded. and the glorious Caruso voice. anyway. But his hope languished as he ap· Bennett Association regarding the national are met with continuing rcprnnands or a and from crude church choirs to great sym- It is obvious that there is no firm ground which c\ en lo\'er of singintr knows so well. pro ached. The old recorder recently re· survey of public interest in music, a number condes~ending tolerance which pr~rnises phonic choruses and orchestras. for the belief that the falsetto is a false is firml\ es'tablished in all its velvety beaut~ moved to the barn to increase "Bossie~s" of cities are a wakening to the need of pro- conquest over it in due time. A confhct ~e- With the hope of stimulating and de· voice, unaesthetic and harmful, nor for the and Ill~gnificent power. 50 powerful is his viding greater musical activities for the suIts from the urge to falsetto and the diS- productivity was giving forth with the same veloping their own musical lalent, other prejudice against it. On the conlrary, every \-oice at times that man)' people get lhe preludes reinforced, however, by the shrill ever increasing number of music students approval of it which is the. b~sic cause of cities are noting Greeley's musical accom- o-reat voice culturist of the past regarded it impression lhat he forced. They are wron? whistle of the bass part his father was that are graduating from high schools plishments, for there are few cities of equal the fear of high notes and: lOCI dentally but o as an indispensable factor in developin~ all Caruso ~ang in all type of roles. frolll hnc not unimportantly, the origin of n.umerou.s studying while awaiting the electric milker. yearly only to find their group musical size in the United States that can boast types of voices to their highest possible to dramatic_ and he knew perfectly wen that muscular tensions. This fear persists until Reluctantly, Larry wrapped his legs activities brought to an end due to the lack of such an extensive musical program offer. all~ attempt at achieving power by forcing the struggles of the falsetto for freedom are I~erfection in quality~ tractability, range around a two-by four and began whittlin' of opportunity to actively participate in ing a well rounded cultural experience to frustrates its purpose. He kne", that to at- stifled and the lower tones are patiently an? and durability, and the greatest voices were and thjnkin'. It was philharmonic practice such organizations. both old and young, to professional and produced as a result of the utilization of the tain full \'ocal power the voice must he free painfully extended over the break whe~e It tonight come wind, snow, or freezin' cold. From the Bennett report it is significant non professional, to participant and lis- and nowing and, what is more importsnl. seeks its liberty; but the muscular te~slOns falsetto as a basic principle in vocal pro- From miles about farmers, housewives, to note that regardless of sex, income or tener alike; providing a relaxing and chal- increase, to the detriment of the vOIce as duction. that it cannol be free and Rowing. especi3l1y teachers, salesmen and clerks would come race, one out of four persons has actively lenging diversification from the old routine In most voices, the uncultivated falsetto in the high Lones. unless the developed to practice in Colorado's oldest orchestra, participated in some instrumental music a whole. . that is a challenge to mental, physical and The source of this procedure may be is weak and not always of a pleasant sound. so-called falsetto is completely Iller~ed the Greeley Philharmonic. activity for personal pleasure, enjoyment (Continued on Page 59) traced to the notion, held in common to· But when it is developed and balanced with with lhe lower (Cofllillued 011 Pa,!!e 50l

ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 15 L 14 . H tllinks many organists have never tempt. e . heard themselves the way a congregation - tl ern and he tells of recently hearing When the child is old enough to begin Ileals 1 ~ . rist play a churcb voluntary In an or gal .' writing notes he can practice drawing . h he chanlYed the tempo WIth pr acti- whole-notes, half-notes, quarter-notes, clefs WIlIC S 0 This wide-awake teacher found that callv every measure. and time signatures. Drawing a row of So much for organ playing and. prac- these (as arranged in any of the many good · . l~ Now with reference to the kind of theory papers published for children) will trcn o- I D in working with young children it is wise to music the church organist should pay, . r. interest him. He need not write the words. Clokey has rather specific ideas as to which A short verse·or nursery rhyme, like Jack joseph W. Clukey composers' works are worth playing. It is Be Nimble may be used. At other times actually not a matter of musical values at some small experience will prove ideal II but rather of directional value. Does for a song or small piece. He can choose a . ? D . Let Them Make the music connote worshipr oes It cause only the title and make his music express the congreuation to wish to leave the world the subject. behind and go in quest 01 God? JI so, fine. Beginning to set down his own music If not. it is not good church music. Most may well start with completing the last two • comp~sers prior to the seventeenth century Songs of Their Own measures of a four measure phrase. Only who wrote only for the church produced the simple notes .mentioned will be used. excellent church music for organ. Marcello, The little tune will end on the key tone. Frescobaldi- and Buxtehude arc cases in by KATHRYN SANDERS RIEDER Or he may write the first two measures be- Pointers point. The Bach Chorale Preludes are ex- ginning the song on the root, or third or cellently suited. too. fifth. At first he needs definite points like The nineteenth century composer were OTH1.NG b.ring~ a child into intimate blue bumble- bee. He had just made up a this to make his efforts quite regular. The on unsteady aesthetic ground. This wa be- relationship WIth music so quickly song about one but he had forgotten what tunes must be diatonic at first, with no cause of the subjective mood of their mu ic. N skips in the melody being allowed. He will as creating music of his own. It it w~s. With a little prompting and a sug- for the Church Organist Brahm's eleven Choral Preludes and some ~rings music into his own experience. It gestion or two he sang the little tune to succeed best in this way especially since of Rheinberger's sonatas are acceptable IS some~hing to do with music which cap- words like these: he is setting down his own melody. In church music. But when we come to Men- tures hIS fancy. It appeals to his vivid I made up a song 01 a blue bumble-bee this way he is learning to control the music delssohn. we find him a diluted organ imagination and offers the teacher a way A blue-not a yellow-bumble-bee. from the earliest efforts. He is learning Words of wisdom concerning the details of writer. Franck's works are, for the average of teaching many important facts naturally. I sang it this morning under the tree to handle simple things in a way that church organist, rather long and difficult to providing the proper musical setting for a worship serVLce The points now have new purpose and As the bees in the blossoms were singing suits his experience. A few lines of "corn- play which would automatically make their meaning for the child since he will use to me. pletion melodies" at a time will be ideal. use unavailable for the hurch. The them in making little songs of ·his own. And now it is gone, Oh, where can it be One little girl of six years at about From an interview with Joseph W. Clokey Chorales of Franck, however, are in the While some may feel that it is doing the My pretty small song 01 a blue bumble- this stage wrote as her first attempt: right mood, and the horter Chorale Pre- child an injustice to let him think he is bee. Secured by Aubrey B. Haines ludes of Karg-Elert are outstanding. A SUNNY DAY composing music, this need not cause con- The little boy had had no musical train- Realizing the great dearth in acceptable Ex.2 ce:n. By the time he is old enough to ing, yet he had a sure musical instinct church organ music, the nee-Tudor group There is much bad taste displayed in think of any serious composition he will about creating a whimsical little song that. R. JOSEPH W. CLOKEY, whose organ in England have preoccupied their time changing registrations. When not neces- understand the distinction. He will have with a little rearrangement, made an in: D works frequently appear on recital with remedying the ituation. Hence. we sary, there is no point in making a change mastered many elementary skills that will teresting little illustration of considerable l~:::L== programs throughout the land and who still have excellent work by Vaughan Williams, in registration. The pitfalls to avoid are too enable him to go on should he wish. There charm. aives recitals on occasion, has at last given 'Martin and Geoffrey Shaw, Henry Ley, Eric b . frequent changes and too sudden changes is much to be said for encoura sin 0- every Spontaneous sing-song repetition is com- up teaching and is now spending much of Thiman. Alec Rowley, and, in Canada, AI· . I b 0 in dynamics or in color. In church organ Impu se he has toward creative expression. mon to most children. From these starts his time in composing organ and choral fred Whitehead and Healy Willan. In the playing the sixteen-foot tone should be kept For all music is an expression, the ex- they can be encouraged to extend them into works for the church. On interviewing him United States we have Leo ewerby, Seth l=.r;=J·Jl= light at all times and frequently manuals ~ression of beauty, ·the expression of emo- little songs that express their thought. Such at his home in San Dimas, California, re- Bingham. Frederick Candlyn and Edwin alone without pedals should be employed. han, the expression of the composers in- self-expression should be encouraeed as cently, I found he has many views gleaned Shippen Barnes as creative composers of Many church organs, unfortunately, are tention. The thing to be encourased in much as possible for it is a fertile field in from his years of experience in church spiritual organ music. While Dr. Clokey's deficient in a light sixteen-foot pedal tone. all music playing is the expression of which to plant creative musical expression It=:IJJn= organ playing, recital playing and com- own organ works in the past have been The matter of practice is something that something worthwhile in a manner which and imaginative music plIJ.Y.Best of all. posing which are well worth bringing to the veritable concert pieces. he is now doing A few months later she wrote: the organ student or church organist cannot has some significance. Expression of his children are very much interested in it. ' attention of ETUDE readers. considerable writing of organ music for afford to pass up. He should practice more creative musical ideas will help the child At first the teacher or parent will have LAZY TOWN First, with reference to the organist Ex. :1 than he does, including everything-even the church service. understand that the mechanical problems to write down the song. This is nothing whose instrument has only a few stops, is To illustrate what value may be found hymns. He should practice poise in playing, his lessons seek to teach are only a means unusual, for even successful professional it possible to obtain much variety in regis- in modern organ music for church use. Dr. too, as well as the mechanics of organ per- toward creative expression in his per- song composers have had to dictate their tration and, if so, how? Dr. Clokey was Clokey has given recitals in several cities formance. This involves handling the hymn formance. songs to someone else because they did not positive that this can be done. If the organ combining church music with readings books quietly and getting himself on and The child begins very early to make know how to write them down. Often they contains voices good for the church, this is from church liturgy-a creation entirely of off the organ bench so as not to bungle a little tunes. One three-year-old was'" call- have not bothered with the harmony. Any- to be desired. But the quality should always his own. This combination he devised so worship service. ing her. do.g. ~er playmates took up the one who has training can harmonize a good be appropriate. This means that it should be that reading and music in church services Dr. Clokey appreciates the value in learn- chant, Sll1gll1g It over and over with her: melody without great effort. So, with a well developed both in fundamental and in may be enriched by each other. Already ing interpretation by listening to records of child, his tunes can be written down by ample overtones. The types of tones which he has presented this unusual program in blend are small-scale Diapasons, small-scale organ music, although actually there is another at first. They Iike to have the Dallas. Fort Worth, and Lubbock. Texas, k ;E£b: more value in the organist's recording him- Here dos:-s:ic, dog , dog, dog l songs written down, for it makes them seem Flutes, broad-scale strings, and tapered and in Fresno and Claremont, California. pipes of Gemshorn variety. Where the aver- self as. the congregation hears him. He more important; also, the more permanent Last June. during Organ Week 01 the Mu- age small organ fails is that it is based upon should learn tempi altogether away from Small children often sing to themselves form enables them to refer to them later. sic Institute at the University of Redlands the type of tone used in theater organs. the organ. Metronome marks do not have and ask their parents, teachers or a musical It may be well to start a small notebook in Southern California, he gave his pro- That is, it contains thin- scale strings and a great deal of value. Dr. Clokey claims he friend to write the songs down. Often they of the tunes, songs or small pieces com- gram before the Convention of the Amer- broad-scale Flutes and Diapasons which do no longer places such marks at the begin- will add the words. posed. Do try to finish whatever is started ican Guild of Organists. In addition, he has not blend. Even a three-stop organ can lend ning of his music, leaving it instead up to One attentive little boy of four came so that the notebook may not trail off the individual 'interpreter to develop his own had published (Continued on Page 61) to a friend asking if he had ever seen a variety. into insignificance. (Continlted 01< Page 62)

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Reviewed by PAUL N. ELBIN

ROllwllde. Both performance are vital, Bencvoli: Festival Jt.fllss in 53 Parts t thouah the concepts of plano lone differ Hymn for St. Rupert For the dedication of the Cathedral of shar~ly. Pannar-io's piano sounds ~ard and Salzburg in 1628 the 25-year.old Italian percussive, Ketchen's softer and With more 0' • composer Orazio Benevoli was gIVer: a overtones. (Capitol P·8253; London 915) commission to write an elaborate fesfiva] Mass and a hymn to the city's patron saint. Rimsky-Korsnkov: Suite frol/l. "lr:fw tile Thc A Cappclla Chorus of Cornell Uuivcreity Of the 53 parts on the lengthy score of the TerrilJle" B:t1akia·c,': Tomur The inspiring story of one of the many excellent college choirs mass (2 feet, 9 inches), 16 are vocal, 37 I have learned to anticipate M- ·M re- that exist in A merica today. instrumental. During the Salzburg Inter- cordings leatur ing Anatole Fi toulari. Rus- national Music Festival of 1952 these Bene- sian-born, Russian~educated conductor, voli works were recorded by the choir of now a British citizen. The oriental color of by Ernest Hanly . the Cathedral and the Vienna Symphony Tamar and the Rus ian flavor of hmu the under Joseph Messner. Except for an engi- Terrible are strongly underlined in Fis- neer's tendency to equalize dynamics (This article is based on an irueroieur with Hobert Hull, director of University Music Lamentuuons of toula ri's performances with the Lond~n Jeremiah Alberto Clnastcra throughout, the recording job was splen- Dr. Robert Hull, Director 0/ Music Activi- Activities. Dr. Hull has a natural talent Symphony Orchestra. Technically. th~ ~I c o Vos Omnes . didly managed. (Epic LC 3035) for working with students. He is at the will stand up against the best competitIOn. ties at Cornell University, 111wcQ.,N. Y., Ego Vir Videns . and on the personal experince of the author convenient age where he is old enough to Beethoven. Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 (M-G·M E3076) Hecordare Domine . as a member of the Cornell University command respect and attention from the Full Chorus This recording will do as well as any to A group, yet young enough to enjoy their remind ETUDE readers that David Oistrakh Gluck anti Verdi: Arias from Orfeo e~l Cappella Chorus for the pa~l two years. The repertoire of the Chorus includes Dr. Paul N. Elbin jokes and parties. This is one reason the must be named in any list of the day's great Euridice, DOli Ccrlos and iUacbell, -i-Ed. Note) .well over 100 short pieces, as well as six- Chorus has a large waiting list of pro- violinists. It is a pity that this able Russian Martha Modl, distinguished German con- teen extended works such as cantatas, ora- spective members. Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D Major violinist must tolerate less than the best b:alto-turned-dramatic.soprano, highHghls LOT OF TIME, patience, hard work torios, and choral suites. The extremely fine quality of musk also With this recording Eugene Ormandy reproduction and something less than the the first American release of Telefunken A and talent are required to produce a It takes a lot of rehearsing and work attracts members. Programs cover the high and the Philadelphia Orchestra complete finest orchestral support. His playing is so long-playing records. A Cluck-Verdi 10· successful a cappella concert. This formula by all the members to produce a high-class the Brahms' symphonic cycle for Columbia. exceptional, however, that his Colosseum inch LP and a Beethoven-Wagner disc of has worked in building up the Cornell Uni- spots of choral literature from the 15th performance of a program like the one Since many of the world's great conductors records are best-sellers. Never the virtuoso the same size (TM 68003) reveal both the versity A Cappella Chorus to its present to the 20th centuries. A typical program above. To do this, they rehearse three times and orchestras have recorded the D Major simply to dazzle, always the artist, Ois- strengths and weaknesses of the much-dis- high level of concert perfection. would include a wide variety of numbers a week for one and a half hours. But before Symphony, disc-buyers have plenty of trakh's recordings of the Beethoven and cussed Modl voice. Her Che faro (sung in It would be hard to find a group of com- that are both enjoyable to sing and to hear. every concert there is a rehearsal schedule choice. If beauty of lone, transparency of Brahms concertos (with the National Phil- German), lacking legato as well a5 vocal parable musicians in a university organiza- As an example, their Sunday afternoon con- posted, which usually indicates sectional instrumentation, and overall orchestral ex- harmonic Orchestra) are models of high beauty, is disappointing. The sleep-walking tion who had such a wide range of interests. cert 01 March I, 1953 inclnded: rehearsals for the men and women on Tues- cellence are your standards, you will make art. His Mozart disc with concertos 5 and 7 scene from Macbeth, like the Abscheulicher! Of the 56 members of the Chorus, there are Pater Noster Jacob Handel days and Thursdays, a special all-chorus no mistake in adding this disc to your (CR 154) and his disc with the Brahms Wo eilst du bin? from Fidelio, requiring 26 in the Arts College who are majoring ill Deus, In Nomine Tuo rehearsal for two or three hours on Satur- Brahms collection. (Columbia ML 4827) D Minor sonata and Tartini's "Devil's Trill" intensity and dramatic mood, is wonderful. various fields-c-pre-med, pre-theological, Salvum ?de Fae Iosquin des Pres days, and evening or afternoon rehearsals sonata (CR 148), though brilliantly played, The Berlin State Opera orchestra furnishes music, economics, linguistics and many Komm, JeslI, Komm J. S. Bach for the special groups of Madrigal and Schumann: Lietlerkreis, 011. 39 exceUent accompaniments. (Telefunken TM Brahms: EnIsle Gesii"ge, Op. 121 are poorly recorded. (Colosseum 155) others. There is an electrical engineer who Full Chorus Debussy singers. Dr. Hull likes perfection, William Warfield continues to exhibit 68009) is the baritone soloist, a chemical engineer, In These Delighlrul and it takes hours of undivided attention artistic growth and vocal mastery as he ad- Prokofiev: Concerto No.3 lor Piano (IIuZ and an engineering physics major. There Pleasant Groves Henry Purcell and work to produce it. He is assisted in Orchestra vances to more and more demanding works. Bartok: Concerto No. 3 for Piano (Uul 'Vague,·: Loheugrin are nine from the College of Home Eco- Adieu, Sweet AmuriIlis . John WillJye rehearsals by James Van Horn, who also Surely he is one of the finest baritones Orchestra On 10 record sides London bas preserved nomics, seven from the College of Agri- Down In A floweI'}' conducts the Chorus, helps out on the sec- singing today, as these recorded works Two major recording companies have an actual Lohengrin performance from the culture, three from the College of Archi- Vale Coslanzo .Fci:ita tional rehearsals, and checks scores, trans- make clear. Hear In der Fremde and 0 Tod, lately made disc-mates of these twentieth 1953 Bayreuth Festival. Like most record- tecture, and fouf married women whose Spring Returns Luca 1I1arcnzio lations: and attendance. wie bitter bist dll, as examples of his best century classics. Capitol's soloist is Leonard ings of public performances, this one is a husbands are students at Cornell University. Au Joly Bois Claudc de Senllisy In spite of the hours of work rehears· singing, should you have questions about Pennario playing with the St. Louis orches- mixture of good and bad. Bad are the But whatever their background, the first Au J oly Bois Clement Janequin ing, there are a great many other factors his success with lieder. Otto Herz provides tra under Vladimir Golschmann. London's wanderings of the principals with regard requirement to become a member of the The Madrigal Singers involved in producing a good concert. exemplary piano accompaniments. Com- pianist is another young American, Julius to the microphones, the balancing of the Chorus is an interest in, and a desire to Trois Chansons de These include publicity, transportation, plete German-English texts are given. (Co- Katchen, whose collaborators are Ernest various elements of the production. and sing good music. Charles d'Orleans Claude Debussy finance: library, and numerous smaller lumbia ML 4860) Ansermet and the Orchestre de La Suisse the extraneous (Continued on Page 56) The group was organized in 1947 by Dr. Small Chorus problems. (Contil/ued 011 Pa.ge 20) L 18 ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE~JULY 1954 19 -

