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Department for Singers There is probably no department of toid muscles? The way to learn to row Edited by Voice Training Experts music which has shed so much printer’s is to row; the way to learn to sing, is to ink to so little good purpose as the vocal sing. If you really wish to become a teacl.er s profession. Each teacher seems singer let this sort of teacher severely WBBS33B. anxious to advertise and explain the alone. merits of his own particular little patent, Extending the Compass of the Voice or else, to assure the public that he is in The Teacher With One Trick possession of the (apparently elusive) This man (or woman) is generally By J. W. Carty secrets of the “Old Italian School.” The honest, but narrow, and is not to be taken as a reliable guide for one’s general Singing voices may be classified under quired considerable effort to reach E. beginning of the so-called “chest voice,” able to use it continually and with reason¬ would-be student is confused and discon¬ course, though in some cases it may be three general heads, and under these Yet his voice was unmistakably tenor. which will be. the source of his principal able vigor without getting hoarse or certed at the various conflicting claims, vocal troubles later. If he could be told tiring his throat; and although at first worth while to look into his claims and heads may be located the subdivisions. When he tried to go beyond F or F and often falls a prey to some charlatan at this time to refrain from the use of he will not be able to sing low tones in see if he has some little point of im¬ First. Voices that are produced in sharp his voice suddenly “broke,” that is, or bungler, in the end. Possibly the it suddenly changed in quality and these deeper tones, it would be well for this developed falsetto, he will gradually, portance which it is worth while to learn. RITE for a new catalogue one way throughout their entire range. counsel of one, who though an outsider, W volume; so much so that it sounded as him; and in fact if he is under the care with practice, extend it into the domain has had unusual opportunities for intel¬ Let me give a serious warning here, how¬ illustrating and describing If soprano or tenor, these voices progress of an experienced teacher he will be told of the chest voice, so that after a time if another person had taken up the song ligent observation, may be helpful to ever : those means by which the compass our 1916 styles, the most delight¬ from low to high, or vice versa, without to do this, with the result that the “chest he will find that it is necessary to use where our tenor left off. These tones some. We shall begin by describing of the voice is suddenly increased or its ful musically and the handsomest “breaks,” or marked changes of quality. were what is called “falsetto.” They are voice” will perish for lack of use, or will only a few tones of the chest voice—and briefly those various types of vocal power suddenly greatly augmented (and it in case design and finish we have If baritone or alto, they possess the same produced by an entirely different adjust¬ be so greatly modified as to be rendered the fewer the better. teachers which are most in evidence. is the doubtful honor of certain of those ever made. smoothness, and their range is generally ment of the vocal apparatus from that harmless. But of course this does not His falsetto is now strong and clear PIANOS whom I have described as “anatomical” greater than that of the average baritone which is used in producing the “natural” always happen, and as the remains of his and natural in quality; it sounds almost The “Beautiful Singer” vocal teachers to have discovered a few or alto. The highest tones, whatever tones. And here let me say that the term childish treble appear to be weaker than like the ■ chest voice, but sweeter and It is as natural as it is common for the such tricks), are disastrous in the long they may be, are reached with great ease. "falsetto” is misleading as opposed to the they really are by contrast with his clearer ; he can sustain tones longer with Ivers & Pond For Your Church young pupil to wish to take lessons of run, and lead to failure and injury. There 'is no straining or choking of the term “natural.” Any sound produced by “chest voice,” he refrains from the use it, because it requires less effort. In one who has a magnificent voice and The way in which some, who are per¬ tone. Voices of this character are very the vocal apparatus without the aid of a of this treble and thus gradually loses short he has changed his “falsetto,” which effective style, yet when it comes to the sonally well-meaning and honest, come to rare. Your favorite tenor or soprano mechanical appliance must be “natural.” his high tones, until he eventually finds is almost a term of reproach, into what or Club PIANOS actual work of instruction such a person make such tricks their stock in trade is who apparently reaches high B flat or C These terms merely describe the sound that his compass is limited to his “chest is known as the “head voice,” which is a often proves a disappointing and ineffi¬ combine the finest traditions of old-time with ease may have had to struggle long this: Usually they are persons who have Boston piano-building with the most ad¬ or quality of the tones, and not the voice.” His voice is then in the condition complimentary term, for to say that a The HADDORFF Piano is cient teacher. The very fact that he or and hard before he or she gained the manner in which they are produced. The studied under various teachers with but vanced idels of to-day. Used in over 400 described in paragraph II. If it pos¬ singer has a beautiful “head voice” or recommended for your church, she has a God-given, wonderful voice ability to produce that tone with power “falsetto” is as natural as the “natural” prominent musical and educational institu¬ sesses good quality, but has no range, “upper register” is equivalent to saying Sunday-school or club for sev¬ may have enabled that person to go moderate success as regards voice, but and clarity. (See third head.) what shall he do? Begin immediately to tions and nearly 60,000 American homes. that he uses his vocal organ intelligently eral reasons: through his studies entirely ignorant of long enough to acquire some musician- Second. Voices which are badly pro¬ The cause of the unnatural quality of strengthen his falsetto. It will respond and with good taste. the means used to develop a weak voice ship. They were handicapped by some Our “ No Risk ” Mail-Order Plan duced,, and for this reason have very the falsetto is weakness. It is unde¬ in a surprising manner, and if other con¬ First, its tone is beautiful. It is Now, a word of warning. It is not or correct a faulty one. Besides that, the little unknown defect in tone-placing or limited range, and are also probably veloped. The falsetto is used to a great ditions are right, in time it will assume pure, sweet and rich. It is an ex¬ possible for everyone to do what our successful concert singer is often super¬ breath-control, and at last, when some marred by harsh or strained or muffled extent by young children; but as the a quality similar to that of the chest cellent piano to sing by. tenor accomplished. Remember that to saturated with the idea of his own sing¬ new teacher, or possibly some little dis¬ tones, .especially when an attempt is made child grows older (let us still keep in voice, but far more beautiful. It will Second, it has great carrying and covery of their own enabled them to be successful one must equalize the ing, and too impatient to attend properly to carry such voice even slightly beyond mind our tenor) he finds that his voice have a ringing quality, especially in the sustaining power. Its music amply “chest voice” and the “falsetto.” That to pupils. By all means listen to all fine overcome this lingering defect, their im¬ its narrow lifnits. For example: a tenor is developing a new quality; a deeper and higher tones, that the chest voice never fills even a large auditorium. provement was so rapid and satisfactory Write us to-day. is to say, the “chest voice” must be re¬ singers whenever you have a chance, and has been singing for years, but always generally coarser quality. That is the had, and never could have. He will be • that they fancy in their ignorance that fined and its range curtailed, while the imitate their style when you see cause to IVERS & POND PIANO CO. selects songs which do not include a they have found the royal road to singing, “head voice” must be broadened and admire it, but unless you have positive higher note than, say F on the fifth line responsive action. and exalt it into the importance of a 141 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. strengthened and its range—its downward knowledge of their success as teachers do of the treble staff. Some day he hears Changing Customs in Opera House Audiences “method.” The faulty point in their range—increased. But if the chest voice Fourth, it is particularly well not jump to the conclusion that they can a professional tenor sing a certain air in made, and has a record for retaining reasoning is this: They do not realize that However much Charles Dickens may studded noveau riche at the Metropolitan, has been over-developed and made heavy teach you the best. Powdered a higher key, taking the high A or A flat its qualities well under the unfavor¬ not all voices have the same defects, and with ease, and producing a brilliant tone have caricatured Americans when he and at the insistence of some of the box- or rough or unwieldy by loud singing or Perfection able temperature changes of public The “Teacher of Piano and Voice”' also, they do not give sufficient credit to wrote his unbridled attacks in Martin holders the auditorium was brilliantly shouting or talking—in the case of a buildings. For the at that pitch. Our tenor goes home and their earlier teachers who laid a more asks his accompanist to transpose this Chuzzlewit, we have only to go to the lighted throughout the entire perform¬ tenor assuming a baritone quality—you Some pianists and organists attempt Complexion Fifth, its e designs are beauti- vocal teaching as a side-line, and expose solid foundation than they suppose. song into a higher key, but he' either newspaper files of twenty-five years ago ance. Even in Fidelia Florestan sang will realize how correspondingly difficult ful. to find some customs that make Ameri¬ it will be to strengthen the head voice themselves to the most severe criticism cannot reach the high A at all, or, if he “Gott! welch ’dunkel hier 1” on a stage The Really Competent Voice-Builder cans of good breeding wince when they ablaze with lights. The effect was as and refine the chest voice so that they Grands, uprights and players. from vocal specialists, some of which is does, it is thin or strained or harsh or This sort of teacher makes a specialty read them. One of the wits of the day comic as the chorus in Patience, which may be used together without a difference Dealers everywhere. really deserved, and some not. If the muffled, or becomes simply a yell, which of the development of the proper quality leaves him red in the face and breathless. insisted that America would be uncivil¬ yells its lungs out on the word “Silence 1” in quality that would prevent the singer Let « send you our catalog teacher in question has made a reason¬ of tone in the voice, not through any He then decides that the singer whom he ized until the last cuspidor factory was At the same time certain eloquent obtaining artistic results. In some cases ably thorough study of voice, at some cheap and doubtful tricks, but by patient has just heard has a naturally superior burned down. Now that that unpleasant ladies in the boxes and in the auditorium this would take a lifetime, and in many time in his career, under competent Haddorff Piano Co. intelligence, a keen ear and true feeling voice, although he realizes that the pro¬ reminder of our former crudeness has insisted upon talking incessantly through¬ cases it would be absolutely impossible, ■ teachers, and is, in general, a good for what is beautiful. His wide experi¬ fessional’s lowef tones are not of finer gone the way of the great auk, Ameri¬ out the entire performances. The result because the exclusive use of the chest teacher, there is no reason why his being ence renders him able to judge correctly quality than his own. It may be that cans are beginning to realize that it is was that the directors had to put up the voice means that the head voice is a pianist should unfit him for vocal teach¬ he is right, and that the professional only , a step back when a lack of good following notice: weakened almost to extinction. ing. Such a teacher is often most excel¬ of the proper compass and character of manners was not uncommon in our great a voice, and to run no risk of harming possesses a voice of the kind described “January 15th, 1891. Again, this equalization of the two lent for “coaching in repertoire,” but is clinging softness of it by over-strain or faulty placing. under the first head; but it is probable opera houses. voices is only obtained by a free condi¬ apt to he less skillful than the real People of culture and good social “Many complaints having been made A teacher of this sort, who has won the 'vcola-, that he does not; he may have developed to the directors of the opera house tion of the vocal apparatus at all times, voice-specialist in the matter of rightly Ingram's those brilliant high tones in the manner standing to-day not only take a serious and of all vocal evils, the most prevalent, “placing” and developing the quality of deserved confidence of the public and the interest in the music of the operas, but of the annoyance produced by the musical profession, will be a very safe ouvaaim described in the third paragraph, which talking in the boxes during the per¬ I believe, is the tight throat. It may also the voice. Such teachers, too, more often method can be followed with profit by they have developed their tastes through seem that the desired development of the make errors, such as mistaking a bari¬ one for the voice of a beginner, but as his Face Powder, 50c—Four Shades listening and through private study, so formances, the board requests that it specialty confines him within rather nar¬ At drug stores or by mail, postpaid many singers who are now handicapped be discontinued.” ’ head voice in some cases can never be tone voice for tenor, and training accord¬ by a very limited range. that they resent any intrusion upon the attained in the ordinary lifetime. Time ingly somewhat wide of the mark, but, row limits, it may be desirable, later on, hat drawn, fagged look, it stayi Sometimes this voice of limited range interpretation of the art works, as an in¬ With the coming of the Wagnerian alone can tell whether these efforts are on the other hand, their general mu¬ to supplement his instruction by lessons is contralto or bass, and in the latter case dication of a bourgeois blot on the an¬ opera the darkened house ■ and the re¬ waste of time or not. But the vocal* sicianship is far superior to that of the from some teacher who makes more of a cestral escutcheon. point of “coaching in repertoire,” or, to particularly (some contralto parts in spectful audience became the mode and student more than any other must be average singing teacher. Around the early nineties (so H. E. opera call for almost as great range as the children of the young folks who game,” and very willing to take chances; cultivate one’s general musicianship by FREDERICK F. INGRAM COMPACT Krehbiel tells us in his Chapters of that of the dramatic soprano) the singer chatted through Trovatore or Fidelio in for he is preparing himself, in whatever The “Anatomical” Voice-Builder studying the piano, and, if possible, Established 188S Opera) the darkened opera house was is able to get along very well, not being 1891 will now “eat you up” if you say a direction he sends his aspirations, for a Thera is a certain sort of would-be harmony, under some good teacher. Windsor, Onl. 43 Tenth St., Detroit, U. S highly objectionable to certain diamond- word. required to sing very high tones. But in very hazardous career. vocal teacher, happily not quite so nu¬ - Milkweed Crea The Teacher of Sight Reading It\gram'S opera even a baritone is sometimes re¬ In conclusion, I wish to say to the merous at present as a few years ago, Preserves Good Complexions The old “singing-school” teacher of —Improves Bad Complexions quired to sing to G or even A, and those student (paradoxical as it may sound) Wwy and Curly Over Night who bases his claims to notice on the fact former days, now almost extinct, but re¬ singers who have not the necessary com¬ that as soon as his doubts and misgivings try the new way—theSilmerine way— that he has made a study of the anatomy pass must be content to do the best they The Extent of the Human Voice fnd you’ll never again use the ruinous placed to a limited extent by the “super¬ concerning his vocal troubles have been of the vocal organs. Such people will can in their limited range or extend that The known extent of the human sing¬ eated iron. The curliness will appear visor of music” in city schools, was much three octaves, but a compass of two really cleared up, and he is satisfied that he is talk you deaf about the larynx, the range as described in the following ing voice, says Grove’s Dictionary—that “together natural. more conscientious in teaching general good octaves is a very bountiful gift of on the right path again, he must pro¬ diaphragm, the vocal cords, the epiglottis, Keeps Skin Smooth, Firm, Fresh is, of the different classes of voice put musicianship and -correct reading of paragraph. Providence. ceed to forget all about “falsetto” and Liquid Silmerine etc., and yet are not always what could — Youthful Looking Third. We will, in order to be clear, together—is very great. From the lowest JSPW-n‘«ht with a clean tooth brush. Is music than the average vocal teacher of “chest voice” and “registers” and, in fact, be called simply fakirs. In some cases To dispel the tell-tale lines of describe the case of a tenor who could note of a Russian cathedral bass singer did drLSLt? D°l Heasy-Serves.also as a splen- to-day. He was, however, often de¬ , illness or worry—to over- the entire mechanism of the voice, re¬ their study has been actual and genuine, not sing above F on the fifth line; but (a) to the highest note of a soprano taining in the subconscious mind only but the trouble is that their learning is ficient in those qualifications which we what we will say applies more or less to Agujari (a famous eighteenth century enough to prevent him falling again into entirely irrelevant and wide of the mark. have described as belonging to those good every voice of very limited range. The singer) (6), there is a range of five Powdered SAXOLITE his earlier errors. As long as an effort What would you think of the coach teachers- mentioned in the previous para¬ tenor that we have in mind could sing octaves and three notes. The average, m Effective for wrinkles, crowsfeet, is consciously made to “change the reg- of a racing-crew who had never in his graph. It is to be regretted that our v. .? enlarged pores, etc., because it to about F; that is to say, when he was however, of the larger number of great tightens” and tones tlie akin and !ster>” or “to sing in this or that reg¬ life learned to row properly himself, but present vocal teachers do not seem to be underlying tissue. No harm to ten- “feeling right,” he could even manage an singers put together is about four octaves able to combine these two departments Get an ounce package, (a) li¬ ister, * so long will freedom and flex¬ spent hours in lecturing the crew on the i-see what just one appli- F sharp, although at other times it re¬ (< ). Many individuals are able to sound ibility be lacking. functions of their biceps, triceps and del¬ satisfactorily under one course of instruc-

