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THE FIRST PERFORM- ANCE of a full-length symphony, composed for and dedicated with per- mission to the Army Air Forces, by Corporal Sam- UhcisuaL College uel Barber, took place AmemcA's most on March 3 in Boston, when the work was pre- Samuel Boston Barber sented by the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. The “Symphony Dedicated to the Army Air ORATORIOS, OPERAS Forces,” was begun last September at IN ITS RADIO PROGRAMS, CONCERTS, RECITALS, Fort Worth Army Airfield, Texas, when APPEARANCE, some in Corporal Barber accompanied pilots on AFFORDS STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC many flights. It is his second work in this f:rm, his “First Symphony” having- HERE. THERE. AND EVERYWHERE ASSOCIATION WITH PROMINENT GUEST ARTISTS. been written in 193G, and having the dis- tinction of being the only American work IN THE MUSICAL WORLD produced that season in Salzburg, when it was conducted by Artur Rodzinski. The new work is in three movements land, and the , died on APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND song and makes use, in the second movement, February 3 at Aix-la-Provence. She was leaders among men and women in uni- of an electrical instrument especially seventy-nine years old. An authority on form have been trained in a period of a constructed by the Bell Telephone lab- the medieval folklore of her native coun- little more than a year by the USO’s ten oratory, to simulate the sound of the try, she was awarded the Legion of music advisers. This was announced at a radio beam used for night or “blind” American musical compositions with Honor as “The Ambassadress of French USO Music Advisers national conference flying. those of Brazilian composers, through Song.” in the offices of the Joint Army and Navy Aaron Copland, president of the Amer- Committee on Welfare and Recreation EDWIN McARTHUR, young American ican Composers Association. The plan FRITZ KREISLER, in Washington. A farm boy in the Army conductor who in 1943 spent six months also provides for an exchange of orches- noted violinist-composer, who has never handled a music instru- in the South Pacific war area under the tral conductors in the post-war period. will make his radio debut ment is taught to play the , joint auspices of the War Department when some time this Army and Navy musical shows are pro- and USO Camp Shows, has returned to LEONARD PENNARIO, pianist. Private summer he appears in duced, symphonic bands organized, song that war theater at the specific request First Class, A.U.S., whose New York the first of a series of leaders trained and music-on-the-march and in the personal suite of Lieutenant- debut with the Philharmonic-Symphony five exclusive appear- stimulated—all through the efforts of General George C. Kenney, Commander Orchestra was a sensation of the past ances as guest artist on USO’s music advisory staff. The USO of the Fifth Air Force. Mr. McArthur, season, has been playing with West "The Telephone Hour,” distributed 3500 amateur song kits during reported to be “somewhere in New Coast orchestras to help to raise funds to heard Monday nights at Fritz the past year and is now sending quan- SLER Guinea,” has the distinction of being the provide libraries of records for service- 9 P. M„ EWT. Mr. Kreis- tities of sheet music to all its clubs. Army first civilian assigned to work directly men overseas. On February 19 he played ler was largely influenced in his decision music materials now sent to troops all with Army officials in shaping up pro- the “First Concerto” by Tchaikovsky, to play over the radio by the increasing over the world, according to Captain grams of music-making by the service- with the San Francisco Symphony Or- number of letters coming to him from the Morris C. Rosenberry of the Army, in- men themselves. chestra, under Pierre Monteux. more isolated places of America. Many clude 100,000 V-DISC records of clas- of the people in these far-off communi- sical, semi-classical, and popular music each month; Army Hit Kits of six popu- THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL BACH YVETTE GUILBERT, French singer and ties are never able to go to a recital or concert, to hear Mr. Kreisler’s artist- lar songs each month (words and music) FESTIVAL at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, actress, who at the turn of the century and untold happiness. and “Hymns from Home,” leaflets of will be held May 19 and 20 at the Chapel was well-known throughout France, Eng- ry will bring them twelve nondenominational hymns and of Lehigh University, with Ifor Jones the Twenty-third Psalm, which are is- conducting. The programs of the two-day sued to the soldiers through the chap- sessions will include the Cantata No. 104, lains and also put into K-Ration parcels. “Thou Guide of Israel”; the Cantata No. 102, “Lord, Are Thine Eyes Not Searching etitionA for the Righteous?”; the Motet, “Be Not LINA CAVALIERI, famous opera singer Afraid”; the Cantata No. 93, “If Thou of another day and member of the the Radio but Sufferest God”; the Cantata No. 4. THE COMPETITION for the fifth an. the RCA Victor Division of Company for several the prizes “Christ Lay in Death’s Dark Prison”; nual Edgar Stillman Kelley Junior Schol- Corporation of America. One of years following her debut in 1906, died on will be awarded for the best string quartet arship of the National Federation of February 8 fell on her home and as usual, the complete “Mass in B Latin when bombs Music Clubs will be limited to residents submitted from the republics of suburbs ofl Florence, Italy, minor.” E. Power Biggs will be the Fes- other prize will be in the de- of states in the Central Region, compris- America, while the tival organist and will give a recital at work sub- molishing it and killing the singer. She ing Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, given for the best ensemble VOICE, PIANO, PIPE ORGAN, VIOLIN, 11 A. M. on Saturday, May 20, in the and Can- was famed for her beauty as well as her CHORAL TRAINING, ORCHESTRA, SPEECH Kansas, Arkansas, North Dakota, South mitted from the United States 1944, Central Moravian Church. Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, and ada. The. contest closes May 31, voice, and sang in many concerts in AND ART ADDITIONAL and full information may be secured by America. She appeared also with the WITHOUT COST ABOVE REGULAR Oklahoma. The competition is open to ACADEMIC TUITION Chamber Music Guild, musicians under sixteen years of age, and writing to The Manhattan Opera Company. BERNSTEIN, Street, N. W., Zone 6, Wash- Bob Jones College, LEONARD young assistant State auditions are scheduled for Febru- Inc., 1604 K which stands without Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees, conductor of the New York Philharmonic- ary, March, and April. All details may be ington, D. C. for the apology "old-time religion" and and in the Symphony Orchestra, who earlier in the secured from Miss Etelka Evans, Cincin- Graduate School of Fine Arts PRIZES TO THE TOTAL OF $2000 GRAND OPERA at New season made a sensational last-minute Conservatory Music, Cinn., Ohio. the absolute authority of the Bible, has nati of War Bonds are to be York’s new City Center had courses leading to the in* United States Master of Arts and substitution for Bruno Walter, suddenly National Federation of of Music and Drama had an increase in enrollment of fifty awarded by the per cent the taken ill, will appear with the orchestra OF Master of Fine Arts degrees in music THE NATIONAL FEDERATION Music Clubs to federated music groups a brilliant and success- MUSIC CLUBS has announced the sec- in the last two years. Bob Jones College and speech. next season, not as assistant conductor, which, during the period from September ful opening night when The Bob Jones College as a guest conductor. Artur ond annual Young Composers’ Contest 1943 to May 15, 1944, present programs offers variety but Rodzin- 1, on February 16 a most a wide of courses leading to Academy for total awards of three hundred dollars. which in the opinion of the board of affords splendid opportunities ski has been reengaged for his second effective production of The major prize of one hundred dollars most significantly serve the nation’s Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science or season as permanent conductor and mu- judges "Tosca” was presented high school training is for a composition for chamber orches- war efforts. Donor of the awards is Don- especially valu* sical director of the organization. Other under the direction of degrees, and in the Graduate School of tra, with a second prize in this classifica- ald Voorhees, noted American conductor able to young guest conductors who will appear with men soon to tion of fifty dollars. There also are prizes director of a number of out- Laszlo Halasz, with the Dusolina enter upon and musical Giannini Religion courses leading to the the orchestra next season are Igor Stra- of fifty and twenty-five dollars for com- Master of military service. standing radio programs. The first prize principal roles in the positions in other classifications. Full de- vinsky, Pierre Monteux, and George Szell. is $500, with smaller awards down to $25, capable hands of Dusolina Giannini, tails may be secured from the National offered “only for public performances of George Czaplicki, and Mario Berini. For detailed information Chairman, Miss Marion Bauer, 115 West music given by amateur musical organiza- write JOSE SIQUEIRA, founder and president Overcoming the serious handicap of in- Seventy-third Street, . tions within the specified dates.” Full in- National adequate scenery and an orchestra too of the Symphony Orchestra, formation may be secured from Mrs. Ada small to project fully the Puccini score, of Brazil, is now in the United States TWO PRIZES OF $1000 EACH are to Holding Miller, Chairman, War Service . DR. BOB JONES, JR. under the auspices of the Str.te Depart- be given for string quartet compositions, Committee of the National Federation of the hard-working Mr. Haslasz accom- ment and the Office of the Coordinator by the Chamber Music Guild, Inc., of Music Clubs, 28 Everett Avenue, Provi- plished a splendid achievement in a per- BOB of Inter-American Affairs, making ar- Washington, D. C., in conjunction with dence, Rhode Island. formance “of the most refreshing sin- JONES COLLEGE cerity, competence, ^^^^^^VCLEVELAND, TENNESSEE rangements for the exchange of North and dramatic imoact.” APRIL, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 193 Editorial r udtibud non ffB® ffi© {

I PUBLISHED MONTHLY PU PA. J n„r« F R CO PHILADELPHIA, THEODORE PRESSERgjf*'- - „ / BY I I just can’t stand music like A HEART, Brother. advisory staff AVE EDITORIAL AND that!” The speaker was a prosperous Yankee merchant FRANCIS COOKE ***". dr. JAMES A^ntEJ.tors who had climbed over mountains of obstacles until he and Ava Yearga.o, H Guy McCoy Editor, Music Section mail-order busi- nr RobRnh Roy rePeery , found himself the owner of a department-store, Dr. ' Clifford Page educators, the Fliz, be[b G est N. well known teachers and E years he had "Designed and written by Harold Berkley dna °“ C. Krick Peter Hugh Reed middle-sized city in West Virginia. For graded course p, Fry George ness in a are the original systematic, r H s VC llliam D. Roelli BOTANIC METHODS These Pietro Deiro - /w^GehrkensOeiirKens Dr.^ Guy Maier teachers everywhere. Karlg W . success in proscribed Samuel instrumental study. Used by successful Dr. Nicholas Douty been turning the grindstone of excelled. methods are imitated, but have not been PRESSER- become myopic and dollar eyed -FOUNDED 1883 BY THEODORE Smiles* fashion until he had ELEMENTARY METHODS . . significant only RUBANK Hovey $.75 watching its revolutions. Culture, to him, was Hovey $.75 BASS (E|j or BB|j). or TRUMPET Robinson .75 XYLOPHONE or MARIMBA little or nothing worth while to CORNET .Peterson insofar as it induced people with or BARITONE Long .75 PL " TYMPANI Whistler . Thus, when he heard HORN (F or E(,) .'...Skomicka do, to create new markets for his wares. WBtel VIOLIN Book 1 Potter Yoder .75 drum VIOLIN Book 2 Potter yQprif 1944 sang the Bell Song from ..Petersen .75 Ward idea Is for the exquisite tones of Lily Pons, as she or PICCOLO .... VIOLA Co SAXOPHONE .75 CELLO Ward Ward “Lakme,” they had no meaning to him. .75 STRING BASS -.- 4 I’ll ICE 25 CENTS Whistler VOLUME LX1I, No. Skomicka .75 BELL LYRA But our merchant was only one of more than one hundred mil- • RUBANK INTERMEDIATE METHODS MUSIC 193 with a different type of musical r ...Buggert i WORLD OF lion people in our country, each T*-' CLARINET Skomicka $,75 DRUM . v THE FLUTE Skomicka CORNET or TRUMPET Skomicka as the fingerprints of one individual never have been Skomicka .75 SAXOPHONE taste. Just OBOE Skomicka EDITORIAL „ 195 TROMBONE or BARITONE Disputandum individual, so the musical taste of one per- Skomicka .75 VIOLA Ward “De Gustibus non est duplicated in another .75 BASS (Ej,-or BBj,) Skomicka HORN (F or E[,) Skomicka never has coincided exactly with that of any other person. AND CULTURE son MUSIC .. .Archer Gibson 197 idlP • RUBANK ADVANCED METHODS Mansions gustibus non est disputandum” (There Voxman-Gower $1.25 Great Pipe Organs in American lw The Latin proverb, “De CLARINET Voxman-Gower $1.00 OBOE in the * ums "'' BARITONE Mr. Handel Now ' v,' or TRUMPET TROMBONE or "The Great —4 clura Oamroscli Mannet 201 by personal CORNET 1.00 is disputing tastes), is amazingly demonstrated Gower-Voxmcto 1.00 Gower-Voxman Building Musicianship no Gower-Voxman 1.25 FLUTE Voxman-Gower 1.00 BASSOON preferences. You, who hear over the radio a mad jangle of ster- SAXOPHONE ..Voxman-Gower 1.00 MUSIC IN THE HOME .Allred Lindsay Morgan 202 some incredible group of jazz players, Debut torous, blatant sounds from A Famous Radio B. Meredith Cad man 203 The Etude Music Lover's Bookshelf are amazed to listen to the overwhelming clatter of applause with these jazz hounds, in their MUSIC AND STUDY which it is received in dance halls. Yet Dr ^ 204 Table The Teachers Round Kim; ry 205 will bark their heads off with impatience when they are distributed by . iutheiu’ynne kennels, RUBANK METHODS are 1 2, ILLINOIS CHICAGO Rolling Her Way to Triumph Jf _ j fJT , ce 206 of Mozart. . ••••••• music . jeweled jobbers. . Fame the Hard Way _. to sit through a program of the all music dealers and Reaching . Francis Rogers 207 asked Anyhow? (Part iwo) What is “Bel Canto,” 209 to enjoy only ANTON SEIDL Message More Effective > To many, the responsibility of compelling others Making the Church Musical 210 Teaching Stringed Instruments ...... often takes on the Mark 1 211 some particular type of “approved” music Music in a College Training Detachment .. J 212 An All-Night Singin’ in the Mountain Backwooo.s ° nature of a medieval crusade. We know a much-traveled music HnroI( i IW / 213 Violinist’s Forum the - The C,e>- -ns 214 public did not re- tory has he been better able to find out what he wants from Highly Esteemed Answers DrKarlW lover who made herself miserable because the Questions and .. . f ,, r , fi A Iirld 215 Music Should be Fun for Children in this high tide of radio. Every variety of music, , . Sf . 216 clamant, ear-splitting decrepitations of tone world than Regnal, i S spond fanatically to the So You're Going to Play a Concerto! BOOKS 23. globe, played by the TEXT Op. 28. No. country of the MUSIC the Month—Prelude in F major. To us, “Wozzeck” good and bad, from every Technic of Maier 237 Alban Berg’s tonal curiosity, “Wozzeck.” Chopin .Dr. Guy by Frederic is poured into his home daily. By CLARENCE G. HAMILTON seemed the flower of Nazi sadism, which the “Society for the greatest performers of their kind, MUSIC Prevention of Cruelty to Ears” should have suppressed by legal Thus, our music has become a matter of trends. ITS Classic and Contemporary Selections our American system of radio pro- MUSIC SOUND, AND Copland 217 process. Fortunately, that has not been necessary because, like One singular advantage of OUTLINES OF Playful Sunbeams Bemiece Rose Stan /or*' ng 218 interests, is that a very careful HISTORY RELATION TO MUSIC Viennese Echoes the mythical snake that, when angry, commits suicide by biting grams, sponsored by commercial U . 4" 220 Shower of Stars Paul 1\> er 223 oblivion. the public really wants in music is kept regu- is . hi la portals of check-up upon what Although titled "outlines'", this history Every intelligent musician should be Dainty Ballet Dancer itself, “Wozzeck” promises to pass behind the <’ r 224 a 23 with lessen by Guy • honored in thousands of libraries as familiar with the physical laws which Prelude F. Chopin, Op. 28, No. of this type. says larly. alert observer must realize that on the whole the Franz Schubert. 0]> 9,1 2 225 Alec Templeton properly has labeled music He Any authoritative work. The author's en- state- Waltz in A Flat most underlie his art. Here is a compact ’ 226 Spring Morning Reginald M< n furniture of taste are gradually ascending, not because some make it also a source of music that it sounds “as though somebody was moving the standards deavor to * ' the chief facts, / 227 ment of these laws and of 1 (Arr. Vernon ! Armstrong, 115, No. by exemplified Alleluia ! Alleluia W. D. Op. appreciation is probably best 228 world, because it is theories and experiments in accordance Under the Hawaiian Moon (Piano Duet) .Frank Grey (Arr. by Stanford King) around.” group is imposing its taste upon the radio but by the following excerpt from the Pref- with which they have been formulated. Focal and Instrumental Compositions better and better music is demanded "I know of no more fascinating pur- “Wozzeck” was written just after Berg had climbed out of the demonstrated somehow that ace: Dressier 230 the steps by A most valuable reference or text book. Behold the Risen King! (Low Voice) Louis R suit than that of tracing 232 lovely melodies, clever rhythms, smart Melodie (Violin and Piano) Johann Kuhnau (Arr. by Leopold J Beer) mud and blood of his service in the First World War. It was sup- by the public. Music with which mere unrelated sounds have been Cloth Bound—Price, $1.50 Last Spring, The (Organ) of subtle inven- modernity in music. ingenious orchestrations, forms the basis for the main de- moulded, through ages William M. Felton) 233 posed to represent the last word in German and some , Op. 34, No. 2 (Arr. by tion, into a medium for expressing there will call for jazz and Delightful Pieces for Young Players Perhaps it does—more’s the pity. Its fabulous difficulties and its mands at this time. But always be a of the grandest and most elusive of EPOCHS IN MUSICAL Coast Guard Patrol Elizabeth L Hopson 234 thoughts.” excretions created a furor. It has been given one hundred boogie-woogie with their monotonous and sterile backgrounds, human Turning Wheels Anita C. Tibbitt* 235 tonal PROGRESS 236 Cloth Bound—Price, $2.25 Little Easter Bunny Sidney Forrest sixty-six times (twice in the United States) and, in the opinion of just as at the other extreme there will be a call for symphonic and April Flowers Milo Strrens 236 music one hears, the To appreciate the your editor, its future performances should be restricted to Ger- operatic programs presenting the less readily comprehensible APPRECIATION listener should have some understanding THE JUNIOR ETUDE 248 MUSIC Elizabeth Gcst penalty for the other terrible and disagreeable works of modern composers. of the trend of musical development and many as a post-war Based on methods of literary criticism, place in some knowledge of what has gone before. MISCELLANEOUS the Nazis of today have brought to civilization, after In much the same way, Mr. Presser looked upon the music sec- this is an especially fine book to things which familiar- gives a bird's-eye view of The 196 the hands of one who wishes to This volume Etude Musical Quiz Charles D. Perlee previous centuries of glorious German achievement and beauty. tion of The Etude, which he considered a kind of ladder of “The Great Mr. Handel" Enters .. 196 ize himself with the great works of the the field of musical endeavor and traces the Films . "Gloria in Excelsis Deo!" 196 opinion, unques- taste. that many of the compositions included , is only one man’s personal and, musical He knew masters, to learn about their beauties, to the story of its growth. Its eight chapters But, you see, that Piano Practice Game That Is Fun 196 to them with a quickened v'tTtt v be able to listen are illustrated, pictorially and musically, An Unusual Musical Calendar 208 tionably, there are in the world many to whom these frightful must appeal to a circumscribed musical understanding. It has hearing and real understanding. There and give lists of reference books for col- Voice Questions Answered Dr. Nicholas Douty 239 disorganized sounds are delightful, just as been our experience, however, that those whose first steps in are portraits, 28 diagrams and over Organ Questions 241 and nerve-wracking, 24 lateral reading. Answered q t Henry S Fry 200 music cuts as illustrations. Violin Questions Answered .Harold Berkley 243 relish their own vomit. music have been limited to the simplest and most obvious pieces Cloth Bound—Price, $1.50 dogs Cloth Bound—Price, $2.50 naturally will select the music he likes best. Never in his- to appear in The Etude, gradually, of their own volition, look for n ed S Man ma"er 16. Phils.. Pa ^ JZ ,k I<”">"J 1884 at the P. O. at ,879 tor ' ** Theodore Freer Co., music of a more advanced type. DITSON CO. * A young lady who has just read the manuscript of this editorial asks: "Who was OLIVER of the self-made man. was in Samuel Smiles?” Well, S. S. was the prophet He bom In the editor’s boyhood days he had two mentors—friends died in 1904. He was an Edinburgh University man who devoted himself to PRESSER CO., Distributors A ar,d 1812 and THEODORE S SS Ar en(inl Bolivia. books, “Self-Help,” “Character,” “Thrift.” and Bicfcuba * - Btaz political and social reform. His self-help unforgettable DL^V, " R ubJ°C ?Ecuador'T' m whose encouragement was invaluable. One was the ’ El Sal ' «dot - Guatemala. Mexico. Nicaragua. “Duty" had staggering sales. 1712 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. P ta'emv R^Wi, f 2 i' Sp4,n ' Pcru 3nd Grucuav Cana.!., ! 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Culture of money to the Were you to visit Mr. Archer Gibson's music room in his im- Music and substantial bequest Foundling very pressive duplex studio in New York City, you would find a London. TTn^nital of magnificent fhree-manuat organ with over four thousand pipes especially effective scenes, made from Music and Culture Among the and a quality of lone fhaf is inimifable. The studio is com- Gausden from contemporary eigh- optimes by Sidney pletely equipped for broadcasting. By this means Mr. Gibson's are those at the Opera tppnth-century prints, House; playing has been heard on national radio programs. To most Fishamble Street, Dublin, musicians Archer Gibson is almost a myth, as he has made very Great Mr. Handel” ft Neal’s Musick Hall, where “The (April 13, appearances in recent years. His playing has been was given 1742) ; the few public the “Messiah” first fine the “Messiah”; and confined to a group of private homes in which large pipe organs The Etude Musical Quiz of Handel writing views Great Pipe Organs Pictures have been installed. In lad, in several o f the musical diction- Enters the Films performance in London (1743), at which of its first aries where artists of tar less ability have been recognised, (George ID,II). inspired by the Hallelujah , King not even appear. lu CharteS wb. perlee 9(in the King his name does 198, 199, and1200 seat the audience spontaneously HE ETUDE presents on Pages rose from his Performing thus almost exclusively for years In the homes of the curema^diama, establishedcstaonsnea a customtuawm whichwi uui hasnas con- leaders of society, finance, and industry, he not only of pictures from following.foiiowing This American listener of a series HE CONSISTENT and intelligent Handel,” Produced l day. It should be remembered, however, has sustained the highest standards of his art, but has devel- “The Great Mr. d tinued to this in American Mansions 1. as the knows almost as much about music T at first was a flat failure in oped a distinctive style very different from that of the usual today Eng- fine technicolor that the “Messiah” the dissem- dinarily Orchestra, concert or church organist. He is one of the most picturesque average musician. Responsible for J^^onic was not until seven years later that the T performed by the London land and it of years radio and director was figures in our present-day musical life, and his account of ail this musical information are musica1 the composer’s adoption ination Ernest Irving as ’ the land of com- The film with .^. , people of intimate, personal acquaintance with famous American fam- excellent instruction in our public filrn Inc * of From a Conference with its commentators, (fistributedl by it. London and is to appreciate extraordinary and fascinating story. His work has 2. books and made m menced ilies makes an schools, and the increased number of fine the most arti a recommends this beautiful York. This is one of The Etude strongly film astonished and delighted his audiences as well as famous mu- much do you remember ! New articles on music. How has extracts from Handel's “Firework his skill in transcriptions of pressive films your Editor y with its inspiring sicians, who have been amazed by points for each correct answer. Fair: 50, uch his- Count two taste a (the celebrated Largo ) works for organs which have been designed accord- is done in such Ombra mai fu from orchestral H.-AQ.O. Excellent: 80 or production geems as Music” ^dreher CjihiSon Better than average: 60; Good: 70; settings “ Walk, the Minuet ing to his own specifications to meet a unique technic, which y torical consideration for the “Xerxes,” Where'er You from 3. Gam^Gains- im- higher. Romney Reynold^ the “Messiah.” he has developed in an inimifable manner. His inspired . artists, of When , though the great “Berenice,” and parts “The Distinguished American Organist “Verklarte Nacht” (Transfigured Night) is probably had ma provisations are unrivaled. There have been few organists in the Hogarth, reincarnated, Handel” comes to town, see to it that all borough, and Great Mr. Archer Gibson in his the most widely known composition of history of the instrument comparable to presentation. field. many people have had an opportunity fa become A. Richard Strauss Not acquainted with his playing, save through occasional broadcasts 4. B. Franck SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE BY JAMES FRANCIS COOKE over the radio. But Mr. Gibson must tell his own story. C. Schonberg D. Ravel more Excelsis Ded! 5. All but one of the following composers wrote Gloria in than a single symphony: Company. He studied at the cal instrument. While the modern organ is a marvel young ladies on the cover of The Etude for this of the American Dyewood Bruckner The multiplicity, the organs such as those A. of the famous Choir of the famous St. Paul School in New Hampshire and played of mechanical 55* month are a few members B. Mahler of Mendelssohn’s upon which I play are so ‘singing in tone’ and so sus- 6. W for Women at beautiful Oxford, Ohio. the organ. He was especially fond Western College the C. Sibelius organ sonatas. ceptible to the most delicate shading, owing to Dr. Everett Helm, the able head of the Department “p \HE GENERAL PUBLIC would be amazed to D. Franck | employment of highly sensitive electric controls, that Choir, has maintained in Amer- “Of all the music on my private recital programs symphony orchestra of Music and conductor of the see some of the large private organs A conductor of an American compositions most called for are the Liebestod there is seldom any suggestion of the mechanical. admission and training so that each JL ica. For instance, consider that in the home of the virtuoso performer on the bass-viol is a standard of orchestrators arranging who is also a from ‘Tristan and Isolde,’ the Magic Fire Music from “Just as in the case of the 7. member has a proficiency that is virtually “one hun- the late Joseph C. Baldwin, at Mount Kisco, New York. A. Rodzinski ’Parsifal’ music, and the music of works for symphony orchestras, one cannot take a Dr. Helm has a B.A. de- chapel in which the instrument is located con- ‘Die Walkure,’ the Koussevitzky dred per cent professional.” The the sustained B. ‘Lohengrin.’ I play them in the form of musical digests piano score and transfer it literally to Carleton College. Minnesota, and the de- tains a complete four -manual organ at one end of the C. Krueger gree from the organ. There must be a body, a balance, in the opposite gallery, I have made especially for the organ; not transcrip- tones of 8. and Ph.D. from Harvard. He has studied room, a complete solo organ D. Toscanini grees of M.A. and a background to the outstanding melodies. This by Francesco Maltpicro (Italy), Vaughan Wil- L’Heure Espagnole is a one-act opera music with background is provided in the piano by the natural Sessions (New York), Walter A. Debussy liams (England), Roger ‘hangover,’ or blur, of the vibrating strings. With the Massachusetts), and Darius Mil- 9. B. .Charpentier Piston (Cambridge, organ, the sound dies instantly with the lifting of the C. Ravel haud (Oakland, California). fingers, whereas the pedal of the piano may continue are, reading D. Massenet The young ladies appearing on the cover the tonal mass until the vibration ceases. on a story by (Beverly “Lucia di Lammermoor” is based from left to right: (Top) Marjorie Walters “Once I had a discussion with my friend, Fritz Dickens Jean Miller ( Cedar Rapids, A. Charles Hills, California) ; Catharine Kreisler, upon whom I look as one of the greatest