PIANIST'S PAGE Iic. Ingenuity has found ways of tablished to send the unusually tal- overcoming the obstacles to a cern- NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SETTLEMENT ented young people to study under plete musical education. Today, (Continued from Page 10) the outstanding artists and teachers thanks to the Neighborhood Music of today. Such scholarship funds are music will not own studios is several times that Settlement, the whole wealth of mu- children who make in operation now in other Settle- amount. Consequently, the teacher sic is accessible to the children of Some Sober Thoughts- make trouble. must have a sincere belief in the ments. low-income families. All degrees of musical aptitude Here is a group of people who are work he is doing at the school. The THE END are represented. Many of the ~tu- often overlooked by the general pub- dents turn to music for recreatIOn, teachers make a very real contribu- tion to the work of the Settlement, ------while others have talent on a pro- THEY SING FOR PLEASURE fessional level. There are only three for it means giving of their time for To Remember several hours each week throughout requirements for admission: a desire (Continued from Page 19) to study; a limitation or inability to " the year. The Settlement numbers among its teachers those who are in and a clever little folk song special. pay for lessons; and most important Most of this work is turned over to of all, a love of music. the midst of successful careers in ist. The friendliness built up within their profession. An have had thor- the students in the group, wh? el~ct the group is reflected in their concert music by such bombast? The happy rhythm Many interesting stories have been the various officers. The organIZatIOn ouzh and extensive training in their work, and reviewers have commented In September of the Tarantelle should not start with told by the teachers, director, and is headed by Spencer Steele as various fields, some with both A'mer- on their ability to present the highly cyclonic pace, but easily and amusingly. others connected with the school, president, who handles ~ll the ican and European background and classical line of A appella music Time enough later in the movement to soar concerning the outstanding qualities finances. The librarian has charge of of these fine children. One young study. They are teaching these chil- with a combination of personality and surge. Teach this concerto often. It dren and adults because they believe the music, both at Cornell and ?n man was determined not to take a trips to distant cities. !he eo-chair- and youthful delight. will be very rewarding to your students, lesson until he had paid for it in in the worth while work being done As the sample program indicated, by GUY MAIER there, and because they have that men of publicity provide news re- and to you, too. advance. He stayed away at least a leases look after posters and flyers, there are spe ial groups of singers month and finally romped "in and love of their fellow-man which makes and publicize the group in any pos- within the Chorus. Th maller is a Two Pianos, Two Copies spilled out a handful of nickels and them willing to give of themselves to sible desirable fashion. The manage- madrigal gr up of twelve voices pennies, profit from his job at a cor- help others. If you have two pianos in your studio, ment job includes arrangements for which usually performs in the man- ner newsstand, for two lessons on the The teachers are Sociologists in a try gradually to accumulate an extra copy transportation, excuses from .the ner of the riginal madrigal singers, fiddle. Another youngster, Ray Hash- way, too-men and women who help of most of the books you assign for stud y Deans' offices for out of town tn 1'5, seated around a large table. The imoto, age ten, was overheard boast- with the multitude of problems that provide and arrange stage risers and other spc ia l group, made up of 25 and sight reading. There are so many uses ing to one of his friends at the Set- arise in a group representing so A YOUNG pianist asks: "You often call feminine approach to the phrases was often many backgrounds. They help equipment for concerts, and to do voices, is known a the D bll~~Y for two copies: the student feels more tlement, that he had won an aw~rd group. u th Y ..ing only Debus..;y one phrase 'masculine' and another startling. It was a very convincing lesson change the attitudes of sullen, unco- the multitude of small jobs that al- independent sitting at his own piano with- from the Fire Department for finding 'feminine.' Will you please explain this for all the students. operative children who come from ways occur in an organization of 55 numbers. out you breathing down his neck; you give the most fire hazards in his school Dr. Hall, on many occasien • has more fully?" district. Nine-year old Ronnie Cook, families disru pted by domestic trou- people. directions from your piano, he follows; had to solve difficult «Iruerlons on Yes. Here is Mozart's lovely second Which Mozart Concertos? after a Saturday morning concert by bles. Nearly all of the youngsters' One of the big problems the stu- sometimes he plays one hand of a piece the spur of the moment, even during the Los Angeles Philharmonic Or- families are torn by economic diffi- dent committees had to solve last fall theme of his Sonata in C Major (first move- A teacher asks: "Which Mozart Con- while you add the other. Occasionally both concerts. At one concert the bus chestra, stole backstage where he culties, so that the small fee of fifty was that of providing formal attire ment) for one piano, four hands. certos shall I give to students who are not driver drove off with some of the of you read the same piece together (soft- sought out George Drexler, first flu- cents a lesson is out of the question for evening concerts. The boys were yet 'finished' players, but musical and with luggage till on the bus. This little ly) with your reading bolstering his con- tist, and informed him that he, too, for many, and can only be paid in easy to please, as a tuxedo is all good technical facility?" that's necessary-but it wasn't so mishap brought forth a baritone solo- fidence and security ... , Above all, stay was a flutist. Mr. Drexler took a part by most. Most important of all, I think the short Concerto in A Major the Settlement's teachers give rest- easy to please 33 women. A great ist clad in a flae:lty red corduroy away from your students, especially the strong interest in Ronnie and as a (K. 414) is the best for the first one; then result of this meeting, gave him less youngsters direction for their many possibilities were investigated, jacket, surrounded by the male memo 'teen agcrs when they are pla ying. Do not probably the exquisite Bvflat concerto a scholarship. Another outstanding energies and talents. Tiny tots love including the usual black evening bers of the chorus in their much stifle them, "baby" them or bore them with (K. 450) or the G Major (K. 453). Insist young student at the Settlement is the rhythm classes. Teen-agers settle skirt and white nylon blouse, all more formal and ubdued au ire. dum-dum counting or tapping as they play. Billy Sinoff. Aside from his musical down to constructive practice in their black gowns, all white gowns, full Another time the new paper re- that the student learn the entire concerto, activities, Billy has been a member after-school hours before too much skirts, narrow skirts-short and ported, "The cone rt was a cappella not just one movement. Do not give adoles- Speeding Up leisure time gets them into mischief. long. But 33 women produced 33 in the truest sense, for Dr. HuH for- cents the longer masterpieces, the D Minor of the "honor system" eight times in The more I teach beginners the more I the past 'two years, receiving straight Lessons are given for violin, piano, different objections to practically got his pitch-pipe." Although he has Concerto (K. 466), the two in E-Aat (K. believe that their difficulty in playing "A" grades at Belvedere Junior High clarinet, saxophone, voice, brass in- every suggestion. The solution was nearly perfect pitch. It doe not like If you play it warmly (allegretto gnizi- 271 and K. 482), the C Minor (K. 491) struments and string ensemble. found when the Chorus had an eve- to rely on it for giving the pitch to rapidly comes from mind and eyes being School. Although Billy is only four- esc}, imagining two people singing to each etc. teen years old, he is also the spelling At the present time, approximately ning concert, but no uniform gown the Chorus. But this time he was in other, you will hear what Mozart probably fixed rigidly on the spot at which they are 700 lessons are given each month to for the girls. Several women in the luck, for two of the girls in the alto champion of his school. He not only meant. The man (first slur) sings m] and Saint-Saens Concerto ill G Minor playing. They are so obsessed with play- spelled down his own class but three 170 students. Of these, at least 25 audience were asked to think over section do have perfect pitch and straightforwardly; the woman (second I am happy to note that the second con- ing that note that they cannot speed up. classes ahead of him. He was also lessons are given on a scholarship the gown problem during the con- were able to help him out of his So, more and more I emphasize the playing cert and to present their suggestions. slur) replies p, more quietly and tenderly. certo of Saint-Saens (G Minor) is being graded in the top rating for orchestra basis. predicament. of groups of notes, and teach them how to instrumentalists in the city wide Every instrument, each piece of The results were very helpful. The In 1952 the Chorus was picked by Then the man sings out his happiness more and more played. For twenty-five think in patterns. One of the simplest ways competition for the Los Angeles City furniture, and even the draperies judges liked the idea of a variety of the Handel and Haydn Society to (third slur) up to the climax on E (hold years artists and teachers have seemed to Schools. Due to his inborn talent as have been donated. Atwater Kent colors; they liked the full flowing record Handel's "Alexander's Feast" it!) ... after which the woman (fourth frown upon it, but now at last we recognize to do this is via scale groups, 123 and 1234. a musical genius at the age of four- , paid for the redecoration of the Set- " skirts and something that was ver sa- for the Handel Society Record Com- slur) warbles her joy with a beautiful, free its true musical worth. On all counts it is I have them feel silently the 123 pattern teen, young Billy has been granted tlement shortly before his death. In- tile, with Oll- or off-shoulder effects. pany. They were accompanied in this flourish. probably the finest composition of Saint- of any scale all over the keyboard, and struments are loaned to the children Now they just had to find the gown. a scholarship in violin with Armand work by the Handel ociety (Irches- Note how differently they proclaim their Saens: but it has suffered in the past by without looking. Then, very quietly and Roth a member of the Los Angeles without charge, and because so few At last a full-skirted, strapless gown tra. The same year they also reo loves-the man confidently, joyously; the being played purely as a show piece. There swiftly they squash the pattern all over the Phil1~armonic Orchestra. The Music have pianos at home, they are al- with a tuxedo jacket was decided corded Vaughan Williams "Flos is wonderful music in it! keyboard-s-thus: Committee of the Settlement, in a lowed free use of any of the Settle- upon. To add color and gayety, the Campi" with the Concert Hall Or- woman more quietly and coyly. How won- recent session of listening to students ment's eight piano studios. girls could choose from six pastel chestra for Concert Hajj Society derfully feminine is the sentiment of that When I teach this concerto, I assign the from the school, granted one piano The future of the Neighborhood colors. The results were very gratify- Records, Inc., of New York. ornamented last phrase! Almost all musical second movement (scherzo) first, then the scholarship and the recipient was Music Settlement depends entirely ing. The group had a distinctive, col- This year's concert schedule for phrasing can be analyzed similarly; but stunning last movement and finally the Billy Sin off, who was given a scholar- on the contributions from organiza- orful appearance that was also uni- the group is the most ambitious of its watch out-sometimes the feminine phrase quasi-Bach first movement. I exhort the ship with Dr. Norman Soreng Wright, tions and individuals interested in form. career. It includes concerts in Ro- will precede the masculine, or the phrases students to play this first movement not the welfare of these children. Future Another job for the officers of the well-known local teacher. These are chester, Elmira. and Perry. Kew will be longer or shorter. only with god-like majesty, but with can. only a few of the" experiences of plans call for an enlargement of the group is the organization of occa- Then the same process with 1234: York; ew York City: Cle,'eland; The trouble is that most pianists play such trasting human tenderness and faith .... these young citizens. quarters to enable the Settlement to sional parties. These help to build up and Toronto, also recording dates. phrases so coldly that the first four notes That's where most pianists fall down! Ex.2 Under the supervision of a civic- handle the increasing demands made friendship among the Chorus mem- This sounds like a lot of work to minded Board of Directors, the Set- on it, and also for the building of a bers, and develop a congenial at- just become "How dry I am!" I found it Above all, guard against a too frenzied pile on a group of college students 't tlement maintains a staff of music small auditorium at the rear of the mosphere for their work. Talent for who aren't even music majors, and It very amusing in my classes to have a boy beginning of the last movement. The exist- teachers to provide lessons at less property, so that the Settlement may entertainment for their social func- is. They may have a wide variety of play slurs 1 and 3 at one piano, answered ing recordings of this movement are pre. 'a than cost, as well as scholarships for be an even greater force in the com- tions is drawn from within the group backgrounds and intereEts, but they hy a girl playing slurs 2 and 4 at the other posterous. All of them sound as though After which, patterns are combined in the talented, and free lessons for munity hy offering its concerts and and runs from high to low class mu- like to sing good music, and aren"t instrument. The difference between the the earth were being wiped out by atom various ways. As the pupil plays the com- those unable to pay. All teachers at recitals to larger groups. sic. There is a classical piano team, afraid to put the necessary time into straight masculine and the rather devious bombs. Why destroy this superb French binations (Continued on Page 57) the Settlement receive fifty cents a Farther in the future, it is hoped a fine barbershop quartette, soloists it to make every concert a succe~£. lesson, even though their fee in their that a scholarship fund may be es- from every section of the Chorus, THE END ETUDE-JULY 1954 20 ETUDE-JULY 1954 21 -

way I can think o], and nothing seems satisfactory. '"" ill I :23 QUESTIONS R. H., Wisconsin TEACHER'S MAURICE DUMESNIL, Mus. Doc. discusses a Debussy number, candlelight ROUNDTABLE concerts, and Chabrier's piano works. AND

In music of the Baroque and Classical Conducted by KARL W. CEHRKENS, periods. trills arc 1I. ually st~rtcd ~ll the GAROENS IN THE RAIN was first known before the name was burg; for one Candlelight Concert will Music Editor, Webster's New l nternationol Lipper notes. except 111 en es 111 which the changed and it became the capital of the suffice to broaden your musical outlook Dictionary, assisted by Prof. Robert A. melodic linc would there) y be bscured. ANSWERS Would you kindly answer a few questions colony, is a point of excursion which no and bring you a glimpse of true chamber Mrdcher, Oberlin College. Since the 50 vern! 111 asure dire nly before concerning pedalling in Debussy's Gardens one interested in historic landmarks should music as it flourished in the days of Corelli, this trill are strongly leading into the final in the Rain. miss. I know of nothing lovelier than to Purcell, Vivaldi, Handel and Johann Sebas- D. I think this t nc should be s undcd first, At the beginning should both pedals be roam among the stately homes and the tian Bach. and then the trill commcn cd on the upper used? If so, would just a touch of the public buildings surrounded by beautiful note. The trill must be maintained for the NE OF THE questions most fr~quen~ly to include in one issue, we arc presenting damper pedal, usually about twice a bar, gardens, from the Capitol to the Guard CHABRIER'S PIANO WORKS duration of more thuu one mea ure if it is asked of this . department IS this: each teacher's suggested material in each of be sufficient? Where would you release the House, from the Governor's Palace to the O to have any point at all at the tempo in "What is the very best method or material four consecutive issues. The first list was soft pedal? In bars 41·49 and 110·115 College of William and Mary established Teachers who are looking for something which this cornp siti 11 is played. I have for starting beginners ill piano?" My an- formulated by Miss Neva Swanson of Ober- should the damper pedal be used but raised in 1693 and the alma mater of Jefferson, fresh and unusual in the piano repertoire written it 35 last ing three measures, but it swer is always approximately the same: lin Conservatory of Music. I ask the reader part way up at the beginning oj each bar and Monroe and Tyler. And by all means, try would do well to investigate the composi- rnieht well be prolonged a bit longer. "There is no one best method." Then I go to note that J have not modified the mate- then immediately depressed again (I be- and make your visit coincide with one of tions by Emmanuel Chabrier, the truculent o -R. A. M. on to explain that different teachers have rial listed in any way, end that no item is lieve this is called "half pedalling")? the "Candlelight Concerts" given during and colorful musician whom Debussy and different ideas, and that since each child included because it happens to be in the (Miss) M_ M. v., Canada the summer months, for this is an experi- Ravel admired so much. HOW TO MAKE CHILOREN'S RECITALS must be treated as an individual because catalogue of any particular publisher. Let ence you will never forget. Chabrier's income was not derived from me suggest also that you try to locate the MORE INTERESTING It is difficult to give precise advice on When you arrive at the gate, an orderly his music, and only after his death did his capacity for learning, his interest, his • I would like your slLgge tions lor making conditions for practice at home differ so items in your local music store, but if this this matter of Debussy pedalling because carrying a lantern will escort you through his rhapsody "Espana" become very popu- piano recitals more interesting jar (HI adult widely, therefore the wise teacher acquaints is not feasible then I am sure the Presser so much depends upon the piano which the front yard to the steps. In the entrance lar. He worked as a clerk at the Ministry audience. There is so much monotony in himself with a great variety of material Company will be glad to supply you with is being used. The best I can do is to say hall you will be greeted by some charming of the Interior, and composed after office all ordinary program that one needs other which is suitable for beginning pupils, anything you may wish to order. Here is that everything you mention is all right on ladies in period dresses. And oh! ... that hours. His personality was one of mixed numbers and I should be pleased 10 have then selects that which seems to him to be Miss Swanson's list: certain pianos. For instance, when I play delightful Southern accent! Then you will sarcasm, irony, roughness and vulgarity your suggestions. Please lell me also most appropriate for this particular child. "Off We Go!"~Angela Diller and Eliza- the Gardens, I often use the soft pedal at proceed to the large parlor lighted hy hun- sometimes motivated by a sort of good- whether it is possible for a private teacher However. I have now decided to amplify beth Quaile (G. Schirmer). Comment: Fine the beginning. But sometimes I don't. A dreds of candles in gorgeous chandeliers. natured, explosive geniality. He was very to procure credits for their pupils u;ltO wish my advice' a little, so I have asked four for the development of a feeling for phras- piano may be very brilliant in tone j then On the platform the harpsichord, the piano- fond of jokes. When Felix Weingartner to appl')' their music credits to their en- teachers of wide experience to tell our ing. I use a lot of it throughout the piece in forte, the music-stands await the perform. first came to Paris, Chabrier met him at trance requirements. readers which of the great number of be- "4 and 20 Melodies't-c-Berenice Benson order to counter-balance the sharpness of ers. Soon they enter, dressed in true eight- the home of Charles Lamoureux whose einners' books and other materials she likes Bentley (Summy). Very good recital -At. E. D., Mo. b the sonority. But should the piano be of eenth century fashion. And the program orchestra he was to guest-conduct. The best, naming fromthree or four to five or pieces. the "muffled" variety it is wise not to use starts. Concertos, Cantatas, Sonatas, Duets German maestro wanted very much to learn You have asked me so many questions six items and making brief comments if "Let's Play Duets't-r-Sarah Louise Dit- any soft pedal at all. hy Jean Philippe Hameau, Georg Philipp French, so Chabrier volunteered to teach that it would take me several hours to an- they care to do so. The first of these four tenhaver (Oliver Ditson Co.). Good for In each and all cases, the best to do is Telemann, Muzio Clementi, 1. B. Lully, him. But he thought it would be more fun swer them all, so I have deleted the last reachers is Ella l\11a50n Ahearn, who teaches "Teacher and Pupil" but also usable for to be one's own judge, to listen attentively Franz Joseph Haydn, Richard Nicholson, to use a vocabulary made up of familiar two-thi rds of your letter and will answer in New York and New Jersey and who two children. to one's tone production, constantly bear- Samuel Arnold, and others of the great slang. When Weingartner, totally unaware "A Pre.Czerny Book" (Bk. I)-Eliza. only the two questions printed above. I has herself compiled some interesting mate- ing in mind that there can be no set rule musical era extending from Couperin Ie of the situation, started using them in for- beth Quaile (G. Schirmer) receive so many questions that 1 cannot rial for beginning students. The second and the ultimate adviser will always be Grand to Mozart. mal gatherings, one can imagine the glee "The Children's Technic Book"-Guy devote so much time to anyone questioner teacher is Neva Swanson, who heads a chilo one's own ear. Thus under the expert direction of Cary that it created in some, and the stupor dren's department in an Ohio college and Maier (Oliver Ditsou Co.). Before using and I hope you understand this and will Your conception of "half pedalling" is McMurran, the tradition of bygone days is in others. this be sure to read "How to Use the Chil- not he offended. who is also in charge of a course for pro- correct. It is most valuable in many of revived and continued. The programs are Chabrier's piano works-a-only about a spective teachers of piano-s-a course which dren's Technic Book." In answer to your first question, I will Debussy's pieces and it contributes effec- printed in colonial style, and the piano- dozen and a half-c-are personal and bril- this college requires of all piano majors. "First Pedal Studies"-Angela Diller slate that in mv opinion the average pupils' tively to a fine realization of tone-coloring. forte used today was built by the famous liant, and most of them have great teach- The third is Nellie McCarty, who is the (G. Schirmer) recital is 50 boring because the teacher Clementi in London, then the focus of cul- ing value. I might quote: Scherzo-Valse head of a large children's department in a "Lines and Spacest'-c-Angela Diller (G. uses so little imagination. Here are some CANDLELIGHT CONCERTS ture, fashion, and all other modes of life (Enoch, and pitson), sparkling, vivacious, music school in Chicago, but who has also Schirmer). An excellent "first writing things that you might do to help the situa- toward which the citizens of Williamsburg and what an etude for crisp fingers and taught in New York and has conducted book." tion; t1) Begin the program by having Many readers of the ETUDE are proba· looked for inspiration and guidance. rhythm!; Idyll, lovely music featured last piano "workshops" and "refresher courses" K. G. your entire class-and perhaps the audio bly familiar with the delightful Southern To all who love the Old Masters and year on the radio program "Mystery Mel- in various parts of the country. The fourth ence too-sing a song, the teacber playing city of Williamsburg, Virginia, which has strive to interpret their works in authentic ody" when no one detected its identity, is Ardella Schaub, one of the best-known HOW TO PLAY A SCARLATTI TRILL the accompaniment and leading from the been so authentically restored to its eight- style, nothing can be more profitable than another fine etude in legato singing tone and most progressive teachers in the Los • How does one play the final trill in the piano j {2} Have hyo or three piano duets eenth century appearance and atmosphere to live once again in the atmosphere which above light staccato accompaniment; Men- Angeles area. following excerpt from Gigue (Sonata, L. as a part of the program j (3) Ask some through the unique project of John D. prevailed at the time of their creation. uet Pompeux, calling to mind the ostenta. Because the combined lists are too long 465), by Scarlaui? I ha.ve tried it ill every rCorllilllted 011 Page 63) Rockefeller, Jr. "Middle Plantation," as it And I can say to them: go to Williams- tious hall·rooms of (Continued on Page 63)

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"S A RESULT of his bickerings with .tl. Douglas Loveday in 1838, Paganini The was the object of much merriment through- Teaching Materials Suggested out France. He had been the guest of the Lovedays and had met there a physician, who was a regular visitor at the house of his Mysterious friends. He had presumably not failed to discuss his ailments with the good doctor; but when the man had the audacity to send him a bill for 110 francs, his fury knew no Wizard of Detailed information bounds. He maintained that he had never by consulted the doctor professionally, accused on methods and studies Loveday of collusion, and promptly left his house. Not content with this summar-y ac- the Violin ALEXANDER tion, he addressed an indignant letter to his [or the organ student erst» hile friend and enclosed a bill for 26,- 400 francs for lessons which he had given to Loveday's daughter. Loveday turned this from the first through McCURDY letter over to the press together with his NiccoliJ reply, in which he presented in return to Pagauini a bill for 37,800 francs for lessons the fourth yea!' of study. which his daughter had given to little Achille! Paganini This incident revived the old stories about Paganini's stinginess. Whatever truth there may have been in them, it was this which accompany these prelude. Every reputation again which made people won- "DEAR DR. McCurdy: necessary indication for fingering and der about Paganini's sensational donation "Will you please comment on pedal ina should be carefully marked by to Berlioz. For years this composer had some of the organ methods, show- Stainer. The Stainer Method is more than the teacher and learned by the student. fought an' uphill fight against unsympa· ing what materials could ~e used al11105; The Dupre edition of these Prelude and half a century old, but so sound is its basic thetic officials, disparaging critics and an from the beginning in teaching the organ. More amazing incidents in the [abulous lile 01 this conception of organ-playing, that many Fueues leaves nothiusr to be desired. An- unresponsive audience. The failure of his Also. will you suggest a progressive Teper- otl~r valuable study 11 Ip by Bach is tl~e . . d? F d S" teachers still find they achieve good re- opera Benvenuto Cellini had been the last toire for a four-year peno. <. e . nineteenth century violin marvel. sults throuah its use. The Stainer Method Oraelbuchlein (Little rgan Book). Tins straw. Friends and admirers rallied to the has been brought up to date in the edi- cOI~tains material which an be u ed al- aid of the utterly discouraged artist and Many excellent organ methods are now most from the start of one' lessons. and tions of Edwin Arthur Kraft, James H. arranged a series of two concerts of his available. Not long ago we mentioned the should be a handbook for rh student by}. H. Colmeyer admirable new method by Flor Peeters, Roeers and others. works, which were to be conducted by the Two additional organ methods which are throuzhout his life. published by Scholl. (It may be obtained composer himself. After the last concert, widely used and lavishly praised by teach- On; cannot stress 100 trongly the im- in this country through C. F. Peters, Car- Paganini approached the composer, fell on ers are those of Edward Shippen Barnes portance of attention to detail at this negie Hall, New York City.) The Pee~ers his knees before him and kissed his hand. or not Paganini was aware of this is idle and Clarence Dickinson. period of one-s study. Master each lesson book is a complete theoretical and practl~al His voice was too far gone for him to speak. conjecture. At any rate, the police soon As for the second point raised by my thorouehlv before passing on to the next. method for organ-playing. It con~aU1s Two days later Achille presented a letter to got the wind of it and promptly prohibited correspondent, that of "materials which In thi~ way. successively more diffic~lt plenty of exercises and nUll1er~us pIeces Ber-lioz, in which Paganini made available gambling. Without this attraction the Ca- could be used almost from the beginning." lessons will offer no insurmountable dif- selected from a variety of musical st}:les an amount of 20,000 francs to "the greatest sino could not be made to pay, and the I imagine that what is meant here is sup- ficulties. and eras. A solid foundation for plaYln.g musical genius since Beethoven." whole project turned out a dismal failure. plementary material. Before .going any It sometimes happens that students who music of the baroque, classic and romantic Many explanations have been offered for Paganini, who by this time was quite in- further it might be well to pomt out that begin organ study with a serviceable key- periods will be gained by the student who this spectacular gesture, one of them being capable of giving a public performance, no one should even begin to study the board technique are hampered by slow works his way through the Peeters method. that the actual donor was Berlioz' editor was nevertheless held to have broken his organ until he can read music at sight and progress in learning the pedals .. F~r par- Any list of excellent organ methods and admirer, Bertin, who preferred to give contract and sentenced to a fine of 52,000 has covered satisfactorily the two and ticular problems in pedal work, It IS well ought to include that of Harold Gleason. his donation the salutary effect·of the hom- francs. The luster of his star was growing three-part inventions of Bach at the piano. to know about the specialized pedal books It would be hard to name a finer book on age of a famous fellow-artist, rather than dim by now and his enemies used the occa- This is a minimum. There is no maximum; of Nilson (Schirmer), Hawke (Elbn· organ-playing than the Gleason, Meth?~. make it appear as an act of charity. On sion to sling some more mud at him. so far as I can ascertain it is impossible Vogel j and Yon (Fischer). Careful attention to the clear and explicit the other hand, it is possible that Paganini, for an organist to have too much keyboard The student should be encouraged to He was made to pay dearly during his directions found in this book will lay the who was then on the eve of retirement, life for his ill-conceived deeds. facility. learn about the instrument from the be- groundwork for a performing technique ?f wanted to make a supreme effort to reha- If the student has ability and sufficient ginning. and the teacher should be willing At the time of his Viennese concerts, the the first order, if the student has any abil- bilitate himself in the eyes of the world time to do extra work, he should be en- and prepared to discuss the history of the editor of a Tyrolese paper gave it as his ity at all. . before withdrawing for good from the pub- couraged to learn simple hymns from the instrument. the technique of its conslruc- opinion that Paganini was not a natural Another method which can be recom- lic scene. person; he must be an incubus. Someone mended is Arthur B. Jennings' book, "First very beginning. An apt pupil can generally lion and other related matters. DUl·jng the last years of Paganini's life, in the audience said that he had clearly nts of Organ Technique" (Witmark). be shown how to playa hymn, the teacher Two excellent books which may be rec- E..lerne , .. lhe consequences of the failure of the "Ca- seen a ghostly.form just behind Paganini, That this is not merely one man s op1l11On indicating heel·and-toe markings for the ommended as supplementary reading are sino Paganini" were a constant source of which was guiding his arms. Another paper is shown by the fact that the Jennings pedals, after the second or third lesson. "The Contemporary American Organ,." by irritation and bitterness to him. The "Ca- published a fantastic account of a strik- book has been used successfully by teach- As soon as possible the teacher should William H. Barnes (J. Fischer), and "The sino Pagan.jlli" was a venture of somewhat ingly beautiful woman who had a fainting ers from coast to coast. introduce the student to the Eight Short Modern Organ," by Ernest M. Skinner Preludes and Fugues by Bach, perhaps (H. W. Gra)'). obscure probity. Announced as a Hall dedi- spell during one of Paganini's concerts, To this list (which, by the way, does cated to "Recreation and the Arts," the t retend to be a complete enumeration starting with the F Major Prelude, then the Of interest to all organists and students and was led away by her escort, but not no p . .) promotors actually intended to use the Ca- before he and Paganini had exchanged some "' In the "S.rad:' NO\lH.\],er 19:12 of all excellent methods now m pnnt G .Minor Prelude, next the D Minor Pre- is the record recently brought out by the sino as a gambling establishment. W~ether significant glances. This aroused the writ- should be added the name of Sir John lude, and thereafter learning the fugues Aeolian-Skinner (Continued 011 Page 49) (Call til/ned on Page 51)