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Before a pupd begins active work he tion, but since matters stand as they do “The Italian singer has no throat; by Very often such symptoms are the result should be thoroughly tried out and exam¬ I know of no way for a pupil to obtain which was meant that in good singing of something the singer does in practice ined. by a laryngologist who knows some¬ You Can Weigh D. A.CLIPPINGER a really thorough equipment other than there is never any consciousness of effort at home which is not found out at once thing of the singing problem. The nose, Author of to go to one teacher fpr voice-building or strain present in that part of the body. by the teacher. There are, too, some Exactly What roat and ears should be tested by every and to another for general musical at¬ The exercises used by the early teach¬ cases which do not develop satisfactorily You Should Systematic Voice Training tainments, including sight-reading. ers whose work was successful and nown method, and a definite idea should where neither the teacher nor the phys¬ famous are no secret, but are used by e obtained also of the general bodily ician can find any discoverable cause for Will hold his You can, I know you can, be¬ The “Old Italian Method” thousands of good teachers in all lands health. It is helpful to know the range the defect. Secretory changes in the cause I have reduced 32,000 womei and compass of the voice, and to deter¬ and have built up that i ” ***'" Normal Institute for Singers The “old Italian method” consisted in to-day. In fact, the only drawback to mucous membrane are of especial im¬ scientifically, naturally, w: the slow, patient,, thorough development the use of methods the same as the “Old mine any serious faults of tone produc¬ portance and are frequently overlooked. Beginning June 26th, and continuing five of the technic of the voice, not by means Italian,” is the false impatience for quick tion which are not due to purely physical There may be an abundant sticky secretion weeks. Private Lessons, Class Lessons, IF causes. For this one may try out a voice results’ and the fact that teachers some¬ Lectures and Recitals. Send for Circular. of any clever tricks or misleading short¬ which dries and forms crusts in the nose, cuts, but by the use of a well-graded times have pupils . with abnormal and The Cupid Grand at the piano and make careful notes of or the mucous membrane may he very Address D. A. CLIPPINGER series of exercises, and the cultivation of faulty voices to deal with, which demand- what is found, then at a later date this dry from glandular inactivity—a condi¬ The first small grand piano evermade was the can. be done again for purpose of com- 1208-10 Kimball Hall, Chicago, Ill. one’s general musicianship during those special treatment. tion which interferes greatly with the years of study that-the voice was gradu¬ product of Sohmer. That was over twenty- parison. Any recommendation as to singer’s finer work, especially the soft ally attaining its power and flexibility. Final Observations nine years ago. In this over a quarter of a vocal exercises should be communicated tones. Nervousness, Torpid It was adapted for naturally good Study under some one known to be century we have been constantly striving to to the teacher' direct and not to the pupil, It is not my purpose to go into these Liver, Constipation, Indigestion, Etc. DEANE DOSSERT successful as a teacher of voice, rather since it is the teacher who is immedi¬ matters exhaustively, but merely to point voices only, and there were no particular perfect this type of instrument. The result is One pupil twites : * ‘I weigh £ FRANK DOSSERT methods known for correcting faulty than merely as a singer. a piano without an equal among diminutive ately responsible for vocal growth and cut a common ground upon which the Avoid one-sided people who make great progress. The laryngologist should avoid wonderfully in strength. ” Voice Teachers placing of tones, and the like. One glands in which tone is in no manner sacrificed rhinologist and vocal teacher can think, claims for some wonderful “method.” falling into the error of always finding ormerly of Paris-Now in New Yo. reason why this was unnecessary was that to architectural requirements. Length 5ft. 4", act and work together for the furtherance if one pronounces Italian with absolute Do not neglect to cultivate your general some physical cause for every disturb¬ of perfection in the science and art of Suite 1204-1205 CARNEGIE HALL width 4ft. 5y!'—price $675. Terms arranged. correctness, the voice is already well musicianship, if need be, under a dif¬ ance of which the singer complains. song. Send for illustrated catalog and full information. No. 2 WEST 88th STREET “placed” as a matter of course. The same ferent teacher. Aim to become an ac¬ Artist pupils in leading Opera Houses curate sight-reader, and, above all, learn Mile. Jeanette Allen, Grand Opera, Berlin. is not necessarily true of English of %* :• Marguerite Sylva, Opera Comique, Paris a French, and is almost the very reverse of to keep time properly. Chicago Grand Opera. Mr. George Feodoroff, Solo Tenor, Grand Ope true in the case of German. The pupil If constrained for the sake of economy Susanna Cocroft to take lessons of some young and inex¬ In Praise of Song was allowed to remain blissfully ignorant Dept. 29, 624 Michigan Boulevard, Chicago Mr. Henry Miller, Basso, La Scala, Milan a of his palate, uvula and glottis, but in¬ perienced teacher, if possible choose one Constant, Rome. The power of song is as deep as it is Mr. Edmund Burke, Baritone, Covent Garden, Lon- stead, an ideal of good tone-production whose voice is the same as your own—a and friendship and , home.—William 315 Fifth Avenue universal. It gives a liberal course to and style in delivery was constantly be¬ tenor to teach a tenor, an alto to teach Makepeace Thackeray, in a lecture on fore him through example. Almost the an alto. In this way their comparative New York, N. Y. many noble enthusiasms wrongly de¬ Charity and Humor. frauded of expression by the cowardice It was by returning to the musical NEW VOCAL MUSIC “ON SALE” only remark of an anatomical nature that lack of experience will be found less of was ever made to the pupil was this: a drawback. of conventionality. It enlivens labor and language of all men that the art of the few8maU^ackag?3eofnnew music ONSALEnfuring society, exalts religious feeling, and German classics came into being. The gchomijcW SUMMER VOCAL transfigures even the crime and horror of melodies of Gluck and the creators of responsibility the small amount of postage; returns How Can the Vocal Teacher and the Vocal Physician Cooperate? Proper Shampooing barbarous war.—Fanny Raymond Rit¬ the symphony are sometimes trivial and of unused music to be made once each year; a pos¬ ^ PIANO 1 tal card will stop the sending any time. Thousands Makes the INSTRUCTION ter. commonplace, compared with the subtle of teachers receive piano music from us in this way; By Irving Wilson Voorhees, M.S., M.D. No art, I believe, affords such strong and erudite phrases of J. S. Bach and Seventy-eight years ago the Rameau. It is their raciness of the soil Hair Beautiful evidence of the spiritual in man as music, Schomacker Piano built its founda¬ JUNE 10th to AUGUST 10th that gives such zest, and has procured In considering the voice problem as a The pupil is the clay with which we It brings out all the real life, lustre, and there is no art that requires so ex¬ such popularity for the German classics. tion upon the fundamental principle whole the burning question is, after all, work. His impressions are easily natural wave and color, and makes clusively means that are purely intellec¬ THEO. PRESSER CO., Philadelphia, Pa. They began with the simplest musical of integrity. “How long is a voice going to last?” it soft, fresh and luxuriant. tual and ethereal. The intuition of what moulded in the beginning and can be Geo. Chadwick Stock form, the Lied and the Singspiel, the lit¬ And again, “How can we help to lengthen changed later on with the greatest diffi¬ The hair simply needs, frequent and is highest and holiest, of the intellectual From this starting-point it has regular washing to keep it beautiful, tle powers of everyday life which im¬ Mame Barbereux Parry this span of vocal life?” To begin with culty. His reliance upon teacher and VOICE STUDIO Power which enkindles the spark of life perfected and refined its art until to¬ but it. cannot stand the harsh effect pregnated the childhood of men like AUTHOR OF we must study each individual separately, physician is or ought to be absolute. in all nature, is audibly expressed in day it forms the highest expression of ir if Limitation and for his problem may be quite different of ordinary soap. The free alkali, in Y. M. C. A. Bldg. New Haven, Conn¬ Mozart and Weber.—Romaine Rolland Good advice will make him; bad advice ordinary soaps, soon dries the scalp, musical sound. Hence, music and song integrity in tone, structure and finish. V OCal 1 Its Elimination from that of his associate or friend. Any or of “Guiding Thought, for Singer.,” $1.00 in Jean Christophe. will mar him and the career which is a makes the hair brittle and ruins it. r, Schirmer, Ditson, Lyon & Healey are the utterances of the fullest perfec¬ In New York and Philadelphia A New WAY to develop RANGE and voice which is going to amount to any¬ A thing, nevertheless frequently used part of him forever. He should not be This is why discriminating women use tion of existence—praise the Creator.— at the Wanamaker Stores only RESONANCE thing must be built up on a solid mental and part of a gentlewoman’s bringing up. Studio: 514 FINE ARTS BLDG., CHICAGO told too much about anatomy and phys¬ Ernst Hoffman. find physical basis. A beautiful tone is to sing songs, dance, play on the lute Dealers in Other Principal Cities quality is of little ultimate value if there iology, or of the movements of the jaw, MULSIFIED DEMETER AND The songs of Beranger are hymns of or some such instrument before she can are no brains to top it off with. Or given tongue, lips, etc.—we must beware of the love and tenderness. I have seen great say her Pater Noster or Ten Command¬ SCHOMACKER PIANO CO. WALTER L. BOGERT both of these in good measure one can idee fixe teachers and voice specialists COCOANUT OIL PERSEPHONE whiskered Frenchmen warbling the ments; ’tis the best way, their parents ESTABLISHED 1838 expect little if the physical organism, the Bonne Vieille, the Soldate, au pas, au pas, think, to get them husbands. They are 23rd and Chestnut Sts. Philadelphia, Pa. general health is vitally deficient. Mens Every teacher and physician should FOR SHAMPOOING A Prologue or Masque with tears rolling down their mustachios. compelled to learn. But we see this daily Sana in carp ore sano is just as true of the know a great deal more than he is MULSIFIED COCOANUT OIL The Story by Thomas Wood Stevens aye At a Burns festival I have seen Scotch¬ verified in our young women and wives, TEACHER OF SINGING singer as of any other person. In many obliged to use in his daily work. The is especially prepared for washing the The Music by Geo. Colburn I DC men singing Burns, while the drops twin¬ that, being maids, took so much pains to :t 72nd St., NEW YORK CITY respects it is of the utmost significance. fountain of knowledge should be so in¬ hair. It is a clear, pure, and entirely For Festival or other occasions kled on their furrowed cheeks, while each sing songs, play and dance, with such Your Music Is Torn! greaseless product, that cannot pos¬ To excel in song requires more natural exhaustible that no pupil or patient can A well written work, attractive in its story and rough hand was flung out to gragp its cost and charge to their parents to get sibly injure, and does not dry the itsmusical setting. Particularly fitting for High neighbor’s, and dear, delightful memo¬ these graceful qualities, now, being mar¬ talent, more careful adjustment of essen¬ pump him dry. This applies, of course, scalp or make the hair brittle, : E. PRESSON MILLER tials than in any other art with which I ries of the past came rushing back at the ried, will scarce touch an instrument. to those things which are known of a matter how often it is used. MuItum-in-Parvo Binding Tape am acquainted. 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The extension of the Guild into Canada Sixth, improvization upon a given Elements of Music was effected by the writer in 1909. It is theme (for the Fellowship). WHAT IS a further proof that we are working in Seventh, tests in modulation. the interest of international fraternity. The written work in the theoretical ex¬ TheChorophone Department for Organists the BEGINNER’S HARMONY WRITING Gur examinations have been held in three amination comprises: Edited by WARREN R. HEDDEN BOOK cities in the Dominion, and one of our First, strict counterpoint in two, three ? ? ? most flourishing Chapters has its head¬ and four parts, in various species and By JOSEPH H. MOORE Price, 25 cents quarters in Toronto, with a membership combinations. There is nothing impresses a subject on the mind mo™ than writing. This is true as far west as the Province of Alberta. Second, fugal exposition (for the Fel¬ with harmony, and especially with the ele¬ 1 he scope of the examinations is the con¬ lowship), or answers to fugue subjects, Cultivating the Ability to Transpose What the American Guild of Organists Has Accomplished mentary harmony. This book is suitable with counter-subjects (for the Asso¬ for every piano student, and can be taken stant care of the committee in charge, It is built on a special system {Mr. Hedden is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was ,,n almost at the beginning, or at least when and it embraces every element for the ciateship). giving greater use, fullness, and The ability to transpose a simple hymn tnembered that, whereas the translator the scale work begins. It also has a short Warden of the Guild in 1908, 1909,1910) mtechism covering all elementary informa¬ theoretical and musical development of Third, questions in general musical or chant upon the keyboard at short has sometimes to be content with the tion that the pupil should have at this time. knowledge. persons were tested in organ playing and the organist. notice is by no means universal, nor is it nearest approach to the meaning of a For more than five centuries the um- Fourth, musical dictation, or writing a most valuable* pipe organ ever theory. At the present time the Royal While some of the tests are in subjects possessed by many musicians of other- sentence, the transposer must reproduce versifies in England have conferred de- melody or harmonic phrase as played by offered to the public at a cost College examines about seven hundred Tdtor’S note spelling book which might not be demanded of every inder 32,000.00. It has electric e considerable attainment, and yet, it:f ||M|gjjHabsolutely. grees upon musicians, either “honoris the supervisor of the examination. ■” ' 1 - ill modern organists per annum, and the number is a Writing Book lor Learning the Notes organist in his ordinary work, there is Dr. Warriner remarks in the preface In the case of melodies there should causa” or after examination, but the Fifth, orchestration of a pianoforte increasing. no detail in which an earnest musician his book on Transposition, “There ) difficulty for a musician who has institution of a test of the theoretical and By ADELE SUTOR Price, 50 cents excerpt from a standard work (for the Write us for special illustraillustrated technical attainments of organists ex¬ This state of affairs indicates that the The heat book of its kind ever offered. would wish to be found wanting. Fellowship). “CHOROPHONE” booklet. scarcely any accomplishment of greater kfPl “P kis Practi£e of Tonic S°Ma’ He note spelling book as an aid to the identification of the notes of the scale clusively is of comparatively recent date. profession in England accepts the work The instrumental tests comprise: value to the accompanist, whether teicher has come into practical general use. Sixth, harmonization of a melody and by their 1 i of “Do, Re, Mi,” it least in the English-speaking countries. of the College as a very important factor The young beginner needs assistance of this First, the performance of standard of a figured bass. pianist or organist.” It is often assumed hind. All children love original work and Thus transposition for melodic instru- Physicians, lawyers and members of other in the evolution of our art. The College pieces by both classical and modern com¬ that the ability to transpose is a special ments> sUch as the flute by this method readily acquire a thorough Seventh, harmonization of a ground Austin Organ Co. violin, is much professions are required to possess is solely an examining institution, and knowledge of the notes, leger lines and clefs, posers, in which the judges award mark¬ bass (for the Fellowship). natural gift, and that the musician who has no teaching staff. Many world- all In a vivid, Interesting and pleasurable less difficult than in the case of keyed dentials showing their fitness to practice, manner. ings for all the elements of good playing, Eighth, composition of a sentence of is able to exercise it with facility is a famous organists have passed its ex¬ instruments, where harmonies have also and recent discussion among the 1 *• e-> accuracy, tempo, phrasing and sixteen bars in length. Hartford, Conn. born genius. The musical student should aminations. Surely they would not have be considered. Here, too, the “Do, the various parts of the United registration. Ninth, transcription for the organ from disabuse his mind of this idea, and rest Re, Mi” method may be applied to chords States has disclosed the fact that there is submitted themselves to the judges un¬ A PRIMER OF FACTS ABOUT MUSIC Second, sight-reading of a trio of a pianoforte excerpt. assured that industry and perseverance, in an analytical manner, and in many an increasing demand in this country for less they held a high opinion of the Questions and Answers on the Elements of Music moderate difficulty. Tenth, composition of a string quartet combined with some knowledge of the cases it will aid their harmonic recognition. some sort of a testimonial of proficiency value of the diploma. The American By M.G. EVANS Price, 50 cents Third, sight-reading of an ancient vocal (for the Fellowship). theory of music, exerted consciously In actual practice a combination of the the case of music teachers. In Guild of Organists was founded in 1896 This little work is more than a primer • score with C clefs (for the Fellowship), No examiner is permitted to officiate unconsciously by all facile transposers. Tonic Sol-fa and the harmonic analytical localities it has even been proposed by one hundred and forty-seven organist- it Is a compact little musical encyclopaedia, in the case of any candidate who has been HUTCHINGS the subject matter being presented not alpha¬ or modern score (for the Associateship). all that is necessary for success. For method is effective. Surprisingly good institute a system of registration, professionals residing in different parts betically but progressively, beginning with his pupil in any of the branches, con¬ the rudiments of music and ending with a Fourth, transposition at sight of a short many years transposition has been results are to be secured in this way, even This matter was anticipated about of the United States. Among them were sequently absolute impartiality is assured. tabulated summary of Musical History, each passage. ORGAN of the tests required at the Examinations by young students, as the writer can twenty years ago when the American Prof. J. K. Paine of Harvard. Dudley subject being elucidated and explained In some Chapters a very large propor¬ Buck, Arthur Foote, Horatio Parker, S. through the medium of a series of practical Fifth, harmonizing a melody, and “fill¬ of the Royal College of Organists in I_^testify from long experience as a teacher. Guild of Organists was founded. The questions and answers covering the Elements tion of the membership consists of those England, and by the American Guild of Those~ who are facile.... use 0f the idea was suggested by the acknowledged P. Warren and E. R. Kroeger. Many of of Music, Notation, Time, Scales, Intervals. ing up” of a “figured bass.” who have taken the examinations. COMPANY them had pursued their studies in Ger¬ Chords, etc.. Phrasing, Accent, Ornaments, Organists. C clef will sometimes find it convenient success of the Royal College of Organists Form, Instruments, Voice, Orchestra, Foreign many and France, but they recognized BOSTON NEW YORK Transposition of music from the key prefix an imaginary clef or clefs, and in England. This organization held its Terms and Musical History, with a graded the fact that the Englishmen had evolved grouping of all these subjects. The work is The Meaning of “Strict" or “Academic” and “Free” or written or printed to a higher or lower thus assi attaining the desired result. first examination in 1866, when seven intended for the use of Teachers and Stu¬ key is, or should be, accomplished by a a soundly practical scheme for the eleva¬ dents. “Composer’s" Counterpoint somewhat similar process to that by tion of the plane of efficiency among Sent for Examination Candidates for degrees in music at organists, and they adopted it. the root position or the first inversion of which a good translator reproduces in universities, or for the certificates of the The objects of the Guild are set forth ordinary triads, while the diminished one language the ideas already expressed Guild of Organists, are often sorely Ability in Improvizing in its constitution: GIBBON’S CATECHISM OF MUSIC triad may only be used in its first inver¬ in another tongue. Of course the cases By GIBBON CHAMBERS KILLOUQH puzzled in the matter of counterpoint, un¬ sion. The second inversion of ordinary "To raise the standard of efficiency of less their progress has been directed by are not strictly parallel, as the musician An improvization is a composition unexpected “divertimenti,” and seeking organists by examinations in organ play¬ Price, SO cents triads, and the dissonances of the seventh, constantly to create variety in unity. a teacher who is familiar with the Church Organs must reproduce the exact notes of the which is instantaneous, and leaves ing, in the theory of music and in general Presents the fundamental principles of etc., may only occur as suspensions or as original, in so far as regards the dura- The final impression which a beautiful music In a simple and concise manner, calcu¬ peculiar requirements of academic ex¬ trace of itself except in the memory. musical knowledge; and to grant certifi¬ “passing” or “changing” notes. In spite | Latest Approved Methods. Highest I 1 of sounds and pitch in their rela- improvization should have upon the mind lated to Implant a desire for a wide and aminations. The fact is that whereas Here we find opportunity for the two cates of Fellowship and Associateship to thorough acquaintance with the theory of of these restrictions many of the most | Grade Only._Established 1827 | of the hearer is that of a work written music. The work Is arranged in the form non-musical students in colleges have o the keynote, while the linguist great factors, genius and talent. members of the Guild who pass such modern chords may be found, artfully ■ KENDAL GREEN, out at leisure. of questions and answers concerning Ele¬ been expected to have some knowledge introduced. Main Office & Works * sometimes unable, through the structure improvization, however, is found the im- examinations. mentary Notation, Time Values. Intervals. of the languages in their idiomatic portance of a logical plan guiding the in¬ The most difficult test in improvizing Stales, Keys, Chords, Abbreviations and " of the so-called “dead languages” in On the continent the last famous text¬ “To provide members with opportun¬ belllshments. While lnt ~ ’ ’ * phrases, to preserve literal accuracy. At spiration, so as to keep it within the limits is the “fugue,” and it would be un¬ order to pass an examination .for the book on “Strict” Counterpoint was that Hook & Hastings Co. ities for meeting, for the discussion of it Is also adapted to th 0 subjects are analogous of musical good sense, and to prevent it reasonable to require one as rich or log without a teacher. degree