B. Willa Cather (Concord, Massachusetts) ; Nancy ‘the soul of Iowa) ; Jean Boyd musicians of our day, who insisted that Walter Scott I’atout (In- C. Sir Meyer (Glencoe, Illinois) ; and Miriam the music must shine through the notes.’ He is a living D. John Luther Long dianapolis)— (Bottom) Louise Larkins 'Yonkers, New illustration of his own theory. In addition to being a Dvorak's “New World Hubei The Largo movement from York); Barbara Staff (New York City); Mary great violinist, he is an excellent organist and an ex- song called Symphony’’ was arranged into a (Troy, Ohio); and Kathryn Hancock (Indianapolis). ceptional pianist. A. Our Love B. None But the Lonely Heart The Composer Most Requested C. Homing “After more than fifty years of playing in the homes Goin’ Home D. That Is Pun of noted American leaders of society, finance, and in- are the operas of Piano Practice Game Seldom performed dustry I have noticed that the composer whose works Weber A. von WILFRID LAWSON AS HANDEL most often are demanded is . After by Cera ^ Henry B. Massenet Wagner, the next choice is music from the best-known C. Rossini operas. Underneath all of this demand is the insati- T SEEMS that in a boy’s world there are a million D. Verdi “The Great Mr. Handel” opened last year at the able and irresistible human call for melody and Hungarian, is the composer of things that are more fun, and in his eyes more Zoltan Kodaly, the 55th Street Playhouse and ran for over four months rhythm. It has been my problem to present music, a Faun I important, than sitting on stool and practicing A. Afternoon of (exceeded only by the film production, “For Whom the a whatever its source, so that it may be comprehended “Escale” scales. tried everything with our eight-year-old. B. Eell Tolls”) . The story has to do with Handel’s life We and enjoyed by the listener without being obscured French Mountain Air” reason. When C. “Symphony on a from 1738 to 1742 when the composer, then in’his We praised and encouraged and tried to by austere or academic display. bribes D. “Hary Janos" fifties, had battled magnificently through his operatic these failed, we tried, as parents are sadly apt, “Fundamentally, music must appeal to the heart and “Beloved Friend” of Tchaikovsky was became a The failures, through court intrigues, through professional and scoldings. That daily practice hour the emotions. Music is not made to be heard by robots. Rubinstein pounding A. Anton jealousies, and even partial paralysis, never once pan- daily nightmare with a small rebellious boy, I have had an aphorism which has charactertized my Leopold Damrosch base- B. dering to a lowered standard. While the film neces- indifferently away, with his mind far off on a ideals: ‘In art or life, when you bait your hook with von Meek it! C. Nadejda sarily demanded adjustments, justified by poetic li- ball field. “I hate music!" he would protest. “I hate your heart, you cannot fail.’ The average man or D. Michail Glinka spirit of Handel is used to cense, the preserved in an uncanny “That,” said my mother, “Is Just how you woman is not interested in music that sounds like a manner. Answers act.” problem in differential calculus or that approximates The story opens with scene twenty a in which Frederick, In my imagination I could hear my son, the noises of a bomb attack. They want music which Prince of Wales, is approached by Handel’s wished all world troubles, : manager! years from he that behind the ; now, that reveals to them 8 ‘v ‘a—9 -o—s o—f h—s -a—z -o— saying reproachfully o—6 :a— — Heidegger, who seeks the patronage of the Prince for that I had made him keep on with his music. as well as their own worries, there is a real, though a new operatic venture. Lord Chesterfield is a mem- Just when we were about to give up. our problem intangible, spiritual beauty and nobility in life. ber of the party and Heidegger’s plea is radio turned into solved itself. We had been given tickets to a “The leaders of huge enterprises, after all, are quite a wager, which is little more than a joke. The Prince broadcast. Young Jim was tremendously interested. as representative of the same musical desires as the is so prejudiced against Handel that he their of the remarkable organ in his own starts opposi- He wanted to know about the sound engineers in Mr. Gibson seated at the console man behind the counter in the shop. As Kipling put tion at the Opera House and also at Vauxhall home in New York. This organ cost between $50,000 and $60,000. Gardens. glass booth and the red warning light that indicated it: ‘The Colonel’s lady and Judy O’Grady are sisters in Music Handel, a broken but Humor undaunted man, withdraws the skin.’ Henry C. Frick, for instance, had a to the program was on the air, and how the microphones under his chambers, but on his way finds that an oboist of worked. great liking for Dvorak’s Humoresque, and especially of “Shortly after Pearl Harbor, at a performance his acquaintance has died of starvation, leaving Dearie, could not hear two The idea seemed next afternoon another complete organ with an ecclesi- tions in the ordinary sense of the word. for a song entitled which he Gretel’ in Chicago, the flying of one of musical sons. He takes the worth trying and and there is ‘Hansel and boys to his home for pro- into often enough. Known to his associates as a cold and when he was propelled reluctance astical tone of ethereal beauty located in a chamber “The organ is, in its nature, one of the most indi- in the cast was terminated suddenly by tection and when he arrives, with his usual the angels finds a small army the hard man, when he was alone in his music room he of the living room for he found in the basement. All three instruments are played vidual of all instruments. It is a philosopher’s instru- trouble with one of the wires that held her suspended. importunate creditors, who are his piano practice, astounded at the idea compre- used to light up one of his ten-inch cigars and ex- room had been converted private radio station. from a single console. The chapel is a masterpiece of ment. Playing it effectively calls for a kind of In the hush that followed a small boy’s voice from that, unable to pay his bills, he should into a pile on musi- claim, ‘Now, let’s have Dearie!’ ( Continued on Page 240) ’ ” more There was a his Italian Renaissance style. Mr. Baldwin was the head hensive musicianship associated with no other ! which the balcony was heard to shout, ‘Keep ’em flying responsibility. This clever touch points microphone through to Handel's could bulb Bulletin (Philadelphia) philanthropic impulses be broadcast over our own radio set. A red —The Evening which inspired him to leave a had been 25- 1 APRIL, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 197 installed in a ( Continued on Page 1944 196 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC the etude Music and Culture

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in the Films “The Great Mr. Handel Now

Midfilm, Inc. Success. Courtesy of Scenes from the English Technicolor

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or Reynolds, Gai nsboroug h, Like a rich painting of the period by Romney, The colors unforgetta e t most beautiful ever presented. It will make an ea j eighteenth century, back to the . g audience is transported are rich and the pictures so realistic that the

Handel (played by Wilfrid Lawson) and Mrs. Cibber Handel and Mrs. Cibber rehearse at his (played by Elizabeth Allan) in the streets of London. home some of the works of the great master.

The Prince of laughs at Handel's plea. Heidegger. Handel's manager, approaches the Prince ol Wales Wales Lord Chesterfield tells of the financial dif- (standing). Lord Chesterfield (at table), and other notables, ficulties master's opera company. seeking their patronage for Handel's operatic ventures. of the

Handel explaining to his servant, Phineas, that he Handel rehearsing the Largo with Mrs. has decided to protect two orphans of a musician Cibber, the little orphan boys joining in who died of starvation. It was this act that inspired the concert. This is one of the most ef- him to make a large bequest to the Foundling Hospital. fective musical episodes in the film.

The Prince continues his intrigue against Heidegger explains Handel and interrupts the performance of that Handel's operatic ventures are on the the "Fireworks Music" at Vauxhall Gardens. verge of failure and that the Prince has rejected his plea. Handel conducting the first performance of "Xerxes" Handel, a victim of the Prince of Wales' intrigue, at the Royal Theatre (Covent Garden). explains to his orchestra that he is ruined. Continued on Page 200

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ral and understandable than the movable-Do.) A sense of tonality can be taught and developed quite regard- less of ‘absolute pitch,’ and an early introduction to the easiest kind of transposition serves to fix and Building Musicianship stress tonal relationships. Rhythmic drills also are important. Then, in addition to his work at his own instrument, the student should be given opportunity sight from the printed page, beginning with Interview with to sing at An the simplest melodies. Thus he progresses naturally to the cadences of keys and the relationship of intervals.” ^t)auid and Cdfara ^d)ainro3c/i 1/VjanneA Correlating Piano Study “The important thing,” Mr. Mannes went on, “is Distinguished Violinist and Pianist that these early introductory studies be completely correlated. When he shuts the door of his ‘piano-lesson Founders and Directors of the David Mannes School of Music room’ and opens the door of his harmony class, the child should never feel that he is leaving one world to cope with another. On the contrary, his studies in SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE BY ROSE HEYLBUT

younger children. Only by such means will they gain F MUSICAL TALENT is inborn, sound musician- and enjoying music. ship must be acquired. The all-too-common belief independence in understanding The conceited Charles Jemens brings to Handel These elements constitute the alphabet of the language Handel is hounded incessantly at his door I is that “a gift” will take care of everything. Yet the libretto of the "Messiah," which he hat. made a child should be taught them regardless by creditors. The women are street ven- error of such a view is made clear by comparing of music, and selections from th Scriptures. In reality the the dors of herrings. local color in these up of Often parents will say, ‘That is all very The music to another art. Could a poet release the great- of his talents. libretto was prepared by his chaplain, Pooloy. portrayals is very rich and distinctive. fine for the gifted child—but is it worth the trouble for est lyric gift unless he had mastered a knowledge of I should say it is, if anything, words, forms, meters? The musician must also master the average youngster?’ while! For, by such means, the aver- the tools of his expression. How is such mastery best even more worth to know and accept music attained? What are the best influences for acquiring it? age youngster can be brought Apart In seeking an answer, The Etude has turned to David that will enrich his life through all the years. the main difference between Mannes and his wife, Clara Damrosch Mannes, who from interpretative values, children is one of pace. The hold a unique place in American musicianship. Both talented and untalented will more quickly—but the other one are accomplished artists. Both have blazed trails in gifted child learn musical pedagogy. Both have rich, though different, will learn!” music-language to musical traditions. Mrs. Mannes, daughter of Dr. How, then, is this grammar of the Leopold Damrosch and sister of Dr. Walter Damrosch be taught? ‘method,’ ” Mrs. Mannes ex- and the late Dr. Frank Damrosch, grew up with music. “There is no one fixed procedure is to corre- Mr. Mannes acquired music the hard way, exerting plained, “but the most desirable the very beginning of every effort to come upon terms of worthy familiarity late all musical elements from with it. Little Clara Damrosch used to fall asleep at night listening to the harmonies of new scores that her father was playing on the CLARA DAMROSCH MANNES piano downstairs—scores of the as-yet untried works of Berlioz, any one subject should clarify and amplify his work Brahms, Liszt. Little David Mannes in all others just as his studies in word-use and fashioned a tiny fiddle for himself — syntax amplify his understanding of what he reads. when the crippling illness that fol- If we are to develop music from a ‘lesson’ or a ‘parlor lowed an accidental fall into boil- accomplishment’ to the resource of living as it should ing water deprived him of the nor- be developed, we must present it completely and un- mal activities of boyhood. Yet derstandably. We believe that the amateur need not Handel, exhausted, at last they started from different finishes (in twenty- Dublinites though reading the announcement of the be amateurish! And the children enjoy it the com- three days and nights) the score of the "Messiah." coming points, they have arrived at the first performance of the "Messiah.” plete way. By the time they are ready for the indis- same goal. Both hold vigorous pensable ensemble playing, they are sufficiently famil- views on the nature and acquisition iar with their alphabet of music to read and adjust of musicianship. to each other with readiness and pleasure. When the “Since the winning of musician- solving of problems (of notes, tonality, rhythm, and ship is largely environmental,” Mrs. so on) becomes second nature, the drudgery has van- Mannes began, “its two most direc- ished from music study.” tive influences are found in the But music study, even the best of it, stands as the home and in the teacher's studio. second step in a child’s progress. “The best possible The teacher has an added respon- preparation for music study,” said Mrs. Mannes, “is sibility when his pupils come from music-making in the home; the kind of music-making silent homes where music is not a that springs, not from a desire to display a ‘great’ part of living but an ‘accomplish- DAVID MANNES IN HIS LIBRARY or ‘great’ talent, but from the sheer, unquench- ment’; where family music-making, voice a able love of doing the thing. When homes are silent, for the sheer fun of it, is unknown. the must stop to prepare the soil before he it must be instruction. Music teaching has progressed beyond the teacher Wherever that added responsibility exists, Where progress point where children were taught to play, and then, can even begin to sow the seeds of instruction. met—and it is met. It is heartening to see the plunged into abstract music lives as a member of the home group, this prob- music teaching has made in its steady moving away some years later, were suddenly anything the teacher’s work becomes lighter, from mere performing, and towards a well-rounded theoretical studies that had no application to lem falls away; mind, ear, progress is surer and pleasanter, and the understanding of music.” else they learned. We believe in training the child’s and fingers together. When the child is first taught home itself is warmer through the sharing of mutual The Alphabet of the Language of Music to place his fingers on keys or strings, he can also be interests. visual nota- “I only wish that many might be as fortunate as “Actually,” Mr. Mannes put in, “there can be no sepa- taught to recognize the sound and the corre- I I cannot remember the time when reading ration between music teaching and musicianship. To tion of the tones he makes. All three must be was! natural a part of home as reading know music means not merely to play, but to read notes lated, so that the littlest student becomes aware of music was not as his or conversing. Although my father was intensely with the same understanding with which one reads the ‘look’ of C, the sound of C, and the place on books, (Parenthetically, occupied with his great work with the New York Sym- words; to hear inwardly what one sees in print, and to instrument where C is to be found. Crowds going into Neal's Musick Hall, with the phony, the Oratorio Society, and the Metropolitan visualize the tones one hears. That is why training in my husband and I believe in teaching solfege Dublin. Ireland, April 13. 1742, to forms, fixed-Do; we were among the earliest to introduce the Opera, he always had time and interest to supervise hear note values, rhythms, tonalities, chord sequences, the first performance of the "Mes- 244) possible, even to fixed-Do into this country, feeling it to be more natu- our musical progress. On ( Continued on Page siah." Handel stands in the group. W n styles should be given as early as hear he H°"el h tarnishesabUshes ^ ~ ,hethe customcu , whichl' continues to this day. 201 200 APRIL, 1944 "EORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC’ THE ETUDE .

Music in the Home Music in the Home Written With the Baton In the literature of all tongues there are certain N SUNDAY, APRIL 2, the “Eighth Symphony” fundamental principles of writing which are common Shostakovich, point of the Russian composer, Dmitri to all. One of these principles has to do with the will be given its Western Hemisphere premiere vantage point from which the O 0f view—that is, the over the nationwide Columbia Network by the Phil- writer surveys the field with which his work is con- Orchestra of York, under the Etude harmonic-Symphony New Radio Debut cerned. A great orchestral conductor has viewed The Rodzinski. If publicity can make Famous the direction of Artur A musical scene and presents fresh and distinctive phases Shostakovich an event, this initial performance of the of the art. Leopold Stokowski, London born (1882), “Eighth” should assuredly be quite an occasion. For with a Polish father and an Irish mother, and edu- the work was widely publicized before it was even be- cated largely in England (he also studied for a time gun. Negotiations for its American premiere over the his professional life at the Paris Conservatoire ) began Music Lavers Bookshelf Columbia Broadcasting System Network were begun Woryan Piccadilly, London. He ly Jllfrd duituLcut as an organist at St. James’ in in the summer of 1942, before the composer had a note then came to New York, where he took the position of of the symphony on paper. Discussions with Shostako- choirmaster and organist at St. Bartholomew’s P. E. vich were started by Larry Lesueur, then CBS corre- to become an Church (1905-1908) . Later he determined Any book here reviewed may acclaim of his “Fifth Symphony,” which was dedicated orchestral conductor and made his debut in London. concentrate to better be secured from could Soviet Union. Harris’ “Sixth he has looked upon the work. to the people of the Sym- From the start of his career THE ETUDE MUSIC advantage on his new MAGAZINE at the phony” honors our War Heroes; it is based on Lin- art of music, not as an isolated form of artistic speech, There he worked in a room price given plus coln's famous Gettysburg speech, and dedicated to the but as a part of the universal form of expression. Wal- postage. furnished with only a table and women of America on all the ter Pater probably presented this thought best in But, despite the fighting men battle and a chair. “All art constantly fronts. Its scheduled premiere falls on the seventy- “The Renaissance” when he wrote, fact that Shostakovich sought of Lincoln’s death. This aspires toward a condition of music.” of a rural ninth anniversary symphony the peace and quiet Cincinnati Or- in four movements; the first of which, subtitled Dr. Stokowski’s successes with the retreat, he did not forget the is Prelude which reflects the chestra and notably with the Philadelphia Orchestra, people or the “Awakening,” is a opening conflict of his including Rachmaninoff, passage of Lincoln’s speech; the second, called “Con- which many famous masters, spirit of “the attack” of his the finest of all orchestras, raised him is a Fantasy which dramatizes war; the third, declared to be fighting countrymen. flict," long Chorale of dedication to the pinnacle of fame in that field. This brought him radio this past “Dedication,” is a to the American great musicians of his fourth, subtitled “Affirmation,” reflects in contact with most of the year has been distinguished by dead; and the time, and in subsequent years, through wide travels and performances of the mood of strong faith in mankind that we find many first related to music, his paragraph of Lincoln's speech. artistic excursions in other areas certain fundamentals, about which the mu- works of music. Leo- voiced in the last at making The Music Lover's Handbook unusual broadened to such an extent that his has long been an admirer of Lincohi. point of view was sic lover may have a more or less vague conception, pold Stokowski in his recent Roy Harris of opinions expressed in his new book, “Music for All of en- This eight hundred seventeen page pasticcio “His shadow," he says, “hovered over my life from stand out with a sharpness that will enable him to twelve broadcasts with the well-known authors upon all Us,” command wide attention. of music with more understand- articles by various Symphony Orchestra, childhood. This was, I suppose, inevitable, for the very joy any worthy piece NBC book races from episodes and illustrations from manner of musical topics, put together with the that birthday fell on the national The ing and pleasure. The book is unusually concise and is which terminated on Feb- simple reason my to give Palestrina to Schoenberg, and from Zworykin and verbiage that a editor’s able discussions of subjects needed leading holiday honoring Lincoln’s birth, wliich meant that on not cluttered with the technological ruary 27, has been a Dr. work, is, in a sense, a kind of television to Lamaist monasteries in Tibet (where. experienced musician might be tempted to continuity to such a the presentation of that day, school was dismissed. ... As we mature in less widely spirit in Stokowski writes, the chanting of the monks made personal scrap book, a vadem mecurn, in which Elie from childhood to manhood, we gradually employ. There is no “show off” in it. Mr. Stokowski new works. His service to mod- America, cover a vast field of “one of the most fascinating sounds I have ever academic erudition and writes with the Siegmeister has essayed to ern composers has been par- begin to realize that Lincoln was the personification has forgotten hundred heard”), and thence to the music of the Negroid conducts the orches- musical information. There are some one of human ideal, an ideal for Freedom, which had to fluency and grace with which he ticularly commendable; it has a few entirely new, but many ex- aborigines of Java. the baton. fifty selections; a resulted in many works being be fought for, bled for, and lived for. And so, in seek- tra without tracted from previously published works by musicians performed over the air which ing to compose a symphony worthy of our great crisis, “Music for All of Us” and writers with a very wide variety of musical listeners in many sections of I, too, have turned to one of the great moments in By Leopold Stokowski experiences. These range alphabetically from Lawrence the country might otherwise the history of our nation for guidance. In Lincoln’s Pages: 340 Abbott to Ralph Vaughan Williams. They include not have heard for an inter- Gettysburg speech I find the classic expression of Price: $2.50 such widely separated personalities as Louis Arm- minable length of time. that great cycle which always attends any progress in Publishers: Simon and Schuster strong, Benny Goodman, Aaron Copland, George P. Serge the intellectual or spiritual growth of people: (1) Koussevitzky, enter- Upton, Hugo Leichtentritt, George Gershwin, Olin prising awakening; (2) conflict of the old against the new; director of the Bos- Ohio Pioneers Downes, Bela Bartok, Carl Engel, Carlos Chavez, ton Symphony, has also given (3) terrible suffering resulting from that conflict; C. Hubert H. Parry, Cecil Sharp, Deems Taylor, and radio listeners opportunities to and (4) the triumph of the new over the old, which The life of an active college is always a romance Dmitri Shostakovich. The catholicity of the work hear some fine new scores. In is the affirmation of the eternal youth of the human because of its human experiments in youth. Par- makes certain that there is something to interest his broadcast of February 26 spirit. are in the of progress now, and We midst that ticularly interesting is the graphic story of a peculiarly everyone. The volume should also be very valuable (Blue Network), the eminent each of us must contribute to its solution according distinctive institution, Ohio’s “Oberlin,” which opened for special reference purposes. The sections tell in conductor gave the first to our In this per- own endowments and opportunities. its doors as Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1834 and general the main purposes of the book: I. Fiddle formance ” of Alexander Gretch- spirit, I offer my ‘Sixth Symphony.’ in 1850. Those pioneer Yankee II. How Music became Oberlin College Strings and Ballads (Folk Music) ; aninoff’s new Ecumenical Mass, Thus, it will be noted that American radio this zealots, fired with broad religious, scholastic, and is Made; III. In the Concert Hall; IV. High C’s and a work dedicated to the notable uni- month becomes the medium through whicti two patriotic ideals, became the hub of a gigantic educa- Pirouettes; V. Meet the Composers; VI. In Our Time; versalization of the Roman, premieres will take place—two new symphonies by tional wheel that has actually spread all over the Greek, and Protestant reli- noted contemporary composers — Shostakovich and earth and touched the advancement of civilization. VII. Music in America. gions. Tied in with National Harris. And through these two works, two different The abolitionist sentiment was very strong, and the “The Music Lover’s Handbook” Brotherhood Week, this Mass composers of FROM TIN PAN ALLEY TO TRIUMPH will express their reactions to the world institution was known for its liberality and sustained By Elie Siegmeister was, indeed, a timely presenta- conflict and the spirit of their own peoples. It is sig- common sense. Pages: 817 George Gershwin, who started his career as a "song plugger" in tion. The composer has stated nificant that these two world-premieres are heard It was one of the first of American colleges in Price: $4.00 Tin Pan Alley, rose to the heights oi having his very melodic and he was inspired by the “univer- over the free radio of free serious consideration as an Publisher: William Morrow & Company, Inc. ingenious works played by symphony orchestras around the world. a people. which music was given sal meaning of the churches” Maestro Arturo Toscanini returned on March 5 tc important educational subject. The influence of the —surely, a worthy cause in conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra for its last six conservatory in American musical history is monu- these troubled How to Make and Play a times. His in- programs of the winter season. Honoring the memory mental. spondent in Russia; later, when Lesueur left Russia, tention has been to create a “Mass in which there of George Gershwin for the third time in two seasons, A History of Oberlin College from its Foundation Shepherd Pipe Bill Downes of the CBS staff continued the nego- would be the combined character of the Eastern and Toscanini presented the composer’s "Concerto in F" in through the Civil War, by Robert Samuel Fletcher, tiations. Western Churches.” Employing Shepherd Pipe is due the traditional Roman his as College, is The present popularity of the last program for March, with Oscar Levant Photo ly Halsman which in Vol. I covers the origin of the On January 21 of this year, Bill Downes arrived Catholic pattern, promoting it the text of the Mass is in Latin. The subject largely to the- fact that those who are piano soloist. Levant’s name is widely associated with LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI an unusually scholarly presentation of the after a long flight from Russia with the finished sym- performance was a most distinguished one insist upon having the players make their own instru- with the the Gershwin many it traces the movements which led to the luncheon for the in “Concerto,” and he is regarded by in that phony. At a press New York, Mr. Boston Symphony Orchestra and its famous ments. In other words, they make their own toy . conductor as the foremost interpreter of the composer’s music. foundation of this notable institution. Volume I does Downes said that Shostakovich had described his as well as Maria Kurenko (soprano) Although no one in America has done more to bring psychological factor in , Dorothy This in itself is an important Cornish He was a close friend of played the not concern itself, to any extent, with its musical “Eighth Symphony” as “an attempt to look into the (contralto), Roland Hayes Gershwin’s and out the and daring works of modern composers, (tenor), and Robert Hall new being largely after juvenile training. Concerto” at the last Gershwin concert in New York achievements, which came into future, into the post-war epoch.” The composer, who Collins (bass) he never has forsaken the fundamental appeal of the Teachers looking for a pleasant novelty will find this before the with the Civil War. is at work now on his “Ninth Symphony,” contends April death of the man who is accredited On 15 Koussevitzky will present the great classics, as is evidenced by his own labors in pamphlet, prepared by a noted musical educator, a first per- making “a respectable Toscanini's that his “Seventh,” “Eighth,” and “Ninth” Sym- formance of the “Sixth Symphony” lady out of jazz.” making masterly transcriptions for orchestra of the Vol. I” Shepherd’s by Roy Harris the “A History of Oberlin College, simple and interesting introduction to the will form a trilogy of Mr. American programs were not announced at the time of writing, phonies war and peace. composer. Harris was ’ works of Bach. Anyone with a knowledge of musical Samuel Fletcher fascinating kindergarten possibilities. commissioned last but By Robert Pipe, with its Downes says that in Russia the “Seventh” is called May by we can all look forward to his remaining presenta- the Blue Network to write fundamentals and musical notation may upholster his 502 little pamphlet has an important mission. this work in the tions Pages: This “The Retreat,” and the “Eighth,” “The Attack”; the interests of with the assurance that they will be among the American culture, following the musical knowledge and enhance his musical joys Publisher: Oberlin College world-wide major musical title of the “Ninth” is to be “Victory.” treats of the year. through this book, which is one of the most original “How to Make and Play a Shepherd Pipe” At Shostakovich composed his “Eighth Symphony” dur- the end of January, the Philadelphia Orchestra and informative volumes upon music the writer has By Augustus D. Zanzig began ing the summer of 1943. Mr. Downes told how the com- a series of Saturday afternoon concerts over seen. At times apparently discursive, the objectives of Pages: 32 the Columbia . It poser especially moved with his wife and two small RADIO Network (3:30 to 4:30 P.M., EWT) the book are very clear, when one has completed it. BOOKS Price: 35 cents will be children to a small farm in the country where he recalled that the Philadelphia Orchestra was Dr. Stokowski in “Music for All of Us” aims clearly Publisher: National Recreation Association scheduled to give a series (Continued on Page 252) 202 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” APRIL, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 203 THE ETUDE — i —