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St . sky and they were settled in SOl' ravm , the older schools_ But the the farms of more progressive composers were 'Grade 31 younger, hmi d Scherzino . pressed with the rhyt nne an muc h im . S . (Theme from the Fifth Symphony) DiiIITRI SHOSTAKOVICH harmonic innovations written 1I1to travm- Arr. hyDenes Agay sky's work. Allegretto (J =12)4- A t lly the elder Stravinsky, who had , 2 , , , 2 , 2 otuauv, 'h"TI R· 2 2 0 new doors Wit ie ite II y~ (~~~~;,.~ 'rA Y~r~,Ll~- opene d so many .' '"r-~ . g," experienced a kind of revulsion hi~-"j of SprIn, , . Lik against his own creation, says his 5011: I e omposer he found himself '- The distinguished son every great C , . PIANO mp giocoso (.,. fi' il- (j- (j- (j- compelled to move forward, to. eX,~)lore.10 - t- - +- - +-- -+-- rtc - +- - +-- this moving of Igor Stravinsky, new directions. But for him, 0 forward" meant a re-examination of the , , , , , past for fresh musical values. 15 5 1.5 5 , 5 5 , 5 5 ;; 5 5 5 s 5 himself a noted pianist L--...J "'------I Such a process, explains the. younger 5 a tempo t >- 3 , Stravinsky, is not new in the music world. 1 , and professor of 5 2 Throughout music history great cOlllposers ~ 2 yj' 2· ~- #)r>- 1 ~ 1 2 , 3 3 3 ~ - , ~ 0 h h 0 'F- ~~ -11': 0~~b~ · have admired their predeces or ". First of • !e~.~.. music at the University all, competent muic training require that """ every composer and p~rformer be th rough- '- ~ -=::: poco r-it; ~ of Illinois, states ly grounded in the Iiter ature ~f the ~)ast. = Before artists can create anythlllg enlirely (~"r-t r-,.... /7"-...... ---,.:. ~- /h";'- 0 emphatically that new, they must have knO\'Itedge of what 0 has gone before. 0, in a sen e, e\lcry com· 15 5 , 2 I ~ I poser has to dip into the past for the fran~e. 5 5 .. ,5 work on which to mold a future_ The 19- 5 niflcant thing, says Profes or tra\'insky, 2 The 11'ay to the Future 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 y- is that sometirnes a composer finds in those ~ .~ ;----~ ~~~,it.. ;; 'rA ~~~it :1- who have gone before him a cerwin kind of value that has not yet been noticed. Th~s ':==- • different value results from the composer s I t, f'j- /l- ~- personal training and experiences, the "in- ~~'1 o f~ IS through the Past t- •rr+-- (~ o +- if. . F tellectual climate" of his own lime. and the . distance he is removed from the earlier 1 1 1 1 greats. T ~ 15 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 5 1 5 1 The sonata in the hands of Beethoven '----' From an interview with Soulima Stravinsky and his successors is a good illustration. a tempo. The Beethoven sonata was the culmination 5 1m.-~ ~rffl- 1 2 ' 2 3 ~ 3 1 2 , 3 2 ~ ~ ~:t=i 4.!d=- 0 Secured by Marvin Weisbord in clear-cut statement of that particular ., •• r1~;~~ """ •.ll - (J;i ~;:~~b. ..;. musical form. But, points out Profes or Stravinsky, with the discovery of the po· .t, : ODAY'S COMPOSERS are searching "It was a very natural thing," says tentialities of orchestral instruments, com· /1- = pooo ,-it. posers like Liszt, and later Franck, built of .~.;.. -F= /I_ Tin many directions for fresh musical Soulill1a Stravinsky, son of the noted com· ~t /l!-. ~..;. /""h~ poser. The younger Stravinsky, professor on the Beethoven foundation something - ideas and new values to enrich the art of modern musical expression. The search is of music at the University of Illinois, speaks completely different-a puffy, fluffed·out 5 5 , , , , I '!" I not a new one. Composers of every age with more authority than just the son of sonata with ljght, recognizable elements. ~ ,5 , 5 have striven for innovation in various ways. a Doted composer; he has earned himself Beethoven's artful condensation of mate- a solid reputation as concert pianist and rial was missing from these later romantic But the modern concept of art seems willing 5 5 composer. As a soloist he has appeared efforts. The sonata was transformed by the to grant the experimenter a good deal more 0 0 ~ • >- >- ... throughout Europe, South America and the era of romanticism into something charac- • .~- • - - leeway than ever before. As a result, our composers arc ever more United States with distinguished orchestras teristic of that period. .i: including the London Philharmonic, Boston Composers sometimes find that when they I daring. From Schoenberg's 12·tone system >- >- Symphony, Paris Conservatoire, and Co- have become saturated with the works of <. """""::: >- -'----'--- to John Cage's experiments with magnetic f f >- >- lumbia Broadcasting Company Symphony. a certain great, they may shy away from ~ ~>- ..;. >- >- >- >- Tit tape and prepared piano, composers are ex- r~~ -~ .,it ... - >- pressing themselves in fresh modes and He has made recordings in New York and these works for a time only to rediscover mediums. Paris, among them his noted album of them delightfully in the future_ Professor T , 1 3 J Scarlatti sonatas. Professor Stravinsky's Stravinsky tells how his father had this 2 >- 1 Igor Stravinsky's revolutionary "The 2 Rite of Spring" (1913) was the work that compositions include his "Sonata in B·Rat," very experience with the works of Beethoven. >- 3 >->- >->->- paved the way for musicians desiring to published in London in 1948, other sonatas "In Europe, where he received his 1 • atempo >- 1 ~ and etudes, and two and three voice inven- • 3 >- , 2 1 make a clean break with the ultra-expressive musical training, Stravinsky had his fiU of ~ - . ~ 1 2 1,r-- 1 2 ,--;r- r~Jl. ". • I ~ . -. ;:1-+-11-~ 11 II. ~ ~~.;.. ~ ~ ~ romanticism and sensuous impressionism tions for piano. Beethoven, so much so tbat his interest in ---- • of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here is how the professor explains his that great man's work was ljttle more than father's recent shift in musical interest: a passing one for a long time." It: Mixed rhythms and dissonant harmonies ~p -=:::: :> In the early 1900's, older romantic com- became kevnotes of a new musical era. Much later, when he had created enough -~ ~rt f >->- >- >->- >- (~ /""". 1I?" ;. ..;. Stravinsky"' had opened a new door, and posers such as ~ichard Strauss, Sibelius, of his own music to "cleanse himselP' of . rt >- >- ,. i: modern composers crowded the entrance. and Rachmaninoff could not be much in· that apathetic feeling, Stravinsky returned

fluenced by the revolution caused by "The 0 Is it strange, then, that innovator Stravinsky to discover new values in Beethoven that I . 5 5 5 5 '5 1 , , 0 Rite of Spring." Their musical thinking 3 1 1 should more recently turn to early Renais- had been obscured by his former intellectual 2 2 2 3 >- 3 5 sance works for inspiration? had pretty much crystallized, says Profes- enviroD,rnent. (Continued on Page 50) 3 • 5 From ClPianorama of Easy Pieces by l\Iodern Masters;' arranged by Denes Agay.[410-41026J Copyright 1953 by Theodore Presser Co. 26 ETUDE-JULY 19j4 ETUDE:/ULY 1054 •

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0 0 . ... b... ~ I~- ..--- ...... --- , I • I 1-: ~ ~I 5 . . ; i 8 5 . . i i i i .,...... 4 2-...r1'j ~ I . .. '- =.... ' 11 dolce . 0 j.1I 1I · '- . < f , ~~ "-,,,: marb~~ C b# Ii . ~--r. t!.. ,~ :i * ~ff ~ L~t.~ ~j.f l,jI.~ ~j; * :t.. .. ~~'::!~ ~~ !>L~~ - L:--' ,j.,j. pp 11-----:::: :- ~ '-..... - ~ ---- L .--' ,j. ' :: ---- ~ f- · · . · ---- . .. 0 Pi. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ ~ ~ ii 5 3 5 3 2 1 ~ bill. I I J ~ ~ ~ J. ,I· ~ "! 4 '0 •" ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 /1t No, 110·40312 Grade 3 Trade Winds ,No. 110-40311 Organ-grinder in the Rain Tango NOAH KLAUsS Grade 3 STANFORD KING Allegretto non troppo 5 3 3 •2 1 Tempo di Tango (The rain) 1 ..;. -- . 2 ~ . . % ------..; ~ ~ 5':' ~ ~I ~ - -=::::::-----.. I /, - ~ " I;;J " --- f I mf I! I --.-r ""-I 11 ... ,. 1 p mf T ...... " PIANO < -r ~ , ~ ~#t~{ ..~ •.. ~ ""'!' -~ ~. .~ "!" .. .. ~ -! I l/t-----~ 1 1 : ~ 3 -@ ~ 1 ( ~ 1 : I it "iJ 1 2 2 - . . 3 ..,. --.- r I 3 5 :J 5 5 I 2 5 • 1 . ;; /2;' .:. .:. .. ~ . ~ ~ ... ~ ~ ~ =:::-:::: »>: ~ " ,- ""'-I '. L.- "- "- @."mf f "'!:I '" .... A I! r V I I I ...... ~ "1 p~_r ili______..."r • 2 • 1 2 Ii: s ~ 3 1 5~ .@. ~ ~ r-- ~ ;#, ~I' ~ ~ /I' ~{ ~ ~ ?: 2 . , - ......

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I I 4 Ii I~ .' I 1 I 2 u ..... S r- ~ 4 2 -=:::::: 2 1 2 " 4 2 4 = 1':\ ~',t: t: :I: ~$t: $ :I: L.R. = . ••••• , I I - ~r;,. ;,. 3 Romantic Antic 2 2 ...A..Ped.simile 3 Left hand rotary attack. Coordination of the hands. Grade B~ n.rr.over L.U STANFORD ..KING U2~. 4 1l;:11 u ~ . . ll~ 2~. 104) 2 II II Rolling rhy thm (J = '5 ~ ll..o:ll : 1\ 1 2 4 'I ,.I <, * -- f 1 L ~ "I I~ . $:1: PIANO p .~' i--=------J:1J" :1::1: :1::1: r r'" ~n k _, k .. ::J~ ~ 4=* ~ «;r ~ .«:» ~; /" f,_--.....l rn : -r:» «:» 1 1 1 1 1 1 S ~ s ~ ...... 1 100"'-' ...... ~2 5 2 ...... s 3 rr. 5 5 3 -a-- ~. 1 -- ... : 3 2 ~ I 2 ~~. 1 2"·~ .. __fL' _ .,. ~ 1 I n I ~fL" iI• . , .... " I~ ,U I -, l- , . ... / rrr t':\ . . '~ -:::;:/ I r" I u I . I Ie ~. r--,"_ I ~ I I" T' ~JlllJ #a. ... #...... ,- -e: . : tr:f h _ . - -~ /' ~ /' h_~ ~ h .. / /' T ;----..~ ~ ~ "4 2 - ·v . 2 2 Hustle Bustle - ~ ...- ...- ~ ...... Rapid two-note llchords~l Play with a light, bouncy, wrist staccato. Maintain strict tempo ·throughout. Grade 4 - S R.H. 4 STANFORD KING +--=====-::::::--.... II ~- 1 3;:~ ~ 5 5 2 3 -.;ii ....· Fast (J - 152) 2 S 1 S ¥ . . 2 1 . .. 2 1 ------~ 1 , . I\ll 2 . . ~ It: ~ --;:::;;-- I 1 qi I~' ' ' "', " ~ !l- ~ -~ .~ -.-=:::: 1 "'1 I r ~ '--- I~ . fl", . "'. I" . ' j! j!T r r'n '. k _ ., -=:::: ,'" ..- ~ / h."'" ~ k_ ..... / h..~ / ...... -=== sempre staccato ... 1 2 1 2 .---=--:. ~ PIANO mp _ S 4 3 , •• II _ .... ll' ..;.,Ji; .. ..;. ll' ..;.)i:; L.R. ...- ...... j"oIoo . -- ~ --- -- ~ .. ' ~.... __ fL' _ /I fl. fl." II..;. .. ' ~ ...., ...---- -c--- I";'1'fi-~ { , . . I~ r -< mf I r 1LI ~ ~1 l1=--" ~ 1 . k .. ~ ~ ~ h ... /' ...... 1 1 a 1 2 112 \0000"'" 1000"" 3 33 4 S 4 4 ...- ~ 1,.'; 'L,...o . 'if *This composition and the two which follow are from "Teen-Age Te~hnic:' by Stanford King. [410- 41031] - *Note'. In"5 Win. g" or "B'oogle Waagle". n·. IS played as. I Jl, Copyright 19:-5'4by Theodore' Presser Co. International Copyright secured ETUDE-JULY 1954 .!!... 34 ETUDE-JULY 1954 35 l • R H. 5 L.H. Grad. 3 Valse Petite ~ ~ ~ }l~ ELLA KETTERER 1 - R.R.~'~L.H. .. c I\ll ; ~ ~ - - r: c - 5 --- L.H. 3 c- ~ ~ All egre tt 0 (J = 176) 5 21 1 le- I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ / 5 3 1 4 . A i l R.R Ll( ~ , .f.A r 1\" . .. 1 J r I , ~ ~ • • . ... -=: ~!= p.' - 5 A . . ... -3,...... ~m 1\" ./ e- 1 It .. .. / 0 ~5 I .. T .. • .. Ri~ T A r PA rL ;7 .1:': . r .~ rTI TI 1 I dim. a: .- I) \ Y I: ~ ... 3 . -- , 6 , 2 4 ,5 5d. 6;::= • - , 3 3 ! , I~ , , R.N. 5 3 2

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Lullaby for a Kitty Grade 1~ Lullaby for a Kitty ELLA KETTERER PRIMO SECONDO ELLA KETTERER Andantino (J= 116) Andantino (J- 116) 1 3 2 3'-- , »> ~ . . ~. . . •. I I I '"Il mp ~ p'ine 1 . . . . e- 2 3 2 J), C, at Fine 5 1 2 3 , 3 • 3 l 3 1 • 1 2 Il • . . . . mf I e 1lff • I 'r:!i' 1J.0. at Fine \ J \' \ /

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2 . . From "Share the Fun',' by Ella Ketterer (410-41032] ':' #•• 2 • . • • ...... :--- •• 2 : II. s:---- J .j, VOICE How ~K·cel·lent IS t Y .. '"i -\.- .- I}oeo a poco aceel, e cresco '~ I ~ I u .,, r I 'J ----- 0 h1 .. I. ... iJl: ... n. ..J ...... ¥ c, ...... ~ '0 ~ ... , I , I ~ U ~rrr J l'u p, I , I ~ r , flJl L L I..~ . ... I cr88C:> :> 0 ri .1 ,., u fOUll·tain of life: In thy light shall we see lig·ht, ill thy light shall we 0 0 0 0 ..----; qI qr: ~"~"'-""-": °h• ~~ I \~ , I I r in trlO hcav.ens, a Lord \ my 'U~. ~~ God! Thy mer-cy, Lord, is • ~I\ u lov . ing kind- ness, a God! a @: .. PI j ~ .,.. i ~.. • .... r-o H* ~ ~ ... ~~ L @: F 11 ~ H... i .. • b... q~ .~ .1.. .. -t q. ~ 1... ~-t ~~ ~ } I I lare,r; , , I r-'- ~I t.,:,r .~~ , I 1/ , i . I>-e- 'U - u DU 1'1 .h:' It ...- I I 1'7 - I f ==-p .. ppdolce == Ii see light. I ~ God! --r f '11 d th fa'th fuln 'ess reach·eth ~n.to the clouds, Thy n t y al . u ·ness h H. ,.. ~ lu 1!~ bk q~5~ bf~ ~l ,1= fI- II u ~ ~. "'~i~ji~~~~h~fi·t~~f~I~~~~e~a~c~.e~t~h~u~n~.~to~t~e~c~o~U~S~'~iY~~lj'~~'~~~~~~~~~~,~~~ - I I'~ ( [i dim. dim. dim. ~ ~ ~~ ·PPdole.'~ -i -i 1 ~ ~T ~:: · #~ J I t,:~ ff .... f mf < r':f; "I uiCLj I, I I I, , , -, 1." ... k (~#.t (~#~I- -4 q~ ~ ... ~:: f :: h.. ~~ ~ ~ ~~ I e dim.. f~U= f7 poco rit (malta riLJ , ate-mpo lu 'P come prima .

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~. right.eous.ness is Iike the g at moun·t~i nS,thy ri g:..h~t~.e:o~u~s.:.:n.:.es:S:-:.:iS:-~li:.:'k:::e.-:t:.::h:.:.eE-g.:.e:::a:.:t~m:.:.:6:..:u~n~.r t~a~irn1s, re How-' ex·cel·lcnt IS t Y lov _ rO! ic flu , '1 ing kind·ness,a God! a God! Thy a tempo r~ I I ~ II u ~~ 11 ~I-I .. If. 1'\,"--::-'" ,.... I ... ------. I' Pi i IT -~~ ... ~ ...... I, I l " ~~ rpooo Nt (rna to 'N.J p h. r r -< :>- rr ~frrr I I ~~ <9- ~, , ~tr'~ r u u v u U @ '# -,-. 1 I I flu , malta -rit at fine F 0 ';:;, ...- -...... - -~~ II n palittlcfaster , mp .r I' mer.cy, Lord, is in ~e heav.ens, a Lord! my God! . k' d I R.D. If! a lcon.tin ·ue thy Iov - lug In -ness un·to them that ru;ow thee; And thy ri~ht.e6us.ncss to the ~ ~" al itt e faster , · IU ------... n ... :! ... ~ H n: ·0= .. ~,'" TT-- '- ...... ~:-.- -~ ... i I t i:t I ~"f.rc, r r 'I } , molfo j-ri~ al !;'ne 1 ~ T~ ~ r f "" L.U. , } '10 L.U. ,

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ir ...... WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART ~ ....----...... , . I I· . I . . German Dance Arr. by Angel del Busto ~ ,t P r:«: .If I ~ . ~ r: ~ I () I I CLARINET i~lV~1~O~d~e~I~.a~t~O~C~OIn~m~o~t~O~(J~=~1~4~4)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~§~~~~~~~~~--..,::~~ in B> ~ 0 p I , 0 t I • • • .. ... • • • I ., f ....._ 1T!f XI' I I - II: II: I ...