of Bachelor of Arts, so candidates of Cherubini, in 1833, which was trans¬ professional topics, and to do other such 1 certain particulars essential t uc- from going astray in aimless wanderings. elaborate in ingenious combinations as if Sent for Examination for musical degrees, or titles, must have lated into English at a later date. It lawful things as are incidental to the pur¬ cessful result: to the translator both The instruments truly adapted it were coolly studied and written out; some facility in what is regarded by some should be pointed out that degrees in frequently it will be a “free fugue,” in poses of the Guild.” musicians as a “dead language” in music languages must be equally familiar in re- provization are the autonomous, or those WRITING BOOKS MUSIC for PUPILS music are conferred by examination in spect to vocabulary, grammar and knowl- forming, each in itself, a complete whole, which, however, there will be the general A Charter was granted by the Regents —-“Strict” counterpoint—which is also English-speaking countries only. Grad¬ THE MEDAL OF edge of idioms: to the transposer both namely, the organ and pianoforte, and, form and characteristic constituent ele¬ of the University of the State of New A Complete Course of Writing Exercises for (and perhaps more pleasingly) termed ually the continental schools discarded HONOR Acquiring a Knowledge of Musical Notation keys should be equally familiar, not only perhaps the harp. With the other jnstru- ment^ of this kind of composition. In York. The Charter members of the “Academic” counterpoint. the equal note “Canto Fermo” and the all of .the other musical forms the man of Guild were termed “Founders.” Their By CHARLES W. LANDON It may not be amiss to give a short ac¬ rigid employment of exact rhythms, or as to the succession of scale notes, but ™ents- strin§> w°od or brass- or wlth the PANAMA8 PACIFIC be improvized genius may find himself freer when un¬ object was and is entirely altruistic. No A practical and Intelligible presentation of count of the divergence between the species, and they also employed all of the to such an extent as to enable him to ,raan volce> tbere . everything writable in musical notation. The INTERNATIONAL hampered by the limitations and delays official of the Guild receives any re¬ systems of “Academic” counterpoint and resources of harmony. In short, they dis¬ write, if not to extemporize, melodies 0nly Passages °f !,lrtd0S!ty’ or .c,adenfas’ subject Is treated in a manner calculated to EXPOSITION and these are hardly to be considered as of writing. The improvizations of Beet¬ muneration. The work is supported by interest and instruct even the dullest pupil; “Free” or “Composer’s” counterpoint. carded “Strict” counterpoint. Over 10,000 equipments In use and harmonies in each key. While anyone who faithfully works out the exer- Write for booklet. fully deyeloped improvization. The per¬ hoven,. Mozart and Mendelssohn were the small annual dues of members. The In general terms it may be said that the The English schools have always ad¬ curacy and conscientiousness are im¬ w these books will become a correct THE ORGAN POWER CO. fect types of improvizator would seem thought to be at least as perfect as their examination fees are barely sufficient to ana rapid reader of music, vocal or instru - schools of the Continent of Europe and hered to the old systems, for academic portant to the translator of a language, Ufntal. Blank pages with lines for writing HARTFORD, CONN. be the organist and pianist. The written works, and by some enthusiasts pay the expenses of the annual tests. A ®usic Included in each book. those of England followed the same con¬ reasons, and during the last century they Iso Winners of tbe GOLD MEDAL at JAMESTOWN) the transposer of music must possess ac- practice of this art is one of the highest they were declared to be superior to them. number of Fellows of the Royal College Swtfor Examination. Price, Complete, 50 cents trapuntal methods (Fux, Albrechtsberger have published a comparatively large curacy and fluency as a sight-reader. It musical pleasures, and it requires techni- To acquire'some ability and experience of Organists were among the first to Books 1 and II, each, 30 cents and Cherubini), until approximately one number of text books on “strict counter¬ is difficult to transpose a passage which caj syij and a fertile imagination, cool- in improvizing it is well to practice daily, enter the Guild in that class of member¬ hundred years ago. As we all know, point.” Of course the student is at STE E RE ORGANS cannot be read easily in the original key. neSs, courage and prompt decision. but not for too long a time at first. ship, which now numbers more than one WRITING BOOK Beethoven studied what we call “Strict” liberty to attack “Free” or “Composer’s” :d October 8th, 1914 The work of both the translator and the Except for very brief pieces, like short Select a theme, write it out with or with¬ hundred, who have attained to the pos¬ counterpoint with Albrechtsberger and counterpoint, with all the resources of MUNICIPAL ORGAN By EUGENE P. MARKS Price, 25 cents nanuals, 87 stops; dedl_J_...’ T " \ 1915 transposer may thus be said to consist preludes or interludes, the musician out its harmony, and decide, according to session of the highest of the Certificates Haydn. modem harmony, but for examinations YALB_ UNIVERSITY, WOOLSEY HALL of three phases: first, the recognition of should have a plan determined, or at its character and rhythm, in what form of proficiency issued by the Guild. Thfife’ (Jor Miislcai Exercises and Rules in Dicta- This system employs a subject, or tops; now building. To be dedi- I!™’ harmony and Theory, with practical there seems to be no alternative for the ited October, 1916 the idea of the author (analysis) ; second, 'east projected, both as to the general it shall be developed, whether as a Pre- are nearly three hundred Associates who Music Writing. Handy in form; “Canto Fermo” of notes of equal length, employment of the “Academic” style in J. W.STEERE & SON ORGAN CO. ___ lude, the Allegro of a Sonata, an Offer- Springfield, Maes. Established 1867 retention of the abstract idea in the mind, .*»£ t^Ktie8 have earned the lower certificate. The ISL [Med alternately tor notation and to which counterpoints having notes of a portion of the tests, while the “Free” be used, with the degree of importance tory> a Minuet, an Aria with Variations, total membership is more than two vrit. -g’ thus rushing it possible to while its synonym is being thought of; " ~ me special memoranda, rules, suggestions, equal or different lengths are applied, and style is used in the remainder. At any of each. This plan may be: varied to a Finale, a March, etc. After making a thousand and is organized in twenty-five th»\tPP0site the musical matter written in the various rhythms are known as rate, university authorities are unalter¬ third, production of the synonym itself (. thstaves- It also contains directions as Srimtg&rhoolofQIljurrl} ifluatr extent, but have been rapid analysis to see what fragments are chapters in the United States and Canada, “species” (1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th). ably fixed on this point, and no change (synthesis). The first and last of these formed) and’ the improvizator should Proper manner of writing the char- available for episodes and digressions, in addition to the headquarter’s body in _aid s'gns used in musical notation. As harmony it is permissable to use only is to be expected for many years to come. phases are connected by another which alwayS remember whence he came and then fling yourself boldly into your work. the vicinity of New York. The annual Headquarters, 90 Trinity Place, New York An improvizator must habituate himself may be termed “abstraction,” or common whither he is going. It may happen that, examinations have been held in nineteen KEYBOARD CHART FELIX LAMOND, Director ground between the two languages or led away by his imagination, or by avoid hesitation, even when he has cities, and the number of candidates is Don’ts for Organists Price, Postpaid, 25 cents Daily {raining in the Liturgy and Music of the keys. If a translator wishes render lucky find, he will, for the moment, de- 'ost b’s way, and to return as quickly as steadily increasing. Episcopal Church. For particulars address The Don’t concentrate all your energies up¬ Don’t introduce appoggiatura, arpeggio, another language, sert his plan, but without forgetting i possible to the lines of the plan on which *h»«1STa.luable adjunct to any music studio Secretary, Trinity School of Church Music the word “house" As an indication of the attitude of the turo §nn?rs are taught, it gives a pic- on music. Interest yourself in the inter¬ etc., into your accompaniments. 90 Trinity Place, New York City. ’ the connecting link the abstract notion and he will tend always to come back t he has decided. Later he will not need profession toward this work it may be bass ihwii^J^yboard on the staff in both H) __ write out the theme, but his memory shows thtreble clefs, as well as on the keys: ests of your choir members. After a hard Don’t add to the swell with the swell- of what a house is. So, when the operator it: .again' should not lose sight of his mentioned that many organists of experi¬ box open. principal theme, or the secondary themes will supply it. It will be seen that the the relati*»°S,tlvalue?n otof ever notes:* note explains ; Mostrates the day’s work a man cannot be expected 3 expert, the processes of analysis and ence and established reputation are among regularly to sacrifice his evening’s com¬ Don’t be carried away with the use of upon which his improvization is built, best improvizator does not rush head¬ k^«relC” and has 8 tabIe °f a" Vhe synthesis are practically instantaneous, the number, showing their estimation of fort for whole notes, double chants, or the swell pedal. drawing from fragments of them the de¬ long into the unknown, but that, on the POMPEIAN yet they nevertheless occur. The'trans- the value of the title of “Fellow” or even a new setting to the Kyrie. Don’t forget that, occasionally, the velopments of which they are capable, contrary, he is a sagacious and well- 5oBeited and filled to all part* of the “Associate” of the Guild. Many of them Don’t make a practice of using “fancy verse of a hymn unaccompanied gives re¬ poser accomplishes an analogous result by and making these fragments the subjects balanced musician.— (Adaptation from 1 ^ ’ «inspect; “ heSl discounts. Any of our works sent OLIVE OIL s professors stops” when accompanying, especially the lief to the congregation as well as con¬ a similar process, but it must be re- of the principalorinciDal episodes,eoisodes. or of new and Lavignac,Thrnnnnr byhv W.H/ R.7? Hedden.)\ . portant positions 1 colleges or directors of conservatories. celeste, vox humana, and tremulant. fidence to your choir.—John A. Bannard ^t0- Presser Co. Philadelphia, Pa. in The Monthly Musical Record. 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The Reason for Interludes The custom of playing interludes be¬ to the request of the chairman, the Beginning The Piano tween the verses of hymns was once very organist soon discovered an extra willing¬ prevalent, but in late years it has been ness. both in the congregation and choir, abandoned in many churches. The writer to sing the entire hymn to the end with A. B. C. OF PIANO MUSIC Musical Questions Answered has knowledge of a church where the unflagging interest. This doubtless arose By )WRS. H. B. HUDSON Price, 50 cents Expert Advice for Etude Readers organist was recently requested to re¬ from two different causes; first, the The author of this little book in hw sume the custom after years of discon¬ breathing place afforded by the interlude, opening paragraph says: "A teaching Cr tinuance. ' Upon his asking the reason and second, from the inspiration given by perienee of sixteen thousand lessons has Bathe your face for several minutes with Resinol Physical Culture for the Face for the request the chairman of the demonstrated the need of a more simple Soap and warm water, working the creamy lather the clever but appropriate improvization form Of piano exercises for children. This into the skin gently with the finger-tips. Then committee courteously replied, “we feel hook is intended to precede any niann will make the outline of your face, neck and of the organist. wash off with more Resinol Soap and warm water, that you have too little chance to show method; familiarizing the pupil with the n r wouli like to have full information chin graceful—relieve wrinkles, sagging mus¬ His interludes are played in the strict piano keys before taking up notation is ’ ne “portamento Touch.” Kindly state finishing with a dash of clear, cold water to close what you can do as an organist.” While the principle on which the work is based.” ■ the pores. cles and facial blemishes—make your skin rhythm of the hymn so that the move¬ The book is illustrated in a manner to Sitelll i«st how this touch is indicated in this was doubtless a partial reason, the Sm. Is there more than one way to Do this once or twice a day, and you will be clear and soft—your eyes bright. You can ment is preserved, and there is no de¬ Impress the child. make your hair glossy and abundant—your chairman probably desired to provide a Skate itt Then please tell me how it should astonished how quickly the healing Resinol medi¬ parture into an “ad libitum” meandering. te flayed °r developed. cation soothes and cleanses the pores, lessens hands smooth and white—your feet comfort¬ breathing space for the congregation. i ©e term portamento applies in reality The interludes are also conceived in the the tendency to pimples, and leaves the_p, able, through definite directions which will This is highly desirable, especially when BEGINNER’S BOOR tn vocal music only. Portare means “carry- because any fingeringP that would servl to take only a few minutes at home each day. form of the hymn, and rarely exceed L« The term, In vocal music denotes a complexion clearer, fresher and more a hymn has six or more lines in each riving of the voice from one tone to an- velvety. eight measures in length. They are School of the Pianoforte her, not by steps or half-steps but by glid- booklet giving many valuable hints. usually imitative or sequential, but the L Applied to the music of the piano it is It is also particularly desirable in By THEODORE PRESSER Price, 75 cents Sly a misnomer but, like many other terms, the* right haendPMde,of tw° staves with Grace-Mildred Culture Course churches where there is simply a quartet organist carefully avoids beginning the The latest work along lines of elementary weoted by usage althonght it denotes here Dept. 29, 624 So. Michigan Blvd., Chicago. choir, which is expected to lead the con¬ interlude upon the first note of the Instruction. The material used is entirely the precise opposite of its vocal meaning. For fresh and is presented In an attracts man¬ lie piano it is a synonym for semi-staccato Resinol Soap is sold by gregation in hymn singing as well as to melody of the hymn, which would doubt¬ ner. It is intended for the veriest beginner ■ or—tetter—non-legato. The sign consists of srffiSrs;T?pss.* dealers in toilet goods. I provide a more or less elaborate program less cause some zealous persons to start little tots just out of kindergarten. A very , jot over each note, the whole group covered large note is used in the early part of the J, a slur; sometimes called a “dotted slur.” Resinol, Baltimore, Md. of anthems and solos. In the case men¬ upon the next verse too soon. In the Since by its very nature this manner of play- wrist) if tfle ,black keys (elevated THE book. Questions and answers are given to kevs one Of ' °f two consecutive black tioned the organist was not requested to case of very slow tunes, the interludes clinch every subject. Writing exercises are ins is used only for passages of a vocal char¬ introduced at the very start. ter, for strictly melodic places, it ought to finger—if the hand can^trrtclfitT otherwise play an interlude between every two will introduce phrases having two notes -* —e has been given to every be made similar to such a vocal passage as is GUILMANT verses, but only after the second verse upon each beat. This device brightens ms >» one hreath but with a slight interrup¬ MaeckrkeyfPtro J" ^er' tion after each note, without however renew¬ the same man of a hymn having three verses, or after the atmosphere of a heavy hymn, and en¬ ing the hreath because of the interruptions. ferred from I ORGAN the second and fourth verses of a hymn livens the congregation for the following It requires a touch entirely by weight. After tie arm has lifted the limp hand off the first diversified To SCHOOL of five verses, and so on.. Upon acceding THE FIRST MONTHS IN PIANOFORTE tev (thus slightly curtailing the sound dura¬ tion of the note) the falling back upon the Sfposs^bl/f ^but *IVeadvise "the* questioned&to DR. WILLIAM C. CARL INSTRUCTION neit key should be accompanied by a sympa¬ a thorough study of the first book of The Churchly Style thetic pressure, produced by a gentle depres¬ Kullak s School of Octaves, which in sound- Director An Introduction to Any Piano Method sion of the wrist Immediately after touching Desa-*“2.S™1?P1£^e|®Efia^Enot been excelled. A. F. Thibaut, in his classic, Purity in “This guiding rule which ought always the key. Liszt has often suggested—by his —Con STAN-.., By RUDOLP PALME — Price, 60 cents fingerings—that the notes under the afore¬ -,9a -Aside fro,,. „»»od techniciKvrimc aand pianistid Music (a book which Schumann recom¬ to be present to the mind of a clergyman said sign should all be played with one and ability,” what essential qualities must a person Six Free Scholarships The ability to teach successfully Is partly Write for particulars mended to be “read frequently”), com¬ should also be held in mind by all good the same finger: the third or the fourth, as L°Sm'SSSt° 6e ® satisfactory accompanist!_ a natural gift and partly an acquired science. f.i. in the 10th measure of the Petrarca pares the standards of the church-mu¬ musicians who would help in the Church’s These three attributes—namely, natural abil¬ Sonnet in A flat. A. “Good technic and pianlstic ability.” The 44 W. 12th ST. NEW YORK sician with those of the clergyman. ity, trained knowledge and experience, are object, and not employ the sacred build¬ essential. No matter how pronounced may Q. Is there any difference theoretically be- ^,lncl’iaes bhe former. In addition to tween G sharp and A flat? My voice teacher tnis the competent accompanist must possess “What do we expect of a clergyman,” he ing merely as a place wherein all kinds of be your natural gifts, you will be severely temperament and flexibility. Lacking either, asks, “if we do not want the church made handicapped unless you have some outline, insist* that there is approximately one-ninth sounds that tickle the ear can be heard. some chart to pilot you over the elementary of a (one difference. On the other hand, my an accompanist cannot be completely satis¬ into a play-house, but seek there for sus¬ (Mi teacher asserts that both are exactly factory. One should have the ability quickly to . . . All kinds of music are suitable work. This is just what the author of this absorb the contents of a composition and, In tenance by God’s Word from the mouth book has been successful in accomplishing. ilihe. Should the fingering of an incidental NEW ORGAN MUSIC for sacred use that do not raise secular I’alme has made a compendium of the exer¬ t> iltttm he different from an incidental A its performance, reflect the sentiment ex¬ of His ambassador?” He then continues: fatr—A. E. R. pressed by the soloist; giving proper support associations, such as a waltz or a gay cises and theory most widely employed in and furnishing—as in a picture—an artistic “We should certainly expect a steady, re¬ the elementary work in conservatories. It A. Scientifically speaking, A flat Is slightly “ON SALE” Sicilian dance tune. A Largo, an Adagio, will prove an extremely desirable hand-book higher than G sharp. With C vibrating at background to the main subject. Many mod¬ fined and earnest address, spoken with 264, A flat should have 422 vibrations per ern compositions require technic of a high Have your name entered for the receiv¬ a Grave, an Andante, an Allegro, a fugal of elementary instruction—a kind of com¬ order ; those of earlier days do not demand manly energy, calmness and feeling, but pass which the young teacher may well pos¬ second and G sharp 419. In the tempered so much ; but a truly good accompanist must ing of a few small packages of new music or non-fugal composition, can all be per¬ sess to advantage. scale so universally used in music G sharp be an artist”—possessed of a soul. without excitement, show or trickery; an *■* 1 e identical. In the piano, for ON SALE during the professional season, formed in the church, but should one and Q. Why are there two minor scales!—D. G. no guarantee as to amount to be kept; address that shall lead us to forget the e, me same key SeL -s for b- A. There are not merely two minor scales all be of a staid and dignified character :hestra the string instruments share discount the best obtainable; the only re¬ trivialities of this life, and associate our ' trombone the distinction of being but several forms of the minor scale. The throughout, elevated and sober, and of GENERAL STUDY BOOK two best known are the harmonic and the sponsibility the small amount of postage; thoughts with a better world, where instruments upon which the per- melodic. In the harmonic form there is an returns of unused music to be made once levity, hurtful passion and devouring sor¬ such a nature that any preacher of note By MATH1LDE BILBRO Price, 5 ty determine his own pitch for any interval of one and one-half steps between each year; a postal card will stop the Whether violinists make any dif- the sixth and seventh degrees ascending and row shall exist no more. . . . This, could say, ‘This splendid music is a fitting A very useful b ference between the__will_ always_ be descending. This interval Is difficult to sing, sending anytime. Thousands of teachers and only this, is behavior befitting the imoot point, since violinists themselves_ The medication in Resinol Shaving receive piano music from us in this way. introduction to my discourse,’ or, ‘coming . • 1. * i n*- hot agree upon the matter. In playing with and because of this, In writing vocal music church. For it is her province not to ex¬ after my sermon it has awakened the The p ----and four hands. the composers adopted a scale known as the .Stick prevents shaving * 11-<-«*niftvrt-. THEO. PRESSER CO., Philadelphia, Pa. tte piano or orchestra they instinctively play melodic scale, in which there is a whole tone cite what is of the earth, not to fight with In 1 four hand numbers the teacher is in tone with the rest, regardless of fine-spun people to a sense of its import;’ or again, supposed’ ‘ play the Seconds part between the sixth and seventh degrees as¬ worldly weapons, but by the suggestion theories as to the subtle difference between cending and a half tone between the seventh as sometimes might well be said, ‘after pieces fo.