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2-1-1922 Volume 40, Number 02 (February 1922) James Francis Cooke

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War Tears Down: Music Builds possess a fine academic high school and college training, will be at a disadvantage in competition with his equally gifted Here is a wonderful story of the power of music: but adequately trained rival. Etude Music Magazine A short time ago a young Jewish student came into our Take the case of the professional musician who desires to office inquiring for a vocal teacher. He was pale, serious, teach in a college or university of standing. There are- now earnest. He had been working at an art school and had won numerous musicians in such schools who have had scant colle¬ several prizes for his excellent productions. Incidentally, he giate or academic advantages. They have had fine conserva¬ showed us his right hand, most of it had been shot away “some¬ tory training and are able musicians. However this may be, where in France.” In addition to his mangled hand he reported it is impossible for the other members of the faculty of a col¬ that he had been shell-shocked. This He did not realize until lege not to look with distrust upon the man who has not had he lost consciousness one day in the street. Medicines, rest, an academic training,—until they become acquainted with the electricity, everything was given to help him; but nothing individual and are assured that he has, by his own study, ac¬ The Largest Edition of Any Music Periodical Ever Issued availed until music was tried. It was music that brought back quired an equivalent. his mind from the shambles and made him again a citizen. This is one of the main reasons why Music as a collegiate Uncle Sam is now paying the bills for him while he. gets TPHE wide-spread interest in Music Clubs in all parts of the , the re¬ subject in many schools received a cold shoulder in bygone a start in his new life. days. Of course in some schools there was unquestioned down¬ markable accomplishments of The National Federation of Music Clubs with Is this an isolated case? By no means. In London there right jealousy of the music department because it produced is an organization known as the Vocal Therapy Society, under 300,000 members, will make this an issue of paramount importance. such a large revenue. Now that music is being admitted to the patronage of H. R. H., the Duke of York, with an execu¬ the largest colleges on the highest'possible basis this prejudice The foremost clubworkers of America who have been successful for tive committee including many of the most distinguished Brit¬ is disappearing. Nevertheless, the musician who expects in ish medical men. This society, which depends upon voluntary the developments of the club ideal will contribute able articles upon the future to hold a college professorship should not fail to contributions, has done a wonderful work in helping to restore get a college education. men nearly annihilated by the war to a normal condition. It Sir Robert Prescott Stewart (1825-1894), Professor of depends first upon song, then upon exercise, speech, breathing The History of Music Clubs in America How to Conduct a Music Club Music at Dublin University, was the first to require that the and allied treatment to help the men whose nerves are wrecked. examinations for musical degrees also include the so called The Great Club Movements of Today How to Organize a Junior Club In this way it is expected that thousands of men will recover and “literary” subjects. This example was followed at Cambridge be saved from a life of invalidism. and the musical tendencies of the future will unquestionably How to Organize a Music Club How to Make Club Programs Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick Mott, M. D., a great be toward the higher general education of musicians. English nerve specialist, says in praise of the work done by the How to Manage Club Entertainments staff of music teachers furnished by the Vocal Therapy Society: “I am convinced from my experience at the Neurological In f°ct> noting will be omitted to help in fostering the splendid work done by music Hospital that voice training and choral singing of good music What is “Good” Music? clubs in all parts of the country. y mustc have proved an excellent health restorative to the nervous system Everybody has heard the reply charged up against the of soldiers convalescent from war neurosis. Kentucky colonel who when asked how he told good whiskey “Singing is an uplifting mental diversion, tends to banish replied: “My dear sir, there isn’t any really bad whiskey.” “What is the Greatest Work Our Music Clubs Can Undertake?” from the mind all the terrifying reminiscences of the war, and “How can we tell whether music is good or bad ? Dr. A. T. the fears for the future; it thereby promotes that joie de vivre A Nation-wide Symposium representing the consensus of opinion of many of the ablest m A - Davidson, of Harvard, recently made an address in in so essential for bodily and mental recuperation.” ested in American Musical Progress. Important replies have already been received from mter" which he attempts a definition that is worth reading. Several other noted English physicians give similar testi¬ “Although there are multiple definitions of good music, Leopold Auer George W. Chadwick Ossip Gabrillowitsch Alberto Jonas mony. The headquarters of the society is 27 Grosvenor Place, one factor at least is essential in them all, namely, that of per¬ Mrs. H. H. A. Beach Mario Chamlee Josef Stransky Rudolf Ganz Leonard Liebling S. W. I., London, England. manence. For music, indeed, is very much like friends; it takes Edward W- Bok Frank Damrosch Percy Grainger John Luther Long Leopold Stokowski Lucrezia Bori time to get acquainted with really good friends whose influ¬ Thomas A. Edison E. de Gogorza Josef Lhevinne Charles E. Watt Sophie Braslau ence and spirit never depart from us. How barren a thing life Florence Easton Charles Hackett Giovanni Martinelli Reinald Werrenrath would be if human contacts were limited to acquaintances, and Charles Wakefield Cad- Arthur Foote Orville Harold James H. Rogers College Training for College Professors John C. Freund Fannie Bloomfield Zeis- friends did not exist; and yet this is precisely the state of our W. J. Henderson Marcella Sembrich ler Some of the most amazingly uninformed men and women we William C. Carl Amelita Galli-Curci Josef Hofmann American popular musical experience. The much-heard music and many others. have ever known have been graduates of colleges of high stand¬ ing. Every once in a while the Editor receives a letter from a of today is gone tomorrow, and its place is taken by something college graduate showing the chirography, the mentality, the else equally transient. The permanent, the simple and the valid, are a closed, or at best a half-opened book. Advise your friends who are music dub vacuity, and the inanity of a stupid youth in his early teens. Etude Music Magazine solicits the enthusi¬ “I know from my own experience and from the experience members, or if you are a music dub member On the other hand many of the best educated men we have ever astic cooperation of all its friends in making this your fellow dub workers, of the interesting met have never had more than a common school training at the of those with whom I have worked in school, camp and commun¬ special issue of assistance to the club movements things the March issue will give them. J start. Lt. Comm. John Philip Sousa, U. S. N. R. F., erudite ity, that association with good music yields a higher degree of [ which haive been of such enormous importance in Remember also the advisability of placing by dint of hard self study is one evidence of this. Few college happiness than is secured by contact with what we are pleased to developing the musical interests of our country. an advance order with your dealer for this issue professors are in the same class with him in the matter of gen¬ call “popular” music. This I know for a certainty. Although I lf you are not a regular subscriber. eral cultural information. Dr. Russell P. Conjeell, who has cannot prove to you that good music stimulates the mental cir¬ founded a University, and educated thousands of young men culation and tends to build up the spiritual fibre, I firmly be¬ and young women out of his own earnings as a pastor and a lieve that it does. In fact my feeling about the relation of good lecturer, recently stated that he had been investigating the music to life in general seems to me to parallel the relationship ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE, «■ Philadelphia, Pa. cases of over four hundred prominent American leaders in of faith to religion. I believe as strongly in the beneficent many walks of life who had never attended college,—yet who power of good music as I believe in the certainty of immortality. were really well educated men. Good music “will out,” if you give it a chance, and once a Notwithstanding all this, anyone with vision can see that part of American experience, it will prove a vital force in our the time is coming in America when any man who does not common life.”