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~ 1 1 2 1 3 ~ 5 ~ 2 p p · PEDAL · . Ped.5-0 -9' ...... - -, ------.. 2 __ (J I t --,...... 2 1..-- t 2 ~',.....-~~~! ... o. . .~o ~~i:. •• ~ . 5 r. «::'>: . - It ... q...... --- ~ p ______0 mf P 1Tif ...... ==- ..::::-.----- .~ ,- ...... , ~ ... ..:. . . 0--...... , ~mf ( r. I - ;nJ~ 1 · · J n;- .. ;: ~1 · · . !~'I!- ...~ .. e: · . L-~ < p n:I' p , 3 3 43 1 I: I- .. "!f 5 5 ~ ~ . - ~i'---" • ~ , - I • ~ , i • 11 • . i ';ii i 6-' , ...... FrolllHThe Dits·onAlbum of Clarinet SQlos~'edited by N. Clifford Page. (134-40038J cFrom"At the Console:' compiled. and arranged by W. M. Felton. [413.40004] - Copyright 1935 by Oliver Ditson Company oPy.right 1940 by Theodore Presser Co. 42 ETUDE· JULY 1954 ItTUDE-.!ULY 1954 6 G't. change solo stop Grade 2~ 5 3~~ ~ Church Bells 2 _____ [g] (1P 2 l' .-. ~ 5 2 JOHAN FRANCO ~ 1 . All egre tt o (J =100) ---- ~ r-, ~ ------.. ::::;;q:.,. ~ f i.l ------:::==------~ = mf ~, 11 -;j 1~ -I ~ 21 ~ '- .. 12 ~ I 1 - j' ttl PIANO =r- rL V l L ~ - L.R #- 11PxI • 1 3 t; r,---, -e- 1 -r ' ------p • • --- -~ UVr~ -~-r:---r~ 3tJ-P 2 r ----- y I . ,,"---I ...... ----~- ... 1 I .. =--- ~ . F i LJhJ J. ~

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, I .... ~ jl i I 4!. ~ = ® 5)'mp -c:: ..... ~ fI" ..,J ll'- ~~~ =-@(1O) mp ==- increase "Sw, <: - - Sw. vo ix celeste sal. ~ , ;;;;::}""a 1'":'1 ,.....-. 1 I -~b*~~ ~ pooo, 21 - I -- -- ~ ----: pooo, ~ ~I'":'I 1 1 ~ -'--{ 1 I I ' I 2 3 3 I:J I' j' i • L j • pp r ~ r,-r-----~ r· i L .1 53 a poco V v- ~ ~ lfrsfl L.H. L.H. #- ,·it. \;/ - #- -=----- L. R · ----- · Y r r e- ~ Grade 2~ Barcarolle Gt melo dia & dulci ana 3_ 5~ _ 2~ JOHAN FRANCO 1 51 ~ Andantino 1ll0SS0 (J.= 72) ,1\1 ~ . -.--- . . . ---- 1\ ~ .;- , I ~ , . Ii: f i ·.q"'lI·. I-JI ------. ------, -rcr r Di ~ ~ 11:/ ::::=:- · · - ....----:::: Ii: ~ I ~ ~(?);jL :. .JH ~ ..aii~e ltD l.(J f~ -~. :] I lTJ 1~1 ~ - PIANO L.B.·C~:

r*'W r~ ;; , Itiskit,--,. Itaskit- R ._- -" __ mp=---- mp _. J.. fL· fL· . ~: ~ »>:. •• . ••. A famous old singing game, which exists in many vcrsio"ns including a popular song version of some years back. Originally sung to ~~: _t-o . . . the game.t'Dr.o p the Handker~·hi~f."Grade 1 . Arr.by ELIE SIEGMEISTER - -J.-- I I Easy " " No. 110·40305 Men at World .. o I ~ ...... -. T Grade 1~ I . tis . kit, . low I GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY < I - tas - kit, a green and yel bas - ket, I 'r:!' .: ~ ~- p. pesan t e Cd 112) r> Allegro 3 - .. ~ 1

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:> :> :> • . Vo ::> >- >- >- :> .. l.---" -e: -&..: -- marcato ;;-;;~~ Pretty Maiden >- >- Many old English songs were brought to Kentucky and other southern states by the early scttlcr5,and are. still remembered there. . -- Thisone is about allsaucy sailorn and a maid. Grade 1~ 8 2 1 2 " Slow Arr. by ELIE SIEGMEISTER tenderly

6 " 1\ --=: _. I ~ p ... • • ~ •• ~ :::::>- >- :>- >- .. I . 0 >->->->- Pret ty maid . en, lit - tie maid . en, 'Won't you wear for me this -e: f • ---- dim. mf '? '?~ ~ :::::> :> ::::> ;::- . . . >->->->- . . . -- 1 5 I /I , - • t ~W' · . n::T • .. ~ . p··rit...... -'" 0 ring? ------&; -. L--- Can't you tell me, pret. ty maid· en, Won't ou wear this gold· en eo 1r:f ~...: - :> x ring? -- >- -- . - >->- I ~ fI- ':,. f >->- · ~------. -- · ° I 2 8 1 6 ~romllFOlk.waY5 U.S.A!~ VoLI, by Elie Siegmeister. [410·4.1033J Copyright 1954 by Theodol'e Presser Co. International Copyright. secured Opyright 1954 by Theodo~e Presser CO. ETUDE 'JULY 1954 International Copyright secured 46 ETUDE-JULY 1954 17 p

TEACHING MATERIALS SUGGESTED R. V. Williams, Willan and others. Immortal, lnvisible- Thimun (Continued from Page 24) The following accompaniments It may not be amiss to repeat here should be covered over a four year that the ultimate aim of organ study period: is not to master a repertoire, but Company, which offers a demonstra- Fugue in Ecfiat (Ste. Anne) o Rest in the Lord-Mendelssohn to learn to produce music. I believe tion of various 'kinds of organ tone. Go Shake Yourself Fifth and Sixth Sonatas But the Lord is Mindful-Men- that too many organists and students This one has an Irish f l avor. This record, with commentary by G. d flavorsome tune" Vierne: Selected movements from delssohn do not listen carefully enough to the a wild, exciting rhythm an a Donald Harrison, can he bought Many tunes of the old-time country fiddler have symphonies If With All Your Hearts-Men- sounds which they produce. from the Aeolian-Skinner Company, like many American fiddle tunes. Grade 2 Widor; Selected movements from delssohn Of course, it is possible for the Arro by ELIE SIEGMEISTER Boston 25, Mass. symphonies Lord God of Abra.ham-Mendels· pendulum to swing the other way- Now for the third point mentioned Karg-EJert; Symphonic Chorales sohn in which case the student pays more by the young lady who wrote to me. Seven Pastels from the Lake of Comfort Ye and Every Val/ey- attention to producing gorgeous Let us assume that what is wanted Bl'lSOk d rhy th llll c Constance Handel sound than to playing the notes cor- an 5 r-l""'I 2 .. 2 1 .. is a course of study, at the college Cathedral Windows Rejoice Greatly-Handel rectly. If we are to make music. a 1 I"""'!'"'I I,. level, for organ over a four-year Reubke : The Ninety-FouI;th Psalm I Know tluu J1.1yRedeem.er-Han· balance between these two extremes period. Here are my recommenda- :..-,/ Dupre: Preludes and Fugues del must be maintained. ::;>r ;;::-: ,-.~ >------tions: Variations on a Noel The Trumpet Shall Sound-Han- A study aid adopted by some stu- .:» :> r '- '--" ::;> ::;> ~ ::;> First Year: Hindemith: Sonatas del dents recently is that of taking down ;;-. >; Preparatory studies: Peeters, PIANO mf >; ::;> ;;-: Maleingreau: Symphony of the Rejoice in the Lord Alway-Pur- their lessons on a 'tape recorder, ;;:;. ~. Stainer, Jennings, Gleason etc. Passion . . . cell thus being able to play back at will . . . Bach: Orgelbuchlein, Eight Short Liszt : Fantasia and Fugue on Gloria from 12th Mass-Mozart their performance and the teacher's Preludes and Fugues, Fugue in G "Ad nos" I I lS0th Psalm.-Franck illustrations and comments. A virtue ~\linor Rcger-Ducasse : Pastorale And the Glory-Handel of this method is that the student not Dupre: Chorale Preludes Durufle : Suite Hallelujah Chorus-Beethoven only has his mistakes pointed out. .. 5 Buxtehude: Chorale Preludes The above works to be supple- Hallelujah Chorus-Handel 2 ::;> ~ ::;> but can actually hear them in the >- ..----. ~ ~ Other pre-Bach masters mented by others of Mozart, Bing- 1 >- ..,., .. How Lovely-Brahms playback. Used properly, the tape >-r... :---, ;r.",." ~'- ~. r. Works of other composers requir- 1'111 ,-. #.~ ~- .------ham, DaUier, Honegger, Simonds, Praise-Alex. Rowley recorder is a great aid to study. ~""1'-~s-. ing the same technical proficiency. I Second Year: Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D .. ~:>· f creso. VI minor :> Prelude and Fugue in C major Opportunities and . · . . Concerto in A minor (after Vi- I . . . . valdi] 'j · . 1': • .... -9-' ~. ? 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If so, how many pupils have you? _ Toccata in F major • • Conservatory • 00 you hold a Teacher's Certificate?__ Have you studied Harmony?__ • Prelude and Fugue in B minor • Would you like to earn the Degree of Bachelor of Music? • Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor Copyright 1954 by Theodore Presser Co. International Copyrigh\ secured •••••••••••••••••••••• ETUDE- JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 48 49 • out a head, or legs or arms is a THE MYSTERIOUS WIZARD had to be carried away. For three Ist Gaetano Ciandelli, the only one teachers many years before, and fol- well-formed infant. weeks she hovered between life and to whom he had imparted his secret. IS THE FALSETTO FALSE? lowed until recent times. OF THE VIOLIN The famous Jean de Heszke at. Paganini had met this man when his The so-called falsetto is the natu- death, but finally recovered. Jacobi (Continued from Page 14) tempted to preserve the unchallenge. own fortunes were at a low ebb. He ral second register or part of the (Continued from Page 25) suffered a similar collapse, hut hav- able correctness of the old masters was sick in Naples and the inn- ceptions of the structure and nature voice. All efforts at building the ing taken only half a pill, he was part of the voice. by coining the phrase Voix Mixte, travels, Dr. Siber met in Constance ted to do so, promptly got into seri- of the voice and its training. voice which do not recognize this all right again the next day. The keeper where he was staying, who Chaliapin, who was known to be but few have understood what his a certain Dr. Trzoska, a dentist, who ous trouble. The first time he fell At a later stage in his career Car- and fail to utilize it by developing newspapers were full of this sensa- feared that Paganini might harbor a able to sing tenor arias with ease, intention was even though his phrase was the owner of a large occult li- into the hands of a quack dentist tional incident. contagious disease, turned him out is another excellent example. And cia abandoned his experiments, an- it and blending it with the other happily expressed the teachings of brary. The prize exhibits in this who treated him so brutally and un- It is easy for the cynics to sneer on the street. Just then Ciandelli Battistini, still another and better nounced that "Nature must have its part of the voice, leave a great deal the old Bel Canto masters. Until the collectionwere three immense tomes, skillfully that a virulent abscess de- at all this, but this does not daunt passed along. When he saw what had example. When this superb artist way" and reverted to the teaching to be desired no matter how well the fallacy that the so-ca lled falsetto is seemingly written for giants, and veloped. All the teeth of his lower the hardy believer in the supernat- happened, he first gave the innkeep- was 72 years old, the writer heard procedures inherited from his father. result may sound. The two are not a false voice disappears in the limbo filled with compositions and com- j~w ha.d to be extracted, which gave ural. As he sees it, there is no ra- er a sound drubbing and then took him in recital. His voice had not lost But his recantation did little to halt antagonistic; they are parts of the of forgotten things, until teachers in mentaries by a certain Bienvenu du him Ius hollow cheeks and sickly tional explanation for the sequence Paganini with him to his own rooms, any of its earlier ravishing beauty the confused trends to which his ex- one voice with a natural affinity be- general grasp the principles em- Busc, who was said to be the Paga- appearance. The second time he let of events in Paganini's life. Is it not where he nursed him back to health. and was as powerful as most of the periments had given rapid impetus. tween them, and to say that a voice bodied in Jean de Heszke's phrase nini of the flute. Du Busc was a himself be persuaded to sian the true that Paganini tramped up and To show his gratitude, Paganini took leading young baritones of the day. Even the statement by Sir Morell is well produced in which the so- V oix Mixte, and until there is a member of the Academie Ebrolci- "Casino Paganini" contract. ~ Many young people listening to MacKenzie, coeval with Garcia, the called falsetto has not been devel- down Italy just making a bare living, him on as a pupil and later gave him wholesale reversal to the true Bel eline, a secret and occult society in . The Paganini estate was gradually and then suddenly, when he went to his records declare that he was not greatest and most clear-minded of oped. balanced, co-ordinated and a certificate stating that per la magia Canto methods. it is likely we shall this little town of Evreux" in disposed of, first by Achille, and a real baritone, but a tenor. Their all the scientific voice investigators, completely blended and mixed with Vienna. was hailed as a sensational imparted by Paganini, Ciandelli had look in vain (or great singers. subsequently by the latter's son ears are at fault. Battistini was an to the effect that the old Bel Canto the remainder of the voice,is equiva- France. Paganini, in his Parisian success? become the first cellist of his town THE END Baron Attilio Paganini. The spide; exceptionally fine baritone but with- methods were based on the two natu- lent to saying that a child born with- days, frequented this circle. Dr. And then, there is the matter of and could be the first of Europe. out the artificial guttural tones so ral divisions ot the voice, did little Siherwas allowed only a brief glance was finally acquired by a Livonian Paganini's health. Just prior to his The fact is, however, that all the more to stem the torrent of con- at these mysterious books, hut was nobleman, Baron Boris von Michel- departure for Vienna, his condition evidence is against the existence of many of our contemporary baritones THE WAY TO THE FUTURE affect. If he had permitted himself fusion. lucky enough to come across the son, who was a great admirer of Dr. had so deteriorated that his phv- any such secret. The cellist Ciandelli to indulge in the throatiness by Despite the increasing chaos of IS THROUGH THE PAST following curious anecdote. At one Siber. For some occult reason von sician had advised him to give up never became it prima Violoncello conceptions regarding registration in oftheir seances Paganini had played Michelson felt that Dr. Siber'~ life his musical career, and spend the d'Europa. In fact, he never acquired which the guttural tones arc pro- (Continued from Page 26) duced, if he had not integrated the recent years and the muddle of ter- his violin. Everyone was much im- was in danger and he decided to rest of his days in the count.ry. Paga- any kind of fame. But at least we minology, the great majority of pressed,with the exception of one of present the silver spider to him on nini had just about reluctantly made know that he had two pupils, both of so-called falsetto with the lower part The younger Stravinsky recalls 'arrangements' which completely cb- teachers concur in practice in chok- the ladies who remarked that the the occasion of a concert which Dr. up his mind henceforth to earn his whom have published methods for of his voice, he would not have be- that he experienced a similar musi- scured the simple beauty of the ing the so-called falsetto and sup- technic was, of course, perfect, but Siber was to give at the Saturn living as a surveyor, so as to be as the violoncello, viz. Forino and Bra- come the great singer he undoubt- cal awakening. Says he: "When I originals. " planting it with a forced extension the playing was cold and mechani- Lodge in Ber.lin. The talisman much as possible in the open air. ga (of the hackneyed Sereuezc): edly was, his voice would not have was a student in Europe in the 1930's, These arrangers often modified the of the balance of the voice. In men cal. Paganini approached her with- promptly showed its worth. The next But lol-e-instead of studying the art Braga states specifically that his been as lovely nor could it have the impressionism of Ravel and De- music in terms of what they were it is achieved by raising the "natu- out saying a word and began again day the elevator in Dr. Siber'e apart- of triangulation and trudging about method is based on the system of his endured unmarred so long. bussy didn't appeal to me. I listened accustomed to hearing and playing, ral" or "chest" voice, as it is com- 10 play. After a few moments the ments fell down from the third floor. with level and rod, he suddenly set revered teacher Clandellt. Neither It is unnecessary to quote any of to the music and even played some to channel it in directions it was monly called, as high as it will go. lady closed her eyes and fell into a Dr. Siber, just when he was about out with triumphant impetus on his one nor the other of these methods the great female singers. Most wom- of it. but I didn't jeel it at the time. never intended 10 go. Their full en who are unspoiled by bad train- The tones thus produced above the trance. When Paganini thought that to enter the elevator, remembered tour to conquer Europe. shows any departure from the estab- Much later I discovered aspects of piano arrangements. for instance, level at which the so-called falsetto this had lasted long enough, he that he had left the spider in his The same veil of mystery sur- ing, instinctively use and blend the impressionism I had not seen at all were completely unsuited to the lished systems of study for the vio- normally appears are then named played a few rapid passages, where- apartment. He went back to get it rounds Paganini's art of playing the so-called falsetto. before. In the old days I was too characteristic simplicity of the corn- loncello. Unfortunately, the beneficial func- "head" voice. upon the lady woke up. "Of a trick and the elevator went down without violin, and the efforts which have close to these men, and my musical poser's original works. says the pro- When Paganini wrote his letter to When one realizes that all phona- him. been made to pierce this tantalizing tion of the so-called falsetto and the experiences with impressionism had fessor. Such mistaken ideas of the like this, I do not see the use," she the press in Paris, he expressed the methods of employing it in vocal tion proceeds fundamentally from said. "It is enough if it has been a The concert at the Saturn Lodge veil are without number. During been too limited." arrangers can be interpreted as the hope that the slanderous rumors production have not only been neg- the vocal cords, that there are no lesson to you," replied Paganini. turned out to be noteworthy. Dr. Paganini's life, it was generally be- Occasionally, a composer with a products of lush romanticism. These which had maligned him all his life lected but unjustifiably vilified, with vocal cords in the chest and head, Siber was to play his Hexentanz lieved that he obtained his ricochet specific functional problem in music men saw bareness and a need for An intriguing story! We must add, would not pursue him beyond the a corresponding decline in the qual- the conclusion inescapably follows ('Vitch dance), which was supposed effects by using a hollow bow filled will turn to the past, naturally, for enlargement. however,that our faith in Dr. Slber's grave. and that at least his ashes ity and capabilities of our singers that there cannot possibly be any to be a vehicle for the transmission with shot. his best solution. Professor Stravin- "Today we can see richness and veracityis severely taxed by the fact would be permitted to rest in peace. of today. Not only have really great such phenomena as "chest" and of occult powers under appropriate Paganini himself never failed to sky again uses his famous father as a gem-like quality-the accurate that he appears to contradict him- Little did he know then that his singers been fast disappearing dur- "head" voices. The terms are thor- conditions. In order to make them- encourage a belief in a secret con- an illustration. simplicity of great art," points out self. The writer has come across an ashes were to be carted about from ing recent years, but comparatively oughly misleading and harmful nected with his art. He repeatedly "When Stravinsky wrote his 'Mass' Professor Stravinsky. account by Dr. Siber of this incident selves more susceptible to these place to place and would be eight youthful vocal casualties have been It is true that the old masters re- magic vibrations, the film star Elga said that he hoped to be able to in 1948, he knew it had to be a Unlike some musical thinkers to- in.an obscure German musical mag- times disinterred and reburied again. ferred to the voce di petta, the voce retire somewhere where he could find increasing. piece of strict, sacred, canonic mu- day. the younger Stravinsky believes anne where dentist Trzaska is re- Brink and the director Jacobi had The priest. who was hastily sum- Some writers have blamed the /into and to the voce di testa (chest, the peace and quiet to write and sic. To be suitable, it had to be writ- that there are certain absolute val- ferred to as "Dr. B.," and the reac- obtained some pi.lls from the secre- moned to his deathbed, could not German school of vocal production middle and head voices). The terms ten according to stringent rules in ues by which even contemporary tionof the lady is radically different. tary of the Lodge. Presumably, some publish his secret method, which proceed with the holy rites as Paga- for this deleterious departure from were not exactly felicitous but they would enable artists to learn' in three a definite formal mold. And, of music may be judged. She is now in raptures. "I heard mistake must have been made with nini was unable to speak. Immedi- the thoroughly tested principle of were clearly understood to apply to course, historically, the music which Says he, "You often can determine you," she cries out when she is these pills. While Dr. Siber was years what they now failed to learn ateJy. evil tongues began wagging utilizing and merging the so-called the so-called falsetto, to the break most closely resembled that which what music being wriuen today will brought to. "You alone-with my weaving his magic tunes, EJga Brink. in ten. And to substantiate this and stories of sorcery and black falsetto with the rest of the voice. and to the remainder of the voice. he desired to write was the abso- last." sensesI was dead to the world. Nev- suddenly slumped off her chair and claim. he always mentioned the cell- magic went from mouth to mouth. Their claim is largely based on fact. The so-called "chest" voice was never lutely canonic Flemish Mass of the He believes that specific artistic er have I been so moved. But now The Bishop of Nice forbade burial Nevertheless, the famous and ven- termed "natural" in contradistinc- (musical) values identify every great you must tell me the secret of your in consecrated ground and the body erable Manuel Garcia, inventor of tion to the so-called falsetto. Their Renaissance." work. This fact is as true of com- art, for I, too, am an ·artist." A MOMENTOUS ANNIVERSARY had to be embalmed. An admirer. the laryngoscope and inspirer of conceptions and procedures, al- The past offered the contemporary composer a gratifying solution to his positions in unfamiliar contemporary It is obvious that the vagaries of the count Cessole, allowed it to b~ modern scientific investigation into though empirical, were based on ex· The silver anniversary program of the annual Chicagoland Music musical problem. Professor Stravin- idioms as it is of the most passe the Professor's mind, evidently the temporarily buried in his park. the "mysteries" of phonation, must act physiological mutations as heard Festival sponsored by Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc., will be sky paraphrases a quotation in Ital- pia no concerto. result of loo strong a mixture of A friend of Dr. Siber's, the cele· also be held responsible. during phonation and coincide with held in Soldiers' Field in Chicago on August 21. Nearly 8.000 jan from Verdi who said, in effect, "When you buy a new pair of pseudo-occultjsm and Germanic ro- brated violinist Joan Manen, located Trained by his father in the true the scientific description of the voice performers will take pal·t, and it is expected that an audience of made by Sir Morell MacKenzie many "Let us look back to the past, and shoes." says the professor- "they may ma~ticism, can hardly serve as a some years ago the spot where Paua- Bel Canto method of coalescing the 80.000 people will attend. Features of the show wiu include massed years later. we will make a step forward_" be of a new style, one completely hasls for serious biographical re- nini"s remains were for the first ti~e so-called falsetto with the remainder search. concert, accordion and bagpipe bands; massed choruses, including of the voice, he embarked, soon after "Strictly speaking," he wrote, Of course, says Professor Stravin- strange; but you can tell in advance interred. "I have found the exact ~nother curious story, which i5 nurses and women barbershop singers; field maneuvers by the he turned to teaching, on a series "there is a different register, i.e., a sky, it is possible for composers to whether they will give you good spot with great difficulty," he wrote gomg to lead us back again to the Gary_ Indiana Horace Mann high school band and majorettes; and of voice production experiments un- certain appropriate condition of the turn to the older greats and, for wear. Why? Because of materials his friend, "and intend to erect there same Dr. SiLer, is that of Pauanini's the Boy Scout drum and bugle corps of Racine, Wisconsin, which related to the training he had him- laryngeal orifice for every note, but various reasons, fail to comprehend and workmanship! And these two a small monument, but will probably lal.isman, in the shape of : silver attended the first festival back in 1930. self received. His personal and fa~- the actual mechanical principles are where the true value of the music requisites cannot be compromised in meet all sorts of obstacles as the spider. Paganini was always careful The festival symphony orchestra of 100 pieces ·will be directed ily fame led a great number of teach- only two." lies. D. Scarlatti, for example, wrote fine art either. No matter how ex· Navy is in charge of all this terrain. to carry this charm with him, and by Henry Weber, general music leader of the festival. Dr. Edgar ers to regard his experiments as Elsewhere he makes the statement some great music in the 18th cen- treme or difficult new, unfamiliar In the bushes I found certain signs, on the two occasions when he omit- Nelson is in charge of choral activities, and Capt. Howard Stu be final, and to adopt them as teaching that "The whole 'secret of fine sing- tury. His harpsichord compositions music may be. the musician, and the regarding which I will tell you more ing (of correct vocal production- had a rare musical perfection in well-trained listener, too, can hear is the festival's instrumental chairman. Philip Maxwell, for the past later." Soon afterwards the war in- procedures. Each teacher fastened 24 years di rector of the festival, will again be master·of-ceremonies onto whichever of his experiments J .A.B.), is to be found in an under- their simplicity and directness. its musical worth." tervened, and we have no knowledge 'I 'd of the gigantic production. seemed to make the greatest appeal, standing of and the inter-relationship "In his specific form and style, Concludes Professor Stravinsky, nCI entally, this place was razed of what these "signs" may have por· More than 2 million people have enjoyed these thrilling enter- and began to discover non-existent between the two registers," thus sup- Scarlatti was a genius who produced "Do you often see a work of un- to the ground by aerial bombard- tended. ment as a . . 'd . tainments, and during the past 24 years participants have come registers and to invent new nomen- plying further scientific confirma- great works of art," says the profes~ certain craftsmanship survive the . n mUm1 atmg demonstra- From the estate of Cessole the (rom every state in the Union, and from Canada, Mexico and clatures, or to haphazardly apply old tion of the correctness of the pro- sor. "Later, men like Taussig took test of time?" tl~nof Germanic frightfulness, when body was removed to the hospital in HItler's . . Europe. terminology to their unrealistic con- cedures evolved by the bel canto fine Scarlatti works and published THE END armies Invaded Francc in Villefranche, and thence to a cave the second World War (Continued on Page 56) ETUDE-JULY 1954 50 ETUDE-JULY 1954 • 51 f