> hands and the Primo parts 0 sharp and A flat, etc. In string quartets, and eighth degrees. In the descending melodic of a Heaven where all storm ceases, to such singing my lips had better be closed, or music for strings alone, however, some scale there is a whole tone between the sev¬ r— throughout, this being a genuine first grade difference may possibly be observed, though ESTEY CHURCH ORGANS-, soften and elevate those under its in- and the spirit left to its own silent enth and eighth and between the sixth and Estey standard maintained. hook. Many of the little pieces have appro¬ there is no way of determining whether or seventh degrees descending. Once introduced worship.’ ”—Rossiter G. Cole. priate words, adding much to their interest. not this is so. In fingering on the violin, one Maximum facilities. It is one of the best books of its kind, cer¬ this scale became popular. Now, however, Highest grade of product. generally uses (if possible) the same finger there are other variations of the arrangement tain to prove attractive as well as in¬ or the sharpened tone or for the flattened of the notes and other forms are made. Good Pioneers and leaders always. structive to young students. tone as one would for the natural tone. That Every Debutante Can Now Say Examine stop action and wonderful reedless Danger Signals Music Workers sight singers now have little fear of difficult Mne would use the same finger for G sharp intervals, and composers for the voice do not Oboe, Saxophone, Clarinet, etc. natural, or for A flat as for A nat- By Herbert William Reed fight shy of them. ESTEY ORGAN CO., Bratlleboro, Vermont, U. S. A» ™; but it Is all a question of convenience. Q. How can the student determine the I SHALL NEVER Established 1846 FIRST GRADE STUDIES fAjt^tnnce, in the following one would length of a phrase! Is it necessary to have Like all good business men, we musi¬ Do you find yourself longing for ease nsunctively employ the third finger for G a thorough knowledge of form in order to By L. A. BUGBEB Price. $1.00 «p and the fourth for A flat: HAVE A CORN cians should pause at intervals and take and hours of unsatiated pleasure? Then do this! Is the phrase always marked by The author of these studies has been very slurs! What do the words ‘‘phrase," “sec¬ stock of ourselves. Some serious reflec¬ remember the handwriting on the wall, successful in writing for children, and the new tion," “period” meant—D. J. A. To determine the length of a musical 1 M f Jr 1 Ml • -.. urenwuvui tion may help us to get our bearings. To for your success has reached its zenith, book is fully up to the standard. It may be |yf J MMt JW akill-joy corn. Millions of people know that. Corns The Hall Organ Co. compare our faculties of to-day with their used with pupils who have just learned the phrase by following a cut and dried recipe New Haven, Conn. and your class of pupils is already crum¬ rhythms. These are genuine beginner's is impossible; musical matters must be dealt are needless—are absurd—since Blue-jay was invented. condition a year ago will help us to see bling. studies, as they are all melodious and some¬ JJjL?e other hand, In the following double- with in a specifically musical spirit. A knowl¬ At the first sign of a corn apply a Blue-jay plaster. It if we are progressing upward, or deterio¬ what in characteristic vein, most of them *-he fourth finger would be edge of form embraces all that is meant by can’t pain after that. In two days the corn disappears. New Do you no longer take pride in your bearing appropriate titles that are calculated phrase, section and period ; but those terms Modern PIPE ORGANS rating in our work and life. The most to prove interesting and attractive to young as, designate only the rudiments of a knowledge corns or old corns can be ended this way. But some old corns “GOLD MEDAL AWARDED AT PANAMA- helpful sign is the gradual evolution of work and in the accomplishments of your students. It is well for teachers, particu¬ of form, and these rudiments can be well —about nine per cent—require the second application. larly in the early grades, to vary material understood without a complete study of forms : If you pare corns or use harsh old-time treatments, quit them. If you PACIFIC EXPOSITION.” our ideals. pupils? Then spur your steed on and in fact they must precede it. A single tone, as much as possible. This will prove an do not, don’t begin. Blue-jay has eliminated 70 million corns. It has Is your ambition to-day as great as in resolve to scale another height, that excellent volume to add to the beginner's even a single chord, does not “say anything” in music; indeed, it is not music but only done it in an easy, gentle way. With all corns always this is the thing years gone by? It should be kept like the you may view affairs from a more ex¬ til'! W the following in the ninth varia- the material for it. Music arises from the to do. The quicker you do it the better. For your own sake, prove lamp in a lighthouse, ever trimmed and alted standpoint. ,Z'n.¥o*art’s. Fifteenth Sonata. Is it a relations between consecutive and simultane¬ this fact tonight ^ ous tones. The smallest part recognizable as burning. Do you fail to delight in fresh con¬ MUSICAL IDEAS FOR BEGINNERS *Sno&err-r - r haS ° me-anina in music is a motive, which is a brief but char¬ GEO. 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It may be (antithesis). “The trees will bud (thesis), “i— — ’ ’ ' in connection if we have no more frosts (antithesis).” Does the work you once loved now think, then let not this day’s sun go down The material Putting both phrases together we have a before you make a complete mental in¬ period, provided the end is conclusive; if in¬ seem a drudgery? Then hasten to re¬ conclusive, another phrase or two may be MOLLER PIPE ORGANS kindle the expiring flame, else life will spection of yourself. If you feel any musicianship hand in hand from necessary to finish the period. A section is a reason for dissatisfaction with your pres¬ “Dart” of a whole “movement, consisting of Over two thousand in use. Strictly become one long and miserable burden. mi*** known as the dot of prolon- a number of periods. As to the. phrasing ent life and its accomplishments, then seek lts ikT !s a survival from ancient music. high grade. 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Cooke for violin playing, as either abnormally and the care of the violin, and the pupil ibility is necessary in playing many of the cellos throb with love; the violins Piano. 313 History of Music. W. J. Baltzell. violin out of tune. The result is a dis¬ ive 8 or 10 new compositions coming along from —5 Leschetizky’ Method’ of Pianoio™ Playing. thin or thick fingers prove a handicap. might think that he was not getting his these difficult chords, and almost any -me to time. We^send piano, vocal., octavo, violin are seized with a divine fury, and the 177 Well Known Fables Set to Music. Spaulding. 1211 Mastering the Scales and Arpeggios. J. F. Cooke satisfied pupil, who does not enjoy his Many persons imagine that their fingers full lesson where half the lesson was position of the hand within reason is notes rush out as eager for the air as For TWO Subscriptions 328 Organ Player. Pipe Organ Collection. P.W. Orem practice, makes little headway, and is very 1229 New Organist. Pipe Organ Collection. Whitney. are too thick to stop one of the inside taken up in this manner. This difficulty allowable to facilitate a clean production i PRESSER CO., Philadelphia, Pa. pardoned prisoners for the roads and 204 Beethov. 339 Standard History of Music. J. F. Cooke. strings without touching the strings on likely to give up violin study altogether. could be avoided if the teacher would set fields. 341 Stories of Standard Teaching Pieces. E.B.Perry of the chord or arpeggi. 1222 Brahms’ igarian Daacea.Two books. 343 Virtuoso Pianist. C. L. Hanon. each side of it, when the trouble is that The greatest advertisement a teacher has apart one hour of every week for his For learning to master chords and “The music of Wagner is filled with they do not hold the left hand and fingers is a pleased, satisfied pupil, who enjoys pupils to come to his studio for instruc¬ arpeggi which present the difficulties de¬ Cents a Day landscape. There are some strains, like his practice, and who makes rapid head¬ properly as explained above. But there tion in tuning and care of the violin. scribed above, the student will find it of midnight, thick with Constellations, VALUABLE MUSICAL NECESSITIES AT COST are occasionally people who try to learn way. One good pupil always brings This is one of the things which can be great advantage to study exercises con¬ and there are harmonies like islands the violin who really have fingers of such several new ones, and the business of the successfully taught in class, and at a taining many extensions, and much in the far seas, and others like palms abnormal thickness that it is impossible teacher gradually expands. Aside from very small expense of the teacher’s time. stretching. Practicing scales in thirds, on the desert’s edge. His music satis¬ allowed with each subscription. Order by the number. SI Standard Organist. 43 pipe organ pieces. for them to: acquire an advanced technic the ability to tune the violin, resulting in The best methods of tuning the violin, sixths and octaves, ‘ and especially in fies the heart and brain. It is not only FOR 5 CENTS ADDITIONAL :l Standard Vocalist. 50 songs. Medium Voice. on a violin strung in the usual manner, enjoyable practice, this ability is abso¬ putting on strings, could be taught, and tenths is beneficial. Exercises in double for memory; not only for the present, Add 5 cents to your remittance and we will send 12 Studies and Study Pieces. A. S. Schmoll, 3 with the strings at the usual distance lutely necessary, if the pupil is to do much the teacher could give little interesting stops, such as Etudes Nos. 32, 33, 34, 35, but for prophesy.”—Robert G. Ingersoll. the choice of any ONE of the following musical 0 StudeUn?8e,8PopSrar Aibum. Violin and Piano. apart at the nut and bridge. Such public playing. When a pupil makes a talks to his pupils on matters of interest 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 in Kreutzer, are also 22 pieces. 101 Clarke’s Pronouncing Musical Dictionary. A 7 Well-Known Fables Set toMusic. Easy pieces. players often alter the position of the successful public appearance it means a pertaining to the violin. If these things excellent for the purpose. Exercises for OUR “SPECIAL” Music and Mathematics handy pocket booklet. . _ . Spaulding. boom for the teacher, since every one asks 103 Keyboard Chart. Invaluable to the Beginner. strings at the nut and bridge, placing were taught to the entire class at once, the study of the arpeggio, such as No. 13 9Cr 10 Tested Lengths, OCr “It would seem that music, preem¬ 105 Pocket Biography of Beethoven. FOR 25 CENTS ADDITIONAL them as far apart as is possible. Some¬ the name of the young violinist’s teacher, it would do away with the necessity of in Kreutzer and others, of which there inently the emotional art, would have little 106 Pocket Biography of Wagner. !3 Album of Piano Collections. C. Chaminade. W^Silk Violin E, for£DC 107 Pocket Biography of Chopin. times where the neck and string box are with resulting accession of new business. teaching them to each pupil individually. are many in the standard Etudes, should in common with mathematics, and yet as _-2 Beginner’s Book. Theo. Presser, Send for Violin and Cello Catalogue 108 Pocket Biography of Liszt. 223 First Pieces in the Classics. C. W. Landon. very narrow, a new neck of extra breadth It is a self-evident proposition that even The pupils and their parents would ap¬ also be much studied. a matter of fact the two have much in FOR 10 CENTS ADDITIONAL - -.. ’ 1 Course ' - - , Grade 1 is fitted on the violin, which makes it a talented well-taught pupil cannot make preciate the interest shown by the teacher For technic of this description, extreme musicians SUPPLY CO. common, and much of our enjoyment of Etchings, suitable for framing and decorating mnsic rooms and studios. Size 11 z 14. _ M. G. _ possible to spread the strings farther much of an impression if his violin is in giving them the extra instruction, and suppleness and flexibility is required in io Lagrange St., Boaton, Mail. music comes from our love of mathemati¬ 160 Selected Studies. Czerny-Liebiing. Books 11 51 Harmony 59 Chopin III. Anyone. apart on the nut. This does not affect out of tune. Many violin teachers make the pupils would enjoy these meetings the fingers of .the left hand, and they cal precision. On this point Hemholtz, 52 EranzLiszt(standing) 62 Her First Lessoa 53 Visions of Wagner 63 Inspiration 216 School of Velocity. Op. 299. C. Czerny. the tone of the violin unfavorably. If, an effort to be present, if possible, when socially. must have great stretching capacity. For the famous German scientist, who made 56 Beethoven-The 68 Dawn of a 235 Selected Studies. Loeschhorn. 2 vols. Any ont MUSIC 260 Sonata Album. Vol. I. 15 sonatas by Haydn however, the strings are spread too far this reason the study of the violin should such a deep scientific study of the laws Approaching Storm Masterpiece Mozart, Beethoven. apart on the bridge, the violin cannot „-jarten MATERIAL FOR 15 CENTS ADDITIONAL 184 Writing Book for Music Pupils (complete). Keeping the Violin in Order be taken up in childhood by those who Secure, and holda the child’, intereet. of sound, and of music, says in one of 103 Album of Favorite Compoaitiona. Piano. Engel- sound at its best, for the strings will not, seek to acquire a great technic. At this his works: “It has struck me as a mys¬ man. 18 pieces. Color Bird Scale, Staff Peg Board, Folding Music FOR .35 CENTS ADDITIONAL as they should do when normally spaced Taking the country over, there are which must be looked after by the violinist, period of life the bones and muscles are Bonds, Keyboard Diagram and many other at- tery peculiarly interesting and wonderful, 178 Album of Favorite Pieces. Piano. J. S. Bach. ractive things. Send for Catalog. 275 Complete Waltzes of Chopin. 14 pieces. 225 Four-Hand Miscellany. on the bridge, lie with the E string probably ten piano pupils to each violin to keep the violin in perfect condition. soft and pliable, and the hand can be that in the theory of music, in the physi¬ 124 First Parlor Pieces. 34 piano pieces. 239 Ma sterpieces f or the Piai o. 5 best kno directly over the soundpost and the G pupil, notwithstanding the fact that the Human nature is naturally indolent, DANIEL BATCHELLOR & SONS 179 First Sonatinas. Compiled by Phillips. formed to the instrument, and developed F.D. No.1 - . Cheater, Pa. cal and technical foundations of this art, 126 First Study of Bach. (Leefson). 1211 Mastering the Scales and Arpeggios. J. F. Cooke string over the bass bar. The only re¬ violin is one of the most popular of all and many a violin pupil will put off so as to do anything which is required which, above all things, seems to create 128 Four-Hand Parlor Pieces. 17 Duets. Grades 3-4. 185 Selected Works of Chopin. course, if a bridge of extra width is to musical instruments. One of the princi¬ practice for a day or two if he opens his 263 Standard Concert Etudes. W. S. B. Mathews of it. The violinist who commences late in the mind the most tender states of 356 Songs Without Words (complete).Mendelssohn be used, would be a specially constructed pal reasons for this is that the piano is case and finds a string broken, sooner in life finds his fingers stiff, and with RIESLING’S TEACHING PIECES consciousness, incalculable and indescrib¬ 237 Touch and Technic. Dr. Wm. Mason. 4 volumes violin, somewhat wider at the waist, mak¬ preeminently the instrument of conveni¬ than put it on. The constant care, and little stretching capacity. able that especially in this, the science of 343 Virtuoso^PilnistTcomplete). C. L. Hanon. ing it possible to place the soundpost and ence. The piano pupil sits down on the the bother of tuning the violin, keep purest and strictest thought—mathematics Violin and Piano. bass bar farther apart than in a normally stool and commences his practice at once, many a student from regular daily marche, laUmb?r'’ waltzes, P<>VkM, .chotti-hes, FOR 50 CENTS ADDITIONAL Massage —should prove itself preeminently pro¬ 153 Popular Parlor Album. 23 piano pieces. 308 Descriptive Analyses of PianoWorks. E.B. Perry without any preliminaries. The violin reverie* ' rm^°*’B11*ttand P'tej Mazurkas,^o ap rtoes. constructed violin, so that they would lie practice, and deter many from learning It is possible that some little good ductive. Music intervals, divisions of 1217 Popular Recital Repertoire. 31 piano piecei 310 First Studies in Mnsic Biography.Thos. Tapper. pupil must take his violin and bow out u—1 ui-noMethod. Kohler. Vol. I. 345 Great Pianists on Piano Playing. J. F. Cooke. directly under the feet of the bridge of the yiolin altogether. In the case of the might be accomplished in the way of re¬ time and so forth, numerical fractions, 329 Organ Repertoire. Pipe Organ Collection. of the case, replace broken strings if there piano, the tuning and repairs are looked I 339 Standard History of Music. J. F. Cooke. special width. I have seen violins so con¬ ducing abnormally thick finger tips by 5SUNC. Composer, 1035 G.ts. A,.., Brooklyn, N.Y. and ’ even at times, logarithms, play a are any, rosin the bow, tune the violin, structed and adjusted, and they served after by a professional tuner, and the massage or “rolling,” as our cor¬ prominent part. Mathematics and music and adjust the music stand. Besides piano student is not obliged to bother the purpose very well for players with respondent states, but probably not a a 100 Engraved innouncements, *5.40 —the most glaring opposites possible in these there are many other little details himself at all about them. 9 InTtUiilon.,»6.76,tenvelopesforoMh. very thick fingers. great deal. human thought. And yet they are con¬ THE ETUDE, Theo. Presser Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa. * form|.RoyalgngrfcvingCo.,814-WWalnutBt.,PhD>-.re- nected and mutually sustained. Please mention THE ETUDE when addressing oi 16 mention THE ETUDE when addressing 459 458 THE ETUDE THE ETUDE