77 FEBRUARY 1922 Page 79 THE ETUDE The Most Remarkable Pianoforte Recital Ever Given would seem that nearly half of our accomplishment is due to One of the ingenious tricks e Grieg’s Tune House What was unquestionably one of Edward Grieg built a little one room house at. convenient the assistance of aliens. the mos* unusual pianoforte recitals £. Review Made Expressly for The Etude walking distance from his home. There he had a piano, a writ¬ In the period from 1750 to 1880—one hundred and thirty ever given took place at Carnegie Hall __ and lend the sympathetic v_ in New York on the evening of Dec¬ tions of the undamped strings of their ing desk, some favorite books and music, and there the tunes years—there were 335 native musicians worthy, of record, and By THE RECORDER instrument like a giant pedal effect. 350 foreign musicians. In the period from 1880 to 1920, there ember 21st, 1921—an epoch-making The result was Indescribably sonorous came that he was to put down for the delight of future genera¬ date. On that occasion fourteen , and beautiful. tions. were 690 native musicians and 430 foreign musicians. Thus it pianists, every one of whom has filled the great audi¬ would seem that during the last forty years music in Ann rica torium at individual recitals, came together in a beautiful The evening was not without humor. This came when Perhaps it has been the desire of almost every crea¬ is making for larger native recognition. altruistic movement to assist in preventing Moritz Bauer, Schelling and Gabrilowitsch sat at one piano to tive worker to have a little soul home where he could be all by play a six handed arrangement of the overture by However, it is very clear to all that the matter of indi¬ Moszkowski from sharing the fate of Mozart and himself in his moments of communication with the forces that Schubert. When Schubert closed his eyes in 1828, in the Rossini, La Gazza Ladra. Gabrilowitsch dropped from viduality plays the most important part in all such compula¬ inspire the mind, and communicate to it those things which are very golden years of his young manhood, all that he left his usual serious demeanor and played some runs with a tions. A Percy Grainger, a Josef Hofmann, a Stokowski, a for immortality. —his clothes, his bedding and a little old music, amounted comic little twist worthy of the son-in-law of America’s Courboin, or a Galli-Curci contribute infinitely more to Ameri¬ to about ten dollars. Yet he bequeathed the world greatest humorist, Mark Twain. This was greeted with MacDowell at Peterborough, built himself such a house as bursts of laughter from the audience. can musical advancement than a whole army of the “small fry” spiritual millions. Mozart’s fate was even worse for had Grieg, and now Mrs. MacDowell has carried out the same they laid him away in a pauper’s grave. It was with The Valse, by Arensky, played by Bauer and Gabril- celebrities included in such a book. On the other hand, a idea. The retreat for art workers she has built in memory of joy that the Recorder witnessed the splendid altruism lowitsch was done so exquisitely that it was followed James H. Rogers, an Arthur Foote, a MacDowell, a Chadwick, of the great pianists of the day, who took .such pains by a little sigh of delight by almost every auditor. It her husband, by dint of her own enormous labors, is marked by a Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, a John Alden Carpenter, a Thurlow tb give the wonderful recital which amazed all who is hard to forget the exquisite purring accompaniment a cluster of such little buildings in the New Hampshire woods. Lieurance (who by the way is not even mentioned in the new heard it—especially those who came expecting a kind of of Bauer or the mellow legatos of Gabrillowitsch. Beethoven sought the beautiful hills around Vienna in pianistic circus and went away impressed by some of Hutcheson and Grainger added a vigorous Anglo-Saxon volume despite world-wide recognition given to his beautiful quest of solitude. Most of the really great composers have the most beautiful piano playing ever heard. touch to the program by the performance of the latter’s songs), are worth far more to our musical treasure house than Children’s March, an extraordinary fine piece of con¬ found this essential for concentration. Many of course, like dozens of foreign musicians mentioned in this admirable work. The hous trapuntal and harmonic treatment in Grainger’s masterly Schubert, Handel and others mastered the art of closeting wi», n packed like a veritable Christina! Other interesting figures given by Dr. Pratt in this vol¬ the enthusiastic piano lovers of New York, h style. themselves in a crowd so that they could turn out masterpieces whom stood throughout the entire evening—and Lhevinne, Bachaus and Schnitzer all won well de¬ ume, which all American musicians should possess, are: Sixty- not have been willing to stand tor | jfttt at a table in a crowded inn cert? What an audience it was! served applause for their inspired interpretation of the four per cent, of our American composers have come from the around he could not help being imp the fact that Much of the best English written in America to-day is if the house had burned down_ that night - great part of Moszkowski works. Each artist, in fact, received an New England and the Middle Atlantic States in the past. Dur¬ nt-day pianodoin wiped k out com- ovation. _ done in newspaper offices which have about the same degree of ing the last ten years, however, the tables have turned, and other of the extraordinary event. seclusion one might find in a boiler factory. Yet the real mas¬ i Pianist The big number of the evening was. of course, the Schu¬ parts of the country have produced 52 per cent. Of the for¬ ted by distance,.. _„tS' letters and subscripts mann Cat-naval. For this the artists had previously drawn ter pieces, the things that go down through time with the obe¬ . _n Rudolf Ganz, Josef Hofmann, Pi lots for the purpose of determining which one should play eign musicians listed the Slavic countries have produced only certain numbers of the Carnaval. This resulted in a won¬ lisks and the pyramids, will not be written in the hubbub of a rewski and Bloi nfield Zeisler. 8 per cent., the Latin countries 20 per cent., Germany, Bohemia derful distribution of the parts and the effect^ was that of modern city turmoil. There are, of course, exceptions which The appearance of the instruments upon the stage was and Austria 37 per cent., Great Britain, Holland and Scandi¬ prove the rule. startling, to say the least. Looking down upon them navia 35 per cent. '"""'entire* coterie^joined in Possibly one of the reasons why the tutorial system of ed¬ from the boxes they could be Compared with nothing better than huge animals—great pianophants, fourteen elusion. Mr. Damrosch ucation in British Universities has produced so many remark¬ over this master-pianist What is Your Favorite Hymn? of them, arrayed upon the, stage. ml forty fingers obeyed able scholars is that there is less of the confusion of the crowd¬ Imagine fourteen incomparable grand pianos of lestral performers, was delightful from be- ed class. This is also the reason why so many of the smaller It would be most interesting to have a statement of different makers all upon one stage at one time! Know¬ .s he went to the stage country” colleges often outclass the big metropolitan univer¬ opinion from a very great many readers of The Etude as to ing that their wares would be subjected to the critical ling to each performer his pitch their favorite hymns. sity in their product. The axiom is obvious: The more dis¬ opinion of one of the most unusual of audiences, they d the occasion to which naturally sent what were doubtless the finest instruments energy as a historic op- traction the less mental concentration. Suppose, that some time next Sunday, when you have a I something for the fnr- few minutes, you add to the interest of the day by sitting ever manufactured. cal art—and lost, alas, Recently we visited a huge conservatory in a mid-western 8 Spanish Dances for four hands.Moszkowski down and making out a list of your ten favorite hymns in the town. As one approached the building there was a kind of hum BACHAUS, BAUER, CASELLA, FRIEDMAN. lcert' Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Schelling. who order m which you appreciate them, and send the list to us The players appeared upon the stage in the follow¬ GABRILOWITSCH, GRAINGER! IIUTt IIESON, or roar such as one notices approaching Niagara. On the top LAMBERT, LHEVINNE, MERO. NEY, ORN lined the pianists and friends at their rnag- with your name and address. ing order: STEIN, SCHELLING, SCHNITZER, STO¬ floor Patti II and Caruso III with fifty of their kind were sol- JOWSKI. We shall be glad to take these lists and make a compilation Q Valse .Arensky feggioing at the top of their lungs. On the next floor as , Conducting HAROLD, BAUER AND OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH^ which will be of great interest and value to organists, clergv- The following letter received from Mme. Amirien many Kreislers, Elmans, Paderewskis and Bauers were working Schelling Ney is printed as a message to the many Etude readers who men and music, m determining what the music-lovers believe to 10. 1Ig^JI2u^alB

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From the new cycle Green Timber. Not an Indian song, but having a motive of Indian character. THURLOW LIEURAJ^QJ

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ONE THOUGHT OF YOU JOHN WILLIAM OAKES A modern love song, suitable for encore or recital use. R. S. STOUGHTON

Copyright 1922 by Theo.Presser Co. the etude FEBRUARY 1922 Page 123 Page 122 FEBRUARY 1922 the etude The Sound-Reproducing Machine as a Music Teacher IN DREAMS ALONE By C. E. Flynn A tender sentiment adequately expressed. Broadly melodious, a real singers song. Andantino espressivo m.m. j=6Q_ Among the many changes for the better idea occurred to them. They purchased a that have taken place in American life, is machine of a standard make, and supplied a remarkable advance in musical art, it with the best library of high grade knowledge, and appreciation. Europe once music which the family treasury would IVERS & POND had sufficient grounds upon which to taunt permit. The result was prompt and highly us about our lack of general cultivation in satisfactory. The little one seemed at once matters of art. to forget the cheap songs of the streets, For the new and more intelligent musi¬ and was soon found to be humming bits of PIANOS cal consciousness in America there are a music that would be considered standard number of reasons. One of the chiefest by the best cultivated taste anywhere. among them is the fact that for a number One particularly praiseworthy point of years we have enjoyed the services of a about the sound-reproducing machine as a highly developed form of the most popular music teacher is the universality of its ser¬ of all music teachers, namely the sound- vice. Its benefits have not gone merely reproducing machine. to the select few who needed it the least, as The sound-reproducing machine has car¬ is usually true of the services of a noted ried widespread musical knowledge with it musical instructor. It has brought at least wherever it has gone. People who knew a fair degree of intelligence with regard to nothing of the world’s music before now matters of music to countless numbers of have been taught much regarding it, and people to whom all such knowledge other¬ they receive that knowledge in such at¬ wise would have been completely and per¬ tractive form that they do not