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a Liszt style? . . S THERE . “Yes, in- Hound Table to Triumph deed,” snorts the cynic. “To two por- The Teacher's Rolling Her Way I tions of lush sentimentality add three parts of hollow bombast, mix with ample After the'molto ritardando doses of rippling runs, cascading cadenzas, (ff) a f Conducted by end of the cadenza in Measure and blustering octaves; shake well to- 68, begin Gilda’s pathetic air, (“My How a Girl with a Gift “Arrived” by the Wheel- Chair Route gether, flavor with essence of tune-sirup, heart— s crushed—for he—is false—”) top with a gypsy cherry, and hurl the softly and throbbingly and mess violently (J=60-69); don’t cre- at the audience. . . . scendo much or play too forte Voila! You have the perfect recipe for in Meas- ures 73-76. The difficult a Conference with Liszt.” variation figure From Mus. Ddc. (Measure 77) must be Making allowances for hyperbole, this practiced with finger octaves—wrist held expresses the conviction of many musi- Noted Pianist high and quiet octaves played by thumb cians concerning the works of Franz Liszt. and fifth ^J^incj-dlurij, Music Educator (or fourth) fingers £!tliefivy.nne Yet, in spite of the army of his detract- and with only the slight- est arm aid—like shaking your ors, Liszt’s music has persisted for al- fingers Teacher gently but swiftly Successful Vocal most a century. Why is this? Can it be, out of your sleeve Practice in impulses (softly as in the case of Tchaikovsky, that Liszt without President of the Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs possesses a kind of earthy, or if you pre- pedal), accenting the last repeated note fer, vulgar, vitality which assures his of each impulse thus: power over audiences? Or is it because like a light breeze over harp strings. he was such a topnotch composer for the first phrase Play the repetition of the SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE BY DR. ANNIE S. GREENWOOD piano? E*. 3 Certainly no one has written softer and freer. s ETHELWYNNE KINGSBURY more pianistically, more brilliantly, more phrases (Meas- o Maddelena's bantering As she appears today sympathetically for 4 the instrument. Pia- ures 33, 35, 37, 39) must always be played nists love to play Liszt. His music fits lightly, prettily staccato with damper Correspondents with this Depart- Omnes tamen omnia vincit (Courage conquers all things) runs the line from Ovid's " Epistulae ex Ponto. the hand so perfectly; it explores and ex- ment are requested to limit Letters pedal, and rather freely. . . . Hold wrists triumphant expres- ~DK AT THE EXUBERANT, Here is a case of courage, character, and persistence which has been a thrill to thousands. Ethelwynne ploits the keyboard with the minimum of to One Hundred and Fijty Words. high for all sixths and octaves, especially sion in the photograph of Ethelwynne Kings- of the Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs and one of the foremost vocal teachers hazard To achieve clarity, speed, and endur- Kingsbury, President and the maximum of effect. for minor-sixth passage in Measures obstacles. When the ance you must bury, taken on muleback in 1927 after she had and singers of Minneapolis, is an example of triumph over apparently insurmountable I practice these measures E am convinced that much of Liszt’s fingering for accidentally thrown from a hammock. Complete paralysis from the waist down 44, 45, and 46. The best this (77-85) daily for climbed to the top of the Breithorn in the Italian ten years old she was , many weeks; slowly, “cheapness” is due to life spent in a wheel the treatment his cadenza uses the fourth finger on all will your petty stumbling was the result, and since then she has never taken a step. Of necessity, her has been fast, softly, loudly, in short Alps, and you forget own music receives from pianists and long not prevented her from living a life of rich and joyous accomplishment. and stu- black keys. If necessary, small hands blocks and troubles and learn that happiness, success, chair. Nothing daunted, this has ful patterns, hands singly . dents. His compositions, savagery of the hunchback clown, and together. This is one of the most stirring "Struggle" biographies The Etude has ever presented Editor's Note. far from being- may omit the lower left-hand notes, of mind. Her rich, clear Passionate brilliance and health are largely a state studied as music, are usually used as Rigoletto, is missing, these three moods must be achieved playing a simple, descending chromatic voice and radiant smile have been a thrill to thousands. vehicles for —the Duke’s lovesick declaration, Mad- in Measures 83-84. technical display, and thus scale instead of the sixths. Practice this Don’t As in the case of President Franklin Delano Roose- degenerate into the “war-horse” cate- delena’s skeptical running comment and let Measures 85-88 sag. Here’s cadenza for a long time with hands sepa- velt, a difficult obstacle such as a mountain was merely gory, retaining popularity for Gilda’s despairing cries, are enough to a chance to show how stunningly you a few rately. Think three beats to ambition and give each octave, something to climb. It aroused her way that he is not getting a square years or a generation, then dropping out, enormous vitality to the scene. can crescendo a simple chromatic scale! and be sure you know the first notes of quickened her spirit. Unlike President Roosevelt, her deal from Fate or from society In numbering • . to be replaced by newer battle steeds. the measures, if care is . Diminish and ritard at the end of each beat. As you play the left hand great obstacle came when she was a child of ten, rarely will get a better deal until taken to include the bar lines of the Measure 88, but do not subside too quick- say audibly these words; while that of the President came when he was nearly he changes his mind. We all have The Rigoletto Paraphrase various cadenzas (as in the Schirmer ly. Practice the octaves in Measure 92 forty years of age. She was obliged to prepare herself our obstacles, and most of the fun and Ditson Editions) the first , Paraphrase in impulses of two notes; then in from the start with a handicap which she accepted of life comes in the ceaseless game The Rigoletto Paraphrase is a case in contains exactly one hundred measures. patterns of threes < major seconds) and point. Twenty years ago pianists, great with magnificent spirit. of overcoming them. The mood of the introduction is capri- twos (minor seconds), thus: and small, played it One of Miss Kingsbury’s favorite songs is Mana- night and day in a ious and coquettish. None of it should First Consideration perpetual relay; Zucca’s I Love Life. Throngs are uplifted when she The today it is forgotten. be played louder than mf, most of it from Yet, if exalting composition with her fuU, sweet, of all, the voice is the only you will examine it, you will re- p to pp. Treated as gossamer cobweb sings this “First discover a delightful soprano voice. She is frequently a visitor at the ‘thinking’ musical instrument. The piece of music, gra- played as delicately and insouciantly as ciously written, “You go to F. then to D-flnt, Michael Dowling School for Crippled Children. The entire vocal apparatus, except for smartly tailored, well possible, it makes a perfect foil for the and then toA” worth place to her singing with rejoicing lungs, is adjacent to the hu- a in your repertoire. But it Duke’s tune. Timid souls may play the little folks look forward the must be viewed in hope. Because of the beauty, dignity, and sig- man brain. A thought generated a new light. Instead of octaves in Measures 1 and 3 with both and a “show-off” piece, The tempo of art she has been in the brain is reflected instantly you must consider hands. Measure 3 is more rubato and the variation (Measure nificance of her personality and the florid passages 47) should be Disregard the ff in Measures 95 and 96; particularly in demand at weddings. in the voice. Therefore, the sing- as unobtrusive rein- softer than Measure 1; the “hold” in approximately that of the forcements of original theme, play the octaves lightly and as fast as resides in apartment, er’s first consideration must be Verdi’s thematic founda- Measure 4 longer than the one in Meas- but there is no harm in Miss Kingsbury a sunny studio tion. Liszt has ornamented and taking it slower possible. Measures 97-100 are, of course, decorated so as to reflect the infectious joy of life that before a fine tone can exist, enriched ure 2; no pedal in Measures 5 and 6; (J = 104-112). Only very these lovely tunes, capable pianists ff: the final chord is more effectively a lofty tone ideal in the better to adapt soft, sharp, staccato in the right hand. should attempt to play which she is successful in bringing to her enthusiastic he must have them to the sonorities of it at = 116-120, played thus: students. that through her bright- his brain. He must hear incessantly the piano. The In Measures 7 and 8, as well as 9 and 10, J and then very freely These students know scales, octaves, and cadenzas and flexibly, of course. ness, and inspiration they get some- tonal ideals of infinite beauty, so are there swift, relaxed placement is essential, with The fingering of optimism, courage, to serve the themes, not all passages is vocal lesson. Life’s dis- that he can build in his own musi- to overwhelm careful preparation before each hand to be scrupulously ad- thing far more than simply a them. As a piano composition hered to; practice discouraged, fear- cal imagination the tonal idea he it needs plays. Measure 15 should not sound these in short pattern sonances are removed from puzzled, no apology. Like impulses, to attain. many another Liszt “notey”; each arpeggio must give the filled, and lonely lives. Harmony, adjustment, and hopes piece, treated musically her it makes a satis- effect of an inverted, arpeggiated chord. courage are instilled, not merely by words but by “Second, he never must forget fying and permanent addition to any The chief theme (Measure own electrifying example. that he himself is the vocal instru- 18)—for Ex. 2 pianist’s repertoire. [ theories re- which I advise the of 1 a^TT: When asked to discuss her unusual ment. Anything that affects his tempo J = 56-60, not s ^ a s Liszt retains 2 3 1 .» M much of the original mu- only gives an ideal opportunity to turn garding voice study, she said: nerves, his digestion, and his phys- sical texture and feeling person has of the famous on the rich, dark, “chocolate” flavor fj ^ “One of the greatest obstacles the young ical body, affects his voice; and he of £- - “Rigoletto Quartet” (Act III of must banish, at the very must learn how to vanquish phys- the the piano, but also offers a fine illustra- ®tc. to surmount is self-pity. He opera) the amorous ; pleading of the tion of the necessity for sensitive treat- start, all thought that he cannot do things because ical ills, or sooner or later they will Duke (Measure 18) as he sings with ment of repeated melody tunes. For in- he has ‘no opportunities,’ ‘no breaks.’ He must remem- be evident in his voice. If his gushing sentimentality, Other Liszt Pieces “Oh, Fairest stance, the three A- flats at the beginning unless you ber that the power house of his success is founded on mental and bodily conditions are know the exact right-hs Daughter of the Graces, I implore thee, For enlisting higher powers. He must fine, if his conception of tone is must be given different stresses, the first notes on which other less-played Liszt compositions thinking right and with one tender each beat begins word to restore me from (played mf) being the loudest. I advise Round Tablers examine these see facts instead of fears. Therefore, my first step was beautiful and distinctive, if he is Avoid Measures 54-57, you haven’t to the pangs of unrequited love”; memori; in I could willing the ironic accenting the last, even though it comes the passages the “moderately difficult” grade: Can- to realize that one, of the worst things do to spend the time in pa- thoroughly, and will interruptions of Maddelena (Measures at ] zonetta expect special consideration tiently learning the musical the beginning of the measure. The sec- play them securely. del Salvator Rosa; Fifth Rhap- was to invite or even and 33, 35, 37, 39, and so on) as she chat- ond is played unobtrusively, sody; because of my handicap. I asked no more than that technical aspects of singing, and almost like Throughout these Consolation, No. 2 (E major); Au ters, “Oh so! I laugh to think pages the melc how many a thirty-second note. Phrase the last must ring Lac de WaUenstadt; To the Evening my work and my life should be placed upon the same if he has the right natural voice, hearts out ardently above have already been broken by your flat scrupulously the sit Star basis else. I considered blessings he may go far. A- with the first D-flat; filigree (pianissimo!) from “Tannhauscr”; Sposalizio; as that of anyone my moonstruck of the right words”; the short, impas- the last two ha Soiree and not obstacles. if I had had no ambition, “He must start with determina- D-flats and the “slide” make Maddelena’s de Vienne No. 0. my What sioned phrases of fven comments Gilda (Measure 69), a smooth, progressive must , no worse, mental, pathological condi- tion. If a singer says and believes crescendo to the F; intrude. Don’t The following are much harder; all are gifts—or some “My heart—is forget that the crushed—for he—is false,” pause after firewoi it impossible for me to he can a thing he has made a this F and play the last two aie only the rewarding technically make stunning tion which would have made do as she accuses setting for the and the Duke of betraying her, notes of glowing v realize is nothing so crippling to splendid beginning. Music is the phrase very softly. Arpeg- vet of the melody. effects: my ambition! There a ETHELWYNNE KINGSBURY of breaking her heart. Save your sparkle Even if the venge- giate the accompanying chords a Prom character as self-pity. The student who feels in any severe ( Continued on Page 246) After she had (ppp) crackle for the coda Liszt-Paganini “Etudes”: made her Triumphant ascent of the Breithorn in Italy ( Continued .204 " on Page 247) FORW'ARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” APRIL, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 205 THE ETUDE Music and Study Music and Study

Day, when they make no Difficulty to say, ‘In all my Days my Voice was never in better Order than it was Yesterday.’ What Is “Bel Canto,” Anyhow? "The Doctrine of the School of those Professors, Reaching Fame the Hard Way whom by way of reproach, some mistaken Persons call Ancients. Observe carefully its Rules, examine strictly A Masterly Discussion of ' Dear Old Voice Production” its Precepts, and, if not blinded by Prejudice, you will see that this School ought to sing in Tune, to put forth An Interview with the Voice, to make the Words understood, to express, to use proper Gestures, to perform in Time, to vary on its Movement, to compose, and to study the Pa- hj ^Jrancis I'sOt eerce thetick, in which alone Taste and Judgment triumph. Jan P, Confront this School with yours, and if its Precepts Professor of Singing, should not be sufficient to instruct you, learn what’s Distinguished American Tenor wanting from the Moderns.” Juilliard School of Music A Leading Artist of the Metropolitan Opera Co. “One who has not a good ear should not undertake to instruct or to sing.” “Voce di Petto (chest voice) is a full voice, which Francis Rogers is one of the world's most distinguished teachers of the art of singing. After being gradu- comes from the Breast by Strength.” ated from Harvard University he studied for one year at the New England Conservatory and then went STEPHEN WEST di voice) SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE BY to Paris (Bouhyj and Florence (Vannucinni) for further study. After concert tours (one with Marcella “Voce Testa (head comes more from the Sembrich) and a year in opera, he became a teacher. Since 1924 he has been a member of the faculty Throat.” of the Juilliard Graduate School of Music. The following is the second of a short series of scholarly and “Falsetto is a feigned voice which is entirely formed essentially practical articles giving the background of the historical development of be! canto. (Another in the Throat, has more Volubility than any, but of article will appear next month.) The Etude considers these articles so important and so "meaty" that no Substance.” splendid direction of Erno Rapee: I learned TILL IN HIS EARLY THIRTIES, Jan Peerce the we trust that our vocal teacher readers will insist upon their pupils becoming familiar with them. reactions; and I had un- “Feigned and natural Voices should be blended.” stands well within the portals of fame, and the the feeling of audience Music Hall, I know, Tosi asserts that the art of singing is in decadence road traveled to arrive there is the hard one. equaled drill in repertoire. The S and, to correct this sad state of affairs, the student and perform- debut at the Metropolitan Opera resulted is unique; its standards of training His recent revert of the average motion should to the standards of the “ancients.” directly from the record he had made for himself dur- ances are higher than those IAN PEERCE Part Two point is that similar ad- ing some ten years of work in radio, concert, and at picture theater. But the found Porpora Traditions the Radio City Music Hall. The fact that Metropolitan vantages (even if on a smaller scale) may be will serve his distortion of the face and lips. Towards this end, Porpora, the most celebrated teacher of the eight- stars are not usually chosen from radio and motion in other theaters, and the young singer est before a mirror, first saying words USIC IN ENGLAND fared but ill under Crom- eenth century, was born within a few months of Bach picture theaters makes Mr. Peerce’s case something own interests by investigating them—notwithstanding I have practiced Opera ordinary speech, then singing them, well’s iron hand, though it is said that he him- and Handel. He was also a popular composer, a con- of an extra tribute to him. To put it plainly, Jan the fact that they are neither the Metropolitan and syllables in self loved a pretty ditty. But with the restora- ductor, and an impresario. Although he is reputed to so good and his personal following so vast nor Carnegie Hall. Training in music is to be had and making certain that the use and position of my M Peerce was tion of Charles to the throne in 1660, Italian opera have been an incomparable master of bel canto, he that the Metropolitan could not afford to overlook wherever truly musical standards obtain, regardless organs of speech were as free and as natural in sing- With Italian singers invaded England, much to the never committed his theories and practices to writing, him. He attained both his status and his following of ‘glamour:’ ing as in talking. pleasure of the aristocracy. Among these singers was and we inherit only the tradition of his extraordinary through his own efforts. He has had no scholarships, “In approaching the actual problems of the singer, “As the basis of all my vocal work, I try to find my Tosi, l Pier Francesco whose name deserves an honor- competence. It is often recounted that kept one of no subsidies, no “boosts,” no “lifts.” He confides quite I prefer to speak in the most general terms only. The way back to that absolute naturalness of ocal emis- he able place in the history of song. his most gifted pupils, Caffarelli, working few frankly that he would have enjoyed aU of these ten details of voice production and projection are far sion that allowed me, as a baby, to produce cries that on a Tosi was born in Italy about 1650, and as a castrato pages of vocalises for several years, dis- years ago. Lacking them, however, he set out with an too individual to permit of long-distance counsels. filled the house! Without ‘tricks’ or self-consciousness and then sang successfully in the important opera houses on missed him, saying, “Go, boy, are ready artistic capital of determination, hard work, faith There is no disagreement about what the funda- as to ‘method,’ I let my voice ring out as God meant my you now the Continent of Europe. His later years he spent in to conquer the world!” (Believe it, or not!) in himself, and appreciation of the encouragement of mentals of good singing are—breath support, reso- it to when he put it into my throat. Above all, I have London, in high repute first as a singer and then as who deserves commemora- his wife and family. Today, Jan Peerce looks back nance, freedom. But only the wise teacher knows how tried to master the art of listening to myself. This is Another Italian master a teacher. In 1723 he published in London his Opinioni tion is Giambattista Mancini (1716-1800) who, after with gratitude that things happened as they did. He to adapt and apply these fundamentals to the in- as important as it is difficult, since most of us incline de" cantori antichi e moderni, o sieno osservaeioni singer teacher, in believes that an ability to follow the hard road is part dividual throats, minds, and temperaments of his to hear ourselves in terms of the effect we want to a long experience as and published sopra il canto figurato. This he dedicated to the Earl Vienna in 1777 (in Italian) “Practical Reflections on of whg is needed to forge a solid career. pupils. I cannot, therefore, tell you ‘how to sing.’ I can, produce. In getting away from tiffs, in trying to hear of Peterborough, “General of the Marines of Great the Figurative Art of Singing.” He had been a pupil “There is a definite gain in fighting your own way,” however, call attention to certain points that have ourselves as we really do sound, we ourselves become Britain,” a picturesque gentleman who made a great of Bernaechi (of the renowned Bologna School), of contends Mr. Peerce. “Shakespeare knew what he was been, and are, of assistance to me. aware of any threatening difficulties of projection. stir in the fashionable world when he married Anas- Padre Martini, and, perhaps, of Tosi, to whom he re- talking about when he said that the uses of adversity Complete naturalness in singing has always been one Important Points tasia Robinson, one of Handel’s early prima donnas. fers more than once with deference. Like Tosi, he are sweet! Later, when the good things come, one ap- of my best aids in achieving and maintaining an even Tosi’s book was translated into English and pub- sighs for the passing of “the good old days.” He, too, preciates them more deeply and learns to accept them “The young singer should convince himself, through scale. lished in 1742 under the title, “Observations on the humility with which he accepted the expert and aware counsels, that he really possesses has much more to say about musicianship than about with the same “But vocal production is only the beginning of sat- the Florid Song, or Sentiments on the Ancient and Mod- vocal technique. A representative utterance of Man- disappointments that went before. I began my career voice, the talent, and the intelligence requisite for isfactory vocal performance. people want to What ern Singers.” It is, so far as I know, the first of its kind, often to play obbligati for an enduring career in art. cini’s was: “A teacher must know every way in which as a violinist and had Hence, the choice of his hear is not musical a high C, but a message. If that and gives a pretty good idea of what was expected singers who were earning plaudits and who, I felt, advisers is of utmost importance. Wise friends to handle his pupils, in order to train each individual will message includes a high C in its expression, the tone of a singer two centuries ago. There is more in it voice; for he must know the right remedy for each were no better than I should be if I had had the try to convince him that voice alone is not nearly must be well managed—but the message itself comes about musicianship than about the technical training of vocal training. be sure that, enough to build his career. voice.” advantages You may He must possess good com- first. Interpretation mes- means the conveying of the of the voice, but there is much that is as good advice vocal lessons, I valued sense; that when at last I was able to have mon mysterious quality of communicative sage of music with enough truth and vitality to make to singers today as it was to those of young Handel’s A Valuable Inheritance highly and took them more seriously than vitality that convinces and them more moves people; and, above others gather unless it in. Mere singing signifies little day. We quote word for word from the edition in At the end of the eighteenth century the art of sing- I might have done had they been thrust upon me as all, a firm musical background. One of the greatest it makes people feel. Naturally, the singer must be translation some of the most significant paragraphs: else’s generosity. mistakes ing, as Mancini declared, was at a low level; the a gift of someone a young singer can make is to concentrate the first to feel the message of his song—you cannot The teacher “should have a Manner of instructing, French Revolution and the military domination of on vocal work alone. Let him learn music—all branches convince others about something on which you your- which may seem rather an Entertainment, than a Les- Experience Counts of it! Napoleon were most unfavorable to artistic develop- self are vague! Therefore, to sing of love, of pain, of son; with the happy Talent to show the Ability of the “Finally, I chance at singing through ‘Roxy.’ “It is of great ment of any sort. The arrival of Manuel Garcia in got my importance for the singer to master homesickness, of joy, you must have experienced Singer to Advantage and conceal his Imperfections; Paris from Spain in 1808 was really an epoch-making When he opened the great Radio City Music Hall, I at least one instrument. My own early work in violin © Portrait by Saryent those emotions yourself and you must go back to a Master that is possessed of the above-mentioned was featured on the opening program. And then, when study has been of the greatest help event, for it signalized in operatic Europe the debut to me. And how, the truth MANUEL GARCIA (SON) of your own experience to make your in- Qualifications is capable of teaching; with them he of a family that became a potent influence for good the great night came, it was found that the program you may ask, does a knowledge of the violin help me terpretation ring true. will raise a Desire to study; will correct Errors with a was too long and my number was taken out! I walked to sing a better performance of throughout the entire century. (I have already told, Rigoletto? By making - When you learn a song, don’t merely think- Reason; and by Examples incite a Taste to imitate must study with the Mind, when one cannot with the the streets that night in a fog of gloom. For weeks I me more intimately aware of problems stop at in The Etude, the story of “The Amazing Garcias.”) of tone, pro- ing about Voice.” its meaning—try to live it, to recall similar him.” great creative singer, devoted had been living for the occasion that was to make jection, ensemble cooperation, rhythm, dynamics— Garcia, a the last years all experiences of of “The best Singer in the continues study, “When he studies his Lesson let name; announcements were out; family and of your own, to re-create the truth World to at Home, him some- of his very active life to building up in London and my my which are problems, not of singing, but of music the feeling. The depends and persists in it as much to maintain his Reputa- times sing before a Looking-Glass, not to be enamored friends were waiting to hear me—and my songs were Finally, the young singer ability to accomplish this Paris a school of bel canto in which many, even if needs patience. He needs to partly on an inborn tion as he did to acquire it.” with his own Person, but to avoid those omitted! When, months later, I was finally given realize that artistic gift of expression, partly on study, convulsive not most, of the great singers of the time were trained. work is more important than any and partly on actual older “He that studies Singing must consider that Praise Motions of the Body, or of the Face (for so I call the did not his featured billing on that fine program, you may be goal to which it may lead; that the experience in living. The He commit methods of teaching to writ- lack of it may you grow or Disgrace depends very it! and the more deeply know the much on his Voice, which Grimaces of an affected Singer) which when once they ing, but his value as a teacher is well sure I appreciated find him unprepared when his big opportunity you come to attested by the comes sum-total if he has a Mind to preserve, he must abstain from all “My advice to young singers is get all the experi- “As to purely vocal of emotion and disappointment and hap- have took footing, never leave him.” list of his distinguished pupils. His son Manuel, (1805- — problems, I prefer not to give piness that makes life satisfying Manners of Disasters and all violent Diversions.” “I can truly say, that I have never in life 1906) was destined by his father for the career ence you can, in any sort of theater, in any sort of advice. That is for the teacher. Instead, up itself, the more my heard of an suppose I your “Let him continually, himself, provided only that it is worthy of the interpretations will stress by use his Voice to a a Singer own the Truth and say, ‘I’m very well today’: opera singer, but he had no liking for the stage, and work, name of review a few points that I consider important be. Young folks tend to in my the Velocity of Motion, if he thinks to have a truly good music. Never lower your artistic standards value of singing for its that command they reserve the unseasonable Confession to the next from the age of twenty-five devoted his inordinately own work. The first of these points, in own sake. I know my opinion when over it, and that he may not go by the Name of a for the sake of an engagement; but within the scope touches breath control and I began to sing (in my childhood), I watched long life to the teaching of the so-called Garcia diction. Tone can be no pathetic Singer.” don’t out for the high effects, Method, which to this very day exists in name, of those standards, let a lack of ‘glamour’ scare better than the breathing habits that notes, the crescendi, the big even give it life and “Let him not omit frequently to put forth, and to you off. Most of my experience was gained singing Diction is when I could degree if not in actual fact. in as important as voice itself. I master them with a certain always strive of bravura, stop, the Voice, that it may always be at his Com- the stage shows at the Music Hall, and I consider it the to make both as free and I thought I was singing well! Experience Young Manuel was exceptionally well fitted for the as natural as possible In mand.” greatest asset I could have had. I has taught career he had chosen. He inherited from his father had the advantage my student days, I devoted much time me better. Today I know that the real and care to epth “Singing requires so strict an Application, that one of singing with a first-rate symphony orchestra under the acquisition of clear enunciation and meaning of a song any song can be the great traditions of bel ( Continued on Page 238) without the slight — — leleased only by 238' delving ( Continued on Page APRIL, 206 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 207 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC’’ THE ETUDE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f