Summer Mail Order New Music Music Buying The activity of the teaching world dur- This house of Theodore Presser, because New Etude ing the summer months is greatly lessened 0f the immense territory covered by its owing to the schools closing and vacation Sj-Stem of mail order music supplying, days. During this period there is a sus- s"uffers very little lessening of business A. J. E.—While it is quite true, pension of our regular packages of music y,ring the summer months as compared teacher claims, that in the case of sonic iiupno muina uumu, «uu u sryy mere is which we send out during the winter with the supposed busier teaching season Prize Contest the vibrato and the ricochet bowing “come by no reason why you should not make consid- ttiemael ves in time,” yet there is no reason erable progress on the ’c-eilo, even starting so season to our patrons. 0f the winter months. -FOR- why you should not have instruction on both late as twenty-one years of, age. However However, there are a great many teach- Qur 2_Q trained workerS) with the ex- Of these imDortant elements of violin technic you can hardly expect to arrive at the virtu- ifYou are sufficiently advanced. Some pupils, oso stage with such a late start but if you ers in the outlying distrirts that are more summer vacations enter into Piano Compositions, even in the early stages of violin playing, will be satisfied with attaining the ability to active in the summer than they are in the ... _ . , oo anv seem to have an innate craving for the pas- play medium-grade music, tn a fairly correct winter and other teachers still continue subject, a J sionate element which the vibrato adds to manner you will likely meet with success. their classes during the summer months, other season of the yea , Songs and Anthems Violin tone, and acquire it before their teacher Your studies on the piano and former studies To these the regular packages would, we slightly smaller amount of business to has suggested its use. It is the same with on ttegtolta would Be greatly In your feel sure, ‘be welcome. But unless we attend to can give all business the most vocal pupils, som use theme vibratoviu™i,u u.mooi,all from for music is one universal language and the Italy X have heard scores different instruments are only different me- Gouraud’s the beginning. In Italy I have her new works. hear from our patrons definitely during careful attention. , of street, singers who instinctively used— the diumsdjums of expressing iIt. On Sale Returns and the summer months there will be no pack- A word with regard to your supplies UR previous contests, both for vibrato although they had never had a O lesson in their Uves. Possibly your teacher S. O.—After five years’ study of the violin Oriental Cream Advance of Publication Offers— Settlements ages_ sent. Those_„ desiring them will ,please being ordered early during the summer pianoforte compositions and for meant that your technic was not far enough t seems as if you ought to be able to play Special While it is not a positive rule that the notify us to that effect and we shall be months is certainly not i songs, have all been highly suc¬ advanced to make use of the vibrato ,'iolin solos of medium difficulty if you It will alsoassist you to overcome“those June, 1916. have been well taught and have made good ills ’ at the same time if they do not ori. On Sale returns of the current season be very much pleased to send them the new Send Stock Orders for 0p S^ n uS'f cessful. The interest displayed in these ricochet bowing advisable. In this c use of your time. If by “soloist” you mean past contests and the frequent requests all others, you ought to follow your ginate internally. Renders to the skin a m.d. d,™, June and July i. Is . «, .hey „ ,s,u«d dunu, »« Uto £?£*$ instructions, as long as you have cod a traveling concert violinist, I should think Artistic Vocal Album . i for a new contest have inspired the in¬ you were hardly ready for that after only soft, pearly-white appearance. CBd’s Own Book of Great Musicians— stitution of a new contest in which sev¬ him. No doubt when^ tion i'n'the five years of instruction, but it would be quite Send 10c. for trial size C Ttos. W. Tapper—Single Vol. Diplomas, Medals and StEU S i, 11, ..nor tsnme teacuers in- impossible for me to judge without hearing eral interesting features are combined. FERD. T. HOPKINS & SON Complete . the summer months, when most teachers Program Forms be in the studio awaiting the return of earner 37 Great Jones St., New York City Undoubtedly competitions of this kind Miien.s Harmony Book-^ ^ and schools find it convenient to make Teachers and musical institutions not teachers and pupils at the beginning of will awaken a wider interest in compo¬ than others. violinist, who could advise you definitely on that settlement. already provided with articles of this the next season, which is not always the sition and stimulate to effort many the subject. m octave Studies for the Pianoforte. . M. W. B.—The backs of violins are usually ‘THE CROWNING ATTRIBUTE OF LOVE Every account on our books will re- nature, may have their needs supplied case when the ordering of the open stock composers, both those who are known made in two pieces, although many are met Mrs. C. A. O.—Prices of violins by the great Melodies in Difficult Keys for the Piano¬ ceive a complete statement on June 1st. from our assortment at moderate prices of musjc ;s left until the last moment. and those who are yet striving for recog¬ with with the hacks made from a single piece Italian masters run into thousands of dollai WOMEN IS CLEANLINESS” forte—M. Bilhro . This will include the regular monthly as shown in the list below. These prices Qur catalogs are to be had for the of wood. !. Stradiva usually t- - however it is possible to buy good solo instru¬ Melodious Four Hand Pieces—KoeUing. nition, bringing to the winners a desirable wo pieces, although h ments by lesser makers for from $200 up. As account, that is, the charges for the music do not include any lettering or filling in asking, and we have some excellent cata- publicity in addition to the immediate backs of ...... —---- .— - - Melodious and Progressive Studies for occasionally used a single piece. 3. Ttqeli. you think of investing $300, it would be to Various Purposes—M. Greenwald. . and books that have been purchased out- of certificates or diplomas, such as pupils lo£J.S; some that are very useful in the financial return. It seems unnecessary Easy Operatic Fantasias, for violin and piano, your interest to buy a genuine old violin for . -- - - names or other matter of an individual seiecti0n of material for the next season. to note that the fame of the composer by Danela, Op. 86, would probably be what that price, as, if you buy a really good in¬ Sew Four Hand Album. right to he paid for monthly, quarterly, strument from a reputable dealer, it will or certainly at the present time. In addi¬ character, but the forms are so designed We wjp be glad to send these new cata- will in no way influence the selection always hold its value and can at any time be *» Method lor the ^ to admit of these additions without logg on tjie subject on which our patrons tion to that account the statement will and that the pieces will be selected by t. t.—pawn! ™ c of t sold or exchanged, since genuine old violins much-v trouble and—j at-i small expense. are most interested upon the receipt of a are always in better demand with both pro¬ Preparatory Octave Studies, Op. 1106— include all On Sale charges, the settlement absofutely impartial judges. ' should be inclined toward the finger-board. Sartorio Course of Study Diploma, 21 x 16 postal card asking for them. Our whole The advantage of this is that in soft passages, fessionals and amateurs. Any dealer in old for which is to be made once each year only the edge of the hair is used, while for violins will send you a number of instruments Progressive Piano Student . (Parchment) . system of dealing by mail will be found louder passages a little pressure brings the on selection if you furnish the proper refer- Sacred Two Part Songs . at a time most convenient to our patrons. Course of Study Certificate most congenial and satisfactory, as well as Six Hundred Dollars entire width of the —«fn■ contact ”withtI+v’ the ences- School of Violin Technics, Book 1— Enclosed with that statement will be Diploma Form, 21x16 (Parch economical, as our rates of discount and string. 2. The bow s“ Henry Schradieck found directions with regard to the music body only when play—B —-- --- ment) . terms are the best obtainable. We furnish Short Melodious Studies for the Piano¬ to be returned, and the settlement of the Diploma Form, 21x16. self-addressed postal card order blanks, elbow is gradually raised as the A, D, and G, iWSica?as? forte-Max P. Heller . strings are used, and gradually lowered account. Perhaps the most important Certificate of Award, 12 x 9. thus even prepaying the order to us. Sat¬ playing the G, D, A, and E, strings. InT„ eiinr IJy antomus erraaivanus in uren Standard First Grade Pieces . ClaSS I. ^or the best pianoforte order the wrist must move at thithe same angle YW 1693-” inscription li direction that can be given is that the Certificate of Award, 12x9. isfaction is guaranteed in every item of it?6 la hundreds of thousands of violins, i twenty-five Melodious Pieces, Op. 50— name and address of the sender must be Teacher’s Certificate, Ux8y2 pieces of intermediate or no matter what string is used,1h em the In tlle nature of a trade-mark thathan anything _ _ . our dealings. A letter marked “Personal” advanced grade in any style: only possible when the arm is held at the , Some of them, of a bettebetter grade of on the outside of every package returned. These forms may be had on approval. adjust any serious difficulty at any proper distance from the body in playing oi workmanship, hav First Prize.$100.00 each string. The instructions about keeping for ordinary Early Supplies for the Perhaps it seems on the face of it an un¬ We can also supply appropriately de- timej in season or out of season. are of great value. If ’_ _ necessary warning, but we receive hun- Jgned gold or silver medals costing $5.00 Second Prize... 60.00 the arm close to the body at all times, which the exact quality and value of Next Teaching Season Third Prize..... 40.00 are found in so many out-of-date, cheap in¬ ou will have to submit it to the dreds of packages with no means of and $3.00 each respectively, engraving in- n T)„r.D struction books, has done infinite harm to the a good violin expert. Naiad Dress Shields For several years past we have operated identification, and the dissatisfaction to eluded. The best possible value in either L'GyU s Jf°.OK art of violin playing. 3. In playing on the G a plan of early distribution of teaching Class II. For the best songs suit¬ string raise your arm. Do not change the Mrs. B. J. „ „_.good specimen of a Gasparo all parties as a result of that carelessness case- Of Great Musicians able either tor teaching, position of your violin. da Salo violin is valnabli if i add the final assurance of cleanliness material through which it has been pos¬ can easily be imagined. The following por small concerts and recitals blank jf y0U have seen the Bach, Mozart and recital or concert use: tion and presr_ration. ’' “... sible to place a complete fall supply in general rules should be read and care- program forms may be obtained; one kind Schubert numbers of the “Child’s Own H. E.—You can get a preparation, put up in ny imitations which are only worth FREE FROM RUBBER First Prize.$100.00 ubes, for the cleaning of dirt and rosin off liars. The value nf vnur instrument the hands of hundreds of teachers ready fully adhered to: is worded “Concert given by” and the Book 0f Great Musicians,” by Thomas Can be^quickjy sterilized in boiling water. Second Prize. .. 60.00 'iolins. Sometimes where the rosin has been n the fact of w it is genuine far use at the very beginning of their fl) Return prepaid all ON SALE other “Recital by the Pupils of.” The Tapper, you will be keenly interested in Bowed to lie on the violin a long time, it __ ... music unused and not desired; a credit inner pages are blank, ready for the inser- the Mendelssohn, Schumann and Handel Third Prize. 40.00 rill be found that it has eaten its way into Regular, Full Dress and Shht'wIiS'aremade season’s work. This arrangement will be he varnish in such a manner that it cannot I. G. M.—Without an examination of memorandum for the value will be sent tion (in print or writing) of the details biographies. The plan of telling the stories je removed. The violin should be wiped off violin I cannot give you an opinion as tc in effect again this year and will mean the with a statement showing the correct bal- of the program. The back page has a of the lives of the great composers in very with a silk cloth each time after it is used. cause of the change of the quality * ' saving of a considerable portion of the ance due us Place the name and address neat, little Etude announcement and for simple language and, instead of having able for general use: different points on the E s which you transportation expenses as well as a source lender on every vackaqe returned, that reason we sell the blanks at a very the illustrations printed in the book, sup- •T. E.—A double concerto (which means describe. e little d >ubt that il First Prize.$100.00 ' ia rd d of comfort and satisfaction to every , _ n , f ovr SALE small price, 50 cents a hundred—samples plying them on sheets to be cut out and ‘concert piece” in Italian) is one i (2) Small Packages of ON SAL,fi- ^ ap^lication In ordering piease say £/ste| in the book by the child itself, has Second Prize... 60.00 .’iolins, two violoncellos, for vioiin and riolon- perfe--use —idition. A finger.. „ „„ teacher who by this means escapes the jello, etc. A double violin concerto is one perfectly level, and there should be no worn music should he retu J , _ ’. f;p whether “Concert” or “Recital” forms are met with a very wide response. The books Third Prize 40.00 which is played by two violinists. It may places under the strings. It is possible also annoyance and loss of time incidental to have a piano or orchestral accompaniment. that the nut and bridge of the violin are not ordering at a time when the greatly in¬ 42T5 . w"5‘npt; “ »*»«• •' »»"•=. •» The Bach Double Concerto for the violin is in perfect condition. I think if yon will send the most famous Concerti for two violins your violin to a first-class repairer and have creased volume of business inevitably with piano accompaniment have been writ¬ the violin put in perfect condition vou will es still further delay. ten by L. Maurer (Op., 56 in A Major), G. not be troubled any further with the condi¬ _____ jaejiTi’Ss.'a.'sa gESfiu Hille (Op. 17), and others. There is also tions you describe. . j-- by Brahms for violin and W. J. G.—It has been repeatedly stated in length on the disadvantages of waiting lfa ^ ^rom lc to 12c. for each addi- musical knowledge. One possessing this Published, the price will be 50 cents, scripts as they see fit, and be represented i ue inscription tn yonr viouu means mat it columns that no written description or made in the year 1910, after the style of P?ot“|taph is sufficient to give a violin expert until September to order supplies usually tionaj p,. depending on the zone. The work nee(js n0 other library of music, as * %hc Contest*will close August 1, 1916. Cremona makers, by the maker named. ^necessary data for Pronouncing on the needed very early in that month; every express prepaid Printed Matter rate is 2 encompasses everything in the way of New Method for the Piano- All entries must be addressed tc The label further states_ that. this firm took a sr§p?sea Cremona violin. teacher knows fairly well in advance that oz for j cent with a minimum of 15c. musicai information. We now wish es- forte £}v A. Schmoll Etude Prize Contest,” 1712 Chest, leveral prizes at expositions fc its good work- bank cashier would have to have a bank Philadelphia. Pa., U. S. A nanship. Your violin is a i -/ instrument, in his hands before he could give an a certain number of former pupils will The Express agent or Postmaster will give peciaUy to call attention to the fact that announcement of this popular work mt may possess a good tone, this firm has m as to whether it was genuine or not, .limed out some good violin jjta “ ' ‘ expert has to r«,r>„ i.s to. r ptoto*. i—“£x SiSTsra?Sim* pass an opinion on it witho examination. vioiin in his hands and ir“inutely study tee wifi be about so many new pupils, and■ P OT ackage to Philadel- thJ Grove’s Dictionary. It sells very issue for the first time It enjoys the 3. A violin is said to possess .. every detail before ' whenwnen theme tonetune is uuudull anaand lamingIaekinf in resonance, -- ,,,- „„~-r ..._ yonly c- . . several of them beginners; with this knowl- P?[a Bound books should be sent by readily to those who need it. We shall be greatest popularity in France and Bel- and lacks the clear, liquid, singing quality an °Pi1i110.n' Mos,t % it is tolerably easy to estimate the Parcel Post only; but sheet music can be y glad indeed to go into any arange- S™®’ and !s ^h? standard work m many which we find in a well-made violin. a“nion £S p'^ciree^the" opiffion^nTaS quantity of teaching pieces, studies, etc., sent printed matter up to 4 lbs. and ments with parties desiring to solicit sub- of the musical institutions. We consider sentParcef prmxeu^_ Post fromA 4 lbs.|Ko to 209() lbs.lbs. andand the scriptions , f£ this work duringLim, the com- the author one of the most interesting F. F. P.—1. While the age of twenty is rather likely to be needed during the first part charged. In t nearbv zones up to 50 lbs. ing summer months. Already quite a £riterS of educational works. Any work .te to begin the study of the violin, you can owner of the leets witli° dis the season; if this information is trans¬ accomplish a great deal by persistent studv /oWlvTthe hummed label which is en- number have entered this field with sur- that has gone through the 28th edition —.1..,. a good teacher. It is true that very Rent an ferred to us during June, July or the no matter by prising success. It is a work that is must have some positive merit and we _are f«ly part of August (the earlier the virtuoso stage, but almost anyone pos- dosed wl*n(1thethf Returns are sent, and Ljually suited for libraries for the dill- very glad indeed to announce the publica- .—ng a good ear and sufficient patience can E. F. R.—In the passage you send there is better) we will undertake to make up in¬ what me*od t ie r"eU nd address 0f the tante in music and the ambitious student, tion of this work in English, We hope to hope to acquire enough technic to play music no harmonic as your letter states. The note UNDERWOOD dividual ON SALE assortments, contain- -,always write_ the name an on that aW aU the music teaeher Those have it out in time for next season’s work, ' medium difficulty in a manner to give much marked L. H. pizz. would be played by placing sender in U e space p desirous of some pieasant sum. Our offer now mcludes only the first part, insure to himself and friends, even with the first finger firmly on the note A, in the the designated variety of teaching sender in ch a late start. 2. The length of time von third position on the E string, and twitching material and forward one to each cus- gummed label. work had better write to us for terms, which will contain half of the work. The iould practice daily depends on v it with a sidewavs motion with th~ — TYPEWRITER (4) ON SALE music received from us we ^ be lad in(Jeed to send special advance price is but 30 cents, post- fourth finger of the left hand. In tl femer in time for delivery on or before |- —«nd of such a char- ^ paid. dunngdurine'the tne pastp season^ fs Demanded by those ®y specified date. In many cases we shall lc able to combine several lots in one work may be retained under conditions Elijah and who know machine The Progressive Piano only an hour or two. Whatever you do. do skipment to go by freight prepaid to a arranged by special correspondence. This ]yfessiah not practice when you are worn out in mind merit. Antral and nearby distributing point, the nlan is done to save expense of trans- The specia-special offer on these oratorios will Student. By Theo. and body, because practice at such times is of Station continue during the present month. Any This work is progressing toward c _ very little use. 3. Whether you will become transportation thence to be borne by the an “accomplished violinist,” with such a late Most popular with largest customer, but under the greatly reduced P /K\ Music that has been specially music directors or choir leaders who con- pletion. It is a continuation of the (5) ctlv filled is not to be template giving either of these works in Beginner’s Book and is very much needed start, depends on your talent and also what Mrs. P. C. Van A.—If corporations and all Cham¬ “Press rates, the expense for delivery you mean by the term “an accomplished vio¬ enuine Carlo Bergonzi it would be worth ordered ana mistakes are cheerfully the fall will do well to correspond with by those who have studied that work. We The Etude linist.” If you mean the ability to play the everal thousand dollars. However from the pion operators. be quite normal. returned, aitno g return music that is us while the special advance prices are hope to have it ready for early fall teach- standard violin concerti, and pieces requiring escription you send I think it is onlv a codv With the June statements of account THEO. PRESSER CO. similar technic, I should say that the outlook .-^“t a definite opinion o: violin rectified. vo w whatsoever. still in vogue. Our special price on single ing, and we shall be very glad indeed to is doubtful. If you mean the ability to master °ur regular patrons will receive a special soiled or use“ f music sample copies is but 30 cents. It must send copies to those who desire them at PUBLISHERS violin music up to the third, fourth or pos¬ “The Machine You Will imitation, il °rder form to be used for the above de- (6) A credit for tne and be understood that no deductions will be 20 cents, including the postage. 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It tends to stretch the summer in order that it may be ready Surely if it has expired or is to soon and develop'the hand chiefly by means of nothing artificial—Just Nature’s for the fall teaching, and give all those Planning Now expire you do not want to permit a lapse, broken octaves and holding notes. The Way. interested a chance to give the book a Musical Library and in giving you this friendly warning practice of studies of this nature invari¬ thorough examination. We feel sure that "THOUSANDS of students who read The ETUDE are right now making Playful Bobby, .A. A. Dion 2 we submit below a list of special Clubbing ably results in increasing the span of the none will be disappointed. The subject up their minds where they may best continue their musical educations. Utters which should prove very attractive hand, and in adding to the elasticity of matter has been treated in the plainest " It is a deep, serious problem which all of us have been through. in conjunction with your renewal sub¬ the wrist. Mr. Sartorio has an almost in¬ and most elementary manner possible, and ggSSfc'.r.rl: 8551 scription. exhaustible flow of melody, and this is just without unnecessary words or dry techni¬ Grove’ s fas Here They Come, as pronounced in his studies as it is in cal details the student is introduced at 18688 A T Canfield 2 THE ETUDE . a ~ _ his many successful teaching pieces. Mr. ,9 poppies-A. T. Granfield 2 To-Day’s (free pattern). once to the materials of musical composi¬ How can the student and the school be brought together to accomplish the 10 Battle of-thejlowe^, nfiflid 2 McCall’s (free pattern) .... 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Dictionary is to Music. 13617 To the End of the Lane, THE ETUDE . discovered. The disadvantage of most sharps (also six flats). Technically, these friends and acquaintances of our Readers gladly send circulars of particulars to all There is no better Musical Refer¬ D. Kerrison 3 Pictorial Review . \ *3.15 books of octave studies is that they pre¬ prompts a renewal of the offer this year. who may be interested. We would like 13692 Lilies and Ferns, Modern Priscilla . .) Save 85 eta. suppose a certain amount of technic to study pieces are not at all difficult to play, ence Library at any price in any lying well under the hands, the only diffi¬ Confident that once your friends know to have as large a representation among A. T. Granfield 3 THE ETUDE ... have been acquired beforehand. The language. Unabridged in any 13695 Recollections of Seville, Op. ■ l *3.25 culty being in the reading of them. The come W f°r yearS-!