IDEAS FOR THE PIANO ).1J k3' World Famous (Continued from Page 9) -.m- -- l"1- ~r9an Ifl}uestions stimulate audience participation in ~';C-:=)-(II.J.- ~ iolin lflluestions the music; and to place music ahead JOHN JUZEK VIOLINS :0:_.:.:.:;-_ ;\_.n Violas and Cellos of performers or virtuosity. To pre- ".•J'-~- Answered by FREDERICK PHILLIPS sent these comments, we were for- -r.: must be some reason why By HAROLD BERKLEY tunate in securing Walter Preston, the JOHN JUZEK VIOLINS are in the eminent music commentator of At the present time I am studying and choir. are sweetly oblivious to such a great demand all over the The Mutual Broadcasting System. The church country. with a gentleman who is a profes- all shadings of this sort, and just As co-ordinator- of the series and J ust compare the violins of other A Serious Craftsman sional organist, a thorough musician like to "sing their heads off." In adviser on the arrangement of the Probably a Fine Copy and excellent teacher. However, he such cases, be a good sport, and go they know makes at double or even triple cost to Miss S. F., Wisconsin. It is ex- T. S. C., Michigan: Giacinto Santa. programs, I played only one concert insists upon my learning the Two along. To observe the p's and pp's the superb tone and excellent work- tremely unlikely that your friend's gui liana worked in Vicenza, Italy-. myself. Joseph Wolman, Mieczyslaw and Three Part Inventions by Bach, would embarrass them by taking manship of the JOHN JUZEK VIO- violin is a genuine Joseph Cuar- and for a time in Venice-between Horszowski, Vera Francheshi, Max- on the piano, preparatory to taking away their support. is where LINS. nerius. But it might be the work of 1770 and 1830. He was a goodwork- im Shapiro and Miklos Schwalb gave up organ study. What is your opin- (3) Definitely, yes. ----we have innumerable finest com- a skilled copyist; the label is cor- man and generally followed the the other five. And since every phase ion? Also what do you say regard- (4) Much depends on the char- ments from teachers and professional rectly worded, which is unusual. Amati pattern, using fine wood and of piano music could hardly be ex- violinists-many an artist prefers to a golden-yellow varnish. If in good ingthe exact fingering for the Bach acter of the hymn, but the equivalent plored in six evenings, we chose theY'~1Iti' The violin should be appraised by Y;'[;\ play on a "Master Art" JOHN JUZEK condition, his violin are today worth inventions? 01 full swell-21 7645 HI or 00 what we believed to be the elements an experienced dealer. go... ~'~~~ VIOLIN rather than on an expensive between 600 and 1000. E. F. C.-Conn. 6788 643 would be good. Somewhat best calculated to further participa- -,{~t· old instrument. louder, fun great-DO 6845 322; 00 tion in the most important piano Can a Reader Help? By all means follow the teacher's 7856 432; or 00 8857 455. For \ Student outfits from the lowest price to the B. E., Oregon. There must be a A Talen ted Lad works. At each concert, we followed .1 advice.In insisting on the Bach In- greatest volume try Iull great with Master Art grade number of experienced repairmen ftlJrs. A_ R., Ontario. Your boy the continuity of one idea, explain- ventionshe is really simply living 16'-31 7866 143 or 42 8846 333. We are the sole agents for the famous F. N. in the Pacific North West, but un- seems to be musical and to be am- ing the development of musical up to your own testimony of him as (5) It is proper to use the tre- Voirin Bows, Bourdain and Greville Clar- fortunately I do not know their .ious to play the violin. Thai being forms, styles, history, etc., in con- inets. "a thorough musician and excellent molo if the music is soft or fairly I names. The only name and address so you hould make every effort to nection with the music. teacher," These Bach piano works soh, but on louder passages it would METROPOLITAN of a reputable dealer I know of on let him have professional instruction, First came the Fugue, from Bach are among the very best things you be better without tremolo. MUSIC COMPANY the West Coast is Mr. Faris Brown, Is there not Q good teacher in some through Hindemith. Here, we stressed "Carillonic Bells"* beckon can have for an organ foundation. the fact that the fugue is basically I Wholesalers, Irnporters, and Manufac- 5625 Wilshire Boulevard, Los An- town within a radiu of, say, fifty / playa small two manual organ turers of all mueieai instruments geles, Calif. I should be happy to mile of your home, to whom you If you are using an edition of the melodic (rather than mathemati- people all week long- Bach Inventions published by a with the following specifications: I 222 fOURTH AVE •• NEW YORK 3, N.Y. know of others. could rake the lad for lessons, if only call }, since it developed from the making the church a well known recognizedpublisher, and edited by GREAT-Open Diapason, Melodia, singing voice. The word fugue I Publishers of the famous books 011 once in two weeks? There are so source of spiritual life in the com- Violin Playing: a competent authority, you will be Dulciana, Ocume 4', Chimes. SWELL An Ambitious Adult Student many .litt le details of holding the (fuga) means flight, and the es- munity. They actually promote "SIMPLICITY Of VIOLIN PLAYING," Ycls. I, II -Stopped Diapason, Salicional, Mrs. L. C. H., Michigan: Thank violin and bow that a correspond- welladvised to follow the fingering sence of the form is that one voice church growth. The tonal beauty of Flute 4'. Violina 4', Piccolo 2', Nazard takes flight before the next comes in, "ALL ViOLIN TECHNIQUE" (complete, from beginner to artist) you for your delightful letter, it ence course cannot cover. that such exactly. It will establish correct "Carillonic Bells" is unmatched by by Robed Juze~ habits which will serve you well 2%', Oboe 8', Quintatina 8'. PEDAL thus developing the single voice of RADICALLY DIFFERENT AND A CHALLENGE TO ALL THE EXISTING METHODS AND made good .reading. Of course you a cour e should be u ed only as a any cast bells or chimes. Every later. melody into many-voiced polyphony. THEORIES ON VIOLIN PLAYING. can acquire a vibrato if you go last re ort. B ox that may help -Bourdon 16', Flute 8'. Cello 8'. All church can afford them-no church about things the right way-you are you are "Practical Violin rudy," by ordinary unison (8'), 4' and 16' The first voice introduces a theme: should be without them. Freder-ick Hahn, and my "Modern (1) In phrasing Ivymns, are the couplers, Could )'OI.L suggest stop then a second voice takes it up whil~ a young woman still. Write to the Hundreds of installations through- Technique of Violin Bowing." Both hands lifted from the organ keys at combinations suitable for solo play- the first voice sings another theme. publishers of ETUDE and see if out the nation! Learn how your may be obtained from the publishers the end of each pharse? I mean, is ing? I am particularly puzzled about Three and four-voiced fugues fol- they can sell you copies of the maga- church may have the world's finest of ETUDE. If the lad is solid and there a definite break? the Piccolo 2' and Nazard 20/3', low the same pattern. What one lis- zine for October 1947, December bell music, write to- 1948, August 1950, September 1952, fluent in the first position, lei him (2) When playing such hymns as which I do not find very pleasing. tens for in a fugue is the flight and September and October 1953. On venture into the higher positions. ~oftJyand Tenderly, Day is Dying C. C. G.-ill. flow of each voice, plus their blend- the Violinist's Forum page of these Use for this the second Book (and rn the West, ere., for congregational ing into a complete, harmonious mu- ·"~.arilLoH.ic93eU..,"* issues there is much to do with the Supplement) of the Laoureux Violin singing, does the organist observe First, we suggest that you get a sical meaning. vibrato, much that will help you. As Method. suchmarks as p or PI), or the sense copy of Nevin's "Primer of Organ The second concert was devoted SCHULMERICH CARILLONS, Inc. for playing rapidly, that is a matter of the words like "whisper"? Registration," which will give you to Vienna-Haven of Composers- 12358 Carillon Hill, SEllERSVILLE, PA. of practicing slowly, then fairly (3) When a hymn is sung while very clearly and concisely the gen- presenting the evening of Viennese *"Carillonic a.lli" if a 'roaemade for bell More Than a Diagram Needed inJfrumenh of Schu/merich flee/ronicl, In~ slow, then fairly fast, then fast. And F. A. F., Texas. I appreciate the theminister takes communion should eral principles of stop combinations. music, and the styles and forms of MUSIC SCHOOL STUDENTS also of keeping your eyes ahead of time and care you spent in making it not be played softly? and the best effects obtainable with the great Viennese masters. No other city in the world has contributed so earn extra money os an ETUDE REPRESENTATIVE your fingers. No, you are not too old the diagram-sketch of rour \'iolin, (4) What combination is most various combjnations. The Melodia much to the continuity of music in to learn to play rapidly. and I wish I could sar that it helps suitable on the Hammond when 011 the Great is the best solo stop, for information, write encouragement, schooling and stand- CHRISTENSEN PIANO METHOD me to form an opinion as to the \'alue playinghymns for a congregation of with an accompaniment on the Swell Successful through the yeal'S fOl' Swine ards. There is no one "period" ill Jazz, Ragtime, Booll"le, Blues, Breaks, key~ Business Manager, ETUDE the music: magazine, Bryn Mawr, Pa. A J. B. Schweitzer (?) Violin of the instrument. But unfortunately 400or 500? of the Salicional. The Open Diapa· board llarmony, etc. At YOUl'dealer or sent Vienna's achievement, no gap in its postpaidfor $2,50. JP. H. D., Wisconsin, J. B. it does not. The same details of di· (5) Should the (,remolo be Ilsed son could be used as a solo, with Send 20t for current lllonthly bulletlll ot tradition. Vienna's Fux, a most in· breah and fill-illS tor hIt-songs, or 12 tor Schweitzer of Budapest, Hungary, mensions, varnish. and so on. could when accompanying /;oices as in Stopped Diapason and Salicional on 12 months. Mention If teacher. fluential figure at the time of Bach, was a really good maker whose in- apply to anyone of hundreds of choirsinging? Swell for accompaniment, with the THE AXEL CHRISTENSEN METHOD wrote the first work on harmony, Studio E-P,O. 801 427 Oioi, California struments sell today Ior as much as thousands of violins ranging in \'alue R. I.-Penna. possibility of adding Flute 4' if nec- establishing the rules for all subse- $600. But he has been the victim of from 10 to 10.000. The (act that essary for balance. The Swell to quent composers (at least, for those unscrupulous imitators, and there are (1) There should be a break at Creat 8' coupler might be used if RENEWAL TIME the violin bears a facsimile of a who follow rules!) ; and most of the hundreds of violins on the market theend of important phrases, but the desired_ Use enough Pedal to balance Stradivarius label means nothing, (Continued on Page 64) bearing his label, that have ver; h~nds should be lifted only suffi- the above. The Stopped Diapason on July I mail in your dues with your name little value. What your violin may A Factory nlade Imitation Ciently to give the normal break the Swell makes an excellent soft be worth, I cannot say. A1rs. B. L. T., Pennsylvania. Since :vhichwould occur in correct speak. solo stop, with Dulciana on Great for and address typewritten or clearly Stradivarius died in 1737, any \'iolin Ing.Emphasizing the break too much accompaniment. The Oboe usually comes through nicely for solo pur- a fairly full Swell. This, in combina- printed. Keep up your valuable Guild A Doubtfnl Gaudagnini Label bearing a facsimile of his label dated ~ould tend to awkwardness and M. M., Indiana. The books at my 1761 is not likely to be genuine. That choppiness." poses, ,vith MeJodia on Great for ac- tion with the Stopped Diapason and benefits without lapsing. disposal make no mention of a disposes of the label. The word h (2) If you have a congregation companiment. If this accompaniment the Sw. to Sw. 16' coupler, might Joannes Antonio Gaudagnini who "TIROL" branded on the back of tt can really enter into the spirit is too loud. try Dulciana with Sw. to be an effective solo for special pur· was working about the year 1749 o the text of the hymns as well as Sw. 16' and 4' cOllpJers. The Quin- poses, with Dulciana (Cl.) accom· the violin indicates its place of the mus' • and I have a feeling that the label IC, tadena also normally makes a good paniment, and soft Pedal. The Na· NATIONAL GUILD OF PIANO TEACHERS origin: it is almost certainlv a Tyro- I you are to be congrat- UJi1I«zm. ~ and kt is a fake. If the label is false the lean factory.made violin wo~th about u ated, and you may very properly solo stop. with the same accom- zard 2%' is effective to add a little (founded 1929 by Irl Allison, M.A., Mus. OJ 30 E. Adams St.-Chicago 3, ILl. violin is probably not worth 'very 50. If it were a carefully-made ~hserve the expression marks, but panjment on Great. Your Great or- harshness to the full Swell, but much, though no one can value the e careful not to make the changes gan is a little limited as far as suit- should be used sparingly; you, of Boxlln Austin. Texas copy, the maker would ha\"e put a VIOLIN SPECIALISTS course, know that the tone produced work of an unknown maker without plausible date in it. ~oosudden, unless specifically called able accompaniment stops are con- OUR NEW OLD INSTRUMENT CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE examining the violin personally. THE END or. All too frequently however a cerned. The Piccolo 2' should onJy with this stop is actually a 12th congregation, yes, even' the mini;ter be used to add special brightness to higher than the note sounded. Publishers of "VIOLINS & VIOLINIStS"