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standing and cooperation between the minister and the musical director, the results should improve im- mediately. The minister should acquaint himself with the texts of the sacred songs. Many of these texts are Qershwjn cheap and incongruous. More than this, they lack a acb to real human appeal. I have listened in churches to 1 1 1 111111 1 M MW* the Musical 1 Church ^ Making FWB1 1 1 1 1 r 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 l—l 1 IIW 1 MMI 1 mill lil M"lll hymns with verses' so archaic that I could scarcely — ! 1 1 1 ! w— laughter. Surely those who sing such refrain from IVWrr of Church Mnsic BACH hymns in this day cannot mean them! Qmakal oratorio composer' HANDEL On the other hand, there is, in the musical liter- FfbuMer opera GLUCK Message More Emphatic ature of the Church, music with so little spiritual of — J warmth that it reminds one of carved Carrara marble. “VagFHaydn,jirttgreat mafhr symphony and Siring puarht HAYDN of This music makes no more impression upon the con- Only composer ip mottir both operatic and symphonic music BUSMOZART BEETHOVEN gregation than would vocal exercises, and is more “TtieTAmlvhofreed Music — reminiscent of the conservatory than of the temple. ( Services of ^ I Religious Tomorrow Reguire Careful Planning Founder oj German national opera These works may be magnificent from an artistic and musical standpoint, but the Church is not a concert hall; it is wholly a place for soul regeneration.

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tale atmospheres this not taken for mediocre (jrmposer of landscape andjmy Now must be as a plea WF ° fifths -tu'avu. or cheap music. Nothing but the best is good enough WHWHW for the Sanctuary of God. Fortunately, there are a vast number of masterpieces which, when properly LI5ZT Richard Maxwell was born in Mansfield, Ohio, September 12, 1897. His academic work was done a Hmgtuy’s jorcnvFt composer WAGNER Kenyon College, where he received the degrees of A.B. and M.A. Later he studied voice with noted presented, are exalting or comforting or beneficial, Johann Sebastian- Bach composing Mott famous Gorman opera composer teachers including Edwardo Sacerdote, Vittorio Trevison, Titta Ruffo, Ella Bachus Behr, Dr. Mario and otherwise refreshing spiritually. one of the Brandenburg Concertos VERDI Marafioti, Mrs. Robert Blackman, and Frederic W. Bristol. He has been soloist at many metropolitan Ccjrcaktt Italian opine conpposer - In my experience in Church and in radio I have had FRANCK churches. In 1928 he entered the field of radio, giving particular attention to the music of religious the wonderful opportunity to be associated with such Helgltms greatett composer-^ heard over the air. In this connection he has been soloist on the radio religious programs services as eminent clergymen as Dr. Poling, Dr. Fosdick, Dr. BRUCKNER of such famous clergymen as Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, Dr. Daniel Poling, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Dr. jAnttriab greatift potf-nomanticittt Sockman, Dr. Stamm, the late Dr. Cadman, and many JOHANN STRAUSS Frederick Keller Stamm, and Dr. Ralph W. Sockman. His voice thus has been heard by untold millions. Immortal ttJaltzJiisg others. I have heard over and over again of conversions Together with Mr. William Wirges, organist, pianist, arranger, and for fifteen years Staff Conductor that have evidences of Forcmott American minttrel FOSTER of the National Broadcasting Company, and Mr. George Shockley, Musical Director of WOR for ten been hearts and souls which, years, he has collaborated in various movements to produce programs for the Church and for the air when moved like Saul, were brought to higher spirit- The classical romantidTH BRAHMS ual SAINT-SAENS leading to more effective musical religious work. Mr. Shackley, who is associated with Mr. Maxwell, levels by music when it has been associated with To& romanticist cf program music Musical Director of Radio for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America. a divine message. BIZET is also Qlonfer of Spanish rhythm One great mistake that some clergymen, choir- Tussms geahtt realist MOUSSORGSKY masters, and organists make is that they subcon- sciously still look Tunisia's greaklt symphoniilr TCHAIKOWSKY upon mu- u sic from the standpoint of Thc thrliig"ofBohemiiW music DVORAK EW OF US have any conception of the vast clergyman who can pre- Fosters "Jennie with the entertainment. In some " all parts of our country sent his prayers and light brown hair being rendered at a Musicale in the SO’$ number of people in TTormys mottreMtsuMive composer GRIEG churches in the East, as Fwho, by force of circumstances, are unable to convictions so devoutly Jtteoromanticsst RjutfM, RIM SKY- KORSAKOFF well as in the Far West, cf attend churches and are dependent upon services they and sincerely that all Symphony Orchestra, Chorus 6^0 and spend an adequate amount of time in selecting of today has much to tion to lives that often, un- 5oo, 100,00 0,000 u— material. Thus he may learn the trend and philosophy learn from the theater, fortunately, are very drab. of the minister’s thought and can do his best to make without making the Many of these Salvation a real contribution to the beauty and spiritual content Church in any way the- Army evangelists have had of what the pastoral ideal presents. atrical. the Spirit of God in then- An Unusual Musical Calendar The Church service RICHARD MAXWELL hearts and have been very Projecting the Thought should have its suspense, much exalted thereby. The of absorb- music of the Salvation Not until the choirmaster realizes that the text of its moments The Musical Calendar presented herewith ing devotion, and * its climaxes. This cannot be done Army has been greatly improved. This organization, was published in larger a sacred song is just as important as the music, can form in without careful planning and liberal rehearsals in however, is not to be compared with the mercenary colors not he begin to render proper assistance in planning an by a musical institution, but by the musically which the clergyman and the music director take exploiters of religion, who always are willing to put enthusiastc managing inspiring church service. He must imbue the members director joint part. Of course, when there is perfect under- circus in the pulpit if it can put shekels on the col- of' the of the choir with the thought that to sing the notes a famous Bismarck Hotel of Chicago, lection plate. To sincere and sensible people such Mr. Otto K. Eitel, of the music correctly and to sing the words distinctly who has ' permitted us to frauds are a matter for contempt and disgust. reprint it are still not enough. The great singer is the one who Dr. Rudolph Cans, Director of the Chicago a dig- Musical College, projects a thought so that it reaches the heart of The Church always must be looked upon as called this to our atten every listener. The speaker who merely repeats words ORGAN nified, hallowed temple for worship, whether that tion. Dr. Hans Rosenwald, musicologist, helped Mr. Eitel in is certainly no orator, in or out of the pulpit, but the church is represented by ( Continued on Page 240) the preparation of the 208 chart. "FORWARD MARCH WITH APRIL, "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC’’ 209 MUSIC’’ THE ETUDl 1944 a

Music and Study Music and Study

Teaching Stringed Instruments Music in a College Training Detachment

Certainly some of the trouble arises ALARMING DEARTH of , general N from a confusion of objec- fundamental knowledge in in the GREAT DEAL has been written about the musi- tives music education cur- oJJ of the different branches of the serv- A” the string teacher being L, QdU /?< riculum. This confusion cal units luaie does not L Wad EML turned by the universities is ice. Every camp has its own military bands as out exist so much in the thinking A and the rule rather than the exception. well as dance bands, drum and bugle corps, glee clubs, planning of music education facul- Director of Instrumental Music aspiring stringed instru- tonette bands, and so forth. Much also has been writ- Too many ties as it does in the minds of the close interrelations ip o vital role these musical organizations mentalists are seeking to rear the preceding article under this title, the writer considered ten about the Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois In the those teachers, recruited from ap- edifice of true mastery without the stringed instrument aye are playing in keeping up the morale of the men in secondary, higher education in the development of p primary, and plied music faculties, who are di- string government has spent mfilions of dollars security of a sound foundation— to the string medium and uniform. The and discussed the first of five shortcomings—lack of allegiance rectly responsible for the actual organs, pianos, other instru- task almost as futile as attempting program at the several installing Hammond and literature—which might be held to account for the failure of the string string training of music education trombone to build a house by starting with ments in the camps to keep up the spirits of the boys, ing Detachment Band for the duration. The response every month. One month we lost the entire lack of basic knowledge. educations levels. The second of these inadequacies is the serious majors. Under the tremendous the entire per- the roof. The theory of string mas- in addition to the activities of the military band. Lieu- was quite good and a number of instruments were section of five men, and another time scope of music education demands times where tery—and by that I mean knowing tenant-Colonel Howard C. Bronson in an article not secured. We also asked the men who played instru- cussion section. This has happened several and their own peculiarities, it leaving together. have lost how—is neither difficult to project is long ago wrote, “We are learning, as our allies learned, ments and had these instruments at home to send for the entire section was We futile to give students in this pro- from the band at one time, nor to grasp, and there is no valid that music is one of the vital elements of a fighting them. In a short time enough instruments had been as many as eighteen men gram the same string training, average of about fourteen men every reason why the student should be or army.” We all seem to be agreed then, that music is secured and the band was on its way. and we lose an procedure the same type of string training that would accrue, players we will get from left to discover these things for himself, or not at all. done so under a more carefully supervised very necessary in the army. month. We never know what are avail- for example, to majors in violin or violoncello. In Rehearsals under Difficulties in, we have found that it Let us say that this theory—this knoiving how—will of selection. Standard musical aptitude tests the The problem in which we are interested at present the new group coming but case we are trying to create performers preempt less than ten per cent of the total time re- able to all, and a greater utilization of these would latter of real Rehearsals had to take place in the late afternoon depends a great deal upon the part of the country is : What about the musical organizations to help keep min- distinction and in the former we are not. question quired in the attainment of a reasonable mastery, and eliminate the potential failures and reduce to a up the spirits of the boys in the hundreds of college after classes, military drill, and physical training were from which the men originally came. The result- for are five snare drummers and five that the remaining ninety per cent or more will be imum the adverse effect on string-class morale Let us consider a moment: what the practical training programs of the AAF Training Command all finished. These men have a long, hard day beginning always is: Will we get saxophones or what? devoted to what I like to call the “practice of string ing from the casual “quitting” that so often brands a and realistic demands on the music education trainee over the country? As far as we can determine nothing at 5:45 A.M. and ending at 10:00 P.M., but they have piccolo players—when we need — he very fortunate in maintaining a mastery”—which means doing. Nevertheless, it is pre- stringed-instrument class as a losing proposition. with a stringed-instrument major when takes over has been written about what is being done, if anything, always been anxious to rehearse, no matter how tired. So far we have been cisely this theory which makes possible the practice. A supplementary cause of high string-class mortal- a high school assignment? Will he be expected to play for this large group of men who are in training in After an hour of rehearsal they are relaxed and in fairly good instrumentation. day, and for the The theory of string mastery alone will never make ity is failure on the part of the instructor to grasp long concertos from memory, give violin recitals, per- our colleges. much better spirits. The band plays for retreat every morning. a fiddler, but the accomplishment of such mastery the true function of the stringed-instrument class, form the solo Bach “Sonatas,” teach advanced stu- At Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, we have There have been several hundred men from forty official parade and inspection on Saturday will be forever beyond the reach of those who are try- understand its grand strategy, and seize, as it were, dents? Not at all. He will have to organize an orchestra tried to do something in the way of musical activities different states in this band since its organization. In addition, the 302nd College Training Detachment given several radio ing to attain it without knowing how. This unfortunate the long-term opportunities and benefits thus avail- and perhaps a string quartet or two, and he will have for the men who are stationed here. Not only for the We have had men who have been members of profes- Band has played eight concerts and music situation is never the fault of the student. The re- able. The stringed-instrument class should be explora- to help these young musicians in a hundred different men who play and sing, but for the entertainment of sional symphony orchestras, large university bands, broadcasts since its organization. The band plays sponsibility reposes solely with the teacher. When the tory only, seeking to turn the soil, but leaving to the ways. He will have to organize and teach classes in the entire detachment. Let me start at the beginning. and small high school bands. We have continually of all types and of all grades of difficulty. We try to will appeal the student becomes teacher, however, he assumes this hands of others the solicitous care and cultivation of beginning violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass. A few months ago the Army Air Corps selected Knox tried to encourage the players who have come from select for our concerts music that to responsibility, and it is now his student who becomes the tender young sprouts. Now just how will the ability to play extended works listener and at the same time keep up a fairly high the innocent victim of inadequate instruction, and who from memory aid him in this work? If he could do standard. From this band, small dance orchestras have must ultimately, if all, learn Class Lesson Limitation Service at by the miserable trial- that, too, so much the better, but this is out of the been organized to play at the Men’s Center on and-error method. dances. men’s A year or so in class is enough. The student then question for all but the most gifted and versatile. The Saturday nights and for detachment A third The shortcoming is the lack of ability to im- requires the individual attention possible only through limited time available for string study in the music glee club also was organized and a number of men part knowledge and illustrate the application private instruction. find relaxation mental uplift from participating of this Students should be encouraged to education program should be utilized to fit the student and knowledge. All the knowledge in the world will get musical organization. be of out of class and seek an able private teacher as for precisely that which he will be called upon to do. in this no avail to the student if the teacher is unable to pro- soon as the preliminaries are over and interest has The objectives of this training, therefore, should be ject it in lucid, understandable language with simple been securely Vital Influence anchored. Unfortunately, the “able” pri- revised in the light of practical reality and unhesi- A analogy and clear, practical illustrations. I think vate teacher is we frequently missing from the community tatingly separated from those of a straight string Are these organizations of value to the detachment? all know of the violinist who himself plays well in- scene today. Many teachers have been shockingly major, the objectives of which will remain the devel- Major Blue and the present commanding officer, Cap- deed, but whd cannot explain how he does it. Such lazy, unprogressive in approach, and loath to provide opment of superlative performance. tain Edward Dunn, both have been enthusiastic about individuals may be excellent artists, but they are de- a commodity that will bear inspection and scrutiny. realize the vital role and influence Do not misunderstand me. I put no premium on the band. They cidedly not good teachers. It can no longer be assumed Unlike many wind-instrument teachers who have training that it is exerting on the men stationed here. The Sat- that concert mediocrity. I am simply proposing that string a violinist, even of considerable distinc- achieved success with youth by experimenting, explor- urday morning review would be dead and colorless in music education be cut to fit the assignment. I am tion, will necessarily be a good teacher as some uni- ing the — possibilities of new teaching techniques, and more without the band. An inspecting officer from Texas versities, advocating a reconsidered approach in which a to their own regret, are beginning to learn. taking advantage of various psychological factors included a special and results found the band so excellent that he The imparting of knowledge presupposes specialized mastery would be sought and better a thorough implications at the secondary school level, they have paragraph in his official report commenting and prais- analysis of processes obtained. Just as the pianist going out into the sec- and the formulation of this ma- failed to keep pace with the temper and procedures ing the work of the band. ondary school sight-reading, terial into an orderly sequence. in should be well prepared in contemporary education. Some stringed-instrument The band has its own set of student officers and is accompanying, transposing, forth, so should teachers have been rigidly and so bound and restricted by- under the same military discipline as are other flights Lack of Patience, Sympathy, and Understanding the string specialist be prepared to cope more fully and narrow “schools” and “methods,” and have found in the detachment. it more will difficult or impossible successfully with the specific problems that These are the intangibles that serve to implement to cast aside these absurdities in What do the men in the band think of this organi- favor be encountered. 302nd COLLEGE TRAINING DETACHMENT BAND (AIR CORPS), all other factors. Disinterest and indifference are of a far more realistic and rewarding instru- zation? I shall quote from only two of many letters I propose consideration for a program of string KNOX COLLEGE, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, MARK BIDDLE, DIRECTOR. deadly. Impatience and hair-tearing are futile. The mental eclecticism. received from men after they have been sent on to a training for music education students at the university bored teacher who is mentally miles away will, more A greater recognition of the private teacher by the schools, because we have learned to realize classification center. secondary level which would assure a high proficiency in the College as one of its colleges to train men for the Air smaller surely than anything else, kill student interest and schools would serve to stimulate the “A valuable part of the training which I received as teacher following: Corps. Six hundred men were sent here to comprise what this activity means to these young men, most of enthusiasm and drive him away from music. to better effort. Today the Even the work of such teachers is too school or college a member of the 302nd College Training Detachment 1. the 302nd College Training Detachment (Aircrew) whom have not been out of high ordinarily saving graces of profound frequently unrewarded by The theory and principles of string mastery. knowledge and the schools, both in the enjoy playing again Band, in addition to the enjoyment, the relaxation, 2. and were under the command of Major Julian Blue. bands many months. To say they ability to impart it will matter of confidence String pedagogy and the art of imparting knowl- prove insufficient to overcome and respect and the more formal and the opportunity to continue my musical interests, edge. Major Blue was very anxious that we have a band, is putting it mildly. Some of them have been so anx- the utter lifelessness of the “do-not-care” attitude. angle of school credits. Greater effort at collaboration also for ious to play that, immediately after finding we had a was the valuable addition to my knowledge of military between 3. Fingerboard facility proper illus- not only for use in the official parades but Nor will browbeating be any more conducive to prog- the school and the local private teacher adequate to the procedure as regards parades, reviews, retreat, and would all men in the band here, they have wired to their homes in Florida, ress. The terrified tend to banish tration of the theory and string mastery. the entertainment and morale of the student cannot deliver. existing feelings of mutual distrust principles of other military traditions.” and to try to organize such a New York, California, and elsewhere for their instru- suspicion and establish 4. Knowledge of the string literature. detachment. He asked me a working rapport that “I it was really something to have is now band. ments. want to say that The Fifth Shortcoming often missing. Proficiency in No. 1 should be acquired through a is one of replacements. After a been a member of the 302nd College Training De- short, should There were a number of problems involved. First, The big problem The failure to exercise sufficient A questionable grade of string illustrated course. Proficiency in No. 2 selectivity in the teaching in the period of time, one-fifth of the detachment leaves and tachment Band. It was an honor and pleasure and I’ll universities be acquired course where would we get instruments for the men to play? makeup of stringed-instrument classes is is in no sense alone responsible through a brief but concentrated a serious for the the another group comes to take its place. High school never forget it. Many thanks for the enjoyable times deficiencies on the gained The College owned a number of instruments and neglect. For it is recognized that one of the great prob- and errors-of-omission outlined techniques of imparting the knowledge above in numbers, band directors have their worries when they lose their spent with the band and the opportunity to further in No. 1. acquired college band was rapidly diminishing lems of string training in the secondary schools con- Proficiency in No. 3 should be interests. It service. However, seniors each year, but we lose men from the band my musical was swell.” through practical aimed owing to men being called into the cerns the high instrumental mortality rate. Failure string study. What should be one knows what these young men will have to the College , cornets, , No at in this is to with did not own to exercise greater care in selection and teacher- prepare the student to illustrate go through before this war is over. If given to outfit a band. we have band, full conviction relaxation, and saxophones in sufficient numbers indifference are jointly responsible for this high mor- orchestra the principles of position, them some enjoyable hours and lifted their spirits bow We finally decided to call upon the Service Men’s Cen- tality rate among players in the early stage. Many of control, legato, tone production, on-the-string playing singing v. appealed to the citi- through the and of music, then we and bowings (marteU, bow- ter in Galesburg for help. They BAND and ORCHESTRA the youngsters who have begun the study of a stringed CHORUS and so forth), off-the-string think it was well worth all the time effort involved for band -I and paper, i t D. Revelli ings on', zens of Galesburg, through the local Ed e d b#y William instrument and then have abandoned it should never (controlled bouncing bow, spiccato, and so in maintaining these organizations. William D. R.velll instruments to be loaned to the 302nd College Train- have started in the first place and would not have shifting, vibrato, and the synchronization of right and left-hand 240) technic. It should ( Continued on Page APRIL. 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 211 210 'FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUDE — . . —

the frontier, which made conditions of impossible Music and Study energy for cultural objectives. Music and Study either time or Fourth and usage with the holding to custom the well-knowr ‘ Left-Hand Positions English, of whom tenacity of the Allegheny moun descendants. you please help me with a taineers are lineal And last, perhaps Would Tuning Troubles be- problem? My left hand never feels com- four, the influence of A. J. cause of these Showalter In' the lower positions I feel ’ fortable. I have trouble tuning my violin prop- gospel musical pioneer in the grabbing the neck, and in the a remarkable South that I am The Violinist’s Forum erly. The strings run down repeatedly thoroughly positions my hand feels strained. These hill folk were dominated by higher and it is hard for me to get the fifths the correct position for the left teachings of the comparatively Is there one true. It is embarrassing and makes me Stagin' Calvinistic new it change shape in dif- An All-Night and hand, or should nervous to have to spend five minutes growing Protestant churches. John rapidly Calvin and ferent sorts of music? It does not tuning when I play before an audience. one can play dif- Conducted by his followers were utterly opposed to anything seem to me that Can you give me any hints which would artistic with the hand ferent kinds of passages help? I tune G and D strings by or studiedly beautiful in public worship. According my to always in the same position. I studied holding the head of the violin against my views, acts of worship should be different teach- their extemporaneous for eleven years with four knee, but I have seen violinists tune unpremeditated. Only a metrical version no two of them told me the in the Mountain Backwoods and of the ers, and them by wrapping their fingers round the for congregational same things about the left hand. If you head. Which is the best method? Psalms was available singing, and ^JJarofil JjJerbleey tell me what the correct position was permissible only when used without could —Miss L. G., Virginia. this instru- of the hand ought to be, it will help me of these reactionists went so one near here that It certainly is disturbing to be forced ments. Some far as to a lot, for there is no Prominent Teacher study with. I am working on the renounce the singing of the Psalms because they were X can to spend a lot of time tuning when one “24 Studies of Dont, Op. 35,” Gavinies and Conductor the inspiration of the moment. Even the is before an audience, and you will have not Puritans “Studies,” and the “Concerto in E minor” hj J^olui ~jJ~ra.nl? Jllachen in chinch wondered if singing was not an exercise by Mendelssohn.—H. R., Idaho. the sympathy of all violinists who have which turned the mind from God. The Reverend experienced it. The best plan, of course, John You are quite right, H. R., in thinking Cotton investigated the question carefully under nothing like so sound is to have the A sounded beforehand, four that no one position of the left hand tions but who are subheads, off-stage. But as this in the districts w main heads and six and he cited Scriptural seventh. Generally and do your tuning In the vast expanses of our country many events occur which are of first importance suitable for all types of playing. The in the fifth, sixth, or is well to give little in "outside world." The DeKalb Times authority to show that Paul and Silas (Acts XVI, which the is not always possible, it is which they take place but which are known to others the 25) experienced player adapts the shape of this is due to the manner in devout of Ft. Payne, Alabama, gives the following graphic pictures of religious musical gatherings of the had sung a Psalm in prison. Cotton therefore con- shift from a some thought to the things that make his hand to the type of passage he is shift has been made. A people of the mountain sections. The influence of such meetings is far-reaching . Editor's Note. cluded that the Psalms might be sung in church. higher should for quick and accurate tuning. playing at the moment. Furthermore, low position to the fifth or into the The first essential is a well-fitting set hands of different build will take slightly be prepared by moving the hand Group Singing in the South described above of pegs. If your pegs do not turn smoothly different shapes on the violin for the “technical” shaping songbooks and so on one and easily, if they jerk and make ratchet- “^T A HERE WAS SCARCELY a voice within fifty vor. No song was ever sung twice. Three The intense interest in group singing in the South same passage. There are, however, certain thumb under the neck, — is made. like sounds, you should take your violin miles of here that was not hoarse today, and were used. is largely the outgrowth of the pioneer teaching and fundamental principles which the good or more notes before the shift only brief fingers to move in a to a good repairer and have him refit JL the first all-night singing convention was “Refreshment time at midnight was the publishing propaganda of Mr. A. J. Showalter (origi- violinist rarely, if ever, violates, and it This allows the them. Most repairers sell a preparation a success. intermission all singing stopped. Ushers tossed Benjamin S. straight line up the strings. When the counted The rugged mountains around were when nally Schowalden and Unseld, who was may help you if we discuss them at some should be applied to the peg each still quivering from the constant ringing pressure of out sandwiches into the crowd as they did the song- collaborator. Showalter was hand arrives in the upper position at the which Showalter’s born at Cherry lei igth. nor shift, tip of the thumb time a string is changed; this helps the thousands of voices that cried the praises of the Lord books. There was no charge for the sandwiches Grove, Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1858. He died The basic shaping of the left hand in end of the the from early Saturday night until for no admission price and should be at the end of the neck, so that peg to work smoothly and also prevents the dawn began the songbooks. There was in 1924. His father was a singing school teacher. Sho- the first position, which should be taught thing string reached wear and tear on the peg and peg-hole. streaking across the sky Sunday morning. not even any contributions. The whole was walter and Unseld used, but were not the first to use, beginners, is that in which the No question will be answered in THE ETUDE the top of the may be “ to all name fills fills commercial tinge. unless accompanied by the full of the thumb. It is possible to use a homemade mixture ‘Heaven my soul, my soul with inspira- strictly nonsectarian and without the shaped notes to assist the eye in reading. violin is supported by the without further movement The neck of the and address of the inquirer. Only initials, tion,’ the voices cried out. And: ‘Awake, soul, All of those came who felt like singing songs to the published frequently sees a player complete of chalk and graphite on the pegs; but my shapes were simply superimposed upon the standard first joint of the thumb and the knuckle or pseudonym given, will be One arise and sing glad praises unto the Savior’s name.’ Lord. shift with his thumb hooked mixing these properly is difficult and is score, the shapes being of the first finger, with the thumb op- such a “This town of forty-five hundred swelled almost “None could remember ever hearing of an all-night of the neck and his fin- best left to the repairer. posite this knuckle and the fingers curved around the end threefold for the festival of voices. In horses bug- Singing. It was the idea of I. E. Farmer, sells forward into the required Another important factor is the way and who over the strings. Many quite advanced gers pushed gies, in tumbledown trucks, in shining limousines, cold drinks here. it endangers ac- the strings lie in the peg-box. How often new He figured would be cooler at players violate this principle by holding position. This not only and on foot they came from all the crannies in the night and besides more people could attend. rapid intonation, but also precludes one sees the D and A strings crossing as the thumb opposite the second, or even passages in thirds or octaves, for curacy of 1 2 mountains and all the dips in the valleys. “The local merchants donated -the 3 4 3*76 they go over the saddle towards the pegs! sandwiches and string of technic. the third, finger. This faulty shaping of passages that call for frequent any real fluency “They began coming early Saturday morning and Mr. Farmer and several others pitched in chords This is a fatal weakness, and is the chief and paid the hand not only induces fatigue and crossings or frequent shifts, for Having established a correct shaping by evening there were no parking places to be had for the transportation costs of visiting quartets and fingers are cause of strings running down when they the characters for Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, I.a, Ti, and Do, cramp in technical playing, but also is in which the third or fourth of his hand in the first position, the within blocks of the unpainted, sprawling wooden soloists. should are being tuned. The reason is that when respectively. a frequent cause of the “grabbing” of on the lower strings, the thumb player should endeavor to maintain the tabernacle. They came, sleepy infants and bright-eyed, “Having disposed of the sandwiches, the crowd got of the neck, these strings cross or approach one an- Showalter’s promotion scheme was an efficacious which you speak. Nevertheless, it is lie back along the underside same relationship between hand, knuck- gray-haired octogenarians, all in their Sunday-go- its second wind and took on where it left other in the peg-box, the pull of the off singing one, as he supplemented his teaching and publishing taught as the correct hand position by with the knuckle of the first finger les, and finger tips at least as high as to-meeting clothes. praises of the Lord.” string tends to pull the peg out. These by personal appearances as a singer and leader of many teachers. slightly away from the neck and the the seventh position. Higher than this, “The ladies’ gingham dresses were severely pressed violin. If you play strings should diverge in the peg-box, singing. Later, when the keener business promoters fundamental principle of good elbow well under the most players will have to move the fin- the Various Influences at Work Another and men’s pants bore creases as sharp as razors. broke the so-called “Viotti chord” gers in front of the hand; but as so that each goes towards the side from with the Showalter Publishing Company and teaching is that the first joint of the up Weeks before the boys had made dates for the occa- Many converging factors seem to have entered into which its peg enters. started their own publishing houses, he met the dif- fourth finger) should one is rarely called upon to play rapidly sion fingers (except the with their best girls. the local situation: First, in the frontier days, the in any position Also, the quality of the strings is highly ficulty by organizing traveling quartets which sang be vertically above the fingerboard. This across the four strings “The crowd overran the three thousand seats in the geographical isolation from outside influences and cul- danger of faulty important. All four must be “true” in only the publications of their employer. These more sound, for it trains above the seventh, the tabernacle. tural principle is absolutely The younger ones sat in the elders’ laps, centers. Second, the early vehement reaction to vibration, or it will be impossible to time than covered their own expenses by giving paid con- the fingers to be always over the strings technic is slight. stood in the sawdust aisles, and perched themselves established church litanies. Third, the adverse living of sense of strain in the them perfectly. Cheap strings are no certs—an advertising specialty unnecessary as long as they are playing on—an essential in all You speak a on the window sills. The doorways were jammed, and economy; every violinist, from the young- house. with your hand held this way, you will upper positions, H. R.; this suggests to the devout stood twelve he owned the monopoly technical passage work. It is, however, deep on the outside around technical playing. in est student, should have strings that are All the competing firms exploit- often discarded by well-trained violinists have the ideal shape for me that you do not have the thumb the tabernacle, continually moving around and around, absolutely true, for false strings mean Meditation ing gospel hymn publications who are seeking a more sensuous and ex- This position of the hand brings the the right place for such playing and that like ants around a lump of sugar trying to get closer poor intonation. Josopb. Sv/aSa on knuckles almost parallel with the strings, you have fallen into the habit of playing and closer. Many, unable ever to gain entrance, had Freeman Lewis now have their own quartets pressive tone quality. In melodic pas- 1 regards the actual technique of 4- These allows the fingers always to be over the with the knuckles at least one position As to be content to listen to the loud speakers that blared 4— the road the year round. sages, these players allow their fingers which they are to play, and lower than the finger tips. It is a bad tuning, the surest way is to tune the from the sides of the building. are very much in demand. to lie somewhat flatter, so that the fleshy strings on easier to rid of it! Train yourself to string fairly sharp even if it is slightly profitable part is in contact with the renders good intonation much habit—get — “When babies dozed off they were placed in the Showalter’s most of the finger higher positions with the sharp begin with and then to let it idea, the publish- string. This undoubtedly enhances the achieve. If you do not use this shaping play in the to — aisles or under the pews to sleep. Everybody held a Th a pre enc* B0Dl tak« 4e!ight, however, was ”/ On whom in affliction I call: to the correct o i U s' cl for technical playing in the knuckles in the same position as the down slowly and gently 2. Where dost Thou dear Shepherd, reiort with Thj sheep, ing students. quality of the tone, and is to be recom- of the hand songbook in one hand and a fan in the other. The T0 feed them in pastures of the songs of his of lov, first pitch. prevent the string from running 3. 0, why should I wan - der an al-ien from con- lower positions, H. R., I earnestly advise fingers just as you do in the posi- To fans, advertising everything from furniture to snuff, Thee, Or cry in the des-ert for breai These scores came to be a mended—but only to those who have ac- — 4. Ke - store, my dear Sav-tour, essential that the peg be the hght of Thy face. Thy sonl-eheer-ng to acquire it, for it will solve many tion. You will play much more easily. down, it is never ceased their rhythmic to-and-fro movement be- comfort impart siderable amount of each year- quired a thoroughly sound left-hand you Practice first, and Dont and Gavinies are excellent prac- pushed in at the same time it is being fore the steaming faces. book. They were published as technic. As a matter of fact, the well- of your problems. the Study in D major. No. 34 by tice material — particularly the Dont turned. Some players tune flat, and then “It was so hot that the shirts of the men became a “favor” to the students and, trained, advanced violinist can allow his slowly, into right note. This is not good, pub- left Kreutzer, and follow it with the one in “Studies”—but I think you should prac- up the wringing wet and stuck to their backs and chests. The as a consequence, cost the hand to take almost any shape that major, No. 33. Practice also the second tice etudes that call for greater fluency for a string that has been relaxed has shirts of some of the song leaders ripped and peeled lisher nothing for the manu- feels comfortable in melodic, expressive F and twelfth “Caprices” of Rode, for in of technic. For a player of your apparent a strong tendency to go flat again within off when they moved their arms in front of them to scripts. "Prof.” Showalter was a playing if, by doing so, he can give more types of technic this shaping of advancement there is nothing better a minute or two. Other violinists nerv- the beat of the music. prolific writer, having devel- eloquent expression to the music. such until, is an immense advantage. But than the first thirty of De Beriot’s “60 ously turn the peg back and forth oped the unvarying habit of go- On the other hand, in all technical the hand Test for do not infer that the first-finger knuckle Concert Studies”; they require constant by good luck they happen on the proper A Song Leaders My comfort by day and my aong in the night. ing office early and passages it is essential that the fingers My hope mv sal- rationD down to the ’ my * pitch. This, too, is bad, for the more a Say, why in the valley of ’ ° ’ never, under any circumstances, shifting between the lower and higher death should I weep Or alone ™;i j be- move flexibly accurately, and that must “There were three huge barrels of ice water in the e r “writing a couple of songs and Thy foes will rejoice when ness r°78* will my sorrows they see, ; the neck; it may, and frequently positions. These studies are now avail- string is disturbed the sooner it go rear of the tabernacle supplying a crowded And smile at the ten™ r great a they be able to exert an instantaneously touch waiting And let the fore breakfast!” So sweet^tokensofpardoning grace, Bring is that edition and be out of tune. joy to my - will, do so—the important thing able in an American may line. The song leaders worked in shifts. When one be- des o - late heart. number of these songs was writ- strong pressure on the strings. If the it must not exert any pressure. obtained through the publishers of The The only thing to be said against hold- came exhausted there was always another to move ten that, according to Mr. Shope, violin is supported between the thumb So far we have been considering how Etude. ing the scroll of the violin against the instantly into his place. Manager of the Showalter Pub- and the first-finger knuckle, the extra the hand should be shaped in the lower If the ideas I have sketched here are knee is that it looks awkward. To tune “There was a note of carnival jocularity in the lishing Company, there are thou- effort required of the hand in technical it take you a in playing position gives a more profes- It playing will this sup- positions: other things must be consid- unfamiliar to you, may crowd. seemed eager to laugh. The song leaders This example of what has ’ sands unpublished. often transform been known as yet skill "buckwh** . . - or to master this technic. sional appearance, and the is worth introducing tion is “®at no,a port into definite inevitably ered when you are playing in the fifth month two made quips in one another. But the sing- reprinted from The Music Teacher Some idea of the man’s popu- a grip, which nnrt R the patience to do so acquiring. It is not difficult. The things ing was always in dead seriousness, by permission of the 0 will take a good deal of the strength position or higher. But if you have and even the publishers. The A. larity may be from the fact J. Showalter Co" had very pleased with to remember are that at least one finger youngest sang out his words with loud from the finger grip. The hand, therefore, There are many violinists who shape you will, I think, be and grim fer- that at the Southeastern Fair will gain. ( Continued on Page 252) must assume different shape. For their hands excellently in the lower posi- the ease and fluency you of (Continued on Page 240) a quite 212 "FORW'ARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUDE APRIL, 1944 ''FORW'ARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 213 ” ?

HILDREN who actually like to practice are Music and Study 2. Yes, these grace notes must h6 scarcer than rooster’s teeth, but most children Study played, and exactly as written. Music and like to play games and if we can make music 3. There are no turns in the C Alle ornament seem like a game, more youngsters would find it fun mande. The which you are would want to play it to the finish. evidently mistaking for a turn is and an in a big place in every mordent, or Music should have home to verted pralltriller. The short- An Old Dog Can Learn New bolster up the family morale at all times. Many have est note over which it occurs in this found that the resort to music at the proper time in Tricks! dance is a sixteenth, and it would be ex- home does much to sidetrack the harmful explo- Music Should be Fun for Children Answers ecuted as follows; the I do not usually publish the many com- Questions and sions of anger, fear, and “jitteryness.” It is unfortu- plimentary remarks that are made about parents say, “I won’t give Mary piano Written Played nate to hear my department, but I recently received she just practice.” 4. lessons any more because won’t Or, How Music Parties Made Practicing a Joy a letter from a very young “Old Lady” Conducted by “Why should I waste my good money on Johnny’s that is so in line with my feeling about violin when I have to jaw at him all the time to make older people taking up music that I him practice?” over venture to present to my readers some If it did occur a thirty -second note There might be any number of good reasons why excerpts. JU w. it would be performed in exactly the same Mary and Johnny won’t practice. Perhaps Johnny has Inj ^J\arin -P^slrcincl in the habit of writing “While I am not manner as above, each note being only no ear for the violin. The instrument is entirely un- ‘fan letters,’ sending this little I am you Mus. Doc. half as long. suited to his ability. He might do better with the trom- note tell I appreciate to you how much These notes are to be played. Begin bone. Maybe Mary has a dull and uninteresting teacher your page. I never miss reading it and Professor Emeritus began to lose the first note of the arpeggio exactly on whose methods are all wrong for that particular child. with the notes as they appeared to her in the pages and jump around so much that she I always get some help from it although College the first beat and play the entire group Perhaps Mary’s and Johnny’s parents take the wrong of her book, and to connect them with the piano. It interest in the piano. One day the child herself opened for a certain Dherlin it is me. I re- an instrument is suitable some of beyond have just rather rapidly. method of approach in this business of musical educa- was her introduction to the game of music. However, her mother’s eyes. “I wish,” she sighed, “that just once I part of the music. Thus they become read the May number and fully agree nagging the youngsters to distraction. Parents even a game will become stale and boring if there is I could play a piece all the way through before you appropriateness Webster’s New tion, with you about ‘feeling versus knowing.’ conscious of variety and Music Editor, After who might find a child ill with a perplexing malady no incentive ahead as an inspiration for proper and remembered that you had forgotten something.” third item is what “How I wish that it might have been of tone quality. The International Dictionary Moths in the Piano do not throw up their hands. They keep seeking the thorough learning, such as a mother’s absorbing in- that, Lucy’s mother saw to it that she had at least half possible for to continue piano lessons is commonly called “creative music,” me If your child does not respond to the musi- terest and complete understanding, occasional trips to an hour of uninterrupted practice every day. Q. 1. I have discovered a remedy. sixty-five years ago. But X had to stop and here the child is encouraged to moth on the environment you have provided for him, don’t let good concerts, and the opportunity to “show off” once The whole family can enter into this game of music. that are felt in my piano. No great damage has cal and ‘put my shoulder to the wheel,’ to make up little tunes to words note, but he can been done yet. How can I get rid of them make up your mind that he should stop. Keep on in a while. Daddy may not be able to play a teacher or invented by him help care for the family. When I was supplied by the if there are more? What can be used their to until you find the right instrument or the right teacher. Music is not beautiful until it becomes a finished enjoy a rhythm band with his youngsters and past seventy-five I decided that I would the children themselves. This is good fun keep them out in the future? learned is worth every ounce of effort to get a child to product, until a child has learned to put his soul into neighborhood friends. Maybe he has never even direction of un- 2. I am trying to master The Storm by It begin again since I now have the leisure and it also leads in the to learn, and Henry Weber. On the seventh page, after practice. However, nagging will not do it. A stated, it and to make it speak his own language to his lis- to keep time, but he is never too old time, but I cannot sit up at the piano derstanding music notation, for after the the fire-bell passage, it changes to three- definite time each day with a clock that strikes the teners. He can learn this only by keeping at it, which the children can get many a merry moment while he the for more than a half-hour at a time and melody has been created and sung, four time. This is written as if it were , a time when the hour is over is a much better way. Few usually means that mother must keep at it with him. is learning to manage the bells and and will often record it on a black- six-eight time and is very similar in some days not at all, owing to a weak teacher them which melody to the opening measures. children are musical prodigies, but practically every It pays in the long run for a mother to sit in on the bond of friendship will be created between paper, the children will The last heart. But I still keep pegging away and board or on and process will portion of the piece Is In six -eight time. child living has some spark of musical appreciation practice hour, not for the purpose of nagging and no power on earth can break. One simple thus learn all sorts of things about the have got so now that I can play Third How is the passage in three-four time to every- within him which, if properly watched, can flame into hectoring, but to listen and try to enjoy it, step by lead to another still more difficult, and soon Grade music—at least, to please myself!” notes that stand for the music. be played?—F. G. a power for good in his life. Children need to have step. Even if the beginner’s is a painful performance, body will be experiencing a desire to learn more. How- To which I reply with misty eyes, “God These things are not only the basis A. 1. Spray the felt dampers and ham- their musical tendencies kept burning brightly. it is always well to make the most of the accomplish- ever, it must be a regular thing, and not just some- bless you, dear, and the Good for musical instruction in the kinder- my may mers with one of the commercial moth ment when a young child is trying hard to learn to thing that we take up once in a while when there is years of life, garten, but they constitute the founda- Lord grant you many more sprays. If you will do this regularly once Mother Should Help play, and to close your ears to the off-key notes and nothing else to do, and lay down until we feel the and may they be filled with both the joy tion of all early musical training, and if a week I believe you will never have any One of my young daughters liked to play by ear, so rough spots. Some day you might have a virtuoso in urge again. The urge must be constantly stimulated. of making music and the peace and quiet they are supplemented by frequent op- ' trouble with moths. Two or three little much so that she took no interest in trying to learn this plodding little “pip-squeak” who is really trying If the actual study of music is not within easy reach of real serenity.” portunities of listening to judiciously bags of moth balls hung near the felts music by notes until her teacher brought her a book to do his best. Encouragement makes all the differ- of your family, perhaps you can form a community selected records of good music, and will also act as a repellent. in which learning the notes was a game. Then she ence in the world to him. club with other mothers in your neighborhood and get especially if this listening experience 2. The fire-bell passage is in four-four began to put forth a little effort to familiarize herself Lucky the youngster whose mother has some knowl- a teacher to come on a certain day each week for les- is correlated with the singing, rhythm Kindergarten Music time. When you go to three-four keep the edge of music appreciation. However, sons, both collective and private. There are excellent training, and creative work, the teacher class lessons to children in Q. I should very much like to have you tempo the same; that is, play each quar- the fact that you have not this accom- teachers who will give may rest assured that he is doing every- express your opinion about musical kin- ter note in the three-four passage at the plishment will not hinder your child groups of five or six, and who will make those lessons dergarten work. I am not a music teacher thing possible to give his children a same rate as a quarter note in four-four. from making progress. If he seems to so interesting that the youngsters are inspired to go but play the piano and understand music, good start in music appreciation. No question will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full name interest practicing, try the on. teacher combined these lessons with and I have often wished that small chil- When you go from three -four to six- take no in on and One and address of the inquirer. Only initials, dren had a better opportunity to under- reward plan. trip to a Concert little musical operettas in which the children learned or pseudonym given, will be published. eight, again keep the tempo the same A Pops stand the beauty of music. H. — R. What Is the Quarter Rest For? by making an eighth note in six-eight or an evening of Heifetz as a reward all the fine rudiments of music in action singing, A. If for an hour of constructive practice dancing, and playing. Each of them had a part. Some I understand you correctly you Q. I am a piano teacher and would like equal to an eighth note in three-four. others to want to know what may be done in the to have you tell me how to explain clearly You will thus be playing the figure of that shows results in a good lesson will would learn to play the little tunes for the to my piano pupils the reason for the they all could kindergarten to start children on the four thirty-second notes in the left hand often do wonders during that teen age. sing and dance. It was a game which quarter rest being under the half notes in path to musical ability and understand- at the same rate the entire If you are not near a great music cen- play, one in which each had an equal part. the music which I enclose. I know the of each measure. (Try it and see for your- throughout ter, enlist the records or the radio. Pre- ing. My answer is that there are three half note is to be held.—S. A. self.) composition. The change from three-four The rests about which you inquire Self-Analysis important things that children between a pare a little talk about the performer pertain to this middle part, indicating to six-eight will, however, necessitate Dreamily J- to four and six or even younger m.m. =83 and about the works he is to play. Make If your child does not seem to like to practice, look — —can do. the player that whereas the melody and change of accent, for in three-four a The first is to learn to sing in tune and be ac- a party of it. Have refreshments and at yourself first. Have you been too lax? Or have you the fundamental bass are sounded on the measure of six eighth notes will with good tone quality. This really ought see that the youngsters enjoy it. Re- gone to the other extreme and been too strict, expect- first beat of each measure, this rhythmic cented thus; to be started by the mother, vho, in ward them with some gift such as a pin ing too much? Have you nagged constantly, creating accompaniment is not to appear until singing to her Ex. 1 in the form of some musical instru- in him an antipathy towards music rather than an baby, encourages he aby the second beat. to imitate her, at first on a oing*le one ment, or a brand-new piece, but be sure attitude of enjoyment, which he must have? Have you or short phrase, but eventually on the p it is full of melody. When a child feels seen that he had the chance for quiet, uninterrupted n is making progress, frequently reminded much p himself that he he him how entire song which should practice? Have you — of course be Ornaments in Bach interested. praised rather than short, simple, and slow-moving in while in six-eight it will be; will become more and more the lessons cost you? Or have you Q. 1. Would you please rhythm: a lullaby. But if the child has give me a list of Playing music, singing, and dancing are blamed, encouraged rather than berated? Every child training material for “Partita in not learned to use his singing voice B-flat,” Ex. 2 accomplishments that fill a real need has to be urged and encouraged to practice, because by J. S. Bach, transcribed for piano bv when he arrives at kindergarten or first Harold Bauer? in his life. Rhythm lifts his soul above to him it is a chore and a bore, a bane to his exist- grade, then the teacher will take him P^ himself and can help him over the ence. He likes to hear an accomplished pianist rattle of this piece to be used? They are in gently by the hand and lead him to the places P hurdles of loneliness, self-conscious- the ivories, but if it does not come easily to him he where they are hard to execute. 3. In ness, all the difficult stages of grow- it, for not yet learned that point where he can sing little songs A. This little piece actually has three the second movement, the Alle- and wants none of he has mande, there with pure, sweet tone. The second item elements in its style of construction. are many turns. How doe; W hich Is the Prettier ing up as nothing else can. things do not “come easy” to many people. He has to one play a turn when it is over a thirty- anything. to take music is rhythm, and if you want to place It First, there is the melody, which is second to go to school to learn He has note? Q. Could you give me an opinion as Practice first instead of second, I will not actually tune 4. In or Uninterrupted lessons or will never learn to play. He has to study quarrel a that you must “sing” on the third movement, the Sara- which is the prettier, Grieg's To Spring he bande, in Sinding's both with you. This, too, may well be begun the piano; second, there is the funda- the second measure, there are Rustle of Spring? 1 think It gives a child a feeling of prestige to get good marks on his report card. He has to prac- grace notes before the first are supremely pleasing and full of beauty- in the home, but if it has not been, the mental bass which you are to play in beat. Are they and personal satisfaction to be able to tice to become an accomplished musician. Without to be used or are they H. P- H- there to make il — kindergarten teacher will play simple, very to the entertainment of practicing, he can never even learn to entertain him- sustained fashion; and, third, there easier for the person to read? contribute and I rhythmic music on the piano and en- are the chords in the middle, sometimes A. I do not wish to offend you others. This feeling should never be self, to say nothing of others. old courage the children am glad you like both of these fine threaten to stop the lessons is probably just what to march, clap, on the second beat only, but often on the A. 1. thwarted or discouraged. In one home To For developing skill in playing swing, and so on, coaching them kindly third beat pieces So much; and yet your question noticed that Grandma had always he wants, but what do you gain by it? You do not as well. It is these chords that ornaments in this composition, I prac makes will make until their movements are appropriate give the composition the feeling of being any of me smile. So, in turn, I forgotten her glasses upstairs, or that take him out of school because he does not do his Bach’s “Three-Part Inventio to you smile is prettier, the the music. A rhythm band is a fine a dance, a waltz, and the piece would or any of by asking you which Mother needed a spool of thread or homework or get A’s on his report card. You find his “English" or “Frei thing too, for a lake or a answer is, of instead help him to study properly. So it here the children not only produce an altogether different effect if Suites." For mountain. The something at the store just when Lucy cause and improving your octave te TWO STUDENTS WHO FOUND FUN IN MUSIC learn to make appropriate rhythmic re- it were to be course, that it is impossible to compare to practice. She had to get up is better to insist that music ( Continued on Page 244) played in “hymn-tune style” nic I know of nothing sat down better than C them; to Their names are Joan and Patricia Carroll sponses, but they find out what kind of with the full harmony on the first pin’s and it is likewise impossible beat Etude Op. 25, No. 10. compare two piano pieces. 215 APRIL, 1944 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" 214 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC THE ETUDE ) —