° the contestants as possible. Many manu 4S2.W. Fink 3 function of a book of easy octave studies themes are all musical and agreeable to way. Gavotte.F. J. Gossec 3 _) Save $1.25 Is to furnish in the beginning such studies thousands of others, we will SIX scriPts have already been received and Must go to same address the ear, thus affording a pleasant vehicle 13705 Game of Tag.H. Clark 3 as will prepare the hand, strengthen it, MONTHS’ Trial Subscription to ANY of as the tlme for the dose of the 13706 Indian Dance.F. Henriques 3 THE ETUDE . for familiarizing one with keys which are 13717 Sunny Days.H. Clark 3 -•••1*3.75 and increase its span in order that the frequently avoided, but which nevertheless them not now on our list for only Fifty Contest draws near they will come in in This is the latest revised and Woman’s Home Companion. student may go right along into books of Cents. constantly increasing numbers. There is 13741 The Little Wanderer, Op. Pictorialctonal Reviewiteview . .'...jj oaveSave 75/ j«*. eta. should be just as well known as the more enlarged edition of Sir George - ~ ...Th. Kullak 3 more difficult studies. In this new book Just submit a list of names and ad- Plenty of time for those wh« intend to _ _ rch.G. Maquet 3 On page 471 of this issue will be found familiar keys. Any intermediate grade Grove’s masterpiece of musical 13762 Laura’s Dream Waltz, many other interesting offers, and if a the musical side has nut been lost sight student will find both pleasure and profit dresses of those you wish to have the Participate to prepare something and have of, and any studies which were dry and benefits of this generous offer, accompany- !! in before August first. As there - — scholarship. There are 4,00C G. Maquet 3 greater list of selections is desired a post¬ in this volume. The special price in True Patriotism, card will bring our Handsome and Com¬ uninteresting have been rejected. The advance of publication is 15 cents, post¬ ing each with FIFTY CENTS (50 cents) ,thr,ee seParate and distinct classes pages and over 5,000,000 words R. S. Morrison 3 special introductory price in advance of 13809 Loving Soul and Pure plete 36-page Magazine Guide—FREE. paid. stating the month with which you wish bod7!nS three different schools of c from great authorities upon all publication is 15 cents, postpaid. subscription to begin, and you will have Positi°n. an opportunity is offered for Heart, Op. 81, No. 5. phases of musical learning. The The Race, Op. 81, No. New Four-Hand “Something about the TONE of my introduced to your friends an unequalled comPosers of varied attainments to be 6.Th. Kullak 3 Melodious Four-Hand piano is the reason I bought it” is what Artistic musical delight. represented in one or more of these books are liberally illustrated 0 The Angel ln the Dream, Album the owner of a Vocal Album Remittances may be made in the form dasses- AU are welcome without restrje- with cuts, half-tones and notation Op. 81, No. 7. Th. Kullak 3 This new collection is now very nearly Pieces. By C. Koelling iO Beautiful Catalina, This is the last work that will ever This is absolutely the last month of the most convenient — stamps, money-order tions' Eacb p0™P°ser may submit as examples. Thousands of subjects T. Lieurance 3 Vi ready, but the special introductory offer cash or check. Canadian subscriptions 10 man-y mar>uscripts as he sees fit and be 13681 Sizilietta.F. von Blon 3\i will be continued during the current appear by this most conscientious and KRAKAUER PIANO special offer for this important work. The cents additional; Foreign 35 cents represented in aR or any of the classes. are discussed: Biography, His¬ Loyal Hearts, popular writer. The work was finished work is' completed and has gone to the month. This is a miscellaneous collection, Absolutely impartial decisions will be tory, Musical Science, Theory, G. N. Rockwell 3% chiefly of third and fourth grade duets, shortly before his death and we came into will always tell you. printers and will be delivered before the Sacred rendered in all cases. 13714 Chant D’Amour, Op. 26, To those who have a cultured ear and next issue appears, so there is only one Musical Industries, Instrumenta¬ No. 3.S. Stojowski 6 which will prove suitable for all-round possession of this through his^heirs. These duets are along the line of Diabelli’s, but fine appreciation of Music the Krakauer more chance of procuring advance copies Two-Part Songs tion, ^Esthetics, Musical Terms, 13736 Waving Torches, Op. use, either for practice in sight-reading or No. 2.C. S. Morrorrison 3% for ensemble playing, or for recreation much more modern and also with added Piano represents an Ideal. on the work. The volume is, in short, the We are continuing this month the ^ Melodious Pieces, Op. 50. etc., etc. The work is the most Tambourine Dance, interest. The work is now entirely en¬ cream of our best in the vocal line. Only and amusement. Every piece is a gem. CATALOG ON REQUEST special offer on this new volume, which is By A. Schmoll notable musical compendium in A. A. Mumma 4 graved and in the hands of the printers, those compositions that have achieved At a Run.. . .G. D. Martin 4 The volume will be added to our series any language. 18701 Idylle — Impromptu, Op. and this month will finish this special KRAKAUER BROS. positive popularity have been selected. rjf11 °.n ln the co“rse °f P/eparation. A Schmoll is a European teacher and of collective volumes printed from the There has been a considerable demand for composer who makes a specialty of edu- 284 .T. Lack 4 offer, but those desirous of procuring 193 CYPRESS AVE. NEW YORK CITY Here are the names of some of the authors 18713 The Brooklet, Op. 66, special large plates. It will be. one of the a °°'3k, °* a"thems and ?acred pieces cational pianoforte music. His composi- ~ ... .F. Splndler 4 largest and most varied collections of this copies can do so still at the advance price whose works appear in the book: Chas. arranged for two-part singing, available tions have real musical value, but in Now issued in America exclu¬ W. Cadman, Tod B. Galloway, Louis F. 10 Marche di Concert, nature ever issued. Our special intro¬ of 15 cents, postpaid. tor use with men s voices. This new work addition each one of them tends to sively by Theo. Presser Co. S. Mazurette 5 ductory price in advance of publication is Gottschalk, James H. Rogers, G. Mar- will consist of scriptural anthems, hymn illustrate some pedagogical point. His 18776 Twinkling S' t, Op. 167, schal-Loepke, Nicholas Douty, Homer N. School of Violin Technics, a"d hymn tune adaptations, all Op. 50 is a set of 25 pieces lying in grades 0. Bohm 6 20 cents, postpaid. Bartlett, Harry Rowe Shelley, Thurlow Valse Impromptu, Op. 64, Book I. By Henry Schradieck of easy or intermediate grade and of the one and two and just approaching grade R. W. Gebhardt 7 Lieu ranee, C. Whitney Coombs and Ward- The Purchase of a Lifetime MO Valse Impromptu ,E. Kronke 7 Short Melodious Studies for There are certain technical works for the noffit ThevenCe 1 ^ umS.iCal Stand- three' They maJ be used either for ftudy Stephens. The special price in advance point. They are just such pieces as a or recreation. All are of nearly equal These books are of such high Moment Musical, Op. 7, the Pianoforte violin which are of such value and im¬ of publication is but 35 cents, postpaid...... No. 2... .M. Moszkowski 7 portance as to be in practically universal gregat7on t^hfir tv,® g’ F? *he C.?n: merit We wil1 Publish these pieces com- character, of such vast scope, and 13722 On Wings of Song, By Max P. Heller Mendelssohn-Liszt 8 One of the best of second grade study use. Such a work is the School of Violin bv Mr T r Ti6 T°ru iS,CTpiIed plete in one volume in Presser Collection, are so substantially bound that Technics by Henry Schradieck, Book I of New Book of little exo'ertim^ ffi w h%.had so“a TheJ may be used to supplement any in¬ PIANO DUETS books, offering a pleasing relief from the utile experience m this line. The special struetion book or graded course The they will last a “lifetime.” MG Class Reception.C. LindBay 3 many conventional study books usually em¬ which we have in preparation. This First Piano Pieces 13667 Tk« v*- H. Weyts 3 As the years go by the original ployed in this grade. We advocate m the volume has been edited by Mr. F. Hahn, This new 50-cent collection in course postpaid,nost7ahiadVanCe °f publlcation is 15 cents> special introductory price in advance of 13697 Approach of Spring, a teacher of wide experience, and we feel publication is 20 cents, postpaid. purchase money will seem insignif¬ early grades using a considerable variety Your furniture can’t possibly of preparation is the one which has been of material, as it tends to keep the student confident that our new edition will prove called during the last few months on these icant in comparison with the con¬ satisfactory from every standpoint. This be beautiful unless it is clean. pages “Standard First Piano Pieces” and tinuous service you will get from 13104 Serenade.... lheeTeairandTthisliwhotrek by Relief L of work is an indispensable one to violin A mere “shine” won’t do. “Standard First Grade Piano Pieces.” We the books. The early editions , PIANO, SIX HANDS mime utility from the educational stand- students who have passed the elementary make the above name to distinguish it ,1™ Autumn Days..C. Lindsay 3 cost $25.00. 18688 Concert Polka.A. W. Lansing 3-4 from other works with similar names on point, and the short studies are of special Clean and polish our catalog so that when orders are re¬ The Good Things in Life ]S™9 PIANOS, EIGHT HANDS interest and tunefulness. Our special in¬ it, all at the same j W564 With Song and Jest, troductory price in advance of publication ceived in advance of publication our order This greatly enlarged time. 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June 26th to July 28th GILBERT RAYNOLDS COMBS, Director FOR CIRCULAR ADDRESS DUNNING SYSTEM 1335 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. MRS. A. M. VIRGIL, Director 11 West 68th Street, NEW YORK IMPROVED MUSIC STUDY FOR BEGINNERS THE “TEK” is The “reaZ ONLY SYSTEM ENDORSED BY THE WORLD-RENOWNED MICHIGAN thing” for piano practice. MUSICIANS AND PRONOUNCED BY THEM THE BEST IN USE MICHIGAN Of the greatest advantage MADAM GADSKI WRITES OF THIS WORK: My Dear Mm._Dunmng^—I greatb; enjoyed your lurid and intelligent delineation of the Dunnin UNIVERSITY SCHOOL to players and comfort of :c Study for Beginners with the unique a: DETROIT INSTITUTE ler pupils as children. I was deeply imp ssed with it: the household. I belie: ould revolut OF MUSIC Musi. n which i: ally lacking. ’ ALBERT A. STANLEY, A.M., Director Appreciated by teachers, -y work, and m< OF MUSICAL ART ms teacherfboth5vocal sad Ann Arbor, Michigan pupils and artists. NORMAL TRAINING CLASSES FOR 1916 Johanna Gads Offers courses in Piano, Voice, Violin, Advanced courses are offered in all branches of Music under a faculty of artist teachers. Saves wear of the piano. Year Course Organ, Public School Music, Diction, Mrs. Carre Louise Dunning, 8 W. 40th St., New York. Normal Class. Be a Teacher of Music 19 reasons why it excels Dramatic Art, Languages, etc. Diplomas “A GATHERING PLACE FOR Portland, Oregon, June 26th. Chicago, Aug. 6th. New York, Sept. 21st. Teach music in the Public Schools. The pay is good and the and Degrees. Located in finest residen¬ ADVANCED STUDENTS” the piano for practice. Mrs. Addye Yeargain Hall, Musical Arts Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Normal tial district. Excellent dormitory. Class, June 16th. work pleasant. We offer a complete and thorough course Fall Semester begins October 4 EXPLANATORY CATALOG ON REQUEST in Public School Music that may be finished in one yean We Address Secretary for catalog ‘‘Ann Arbor—An ideal city for summer study” Address MRS. A. M. VIRGIL - 11 West 68th Street, NEW YORK also teach Drawing, Home Economics, Physical Training, Detroit, Michigan, Send for announcement CHARLES A. SINK, Secretary Manual Training, Industrial Arts, Penmanship. Strong 67-69 Davenport St., Box 22 1200 Maynard Street faculty, beautiful location, unsurpassed equipment. Also two-year Granberry Piano Schoo — course. Catalogue sent free. For detailed information GUY BEVIER WILLIAMS THE von ENDE SCHOOL of MUSIC ARTISTIC PIANOFORTE PLAYING VALUABLE COURSE IN MODERN PEDAGOGY SUMMER NORMAL President and Head of Piano Department, Detroit Institute of Musical Art “The Foremost Musical Institution of America” address Available for Recitals DETROIT. MICII. 6?-69 Davenport Street Write for Booklet THE SECRETARY NEW YORK CITY of Playing Thomas Normal Art of Teaching 3029 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Mich. BURR0WES C0UI ISF. OF MUSIC STUDY Training School -Kindergarten and Primary—Corre;spondence or Personal Instruction Happy Pupils-Satisfied Parents—Prosperous Teacl hers. Classes are doubled by use of this method NEW Enthusiastic letters from teachers of the Course, YORK SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS also descriptive literature sent on application to KATHARINE BURROWES Central Park West, cor. 95th St., New York City RALFE LEECH STERNER, Director ^ N. J. COREY D. 502 CARNEGIE HAL L, NEW YORK CITY, or iv buildings give us the most beautiful and Dept. D. 246 HIGHLAND AVE., HIGHLAND PARK, - - DETROIT, MICH. homelike school devoted to Music and the Arts Special Summer Teachers’ Courses Pianist, Organist and Musical Lecturer . . . n .'fL-ii-.lifully iti.'.tv.toHIllustrated Lecture-recitalsLe upoi MANY EUROPEAN CELEBRITIES AND EMINENT AMERICAN TEACHERS, including is t Novel,w*~.. Varied thoand AmericanB Platform. success at many of the largest Universities, Colleges, Lyceums Detroit Conservatory of Music Piano—Arthur Friedheim, the Great Virtuoso; Liszt’s Greatest Pupil. Voice—Rdfe Leech Sterner, Celebrated Vocal Teacher rtdim ru ..nr d .. and Societies. _ w ,, ,,... Eminent Violinist. ’Cello-Paulo Gruppe, World’s Greatest ’Cellist. Harriette BroWer, Harold a! Fix, S. ReidSpenTeT Fmnk Hot^Warne" a^many^em ,e “Erdca Sonata of MacDowell,” Mr. Coreas The Lecture-recital literary interpretation ‘oT which has the composer’s own endorsement, is app7"a™LENTIRE YEAR- PUP,LS MAY ENTER ANY DAY. TWO PUBLIC CONCERTS EVERY especially adapted fo music schools and musical clubs. Offers courses in Piano, Voice, Violin, Organ, Theory,_fec tany time _"___SEND FOR BOOKLET AND BOOK OF VIEWS. School Music, etc. Academic Department. Send for Catalog.Catalog. Fleas. mention THE ETUDE when addressing our advertisers. \ JAMES H. BELL. SECRETARY. Box T. 1013 Woodward A: Detroit, Michigan S when addressing si 464 THE ETUDE THE ETUDE 465 Z====S3=== Schools and Colleges Schools and Colleges NEW YORK VIRGINIA OHIO Skidmore School of Arts A College for the Vocational^ and Professional School of Music VOCAL TEACHERS Domestic Science and Art; Music; Fine Ai of Shenandoah EASTERN Physical Education and Oral Expres- Collegiate Institute WALTERt L. BOGERT, 11114 W. 72nd St., New York -- jtarial Trade JOSSERT, 1204 Carnegie Hall, New York undred PRESSON MILLER. 826 Carnegie Hall, New Yoi _ _r—-—__ Diploi For students of all branches of music, 0. CHADWICK SI commands Teacher’s or Supervisor’s certificate this school offers unusual opportunities for New York and other states. Catalog on reque a complete and thorough education. For En¬ ORGAN SCHOOLS Winter and Summer Sessions. semble playing, there is an orchestra of 26 pieces, a beginners’ band of 24 pieces CHARLES H. KEYES, Ph.D., President and the 2nd Regimental Band of 28 pieces. Weekly concerts. EASTERN SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. aUUMANT ORGAN SCHOOL, 44 W. 12th St, Hew 1 Two manual organs (Hook and Hastings and M. P. MoIIer) offer a most TRINITY SCHOOL CHURCH MUSIC, 90 Trinity PI unique department in organ playing. The violin department is unusually strong. Other advantages — Piano tuning. Voice culture. Elocution and Physical Culture, N W VIOLIN TEACHERS Arts and Crafts. Rates: $200 to $275. No extras. 41st year. For Catalog, EASTERN ADDRESS BOX 110 DAYTON, VA. CONNECTICUT The Courtright System of Musical Kindergarten A thoroughly practical and scientific method of instructing children in music. Children taught by this system show.great skill in sightreading, a cause of great delight to the parents and large profits for teachers TAUGHT BY CORRESPONDENCE Ithaca Conservatory A mother’s course, for first instruction to children that does not conflict with the regular system is now offered for the first time. Special advance price. Write for particulars. tunity to study certain instruments, but a MRS. LILIAlJ COURTRIGHT CARD, 116 Edna Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. merely “performers,” but true artists. Unique advantages for those who look forward to concert MISSOURI work, for special attention is given to Lyceum INTERNATIONAL 3SS£R*5g£g: dated with'a flOTrishing^Entertainment Bureau and having several of its own companies in the BEETHOVEN CONSERVATORY Lyceum field. Ithaca Conservatory students are One of the oldest and best Mnsic Schools in the United States N. W. Cor. Taylor and Olive Sts., Si. Loui., Mo. holding many of the best positions available in Alto Church and Concert Engagements America, and graduates are qualified to teach music in New York State Public Schools without CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK the usual State examination or certificate. Large School of Expression and Dramatic Art associated DANA’S MUSICAL INSTITUTE ESS Summer .Schools SI&q Schools and Colleges^^^ GEORGIA |— College of Fine Arts — PENNSYLVANIA ADVANTAGES Syracuse University A DAILY LESSON IN YOUR CHOSEN STUDY A DAILY REHEARSAL IN BAND for band pupils FOUR HOURS OF PRACTICE DAILY Unexcelled advantages for the study of mu: lmodious build- BRENAU A DAILY LESSON IN THEORY nries. Resident A DAILY LESSON IN MUSICAL THEORY CONCERTS AND RECITALS ONCE EACH WEEK to the erate. Catalog COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY Normal C ONSEJMTOE? A DAILY LESSON IN SOLFEGGIO WEEKLY CHORUS REHEARSALS For c_ GAINESVILLE, GA. SPECIAL INSTRUCTION IN ENSEMBLE PLAYING Registrar, A DAILY REHEARSAL IN ORCHESTRA for orchestral pupils — - —- - 7r-7- including octette, sextette, quartette, trio and duo, for such instruments as are used in these combinations. SUMMER TERM, JUNE 29th V/C/^Z BRANCHES TAUGHT Crane Normal Institute of Music Standard College Courses — Special Piano, Organ, Stringed Instruments, Woodwind Instruments, Brass Instruments and Percussion, Training School for Supervisors of Music Most successful schools started Courses in Music, Oratory, Art, Domes¬ State Normal Schoof-aims 9 tic Science. Location, foot hills of Blue to train both the artist and / Public School Music and Voice. All branches of Theory taught by Modern Methods. BOTH SEXES years ago advertising for their the teacher to develop both f Voice culture, sight-singing, ear-training, harmony, Ridge, near Atlanta. 7 National Sorori¬ the technical and the artis- _ „ . . LYNN B. DANA, President, Desk “E,” Warren, O. pupils of today. Today they are ties. Attractive social life. Non-sectarian. For illustrated catalogue, address J’ advertising for their pupils of or Orchestral Instruments. tions in colleges,Scity an/nortnafschoo!”18111 P°al 27 States represented. Write for descrip¬ tomorrow. tive book and catalogue. thorough musical educa- a 53 MAIN ST., POTSDAM, NEW YORK tion at a reasonable figure. |l BRENAU, Georgia, Gainesville, Box 97. For illustrated catalog and p full information address: W CENTRAL ILLINOIS I || JAMES E AMENT, B B H 1 II W Ph-D,LL.D Principal, V THESE TEACHERS ADVERTISING ALBERT ROSS PARSONS Atlanta Conservatory of Music i Ju S' 9 V l iHB Indiana, Penna. ft THE MARY WOOD CHASE SCHOOL OF MUSICAL ARTS ON OTHER PAGES OF THIS ISSUE Private Teachers Students Qualified 4m5^' Faculty of Artist-Recitalists. All departments MARY WOOD CHASE. DIRECTOR-Author of “Natural Laws in Piano Techn.e. complete. School Orchestra and Chorus. Public VOCAL TEACHERS the Western Conservatory may offer their pupils regu¬ . play with musical touch, skillful pedaling, repose and breadth of School Music. Oratory. Languages. STUDENTS MAY REGISTER AT ANY TIME lar Conservatory Advantages at Home, with Certifi- as Concert Pianists “Y'h" "2?ch- teaching needs no finishing touches in Europe.” Complete Courses in all branches of music and dramatic art. Coaching students for MIDDLE WESTERN —fN. Y. Musical Courier.) Apply for personal instruction to SUMMER SESSION BEGINS June 13th, 1916 D. A. CLIPPING!®, 1208 Kimball Hall, Chicago. and Teachers : : Albert Ross Parsons. ^J!lL"nt'4U,St- concert stage. Special Normal Course for Teachers. MAME BAKBEEEUX PARKY, 514 Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago Atlanta Conservatory of Music ^^Summer 3choo For Year Book address the Secretary. CHICAGO Pr«88.BE. H?SCOTT,/a™ ^Mallere Bldg., Chicago Peachtree and Broad Streets, . Atlanta, Georgia 630 FINE ARTS BUILDING ------BALTIMORE iiMk, Louise Burton Training Music Teachers to Teach INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART l™! SOPRANO A wonderful Course in Pedagogy for all Teachers AN ENDOWED SCHOOL OF MUSIC VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY of Nlusic, by mail. ^You may be ^successful per- Available for Concerts, Ora- The opportunities of the Institute are intended only for students of natural ability Peabody Conservatory The University School of Music offers courses in Pia. theTrMtHar ’*work°a^tlie University. :orios and Costume Recitals. Pupils accepted . Address for way t™‘Screak your’hicome? WriteNo^Today! with an earnest purpose to do serious work, and no others will be accepted. For catalogue Student, may -end dm ih, 326 to 341 per quarter. bulletin Box C, 520 Fine and full information address SECRETARY, 120 Claremont Avenue, New York. BALTIMORE, MD. Tuition, 336.00 per quarter of twelve weeks. Board or Oliver P. Kinsey, Vice-President. NSj#^ Arts Bldg., Chicago, III. Bonus System of Musical Education Decatur Illinois ""T' HAROLD RANDOLPH, Director Catalogue will be mailetHree. ^^ENTS TcCEPTED AT ANY TIME. etx>gnized as the leading endowed musical conservatory of the country REALIZE YOUR MUSICAL AMBITION AT THE NEW VIRGIL Centralizing Cosmopolitan School »f Music Summer Session THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC OF CINCIN14AJI | School of and Dramatic Art PRACTICE CLAVIER p Sta* °f eminent European and American Masters including: MRS. W. S. BRACKEN, President Far superior in its latest construction to any Elizabeth'Coupon Henrietta FMth Music Assisted by eminent faculty of 50 ar¬ other instrument for teaching and practice. Eleanor Chase J. cTE £&£ SETtEST tScSisSerass w®icSK»rs:«. »■*■*•- **c“-*oi” Gertrude Radle-Paradis tists. Offers to prospective students „ . . Ortman Bart Wirtz courses of study based upon the best mod¬ ern educational principles. Diplomas and VIRGIL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Tuition $10 to $30 according to Study Centralizing School of Acting degrees conferred. Many free advantages. CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE AND CONSERVATORY Edward Dvorak, Director For Particulars address Secretary creditT'in certafn Trench*he £OHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Students may enter at any time V 3buildings, gymnasium, fine campus, h“lE“Us1s .S/academy Departments: Piano, Theory, Voice, Violin, IRGIL Executive Office, 567 Third Ave., New York City C 1 M .. e. PraCUee Pian0S B' S' degreC science, elocution, u i of J. C. 