52 ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 L 53 The Anniversary of a Song by Ida ~1.Pt1r,lue NoJunior Etude Contest This Month Inspire Your Students by GRACE C. NASH HE Fourth of July is. n?t only songs, some of which were \"e~' ]t]S also old. He gave the book 10 Smilh Indepen dence D ay, hI" T suggesting that some of themel~ the anniversary of the first pu ,Ie Broken Records Game o MARKET an idea or an notes. And avoid spending too dies be translated into English,and Tarticle successfully, you must much time on one tiresome piece. presentation. of our most popu ar by 'fla iU. Pardue others be given entirely new\fords. first be sold on it yourself. With The next week, ask him to sug- SOI1O" America. N~arly all music students know It was in completing this assign. AN you repair these broken placed in the column. First one to the teaching of music, this axiom gest a piece he's heard, one that this melody is the same as that of ment that Smith wrote Dew words C records? Each bas a two-word write correct titles is winner. holds double truth. Since music is "tickles his ears." If it's within his England's God Save the King ~and for this old tunc (which is said 10 title, the second word being mis- a language of the feelings, the ability range, get it for him. If it's dale back 10 the English compo". teacher not only has to sell her beyond him, try to make a simpli- it is also used in other countries), I. Pilgrim's March 7. lVIoonlight Chorus Dr. John Bull, 1563·1628). pupil the desire for the particular fied arrangement that he can play. and many know that the words 2. Hungarian Song 3. Spring Soldier America was first sung publicl)' piece, but also inspire him with the With so much excellent piano were written by Dr. Samuel Fr-an- 3. Hail Symphony 9. Lost Horseman on July 4., 1832, at a Fourth 01 feeling expressed in the music. material for beginners and inter- cis Smith. How many know that 4. Chocolate Chord 10. Unfinished Maria July picni in Bo ton. This sounds pretty idealistic and mediates now available (such as had it not been for another Amer- 5, Wild Rhapsody 11. Ave Danube The mall scrap or paper.n theoretical, perhaps, so let's get the June Weybright books and ican the words might never have 6, Blue Columbia 12. Wedding Sonata been written at all? . which mith scribbled the famou! down to cases. others), no pupil would have the A Piece of String Lowell Mason, who was direct- ly r ics is preserved in Harvard A"swers on this Iluge ] ack is due for a new piece. He chance of being bored. As for ing music in Boston's church s, niv rsity Lihrnry. certainly needs something to pep other instruments, there are easy flY Leonora Sill Ash/,on had a book of old German chool- I rhap you'll ec it some day, up his interest. orchestra collections, designed for Letter Box "I'm tired of this old sonatina," elementary school use. "I CALL this kid stuff," laughed it?' Then he thought, 'Should not he says, "these technical and hand- H possible, arrange a time for Ben as he handed the piece of different lengths of the same string stretching exercises. I'd like some- these students to play together, make difIerent tones?' So he tried string t~ the boy next to him. Sendreplies 10 letters in cure of Foretgn nlnil is 8 cents; !SOlnc for- thing real for a change." especially where there is no school "Same here," added Ben, "but it's an experiment. He placed his fin- WHO K OW ~ HERE? Junior Etude, Bryn Mawr, Pa., eign airmuil is 15 cents and some is You wonder what kind of a piece orchestra for their participation. and they will be forwarded 1,0 the 25 cents. Consult your- Post Office fun, anyway." Sitting around the ger half way between the two ends, (f(f'ep SCfUf'. O"e IUlJldred i, perfect) will reach his interest and touch off Even once or twice a month will writers.Do not ask fOI' addresses. before slam ping foreign air- mail. camp fire that evening, each boy and held it down on the board, the spark of desire for practicing. help. 1. Where is the scene of the f r which traus named some was takina his turn forming one of then twanged each half of the Let him answer that question for I know one violin teacher who o . opera, Madam Butterfly, laid? of hi well-known waltzes? (5 DearJuniorEtude: the signs used in musical notation string separately. Listening care- you. Have at least three pieces has a' waiting list of pupils be- (10 points) I oint) My sisterRebeccaand I each began PROJECT OF THE MONTH from the piece of string. . fully he discovered that those ready for him, each one different cause the interest is so great. She lengths vibrated twice as fast as 2. Where is Handel buried? (10 8. \,'h r i the home of the hag· takingpiano lessons when we were for JULY. Make a summer prac· One held it in his hands. "A line fiveyears old. We have both won in mood, harmonic structure and gives each student one private les- the whole string did, and-what points) pipe? (5 points tice schedule, and (unless away on the staff," he announced. awardsin the National Guild Audi- melody. Then ask him to listen, son a week, and on Thursdays, was more wonderful, each half 3. Where was the fi rat opera from home or when it is other- "That's too easy," laughed the tions; in the International Piano with the purpose of selecting the either after school or early eve- produced a tone exacLly like the house built? (15 points j wrse impossible) KEEP IT others. One laid it on the ground RecordingFestival; in the National best one for himself. Play each one ning, they aU come to her home long string, but on a higher pitch." 4. Where was Schuhert born'? FAITHFULL Y. and curved it into the shape of a T .• t'. CompositionTest. Also in the Young as an artist would do. and play together. Jack Maitland looked around at (10 points) whole note, then a half note, leav- PerformersContestsponsored by the After he decides which one is If one child has a solo ready, the circle of boys. Were they inter- 5. Where lS the home of th· 9. , here i hopin buried?(lj ing a straight piece for the stem. KnoxvilleSymphony Orchestra, we his piece, take out an interesting the others listen. This furnishes ested? "Quiz JVIasterspeaking," he Metropolitan Opera Company'? weregivenprizes for original com- • Others used their turns to form the I oinl ) , part or phrase and play it again. added incentive and inspiration. announced. "Who can tell me what (5 points) 10. From what i the themeglren positions,My sister also received treble and bass clefs, slurs, hars, Dear JuniO!" Etude: Let him try it, and in between And now and then, the teacher accents, quarter rests, until each Pythagoras had discovered?n 6. Where did Christmas carols with lhi quiz taken? (10 superiorrating in the Tennessee J have taken piano lessons for six sandwich a bit of human interest herself plays a special piece for II Federationof Music Clubs contest. hoy had his turn, then the string "The octave! came as one voice originate? (15 points) poi nts) years and am learning to play the Shewonfirsthonors in school where about the composer's childhood, them. She enjoys music and gives went back to the counselor, Jack from the group. 7. Where is the Danube River, A".I~er$ on lIext pa,e organ. I play clarinet in our school an anecdote perhaps, or how the of her enjoyment to her students. Maitland. "Right you are. The interval of band, also played piano accompani- piece happened to be written. And a good sense of humor carries Picking up the string he said, the octave, one of the most im- ments for those in the band who had And as for inspiration-I shall "There does not seem to be much portant discoveries in the history solos in the regional tournament; her over the rough spots. It keeps also played piano for the High School never forget my first hearing of the left for me. Let's tie it to this piece of music, for, with that fact re- her pupils happy, too. After their Glee Club and the mixed chorus. I violin solo, Souvenir, by Drdla. I of bark,'l he suggested, as he vealed to the minds and ears of music lesson, they go home with Scrambled Note collect classical records and my hob- must have been ten years old, a pie-ked up the strip, and stretched musicians, they went on to meas- lighter hearts and happier faces. bies are drawing and painting and rank beginner, but I went home the string tightly from one end to ure shorter pieces of strings and by WNw« Dellou It is important for a child to collecting miniature china dogs. I from my lesson inspired with have a feeling of success in some the other and fastened it. "Sup- Do you want to have some spe- Cho05e three girls and three hope some readers will answer my dreams of playing this piece myself phase of each lesson, even if it's pose this string is made of catgut cial fun at a club meeting, or on a boys lo be in the secret andbare letter. · d the someday. "And to think Miss only in finding the right page! or twisted reeds, or even wire, as picnic, or perhaps at a Fourth-of- them arrive fir:S:tand go beh lD 111ercedes Brabender (Age 14). Brown played it just for me!" I We know there's nothing that suc- we use today. This gives us a July camp fire? If so, here is a sug- sheet. When aU arri\"e. tell th~~ Wisconsin said to my mother. It was far be- ceeds like success, and to go one rough representation of one of the gestion. you are going to play cra~lh • yond me then, but it thrilled me very earliest musical instruments, Two or three of you get together Notes. and imtead of maklllg a step further, there's nothing that - .4l1swers to Broken Records and gave me new determination stimulates more practice than suc- called a monochord, meaning one and draw five thick, black lines of wonl out of lellers the} nlakea l. Pilgrim's Chorus; 2. Hungarian Rhap- to practice like mad. cess already achieved. string. This special instrument be- the musical stafT with a crayon tune out of noles. The six bOYi sody; 3. Hail Columbia; 4. Chocolate of the interiors of wind instru- Soldier; 5. Wild Horseman; 6. B!ue Another help is to vary his rna· With all these tricks up your longed to the Greek ,scholar, Py- across a sheet, spacing the lines and "iris then !"cramble out an~ Danube; 7. Moonlight Sonata; 8. Sprmg thagoras, who lived in the five- ments, and so to fiU in upper and about three inches aparL. At the be- " £ hone terial: a few easy pieces for fun, sleeve, your pupils won't ever have the others chase them. ac Song; 9. Lost Chord; 10. Unfjnisl~ed hundreds B.C. lower tones, showing their rela- ensemble music for sight reading, cause to say, "My music teacher's ginning of the staff draw the treble on hem". caunht goe~, behindtheh Symphony; 11. Ave Maria; 12. Weddmg "As you know, the Greeks tionship to each other according uc and now and then a showy trick an old crab. I don't care whether clef, a flat on the third Iine and the screen andcOl'pokes 1I!"Ilea d thro~. she plays violin in the School Or- March. thought that the tones produced on to their vibrations." or two without the use of written I practice or not.)l THE END time signature three-four. l\IIark off a slit on lhe slaff. \t;'hen all thes " chestra,and I received a medal for • musical instruments came from the "And so all our scales and ev- two measures, making each about ·inO'Ihe notes are in pIace tIley ~ 0 clarinetin the School Band Clinic. planets in the sky. Those who knew erything came from that!" ex- Answers to Quiz three feet or more 10nD"-(lonD" d Th 'one Wealsoplaymarimba and accordion l. In Japan; 2. in Westminster Abbe?" claimed Ned. lune they ha\'e forme. e ~d' Pythagoras said he had such a enough to accommodate "three of" and play in the School Orchestra London; 3. in Venice, Italy, ~637; 4. In IS. then repeate d wtl. h e,.'erl'bo)" The Cover This Month keen ear for sound he could hear "And all the music we know you in a row). Draw the stems of ~ndSchoolBand. We belong to the Vienna Austria; 5. Melropolltan Opera .came from it too," said Ben. ,:It joining in sin"inl:7 "Amenca. House' New York City; 6. in Italy, the music of the spheres. At any the notes; cut holes in lhe sheet C or tocamp reludeMusic Club and have been The highly interesting photograph used on the cover this month rate, this scientist-musician was must have, because it came from (P.S. If any 0 )'ou go 'h onradio and TV. We enjoy playing where' St. Francis of Assisi gathered for the note-heads, (large enough l t 10 shows Margaret Wilkerson, a teacher at the Neighborhood Music studying his monochord. 'Should scales." "I guess you're right, in the summer, take the shee wlI duets,skating, swimming and riding people togelher sing hymns when l~e to poke your face or head arranlYed a lableau of Ihe Manger m this string not be able to sound Ben," agreed the others. '''We nev- You (or make another) and'N'P" OUrbikes. We enclose our picture. through), to form "Aly Country. .10, the thirteenth century; 7. in Southern Settlement, with her 'little pupil Charlene Matsui. Photography 'ht e ga me of ram bled more than one tone when I twang er thought of that before." T',~SOJ Thee." - LaVerne Weaver (Age 15) Germany; 8. Scotland; 9. Paris; 10. It's fun!) Rebecca Weaver (Age 9) Andanle from Fifth Symphony by by Herb Stormont, BurlJank, California. (See article on page 10.) Tennessee Tchaikovsky. 5J ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 55 SOME SOBER THOUGHTS disc, if you can manage the bass, NEW .RECORDS Wide dynamic gradations demand (Continued from Page 21) (Continued jrom Page 18) plenty of bass boost on fortes, little AMERII:AN or none on soft passages. Possibly BOSTON UNIVERSITY if I were to select a miniature rec- hesaysfor each group, "three, four," counts as make-up time for missed sounds. Good is the recorded sound you have a loudness control that will ord library for bomb-shelter listen- or "four, three," or "three, four, lessons. A strict account of h of the splendid chorus and orchestra, do the trick. As to Wagner, Angel . suc ing, this disc would not be omitted. overtime minutes is kept by the [DNSERVATORY the inspired direction of Joseph Keil- threefour," etc. College of Music The violin dates from 1609, the bow selected a master in conductor Paul berth, and the work of certain solo- Here,too, is where your large as- teacher .... Another hurrah! (I've from Mozart's lifetime, and the piano Kletzki. His recording of the Tcha'. Robert A. Choate, Dean ists. Astrid Varnay (Ortrud) and sortmentof flash cards comes in for never known any teacher who did is a modern reproduction of Mozart's kovsk y Fifth Symphony around 1948 excitinguse. These can be any short, this.) of MUSIl: Hermann Uhde (Telramund) are five-octave "Stein" piano. Used by revealed an uncommon ability to consistently satisfactory. Eleanor Ste- long,simple or difficult "flashes" as, There are other items, such as I"fersessioll-June I to July 10 two musicians who make music from handle emotional music without get- ber (Elsa) brings lyric beauty to Christmas holidays, December 23-29, 68th SEASON the inside out, these instruments pro- ting hurt. These Wagner excerpts forexample: CHICAGO Summer SeuJon-July J2 to August 21 such sections as the love duet of Act etc., all stated very clearly on vide the means for reviving the with the Philharmonia Orchestra ~ 3, while Wolfgang Windgassen tLo- mimeo'd sheets titled "Schedule of authentic Mozart. (Epic LC 3034) show the same rare skill. (Angel Founded in ~886 ~Y John J. Hattstaedt, today The American Con- • hengrin) and Josef Greindl (King 35059) ~rhht-lfu Rates and Terms" ancl "Studio sel'vatol':y of MUSIC IS considered outstanding among institutions Henry) are on a lower range of ex- Beethoven : Sonatas lor Violin Rules" Bravo. Miss Wallace! for music education in this country. SPECIAL PROGRAMS Music for Two Pianos-1900. cellence. (London LLA-16) and Piano, o». 30, 2 anti 3 The student gives the entire mo- My only question: Isn't this too 1952 THE. FACU~TY-One hundred ·and thirty teachers, many of narional With this new release, Zinc Fran- reasonable a price for lessons for a and ~llteJ'llilllOnal r~l)Ulation, including pianists: Rudolph Reuter, Kurt Strings-George Bornoft Lockwood: Concerto for Organ Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale tivea quick glance .... You blot it cescatti and Robert Casadesus have Wallleck, Hans Heniot, Bruno Glade; Voice: Theodore Harrison, Charles and Brasses out and he plays it as rapidly as good teacher in a large city? recorded five of the ten Beethoven so- have enhanced an already enviable Laberge, Frances Grund, Barre Hill, B. Fred Wise Russell Holf iacr ; Bands-Lee Chrisman Kay: Concerto lor Orcheetro: possible.This is one of the best ways Piano teaching isn't half as dull natas. As before, the transplanted reputation for first-rate two-piano ~!oljll: John .Weicher, Scott Willits, Stella Robel't~; Organ: Ed\~arJ Orchestra-Francis Findlay While this is not a disc for hi-fi I know to compel speed feeling. as these "Sober Thoughts" imply! Frenchmen playas if chamber music playing by recording on three rec- ~~genschenk; Theory: Leo Sower by, John Palmer, Jeanne Boyd, Irwin enthusiasts, any who try it should be Bills, hills, hills! ... What to Each day brings its fun-like today [< ischer, School Music: Robert 0:1\'15. Choral-Allen Lannom were their chief interest and they ords nine contemporary works. The told that there is little if any treble doaboutmissed lessons? Charge for when two charming young women continue to deal with Beethoven in a most interesting disc of the set (ML Accredited Courses are alTered in Piano, Professional and Teaching Engagements reduction. In other words, you play Vocal, Violin. Organ. Orchesrru and _ Graduates of the Conservatory have Musicology-Karl Geiringer 4853) contains Stravinsky's "Con- them?' , . Pay at every lesson? Pay were playing on two pianos in my it "fiat." The Lockwood Concerto, reo warmly romantic style. This Colum- Band Inst.ru men ta, Public School Music. been mnch in demand as teachers and in advance? ... These are often a class, but were making all sorts of Musical ThI!OI·Y. also in concert. opera, radio. orchestra Composition-Hugo Norden bia series of Beethoven sonatas, rich- certo for Two Solo Pianos," Hinde- and choir work. The News Bulletin con- corded in S1. Paul's Chapel of Co- plaguein the piano teacher's life. "lost motion" movements with arms, Deg rees-c-Bachelor- of Music, Bachelor of ly recorded, is strongly recommend- mfrh's "Sonata for Piano Four Music Educat.io n, Muster of Music and taining a list of about 300 eucceeerut lumbia University, features the graduates holding responeible positions Hands" and Rieti's Suite Cham- Manyteachers have found successful hands, fingers. Halting them I said, Muster- of Mmdc Educution are conferred ed. (Columbia ML 4861) by authority of the State of Illlncts and in Un iver-ait.ies, Colleges. Oouservetci-Ies, young organist Marilyn Mason and and Public Schools will be sent upon UNDERGRADUATE petr e. Other original duo-piano yetsimple ways of solving the bill "You are beautiful girls. but for recoeniaed as a g ua r-antee of necomplish- two trumpets and two trombones Bizet: [eu x ll'En/an.ts, Op. 22 request. compositions included represent Bar- problem.Miss Leta Wallace, well goodness sake don't ever marry any menr. and GRADUATE DEGREE PRDGRAMS conducted by Thor Johnson. The or- La [oue Fille de Perth-Suite Students' Self Help-The management Tuition is reasonable in keeping with the Chabrier: Suite Pastomle ber, Milhaud, Saue, Debussy, POll- knownKansas City teacher and au- engineer because your excess move- makes every endeavor to assist needy times and may be paid in convenient in· gan is too much in the background atullments. Complete pnniculars given in ments at the piano would drive him students to find part-time employment. This is French music demanding lenc and HaiefT. The sound is prob- thorof the excellent "Slide-Rule for Many find work as teachers, accompan- catalog which will be mailed on l·equest. For further informotion, write and the record surface is only fair, lightness, delicacy, style-all of ably the finest reproduction of two· Scales"sends in her solution. Here hay.wire." (Engineers. you know, isls or paj·t-lime positions workin" for Boarding-Information I·egarding accom- but the performance is good. Kay's commercial houses. etc. ... modations can be found in the catalog. demand economy_ They are brought 1948 opus gets a rather pedestrian which are achieved by the Paris Con- piano work yet contrived. (Columbia it is: '/ Tuitionfor 36 week term, Septem. lip with jt.) The girls laughed and Member oj the National Association oj Schools oj Music reading from the orchestra of the servatory Orchestra conducted by SL-198) BOSTON UNIVERSITY ber 21 to June 5, for one private said, "We are both happily married Teatro la Fenice. (Remington 199- Edouard Lindenberg. Jeux d'Enjants, For free crll.lliog rultlresi> follll R. Hr/t,swedl, President thirtyminute lesson weekly is 76.00. 1.0 engineers. who seem to adore us!" 'I 173) originally twelve pieces for piano COLLEGE OF MUSIC duet, is represented by orchestra- THE MYSTERIOUS Forstudents who pay the whole term There's also the tale of the teacher 579 Kimball Hall, Chicago 4, Ill. Chopin: Trio in G Minor, Op. 8 2S Blagden Street. tions of a il1arche, Berceuse, Im- WIZARD in advance,a ten per cent discount who struggled mightily to teach Dan I Schumann: Trio No. 2 in F Ma- Boston 15, MassClc:hllsetts promptu, Duo, and Galop. Though is offered making the total $68.40. (10 years old) how to master some jor, Op. 80 OF THE VIOLIN the Bizet operatic suite is Beecham's All other students pay $12.00 upon rhythmic passage, but the struggle The Chopin trio (piano.violin- (Continued jrom Page 51) 'cello) was written in the composer's arrangement, Lindenberg's recording enrollment and 8.00 monthly be· was in vain. In despair she gave up, at the beach. Finally, arrangements I late teens, dming his student days, is smoother than Beecham's Colum- ginningOctober L This 8.00 is pay· sent the boy home. .. Next week r-Sherwood Music Suhool- were made for a provisional burial but it is a pleasant work that might hia version of 1950. London's FFRR ablebetween the first and tenth dav Dan returned and played tile passage on a small island off the coast. After have had its recording debut earlier. reproduction adds to the delight of of each month until the entire su~ perfectly. "Why_ Dan. how did you Thorough professional training for successful careers. One and two- Send three years, permission of the eccle- Schumann's F Major trio, also reo this happy record. (London 871) 1176.00)has heen paid. No monthly succeed in conquering this rhythm year Certificate courses prepare for private studio teaching. Bachelor siastical authorities was finally ob· for corded in full for the first time, like· Brahms: Concerto No. 1 in D bdls are sent.... There is no need so marvelously?" Dan: "Aw, it tained to ship the remains quietly to and Master Degrees, foul' and five years. Piano, voice, orgal), violin, wise can support more frequent hear- Minor, OPt 15 for lhem. Hurrah! was my mother. She just shook Genoa, where they were interred on 'cello, wind instruments, composition_ public school music. Faculty FREE ing. These romantic trios have been Everybody seems to be recording No refunds are made for missed it into me!" .. That's what our a property of Paganini's, Polevra, of renowned European and American artists. Many opportunities recorded by the Trio di Balzano, a the D Minor pjano concerto these lessonsexcepting for illness of two youngsters need_ don't you think? BOOK The veto was at last rescinded by the for public recital, solo and group performance .. Member of the splendid Italian group slated to be days, the latest being Rudolf Serkin weeksor more. Overtime at lessons Just a little more shaking! ABOUT Bishop of Parma and the remains of better known in America tluough a and the Cleveland Orchestra under :-Jutional Association of Schools of Music. the great artist transferred to con· I series of Vox records. (Vox PL George Szell. If I were buying are· Founded 1895. Splendidly equipped lake front building. Fall MUSIC secrated ground close to his estate, 8480) cording of the concerto, however, my session begins September 9th. Sl"~CK here does not permit an ade- choice would be the recent London the Villa Gajone. In 1876, the body quate description of this remarkable Debussy: Fi/teen Piauo Pieces was moved to the cemetery of Parma, I;'or catalog, u:rite Arthur Will/man, lU"s;callJirector Scribner Radio Music Library. We disc (LL 850) made by Clifford Cur· Piano teachers who may have over· will therefore be glad to send you zon and the Concertgebouw Orches- which was more easily accessible to without obligation. an interesting book· looked the superb Debussy record- Sherwood Building • 1014 So, Michigan Avenue • Chicago 5 • Illinois tra of Amsterdam. Though Colum· the public. When in 1895, this old let telling how you can own all thil> ings made in recent years by Walter I music for a .small fraction of its nor- bia's reproduction of the Serkin- graveyard was closed down, Paga- Gieseking for Columbia and for mal cost. Szell performance would be hard to nini got a more stately tomb in the To obtain tbis 40-page illustrated Angel should overlook no more. The free booklet, simply paste coupon on beat, the approach tends to be more new municipal cemetery. In 1926, his latest in the collection contains fif- a post card and mail to studied than communicative. (Co- ashes were once again removed, this 'CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, teen assorted pieces, mostly from :Music Publishers, 597 Fifth Avenue. lumbia ML 4829) time to Genoa, the town of his birth, New York 17, N. Y. Debussy's youthful period, including where, it is hoped, they have noW :------_. such favorite teaching material as Franck: Sym.phony in D Minor found their final resting place. , CUA\l.LES SCIUBNER'S SONS, the Deux Arabesques, Reverie, La Wilhelm Furtwangler, conducting Few of the visitors to Genoa's i, 597 l'ifth Ave .• N. Y. 17, N. Y.: the Vienna Philharmonic, is respon- Please send me, FREE, iIlus· plus que lente, Masques and Valse Campo Santo seek out Paganini's : trated 40-page brochure giving Romantique. As usual, Angel sets up sible for an honest recording of this tomb. But his name is not forgotten. : complete details about famoul the optimum acoustical conditions symphonic favorite that avoids all In the heart.of cultural Chicago : 9-volume Scribner Radio :Music Whatever his failings may have been, : Library. This request places me for the particular type of music, and the extremes. Those who insist on ex· Paganini carried in his soul a spark under no obligation whatloevtr. as usual Gieseking .displays perfect aggerated misterioso passages and of that divine fire, which enabled mastery of the Debussy idiom. overdrawn climaxes will not be sat- him to lift groping bumanity out of Name, ...• , ••••••••••••••••••• (Angel 35026) isfied, but Furtwangler's healthy the rut of its daily e.-x:istence.He ATTENTION- TEACHERS! middle-ground should please most Mozarl: Violin~Piario Sonatas, K. could hold it for a few brief moments listeners. The sound, though excel- Plan. to hadvertise in our WHERE SHAll I GO TO STUDY'. ca Iumn Ior th e next Address ..••••••••••••••••••••• 301, 304, 378, 379 in the cup of his hand and make it Sill ~ont s. Rates are re~sonab~e-only $5.00 per 112inch, $7.50 per t'4 inch, $10.00 lent, may require a little experiment- Mozart's appeal to the H-bomb see the overwhelming beauty which per Illch. Because of thiS speCial rote only order, 10' " ," ing with controls. (London 967) . . . IX consecu Ive Issues can generation is beautifully demon- is hidden in all things. That is the b e accepted. AdvertiSing copy must be entered by the 5th I th d h City ...... ••• , ... State. , d' bl.. 0 e secon mont strated by this disc displaying the Wagne~: Overture and "enus. magic Paganini wielded and what pr~ce Ing pu lcotlon. For example, copy for the September issue must be re- berg MUSIC (Tannhiiuser) ceived by July :th. Forwa.rd your capy and order to: Advertising Direc.tor- PleliD Ilye nlme Ind Iddren or Jour artistic insights of Nap de Klijn, Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und made him irresistible. And that is mlldc lelcher H )'OU Ire liking leSiOn!. Dutch violinist, and his wife, Alice Isolde) what we should remember him by. union man, but I forgot to ask which union'" ETU~E the m"slc magazine, Bryn Mawr, Po. ' Heksch, Vienna-born pianist. Indeed, There's glorious sound on this THE END