find it soon manently denied. It has gone to the re¬ or easily forgotten. The result is two¬ motest farm, and has found a place in fold. First, people possess a wider knowl¬ the humblest mountain home. Wherever edge, which is always a thing worth it has gone it has carried with it the key having. Second, they are rendered capable to the finest work in music that has ever of listening intelligently and appreciatively been done at any time or by any person. to the music they hear, another pleasant This is the reason why it has been so and valuable power. strong a factor in the musical cultivation Those who have spent some time with of America. Since it has had so large a the sound-reproducing machine and a col¬ place in the humbler homes of the coun¬ lection of really good records find them¬ try, as well as the richer ones, it has built selves newly possessed of a standard of its service into the very life of the nation. taste by which they can more correctly Because of it music is better understood pass on musical selections and perform¬ and more correctly appreciated wherever ances. In any field whatsoever it is true one may happen to go. that this power can come only from seeing One of the most important means to or hearing the best examples of the thing education in any line is demonstration. involved. The record brings to them the This in music the sound-reproducing, ma¬ c/he best of music rendered by the most capable chine richly supplies. The student of most of artists. They are thereby afforded the subjects must either go to the great cen¬ most dependable possible criterion for esti¬ ters to see the work of the great leaders in mating any performance at which they his department or else he must content may be present. himself never to see them at all. Like the c^rincedA

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Mother Goose Fantasy FOR SOPRANO SOLO AND TWO PART CHORUS By Price, £1.00

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fHl f* _ , asag ggwSggFSS fls.. d&sss^is^f -- - I am_ more than j,leased with the Albert ^~s-k«s sHS^EHir— FEBRUARY 192l Page IBS Page 132 FEBRUARY 1922 THE ETUDE the etude ot long ago, in a Western city, I at¬ ous system, to the most advanced age ing” notes. Eliminate these non-chordal withstanding difficulties like the one cited Notice, to All Kinds of Violinists N The history of violin playing is filled with above, and especially the more frequent tended an “Old Fiddler’s Contest,” notes and we have left the members of we can supply [°u ^at^oua revoking ^or™ examples of eminent violinists, such as ones dealing with transition, a little deter- which was remarkable in many Professional the tonic triad. We have a selected assortment of ways, and amusing as well. The fiddlers Joachim, Sarasate, and Spohr, who were Difficulties will, of course, be encount¬ . mination and patience will soon laegin to STUDENTS’ VIOLINS, from $15.00 to $60.00, Violins for advanced players, from $75 00 to $150 00 were mostly veterans of the Civil War, and able to play great concertos in public in ered constantly. For example, in the bring results. As soon as the deplorable Real Old Violins by real nja.MerB^^om*70.0° to $3,000.00, their sixties and seventies. Directory habit of reading and playing one note at their ages ran from seventy-five to eighty- ninth and tenth measures from the end of The World Famous “GEMUNDER ART’’ Violins, from one years. Two of them were twin The Violinist’s Etude The United States owes its country the Kreutzer Etude in A Minor, one finds a time is broken, a new light will dawn. fiddlers a debt of gratitude in helping the The following Kreutzer Etudes are sug¬ brothers, seventy-nine years of age, one rather unexpectedly two flatted notes, Bb growth of violin playing in the early days gested for progressive use as outlined playing right-handed, and the othdr left Edited by R0BER7' BRAINE and Db. These with F, which fill the two of the country, since, while their efforts CARL. Violin instruction from rudiments above: 12, 32, 8, 10, 2, 27, 28, 33, 34. handed. The fiddles the twins used were measures, are the members of the so- were only along the lines of playing a The following -Studies for Cello by from $50 upw'arS.me Repairing and Reconstruction. the same which their mother had given ALBERT called Neapolitan Sixth chord. In such Correspondence Invl ted. Catalogues. few dance tunes at merry makings, they Dotzauer are also suggested: 24, 11, 5, 31, them at nine years of age. cases it probably will be best to pass over at least kept the love for the sound of Conservatory Dept. Strong 25, 6, 13, 14. (113 Selected Studies, HUBU5T GEMUNDER S 50NS Among the fiddlers was one who had the difficulty temporarily, or to seek aid the violin alive among the common people. faculty of ten teachers. 141 West 42nd St., ” beeghwood from some one more experienced. Not- Parti).' m f IE VIOLIN WORLD A Monti fiddled for dances for sixty, and an¬ This deep-seated love for the violin led Magazine other for sixty-five years. Some of them The Country Fiddler later on to the love of concert violin had made their own instruments. Each playing and the desire for violin educa¬ The Voice as an Aid to Interpretation boasted that he had never had a lesson combs:: OUR “SPECIAL An Interesting Old Fiddlers’ Contest tion on the part of their descendents. in his life, and not a single sheet of music 9Cr 10Tested Lengths, By H. Timerman was used in the contest. The whole wD^Silk Violin E, forfaiO their own playing that they got up and eighths, sixteenths and thirty-seconds, and Musical Theory and the DUNNING i thing was done "by heart.” danced around the stage, playing the the compositions he affects, do not call Send for Violin and Cello Catalogue For a violinist to play through a group ticularly is it important that there be an One of the notable things about the while. for sostenuto bowing with the full length String Player MUSICIANS SUPPLY CO. of songs with a well- trained soprano, impression of finality at the close of the contest was the fact that the fingers and The American country fiddler is sui of the bow. Playing all alone as he must eddy eyassf 60 Lagrange St., Boston, Mass. copying her phrasing and noticing where first period. Take breath here, so to do, without an accompanying instrument By G. F. Schwartz wrists of these aged men were supple generis, a unique musical product found l SCHOOL. Voice training fo she takes breath is extremely beneficial. speak, before commencing in earnest the and fleet enough to admit of their play¬ only in the back woods, prairies and to mark the bass, he supplies its lack by Not only does it give him new ideas, but ascent to the climax. And when you again Are You Organizing an Orchestra or Band ? ing jigs, reels, hornpipes, and other vari¬ mountains of our own country, and dif¬ vigorously accenting the first note of A rather strong impression seems to FABRIS start on, either play less calmly—hasten it exposes most effectually any rough¬ S,eJ?™^Id'ru,nrteRoSksnE ROOT^|rBEGieNNERS ous dance tunes at break-neck speed. fering from the country musician of any each measure with his bow, and helping exist among string players that since their l. ^ Practical instruction your pace, at least for a few measures— nesses of tone of which he may be guilty. ORCHESTRA Bi LOOT’S1!NEWerBEGniNINERS Jj We often hear men not past forty com¬ other country. His race is fast dying the good work along by pounding the instruments have so little capacity for GILBERT An artist, whose records met with great or in cases where haste is not in keeping plain that they have been obliged to give out, for the country boys of our own floor energetically with his foot. To vary chord playing, an acquaintance with even success some years ago, once told me that with the composer’s idea, slacken up amples sent to Teachers and Band Leaders fi up violin playing, because their fingers generation go to the nearest town and the monotony of melodies in single notes, the fundamental elements of chords and he owed his delightful tone to his mother, slightly. At all events, say something and arms have become too stiff for play¬ learn the fiddle “by note,” or the saxa- he introduces as many chords and double chord-progressions is non-essential. Su¬ HAWTHORNE an opera singer, who encouraged him dur¬ ;! T?ROOT & SONS, 1530 E. 55th St., Chica»o III |i ing, yet here were these old fellows, in phone or piano. The American rural stops as possible, in the endeavor to make perficially this attitude may seem reason¬ ing his youth to imitate her voice on his When you play a piece, the listener the neighborhood of eighty years of age, home of the present day is likely to. have his work sound like an orchestra. His able for undoubtedly the bow-stringed in¬ violin. should sense -that ■ there is an idea back of all that you do. Let it constantly playing all the old “hoe-downs,” at dazz¬ a piano or organ, and the small town repertoire is limited to be sure, consisting struments are primarily melodic. The Cesar Thomson’s Idea XROS “ be felt that there- is a goal toward which ling speed. has its brass band. of only a few dance tunes, but these error lies in overlooking the fact that me¬ So close, indeed, is the relation between you are driving. When finally the point I of latest jazz hits, also Stan- ■ itfcfc If there is to be a dance in the country tunes are those which have stood the the voice and the violin that Cesar dard saxophone solos, duets, trios, lody and harmony are inseparably cor¬ of highest interest is reached, make this I quartettes—2000 selections. Largest Old Favorites now-a-days, a band or jazz orchestra test of time, and which seem to be des¬ MOULTON Thomson, the Belgian virtuoso, used to related, and any attempt to disassociate fact quite evident. Make evident too just general dealers of saxophone music All the old favorites, dear to the coun¬ is summoned from the nearest town, or tined to live for a century longer. Some insist that his pupils sing over any pas¬ and supplies in the world. Expert re- them is as undesirable as it is impossible. when you enter upon the concluding J pairing. Send for free catalog today. try fiddler’s heart were very much in it is at least possible to have “piano and of these tunes, in an elaborate arrange¬ sages whose meaning or rhythm they All melodies or solo parts arc con¬ NEW YORK -aSSES- phrases; there- should be no doubt that you SAXOPHONE SHOP, 423 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 'drums.” failed to grasp. evidence in the contest; Turkey in the ment, are often heard on the concert structed upon a definite harmonic basis, are drawing to a close. The end must not platform, and seem to have the power to “You haven’t sung that phrase,” he Straw, Devil’s Dream, the Mocking Bird, A Relic of Pioneer Days and even though they are unaccompanied, come as a surprise, you do not cease play¬ AKADEMIE & ETERNELLE interest and amuse audiences of cultivated VIRGIL would remark, “consequently you are un¬ Pop Goes the Weasel, The Campbells The country fiddler sprang into being as in Etudes, a harmonic structure is im¬ ing merely because the supply of notes has Silk Strings music lovers. Witness the success which able to give it proper expression. The vio¬ are Coming, Fisher's Hornpipe, the Irish and acquired his characteristics, when the plied, and a knowledge of this harmonic LA FAVORITA & ELITE Washerwoman, and a large number of attends the playing of a concert arrange¬ lin should sing like a voice.”