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Summer Schools Summer Schools Slimmer Schools Sum mgr Schools ^ CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS MISSOURI COLORADO CHICAGO CHICAGO FOREST PARK E RP?£?oEGER Nordstrom Carter, Voice. 56th Year. Edward B. Fleck Effa Ellis Perfield SHERWOOD MUSIC SCHOO Miss Carolyn Alehin Summer Course for ff™ Senior and Junior Colleges, Pi Teacher of Artistic Piano Playing AMERICAN I.,l« Tbit etretAm ? , "" ' * ° ^81 PEDAGOGY Special Summer Course for Teachers MUSIC-EDUCATION CONSERVATORY _ d by Mrs. President, St. Louis. Repertoire and Normal Work in Piano Technic d Henry, A1 1527 High Sti - Denver, Colo. 200 BRANCHES CALVIN B. CADY NORTH CAROLINA lecturer in music, teachers college, MISS ALCHIN, 1227 S. Hoov< 300 TEACHERS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK. / MUSIC NEW JERSEY 6000 PUPILS MR. and MRS. CROSBY ADAMS NORMAL COURSES AND Annual Summer Classes for Teachers of Piano JULY SUMMER SCHOOL PRIVATE CLASSES for the Study of Teaching Material ' HEPARD Not a correspondence course nor a Kin- SPECIAL SUMMER RATES CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A Summer Session in the Cool Ozarks MONTREAT, N. C. : CHICAGO, ILL. | SYSTEMS CUMMER June 15-28 July 27-Aug. 9 co jorate se^lof Stateof IHinois^ Accred- UNIVERSITY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS } THOSE INTERESTED SHOULD WRITE AT ONCE FOR INFORMATION ^ ^vVriU* for ^booklet containing outline and strong f Simplify jtudy For particulars apply 1106 Lake Shore Drive ig School for Teachers and Performers Effa Ellis Perfield Music School, Inc. E. A. BUTLER, Sec’y Sherwood Music School JUNE 26th to JULY 28th Hahn Music School 3919 S. Junius St. Dallas, Texas MONTREAT," NORTH CAROLINA 300 Fine Arts Building, Chicago FOR Session also in Dallas, Texas. :: Terms very reasonable SHEPARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Orange, N. J. PENNSYLVANIA TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF MUSIC- MASSACHUSETTS k PIANOFORTE, VOCAL, KINDERGARTEN CENTRAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL PITTSBURGH MUSICAL in Music Apprec INSTITUTE, Inc. Holderness Symphony Com -COMPREHENSIVE COURSES MAKE THE 4259 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh \ Summer School BLANCHE DINGLEY MATHEWS Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art Summer Course for Piano Teachers -« M EIGHTH ST.. S. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SUMMER TERM, 1916 of Music l or^ry '^D^rmaUc5 Art ft!^”” ,fESS10N’ JUNE 12th-AUG. 7th. ™ Circulars Upon Request ▲lien H. Daugherty, Principal An Ideal Campon CHICAGO upils may enter at any time. Send for ninatrated Catalog E. Chicago Musical College A SUMMER COURSE July 31st to August 12th Dr. F. Ziegfeld, President 50th Yiar in HARMONY and COMPOSITION wilUwglreii per- tnd L<___ FREDERIC WOODMAN ROOT Suite 800, Lyon and Healy Building, Jackson Blvd. ramatic Art in the World. 100 T« CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY of MUSIC established iser. j SUMMER SCHOOL, JUNE 26th to JULY 29th is familiar with all “methods” and the For circular and further information Recitals, Recreation Violin successful devices of voice teaching; CLARA BAUR, Foundress l and Drat and he has had the largest experience Address, BLANCHE DINGLEY MATHEWS 29 East 18th Avenue, Denver, Colorado Faculty of International Reputation tFUEDWOOtE^Biu.'] PuSicsT of Music. Suppliesteachen in systematizing these for the advance¬ nches. Terms Reasonable All Departments Open Throughout the Summer Allen H. Daugherty, 218 Tremont St., Boiton, Mac id complete catalog mailei ment of singers and the equipment of teachers. Mr. Root announces Elocution—M US IC—Languages Also Special Summer Course in A NORMAL CLASS PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC Location and surroundings ideal for Summer study Professional Directory BUSH CONSERVATORY to be held ten days in July, 1916, the ~ Catalogue and Cii ’ * WALTER SPRY Fine Arts , work to consist in general drill, illus¬ MISS BERTHA BAUR, Directress, Highland Avenue and Oak St., Cincinnati, 0. NORTH CLARK STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE SCHOOLS SCHOOLS KENNETH M. BRADLEY, President and Director EDGAR A. NELSON, Assistant Directoi MUSIC SCHOOL SS trative lessons to individuals, exposi¬ tion of material for teaching and NEW YORK MIDDLE WESTERN SUMMER TERM—June 26 to July 29 practice, and an orderly presentation SUMMER NORMAL of the whole subject of voice culture CONSERVATORY Beginning June 26th MO—Walter Spry, Cedric W. Lemont Piano, Voice, 0r| VIOLJM- Hugo Kortschak and singing, giving especial attention AMERICAN! AMERICAN Kimball HallBall _Chicago SPECIAL COURSES VOICE—Cora M. Libberton to the fundamentals from which alone EVELYN, Music Expression Public School Music vocal training can develop successfully. 404H. CarnegieRAWLINS Hall, New YorkBAKER_ i BILLS " aGARDNERCCITY^ KANSAS Certific , ,_ Chautauqua byAanCuniurdpa^ed1FacSfo?“D;r sixty Instructors, including. ' Mme JULIE RIVE-KING Guy Herbert Woodard BARTEL°TO'-!~»n£rai..,,. BROWN Robert Yale Sr KIMBALL HALL, CHICAGO, ILL. Mae Julia Riley BEECHWOOD c°E*sfi,srit Cl N CIN N AT I!» Emile LeClercq Summer School of Music DANA'S: ALFRED HALL AM, Director CONCERT PIANIST ntaining its Own Dormitories. THE COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC combs:: CLARE OSBORNE REED, Director henry: EDWARD H.' SCHWENKER, Seen Summer Term June 26th to July 24th (Spec,a/ Rates for Summer Work) 20 instructors. 350 enrollments from all parts of the country in faelten: KNOX' PIANO—VOICE—VIOLIN-THEORY—PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC 1915. Part of the great Chautauqua Summer Schools with their 2,700 :atalog address registrar S09 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO HAWTHORNE pupils. 1916 session, July 10 to August 18. VOICE MOULTON! EASTERN ROY DAVID BROWN Vocal Instruction THE NEW HAVEN' [NORTHWESTERN Horatio Connell, Philadelphia; Charles E. Washburn, Nashville, Voice,FALK! Violin, Piano,Theory, et< SPECIAL SUMMER COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND SERIOUS STUDENTS W.; Frederic G. Shattuck, New York. len weeks, from June 19 to August 26 NEW YORK STOCK Instrumental Work normal MIDDLE WESTERN , .. ■ * Ernest Hutcheson, New York, Piano; Sol Marcosson, Cleveland, rsSir GROFF-BRYANT_Chicago, and Lombard College, Galesburg, unjoin. Violin; Henry B. Vincent, Erie, Pa., Organ. PATTERSON SSS1 petersilea:™^,. VIOLIN School Methods for Music Teachers T r a p v CUAEs^etl^P;rruoUo“ EASTERN 1 11 HO 1 Carnegie Hall, New York, N. Y. Edward R. Hawley. Westfield, Mass.; Alfred Hallam, Skidmore School-of Arts. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; James Bird, Marietta, Ohio. VIRGIL K R 1 E N S CHRIS's1ULdio Carn°giP'HaUVl0llnl't Great recitals and oratorios. Orchestra all season. Russian MIDDLE WESTERN vMiTr:~3~w_ Symphony Orchestra, August 7-12. The famous Chautauqua volun¬ or Southland Seminary, St. Petersburg, Fla. teer choir and 2 quartets of soloists. A band; a men s glee club, a LICHTENSTEIN ZOLLER —«SE= St. Louis, Mo. children's chorus. The Massey Memorial Organ is one of the greatest SOUTHERN THEORY AND NORMAL COURSES ‘^ruments in the country. The Chautauqua chimes make perhaps the final contribution to the “musical atmosphere. BRAND0N“”»S:»^,. BEAL SYSTEM ES-SSI For tuition fees and all particulars, address the schoo Thorough^rapid delightful ?uKratedbTk^dJ®' Pay’ CONVERSE COLLEGESpartanburg,™— S. Car. EDW. F. BEAL, Inst., flpSSwwTko. BOX 402 PEABODY SS" CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y. SCHOOL OF MUSIC SKINNER respondence.6 ] S.C.I.S2ra, Band. Piano Tuning. Catalog free. 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Special Notices The World of Music jL Professional Want Notices five cents Have You Studied Harmony? Department for Children grf.AHother notices ten cents per word. Continued from page 401 Harmony is the grammar of music, a knowledge of which will make you a better Edited by JO-SHIPLEY WATSON _.vrED—A violinist by a school in the °ln.th annual convention of music su- musician and more appreciative of the music you play, teach or hear. Harmony jSwt Address R. M. C.. care of Thu ,pervisors took place this year at Lincoln, teaches you to analyze music, memorize more rapidly, transpose at sight, analyze Bri*._ Neb. Numerous helpful addresses were made. melodies, detect wrong notes and faulty progressions, and to compose, arrange, or orchestrate in a musicianly manner. \vui\K FRYSINGER—Music MSS. If, “O I‘K on 111 the public schools of America, J* fJi University School of Music, lain- inere was a very large attendance, more than Your .musical education is not complete without a thorough and correct The ’Fraid Bogie’s Triumph auu being present on the first day Some knowledge of Harmony. You can quickly overcome any deficiency and round out £* __ very excellent concerts were also given. The your education by taking our weekly lessons under America’s eminent teachers, LTV0 AXO VOICE TEACHER desires offers elected for the ensuing year were as Adolph Rosenbecker and Daniel Protheroe, in the quiet and privacy of your own A Playlet in Two Parts college or school. N. C. T„ care f° «wb : P. W Dykema, President; Charles H. home at small cost. if!M Miller, Vrce-President; Julia Crane, Secre¬ In these Master lesson? you don’t merely learn “cut and dried” rules without Characters : Miss Duty (salutes Time and Grandma (Grandma Practice Period puts her Miss Duty (aside) : What will Grand¬ cy ; James Mcllroy, Treasurer, and K. W. Gehrkins new member of Board of Directors. knowing how to apply them in a practical way, but ample original work with written Miss Girl, a young music student. arm around Miss Duty. The three stand ma Practice Period say to this fiasco? m SALE—Antique Harp, seven pedals, examinations develops your knowledge and fixes the principles in your mind for Practice Period) : I have brought her. for„ on ter. Made by Erard Freres, Paris, Grandma Practice Period, an old lady. Miss Girl (sullenly): What is your behind Miss Girl’s piano stool.) (Miss Girl stumbling along, forgets en¬ 111. D. H. W., care The Etude. future use. Read what eminent authorities say and realize that this is Mr. Time, a middle-aged gentleman. tirely.) Scene II. burg, S. C., Miss Duty, a maid. The ’Fraid Bogie (leers over the piano vour COMPOSITION arranged for Band, Symphony C_1Jcl.u ellJ™ Grandma Practice Period (taking Miss (In Molly’s house. A party is in pro¬ .tra Piano Solo, Voices, etc. Geo. F. ’Fraid Bogie, an intruder. top): I told you so. I can make you do Walter Damrosch will naturally act „ Girl’s hand) : I wish you would love me. gress. Guests laugh and talk.) jjjfgel, ill W. Forty-fourth Street, New ^t0r' r,’onverse College Choral Society Miss Girl (under her breath) : Tire¬ Molly (laughingly) : Now, folks, all anything, forget anything you have afc . ' ■;__ and a children s chorus of five hundred voices Your Great Opportunity Part I. learned. will take part. The vocal soloists engaged some old lady! How I hate the sight of be seated, Mr. Time is here and our pro¬ Scene I. MUSIC WRITTEN to words. Manuscripts are Laura Combs, Anna Case, Merle Tillotson her! (Withdraws her hand.) gram must begin. Miss Girl (desperately) : I never broke «rrprted. Correspondence lessons in har- Alcock John H. Campbell, Theodore Harrison, P. C. Lutkin, Dean of the Northwestern University School of Music, says: Miss Girl (looking out of front (Mr. Time distributes programs.) down there before. I know that place ,J,y Dr. Alfred Wooler, composer, Buf- Robert Maitland and Tilly Koenen. In addi¬ “Students who complete your Harmony Course and pass the examinations with window) : Too bad, I believe it’s going to Miss Duty (urgently) : See! There is perfectly. tion Jacques Renard, the ’cellist, has been Molly (taking her place near the engaged. The works to be given Include satisfactory grades, will be given credit for two years’ work in the Northwestern rain on Molly’s party to-night and I can’t Mr. Time, also. (Leads Miss Girl to piano) : Our first number will be a piano Mr. Time (coming forward): Sorry to Handel s Messiah and Donizetti’s Luoia di University School of Music in that study.” wear mv new dress. him.) WASTED—Earnest students of Harmony Lammermoor, in addition to excellent Instru¬ solo played by our dear friend, Miss Girl. interrupt; but we must go on with our Robert W. Stevens, Instructor at the University of Chicago, says: “I am Miss Duty (in white cap and apron): Mr. Time (extending his hand and br correspondence. Method simple, logical, mental and other items. (Loud clapping of hands.) next number. (Assists Miss Girl from thorough, modern, fascinating. Write Dr. pleased to use Protheroe’s Harmony Lessons as material for our classes, both in the Grandma is not worrying over your smiling) : So glad to see you, Miss Girl. Carl Hoffman, Vineland, N. J. In the death of Dr. W. L. Blumenschein, elementary ones in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and in my Miss Duty (whispers to Miss Girl) : the stool.) dress, little Miss Girl, it’s your playing, I am your servant, at your command. Dayton, Ohio, has lost a great musician, who advanced grades. This work correctly done is well worth the credit.” Come! (Leads her to the piano.) Miss Girl (weeping) : I am disgraced! was also a great citizen. Dr. Blumenschein and you haven’t practiced to-day! Bid me do something for you. (Bows PIANO SOLO—Peace Forever March has Walter Damrosch, Director of the New York Symphony Orchestra, writes: The ’Fraid Bogie (rising over the Miss Duty (giving her a handker¬ . -tvthmic melody that persistently lingers ; was born in Brusbach, Germany, 1849, and Miss Girl (annoyed) : I know T low to Miss Girl.) My business is to was brought to Pittsburgh at the age of three. “The lessons are admirably prepared and serve their purpose in every particular. piano): Here she comes. He! He! chief) : Don’t make a fuss, everyone is Sue harmonv. Ask your bandmaster to play haven’t. Don’t forever keep telling me I It Price, 30 cents, net. Published by W. L. He completed his musical education in Leip¬ I had no idea that such sound knowledge of music could be imparted in this novel Miss Girl (seated at the piano, strikes looking. Listen now. (Mendelssohn’s Floyd, Crosby, North Dakota, or at dealers. zig, Germany, and went to Dayton In 1878. haven’t. I’ll play all right, half of them Miss Girl (wrathfully): Stupid ! Why fashion, and I beg to congratulate you and your pupils.” some rambling chords.) "Spring Song" is heard.) For twenty-five years he directed the Dayton won’t listen anyway. (Looks . out the does he push himself forward! He is Philharmonic Society. He also directed the Valuable Art Catalog sent free, contains sample lessons, a musical dictionary, The ’Fraid Bogie (grinning) : I have Miss Duty: That’s Edith. I knew she window again.) absolutely without modesty. Lyra Society and the Orpheus Society of In¬ and full details of these Harmony Lessons; also our courses in Piano (Teachers’ her now! Ha! Ha! Go on! What would do wonderfully well to-night. vccal*organ Is weak. Learn of --- dianapolis, Ind. In 1891 he was appointed to Normal Training Course with Paderewski’s endorsement) by the great Sherwood; Miss Duty (earnestly) : Some will Miss Duty (gripping Miss Girl’s Grandma Practice Period told me yester¬ emery by a musician-anatomist of lnterna- prepare the chorus for the Cincinnati May Pipe Organ by Clarence Eddy; Public School Music, Choral Conducting, History, are you waiting for? tiona! standing. Free booklet will explain. Festival, and did noteworthy work in that listen. Some one will hear and tell about hand) : Come, or it will be too late. Play day. (Listens to music.) Advanced Composition, etc., by equally eminent teachers. Satisfaction guaranteed. it. (To herself.) Everyone is not a Miss Girl (shudders) : I can’t remem¬ Perfect Voice Institute, Chicago, XU., 4328 N connection. He was also organist at the your scales, your five-finger exercises, Miss Girl (with head on Duty’s Third Street Presbyterian Church in Dayton. Write today and learn of remarkable Scholarship Offer. It costs you nothing—you dumb head. (Aloud.) And besides Mr. ber the first note. (Begins piece in wrong your arpeggios. (Leads Miss Girl to the shoulder) : Take me home! He was a thorough and sincere musician, who have everything to gain and nothing to lose. State age and course in which in¬ Time is coming over especially to hear key and changes to right one.) worked hard and gloriously for the art we all terested. Get the catalog, then decide. open piano.) The ’Fraid Bogie (laughs gleefully) : serve. He is survived by a widow, two sons the young people. and a daughter. Grandma Practice Period (linking her I made her do that! I can make her do Scene III. (stamps) for "Gems of Melody,” six Miss Girl (moving away from the arm into Mr. Time’s) : Let us watch her. pieces; very tuneful and properly edited. window) : Oh bother Mr. Time! He’s anything! TMs trial offer to teachers only. Order now, By the time this appears in print the Min¬ Siegel-Myers School of Music, She is tricky. (Miss Girl fumbles over (In Grandma Practice Period’s living neapolis Symphony Orchestra will have com¬ Mr. Time (uneasily) : Wonder what’s i will be pleased. W. F. Strong (publisher 1526 Siegel-Myers Building, Chicago, Illinois always poking his nose into other people’s some new music.) room. Miss Girl enters with Duty.) “•-Is and Blossoms"), Dixon, Ill. pleted its pilgrimage at Duluth, Minn., after business! (pouts.) up. Why doesn’t she go on, or stop al¬ having passed through the States of South Miss Duty (weeping) : What can I do! together. Dear me! How mortifying! Grandma Practice Period (rising): Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Grandma Practice Period (calling How did it go, dear? Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Michi¬ from outside) : Come, little Miss Girl, it’s Miss Duty (shakes her head). gan, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, giving in all time to visit me; remember, too, you ninety-five concerts in the larger cities and Miss Girl (sobbing) : I am disgraced. Organ Melodies haven’t played your exercises and scales Grandma Practice Period : Tell me all for two whole long days. Gems from Classic and Modern Com¬ The eminent English organist, Reginald about it, dear. Goss-Custard, has been over to this coun¬ (Five-finger exercises, scales, arpeggios From a Music Lover’s Scrapbook Miss Girl : Oh! The most terrible posers compiled and arranged try for a short visit and has given one LATEST and best heard from without.) for the Pipe Organ or two recitals in New York. He has recently Miss Girl (petulantly): Old stupid! vision appeared over the piano top and resigned his position as organist at St. Mar¬ Watch the conductor at the next made me make-mistakes and everything! garet's, Westminster, a famous old London I can play my piece without practicing autograph score of MacDowell’s Indian By C. W. LANDON Church. St. Margaret’s has always been a scales for two days. I know it well band concert. Where the music mounts Suite, a gift from the composer; the Grandma Practice Period (shaking fashionable place at which to get married. enough for those people and I have to a climax the baton sweeps in broad autograph of Ethelbert Nevin’s Rosary, her head): Yes, I know, dear. I know Price, $1.00 During the fourteen years Goss-Custard was there he officiated at over 600 notable wed¬ played it dozens of times. I tell you they circles, and, when he really forgets him¬ the gift of the composer’s wife. the vision quite well, he’s an old enemy BEGINNER’S BOOK dings. He is, by the way, a grand-nephew of of mine. A veritable mine of good things wont listen ! (Looks frowningly at Miss self, the conductor’s two arms are Sir John Goss, a famous o—*- '•*“ SCHOOL OF THE PIANOFORTE Duty.) flung wide and he is poised like the Miss Girl (wonderingly) : An enemy! for the busy practical organist. and composer < b excellent church m Miss Duty (takes Miss Girl’s arm) : flying Mercury of noble art. Where It is said that Washington found re¬ I thought- (stops suddenly). Not a dry or tedious number in ANOTHER $100,000 has been donated by By Theodore Presser Price 75 Cents lief from Valley Forge suffering by Grandma Practice Period: Yes, he’s the book. Some of the greatest Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolldge, of Pitts¬ the strain is suddenly hushed he fairly field, Mass., to the pension fund of the Chi¬ (Scales, five-finger exercises, arpeggios, crouches and shudders away from the playing the flute, and Lincoln loved the an enemy, a fearful enemy and ’most as melodies ever written arranged as cago Symphony Orchestra. The first $100,000 merry jig of a fiddle. A modern elementary work for young piano students, etc., heard from without.) flashing avalanche of tone. Delicate old as Time. He hates us both. preludes, postludes and offertories. was given by Mrs. Coolldge in memory of her father; this last donation is in memory of stroke and light touches mark the Miss Girl (weeping) : I never want to All of the transcriptions are new her mother, Mrs. Nancy Sprague, who died on from the beginning up to, but not including, the scales Scene II. dainty