56 ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 57 • palaces. In the recent production OPERA IN CANADA of "Madame Butterfly," the back MUSICAL GHOSTS LINGER NOT HERE ...... ~ BALOWIN·WALLACE wall of the hOUS6 was used as a pro- (Continued from Page 15) CONSERVATORV OF MUSIC (Continued from Page 11) jection screen and as a backgrounf BEREA. OHIO (8uburb of Cleveland) on which the idols of the little house- AffiUated wlth Il first c1aRB Liberal Arts ~ iritual development. For in reo season and lasted until 1921. Collage. Four and the year courseR leading hold altar were silhouetted. Thissim. ,Peshingthe mind and inspiring the to degrees. Faculty nr Artist Teachen. senu of music, from which was available I Under My. Kendal's direction these energetic folk got busy at once, ple arrangement was extremely el, r fl. . for catalogue Or tnronnauon to: a constant supply of fresh young snl, the common e t te~slOn m these were, indeed, the golden years CECIL W. MUNK, Director. Berea, Ohio and in forty-eight hours raised the fective and made a stunning setting voices. As a matter of fact, grand today'sliving is greatly relleved. of musical development in Greeley. money necessary to make sure the for the intermezzo. opera such as we know it, in the Greeley has not always been so The. financial management of the Company could continue as a fes- The ostentatious stage gesturesof tradition of the Metropolitan and iortunately blessed with musical festivals and concerts was most COKER COLLEGE tival-producing unit. the past, the rigid chorus formations Small 4-yr. college for women .. Distinctive gen- Covent Garden, was unknown by leadership. It took initiative, far unique, drawing enormous crowds OF MUSIC eral cultural and pre-professional training 111 Now firmly established, the com- are gone, and in their place is a new the arts and sciences. A.B., B.S. degrees in 14 Mozart. Later on, composers wrote sightednessand unconquerable de- from surrounding towns, for tickets professional neres. Memb ar NA?M. Courses In pany has given four festivals of fluidity of movement and a quicken. piano, voice. organ, Vlolln, public sc.hool music. to show off the great voices of the terminationof some music minded were so reasonable in cost it be- Dedicated to the Superior Training of American Talent New modern air conditioned music bulldlng. opera, showing improvement and de- ing of pace. There is a similarity Grants-ill-aid', scholarships. Basic fe,e ,for stu- time but I think Mozart would have citizensto make possible a program hooved everyone to come. However. dents of music approximatelY $925. RIdIng, golf, velopment with each one, and has here to the act jon of Shakespearean • Intensive professional study of MUSIC, bel- tennis. lake, swimmIng, canoeing. Indoor pool. . bee; horrified at the idea of writing that would extend throughout life. despite the low cost of season tickets, Country Club facilities. Catalog. gone out of town several times. plays as done by the English direc- anced with a liberal arts program in Amer- Depa.rtment M, Ha.rtsville, S. c. for the great stars only. . thuseliminating the musical ghosts each festival closed with a balance Its personnel is practically the tors at Stratford, both in England, ica's first coeducational college. Dormitories, As Toscanini said, "I recognize thattend to fill closets when school in the bank. It is considered by some same as the Opera Company of the and this year, in Canada. Here also, great stars only in the heavens." The daysare over. authorities to have been the only concert series by guest and Oberlin artists, CONVERSE COLLEGE':8~,:L Canadian Broadcasting Company. the classic stiffn S5 ha disappeared, opera in Toronto is opera without With his dynamic personality festival in the world to have finan- excellent practice facilities, faculty of 55 Edwin Gerschefskl. Dean. Spartanburg. 8. c. During the 1952-53 season, this and a new conception of Shake- stars, and yet it is not student opera. lohnC.Kendel in 1911, then head of cially paid its own way. group. broadcast a number of fa- speare emerges. Thi new freedom eminent musicians. True there are opportunities for theColoradoState College of Edu- With the resignation of J. C. MILLIKIN UNIVERSiTY mous operas, including Stravinsky's , 'I of m vement and acting in grand outstanding students in smaller ro es, cation'smusic department, and more Kendel as the head of the music de- SCHOOL OF MUSiC "Rake's Progress." I hear these opera is refreshing, and vitally im- Member National Association of Schools of MUJic DECATUR. ILLINOIS and the school tries to work in as recently music supervisor of the partment at the college and as con- Offers thorough training 1n mllslc. Coune5lead- broadcasts regularly; they are ex- portant if opera is to survive. irlJ~to degrees or: Bachelor o! Music. Dschelcr or many of these as possible, but the DenverPublic Schools and President ductor of the orchestra, other capa- Music Edueatfon, Muter of Music. and Master quisitely sung, and their rendition I saw a d lightful production of Write for: o! i\'llisie Educnttun. of Mozart opera reminds me of the majority of the cast is composed of of the Music Educator's Nat.ional ble men followed including Raymond MernberM the Nancnei Anoci allen SclloGIsGrMusle Menoul's "The Old Maid and the Bulletin sent IIPon rerllieBt Glynebourne Company of England. professional Canadian singers. Many Conference,headed a committee of C. Hunt. at present Denver's Public Conservatory catalog describinc de- W. 8T. CLARE MINTURN, Director Thief" at the Royal York Hotel, In addition to the three operas al- of these have a promising career in musicminded citizens who desired . School Music Supervisor. Dr . .T. De- grees awarded other countries already behind them, when I wa in Toronto. This was ready mentioned, the Royal Con- to incorporate an existing theater forest Cline, also former head of the Bulletin on admission and Audition and have returned to their native put on by the Opera hool as part servatory Opera Company has of- of the Ontario Registered Music orchestraand college orchestra on a music department at the college and procedures fered the "Magic Flute," "Manon," land to take part in Canadian opera. Teachers' Convention. The singing commonground of musical expres- com poser for band and voice. It was PEAR ODY "The Bartered Bride," "Don Gio- Those who have been fortunate Calendar of music events for the cur- CONSERVATORY was su perb, the omedy was riotous, sion. mainly due to the efforts of these vanni," "La Boheme," "Higoletto," enough to appear with the company The first concerts of this group men and to the few who substituted rent year COLLEGE OF MUSIC and the stage picture reminded me in other cities as well as in Toronto. from the first, have had the oppor- weregiven on Sunday afternoons at that the orchestra continued until Programs of concerts and recital5 Instruction in all branches of music for the tunity to sing eleven operas in Can- of a Sadler·Well. B.lIel. "Butterfly" was given in this year's the old Rex theater for the modest 1946 without interruption, except given during past season beglnncr or advanced student. B.Mus., jt.Mus. ada. They have been paid profes- Andrew MacMillan ang the role festival for the second time, along priceof ten cents, which enabled the for the two years when the first Prepares for professional careers in music. in- sional fees, and all admit the future of the Thiel, and Joanne Ivey, who cluding composing, music therapy, teaching. with the "The Consul" and "Cosi purchaseof a creditable library and World War's activities interceded. looks bright. in private life is Mrs. Mezzoleni sacred music, public school music. Accredited Fan Tutte." Apart from these, the someinstruments. Shortly after a With the retirement of Dr. Cline Director of Admissions. Oberlin College Summer School. Scholarships. Member N.A.S.M. Before the devastation of Europe sang the Old Maid. Although the Company has produced "Hansel and numberof simple light concerts had in 1946, Dr. Henry Trustman Gins- Catalog. Dormitory facilities r" moo it would, perhaps, not have been words of the song were sheer non. Box 574, Oberlin, Ohio ,,' Gretel," "La Serva Padrona," "Rosa- beengiven, the increasing audience burg, a previous temporary conduc- , women. linda," "Gianni Schicchi," Gluck's possible for these events to happen. sense, the singing had a real grand. •• __ ••• ._. ._. __ •• ._ ••• _••••••••• ~r Reginald Stewart, ntreetcr demandedhigher standards of music tor and soloist, ascended to the po- 9 East Mt. vernon Place. Baltimore 2. Md. "Orpheus," and a contemporary A fortunate development for North operatic quality. whichbrought forth the playing of dium and became conductor of the opera by Jacques Ibert, noted America is the fact that so many I met Dr. Edward Johnsen aftera Mozart,Beethoven and Brahms. Greater Greeley Philharmonic Or- French composer, "Angelique." artists and art technicians have come thrilling ong recital by Mme. Gina Nowit is interesting to note that chestra. The entire orchestra and ROOSEVELT COLLEGE It is fortunate and encouraging to this continent. One might almost Cigna, which was also part of the SHENANDOAH withthe increased standards of pro- financial setup was revamped with SCHOOL OF MUSIC that there are still hardy souls who say that any city which wants an convention. He looks a jolly as a gram and audiences, other light an enlarged season ticket and sub- Applied and Theoretical Music. Composition, like to leave the well established opera and a school of opera can now sand boy. and seem to be having the CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC mindedcitizens with misguided souls script.ion campaign, enabling the Musicology, and Music Education. Bachelor order of their lives to taste the heady have them. time of his life. Evidently he has de In the Beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Music and Master of Music degrees. cided he won't retire after all, and whoconsidered the inherent power community to place the orchestra on excitement of pioneering a new ven- Press comments on the four festi- • PIANO • B.MUS. & B.MUS.ED.DEGREES Bulletin on Request he exudes delight at each new sue- ofmusicto give pleasure, decided to a semi-professional basis and to con- ture-a gamble such as this was. Of vals sparkle with gems of compli- • ORGAN • M EM BER NASM cess. Finding a new and promising makeSunday concerts a Sunday pro- tract such outstanding artists as 430 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago 5, Illinois such stuff the small group of musi- ment. In "Canadian Opera," a per- • WOODWINDS • ACADEMIC COURSES formance of La Boheme was praised voice pleases him most of all, and hibition,and enforced such by dig. Szigeti, Primrose, and Jerome Hines...... ,...... ~ cologists who direct and produce • VOICE, STRINGS • CO·EDUCATIONAL ...... for the "exceptional talent" of the handing out scholarships to desen"' gingup some antiquated status laws Greeley was indeed fortunate to these operas is made. • PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC. CHURCH RELATED performers. Toronto music critics are ing young people makes bis day whichstated no concerts could be obtain the services of Dr. Ginsburg, CLASSIFIED Dr. Ettore Mazzoleni, affection- • B.MUS. IN CHURCH MUSIC • LOW RATES ately known to faculty and students no more soft-hearted than the critics brighter. But then, those who knew held on the Sabbath if admission whose experiences as concert vio- for cotalog write RATES as "Matz," is named on the programs in any other great musical centre. In him in ew York say he was always Wascharged. The indulging citizens linist and director of professional ADVERTISING as "artistic director." A small, dark, this city where the best music is like that. we~ethus ordered to depart from orchestras made him a most fitting Shenandoah College, Box E. Dayton. Va. 2D¢ a word, minimum of $3 intensely dynamic person, Dr. Maz- regular fare, standards are high_ A glance at the roster of !:ingers their heathen ways that the city's choice. It was advantageous for Copy must be received by zoleni works like a demon when a Apart from the singing, the splen- reveals some with interesting back· moralsmight be preserved. Greeley in that this slightly built, July 5th for September issue festival is underway, and in reality did acting of this company is note- grounds. Jan Rubes, a basso who A great protest arose and gathered genial conductor. kind in manner ~ "'IlJi Forward your order to directs everything. worthy, and for this credit must go has sung ten roles with the festival, momentumwith editorials and car- but demanding in musical interpre- jI! MUSIC CAREERS ~ Advertising Director Nicholas Goldschmidt, the musical to Mr. Herman Geiger-Torel. In a worked in a Toronto tailor shop toonsappearing in local papers. It tation, had not sought greater ac- ~ PIANO-VOICE-INSTRUMENTAL jI! well written article entitled "Stage director, came to Toronto from the when discovered by the Conserva· finallyculminated with the college claim within the metropolis of a big ~ Public School Music - Church Music ~ ETUDE the music magazine opera departments of the San Fran- . Direction in Opera," in the Con- tory. During the war he spent some offeringsanctuary to the orchestra city, for with his thorough musician- ~ Opera - Radio - Television ~ Bryn Mawr, Po. cisco Conservatory of Music, Leland servatory's Bulletin, My. Torel says: time ill a forced-labor camp. At the on state property not subjected to ship and skill for enlisting greater ~ ~ Bachelor ond Master Degrees ~ Stanford and Columbia Universities. "Opera consists of more than the age of 30. he now has forty roles in the city'S blue laws. perfection from professional and Th· The stage director, Herman Geiger- high E-flat of the coloratura-soprano five languages in his repertoire. iS momentum had, fortunately amateur alike, a feat not readily ac- d Advertising Torel, has been with most of the or the high C of a 'troubadour'otenor Jimmie Shields, called Canada's oubly increased public attendanc; complished by many. both the Phil· ETUDE major opera companies in the large It is the distinguished and grateful and the fin . I ·b· 7B07 Bonhomme Avenue-St. Louis 5. Ma. Representatives leading tenor, was with the Fihber . ancla contn utlOns re- harmonic and the Junior Philhar· ~llw !l ~ opera centers of Europe and South duty of the stage director of today McGee show in the States. c~lved at each concert. However monic Orchestras have made notable ~ A non"pl'ofit educational institution of higher learning approved for ~ New York America. The most recent arrival, to transform opera into musical Lois larshall, one of the bri~ht. WllhtheYinga· fervor the ordinance ' contributions to the community's ~ n.on-immigrant. stut!ents uuder Sec.tion LOI (A). (i5) (F) or the Immi~ra- ~ Sadler & Sangston Associates, Ernesto Barbini, was formerly a drama, to eliminate, in close co- ~ tlOn and NatIOnality Act, and for G.I. Tralll(tllT• Institutional .. Member ~ est stars in the Canadian mUSical Wasrescinded during the following cultural development. These last ~ National Association of Schools of Music." . ~ 342 Madison Ave. conductor at the Metropolitan, and operation with the conductor and the Murray Hill 2-1432 firmament, has sung with the com· :um.mer; and the concerts were years of progress have also been ad· had a brilliant career in Italy before company's manager, the antiquated ~ , pany. as has Marguerite Gignac, noW fgamheld in the theater on Sundays vanced due to the efforts of Joseph Chicago he came to this continent. star-system ... We know today only studying in Rome on a scholarship. or ~ small admission charge. Wetzels and Blanche Ginsburg, wife Virgil Malcher, Actually, the brand of opera be· artists working together for a homo- 430 N. Michigan Ave. The dream of this company is a . With the excitement of the pre- of the director. ing produced in Toronto at the pres- geneous performance." Delaware 7·0512 Canadian Opera~ composed by a ~ous season having declined a mu- With the first season overflowing NEW YORK COLLEGE OF MUSIC ent time closely resembles that pro- Mr. Torel quotes Gustav Mahler Pasadena, Calif. Canadian, sung by an all_Canadian sfcatfestival became the nex: object the 850 seating capacity of the high Arved Kurtz, Director Chartered 1878 Joseph W. Conrow, duced in Europe in the time of as saying, "Tradition is sloppiness." company, which will tour Canada College and Professional Courses ••• Qass and Individual o p~oposal This variety of musical school auditorium, new quarters were Instruction ••• Daytime or Evening ••• Full or Part Time. 1175 Woodbury Road Mozart. In the smaller European He throws out the old stage scenery from coast to coast and be within aCtIVItieswho h . Sycamore 7-5365 centres of opera were good schools k ,IC Was m later years necessary to accommodate the 2,300 SUMMER SESSION: JUNE 21 through JULY 30 with its hanging towers, columns and reach of all Canadia'ns. THE END nownasth MM· . clim d e ay USIC Festival, new memberships. 114 EAST 85th STREET Write 1o, Catalog NEW YORK 28, N. Y. aXe the winter's full concert (Continued on Page 64) 58 ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE_JULY 1954 59 . THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN ISRAEL youngsters showed wildest enthusi- most interesting of these young com- (Continued from Page 13) asm. Most of them came with note- posers is Ben-Zion Orgad. Watch books, ·jotting down everything that out for him. His work will show you was said (my comments, in English, a strong and original harmonic difCussions as to which 'group occ~. that Christians, Moslems and Jews , ~the actual location of Joseph s had sat together, in Nazareth in had to be translated into Hebrew), sense, and much pleasing vitality. PJ"- h h and some of the eight-and-nine-year- carpenter shop. Along wit t e ~e. tension-- free tranquility, and it made' "It was good to see the reverence r ieus differences, there also exist me proud that the magic spell of olde brought scores which they fol- in which music is held in/Israel, as I~grventdifferences in political ide- music had made this possible. lowed closely. The lights had to be well as the general love and striving left on in the hall for that purpose. ologies,and the result. is a ~abel "In general, the musical aspects it commands, on all hands,· among of convictions and emotions quite at of Israeli life are those of a people Also, this concert marked the first all groups. The most sympathetic variance with the spirit of Nazareth. that is old in tradition. yet young time that the children participated observer could hardly rank the na- by singing rounds-c-Frere Jacques Thus,on all counts, there was great in the facilities of gentler living. If tive orchestras with the Boston Sym- and other old favorites, with Hebrew . prices. Orders ore limited to two copies per book. Pleose excitement as to whether the con- the Nazareth concert had to be given phony, the New York Philharmonic, Order now to take advantage of low advance of Publicahon words. cert would be allowed to come ofI- in an improvised arena, the other or the Philadelphia Orchestra-but d delivery will be made as each book comes off the press. "I feel sure that the musical fu- send remittance (check or money order) with your order. Postpai where it could be held-who would cities have auditoriums, the largest he would be quick to point out that ture of these youngsters is secure. come-what kind of music it should of which is Armon Hall in Haifa little Israel has three orchestras At present, there is no major con- used for drama and films' as well a~ while great New York has but one. PIANO SOLO offer. servatory in Israel; yet there are "Permission was finally secured, for music. Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem My experiences in Israel deepened many fine private teachers, of Euro- PLAY BALL and it was decided that the perform- have smaller halls, with the result my conviction that music is not a CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTH by j1'tarie Westervelt pean background, and several ad- characteristic of any one people-c-all HIGHLIGHTS OF FAMILIAR MUSIC arranged for the piano anceshould take place in the COy· that concerts are repeated as many arranged by Marie Westervelt Lyrics and illustrations by Jane Flory mirable music schools doing their peoples, when exposed to it, find Arranged by Denes Agar {PIANO SOLO J illustrations by Jane Flory (PIANO SOLOl (PIANO SOlOI ernor's Palace (an old Turkish as ten times, to accommodate the best to expand. as well as to serve. revitalization and take it into their A collection of seventy-five of the most familiar A group of Southern folk carols and Ch~istmas Another delightful story in song by 'larie We~ter. palace,overlooking the town of Nez- fuJI audience-potential. And all con- current needs. Above all, there is lives as an essential of living. melodies arranged by Denes Agay for ~mateur customs. This new publication follows Ill. th~ velt and Jane Flory-thiS time about America's areth), and as there wasn't room certs are sold out! pianists of limited technical ability. Also Id?a~ as vein of the successful "Christmas In_ Me.xlco. much natural talent. "I have an idea that Israel is a national sport. Intermediate grades. enough inside, the tennis-courts were "Israeli audiences are enthusiastic. supplementary material for student~. Ongmal Full justice has been done to the subject In the "Several young Israeli composers natural oratorio country. Its atmos- harmonic conceptions have been faithfully re- List Price $.8.5 Advnnee of PublicCition $.55 convertedinto a concert hall. Public From the purely audience point of treatment. Grade 2·3. are already coming to the fore. Most phere, its scenic advantages, its glor- tained. Contents include: "Folk T~~~,s From List Price S.85 Ad"ance of Publication $.55 pesters wereprinted in Arabic, and view, the Arabs are, perhaps, the Other Lands" "Dances", "Sacred Songs, Themes LA BOHEME of these still reflect the musical ious traditions seem to make it an From Standa~'d Literature", etc. In the case of the program listings in Arabic, most receptive since Western music LITTLE PLAYERS HAVE ARRIVEO by Giacomo Puccini (PIANO SOLO) background of their origins-e-nat- ideal setting for great, out-door songs. words accompany the music. Hebrewand English. At last the is as strange to them as Arab music I arranged [or piano by Marie Westervelt urally !~and it was most interest- 'bowl' performances of the "Elijah," List Price 81.25 Advance of publication $.80 by Robert Nolan Kerr (PIANO SOLO) etening came. I remember taking would be to us. Oriental music is English lyrics and iLlustrations by Jane Flory ing to me to note that several are "The Messiah." Perhaps some enter- I The "Little Players" series by Kerr is rounded a finalsurveyof the podium, look- built on different rhythms, different out by this latest addition, which introduces the The highlights of the tragic story and heart- strongly influenced by Aaron Cop- prising artists will bring this about. warming music of Puccini's f..a Boheme a:e ~He· ingoutoverthe town and the palm lines of melody, much use of the :1 student to more advanced reading pro~le.ms, land .. But a native Israeli music is The opportunities, certainly, are FOLK.WAYS, U.S.A., Book II rhythmic patterns, phrasing, and chord building. sented here for the enjoyment of umat~ur I)llllust~, trees,feeling the mystical wonder falsetto voice, and much repetition young and old. Technically not difficult, this also making itself felt. Among the there!" THE END by Elie Siegmeister (PIANO SOLO I List Price $1.00 Advance of Publication $.70 volume will bring real joy to those who become of the night, and contrasting the of phrases (like the voices in a Contains 27 titles: all music based on American familiar with it. peaceof thoseageless hills with the Round, without harmonization). It folk tunes. Many have words. Grade 2·2112. Each PIANORAMA OF AMERICAN CLASSICS List Price 51.00 Advance of Pu bllcarion $.65 humanturmoil I had seen around is inspiring to watch audiences of POINTERS FOR THE piece is tastefully harmonized .and has a note Compiled arranged and edited by Denes Agay me.It was nearly concert time as I such background open their hearts CHURCH ORGANIST describing its origin. Conte.uts Include both ~a. , (PIANO SOLOI stoodthere, and suddenly I realized to Bach and Beethoven. miliar and unfamiliar melodies and therefore WIll ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER (Continued from Page 16) be helpful in broadening the p.upil's knowledge An unusual compilation which gives a perspec- thatnoone had come! And then all "All three national orchestras are tive of stylistic developments during the 18th a.nd a story with music by Marie Westervelt of our musical heritage. Each pIece may be used and Jane Flory (PIANO SOLO) a~once,people began climbing the excellent. That of Tel-Aviv is the "The Word Made Flesh," in which prayer by St. Francis of Assist, and for some tecbnical purpose. 19th centuries. 'pwenry-three selections by native American composers, including: Frances Hop· A charming fairy tale set to music by Marie West. hIll-not a few or a group, but a only professional organization. and he presents programs of music and Clokey's own Veni Creator was List Price $1.00 Ad"ance of publication $.65 kinson William Billings, Horatio Parker, Ed. ervelt, with words ~l1ldillustrations by Jane Flory. multitude.That biblical word is the its members seem in danger of being readings for church use. Collaborat~ played with a prayer by Christina ward MacDowell, Victor Herbert and o~hers. We are certain that teachers and pupils will weI· Biographical sketches of each composer. SUItable come this addition to our catalog. GrlIde 2·3. onlyonethat fits. overworked. The Jerusalem Radio ing with him on the work was Dr. Rossetti. As two postludes, he per- COMMAND OF THE KEYBOARO for use as a recreational album for adults or as List Price $.85 Advance of Publication .65 "Preparinga program for such a Orchestra gives some concerts, but Harland E. Hogue, professor of re- fOI'med Vaughan Williams' Hy/rydol a collection of supplementary material for stu- heterogeneousaudience was a great plays chiefly over the air. Haifa's ligion at Scripps College in Clare- and Hanover by Eric Thiman. compiled and edited by Alfred Mirovitch dents. Intermediate grade. Vols.l and II (of six volumes) (PIANO SOLO) responsibility,and I decided that I orchestra is, perhaps, the most prom- mont. Dr. Clokey made valuable sug· List Price S1.50 Ad"ance of Publication $.95 The material for this series has been carefully PIANO FOUR HANDS ~a?tedit to represent the great reo ising, and it is doing its best to func- Dr. Clokey's program, as pre- gestions concerning the choice of selected to help foster the technical and musical hglOusemotions which form the tion on an entirely professional level. sented at Pomona College, gave the organ numbers for the church servo AMERICAN HERITAGE development of the young student. The teacher OUETS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD backgroundof Nazareth. Thus, I At present, its members earn their organist considerable insight into ice: preludes, offertories, postludes. will fmd fresh examples of 18th, 19th and. 20th arranged by Marie Westervelt edited by Douglas Townsend IPIANO DUETS) what constitutes suitable and effec- The important thing is good timing century musical styles-some 'never before pnnted illustrations by Jane Flory (PIANO SOLO) beganwith an orchestration of Pal. livings at other work. The excellent This edition presents four·hlInd music of the estrina'sAdoramus Te, the opening violist, I remember, used to come in tive church organ music. Following with the right kind of music to begin in this country. VOL. I covers "forcarm tech· A folk festival of songs and dances. Marie West· niquc" "timing and rhythm," "playing together," period of Mozart and Haydn and will be wei· Choraleof which seems to symbolize to each rehearsal from his farm introductory remarks in which he with. A pitfall the organist should ervelt and Jane Flory have brought together the corned by the teacher who is in search of etc. V'OL. II deals with "repeated n~,tes," "thumb theessenceof Catholicism. It was spoke of "motion, emotion, and de· avoid is that he may he tempted to and fifth fingers" "finger actiou, etc. Inter· songs and dances of many peoples who have set- unhackneyed duet music. Moderate difficulty. work, some thirty kilometres away, tled in America, and have made a "ital contribu· List Price 1.75 an excitingmoment as those first making each trip on his motorcycle votion" as they relate to the personal use something popular or insipid. mediate difficulty.'VOLS. III to VI will follow. tion to our folk culture. Grade 2-3. List Price $1.50each vol. Advance of Publication 1.30 strainssoared out~and the result over rough country roads, his in- experience of worshippers in church, And every organist should know how List Price $.85 Advance of Publication $.65 Ad,'ance of Publication $.95 each vol. wasindescribable.The orchestra got strument slung across his back. And he played as two preludes the Veni long it takes to playa given piece. ______C H 0 R A L Ihe SPUlI'- of the music, and grad. the love of music is so great that this Emmanuel of Eger~n and Malabar In some churches nowadays, there ually the many·strained tensions small, new country needs still an· of Leo Sowerby. As the call to wor· seems to be a tendency among 01'- ~avewa~to a unified emotional lift. other orchestra which could travel ship he performed two of his own ganists to playa larger amount of TE OEUM LAUOAMUS (Hymn of Praise) TUNES FOR TEENS by Rufus Wheeler and Elie Siegmeister he.audIence-in burnous, in fez, in about, serving the interests of the compositions, Th.e Lord is in His contemporary indigenous music than by Allesandro Scarlatti revised and edited by John Castellini Three-part songs for girls' and boys' voices (SONGS) denealgarb, in Western dress-was Kibutzim. or communal farm proj- Holy Temple and Awake, Put on of the classical or romantic com. so - This hitherto unpublished work has been prepared for present day The combined talents of Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Siegmeisler have .qulet,One could actually hear ects in the outlying areas. Th.y Strength. Two psalms ensued, posers. Dr. Clokey feels that it is resulted in a book of songs which are ideal for the junior high scheol performance by John CasteIlini, director of Queen College .~~oral ~hClT absorption. Next, I had the "The three orchestras get many the Asperges Me (Psalm 51) of better to play contemporary music music program. The music is drawn from the seemingly endless store- Edwin Shippen Barnes and Clokey's written expressly for the church be. Society. Little need be said of this stirring music except that It IS by house of American folk music, arranged simply and yet effectively rumsgive a great roll crescendo distinguished guest conductors from one of the acknowledged masters of the 17th·18th centuries. (Orches- within the pmctical limits of girls' and boys' voices of junior high andthendecrescendo; then, without· all over the world, and there is no own Magnus Deu.s on the 148th cause classical and romantic com- tra material will be available on rental from the publisher.) For school age, with maximum musical effect resulting. Chord symbols are ~ause,we crashed into Luther's Ein' lack of soloists. :Many are native Psalm. posers are not on firm ground. much provided for improvised accompaniment on any instrument available The second part of his program of their music not heing directed solo voices, mixed chorus, two oboes, strings and organ. for this purpose. . :ste Burg 1st Unser Gott. symbol. artists, all greatly talented and most List Price S.75 Advance of Publication 8.50 List Price $1.00 Advance of Publication $.65 ~l~gthe revolution which led to the of them trained in the world's great offered as three meditations, Healy essentially towards God. The music . e or~ationand the essence of Prot- conservatories; and as concerns vis- Willan's Ecce quam noctis, inter· should fit the mood. of the service estantIsmTh cI d d ~i' e program further in· iting celebrities, the concert field is spersed with the reading of H. E. rather than the sermon theme. How- PRIMARY GRADES b u e Jihaud's La Reine de Sab. as good (or as bad!) as in New Hardy's Love's Argu.ment. Karg. ever, if the organist knows far [SONGS) at, Marc La 'I /' C Elert's Resonet in Laudibus fol· enough ahead what the sermon is D vry s srae L ou.ntry York. Several native soloists played anCesHa d 'G - lowed, with Hardy's Bethlehem read. to be about, he may work with the LET'S MAKE BELIEVE who is looking for fresh material to stimulate classroom work will and th' y n s ·maJor Symphony, with me at the same time that Arrau, find the songs easy to teach, to play and to sing. The book contains And the meditation concluded with minister in close co-operation an'd by Verna Meade ~urer ~nd Edith ,Dengler Epler lh R e Gavotte (orchestrated) by the late William Kapell, and Heifetz three groups. of songs accompamed by suggestions for activity: out- e, everend Khalil S. S. Jamal a were playing. The love of music is Will an's Gelobt sei Gott, performed with long-time planning, Eighteen songs wah actwn Jor pnmary grades (SONGS) door songs, mdoor songs and Christmas·time songs. Material for the Na whole school year! arene-born Ara,b Oxford trained' a genuine and inner thing in [sracl, with the reading of Hardy's Lau- The beginning church organist The work of two school teachers who know and understand the and now v· . , imaginative· world in which children live. The primary grade teacher List Price $1.00 Advance of Publication $.65 Th lcar of Christ Church. not at aU a social convention. damns. should familiarize himself better e atmosphe . I - _ outd re III t lat ImprOVised "Another delightful experience Two prayers were played and read. with the church, for the average stu. 001' arena was remar kable' later was the children's concert 1 gave in Karg-Elert's Macks mit Mir was jn- dent unfortunately knows too little PRESSER CO., BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA IIearnedth h- " THEODORE at t IS was the first time Haifa. The hall was packed, and the terspersed with the reading of a about it. (Continued on Page 64)