. Gilt Strings United States was sparsely settled, and basis is indispensable to the performer Following out this idea, it is well to sing Plenty of Light and Shade others, including many world famous ment of Turkey in the Straw, by Percy For Sale by Leading Importers and Jobbers musicians and musical instruments were who hopes to get anywhere. a composition many times before learning And do not fail to infuse plenty of reels and jigs. Grainger, the pianist-composer. AMERICANS Sol. Dl.tribn.or. M. E.^SCHOENING CO, Inc. rare. The fiddler was in constant demand There are three prerequisites for the it. Pencil in hand, indicate the vocal in¬ light and shade into your readings. Shun A “cat may look at a king,” and con¬ when music was wanted for a barn dance instrumental musician: reading facility; terpretation and mark the breathing places monotony. Try for marked contrasts. All Well Preserved versely a “king may look at a cat” with, or husking bee. His fiddle was light and intelligent phrasing and reliable memoriz¬ ARNOLD that would occur were it a song. Deter¬ Make your soft effects very pianissimo he could cover the country on horseback no doubt mutual benefit and interest, In the contest I have described the fid¬ ing; and each of these is very likely to mine also, just where the introduction and your forte undeniably loud. After a VIOLINS BUILT IN OUR OWN for fifty miles around, wherever dance or legato passage in which the last note has either way round. A fiddler can learn dlers all seemed to be men who had kept be improved by at least a limited know¬ pt.i>. 246 Highland Ave. ends, where the point of greatest interest WORKROOMS festivity reigned. At his best he must their health and energy, making striking been allowed to die away, a crashing chord much from the performance of an edu¬ ledge of musical theory. Where time or occurs, and what sort of conclusion will Of Finest Material and Workmanship be seen on his throne, -a rough board proof of the fact that a violin player can is generally effective. cated violinist, and vice versa; there are opportunity prevents regular instruction, be most effective. Likewise, what mood things, which some educated violinists platform—at a barn dance or house rais¬ retain his power over the nerves and the composition calls for. Run over a new piece in its entirety, ing, radiating gaiety, and riotous good self-help will be found quite possible, and sometimes singing, sometimes playing, re¬ can learn from the humble country fid¬ muscles involved in violin playing, to an When all this preliminary work has humor, furiously stamping out the time also can be made very profitable. fusing to stop before the fullest meaning dler . One of these things is rhythm. The extreme old age, provided he lives a been done, take up yOur violin and after with thick-soled boots, and sawing up Having procured a simple text on Har¬ has been extracted from each period. fiddler never leaves his hearers in doubt reasonably correct, well ordered life. The singing a line—-or better still, a few mea¬ and down through the air with his trusty man who habitually neglects the rules of mony, an acquaintance should be made CINCINNATI'S Hold to your task until satisfied that such as to where trie first beat of the measure sures—-copy your voice as nearly as pos¬ VIOLIN STRINGS old fiddle, with home-made hickory pegs, health brings on all sorts of joint dis¬ with the “principal and secondary” triads, is indeed the case. Then forever after, ETUDE BRAND comes. He is there with the accent sible on your instrument. Should singing Used by the Leading Artists of the and filled on the inside with snake rattles. eases, arthritis, rheumatism, and muscular the seventh chords (dominant and dimi¬ when practicing, follow the directions you every time, making his playing sound COLUMBIA happen to be an impossibility for you, a Philadelphia Orchestra The fine points of position do not stiffness and sluggishness, all of which nished especially), cadence forms, simple good-sized hum with plenty of breath have penciled -on the score. Violinists are Etude “E” Siring, 3 lengths. . . .$0.20 net quite different from that of so many bother the country fiddler. He holds his ' CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC are death to good violin playing. The transitions, chromatic chords, and the back of it will do as a substitute. forced to remember so many technical de¬ Etude “A” String, 2 lengths.20 net insipid, monotonous violinists, who forget bow fine third of its length from the Etude “D” String, 2 lengths.20 net man who lives correctly can retain his various non-chordal devices (suspensions, Work on a phrase at a time, making tails while playing that it is only by mapp- . that there should be a natural accent frog, but this does not much matter, since Etude “G” String, 1 length.20 net suppleness of muscle, and what is more passing-notes, etc). each complete in itself. (The effect of ing out beforehand the musical effects to in every measure. He also brings out- most of the notes he has to play are Bundle Lots (30 assorted Strings) 4.25 net important a good condition of the nerv- Chord forms, it must be remembered, completeness may be achieved by pausing be tried for, and then conscientiously Fric the special accents in syncopated pas¬ may be played in successive order (melo- DETROIT imperceptibly at the end of a phrase, and holding to them, that good results can be PRKSElfcCu'^PhilSelphia, Pa. sages, with force and precision. dically) as well as simultaneously. perceptibly at the end of a period). Par- achieved. Though the harmonic structure is some¬ ,_MELLOW, SOULFUL- That Certain Swing KNOX ‘ O N CREDIT. Easy terms for what less obvious, it is none the less real. I wonderful instruments. GET Even the dullest listener notes at once Violin Experts VIOLINS' jDETAILS TO-DAY. that the playing of tne country fiddler Take as an illustration the Etude in A GUSTAV V. HENNING at his best, has a certain “swing” to Minor (number 12, Peters) of Kreutzer. SAUNDERS 2424 Gaylord Street_DENVER, COL. it, which excites the listener and sets his The entire first measure is made up of By Robert Braine toes a tingling for the dance. This the tonic triad in A minor (ACE ); the “swing” is nothing more than absolutely second measure uses only the notes of the TOMLINSON! ne Art. Bldg., CHICAGO Every little while some one writes to as is proved by the fact that they turn in accurate, even finger technic, and proper sub-dominant triad (D F A). It seldom the Etude asking how he can qualify as an occasional counterfeit with their bank accentuation of the notes where required happens, however, that music is as simple a violin expert, that is, an expert judge of deposits. An experienced bank teller with the bow. Many a “high brow” as this. One usually finds a melodic de¬ WESTERN® violins. The writers evidently are pos¬ rarely passes a counterfeit, but many violinist fails to make the fast movements velopment effected by means of non-chor- sessed of the idea that any one can read cases are on record where even bankers in his solo work effective, because he dal notes. Unfortunately, few if any a few books on the subject and in a short have been unable to detect a counterfeit lacks this “swing,” this vigorous accent¬ texts treat these in a simple concise man¬ nnui i|T SOUTHERN CONSERVATORY OF,MUSIC time blossom out as an expert qualified to bill made by a master counterfeiter. It ing and perfectly even finger work. give the pedigree of any violin submitted ner. Some standard musical dictionary BRYANT IW “vrhlm.N.U. sometimes takes a U. S. Treasury expert Another element which lends charm will probably have to be brought into use. to him. to decide whether a-bill is really'genuine and interest to the playing of a first Even then it will not always be easy to Now there are experts—and experts, rate fiddler, even though it might be distinguish between chordal and non- CONVERSE COLLEGES^ just as there are many varying degrees crude in some ways, is that of enthusiasm Bank tellers and treasury experts handle chordal notes; but persistent effort will of skill in the case of people whose busi¬ He feels his music, and thus gives it an such immense quantities of money, and gradually bring a clearer understanding. Violin Teachers ness makes it necessary for them to de¬ air of gaiety and brightness, which in tect counterfeit money. Any intelligent have made such a profound study of To get at the harmonic foundation it will Fundamental Studies in the third pos.Uon stantly communicates itself to his list¬ by Albert H. McConnell is undoubted y the child can tell the difference between stage counterfeits, that their ability to detect be necessary to eliminate all but the es¬ Kill The Hair Root eners, raising their spirits and drawing most useful method of its kind ever published. money, and real bank-notes, but might be them becomes to be almost like a sixth My method is th« sential chord members. As an illustra¬ ly. painless. them irresistibly into the dance. In the Price 75c Sample copy to teachers, 50c easily fooled by an even crudely executed sense. Every counterfeiter, no matter CHARACTERISTIC 0 fiddler’s contest I have described above, tion take the second Kreutzer Etude in C THE CONSERVATORY PUBLISHING HOUSE counterfeit. Business men can detect or¬ how skillful, is sure to make slight mis¬ William and Samuel Pickerel, of C 735-741 Englewood Aye., Chicago, Ill. some of the old fellows nearly eighty major. The last note of the first group dinary counterfeits, but are likely to be takes in his work, which lead to his un¬ one playing right and one playing is a “passing” note, the two middle notes doing. years of age, were so carried away by r mother at !) years of age. of the next group (F D) arc "neighbor* FEBRUARY 1922 Page 135 Page 184 FEBRUARY 1922 THE ETUDE THE etude Learning the profession, of judging vio¬ marched into his store and proclaimed to , How to Arrange for a Small Orchestra lins is very much the same as learning to the clerk that I had a genuine Ruggieri, the clerk laughed, and the expert also detect counterfeit money. It requires By Edwin Hall Pierce deep study, vast experience, and a certain laughed when he was summoned. The lEantrr born talent for the business, to become a box was soon opened and the expert gave real expert. the fiddle the once-over. The laugh faded from his face, and he became greatly in¬ Of course, almost any one can, in a Editor’s Note.—Thousands of musicians and music lovers want to know more Have You Faith short time, pick up sufficient knowledge terested in the instrument. At last the about the orchestra, particularly the small orchestra. The vast attention being Music to distinguish a crude factory-made Strad, oracle spoke. “You are right,’’ hc saj(| given to orchestras in public schools and high schools has prompted us to publish A Selected List of Anthems, with its artifical marks of age, and its “this is a very fine genuine Ruggieri, and the following article, the first of a series which will run for several months. Mr. more or less rough workmanship, from a is worth a large sum. I congratulate Pierce, former Assistant Editor of “The Etude” has had long practical experience Cantatas, Solos, Duets and real Stradjvarius, with its beautiful lines, you.” in this subject and has conducted many small orchestras. He explains everything Suitable Pipe Organ Numbers faultless workmanship and limpid, glowing A few years later, when I had come to in such a simple manner that anyone with application should be able to understand his suggestions without difficulty. “The Etude” does not attempt to conduct a know violins, I discovered that the violin In Yourself? Cremona varnish; but, as the skill of the correspondence in any study, but short inquiries of readers interested in this series counterfeit violin maker in imitating the was not a Ruggieri at all, but a German* wiU be answered when possible. BRILLIANT EASTER ANTHEMS Minshall-Nevin ,K workmanship Of the Cremona makers copy, with a Ruggieri label, and which 10999 All Hail the Glorious Morn. i934 Hosanna! .Granier .1( becomes greater, it becomes increasingly did not even look like one, as regards to, The Drums about by watching a drummer and asking Stults 1806 Sing With All the Sons. 10240 Alleluia, Allelui Brackett .If Are you satisfied with your outlook in the profession—don’t more difficult to distinguish the false from workmanship, color and varnish; yet herd In large orchestras the Tympani (ket¬ him questions, also by examining numerous 10796 Alleluia, . ‘.’