passages, and a fierce sudden play again. March 28 last. The entire sum Is to be The ladies who invite young singers and made especially for this book. known as the Albert and Nancy Sprague Me¬ (Mr. Time, in Grandma’s Practice stamp of the foot the onslaught upon a (The ’Fraid Bogie, unseen, laughs CDET'IAI rf A TT ID 17 C planned for the veriest beginner. Every- to entertain their friends usually pay morial Fund. In addition to these two mu¬ l-'GIAL rLAlUIvLO thing made plain, step by step. Clearness Period’s living room. Skips about the loudly.) nificent gifts smaller collections have rushing phrase. To watch the conduc¬ amply for the goodies on the table, for of Notation, special large notes. Reading, Writing and Note Spelling room, dusts and opens the piano.) Miss Duty (firmly): But you will made, so that the pension ind «=as “a ”whole tor is to open the ears of many a flowers and for their gowns. But the theo.presser CO., now amounts to $237,500. Exercises. Review Questions on the Lessons. Duets for Teacher and Mr. Time: Ha! Ha! How some of play, I’ll see to it myself. listener to things he had not heard art which has cost the singer or player Publishers Pupil. New and Interesting Musical Material. Everything attractive. these young students hate me! Grandma Practice Period : Indeed, dear i apparently much friction : much time and financial sacrifice to No dry exercises. Grandma Practice Period (beckoning child, you must play. It is by practicing PHILADELPHIA, PA. ment of Alfred Hertz as conductor of W to Mr. Time) : Sit by me, dear Time; in gain is held worth nothing. San Francisco Sympbonv Orchestra. There is In a well composed piece of music and playing everyday and doing Duty's n nrnbabilitv that a serious rival to the Sym¬ Mr. Theodore Presser was for many years a successful, practi¬ truth you are their best friend. the musicianly player understands the missions faithfully that you will make phony Orchestra will be found in the People’s cal piano teacher. The preparation of this work has been for him Mr. Time (sighs) : But they don’t use Philharmonic. The name of Henry K. Hadley, phrase eijding just as he understands Debussy’s music has the same sub¬ the ’Fraid Bogie afraid to appear. The Boys’ Magazine former conductor of the Symphony Orcnestia, a veritable labor of love, embodying the best results of his long per¬ the phrases in languages. Nowadays it tlety which marked Poe’s art. It would Miss Duty (urgently) : You will see is being mentioned as conductor of the Phil¬ sonal experience, aided and supplemented by his exhaustive knowl¬ Grandma Practice Period (earnestly) : 6 MONTHS ONLY 25 CENTS! is the practice to leave out all the be hard to find any prose writing that him always and forever if you fail to harmonic. edge of educational musical literature, and his further knowledge Perhaps not; but you are not the only punctuation possible, for the well-writ¬ practice regularly, if you fail to use Time seems more naturally in key with Subscription. The performance of Mahler’s Eighth Sym¬ of the needs and demands of the busy modern teacher gained by one to suffer. Look at me! (Time looks ten page really does not need the well. phony by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the at her searchingly.) I’m a broken¬ Debussy’s music than Poe’s tales. years of personal contact as a publisher. “points,” as they are called, as guides Grandma Practice Period (taking Miss feVkofeSSH i°nf N^W^o^n^: hearted, dispirited old lady. to the meaning of the page. So earlier equivocal success. T'he 'iuge Metropolitan Girl’s hand) : Do not think we are tire¬ Onera House was crowded with an audience This book is equally well adapted for the young teacher and for Mr. Time (consolingly) : Well, I sup¬ composers expected their readers to Browning seems to have loved music some old people, we are your dearest world, ^hock-lull of just the pose they don’t grumble at you half so kind ol reading go« want your the experienced professional. It contains everything necessary for follow their musical ideas as clearly as and to have written of it with insight, friends, consult us and love us, for we boy to hava Clean^inspirlng ’same6 much as they grumble at me. (Takes starting out a beginner in the right way. It does not exploit any a reader follows the printed page of yet his own verse is not often melodious, love you dearly. writers. Practical and in- nearly aathoursandUvo^cesan?adehtheCtrip from Grandma’s hand, drops it suddenly as he structi it departments devoted special methods or systems, but is based upon common sense. words. Bach gave almost no expres¬ and except for a few swift lyrics, little Miss Girl (embracing Grandma Prac¬ to Electricity. Mechanics, Hhiladeiphia^to ^art.^The New York hears a noise from without.) sion or phrase marks. He expected has been set to music successfully. tice Period) : I’ll mind you, and I’ll never Grandma Practice Period (blushing) : trv. Stamp and Coin Collect-^ the player to be a musician. call you “Stupid” again (pats Grandma’s ing. Poultry and ~Pets, Boys It’s Duty, I sent her after Miss Girl. Clubs. Educational Competi¬ h In the short time it has been on the market the white hair) and I’ll treat Time well, for tions, etc., etc. - 100.000 boys-- ^^greaTTsphatYon™‘m-.c itself success of BEGINNER’S BOOK has been phenomenal Hugo Wolf, the German song writer, I know you two are old sweethearts. BOYS* MAOAZINE. Get Part II. Give your teacher a fair trial. splendid magazine for your said the business of the composer is Miss Duty (earnestly): Do you Scene I, boy or lor some boy in whom not to write German music or Russian promise? iterested. It will give him Enter Miss Duty, leading Miss Girl The Library of Congress includes a festival' proportions^ a^dC^aIs1Safterwards1Jiex- music or French music, but simply t§£'£r-montha' subscription-,ust — THEO. 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Please name about ten pieces for a boy who they had been spending their preceding time in literary a proven success. No better - found in any other collection, some of them independent throughout, and they will afford plays flfth and sixth grade, and appreciates really 1. How early should scales be taught? I have having been written especially for this book, or educational work, and their hands remained reason¬ always avoided giving them to young beginners. the best possible practice In elementary en¬ good music. ine best writers are represented. semble playing. 2. What do you consider the quickest and best ably supple. The only thing you can expect to do is 2. Would you advise three twenty-minute lessons IN THE GREENWOOD books to use in a beginner s first year'; II. D. to acquire a fair amount of proficiency, but carry on per week, instead of two half-hour lessons, for a pupil nine years old? THE MERMAID STANDARD STUDENT’S OLD FAVORITES Characteristic Pieces in Lighter Vein In answering your question I assume that the classical your studies to an advanced stage. You can thus turn 3. Are duets desirable for beginners? for the Pianoforte, Four Hands your attention to teaching, and perhaps to the literary Cantata for Women’s Voices Album of Pieces for the Pianoforte repertoire, from which no pupil should be without 4. Should a child be taught to count aloud from CLASSIC ALBUM By MATHILDE BILBRO Price, 50 cent* the very first? C. L> By FANNIE SNOW KNOWLTON Price, 50 cent* Price, 25 cents selections, is familiar to you. Beethoven, Bach, Schu¬ and critical side of the art with advantage to yourself Price, 50 cents Good easy duets are always in demand. if you happen to be located in a large city. As a In this volume many of the favorite old These are original four-hand pieces, and mann, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert and Mendels¬ This is a volume made up of teaching ~mes have been gathered together in new sohn are as indispensable to a good musician as teacher you may, by earnest study, acquire much au¬ 1. With tiny folk do not try to crowd them with too and recital pieces, either classic or semi¬ they are not teacher and pupil duets. They classic in character, all lying in the inter¬ and effective arrangements. We refer espe¬ may be played by two students of almost thority, particularly for the earlier and medium ad¬ much knowledge during the first year. Little pitchers cially to some of the old dances, such as equal grade. None of the duets go beyond Shakespeare is to a student of English literature. In mediate grades. It is a large and hand¬ "College Hornpipe," "Fisher's Hornpipe," vanced grades. The virtuoso question, however, is a can only hold small measure. You have accomplished some volume, one of a series printed from second grade either in the primo or secondo the fifth grade: Grieg, Rigaudon, Op. 40, No. 5; Grieg, extra large plates. This volume has real “Virginia Reel," etc., and some patriotic parts, and the earlier part of the book Opus 43; March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54; Saint-Saens, very dubious one. more for the child’s future if you have aroused an pianoforte accompaniment. The melodies, such as “Columbia, the Gem of starts in grade one. The duets are in taken from tbe well-known verses by educational value aside from the musical the Ocean,” "Red, White and Blue,” “Star- interest in music, and made him or her pleased to go interest of the pieces, and it may be used characteristic vein, each bearing an appro¬ First Mazurka, Op. 21; Schiitt, Reverie, Op. 34, No. 5; in preparation for work in the larger clas¬ Spangled Banner,” etc., also some of the priate title, such as “The Piping Thrush,” Schubert-Liszt, Soiree de Vienne, No. 6. Sixth grade, An Incorrigible to the piano. Therefore you can postpone the begin¬ sics, leading to the master pieces of the traditional melodies, such as “Washing¬ “Bobolink,” “Message of the Violets," ton’s March,” “The Plow Boy,” “The Span¬ "Pixie Dance,” etc. A good book for the Brahms, Ballade, Op. 10, No. 1; Moszkowski, Moment great composers. There are 48 pieces ir ” ish Patriot,” etc. It is a volume which will I have a pupil who insists that she practices her ning of the scales until towards the end of the first PANDORA beginning of sight reading. Musical, No. 4 in G; Wagner-Bendel, Prize Song from prove pleasing to both young and old. technic. I find upon investigation, however, that year. With older children or adults, of course, scales AN OPERETTA the “Meistersinger”; Wagner-Liszt, Evening Star from her complete practice period scarcely exceeds fifteen may be dictated at an earlier stage. minutes. She uses her own fingering, plays with a BjC.E.LEMASSENA Price, $1.00 MAJOR AND MINOR “Tannhduser”; Weber, Invitation to the Dance. These THE LITTLE ARTIST stiff wrist, and makes so many mistakes that I have 2. It has always seemed to me that it would be a Studies, Exercises, and Preludes for TOY SHOP SKETCHES decided to dismiss her. Her mother, however, begs A brilliant operatic setting, suitable for Miniatures for the Pianoforte are on the basis of the ten grades of the Standard me to continue. Is it worth while to go on with so great thing for the cause of music when daily lessons young people, of the old Grecian myth as the Pianoforte in all the Major Tuneful Melodies for Little Folk irresponsible a pupil, and if so, what books can I retold by Hawthorne. The work is divided for the Pianoforte By FRANCES TERRY Price, 50 cents could be arranged, after the manner of school studies. into three short acts, seventeen musical and Minor Keys 2. There is no quickest book. Much depends upon give her to interest her ? N. B. of five teaching pieces lying The average pupil uses too little intelligence in his numbers in all. By omitting the instru¬ By C. ROLLING Price, 75 cents By J. H. ROGERS Price, 75 cents the skill of the teacher. I have seen nothing, however, Your pupil seems almost hopeless unless you can mental numbers it may be used as a can¬ One of the most valuable study books artistic set of pieces for young practice. The oftener the teacher can supply or sup¬ tata or one-act operetta. The choruses are n elaboi_ that is superior to the New Beginner’s Book, followed make her understand the necessity of practice and the that has been published in a long time. has mastered the rudiments and the pre¬ plement it the better, especially in the early grades. almost entirely in unison. The music is There are twenty-four studies in this work, printed in 1 liminary finger work. The composer is by the Progressive Piano Student. amount of it. Also exact from her a promise that she sprightly and tuneful throughout and easily each study being preceded by an appropri¬ foremost well known as a writer of educational Hence I should approve of the three twenty-minute learned. The costumes, properties and ate preparatory exercise containing finger American composers, is at nis very best in pieces for young players, and her work is will give you the amount of time you think best, and sceneries are such as may be easily pre¬ writing for the young. These pieces are lessons. Children need frequent supervision. work, scales and arpeggios, and followed invariably pleasing. The pieces in The lay out her work exactly as you plan it. She is pared. The dialogue is not lengthy, but it by a prelude in the same key. All the valuable for teaching, yet at the same time Little Artist are genuinely melodious 3. Elementary duets furnish excellent finger training, is sparkling and telling throughout. twenty-four major and minor keys are ex¬ their melodious nature and characteristic throughout and are contrasted in style. 1. When should a teacher introduces a text.book apparently totally devoid of all understanding of the emplified, following their regular order. In vein will appeal to young players. The They are characteristic pieces rather than upon pedaling? What are the best books to be situation, or willingness to apply herself to its neces¬ and surprise the pupil at their beauty when the teacher addition to their technical value these titles of the several pieces are “Jolly Teddy dances. Their titles are as follows : “The employed In this way? supplies the second part. Interspersing such work in studies are all very musical throughout. Bears,” “Toy Soldiers’ March,” “Dance of Echoing Bugle,” “Little Southern Melody,” 2. I have a student now studying the Cramer sities. She should give herself seriously to the practice WELL-KNOWN PIANO SOLOS They are of intermediate grade. the Toys,” “Fairy Stories,” “Hobbv Horse,” "Who Knocks at the Door,” “In a Rose Etudes, Bach's Two Part Inventions, Czerny-Lieb- you desire, and understand the various touches and be the regular work affords variety and pleasure. AND HOW TO PLAY THEM “Punch and Judy Show,” “Dolly’s Delight.” Garden,” “Sailing.” ling Exercises, Scales as outlined In Hanon, willing to try and acquire them. To cure her wrist 4. Most certainly. If it is neglected at the start it Mathew’s Grade IX, Heller’s Art of Phrasing, and By C. W. WILKINSON Price, $1.50 solos by master composers to correspond in grade. and other defects she will need to have special work will be difficult to learn later, besides seeming infinitely THE GREATEST LOVE STANDARD BRILLIANT ALBUM What more should follow? Is the above material In this valuable work many of the stand¬ well balanced? The pupil performs with ease, assigned to her, to which she must be reasonably more irksome. Begin the audible counting from the ard teaching and recital pieces a Cantata for Easter or General Use Price, 50 cents ORGAN MELODIES grace, sure touch, accurate fingering and velocity, attentive. Unless the mother is willing to cooperate _r both from the teehni very first beginning. Words by R. BRONNER Music by H.W. PETRIE We ^ give pai Gems from Classic and Modern and has a wonderful gift for sight-reading. Her with you in seeing that this is carried out, the case is esthetic standpoints. These i greatest failing Is in the matter of pedaling. pieces about which one wishes Price, 75 cents Shower of Stars Composers compiled and arranged a dubious one. If she is thoroughly incorrigible and ad they are all pieces which i for the Pipe Organ __ _ _ populai __ fine new church cantat suitable for rebellious, you will find your work practically futile. performance by any quart!.. _.j or chorus “Valse Venetif_ 1. Pedaling should be taught from the early stages Eternal Czerny Edward Baxter Perry. Onr edition of this By C. W. LANDON Price, $1.00 You did not state her age, nor her stage of advance¬ work is edited bv Mr. E. Hipsher. It has ■hoir. It is of just about tl-the right length Ringuet; ’“Coming o the Band,” Engel- or use at any special musical service, or mann ; “Beetles’ Danci ” Holst; “Serenadf “ A veritable mine of good things for the by dictation. Elementary students are not able to been brought up to date and adapted for busy practical organist. Not a dry or ment, hence can give no advice as to books. Evidently, the special needs of American teachers, a t might be included in the program of any understand a treatise on pedaling. You would better however, you will have to confine yourself to such •horal society. There are twelve numbers “Silver Chimes,” Wettach : “Dancing Rivu¬ tedious number in the book. Some of the number of pieces being included which are iivided up between the four soloists and let,” Drumheller: “Delta Kappa Epsilon," greatest melodies ever written arranged as tell them the simple principles and see that they follow things as are very easy of comprehension. Give her and gave me something else. Is it not to be found in the original work. preludes, postludes and offertories. All are study it by myself, as I seem to like the chorus. The Easter story is told in Pease; and others equally attractive. them. Later The Pedals of the Piano, by Hans Schmitt, things that are within her intelligence. She must do it? Is it poetic language and the music is appropri- of moderate difficulty, suited to the average and Pedal Studies, by Arthur Whiting, may be of use essary for a well-equipped young throughout. It is all o" ’ player and adapted for two manual organs. these well before you can begin to lead her upward. teacher to 1 dious character, not difficu.. .. - All of the transcriptions are new and made to you. Mason takes up the matter very sensibly in Telocity T GENERAL STUDY BOOK but brilliant in effect. This cantata THE LIGHT EVERLASTING especially for this book. the fourth book of Touch and Technic. By MATHILDE BILBRO Price, 50 cents ure to interest the choir and CHURCH CANTATA Nothing seems ever to have supplanted Czerny in A very useful book of studies and recrea¬ e pleasing to the congregation. 2. The course of study you have outlined ought to Weak Little Fingers tions, well adapted to accompany or to By J. R. GILLETTE Price, 50 cents produce satisfactory results. Any of the books men¬ general favor among teachers. Many who tire of it, supplement any instruction hook or method. This work is unusual in that while_ A ROSE DREAM exceptionally difficult, it has a full, rich tioned may be used at her stage of development for What is the best remedy for very weak fingers as is natural when one has many pupils, return to it The pieces are for both two and four OPERETTA FOR YOUNG FOLKS with little children ? Some of my pupils seem to he hands. In the four hand numbers the LITTLE FOLKS’ SONG BOOK character and is evangelistic In spirit.” Al- pedaling. In Etudes you may use Bach’s Two- and entirely devoid Of 11 later. One cause for this is the fact that it follows the teacher is supposed to play the Secondo though only thirty-nine pages in^length By MRS. R. R. FORMAN Price, 50 cents uscle in their little pink digits, By WM. H. NEIDLINGER Price, 75 cents _...litable for . Three-Part Inventions, dementi’s Gradus, Bach’s Well- ty of making the fingers stronger good old educational maxim of “One thing at a time.” part. The pieces for two hands and the without obliging tin child to go through too many Primo parts of the duets are all in the _ of Children's Songs by one This operetta is hound to be popular; it Tempered Clavichord, and Chopin’s Etudes. These may Young pupils, particularly those who are not over¬ -A U " ma’S roremosrforemost composeicomposers. In addi- life of’Jesus Christ from the Shepherds in has all the elements to make it a success- s? L. C. treble clef throughout, this being a genuine the Fields to the Ascension. The simplic¬ follow if great wisdom is used in their application. fat grade book. Many of the little pieces 3 his nusical attainments Mr. Neid- good sparkling music, an interesting plot musical to begin with, can give it better attention than aiso an authority i° child psy- ity of the music, the number of good, and easy to stage. The dialogues tend to The very best remedy for the weak fingers of small have appropriate word's, adding much to linger strong chorus effects and the delicate pas¬ bring out the plot. The whole operetta will those etudes which make a wider demand on the their interest. It is one of the best books chology. ^ ,,, knows just what is The Deadly Dignity of Labor children is Nature’s own specific: wait until the child of Children's Songs and sages make it a work which will surely be musical intelligence and taste. It is also good because of its kind, certain to prove attractive as rusr now lu umic .t. All the songs in this demanded by innumerable choirs. grows. Strong finger muscles presuppose a strong well as instructive to young students. it follows the line of evolution in the development of book are charmingly original. All charac¬ as eighteen y ■s old b frame back of them. Children cannot develop to any teristic or descriptive. The tun isic. Trior t< piano mechanism as well as the adaptation of technic yet delightful, and set to very pi MUSICAL SKETCHES •ough farm Inabor. Now I find that m.. _„_ considerable extent a muscular condition in the fingers SUTOR’S NOTE SPELLING DICTION FOR SINGERS t permit. a to compete with other students, out of proportion to the size and strength of the body. to it. The piano student naturally follows along By ELISE POLKO Price, $1.25 AND COMPOSERS rnai is, 1 can neither play nor advance so rapidly. I doubt the wisdom of “tread-mill” exercises for little through a similar line of development. 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