Music and Study PLAYFUL SUNBEAMS ^HE SIX - FOOT - POUR CONDUCTOR of the complications. sprightly little composition, heralding Spring sunshine, which will be welcomed by players who seek pieces without too many digital Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, recently ap- A Tiproached in his dressing room at the Lyric Grade 3 "' Theatre in Baltimore during a rehearsal intermission, to Hay a Concerto! 5 BERNIECE ROSE COPELAND laughingly said, “Playing a concerto is fun—if you So You’re Going Allegretto M. M. J = 152 i 5 4 know the work thoroughly, every measure, every note! ^ . 4. 4 “To start with, we shall assume that the student has a a A a* ; # : prepared the concerto carefully. He has worked over AC with r f it until such time as he feels completely comfortable An Interview * t in every page. Technically, he must have solved all the m p r=?p — r\ problems ‘cracked all the nuts,’ as it were. It must mp « tempo lie so familiarly under his fingers that the music has ec^ina(d Stewart become almost an integral part of his being. He should Pianist-Conductor be able to play any portion of it at request and feel Distinguished i £ that no unexpected interruptions could possibly upset 1 i phase of the cooperatipn is completed, Until this l him. P l 1 J I of with AT KLEMM pianist should not think appearing GUST 1 the young SECURED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ETUDE BY 1 an orchestra. “However, we shall as-ume, as I said, that the a. groundwork has been completely and well laid. Now, Edinburgh. Scotland April and conservatory director was barn in first ultimate col- Reginald Stewart, pianist, conductor, he must take the step towards the Boulanger, and Mark Hombourg. Arthur Friedheim. tsidor Philipp. Nad,a laboration by securing a pianist-friend in most cases 20 1900. He studied under — and in Canada, 1925. He conducted the London Then came a tour as a concert pianist in England, 1924, t will his teacher who will supply the - it probably be — in 1931. a senes at symphony concerts over the Cana Symphony Orchestra in Albert Hall in 1930; and. p second-piano part for rehearsal purposes. This second- Company Symphony Orchestra in m Broadcasting dian radio network. He was the conductor o I the British piano part is a condensation of the orchestral accom- piano recitalist ,n England. In 1933 Mr. Stewart {armed the s- m in that year was active as a 1932 ; and also f will serve as fairly satisfactory sub- director of the Peabody Conservatory ot Music. paniment and a Bach Society al Toronto. In 1941 he was appointed rit. conductor of the new Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. stitute during the early months of preparation. The Baltimore; lollowed, in 1942, by his appointment as 22= orchestras.—Editor s Note. soloist will thus become familiar with the rest of the He has repeatedly conducted leading American symphony tonal fabric surrounding his solo part, and the com- % $ 1-3 will begin to as- Ped. simile H position f sume its true out'.ines. 1 1 i _i if the student’s musical 3 “While the piano ar- 5 foundation is solid and he J} rangement of the score is i brings to his performance » m — n® adequate and econom- an • IUFf=F .. i \ — 1 A / c i#-i= —m t 1 —m f EfF an engaging manner and j— ically sound substitute — -&P— -M— m =3 sound musicianship, his op- • SV •6 after all, no student could H*-- rT~ l portunity will come. All he U afford to hire an orchestra a tempo need worry about is to see nf \ 43- for daily rehearsals—mod- ern science has produced that he is ready when that knocks! an even better one, pro- opportunity vided the student has a “The young pianist will m £ phonograph or can borrow probably fret about how he ?F1 one. I have in mind the is to make his playing and 5 excellent series recently the playing of the orchestra launched by one of the rec- a perfect whole. Should he ? ord manufacturers where- make suggestions about the in the solo part is missing accompaniment, its volume, =22: SB from the recording, which the tempos? Should the 5 contains only the orches- conductor follow him, or tral accompaniment. While vice versa? He worries, and ¥ mp T - this series is so, about by no means understandably Fine I A complete so far as concer- many problems that man- &- 1 tos are concerned, it is age to solve themselves 2= reasonable to believe that quite easily when rehearsal when wartime restrictions m arrives. m time g g 1 a 3 are removed, it will gradu- “As to tempos and inter- _i L J L J L J l_ ally be extended to include pretation, there is an easy all of the standard works way of handling this which, for piano and orchestra. By as a conductor, I have fol- rehearsing his solo part to lowed for many years. Be- a recording of this nature, fore I rehearse the soloist the student now becomes of I have him, in the case familiar with the true or- a pianist, go through the chestral sound of the ac- concerto either here” (and companiment, a vast im- he pointed to a piano across provement over the piano the room) “or at my office reduction which naturally REGINALD STEWART at the Peabody. Between is limited in its ability to between us This effective montage photograph shows the English- American us—note that, simulate the coloring of the piano virtuoso-conductor-educator in fanciful review —we agree on the interpre- various orchestral instru- tation. With the score be- ments. What’s more, the fore me, we settle each student is also given the benefit of a professional ac- whatever other instrument is used to voice there them. problem as it rears its thorny head. Sometimes companiment founded on traditional interpretation, “I have seen many young pianists momentarily is none. But when one does arise, we discuss it and an important factor in the proper preparation of the confused when first appearing at rehearsal because mutually the case work. agree on its solution. Naturally, in an important counter-melody—which they have heard of r. young pianist, taking the first steps up that long for so long only in the second-piano part— The Miniature Score Aids sounds so ladder of a solo career, he would be wise to heed the vastly different as it emerges from, say, the low reg- counsel of older and more experienced heads. The “I would also suggest that the young soloist secure ister of a trombone. conductor will be familiar traditional inter- a miniature score of the concerto he is to present and “Let with the us suppose, now, that the pianist is all ready the for pretation, and the young soloist should benefit by familiarize himself with every measure of the orches- his appearance with a large symphony orchestra. advice he receives unquestioningly. tral score. This is highly important. No soloist can more, and accept it What’s and even better, he has a definite en- “It is only fair to pianist that be give a well-rounded performance unless he is thor- gagement. warn the young will find serene oughly familiar with the work as conductors whose natures are not too a whole. As the “It is not necessary to go into the several steps and who are otherwise faults to student observes the various counter-melodies in the separating the readiness to possessed of many appear and the actual which imperious score, he must think ‘oboe,’ or flesh is heir. Some conductors become British Copyright secured ‘clarinet,’ or ‘horn,’ or engagement. That is a difficult gap to Copyright 1943 by Theodore Presser Co. bridge But dictators, once Page 246) the baton is in ( Continued on APRIL 1944 217 216 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUDE VIENNESE ECHOES the third measure in of the Danube. 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HEN YOU PLAY the F Major Don’t play the “perpetual-motion” Prelude, you must “walk on air”; right hand with Czernylike precision, but W for this little masterpiece is not legatissimo, with occasional, scarcely per- whisks the sky, skims the ceptible breathings, lovely, subtle hesi- of the earth. It heavens. The irrepres- tations, and gentle ritards (see especially blue, brushes the

calls it “aerial, im- Measures 4, 12, 16) . May I reiterate sible James Huneker 8, ponderable, like a sunshot spiderweb that this right hand will sound well only its if your floating arm rolls easily over a oscillating in the breeze of summer,

. . . Yes, loose thumb? hues changing at every puff.” read, but if To combine the hands is a pesky job. that’s all very pleasant to you want to achieve all this whiffling and The number of trills you can play in the whisking you’ll have to start with your left hand of Measures 2, 6, 10, and so on, depends of course on your trill expert- feet planted gently on the ground; then with your torso “suspended” easily over ness and the speed at which you take the Prelude. At first it is advisable to APRIL FLOWERS the keyboard, and with featherweight turn only, thus: elbow tips and high wrists directing su- practice playing the persensitive finger tips, you are ready for the take-off. Now comes the riddle: How fast shall the Prelude be played? Some artists take lei- it at a good clip; others play it quite surely. The reason for this confusion is, of course, the Moderate direction at the trill to the turn, which beginning. I am always sorry when com- Then add a single advise finally playing this posers employ this indication, for its is the way I left hand: ambiguity is all too apparent. Moderate can mean almost anything, depending What? You’ve never played the organ? That doesn’t matter on the temperament and equipment of and get ready for a big surprise! the player. It may mean, “go as fast or . . . it’s easy! Sit right down as slow as you please.” If this is so, why not just say instead, a piacere? ... Or on’t be afraid. Those unfamil- The Hammond Organ is the mar- it may designate a kind of allegro; but an organ are velous electronic way of creating why allegro? Couldn’t it be andante D iar things about Some pianists may manage to slide in if it is musicaltones. Compact and charm- moderato just as well? . . . And really what make beautiful music another trill, but this is difficult to nego- moderato (as is generally indeed allegro the piano ing, it is ideal for the home ... is in tiate : easy to play. If you play conceded) does this mean that a faster , will catch on use in thousands of homes and or slower tempo than allegro is indi- —even a little—you Of course, Hammond cated? ... I am convinced that it often quickly. You soon will learn how apartments. means all. In other words, available now and we nothing at the singing, flowing, sustained tones Organs aren’t the composer himself couldn't decide on work. you of the organ add rich beauty even are busy with war But the tempo he wanted; so he’s left it up try this fine instru- the simple tunes. You learn how the can hear and to you entirely. . . . Here at last is to dealers chance for the numerous breed of pianists flats ment . . . many Hammond A slight, lingering stress on the B- contrasting, expressive voices add who advocate “individual interpretation” 19, and 20 (also the have reserved one for this purpose. in Measures 3, 11, a new world of interest to every to go into action. Hurrah! For once they the F’s in Measure 7) will help to shape Come on . . . won't YOU try it? can do as they please, and no one may rhythm and phrase contours of these piece you play.

gainsay them. ,. . . At any rate, for this lovely arabesques: The organ tempts you on and on. Prelude your tempo guess is as good as Be a Saver . . Not a Spender mine. You sit down for moments . . . and for anything beyond The Prelude is an ideal study for light play for hours. It’s because your Money we spend arm “roll” over a loose thumb. The con- must have is dangerous. It music has become fascinating, what we voluting broken chord figures make the threatens our country with inflation. free thumb and delicately poised elbow more satisfying. Especially if you are Money we save can go into War Bonds all the more imperative. Practice the an amateur will you enjoy the thrill- to Back the Attack! piece hands separately for at least a insertion of the left- ing beauty it adds to your music. week. Adhere strictly to the fingering 'That surprising (Meas- given gasp- hand E-flat in the final arpeggio —otherwise you will soon be magazine about organ genius, for it wafts Free Write for your subscription to hammond times, monthly ing in ure 21) is a stroke of — deep water! Note the alternate III. Company, 2929 N . Western Ave., Chicago 18, Prelude away on a puff of musicfor the home. Hammond Instrument fingering submitted for the left hand of you and the watch out! Don’t . . But, golden cloud. . Measures 3, 7, and others, which some and the audience to pianists (especially those with small let it bring you thud! hands) will prefer. earth with a dull HAMMOND ORGAN * * * not merely an occu- "To the true artist music should be a necessity and music, he should live in it pation; he should not manufacture ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS Copj'ng'iu ’VLCMXLIII by Oliver Ditson Company —Robert Franz. MORE THAN 1000 HAMMOND ORGANS ARE DOING WAR DUTY WITH THE International Copyright secured Z8J 2'il "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUD$ APRIL, 1944 J — ?