...Stults you feel that you could establish yourself in a position of great¬ the true, and the superficial expert becomes was the leading expert in a city of 250,000 tle drums) are most constantly useful; drum parts already in print. 20040 .ie Sabbath Was UPLIFTING EASTER SOLOS with Violin).. .Jones 2948 Christ Hath Risen. High er responsibility and incidentally enjoy a better financial future wholly at fault. who pronounced it one. They have better- while the bass drum and snare drum are In the next paper we shall take up the 15626 .. „egan to Dawn. experts in that city now. subject of Tympani,'as well as several R. W. Martin Valuable Imitations only rarely called for, for special effects. As It Began to Dawn.Norris if you had a good, practical musical education instead of mere¬ other less familiar instruments. In the When I speak of a real expert, I mean Two Famous London Experts But in small combinations the bass and As It Begar “ *'-•*■“ meantime the student may try his hand at At the Lai i High Fea. ly knowing how to play one instrument? one who is qualified to detect clever imita¬ I should consider the best place in the snare drum (played by one player) are We Sing. New) .. .Stul a drum part to the Serenata. The first __ioul-Brids If for instance you understood Harmony, Counterpoint, tions of the work of the most famous vio¬ world to gain a knowledge of old violins most generally in use. In dance music and 10513 . entry will probably be at the nineteenth 10910 :, Thou That Sleepesl Composition, Orchestration—if you could play some other in¬ lin makers of all schools, whether it be the to be Hill’s or Hart’s, the two famous; marches they sound almost constantly, while in graceful and delicate music, measure. In this kind of a piece they 10033 iehold, I Shew You...Camp makers of the Cremona and other Italian violin dealers, makers and repairers in' _ _iehold, I Shew You. . .Solly strument like Piano, Cornet, Violin, Organ, etc. Have you should be sparingly used. The sforzando 12534 Death is Vanq cities, French, German, Austrian, Hun¬ London. For Cremona and other famous though they are seldom entirely dispensed 10920 Break Forth with Joy. .Dale chords at the nineteenth and twenty-fifth 10472 Christ is Risen.Brackett sufficient faith in yourself to try to improve musically and at the garian, British, American, Belgian, Bo¬ old violins, London is the clearing house with, yet their part consists largely of 12535 “ “ measure may be emphasized by a stroke 10475 Christ is Risen.Morrison same time financially as well? Will you take advantage of our hemian, or others. In the case of violins of the world. Probably more of these rests. For instance, in Labitszky’s Traum 20143 Christ is Risen.Sheppard 16162 Easter Dawn. famous old violins have passed through dcr Si-nncrm the drum has just one note— of the Cymbal. 10221 Christ is Risen.Wolcott 12721 Easter Trumph free offer for six lessons which we offer to readers of The Etude of unknown makers, he should be able to There are several instruments which 20128 Christ is Risen from the Dead. identify the school to which they belong. the hands of the dealers and repairers of in a ff chord at the very end!! Morrison have important uses in the complete sym- . 10984 Christ is Risen, Hallelujah^ absolutely free of charge in the hope that they may be the means He should know the construction of the London than any other city in the world! Although the drums have no definite pitch o God. High. .Rotoli phony-orchestra, yet are somewhat un¬ of starting you upon a career which will pay dividends in in¬ violin thoroughly in all its details, and the Large numbers of violins, violas, cellos and * they are written for, by convention, on a 6086 Christ Our Passover.Shackley basses are sent to London for sale in the- staff hear ' ig the bass clef. The bass drum common in small combinations, especially 10504 Come See the Place. . .Avery creased cash earnings, earnings which you couldn’t possibly characteristics of all the best known vio¬ amateur. We have accordingly left these 10655 Come Ye Faithful . .Percippe lin makers in the world, in their minutest auction rooms of Puttick and Simpson. has the s 111s of the notes pointing down, Ob. High .Geibel obtain under your present condition? These auctions arc held at frequent inter¬ drum has them pointing up. In for the last; yet it will by no means do 8047 Hail Glorious Morn. Violin details. Especially should he know the to neglect them, as (considering the pres¬ Ob. Low ...Geibel vals, and are attended by dealers from all dance music the bass drum agrees approxi¬ 12748 Hail Thou Risen One. High. work of the Cremonese masters, .since their ent remarkable growth of interest in or¬ We are purely selfish in offering them to you gratis—We have started thousands of over the world. The old violin trade in mately with the rhythm of the double Ward-Stevens work is the most frequently imitated. He chestral music) there is no telling how 15507 Glorious Moi 12749 Hail Thou Risen,One._T.ow. others the same way—many wrote out of curiosity—became intensely interested when they London thus has an opportunity of seeing bass, the snare drum with that of the sec¬ 10391 Glorious Moi saw how practical and how extremely valuable they were—and before they knew it they should also be intimately acquainted with soon or at how short notice one may be more violins by various makers than is the ond violin. The drum part of a waltz 20126 Glory Crowi 6891 Hail 1 Risen Lord. were proficient on another instrument or had a fine, practical knowledge of Harmony and— the characteristics of the work of the called upon to orchestrate for them. they were MAKING MORE MONEY IN THEIR PROFESSION. many great imitators of the Cremonese, case in any other city-. Many of these vio¬ looks something like this: such as Vuillaume, the great French lins are put in order by the repairers in Ex. 1 They had faith in themselves—they wanted to do better things—bigger things—more Tympani or Kettle Drums Shackley maker, who copied some of the great Cre¬ London before being put up at auction, an 1 20024 God Hath Sen profitable things—and they did. Have you the faith to do better things—bigger things— Unlike the bass drum, the kettle drum An Jones 8078 In the Dawn of Early^Morn- mona violins with surprising accuracy. the repairers and dealers in this way have more profitable things in music—if so sign the coupon to-day. It costs you nothing and has a tone of a definite musical pitch, and 10903 Hail! Festal I Many of these imitations are worth large an opportunity of inspecting the workman¬ 10802 He is Risen... 5337 Lord is Ris you will benefit much. has to be tuned by the player. Tradi¬ 6295 He Was Cruci Ob. . ship of every maker and school at first that of a irch, something like this: tionally, the tympani come in pairs, 10111 Hosanna! .... Lord is Don’t wait for this advertisement to appear again. Procrastination is the thief of hand, from the Cremonas two hundred 6066 How Calm am ... Lansing First Study the History slightly differing in size. The larger one opportunity as well as of time, and there is no time like the present to get busy and make years old, to modern violins finished a 8061 Light of Hope. High..Geibel money. Select the course you want and sign coupon NOW ! My advice to any one wishing to qualify may be tuned to any pitch from 8062 .. Low.. “ as a violin expert would be: first, to study month ago. Dealers like the firms of 16241 Lord of Life and Glory. Hart, and Hill and Sons are the Supreme Ex. 4 High.F. A. Clark the history and construction of the violin, 9868 Resurrection Song. High Court in the case of old violins, and a cer¬ The bass drum is used mostly in single 10653 Lift Your ( Students’ Course by William H. Sherwood. as far as it can be learned from observa¬ strokes. The snare drum is capable of Piano tificate from one of their experts, as to Lord, My God.Steane High.. tion and books; second, to learn violin Contains complete, explicit instruction on every phase of piano playing. No stone what a violin really is, is considered au¬ an endless variety of rhythm, but it is sel¬ Morn’s Roseate Hues. I dom of good effect to introduce any other The smaller drum may be tuned at . any Berwal'd 17527 Sing, O Sing has been left unturned to make this Course absolutely perfect. The lessons are il¬ making and repairing; third, to become thentic the world over, and has much to Morn’s Roseate Hues. lustrated with lifelike photographs of Sherwood at the piano. rhythm than that which already exists in identified with a first rate firm dealing in do with the price of an instrument. Many pitch from 7692 Sing With 1 the Son old violins and repairing them. It is abso¬ some one or more of the other instru¬ Glory. U .Mr For Teachers By violinists, buying an old violin at a large Ex. 5 . the Sepulch lutely necessary for the would-be expert to ments, unless a real drum “solo” is in¬ 7142 They Came - William H. Sherwood price, will not take it, unless the guarantee High .Solly Normal Piano Course have an opportunity of handling and exam¬ tended. The only exception is the roll or 5206 Victor Immortal. High. of a leading London expert goes with it. Brackett These Normal Lessons for piano teachers contain the fundamental principles of ining violins of all schools and makers, so tremolo on the snare drum (quite rarely Skillful Counterfeits on the bass drum), which is sometimes The usual custom is to tune them to the ..Jones 4715 Voice Trumphant. High. successful teaching—the vital principles—the big things in touch, technique, melody, that he may become familiar with the char¬ 10689 Sing, Ye Hea... Stults phrasing, rhythm, tone production, interpretation and expression—a complete set of It is thus apparent that in the case of a very effective. Good drummers can make key-note and the fifth of the scale, though acteristics of their work. This experience 10801 Song of Triumph.. . Morrison 5202 “ “ Low. Stults physical exercises for developing, strengthening and training the muscles of the fingers, really skillful counterfeit of one of the a splendid crescendo, diminuendo, or both, other tunings are sometimes adopted for 20149 Thanks be to God..Ambrose is the most difficult of all to get, especially 10575 Thanks Be to God.Hotchkiss hands, wrists, arms and body, fully explained, illustrated and made clear by photo¬ great masters of violin making, it takes either on a roll or elsewhere, and thus in¬ special effects. A kettle-drum does not 10874 Thanks Be to God.. .Lansing EASTER DUETS graphs, diagrams and drawings. in the United States, where in the smaller necessarily have to be in unison with the an expert of many years’ experience to tensify greatly the expression of the piece. 