60 ETUDE-JULY 1954 ETUDE-JULY 1954 61 CREDIT OF THE MUSIC TEACHER Hewillthinkmore a~out mood and measures in length. OF MUSIC (Continned /r011l Poge'12) aboutthe interpretatIOn of other He win take new interest in his COSMOPOLITAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ASPEN INSTITUTE . he pial'S for he sees the corn- music. learning far more when he is mUSIC ' Preparatory, College, Special, and Graduate Departments. Courses leading to Aspen. Colorado on its books. This firm, during the r has a musical message. Sym- encouraged to develop his sponta- Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Moster of Music, and Teacher's une upon a comb covered with tissue po. . f h June 28 through August 28. 1954 t course of many years, has conducted boIswillinterest 111m more or e neous expression of songs of his own. Certificates in Music and Theatre Arts, aper At the end he exclaimed: Clarence Eidem William Phillips ;0 011 departments. Catalog 00 request. p Outstollding artist jaculty a nationwide business with musi. ~'illwantto try to use some of them Many of the great composers began President Dean Address: Genevieve lyngby, Rm. 505-38 South Dearborn St. "Talk' about talent! That's what I Member NASM cians. teachers and music lovers,and inhismusic, .. . very young to develop this skill. For information. address Regfstror, 1625 Kimball Bldg., Chicago 4, III, Chicago 3, Ill. eaU real music." Again in a southel:n has found that its losses from un. ThemainconsideratJon JI1 letting In generations past it was usual for ity, the writer heard a rack~t In "=='==== e paid accounts runs consistently less everyone to den-lop this skill. To be OUTSTANDING FACULTIES he street committed by a trw of cbildrenw~jtethei~ own songs is to t than one-half of one percent. in how ineluding celebrated artist·teachers agged youths playing upon an lakeereattve music .graduall~, to able to compose a modest song was • of r many other businesses would such as simple for them as writing a let- COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULA~ MUSIC makeit an expression of inner BOSTON CONSERVATORY26 FENWAY, BOSTON, MASS. empty jug, a metal washboard and ALBERT ALPHIN, Dir. an astonishingly low loss obtain? Ihoughtand feeling. It should be fol- ter. There is nothing special in the 1)~T~RSlTY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE Courses in Applied Music, Composition and Music Education leading to a one-string imitation of a b~ss "Music Study Exalts Life" has lowedwhen it interests the child, skill-what is written may he very PROGRAMS Mus.B. degree, DRAMA and DANCE courses leading to B. F. A. degree. fiddle. and at the same time yelling been the slogan of ETUDE for years. .good or very ordinary. But it will SCHOOL of MUSIC The Office of Admissions, DePoul University, Summer Term Dormitories for WQme~, .Catalog on requ~st, ta~ ~orm j ncon;prehensible words at the top andit shouldbe pushed to a point 64 E. Lake Street, Chicago 1, Illinois, June 2B.AuU. 7 Member 0/ No!ionol ASSOClolpon0/ Schools of MuSIC ep . Those ex perlenced with its influence of someskill so that he can enjoy have an intrinsic value and deep Member N,A.S.M. Flngncial 6-4000 - 0 f their voices. They were arrested upon youth are more and more en interest (01- the child, it will provide as vuar ants and the following morn- it andtake pride in it. BUTLERUNIVERSITY vinced f the truth of this statement. a vehicle for much important jearn- ir19 tl~e leading newspaper printed ~ Ashegrowsin experience, he will ADS MUSIC The muwic teacher of America halt noticethat like and unlike phrases ing about music, and it may he the JORDAN COLLEGE OF Sob story headed: "Talented musr- contributed v f) greatly to the cause A rich tradition, a progressive philosophy, an outstandi~g facu\~y, compl~te accre.d- eians locked up." balanceand complement each other. means of encouraging a future com- itation. Baccalaureate degrees in Dance, Drama, MUSIC, .Muslc Educcficn. Rcdio. Fortunately- the greater part of of 1 uding young people to higher Hecanlearn to write a song four poser. THE END 1-I.:\.lt,lIONY, Composition, Orchestra- PIANO TUNING COURSE-Complete Write for colologue ond desired informol.on lev Is. Mu ..i has been found in our tion, Mueica l 'Eh eory. Private or self-instruction lessons. Also teaches JORDAN COLLEGE OF MUSIC (Box E), 1204 North Delaware Street t he American public is essentially Correspondence Instruction. xtanu- you piano regulating, repairing and Indianopolis 2. Indiana eu l ment schools and in a vast sc rip t s revised and corrected. Musto other servicing operations. Wonder- honest and trustworthy- Otherwise. a.rra n g ert. Frank S. Butle)', 32-46 107 ful illustrations. Full price, only number of our public schools to be St., Corona, N. Y. $4.95 postpaid-or C.O.D. plus post- t housands of retail stores in the one of the bC'il1 mean ... of prevent· age. Satisfaction guaranteed or re- CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ountry who go far out of their way fund. Nelson Co., South Clinton, CINCINNATI e LEAltN PLo\.:\~O'l'UNI~G-Sil11plified, :no William S. Naylor, Ph.D., Director and Dean of Faculty ing juvenile d linqucncy, Prominent Dept. CW-I00, Chicago 6, Illinois. lo cultivate credit accounts aggre- TEACHER'S ROUNDTABLE autl1entlc inst)'uction $4.00-L.iter- Distinguished Profess;onal Music School-Affiliated with University of Cincinnati bu:::ines~ m n and bankers who hm ature free. Prof. Ross, 456 Beecher A gating billions of dollars, could not St., Elmira, N. Y. been inform of high credit PIANO TECHNIC SIlUPLJFIED, Play SUMMER SCHOOL, 1954-Six Weeks-June 14 to July 24 go on in business. It woujd be very -d the (Continued from Page 23) popular music professional style. Refresher Course for Teachers-Inspirational cour~e ot special rates for High ,ntel'esting to match the credit rec· standin~ of mu"i (cachero:, findthe 'VIU'I'E SO~GS: Read "Songwriter's $1.00. Kazaks, 234 E. 5Stll Street, New School Students_Band_Orchestra_Theory_Mu~ic Education-Artist Faculty theGrandSiecle; FeaiUe d'Album, mind and his sense of perception to Heview" l'rlagalline, 1650-E'1' Broad- Yorl{ 22, N.Y. Address Registrar, Dept. E, Highland Ave. & Ogk St., Cincinnati 19, Ohio ords of the general public patr niz· fa t... hard 1 belie\'e. A far as way, New Yorl{ 19, 25C copy; $2.00 andBallibile, two exquisite minia- decline. It became tragic when one ng these stores with that of a music their cr dit oc!t: the~' deserve to year. i lures;and finally llu~ Bouree Fa.n- night he was taken by friends to the JIUSICIANSI Hundreds of exclusive publishing firm conducting a retail stand among Iho.::e 81 the lOpof the music charts, self~instruction books, (usql1e, true 10 its title and really a first performance of his "Gwen do- VIOLINUAI{ERS, A 1\1A'l'.t:: URS, monthly music publications, music business with thousands Qf accounts list, A 1 in~t ad of ncar the bottom. PILOFESSIOX.:\.LS. Fine tone Euro- on index cards. Free Cat.aIQg. Walter ml1tQltbtlanb Inlititutt nf {l}WlU splendidconcert piece and closing line" at the Paris Opera but failed pean wood. l\fatel'ials, supplies, pat- Stuart Music Studio, 1227-B Morris --. tel'ns, tools and instru<:tions_ Illus- Ave., Union, N. J. Bachelor of Music, Master of Mu~ic, Bachelor of Science in Educati?n (~.S. in Ed. by numherfor either a French group to recognize his own music and could trated catalogue 10¢ refundable. transfer to Kent State University or We~tern RBerve UnIVl!!rslty) ora recital.All the above are pub, Premier ViQlin Supplies, 430 :::>outh LET THEM MAKE SONGS OF THEIR OWN not understand why the audience Broa.dway, DivisiQn Vg, L.os Ange- RECOnnlNG TAPE, plastic, 1200' WARD LEWIS,ftdin~ Director Iishedby Enoch, Paris. turned to him in acclaim and wanted les 13, California. reel:-$3.2_9; 600' reel, $2.18; postpaid. 3411 Euclid AYe!!!!.~ C evelond 15, Ohio F. M. Leichhardt, Augusta, Kentucl{y. ~Le»lbH 0/ [lie NatIonal Association a[ Sc),aars a1 M!!sic (Continued /rolll Poge 17) Chabrierwas a great lover of Art him 10 take a bow. - S'VING PIANO-BY ~(AIL. 30 self- andhis apartment was filled with Chabrier lived only fifty-three teaching lessons $3. Encha.nted For- Fon SALE-OLD VIOLINS. Several, been ne of the otlt~landing skills est $20 (classical). Over 50 publica- Making the music short and in re- canl'asesby Manet, Renoir, Monet, years, but his work, without being lions. Ordel' the 825 page book- including a Stradivari, Ruggieri, of muSlcr comp ~er::. "My Autobiography", or "1 com- Stainer, Neuner and Hornsteiner. WHERE SHALL I GO TO STUDY? lation to the child's interest span is Pis:arroand others who were his considerable in numbers, marked an Balestrieri, Mittenwald, etc. Finan- \ hen the hild begins to as1 posed, engl'aved, edited, published cial reasons for breaking collection. essential. The teacher will have to friends.His last years were very sad, important step in French music and my music on a handlH'ess in skid Mus, D. row", $10. The fabulous true story Not a dealer. 'Vrite A. Lee :Mool'e, 220 RICHARD McCLANAHAN CLARENCE ADLER, do much of the work for the pre- about the harmony he can be helped Hammond Place, South Bend, Indiana. Teach.r 01 Piano andhegradually sank into a neuras· will likely gain increasing recogni- of a scientific musical experiment Teacher of fomous pianists now touring the to elecl a few basic chords II"hi~h Matthav e~ponent, for.merly his repre~entative. school child. But soon he will want theniccondition which caused his tion as time goes by. THE END unde!" the word "l\{anuscriptotechni- Private lessons technic course~; available os world. Pupils teaching in Harvard, Yole, compomusicology". Phil Breton Pub- to try dl'awing a line of whole-note~. sound b st. but m st of the harmony lications, P, O. Box 1402, Omaha 8, BIG DE~IAND FOR PL\.!\'O TUl\'"EnS, visiting ledure·.recitalist, or critic·teacher. Eastman, Syracuse and Smith College. ~:[en and women learn at Greer Col- Six-Day Piano Seminars or half-notes_ The melodies must be writing mu::-I be done by the teacher. Nebraska. leg'e, 2230 South Michigan Ave., Chi- 3J6 Central Park West, New York, N. Y. 801 Stein way Bldg., 113 W. 57th St·, N.Y.C. He h. doubtl.", learned. by till; cago, IllinoIs. kept simple, and in time values that n..\Nll IJUIJ.IHNG I;;XERCISES FOR EDWIN HUGHES LUCIUS DUNCAN he can write. time. the chords L IV, and V ofthe PIANls'rs by 'Veldon Carter. Tea- chers, concert pianists, advanced FIXE OLD VIOLIN'S 1'1US'l' FIRS'r SUMMERMASTERCLASS FOR Concert Violinist As he advances you can begin to key, He may pIa} the C·E·Gchor~ students. A better technic with 20 fiB I?INE NEW VIOLINS, I am mak- PIANISTSAND TEACHERS Pupil of Schrodieck on each beat and illlg The Farmer CjlUESTIONS AND ANSWERS minutes daily practice. Send $1.00 for ing high-grade modern instruments talk to him about the characteristics copy to \Vashington Musical Insti- which will develop better quality July 5-August 14 La 7·0723 104 N. Mole St., Philc. 2, Po. of the tones of the scale. He has in the Dell. His ear will tell him (Col/til/lted /ro", Page 22) tute, 1730 Sixteenth Street. :-:J'.W every ~rear they are played. I will 117 East 79th Sf., New York, N. Y. Washington, D.C. send you descriptions of the specimens learned that their names were taken when he needs th dominant V chor~ I have on hand, with Kodachromes, Write for information HANS BARTH "Refresher Courses" pop.ularlocalsinger to serve as Guest imaginative teacher will think of. if you are seriously in the market from the first note of each line of which he ma)' play in the imer5io~ LEARN PIAXO 'L'Ul\'I]\'{; APL' HO~IE, for a choice instrument. Pl'ice moder- HELEN ANDERSON c/o Mrs. Lillian Brarldt COUl'se by Dr. \Vm. 13)'aid White, 3. Box 144, Chapel Hill, N. an old Latin hymn. and. are Do. re_ B.D-G for ~imp1ification. BUIhii Artistsinging two or three simple but perhaps they will start you off, ate. Dr. H. A. Harvey, Canandaigua "Teacher of Successful Pianists" Rt. c. world's lea.ding piano t.echnician and New York. ' songsof the "community" type olle In reply to your second question, teacher. Write Karl Bartenbach, Master's T echnique-T one~lnterpretotion mi, fa, so, la, Ii (do). He can be further \~'riling o( barmon} will hal'f EDNA GUNNAR PETERSON oilbe PUPl·1·'s plaYing the accompani- I answer that -if your pupils are to 1001A Wells St., Lafayette, Ind. Special Courses: Harmony, Improvisation helped to observe. as he grows a to await furlh r ~tudy. The leacher FOR SALE. 1823 Gagliano Violin. 166 W. nnd St., N. Y. C. Tel. Sc 4-8385 Concert Pianist-Artist Teacher little older, how most melodies end will \\'fit the harmon~' thoughthe rnent-yoUhaving taught the pupil receive credit for their private les- HAR~IONJZING lUELOUIES A'r Twenty {,ive hundred dollars. Terms. SIGJ-I'I'-24 pages of solid inst"uction Harry J. Cole, 2(12 North Street, Mme. 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He can th bright. fOrlhright mu9C.the P?lls pl?y a simple solo, one of the many high schools offer from one and teachel's. InfOI'rnative J))'ovoca- Music, 117 W. 48th Street, New York tive. $1.00. I(ar} MaCel{, i242 Main Modern Piana Technic: Coachi ng Concert Pianists: see how the seventh tone. Ii, is rest. minor to expre::-.::-the more S(lm~r at ~r children playing the accom. to four units of credit t.oward high 36, New York. WATERS Group Work: For further information addre;.;: St., Springfield, Mass. CRYSTAL pan~~ent;(5) If you don't have a school graduation, and if the high Teacher of Singing Studio 202, 1005112 Elm St., Dallas, Texas less and needs to progress to do to or "'p cial min(lr t) pe:-. He willgam Popular Songs and Clo~s;c~ PUP.Iwho plays either a strino- or school lists such credits on the pu- SACRIFICING 200 ACCOn.UIO::\'S- TV._Rodio_5tage_Concert satisfy the ear. The second lone. reo con~iderable (acilit), in tonal dicta· ALI.. KI,VDS, Discounts 'to 70%. 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But l'OU as a private teacher Teacher of Aaron Copland, Elie Siegmei~ter ul easysolo 0 f EAR FOR ~lUSJC"l' Learn music Studio 50'/: 270 Huntington Ave., Bo~ton, Mass. pull downward toward mi in its ef- hE" decides hi ... smaJl lullab~' sho. . in b ' ne 0 yoqr pupils play. can't do this-it must come through OLD A-:'in -:'iE'V VIOl.l::,\'.'S. Cellos, and many artists cnd teachers. gteaccom' TI KG shorthand. Booklet: "Melody Is My BEGINNING TO ARTISTIC FINISH fect. All of these things are to be be pla\ed ~ofth_ that the S(lJdle~ onl f pamment. lese are the high school. . . Bows. Supplies. Repairing, Eaken, Hobby" explains system. Opens dO('l" Hotel Ansonia, B'wa,y at 73rd St., New York City MAE GILBERT REESE 310 E. Washington St., Chambers- to new and fascinating hohhy. $1.00 observed from examining songs the\' "" I d" e and\0 y a ew of the things that an THE END burg, Pa. Pianist march1l1g from lie I-ta.ne ~ postpaid. Order today. William 'Mathews, Box 128, EI Cajon, Cal. 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Selections include sea chanteys, Negro songs, ner, Schoenberg (who discarded tra- Invitations to The Dance ex- attendance and private lessons. It's .~ 0 I::E ;:;: 0 mountain ballads, and cowboy songs. Truly American and delightful :2 ~.... e::::=i= dition), Lanner and Strauss. plained and introduced iuterestina first director was Joseph Wetzels, · QjO ~ ~ nationally known cellist. to play. ~ .... Next, we presented The Literary dance forms in piano literature. Of Price $.60 ,,; • . ,I '" ~O~U') Impact-that is, the influence of first importance, here, is the Suite. Composed of thirty capable and ::: • Zwz socia IIy well trained musicians be ~ «~O words and tales on music, in "pro- particularly the suites of Bach-who "0 t:)::l:::l: gram music" which is built around never traveled outside Germany, yet tween the age of 10 to 17 years.this z~•· "'Ow string orchestral group is readily o - ~ OuO some given picture or idea, rather knew and used the dance forms of *TEN •RUSSIAN PIANO PIECES - • 0 than around abstract emotional re- all nations (the French Sarabande making a name {or itself. It has !!!'~ ~ zzttl *EIGHT PIANO PIECES BY FRENCH COMPOSERS :!: ~ ~ OO~ action. There is an immense amount the Irish jig, etc.). And our final given 3 number of local concerts. has Q"• .!: zz'" of music in this category (including concert is devoted to The Etude as received high praise Irom Vladimir *EIGHT PIANO PIECES BY SPANISH COMPOSERS 2 000 Chopin Ballades), but we finally Art and Craft. Here, beginning with Colschmann. l. 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One can obtain an increased awareness of the --< from Bartok and Ravel. individual flavor, color and characteristics of the country through ~.. ~ •E ~ contmumg through studies of To complete a well rounded prO' o ~ 0 ~• ~u iL• z gOOD At this point in the series, we Cramer, Czerney and Clementi we gram of communit music, the comparative study of these. Exceptional material for recital and study. "' were ready to approach The Chal- sh?w how the "finger exercise'; at. Greeley Choral nion was forme~ RUSSIAN $.50 SPANISH $.50 FRENCH $.50 lenge of the Sonata-the form which ~amed the status of rich creative art in 1949 with Carl Melander as dl' offers the greatest challenge to any m. the works of Chopin, Schumann. rector. Its immediate success didnol composer in that it is a more sus- Llszt, Debussy, Dohminyi and Virgil conflict with other community pro, tained creative effort, and shapes it- Thompson. jects, but steadily grew in member· *GEMS FROM GILBERT AND SULLIVAN self according to rules. In the begin. So much for our aims and goals! ship to a group of one hundred and Arranged by franz Mittler ning, the sonata (from the word W~at of r~sults? The series created fifty. In this collection a pianist who plays music of third grade difficulty can sonare, to sound) meant any little qUIte ~ S~lT. Audiences were most Greeley's thirty-piece youth en' find 25 favorites from the sprightly, tuneful operettas of this well- composition, or sound picture. Scar- enthusla~tlC, and requests have semble, eighty.piece senior sJ'rD' known combination of lyricist and composer. Always a pleasure to latti was the first to produce sonata poured In {or more piano "Id ., phon)'. and a hundred and fitly' form. He wrote many sonatas in one t · \. eas play! presen ed 1Il Ike manner. voice choral union pro\'ide tan~ble THEODORE PRESSER co. movement, and the form he used Price $.85 1 have spoken at length of th evidence of what might he ac' was later adapted as the first move- BRYN MAWR, PENNSYlVANIA • Sold only in U.S.A. Ideas for the Piano because it see:e complished in your town to ridthe ment of the big sonata development. to me t.hat in this plan, or in sirnila~ This form includes a first theme, a musical ghosts that may lingerthere, ones, lJes the richest seed , per h aps, THE E:>'I)

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