first place, among even the all the teach- JUILL1ARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC ers recorded in the history of Is “Bel Canto,” the art* What thoroughly developed His musical ear, his HUTCHESON, President sound musicianship, his intimacy ERNEST with Voice Question the workings of all kinds of Anyhow? voices—ac- piano quired through years and For anyone who plays the INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART years of ex- perience—his worldly wisdom, GEORGE A. WEDGE, Dean and his knowledge of human nature, combined Page 207) it (Continued from to create an influence both and wants to play better Individual vocal and instrumental instruction. Classes in Theory,- Com- exceptionally .Answered ly DR. NICHOLAS DOUTY — valuable and lasting. Today, position, and all branches of music education. almost forty years after Garcia’s death, his name leading to diploma and B. S. and M. S. degrees in instru- is Cooke, is a book Courses best instruction in heard in discussions Playing the piano for pleasure, by Charles canto, and had the often about voices mental, singing, and public school music departments. fluent in Spanish, will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full name ever studied or played musicianship; he was and teachers profess to teach the “Garcia No questions for amateurs by an amateur. If you have a inquirer. Only initials, or pseudonym given, and English; he had Method.” Anna Schoen-Rene, and address of the will be published. master Catalog on request. Italian, French, an admi- piano, even badly, this book will provide you with a ear for musical sensitive, ever-keener- rable teacher who died only a year where it will as- or plan for improving your playing to the point Room 122, 120 Claremont Avenue, New York adept psychologist, in York, tone; he was an so ago New had been a pupil qualities of his become a delightful, satisfying lifelong hobby. tute in estimating the of Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Manuel’s other addition, he had what no sister, and frequently in of Thirty- during singing, not only the diaphragm but persuasive ideas for improving pupils. In her teaching Success Possible for a Woman The author not only provides SUMMER NORMAL CLASSES possessed, a scien- is Knowl- quite a number of other muscles are used. ,HN teacher of record had and conversation quoted the precepts With a Beautiful Voice but No suggesting a practice ;" mind. of seven To exaggerate the action of the diaphragm your technique, enlarging your repertoire, for TEACHERS and STUDENTS well as an artistic, turn of Garcia tradition. WILCOX tific, as the Although the pas- edge of Music? or of any other one of these muscles is to will be conducted In the Revised Dunning Course of to memorize or sight-read better than faculty member American Conservatory of trail, he sought to young woman who has routine, showing you how Music Study and the Carrick Creative Pre-School and Blazine a little-known sage of years tends to dilute the Is it possible for a court stiffness and rigidity. In a living body Chicago, will be guest teacher at vitality O. Junior Musicianship Courses, by Mrs. Jean Warren Music, voice developed at the age of thirty- the breathing muscles are continually moving, and infectious enthusiasm for Carrick (Dean of Dunning and Author of The Carrick of tradition, a method of had her you ever did before. His humor a teaching that thirty-seven, to become Creative Courses) and her corps of efficient Normal four and who is now even during sleep. Only in a dead body do Teachers in leading cities of the United States. For COLLEGE voice. of its necessary inspiration to go with the human retains something original validity public singer? The voice is a their actions cease. Mr. Paul Althouse the piano also fill you with the dates and booklets of information, address a successful has 3-August 26, conducting a Vocal Clinic for years of careful July In 1841, after several after one hundred and thirty-five one, a mezzo-soprano with a range said these things clearly and well. If what of concrete suggestions gleaned Secy. 940 S.E. 68th Ave., Portland, Oreg. teachers and giving personal lessons to singers years beautiful the above. The book also is full read to the Acad- high C, and very rich tones. he writes does not coincide with your own and speakers. research and study, he of trial deserves both respect and from G to trust. get started in singing before author’s interviews with many modem masters, such Paris a paper en- 2. How can one views, we would advise you to study the from the (Hundreds of teachers from 35 states have foundl emie des Sciences in (In The Etude for next month Mr. public, and how can one find a good phenomenon of breathing more deeply. The [help and inspiration in Mr. Wilcox’s Clinics. voix the Brailowsky, Rosenthal. titled Etudes physiologiques sur la singing teacher did noth- as Horowitz, Schnabel, Rogers gives a keen insight into the coach t The present more you learn about it and the other flK)iei\e X TReaire Write for special announcement and outline of study A Star making. Students seeking professional engagements Summer humaine. This paper made a deep impres- place the voice. The training is ex- processes concerned in the use of the singing coached by Stage, Screen, Radio and presented in pro- course to Dr. WM. A. BLAKELEY, Director status of bel canto in the vocal achieve- ing but ductions for showing to B’ way -Hollywood Talent Scouts and School, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. to vocal world and is well worth cellent . M. B. voice, the more likely you will be under- James Francis Cooke, editor of The Etude: “A public. B’way also Summer Stock. Spring course opening. sion on the ments of the past fifty years, during SECY SHUBERT, 1780 BROADWAY, N. Y. stand and agree with him. A good book upon reading today, though Garcia’s terminol- most delightful and ingenious book. Mr. Cooke which time he has been an outstanding the anatomy of the chest and of the lungs pointed out so very often insight into the problems of always that of 1944 and leaves A. As we have you. displays a finer ogy is not figure in promoting proper voice produc- takes more than a fine ought to clarify these matters for exact in these columns, it piano playing than many professionals.” us in doubt sometimes as to his public singer. tion.) voice to make a success as a at length his the- must have meaning. He develops In addition to the voice, the student Should the Tonsils Came Out? Deems Taylor: “The book is enormously WHERE 1 STUDY? personality, a SHALL GO TO sub- a pleasant Q, I am twenty, a soprano with a good ory of registers—still a stimulating a good physique, useful — sane — persuasive — practical as understanding of two or three foreign voice and a definite talent for music, but ject for discussion among the devotees certain the devil.” languages, and enough musicianship to read when I sing there is a faint, gritty sound and production. At the time of dear old voice fairly well, and to sing in time, in tune, a slight hoarseness such as might accompany music Virgil Thomson : “An utterly sen- of writing this paper Garcia was espe- in rhythm. Musicianship is the attribute slowly escaping breath. This barely is audible Reaching Fame the Hard and sible and gay book, as far as I Teachers (Western) Teachers (New York city) intimacy with a most generally neglected or postponed until to me and cannot be detected by the casual Private Private cially fortunate in his fail your own case you find your- ear. What is the cause? know, unique. Cannot to to- it is too late. In group of singers, whose names even infection real- self at thirty-seven with a beautiful, well- 2. My doctor says I have a throat be of use to anyone who Malibran (his sister). H. FREDERICK DAVIS MARIA CARRERAS day are famous— Way placed voice, with little or no knowledge of caused by defective tonsils. He does not insist ly likes to play the piano. Second printing Pasta, Persiani, Grisi, Rubini, Tamburini music or of repertoire. The study of these that I have them out, but is treating them. Teacher of Successful Singers Renowned Pianist Price, Many In hand with I them out $2.50 "INTERPRETATIVE AUTHORITY" and Lablache galaxy of stars of the things should have gone hand Shall have All Branches of Singing Taught. Beginners Acceptec —a Page 206) — N. Y. Herald-Tribune ( Continued from the study of voice placement. At thirty-seven 3. I am planning to go to New York soon to Studio: 606 Templeton Bldg Salt Lake City, Utah first magnitude. He knew their voices of successful concertising pianists. you should have been able to read music flu- study, but I am unfortunately troubled by Teacher - YORK Phone 3-0316 (or 4-5746) for appointment of using them. familiar SIMON AND SCHUSTER, PUBLISHERS ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW Accepts talented students. well and their way ently, and you should have become lack of funds. Is there some company or Write for Free Circular into it and actually trying to live it. 8-0311 of songs and arias in which I can secure enough 169 E. 78th St., New York City Tel. Bu In 1855 Garcia read before the Royal with a great number something from “The master of this deep delving into foreign languages. Whether or not to go to New York to live and study? If not, Society of London an important paper, several MRS. HENRY HADLEY (Inez Barbour] musical meanings is Toscanini. When I you would be able to overcome this handicap what else can I do? You cannot realize how LUCIA O'BRIEN LIVERETTE in in which he added to his utterance lost time and opportunity depends entirely badly I want to study singing.—L. M. Soprano first heard stories of his manner of re- of VOICE Paris the results of fourteen additional upon yourself. It would take a tremendous as Art of Singing, Oratorio, Concert, hearsal and of his using as many concentrated effort, the driving Graduate of Samoiloff's Teacher’s Course Authority on the years of painstaking study in matters amount of A. 1 and 2. It seems very clear that the in- Recital and.general repertoire. Will accept a limited that your part, Reasonable terms. six rehearsals to perfect a number force of a strong character upon fection has not been confined to the tonsils Phone NO 2-1030 EX 1141 number of talented students. scientific. He also gave to the world the part was entirely familiar to those working and a magnificent cooperation upon the but has spread into the larynx Itself. Your Calif. THE HENRY HADLEY STUDIO it first expected all 616 N. Normandie Ave. Los Angeles, laryngoscope, which, was of your teacher. However, if you have hoarse, breathy tone suggests that the vocal 15 W. 67th Street New York City under him, I wondered how that could large, these things that I have pointed out in ad- muscles that control them By Appointment Only. Sus. 7-0100 by the world at would enable the cords and even the be. But that I have had the priv- and if you can now dition to your beautiful voice, are also involved. It is difficult to approximate It’s Different singer—by the sight of his larynx—to give EDNA GUNNAR PETERSON ilege of working under Toscanini myself, find such a gifted teacher who will and therefore a certain amount of EDITH SYRENE LISTER beautify his voice. This not the cords, may have enough time and attention to your ease, there through the aperture between Concert Pianist—Artist Teacher AUTHENTIC VOICE PRODUCTION I no longer wonder! To this great master, breath escapes been Garcia’s expectation, and he made may be hope for you yet. them without being turned into tone, causing And Thorough 229 So. Harvard Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif. 405 Carnegie Hall, New York City rehearsing means more than simply voice little use of the new instrument in his 2. New York has many excellent your voice to be hoarse and breathy. If your FE. 2597 Collaborator and Associate Teacher with the late W. right! It teachers and international reputa- applications, teachings. making the notes come out of national doctor can cure this condition by Warren Shaw and Endorsed by Dr. Floyd S. Muckey in every branch means an intensive delving into musical tion, capable of guiding you well and good. If not, the tonsils should come Wednesday: Trouo Music Studio, Lancaster, Pa. to its of the art from the rudiments up out. Thursday: 309 Presser Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. meanings, shadings, tonal projections, LAZAR S. SAMOILOFF Garcia and Lamperti highest development—concert, recital, oratorio, talented 3. If you are an extraordinarily Voice teacher of famous singers niceties of enunciation, emphasis, phras- and opera. You can readily realize that where voice and a (FRANK) (ERNESTO) The laryngoscope has been of great person with a rare, beautiful to professional engagements there are so many good ones, it would be From rudiments LA FORGE-BERUMEN STUDIOS ing—all the minute details that add up charming personality, perhaps you might find It coagulates and clears away offensive matter Beginners accepted. Special teachers' courses value to the laryngologists, but cannot very tactless for us to suggest any individual finance you to the perfection of a Toscanini per- some "angel” in New York to help Dr. Samoiloff will teach all summer at his Studios. Voice—Piano teacher or any particular school. be said to have strengthened the art of until you can accomplish your ambition. for catalogue Special rates for the those who have studied with Mr. La Forge are: ‘Rigoletto Write — Among formance. He prepared the that there are many duration. Marian Anderson, Lawrence Tibbett, Richard Crooks, singing. Certainly the group of singers Please do not forget concert. I had over the United States and Mme. Matzenauer. Quartet’ for a recent The Correct Method Breathing. What Is It? thousands of girls all Buy More War Bonds and Stamps for Victory 610 So. Van Ness Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. just mentioned, all of whom made their of Corner 89th St., York least same assets—good voices, good 1100 Park Ave., New sung the tenor part in that at Q. I am a tenor student of singing and have who have the Tel. Atwater 9-7470 reputations before 1855, surpassed in vir- ambition and the same liabili- eighty times, and felt ab- been studying with one teacher for about a looks, and much tuosity if not more, and no prospect of any group that has flourished year, and am also obtaining helpful hints from ties of very little money SIMPSON solutely sure of it in every way. Yet I hope that you will be one of ELIZABETH RICHARD McCLANAHAN since that date. In this connection I The Etude. My teacher has been teaching me getting any. We Masterpieces of Piano Music Representative TOBIAS MATTHAY had never so much in that fortunate enough to find financial help Author of "Basic Pianoforte Technique" quote from Lamperti, discovered pressure breathing from the diaphragm which, those Private lessons, class lessons in Fundamentals a contemporary of you may obtain your Maestro according to previous articles in The Etude. somewhere, so that has been termed the library of Piano Teacher of Teachers. Coach of Young Artists. Lecture-demonstrations for teachers familiar work as I did after the Garcia’s, and by many thought to be his desire. Pupils Prepared for Concert Work. Class Courses is quite correct. However, in the February heart’s Music in one volume. The more than 801 Steinway,. Bldg., New York City equal— had given us six rehearsals in it! in iechnique, Pianistic Interpretation, Normal even his superior—as a teacher. issue in an article by Mr. Paul Althouse, he great composers con- short 200 selections by Methods for Piano Teachers. “There is no such thing as a has Please advise For fully half a century he listened to debunked this procedure. tained in its 536 pages, comprise 53 JAMES MORRISON step of me F. 609 Sutter St., San Francisco; all the cut to musical eminence. Every of the correct method of breathing.— R. TRAIN important singers of his time , Classic, 75 Modern, 38 Light, 25 Sacred 2833 Webster St., Berkeley, Cal. and TEACHER OF VOICE the for! The young was well qualified to recognize progress, road must be fought and 29 Operatic Compositions. This vol- to win A. We think that you have not understood Perfect vocal technic and Artistic Interpretation. if any, in his art. In his “Art singer must make up his mind ume is truly a source of constant enjoy- of Sing- either (Mid-West) battles, bat- your teacher or Mr. Paul Althouse’s to the pianist Private Teachers STUDIO: III WEST 82nd ST. ing,” a valuable treatise, vocal battles, interpretative ment and entertainment he moans de- article. In that article Mr. Althouse has In- tles phrases, with his (/Results GUARANTEED! who delights in good music. NEW YORK CITY jectedly, “It is a sad but with words, with sisted is f, undeniable that the only correct way to sing 1 emerges ‘CTS*. «*- For sale at your favorite music counter or sent truth that the art own conscience. Only when he the natural that the Zl ^JSSSS*a£Z3S exercises. , way. DR. FRANCIS L. YORK of singing is in a ter- In other words, pntifirallv correct silent and vocal POSTPAID upon receipt of price. Money re- EDWARD E. TREUMANN a singer. process of necessary Advance Piano Interpretation and the Theory work rible state of decadence.” To the same victorious can he reckon himself breathing in and out, the funded if volume does not meet with your ap- Concert Pianist Artist-Teacher actions Illustrated required for the degrees of Mus. Bach., and Mus. — effect into a career of the vocal and speech muscles, and proval (NOT SOLD IN CANADA). Von Sauer, Moritz had spoken Tosi in 1723 and That is why the hard way Mas. Recommended by Emil Moszkowski Man- the reinforcement in the resonators occur ac- folder with contents cheerfully sent upon DETROIT CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC and Josef Hofmann. cini in 1777, and so brings distinct advantages of its own request. may Garcia have cording to natural laws. Any actions that de- Detroit, Mich. Studio, Carnegie Hall, Suite 837, 57th St. at 7th Ave. fit muttered to himself it makes you ready and keeps you part 5-4357 New York City in 1806, looking from these laws are very harmful to the Tel. Columbus main- MUMIL PUBLISHING CO., INC. Summer Master Class—June to Sept.—Apply now. proudly but sadly at his laryngoscope. for the never-ending struggle of singer, no matter how many so-called scien- 1140 Broadway, New York, N. Y. According tific or unscientific authorities may advocate for post- Mus. Doc. to the most competent judges, taining yourself in art.” Enclosed find $ which send EVANGELINE LEHMAN, CRYSTAL WATERS them. Mr. Althouse “debunked,” to paid Masterpieces of Piano Music. the art of dear old has not IMPROVE YOUR PLAYING Composer and Vocal Coach voice production has * * * use your Paper Cloth Teacher of Voice word, any natural proceeding, but show- ( ) ( ) always been in decadence. only Pianists- —Send for free booklet Dr. Lehman has coached some of the most famous poetic, every unnatural and exaggerated one. ing how you may greatly improve your Radio, Screen, Concert "The ear, attuned to literary, Name . Appointment The accuracy, memorizing, sight- singers of the Paris Grand Opera. by But, though we may not dis- expression “pressure breathing,” which technic, attribute great spiritual always be and playing thru mental correspondence. Opera, Pedagogy expression, will you i n reading value to use in your letter, is a misleading one. It Practice effort Street teaching as a result of Garcia’s popularly muscular co-ordination. Quick results. Studio: 167 Elmhurst Ave., Highland Park (3) 405 E. 54th St. New York City tressed by that quality which is immediately pianists, teachers and scientific researches suggests effort and tension in a minimized. Used by famous City & State ((Detroit), Michigan Tel. Vo. 5-1362 and inventions we process called ‘vibranC.” that should be comfortable and free. Paper Edition—$2.00 Cloth Edition—$3.00 E4-44 cannot deny him a high 11 rating, perhaps Ffrangqon-Davies. “ie act of filling and emptying the lungs 238 "FORWARD MARCH WITH 239 MUSIC” THE ETUDE APRIL, i$44 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” : )

asked to repeat when a lady and her daughter drove amazingly increased interest in religion. plause. Sometimes I am up in course, it is im- to the building a buggy and proceeded Making the Church Our boys are coming back to their homes the interlude and, of improvisation. Many to tie up the mule. This mule was a different men from those who left. Mil- possible to repeat an born from nine in rogue, and almost before the lions, in the moment of great urgency, of my recitals have lasted ladies’ Organ and Choir Questiuns were turned -w mHHI i morning and backs he had succeeded n MKioill Hi wH&pM 1 Musical Message have felt the appeal for divine help the evening to one in the in intermission. getting loose. All this had been which might never have come to them even longer, without noted knows by the gentleman from his at home. Will those who assume the re- “The general public in America vantage-point More Emphatic sincere have on the director’s stand. Knowing sponsibility for the Church realize this little of how much and how the devotion to the arts damage that might result, our old farmer (Continued from Page 209) tremendous opportunity and responsibil- been the love and -Answered Lj HENRY S. FRY, Mus. Doc. families, al- —without losing a single beat, ity, and organize services in which the manifested by our famous and munifi- matching his message to the spiritual potentialities of the pulpit and though it learns of the fabulously tune and the great walls of the Cathedral of St. dollars to art rhythm of the song they happened the choir loft will be united in one mighty cent gifts of millions of to No questions will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by the full John the Divine, whether it is the evan- be singing—motioned to a name effort for the benefit of the human race? collections and foundations made by men friend ana and address of the inquirer. Only initials, or pseudonym given, will be pub- gelist’s tent, or whether it consists of a lished. Naturally, opinions of wealth. If it had not been for the fact sang; in fairness to all friends and advertisers, we can express no shut-in listening to a church service by ft. Jjopkini that leaders of the state, business, and “Tell that woman that her mule’s as to the relative qualities of various organs. through a radio receiver. commerce in Italy, Spain, The Nether- a-loose. appears many times in the Century catalogue. the other hand, musical direc- you see this name you may be sure On we had high ideals If she don’t catch him now, Each time lands, and England had there’ll piece is melodic, is well written, and every legiti- that the tors should not neglect to use Great Pipe Organs in purpose in a way and rich tastes, we would not now, cen- be no use. puts across its pedagogic by -fid.a /Qic/itet mate psychological approach to stress that children like. The list contains a few of turies later, have in the great museums Mi fa sol, sol fa mi do, re re do.” Hopkins pieces in Century Edition . . . like who don’t keep up with service. the Q. is a surprise to many the structure and purpose of the are Will you quote specifications for an or- Q. I have recently purchased an organ for works in for millions to enjoy, the “New York’s Easter Parade has all Century pieces, they 15c a copy. Edition. With so many of her of the world, noth- gan for 44 Century American Mansions a church ’ wide, 50-53' long, and my home, and would appreciate informa- no idea Miss The parishioner should leave the service (With Words to Sing if you Like) some higher priced editions they had masterpieces of Titian, Raphael, Michel- ing on the parade at Chavies. Beautiful 23' high, seating three hundred to three hun- tion about it. It is a small Mason and Hamlin Richter was so well represented in the Century refreshed, inspired, exalted, happy, and 2740 School Pictures, C-l (Rhythmic Legato) (Continued from Page 197) Tintoretto, Velasquez, Murillo, girls—Sand Mountain has plenty Church, C-l dred fifty people? Since it is a Christian organ, catalogue. angelo, of 2742 An Old Moss Covered and the number on it is 54755. Would better spiritually to meet the Notes) adjusted (Double Science church there will be no choir. Would like to instrument built. us a chance to tel! you again that 1 Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt, Hals, them—marched by in pancake hats and know when the was This gives E 2746 A Little French Doll, C-l, (Melodic Legato) problems of modern life. He also should your recommendation he a unified organ? The If you cannot give me this information can at 15c a copy Century is one of the world's Reynolds, Gainsborough, Holbein, Da pink dresses—and shoes with holes 2750 Big Bass Fiddle, C-l.. (Left Hand Melody) This, to him, was the height of musical in Soldiers, instrument is to be placed bargains . . . second only to War Bonds be imbued with a strong desire to go 2747 Watching the C-l on a balcony in the you tell me where I can secure it?—J. Q. R. great enjoyment. Vinci, and scores of others. In fact, our the toes. As I sat there and watched that (Forearm Development) rear of the church. Do you know anything and Stamps. back to the Church each Sabbath as an 2974 Old Cathedral, G-l (Double Notes) I about Mozart's sonatas for the organ? J. W. “One of Mr. Charles M. Schwab’s fa- museums would be quite bare if there parade go by had a funny feeling. I 2975 Shoogy Shoo, C-l (Double Notes) — A. We cannot give you any information (These Piano Pieces Have Words To Sing) indispensable sanctuary of the soul. My New Saxaphone, C-l, (Left Hand Melody) wanted about twenty years 2978 about the organ, and do not know whether 3452 Indian Boy, Em-: .(Alternating Hands) vorites was Nevin’s The Rosary. It was had not been a social condition which rubbed out 2979 Wynkum and B!ynkum,F-l, (Melodic Legato) All Aboard, G-l . (Legato) A musical service never should be a Toes, G-l (Finger Technique) A. You do not state the size of the organ you can get any from the firm who handle the 3158 of life, and to be 2983 Twinkle Birthday Comes, G-l. necessary for me to take such melodies brought these works into being. my marching in that Brave, 3459 When My of this that. Some choir 2984 Little Injun Am-1 chamber, the amount you expect to spend for piano of the same name, the organ being no (Finger Technique) hodgepodge and (Forearm Development) as these and treat them for the organ as (A second section of this unusual con- parade with one of those girls wearing the organ, quality of acoustics, and so on. We, longer manufactured. You might write Dr. 3458 The Snowflake’s Story, C-G-2 libraries are like Mother Hubbard’s cup- 2985 ~ In An Old World Village. F-l of course, prefer a “straight” organ, but (Alternating Hands) pancake hat, pink dress, I Rhythmic Legato) have Frank Taft, 677 Fifth Avenue, York City, though I were arranging them seriously ference will appear in The Etude next a a and shoes New 3169 Pussy Willow, C-2 (Finger Technique) board; are bare of the right kind and Play. G-l .... (Rhythmic Legato) they 2996 Come no objections to a reasonably unified instru- giving him description of the organ, and asking 3166 Bounce tho Ball, C-2, (Forearm Development) with holes in the toes. Little Goldfish, C-l, (Left Hand Melody) for a symphony orchestra. Mr. Carnegie, month.) 3000 My Hikinq. C-2 (Finger Staccato) of material which the choirmaster finds The Captains March, C-l (Time Study) ment where funds are limited. We shall make him for information. 3451 3001 3159 Jolly Santa Claus, G-2 (Legato) the other hand, few definite pref- “It rained, and it rained hard, but the Pretty Cello, C-l, ..(Left Hand Melody) the specification somewhat unified and, on absolutely essential to conduct a worthy on had 3003 My 3160 Guess Who, F-2 (Legato) Garden Waltz, C l. . (Rhythmic Legato) singing must on. 3004 The request, will submit a new one for a “straight” 3457 See Saw, F-2 (Legato) erences outside of the ‘auld Scotch tunes,’ go And the parade Big Soldiers, C-l (Double Notes) Q. Will you send the names and addresses program. Just how church music com- 3007 The 3453 On the Merry Go Round, C-2 (Legato) 3039 Skip and Dance, F-l (Rhythmic Legato) organ or will examine a suggested one, pro- of the builders the organ in the Wanamaker but he wanted volume, and plenty of it. must go on. Using newspapers and coats of 3449 The Dream of Little Boy Blue, C-2 mittees expect the organist to produce 3046 Little Boy Blue, C-l... (Left Hand Melody) vided the builder is not mentioned. If con- store, Philadelphia, and that in Convention ( Finger Technique for umbrellas, girls 3050 Santa Claus. C-l (Finger Technique) He called for the full power of the organ the continued their ditions are favorable we suggest the following 3455 A Riddle. G-2 (Finger Technique) results with a lot of damaged, time-worn, Singing in 3051 My Little Pet, C-2 (Double Notes) Hall, Atlantic City. I am very much interested Technique) . An All-Night 3456 The Robin’s Song. G-2. . (Finger it. march. The boys, chivalrous they are, 3054 Robin Red Breast, F-2.. (Finger Technique) specification is and couldn’t seem to get enough of in construction of organs, and would like a 3163 The Imp in tho Clock, G-2 antiquated music always a curious 3058 Fairy Wish, G-2 (Finger Staccato) continued the march copy of the specification each these (Finger Technique) He used to say with his pronounced while the rain took 3061 Christmas Is Here, F-2, (Finger Technique) of of fine Technique question. A hole that lets the rain 3167 The School Bell. G-2. . . (Finger Little Red Skin, F-l, (Alternating Hands) GREAT ORGAN the creases 3101 instruments.—B. W. 3165 Airplano Ride, D-2, (Alternating Hands) Scotch burr, “Noo, Man, make the rafters out of their Sunday pants, Moonbeams C-l (Double Notes) An through the roof of a church would be the Mountain Backwoods 3109 Dulciana 16' 97 Pipes 3454 The Playful Echo, C-2 (Staccato) 3111 In the Country, F-2 (Rhythmic Legato) ring!’ and the mud oozed through the holes 8' Pipes 3460 The Woodpecker. C-2 (Staccato) repaired at once, hole in 3117 On the Ocean, C-2. ..( Rhythmic Legato) Open Diapason 73 A. The Wanamaker organ originally but a the Out was 3450 The Elephant’s Trunk, F-2 (Staccato) (Finger Technique) 8' “The number of really large and fine in the toes of their sweetheart’s shoes. 3119 Boy Scouts, F-2 Harmonic Flute 73 Pipes installed at an exhibition in St. Louis. The in- 3164 Mr. Third Takes a Walk, C-2 (Double Notes) Church music library, which prevents 3580 The Bold Knight, F-2. .. .(Finger Staccato) (Continued from Page 212) (mild) 8' 73 Pipes 3168 Busy Little Bee, Am-2 .. (Finger Technique) “It rained also. Careless Mary. Technique) Gamba strument is much enlarged, and is cared for organs in private homes in America runs soda pop, Bottle after 3582 F-2 (Finger 3161 Sail On Littlo Boat. F-2 (Legato) effective service, often is forgotten for Winter. Study) Dulciana 8' 73 Notes 3583 Old Man Dni-2. ... (Staccato by the organ department connected with the 3162 Jumping Rope, C-2 (Arpeggios) into the thousands. The old Aeolian bottle of soft drinks quenched the thirst Valentine, Staccato) 4' months by the Finance Committee. 3584 My G-2 (Finger Flute Harmonic 73 Pipes store. The Big Clock, C-2 (Time Study) The instrument is a very large one; for specialized in field, in Atlanta, Mr. Showalter led of the milling 3585 4' 73 Pipes Ask your dealer for Century Music. If he Church music, like the church carpet, Company, which the 1905, held thousands. And sizzling Octave information about the specification, we sug- Ask your dealer for Century Music. If he Dulciana 4' 73 Notes cannot supply you, send your order direct installed in one year instruments to the a chorus of some thousands of rural hamburgers and hot dogs softened the order direct gest that you address the Pipe Organ Depart- wears out and is sometimes hopelessly cannot supply you, send your 2%' 61 Notes to us. Our complete catalogue listing over Dulciana Twelfth ment of the Wanamaker store, Philadelphia. value of over two million dollars. singers, for which day’s work he re- pangs of hunger. to us. Our complete catalogue listing over is FREE on request. out of the spirit of the day. Generous There wasn’t a single Dulciana Fifteenth 2' 61 Notes 3700 numbers 3700 numbers is FREE on request. The Atlantic City organ is also a very large “I chose this field, as my interest in ceived a check for five hundred dol- Ghandi at Chavies— fasters, 183 Pipes appropriations in the Church music no I mean. Mixture 3 Ranks instrument, built by Midmer-Losh, and we 8' CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. is wholly musical I lars, a considerable sum in 1905. haven’t CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. Trumpet 73 Pipes library usually are productive. The in- the instrument and We much money on Sand Moun- suggest that you state your wishes to Emer- 254 West 40th Street New York 18. N. Y. 254 West 40th Street New York 18. N. Y. tired of sharing organ playing with An enormous amount of planning, tain but we have son L. Richards, the Organ Architect, at At- terest of the choir, once lost by inade- my a heck of a time.” SWELL ORGAN church rituals and routine concert pro- publishing, and propaganda are neces- lantic City, New Jersey. quate, ragged, and forlorn music, may Bourdon 16' 97 Pipes sary to keeping alive of difficult regain. grams which inevitably become very the the social Violin Diapason 8' 73 Pipes be to Q. I have inherited from my parents an old stereotyped. I loved the organ and longed phenomenon known locally as “Singing.” Stopped Flute 8' 73 Notes fashioned reed organ—the case flat top like Salicional 8' 85 Pipes ASSOCIATED for a free field of expression among lis- Practically all rural, many small-town, the spinet desk of today. The organ was manu- Uniting Pulpit and Choir Loft Teaching 8' 61 Pipes Stringed Voix Celeste factured teners would understand ideals. and not a few suburban churches for 4' by Mason and Hamlin Company, and who my Flute d’Amour 73 Notes is usual the style is called “Metropolitan” Serial num- What the musical procedure in This was the best way in which I could many years have had a specific Sunday Violin Diapason MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC. ber 3794. I am interested in the age of the a vast number of nonliturgical churches set aside for their annual Singings; Octave 4' 73 Pipes develop my life work. The great patrons and Instruments instrument. Thought you might be able to give in our country? Salicet 4' 73 Notes Once a week there is of art, from the Medici to the present, many are the preparations and great the me some data, or perhaps inform me where to presents Nazard Flute 2%' 61 Notes “choir practice,” a more or less nonde- enthusiasms write for it. —R. D. N. have been men and women of high posi- manifest on such occasions. ( Continued from Page 210) Flautina 2' 61 Notes script party in which voices, good and tion John Bunyan Atkins, columnist 5 Ranks 305 Pipes and wealth, who have presented the of The The use of this exerciser a few minutes Mixture 10 CHARACTERISTIC SOLOS bad, are heard, with copious Synthetic 73 Notes A. We cannot give you any information a admix- public with many of the finest creations De Kalb Times, May 11, 1939, wrote of not be required that such illustration be daily is guaranteed to improve the touch of Oboe 8' 73 Pipes about the organ, and do "not know whether ture of caustic local gossip. No one thinks any pianist. It has been stated by many that Cornopean (bright) in music, painting, and the other arts. the all-day Singing at Chavies: made only through major 4' you get DRUM AND PIANO “New application in it will revolutionize pianoforte technic. It Clarion 73 Pipes can any from the firm who handle FOR of the clergyman, and certainly the I realized that the only surroundings in York can have its World’s Fair, San works. develops the muscles of the fingers, hands, Vox Humana 8' 73 Pipes the piano of the same name, the organ being and arms in a new and wonderful way and no longer manufactured. You might clergyman rarely thinks of the choir un- my native country which presented this Francisco can have its Treasure Island, The write Dr. by student would be expected to be so quickly that users are astonished. The ap- Frank less he has a nightmare. the PEDAL ORGAN Taft, 677 Fifth Avenue, New York City, On Sabbath opporunity were those of the kings of and both can spend millions of dollars able to show another precisely how to pliance consists of an ingenious arrangement 16' Pipes giving him description of the organ, and ask- the pulpit of rings and fine silk covered elastics, which Open Diapason 44 JAROMIR Day and the choir loft come society, finance, and industry, who for on advertising, but people on Sand play a three he ing him for information. or four-note chord, but creates resntance on the “downward” and Dulciana 16' (Great) 44 Notes together traditionally for the weekly their own delight Mountain will to assistance would support what go Singings. would not be required to do this by play- on the “upward” movement of the Bourdon 16' 44 Pipes WEINDERGER contest, fingers. The effect of this is noticed immedi- often with disastrous results. they helped to develop. Such possessions “Chavies is a name that would ing Dolce Bourdon 16' (Swell) 44 Notes Q. I have organized a fifteen-voice girls’ not be the Fugue from the Bach “Solo ately, greater speed and brilliancy being at- It is said that in a great 8' (Great) 44 Notes chorus of junior high school age, quite evenly many churches ultimately reach the hands of the greater recognized in New York or San tained. Our new booklet of testimonials is Dulciana Fran- Sonata in G minor.” Similarly, the stu- 8' (Pedal) 32 Notes balanced. We are planning to give an Easter in eastern cities, evening services now ready and will be sent upon request. Octave each 40 cents have public and are very precious to a democ- cisco. Yet one man counted 8' cantata fourteen dent should be able to illustrate the Order (Great) 32 Notes in the church (Presbyterian ) . I would today ! Supply is limited. Gamba been abandoned. Why? There is no united racy. hundred cars there 8' (Great) 44 Notes like to have suggestions for a suitable Easter Sunday. If we mul- spiccato bowing, but certainly not by Price $10.00 Flute Harmonic spiritual 4' 32 Notes cantata for the choir of girls’ voices—some- 1. Toy Drummer power to draw congregations "The radio and the phonograph may tiply that by five persons to Flute Harmonic (Great) the car, we means of a performance of the Paganini Manufactured and sold by thing very simple to If Contra Cornopean 16' (Swell Ext.) 12 Pipes and easy with a minimum the Church. the Church does not be called the average have seven CHAS. T. MARSH, Ltd. 2. Drummer of the Tower Clock man’s private thousand persons. But there Moto Perpetuo; and also left-hand shift- 32 Notes amount of solo work.—M. W. make people want to go to church, don’t S85 KjiHt 04th Avenue organ. They have made the greatest were trucks, school buses, and dilapidated ing, 8' (Swell) 44 Notes but not necessarily through a per- VANCOUVER, B. C„ CANADA Cornopean 3. Peasant Drummer blame it upon a crumbling interest in music of the world accessible to him in cars, piled high with 4' (Swell) 32 Notes A. We suggest that you examine for your people. Men, women, formance of the arpeggios in the Ernst Clarion God or religion. As of purpose the following cantatas. (There are not a matter fact, a his home, if he wants it. Radio programs boys, and girls stood closely 4. Drummer at the Court as possible “Concerto” or the Saint-Saens "Intro- Break Bulletins large part of the public Our Monthly Great and Swell Organs to be enclosed in in- many from which to make a selection.) “The is spiritually are not usually continuous programs of on huge trucks, and bring you original arrange- pulled pieces of can- duction and Rondo Finally, Boxes. Usual Couplers and Risen King,” by Schnecker; “Victory Divine,” 5. Rooster on the Drum Capriccioso.” - Swell PIANISTS!, — - — - ments for building up extra dividual starved and does not know it. Put the beautiful music, but consist of a great vas over their heads to keep u es of P0Pu lar hit-tunes with novel breaks, tricky including Great to Pedal 4' by Marks-Warhurst. There is also a* Lenten out the proficiency in No. 4 should be acquired wJoass J accessories, blame it belongs ngures. boogie woogie effects, riding the melody. — where —upon all those variety of features, from prize fights to rain. I Swell to Pedal 4' and Pedal to Pedal cantata for girls’ voices “Penitence. Pardon 6. Dizzy Drummer saw a Ford roadster, homeward through listening vi- dime for sample copy. are responsible courses in violin, CHRISTENSEN and Peace,” by Maunder-Warhurst. Any of the who for uninteresting, political and economic arguments, STUDIOS, 75* Kimball Hall, C Hi ago 4 llliiri; Octaves. and bound, with ten persons in it. And scores 7. Drummer's Wedding oloncello, chamber music, and symphonic We do not know of any Sonatas for organ, by works suggested may be had from the pub- uninspired church services. Remember intermittent sprees of chaotic jazz. of people Nev- walked to the Singing. literature. Mozart. lishers of The Etude. that in these days there are many ertheless, the radio 8. Arabian Rhythm and phonograph hold “Lovers walked to and fro across the churches from coast to coast giving When the secondary school string two first place in developing public musical bridge and in other ? Phantom Drummer directions, oblivious teacher how, A Parts services a day and turning away crowds. and conductor (1) knows Revealing New Book in Two PLAY A DEAGAN MARIMBA taste. to the sound of horns and pushing by (2) knows how to tell others how, (3) PARAGON OF RHYTHMIC COUNTING S. HAYNES COMPANY 10. Drummer of Liberty The reason is obvious. Their services “It has been my chief WM. objective to slowly moving cars. Easy to master . . . The pedestrian lovers knows (4) richly remunerate all those how to show others how, and FOR ALL RHYTHMS Distinction who attend. make the selections for my programs ap- had the right of Flutes of way, and they knew always popular . . . I am firmly of the conviction it.” does; then, and then only, will the grim PARAGON OF HARMONIZING that we pealing and understandable. I play con- The singers are PLATINUM much given to deli- at applied to TERLING SILVER—GOLD— richly satisfying. 25 WEST 45TH STREET are about to have a world spiritual re- shadow now cast over string efforts tinuously, going from one composition cious home-spun witticisms. four One such all levels kinds of harmonizations Catalog on request vival. In the army camps wherever I to another, improvising lift and reveal a fertile field, Write Dept. E. an intermezzo case in point is typical. An old hillman Send for explanatory circular NEW YORK have sung, all are astonished by as yet untilled, but promising an increas- the binding the pieces together. I dislike ap- was directing the EFFA El-LIS PERFIELD J. C. DEAGAN, INC., CHICAGO “class” one hot day ingly rewarding crop. 103 East 86th St. (Park AveJ New York City 240 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 241 THE ETUDE APRIL, 1944 — —