10120 Thanks Be to God.Marchant 14467 Christ Victorious. (Alt. and cities at least, there is often no opportun¬ 10401 ’Tis Glorious Easter Morning. decide whether it is genuine or not. The bass—but it must be in harmony with some Dressier Ten.) .Roberts Harmony by Adolph Rosenbecker and Dr. Daniel Protheroe. ity of seeing even a single specimen of the greatest experts who have the widest note of the chord with which it strikes, 10389 Triumphant Lord.. .. Berwald 9447 Every Flower. < Sop.^ and Cremonese, or other great makers. There otherwise the effect will be discordant. 10063 Welcome, Happy Morning This course includes Counterpoint, Composition and Orchestration. A know¬ knowledge in judging old violins ccin’e 14381 I are hundreds of people posing as violin from the ranks of dealers and repairers in Modern composers sometimes call for 15662 Welcome, Happy Morning. .Stults ledge of Harmony is necessary for every advanced student and teacher. The Rosen- Besides the drums already named drum¬ (Sop. and qxperts, who really know very little about London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and other three or even four kettle-drums, all tuned becker-Protheroe Course in Harmony excels in completeness—simplicity—practicability. mers commonly have Cymbals, a Triangle, .... Schoebel Ample original work in connection therewith stamps the principles on your mind in¬ the business. This . recalls an instance large cities in Europe, where they have differently, but as many players are pro¬ a set of steel bars known as “Bells,” and delibly. during my boyhood days when, living in spent their lives in examining and studying vided with only two we recommend the stu¬ various other traps and contrivances which WOMEN’S VOICES ORGAN COMPOSITIONS a large western city, I bought a violin the violins of all makers and all schools, dent to limit himself to this number. it would take too much space to describe 10803 Alleluia, Alleluia! (Three 6901 Adoration .Borowski Reed Organ by Frank W. Van Dusen, well known teacher and organist. containing a Ruggieri label from a young until their skill in passing on an old violin (To be continued) Part) .Brander 16995 Festal Prelude. German emigrant, whose father was a here, but which the student can learn all 10805 Hosanna! (Two Part^r{mier Andre-Rockwell becomes almost like a sixth sense. Sorry; 11219 Festal Postlude in C. violin dealer in Germany. The instru¬ Rockwell r of these experts have found their way to Choral Conducting b Dr °™i Protheroe. ment was a most aristocratic looking old the United States and are to be found in As to Practicing MEN’S VOICES 16816 Hosannah .Diggle fiddle, and had a splendid tone, which was Irander 17302 Short Postlude for East. our large cities. ..Solly .12 .40 Public School Music htade8l byMrs- the delight of every violinist who played All the greatest makers of violins, yufli By Cora Young Wiles on it. Nearly every one of these violin as Stradivarius, Guarnerius, Amati, etc., EASTER CANTATAS VICTORY DIVINE players pronounced it a geniune Ruggieri, betrayed certain characteristics in their A well-known musician and orchestra flute, remember the money that must be THE GREATEST LOVE Public School Music Supervisor’s Course 1 Clark. $1.00 but advised me to take it to the leading workmanship, in a somewhat similar man¬ leader gave my son some good advice. paid for it and for the lessons; and never, By H. W, Petrie 75 cents By J. C. Marks local expert, a man who had a large music ner to human beings who have character¬ Being asked to give the boy flute lessons, never let mamma tell you when and how DAWN OF THE KINGDOM THE WONDROUS CROSS -GOOD FOR SIX FREE LESSONS- store, and who made violins—really ex¬ istics in their handwriting which make it lie said: "It makes me sad to see a youth long to practice. You must do it your¬ By J. T. Wolcott 60 cents By I- Berge 60 cents cellent instruments—as a side line. All peculiarly their own. The real expert re¬ start to learn a musical instrument. Per¬ self, willingly and earnestly; and, if you UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONSERVATORY, violins in need of a pedigree were taken do not feel positive that you can stick to Dept. A 154 Siegel-Myers Building, Chicago, Ill cognizes the workmanship of the great haps he knows a hoy who plays the flute IMMORTALITY FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE your practice.day after day and year in to this man, and he was considered the violin maker, as a bank teller judges a or he has heard it played somewhere and By R. M. Stults 60 cents Please send me FREE without the slightest cost or obligation on my part Six (6) Lessons of the one violin expert in the city. When I and year out, don’t you waste my time By R. M. Stults 60 cents course mentioned below. Also quote me your Special Limited Price for Complete Course. signature. decides he must play, too; and so lie teases papa and. mamma until they buy and your time and money, but give it up Any of the above Publications will gladly be sent for examination Name.Age. him a flute. Then, so of ten, it is but a short right now.” How Wagner Did it I have never had to tell my son to prac¬ Street No.. R. F. D. or P. O. Box. Richard Wagner, in one of his let¬ time until he finds there is real work re¬ friends think that I am floating in the quired, thinks it is tedious and tiresome, tice, and when his beloved teacher passed THEODORE PRESSER CO. ters confessed to his friend Baron von away he had given to his pupil high ideals air.” This attitude has been one of grows impatient and lazy, loses interest 1712 Chestnut Street :: Philadelphia, Pa. 1 am interested in the .. ...(Course) Gersdorff that he was “nearly always and a firm foundation of good musical stuck in the mire,” but. he adds, “best the elements of the success of many and finally throws the flute aside. I say to you, my son, if you wish to learn the habits. Please mention THE ETUDE when addressing our advertisers. of all is my ability to make my dearest famous people. Please mention THE ETUDE when addressing o fUE ETUDE FEBRUARY ITT Page 137 Page 136 FEBRUARY 1922 THE ETUDE Kindergarten Book tion to any of our patrons who so desire. Broekhoven’s Harmony Secrets of the Success Casse-Noisette Suite (“Nut- The works withdrawn are as follows:. p,v Mathilde Bilbro of Great Musicians— Cracker”) for Piano Solo Mother Goose Fantasy by Arthur Nev- We have come into possession of a work This is a little book for very small By E. di Pirani By Tschaikowsky, Op. 71 in. This work requires a chorus of chil¬ that has had a very large sale in past children; it is not even necessary that dren and a few dancing girls, also a So¬ We are looking forward to our Easter years. It has been used by many of the Nothing is so eagerly read by the The. lovely Waltz of the Flowers, is music business and believe it will be the piev know the alphabet. The intention of prano with considerable dramatic talent leading conservatories in this country and American public as the various recipes probably the best known number of the best in the history of this house. Never tl,e‘ hook is that they spend one hour for the character of the Dream Maid. also of Europe and is one of the few for success. Why? Because the Ameri¬ famous Nutcracker Suite, but the re¬ before have we been in position to supply ,vith th ir teacher about four days in the The work could be put into shape in two text books of this country that has been can people know that there is no one se¬ maining numbers all have striking charac¬ such a variety of superlatively good music week and there are many things to do cret, but that the real truth is to be teristic’s. The Dance of the Dragon Flies or three weeks and we believe will be for the Easter Services, as we offer this used abroad. The author, Mr. Broekho- in these four hours. Full instructions of great interest to schools and choral ven, has been a teacher of Theory in the found in the lives of the many who have and the Dance of the Mirlitons, are two are given in ihe press pages as to just made successes. Commandatore di Pi- picturesque ballet numbers. The Rus¬ societies. Retail price $1.00. Cincinnati College of Music for manv how the work should be given to the little From the Yellowstone by Thurlow For choirs desiring a cantata, we re¬ years. Our edition of this work will be rani, pianist, composer, author, as well sian Dance, the Arabian Dance and the commend the following works, which are ones. The author. Miss Bilbro, is well- Chinese Dance, are exceedingly colorful Lieurance. A Musical Drama for Solo somewhat enlarged. This is a book that known in Europe as he is here,—once the musically worthy, interesting to rehearse known as one of the leading, if not the and suggestive of the respective nationali¬ Quartette and Chorus. This work may be every teacher of Theory will be glad to assistant of the great Kullak, has in this and sure of receiving a cordial reception leading, writer for children and we are ties. The Overture and the Processional produced in concert form with or without own as it ranks as one of our most collection, made a dose study of the from the congregation, when rendered:— pleased that we can present to our sub¬ March are both charming numbers. As staging, and introduces a number of Mr. modern of text books on Theory and we motives and accomplishments of famous The Greatest Love, by H. W. Petrie; scribers such an excellent work along the musicians so that these chapters covering arranged for piano solo this suite lies jn Lieurance’s most popular “Indian Songs,” are pleased that we have come "into pos¬ arranged for mixed quartette and chorus. Dawn of the Kingdom, by .1. T. Wolcott; Kindergarten line. most of the famous musicians of the past about Grades Four to Six. Immortality, by R. M. StultS; Victory session of such a valuable copyright. Our special advance price on this book, The special introductory price in ad¬ It is worthy of the ability of the best Since the plates are nearly all made, the and of the present are really a series of Divine, by J. C. Marks; Wondrous Cross, which wilt contain about fifty pages, will excellent biographies all focused upon in¬ vance of publication is 40 cents, postpaid. artists, as well as for college and high special offer will remain in force only for be but 50 cents, postpaid. school use. It forms a most effective un¬ NEW WORKS. secondly, service to the teachers. If these by Irenes Berge and From Death Unto dicating to the reader the factors which two ideals can be successfully carried Life, by R. M. Stults. a short time; we therefore urge those dertaking for all choral societies. The who wish to buy the work at a eonsider- made the successes of these men possible. Child’s First Book of Melodies out, commercial success is assured. Send for a copy of each “on approval” Evangelistic Piano Playing’ work retails for 75c. Advance of Publication Offers — ble reduction in price to send in their It is a new viewpoint and one most help¬ By W. E, Honska We are constantly revising and publish¬ and select the one most suitable for your By George Schuler ful to the student. Order one now, be¬ In All Keys by M. Greenwald. Twen¬ order at once. ty-Four Study Pieces for the piano of ing new catalogs and lists which we choristers. fore it is published, and take advantage This is a genuine Beginners’ Book, but February, 1922 SpecPrfce”'* We have always held that any one who The introductory offer on this new not an Instruction Book. It may be used the most attractive and melodious charac¬ believe will be of service to the teacher, We also have some excellent Easter work will be continued during the current of the special advance of publication Brahms’ Album . i and we draw particular attention at this has anything to do with Theory, either to accompany any instruction book or ter. Each study well and characteristical¬ Solos, by Neidlinger, Delafield, Shelly, month. Those who are seeking the best price, 75 cents. Broekhoven’s Harmony. time to new editions of three of our as a pupil or a teacher, should have a any course of teaching. The little melodies ly named; a very pleasant set of studies. Carnaval Mignon—Schutt. Rotoli, Shackley, Lansing, Risher and method, of adapting hymn tunes and Casse Noisette (Nutcracker) Suite— catalogs. number of works on the subject so as to which are used are intended to inculcate The retail price is $1.00. other prominent composers and inspiring get different viewpoints and as this work other choir accompaniments for the Transcriptions for the Organ Modern Violin School by Theodore Tschaikowsky . The Piano Study Guide, perhaps the Easter Anthems for Mixed Voices, Wom¬ musicianship through the development of a Child’s First Book of Melodies—Honska most important of our catalogs, has been is quite an original one it will be very pianoforte will find in this book all the By Humphrey J. Stewart feeling for rhythm and harmony. To aid in Lindberg. A genuine beginners’ book, Child’s Play—Tompkins . en’s Voices and Men’s Voices. valuable to the teacher or student of needed information. Hymn tunes as they dealing largely with the first position and revised and brought up to date. The A selected list of solos and anthems will Dr. Stewart, in his recitals at Balboa the attainment of this end there are Class Method for the Violin—Oscar J. Theory. stand in the books are usually written for w7ell worth the investigation of every guide contains a full and classified list, be found upon another page, and choir Park, San Diego, has had occasion to a’«o writing exercises to be done by. the Our special advance price is hut 60 only four voices and if played as written teacher. We ask the perusal of this Evangelistic Piano Playing—Schuler. . with complete descriptions, of works directors can secure samples for examina¬ make many new transcriptions of various student. The book is of most attractive “Green Timber” Songs—Lieurance. . .. covering every detail of modern piano¬ cents, postpaid. they are weak and ineffective on the piano. works, chiefly modern, which are not to character and it will hold the interest of volume. Retail price $1.00. Kindergarten Book—Bilbro . tion by designating the numbers wanted The harmonies need filling out and in Preparatory School to the Sonatina, by forte study, and should be in the hands or we will send a package of our own se- be found in other collections. This work the young student far more than the. or¬ Original Four Hand Pieces. many eases redistribution in order to Franz T. Liftl. This book is just what its Preparatory School to Bach—Liftl.... of every music teacher in the country. Brahms’ Album for the is especially valuable on this account. dinary dry and scholastic finger exercises. Guide to Neie Teachers on 7'caching the make the pieces effective. In this book The special' introductory price in ad¬ name signifies, for the use of pupils in School of the Pianoforte, Vol. Ill— Pianoforte Dr. Stewart has included in its contents Theodore Presser . Piano. This little booklet has been re¬ Mr. Schuler starts in the simplest manner only such pieces as have been tried out vance of publication is 30 cents, postpaid. about the second grade of study. A.very Secrets of the Success of Great Musi¬ vised and furnishes not only practical 19,000,000 We take pleasure in announcing that we find works up gradually to the most art¬ thoroughly and have been received valuable , work by one of the best Euro¬ cians—Pirani . istic forms of accompaniment. Every¬ pean teachers and composers. Short Melodious Exercises in Touch and advice from expert teachers on teaching Mistakes have in preparation a new and very com¬ favorably. They are only of moderate Technical Exercises plete Brahms’ Album, complete in "that it thing is made clear. Secular Vocal Duets. This work fol¬ Tone—Corbett. subjects but furnishes a positive practical difficulty and none of them are lengthy. for the Violin Technical Exercises for the Violin—H. course of pianoforte study in ten grades. The Hon. Will H. Hays, Postmaster contains all of the works by Brahms, that The special introductory price in ad¬ In addition to their value for recital use lows our Sacred Duets, an immensely van den Beemt. Our new Professional Price List—Mu¬ General, who has increased the efficiency are the most played, including the Waltzes, vance of publication is 50 cents, postpaid. many of them are suitable for church pur¬ By H. van den Beemt popular collection, and has been com¬ Transcriptions for Organ—Stewart. . . . sic Books and Music Supplies—has just of his Department and added a dash of Op. 39, Ballades, Op. 10, Piano Pieces, Op. poses and for picture playing. This is a book for daily practice of the piled in answer to a very great demand. Twelve Well Known Nursery Rhymes— The duets are all of the medium grade M. Greenwald . appeared. A catalog of only our own humanity long needed in the service, re¬ 76, Rhapsodies, Op. 79, Scherzo, Op. So¬ Child's Play- The special introductory price in ad¬ violinist. Just as the pianist needs cer¬ Violin Studies—Kreutzer . publications in book form. cently made a statement for the American nata, Op. S, Variations, Op. 21 and the Ten Little Pieces vance of publication is 75 cents, postpaid. tain finger exercises and technical work and have been Irird and selected from Young Folk’s Folio of Piano Music. . . . our large catalog of such works. Retail We will be very glad to send any or Reviews of Reviews, in which he pointed Gavotte by Gluck-Brahms. All these By George Tompkins for daily practice, so does the violinist all of these to any of our patrons who will works have been carefully edited by the need exercises for the development of the price $1.00. out that each year about 19,000,000 badly This is a little work that has a great Carnaval Mignon ask for them in connection with their directed letters go to the Dead Letter well-known authority, Mr. Louis Oesterle. left hand. This includes scales and ar¬ Special Music Club Issue correspondence, or a postal card will bring This will be a handsome volume and a deal of merit, as it is written by an ex¬ By Ed. Schutt peggios and also exercises in the positions Important Announcement! Office. All this is in addition to those perienced composer. The harmonies are of The Etude them or any other information on any which are readdressed from the city di¬ substantial addition to the library of any Schutt’s Carnaval Mignon, a suite in and in shifting. It is necessary that the Reduction in Postage Rates subject connected with music or music very carefully chosen; most of the little six scenes, is one of his most important violinist acquire certainty and this can The Etude plans to recognize the mar¬ rectory in different cities. In New York teacher or student. It will be a volume Beginning January 1st, 1922, first-class teaching. of about 150 pages. pieces are in four parts. It makes an pianoforte works and deservedly popular be done only by daily work. velous musical activity of American Mu¬ City alone there are 250,000 a day. We excellent preparatory work in part read¬ postage to tile following countries has would not believe this if we did not have The special introductory price in ad¬ with good players. The several numbers The special "introductory price in ad¬ sical Clubs in all parts of the country, ing although none of the pieces are be- vance of publication is 35 cents, postpaid. been reduced to two cents for each ounce including the splendid group working un¬ Our Talking Machine it upon the word of the Postmaster vance of publication is 75 cents, postpaid. are musically illustrative of the princi¬ or fraction thereof: Argentine, Brazil, vond the first grade or very little be¬ pal characters of the old fashioned pan¬ der the National Federation of Musical General. yond that. Every one of these little Ecuador, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Mar¬ Department tomime. There is a dashing Prelude, a Twelve Well-known Nursery Musicians are brought up to abhor mis¬ Original^ pieces has words and most of them oc¬ tinique. As announced in these columns last takes and blunders. A very considerable piquant Harlequin Serenade in which two month, we have enlarged our Record Four-Hand Pieces cupy but one page. The pieces are all Rhymes The postage rate on magazines, we hope, will be a joy and a help to part of the teacher’s business is in cor¬ themes are cleverly combined, Colum¬ wrapped separately, to foreign countries Mail Order Department and our facilities very carefully fingered and phrased and bine’s Lament, a beautiful slow move¬ By M. Greenwald every American music worker. There recting mistakes,—often wholly unneces¬ This work is now in press and it will it is an excellent work for every teacher has been reduced to one cent for each for supplying promptly all orders for sary ones. However, we have found in be ready in a short time. In order to give ment, a humorous Punchinello movement, This is a very useful hook for kinder¬ will be a very large edition, as we either Victor or Brunswick Records are Who has to do with young children.. garteners and those engaged in elemen¬ four ounces or fraction thereof begin¬ are anticipating a very great demand for our own business of The Etude, there are an idea of the scope of the work, we give a dreaming Pierrot and a final Caprice. ning with January 1st. greater than ever before. So many • The special introductory price in ad¬ Our new edition of this work has been tary teaching. It takes twelve of the best this issue. However, better place your hundreds of people who are engaged in a partial list of the contents as follows:— vance of publication is 30 cents, postpaid. The new ruling on magazines will re¬ Victor Records have been unobtainable music, who think nothing of failing to Rubinstein, Toreador et Andalouse: Gotts- carefully revised and edited. known Nursery Rhymes and gives them order for extra copies with your dealer from the factory during the past year, complete with the words and music, but duce the postage on the Etude from sign their names to letters, to checks, to chalk, Oios CrioUos; Moszkowski, Rus¬ The special introductory price in ad¬ 72c to 36c, a considerable saving to our that we have engaged in a systematic “Green Timber” Songs so arranged that they may he either sung Merely as an indication of the wide¬ orders, to subscriptions,—who fail to send sia and Hungarian Dance; Hummel, An- vance of publication is 40 cents, postpaid. friends across the seas. hunt for these missing numbers in Phila¬ their addresses when they move,—in fact dantino; Scharwenka, Gavotte: Hofmann, By Thurlow Lieurance or used as instrumental solos. In addi¬ spread interest in this number let us cite delphia and other cities, with very good tion, directions are given for using them some names of famous music workers and do all sorts of things that could have been Barcarole; Brahms, Hungarian Dance. ’Way up in the wonderful Green Timber Short Melodious Exercises Bang! Down Go Prices! results in many cases. We now have country of Wisconsin, where mystery as action songs by groups of children, music lovers, who will in this issue assist avoided with a little patience and care. Ho. f; Jensen, Evening Music: Bohm, in Touch and Tone customers for Victor and Brunswick Re¬ Mistakes of this kind often lead to deplor¬ Birthday March; Schubert, Marche Her- joins hands with romance, among the each song having an appropriate illustra¬ An old and favorite combination of us in pointing out what they feel to be cords in every state in the Union. We able misunderstandings which we would oique and Polonaise, and others. Every swirling crystal waters and the eternal By Ave Corbett tion of just how this should look. magazines at a new price—The Etude Ihe greatest work which our music clubs The special introductory price in ad¬ are pleased to announce that a great give a great deal to avert. The Etude piece in the book was written originally Verdure of the trees, Lieurance, already There is always room on the Teacher’s Music Magazine and the Pictorial Review should undertake: Edward Bok, G. W. many of the earlier Caruso records, with vance of publication is 35 cents, postpaid. —America’s greatest woman’s magazine, Chadwick, Dr. Frank Damrosch, Thomas lias been so fortunate in preserving a for four-hands, there are no arrange¬ internationally famous for his wonderful list for additional second grade studies. piano accompaniment, /which had been both leaders in their respective classes— A. Edison, Florence Easton, Arthur delightful friendly bond with its many ments. We are satisfied that the pieces melodies and harmonies in his studies of One tires of teaching the same things all eliminated from the Victor lists and for one year—only $2.65. A pretty hard Foote, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Mme. Galli- patrons, that they must all know by this in this book are the best examples of Indian music, finds a new source of inspi¬ of the time and students too are greatly therefore were unobtainable, have been Violin Studies combination to beat. Save $1.85 over Curci, Rudolf Ganz, Percy Grainger, E. time that we are always anxious to have four-hand writing obtainable. ration. We are eagerly watching their helped by variety. The new studies by of R. Kreutzer restored to the new 1922 Catalogue; a them receive The Etude regularly and art development. Some are completed in Corbett are short and tuneful and are last year’s price—so let your orders come de Gogorza, Josef Hofmann, Alberto Jo¬ copy of which will be mailed to any ad¬ The special introductory price in ad¬ promptly. A very great many of the the composer’s masterly and original style, well thought out. They will prove benefi¬ These studies are now nearly ready for quickly. nas, Josef Lhevinne, G. Martinelli, Mar¬ dress upon request. 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What does a Bach invention mean Nellie had just come home after her GILBERT RAYNOLDS COMBS, Director 0ffiT^.d"nd0I^i:rs^rd..stiudio■ Ersloon Parke, D 837 Clinton St., Carthage, Mo. Katharine Burrowes, D 246 Highland Are., H. P., Detroit, Mich. to you? Probably not as much as it By Minnie Olcott Williams first music lesson. It was not really her Write for Illustrated Booklets should, because you never really listened first lesson for she had takeft- Wss&nS’be¬ to one—although you may have heard one. Lucy Locket, Jessie King and Sue because it seemed too much like work. fore for two whole years, but it was the Brown were fast friends, and sometimes ?H^In Philadelphia 11 V Now in new building. A two-part invention, you know, is a Then she remarked, “Well, I know I do first one from her new teacher and she II jaM 1 Over 1300 students last form of composition in which the parts they liked to sit and talk together about not like to practice singing, so I can not just loved it. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART ™ their plans, just as grown-ups do. Lucy Musical Academy -GUY BEVIER WILLIAMS, President-- mD or melodies are independent of each other, blame Lucy for not wanting to learn any¬ “Oh Mother,” she cried in glee, as she could play very well on the piano, but she thing new. Besides, I just hate to hear a vanced pupils under eminent artist-teachers. Theory, I •ulilimusch;ring for and frequently imitate each other, but put away her music, “I have had the Instrumental and vocal.Students’ Symphony Orohea- 70 Artist Teachers; including 12 of the leading members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra only the two parts are used. These parts was modest to such an extreme degree woman screech in public.” very nicest lesson, it was just wonderful.’’ that she did not like to play in the school For pnwpeotua a ddress*3 CHARMON^ Swi^MUE®,' Musical Institute., Inc. are also called voices, and one makes the Then as the harsh words stood out and “I am glad of that, girlie, tell me about Managing Director, 1617 Spruce St. Students May Register at Any Time For Catalogue, Address H. B. MANVILL1.. Bus. Mgr. concerts or before an audience. no one replied, she began to feel ashamed 5405 to 5415 Woodward Avenue accompaniment for the other. A three- part invention is one in which three parts “I think it is wrong for you to feel that of what she had said, and she felt ashamed “You should have been there, it was so 5th YEAR Founded by CLARA BAUR or voices are used. Note the difference way, Lucy,” said Jessie, who was the of herself, too, for never trying to please different.” Conducted according to methods of most Minneapolis School of Music, between such a composition and a lyric thoughtful one, and who was not able to . her parents by making the most of her progressive European conservatories PERCY FULLINWIDER, Violinist “What do you mean, dearie, are not all melody with a harmonic accompaniment. take lessons herself. beautiful voice. music lessons just about alike? Tell me Head of Violin Department Dramatic Art—MUSIC—Languages “I can not help it,” answered Lucy. Jessie broke the silence by saying, “Girls, some of the differences, then?” asked her ffiiK Bach, Two-part invention, No. 8 “Father wants me to learn to play on the I think you will be sorry some day for Mother. [ * Faculty of International Reputation organ in the church, but I do not not making the most of your opportuni¬ LAWRENCE CONSERVATORY Nellie settled herself in her favorite to do it.” ties. I heard one of mother’s friends say¬ rAWM'A’ Exceptional advantages for post¬ ALL BRANCHES OP MUSIC AND DRAMATIC AB chair, and began: “Well, we started with ( Incorporated ) 7 “Why not?” asked Jessie, who could not ing the other day that if we can not make graduates and repertoire work. Department five-finger exercises, and you know I used A MASTER TEACHER This invention for two-parts, No. 8 understand why any one could refuse to good where we are we will never go one For catalogue and information, address of Opera. Ideal location and residence to dislike them, but we played we were Unusual opportunity for the serious student of violin. as it is generally called, is a very well- take lessons if she had the opportunity. step higher,” and so saying she left. Miss Bertha Baur. Directress, Cincinnati, Ohio department with superior equipment. having a military drill, and the teacher known composition; key of F major, "Well,” answered Lucy, “I do not Lucy and Sue sat a few minutes longer was the sergeant and my fingers were the triple time. The “motive” goes upwards in the swing, but they were not talking. squads of men, and she called out the or¬ Presently Sue said, “I believe Jessie is for an octave in a series of broken in¬ “Oh,” said Jessie, wistfully, “if I only ders. Then if my finger made a mistake right after all. Let us go home and prac¬ DANA’S MUSICAL INSTITUTE tervals in eighth notes and then comes back had the chance to learn!” it got a demerit.” to its starting place with a scale passage So far Sue had said nothing for she tice.”' WARREN, OHIO “That is a good idea,” said her THE GEMS OF CZERNY ARRANGED AS in sixteenth notes. felt rather guilty, • knowing in her secret “Yes,” said Lucy, “I was just thinking Mother THE SCHOOL OF DAILY INSTRUCTION IN ALL Ask some one to play this for you, if heart that she really had a fine voice, but about the story of the man who buried his “Yes it is. And in another exercise we A GRADED COURSE OF STUDIES you have not yet learned it, and listen to was not willing to practice her exercises talentand they each went home to practice. BRANCHES OF MUSIC played that the fingers were jumping the two parts. Address LYNN B. DANA, President Desk E> WARREN, OHIO rope, and they had to jump high to get Bach lived in Germany from 1685 to over the rope.” 1750 and he excelled in all forms of Little Fingers “That is a good idea, too,” said her Selected “Czerny” Studies "contrapuntal” (look that up if you forget jf^uisuiUe. ft Mother. it) writing, from these two-part inven¬ By Loie E. Brandon MMmmm “Oh, and then scales! You know how Conservatory a Revised, Edited and Fingered, with Copious tions to the most wonderful and massive TYTOTED FOR: Select patronage 30 states; pleasant of music »outh I know some little fingers The minutes were so very long I used to detest them? We had a grand 15 social life; location foothills Blue Ridge Mts. Annotations, by EMIL LIEBLING fugues. North of Atlanta. Standard A.B. course; specid ad- UOiyDFORlNDmDOALTRAIHlNO MH , That go up and down the keys, Before she made us see, march with scales, and the metronome ANI' l EL-ONAL ATTENTION ^ V \ We still could play a little game —that pesky little thing that I used to physicaY cu'lture’^S^'build^ngs^'inclu’dfng0 soroJfty IN THREE BOOKS PRICE $1.00 EACH Puzzle Corner They used to make some blunders houses, new gymnasium, swimming pool. Catalog And were very hard to please. While counting one, two, three. keep in the corner—was the band, and of and illustrated book. Address Each of the following represent the course the march just had to keep step VALUABLE and noteworthy addition to the technical litera¬ rhythm of a well known melody. How BRENAU Gainesville, Ga. A But now since teacher told them So if this method you’ve not tried, with the band. ture of the pianoforte. This work represents a diligent sift¬ many of them can you find? Some games that they might play, Just ask your teacher now, “I am so glad you liked your lesson, ing and careful selection of material from the entire works of <3> ’ J~7|J ; i | j jTJU J 1 Id They march along like soldiers About the games the fingers play girlie, and you will keep all these things Czerny, including all the popular opus num- And behave the nicest way. And she will tell you how. in your mind when you practice?” Asked bers together with many less known, but ® I i j j ij. t j ij j jiJ- rJi her Mother. equally meritorious studies. Mr. Liebling’s (D j =1.-—m j n\J. U J rn\J- “Oh yes, certainly, but there is lots editorial work has been of the most exact and more to tell: “I played a piece and it had *11. ' * $ 1 FPFrerica COWLES, Director HSHSiBSB © ^ n\nnn\~' r?\d painstaking character from both the technical many mistakes in it—just little ones. My teacher said the piece was coming apart and interpretative sides; the annotations (D \ j -at??\rm\J- tU are of real practical and needed some stitches here and there, Atlanta Conservatory of Music MR. and MRS. CROSBY ADAMS value and musical in¬ terest. The three ® \ : ;*-'/7T7i n'j nlrrnrm and that there were a few buttons off 1 So Annual Summer Class for Teachers of Piano volumes, which are THE FOREMOST SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS carefully and closely I only have to practice those places for IN THE SOUTH for the Study of Teaching Material graded, the studies be- © [J JTT7 | J J S' i. U J-/lf 0 Crour ^105 Wt>\ a_ fajTuafl'ij £ <>->vc| , next time and pretend that I am sewing Advantages Equal to Those Found Anywhere ing arranged in pro¬ July 27—1922—August 11 gressive order, range the buttons on. I need not practice the Students may enter at any time. Send for in difficulty from the © | j \isrn\fmA Catalog. OEO. P. 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