That highly interesting series of pro- Radio Debut grams called Music of the New World A Famous a new group of presentations began on TEACHERS! February 24 (NBC Network—Thursdays Violist Questions PIANO Continued from Page 202) 12:00 midnight, EWT). , ( 11:30 to These broadcasts, known under the subtitle of fall-winter sea- "Folkways in Music,” bring us the re- AMERICAN of concerts during the DRILLS (3» i of music to ways SPEED a lationship of living beginning last October, but son, Union among peoples of the Americas. The -Answered by HAROLD BERKLEY agreement with the Musicians’ new that series. series began -with the romantic lands Teaching Beginners caused the cancellation of of for “Spanish Main” Central No questions will be answered in THE ETUDE unless accompanied by CONSERVATORY Ormandy, regular conductor, is the — America, the full name Eugene address of the inquirer. Only initials, or pseudonym in the Colombia, Venezuela, Louisiana, and given, will be published. scheduled to lead the orchestra and Sight Reading 22. Saul Cas- California. The last of the March pro- concerts of April 1, 8, and with the wealth conductor of the orchestra, grams dealt of folk mu- ton, associate Complete Set of 32 Cards, Keyboard Finder and yMUSIC April sic found in the Appalachian concert of Highlands. will be the leader in the Book of Instructions — Only 50/ on April 22. The first of the April series, April CHICAGO 58th SEASON 15. The series terminates 6, Tecchler Violins 2. A skilled repairer can usually improve the of the orches- deals with music “From New England.’’’ tone of a violin if its shortcomings are caused Drill No. 1 Harl McDonald, manager A. E. F., New York.—David Tecchler was by poor adjustment of the bridge and sound quickly learned by tiny tots, For stressing visual of for the pro- On April 13, the Canadian Broadcasting in Salzburg about 1666, and died in Rome SIGHT-PLAYING easily and Accredited courses in piano, vocal, violin, organ and all other branches tra, Is the music annotator born post, accuracy 1743. He emigrated to Italy or if the bass bar is not of suitable size any age, with these Speed Drill Cards. leading to Corporation contributes a program sometime after or beginners of Music and Dramatic Art on and weight. If. however, the fault lies with grams. around the beginning of the eight- easier and quicker for class or individual - Canadian Music.” somewhere the Makes teaching Symphonette, heard each eve- “Anglo “American founded the Roman School quality of wood that has been used, or if MUSIC Mutual’s eenth century, and instruction. DEGREE—BACHELOR OF Folk Heroes,” April 20, centers copied the workmanship is inferior, there is not much Friday from 10:30 on such of violin making. At first he Jacobus ning, Monday through that the cleverest repairer can do. DEGREE—MASTER OF MUSIC folk figures as Davy Crockett Stainer; later he followed the Amati outlines. Drills consist of 32 cards with is a new program of and John EASY TO USE— Speed to 11:00 P.M. EWT, however, are more or less “Mexican Panorama,” All his violins, easy-to-follow instructions for their use. On Piastro, concert- Henry ; and April Slow Practice complete and Under Authority State of Illinois unique interest. Mishel highly arched, and his work is always reminis- Needed each card is a picture of the note on the staff which cor- Symphony, is the 27, offers a musical tour of that varied his Tyrolean ancestry. His workman- master of the NBC cent of G. R. I., Oregon—To change backwards and on the piano keyboard. Thus, country. “Folkways in Music” has considerably, as did the quality responds with the key Unsurpassed faculty of 130 artist instructors, many of national and conductor, and Joseph Schuster, the proved ship varied forwards from a three-quarter-sized violin to the written wood and the varnish he used. Conse- the student learns through his eyes, rather than international reputation. soloist. or- to be one of the most popular programs of the a full-sized instrument cannot help upsetting violoncellist, is regular The his violins is location and position of each note. Drill No. 2 quently, the price range of your left-hand technique, advise to or spoken word, the of its kind ever devised; its interest and I you For instant recognition chestra boasts an ensemble of the finest lies wide. A genuine Tecchler may be worth rather concentrate on getting accustomed to the of keyboard positions. Thorough preparation for concert, radio, opera and teaching posi- alone in the novelty of its to three thou- STEP-Speed Drills are an advanced now before the public. The not material, anywhere from fifteen hundred larger instrument. Unless, of course, your AN ADVANCED students’ musicians tions. Weekly recitals, lectures, school of opera, training in fact that dollars. There are, however, many imi- step in aiding the student to quickly identify the note on violin section alone has a group of but in the its music derives sand hand is unusually small. If this is the case, symphony orchestra, bureau for securing positions. first on the market, instruments These handy cards from the peoples of the tation Tecchlers try to get hold of a seven-eighth violin. the staff with the key on the piano. men who have served as concertmasters Western Hemi- cleverly copied as regards that have been There is only one way to attain a correct stress visual accuracy, recognition of the keyboard posi- foremost American sym- sphere. Even though one feels there is an and label. These violins would of four of the workmanship spacing of the fingers—slow, careful practice. tions, producing rapid visual, mental and muscular element of education intended worth, at the very most, more than a phony orchestras, and there are other in these not be Practice, that is, in which your ear is aware coordination. MASTER SCHOOL the value of a genuine Tecchler. SUMMER of fifth of every note play. players who are equally renowned in programs, it is hard to refute the fas- you Your practice should Whether your violin is genuine or not can be quality of the so slow that you are able to hear, inwardly, THE LARGE NOTES make vivid mental pictures. This other fields, since there are players well cinating entertainment. be determined by having it examined Three Summer Sessions — May 11 to June 21, only the correct pitch of each note before you play like Speed feature is important, but best of all . . . children artists, apart Gateways to Music, CBS s Tuesday recognized expert. As you live so near to to September known as chamber music by a it. The ear guides the fingers; and if your ear and the June 22 August 2 and August 3 13 City, you could easily have this Drills. They should be used at the first lesson, Drill No. 3 Naturally, an orches- American School of the Air broadcasts, New York knows what a note ought to sound like, your from the orchestra. for daily home practice. For stressing rapidity done. finger will have a very much better chance pupil should have a set Special Courses in Public School Music, School of Acting, tra of famous musicians like this cannot offers a variety of programs for April. The playing the keys Summer of finding the right place. If you practice more of a re- < title of the program of April 4 is is becoming more and Children’s Musical Training Robyn System), Oxford Piano Course be assembled night after night; the ma- “Tchai- Mass-Production scales and arpeggios and some Kreutzer or SIGHT- PLAYING students at the very start, should of have other commit- kovsky, People’s Symphonist.” April 11 Mazas “Studies” in this way for a few weeks, quirement of pianists, and jority the men Miss I. 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incredibly hard childhood, David, from the age of thirteen, played in • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 • Building Musicianship theater • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 • 1894-1944 orchestras and for dances. And all the while, he longed for proper instruction (Continued from Page 201) Quit flubliikedl A Fascinating and Enlightening Album for Student, Teacher and Concert Artist Prepare NOW For Tomorrow! and worthy music. At last he was prom- ised the leadership of a theater orchestra Sunday evenings he would call my sister but lost it to someone with ‘influence.’ we were the little ones—into his PRACTICAL and me— To make things up to the disappointed HISTORICAL AND and hear us play. Now my brother study young man, the management let him the EVOLUTION play Walter, eight years my senior, was al- Presents a collection of rare compositions from many -JhuJ a solo between the acts of the play. Then a tremendous tease. It was his authoritative ways eras. . . . Complete with one night my brother Walter went to countries and many delight to hide behind the door and make that play. He was at once to see impressed PIANO MUSIC explanatory notes and illustrations. i Iffiatsic nServatonj faces at us while we played, trying of by the young violinist, sent for him course, we made mistakes to upset us. Of and By CURT SACHS and my come to him, became the means of generations and shouted with laughter, The music in this album is written in the style of in \jour Own ^JJorome had launching David Mannes into worthier father couldn’t understand what exhaustive and authoritative compilation of oiano music will never musical channels., An past, but in a spirit that has not changed and But once he glanced up come over us. inception through the “But I had not yet entered the story! from its earliest 17th Century. . . . spirit of solid workmanship, pep and genius. at the door—and there was Waiter, peer- change ... a That came later. I sang alto in the Ora- chronologically. invaluable ing over the transom and making his Arranged ... An collection. torio Society—not because I was a singer usual grimaces. or Direct From but because the Oratorio was a home PRICE $1.00 Net On Sale at All Music Stores Uncle Sam makes it possible for you to take practical music Penance and Bach tradition and I loved it—and Mr. Mannes, lessons by correspondence, even though you are thousands of in the cooperating orchestra, saw me, • New York “‘Aha!’ observed my father, ‘Now we EDWARD B. MARKS MUSIC CORPORATION R.C.A. Building • Radio City thought he liked the looks of me, miles away from your teacher. have the cause of the confusion. Come in and asked the concertm aster who the here, Walter! You have disrupted a per- girl was. The concertmaster smiled, Definite, concise, comprehensive lessons (prepared by able, formance—now we shall see if you can ‘Who she and do your is? Don’t you know? She’s Walter Dam- recognized teachers) illustrated and clearly explained give a better one. Come learned to play a piece and Gould, his joy would have been —always rosch’s sister!’ Under those circum- him when he has penance!’ rejoiced in Mailer Organs occasional amateur musicales great. How he would have Instructor at One of Our Three before you to study and refer to stances, Mr. Mannes thought it well. Have “De Gustihus non est over and over again. “The ‘penance’ he gave Walter was to would La Valse; home where he can play before a group Ravel’s poeme choreographique, Fugue. Walter be embarrassing to press for an intro- at transpose, at sight, a Bach he has learned to play Milhaud’s ingenious two-piano work, Nothing is left to guess work. duction, and there the matter stood. of people when went to the piano and accomplished it But Disputandum” Scaramouctie; or Weingartner’s tuneful not for long. sister well enough. perfectly! My father was so pleased with My and I were always the Bagpiper!” youngster is not making Polka from “Schwanda, examination fond of painting and sketching, and Sometimes if a &2T- An paper accompanies every lesson. If there is any- him that all scoldings were stopped. Oh, had wrong Seidl was born in Hungary but he was formed intimate progress, the instrument Is the yes, the grimaces continued! an little Art Club for (Continued from Page 195) tradition and thing you don't understand it is explained to you in detail child. A youngster brought up in the Wagner by our like-minded friends. After assiduous one for that particular “But Walter’s pranks weren’t always in- was best known as a Wagner conductor. experienced whose mouth is not suited to the trum- teachers. quiry, Mr. Mannes found that he knew v I six, as /• ..» — ."V disturbing. When was we had views were broad and catholic . better with a violoncello. A John Philip Sousa, whose greatness as a Yet his one of the members, and so pet might do friends two charming young French girls, a proper in their scope, and he revered Bach, child whose musical ear is not too keen man and a musician is enhanced with Louise and Jeanne Douste, who played presentation was finally made. Liszt, and up the study of the each passing year. (Hail to the day when Beethoven, Schumann, PADEREWSKI said of our Piano course— “That was more than forty-five should never take the piano beautifully and gave public years Lin- Brahms. He also had a deep regard for violin, but might do well on the piano. our troops march down Unter den performances. younger one was my ago—years spent in working together, of Bach. "It is one of the most important additions to the The For- the polyphonic predecessors pedagog- Study your child if he is not responding den playing The Stars and Stripes age, and I saw no peace until I was al- making music together, teaching together, continuous need ical literature on pianoforte playing Seidl (1850- There is a definite and published for years. to your choice of instrument, but do not ever!) The other was Anton lowed to play one of her Concert pieces.’ and proving, together, that the best ap- for contemporary music for the piano "As an excellent for to the conductor of the Metropolitan guide students and solid and reliable let him jump from one instrument 1898) , for proach to music is to live it. Fortunately, musical My teacher chose a Bach Gavotte successor to Theo- that will represent finished advice for teachers, it is bound to become very popular, other. Some youngsters tire easily of Opera House and the me to learn as a Christmas surprise for our tradition does not stop with us. Our workmanship, keen artistry, real melodic should learn to stick to dore Thomas as conductor of the New and the more so as it bears the stamp of a real pianist, son, Leopold anything, and my father. I managed it—at the time, I Damrosch Mannes ( of whom inspiration that places It in a class by If is this type, en- York Philharmonic Orchestra. He was a accomplished musician and experienced pedagogue." I must some one thing. he believed I managed it exeedingly well! speak with modesty lest I call itself—apart from musical commercial ConAervatotg courage him to stick to the instrument profound man, and at the same time very —all but an insistent trill in the left down his wrath upon me!) is worthy of contraptions. The roots of such music are he has. Give him so many points for practical. hand. That was beyond me and I was the name and the mantle of my father. in Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms, al- for good les- Seidl was a Wagnerian of the Wagne- Others besides practicing, so many points heartbroken. But Walter came to my his parents consider him though it must have the wider appeal ofjHuAic DEGREE OF special treat for a ceitain rians. He had assisted the Master of Bay- BACHELOR OF MUSIC a composer of sons, and a rescue. He arranged to sit beside me when merit—his works have the score of that marks the music of such composers You are number of points. Play the game with reuth in the preparation of awarded a diploma when you have completed a course the great day came, ostensibly to turn been performed by pianists and ensemble as Nevin, Sinding, Poldini, Chaminade, A Division of Brenau College him until he becomes so interested that the Nibelungen Trilogy. Seidl and Sousa groups of high music Distinguished fac- to the satisfaction of the Instruction pages, but really to execute that trill for standing—and only his summer at the and Schiitt at their best. It must be All branches of music. Department and the Board of he will want to play it to the finish. conducted concerts each Splendid equipment. Preparation for me. effect interest in the the keyboard; it ulty. The was electrifying. First Kodachrome color-pho- beaches. The Sousa that suits the hand to careers as teachers or performers. Directors. I can sympathize with children who do better Coney Island Military We are also authorized to issue the Degree of Bachelor there sounded forth childish tography (which, with effective when heard; and it Svmphony orchestra. Choral club. my efforts young Leopold Beach, and must sound (a capella and accom- not like to practice, for as a child I some- Band was at Manhattan band. Vested choirs Godowsky, Smaller vocal and string ensemble of Music upon those who comply with our requirements. —and then, suddenly, in came the trill he invented and developed) Beach with the must stand the test of good musician- panied). These times cried because I had to, and I blush Seidl was at Brighton units Performance of two operas. Frequent with professional forcefulness. interrupts his devotion ship and must arouse the interest of recitals. Public school music. My father to music. I re- Metropolitan Opera. The large hotels student are Harmony, History of Music, Advanced Composition and to remember it now. There were a great Courses in conducting. Opportunities for an laughed till the tears came to his eyes peat, I have always been singularly for- players of today who are the normal de- many things that seemed more interest- were the only attraction at those beaches hearing concert artists. advanced practice course. but I couldn’t tunate in joy Moderate rate for board and room in The latter may be voice or instru- — see what was so funny. my environment!’’ were no carnival scendants of that group which found on 350-acre campus. ing to me than scales and finger exer- in those days. There College Dormitory brother in the well-made, but not necessarily music. “My Frank’s musical life was of the DEGREES: B.Mus. or A.B. with major in mental. Each subject carries 30 semester hours. cises, I to be practically features, as at the west extremity and often had music of yesteryear. characterized by the same selfless gener- Brighton was the mecca for profound, salon For catalog, address: pushed onto the piano benoh with stern Island. West CONSERVATORY osity that was the outstanding trait of spots, and “rag- BRENAU admonitions to stay there until the hour cold beer, hot dogs, hot BOX N-4 GAINESVILLE GEORGIA Remember there are splendid opportunities in the his personal life. He was the eldest of Music Should Be Fun Alley. was over. I would have welcomed with time,” the lusty scion of Tin Pan music field to make a very us and, at twenty, he decided to make turned to the comfortable income. delight the verdict of no more lessons, Brighton and Manhattan Philadelphia Conservatory his own way and set out for . Let us show you how. Mail the coupon today. but I have been grateful many times to masters. That was so like him! With everything for Children of Music COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS stick, Seidl realized the value of melody and loved my mother for her insistence that I he at home, he braved hardships to 216 South 20th Street SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY for had this opportunity said, “It is like honey; the bees flock in strange surroundings ( Continued from Page 215) she removed Maria Ezerman Drake to gain inde- rich, harmonic from me, X would have lost a great deal it, but melody without a Managing Director UNIVERSITY EXTENSION pendence. After doing all kinds Nine Major Courses leading to Degrees CONSERVATORY of work, is Faculty lessons are something he must have, and is empty—hollow. This headed by Master of Music Dept. A-425 of pleasant and profitable enjoyment. background of Bachelor of Music and 1525 East 53rd Street, Chicago, Illinois he found a post in the local music shop, Waltzes on Olga Samaroff, Mus. D. that it is up to him to do his best—not Music should be fun. America, com- why I put so many Strauss founded a chorus, played the organ, leading to Degrees Piano Violin Music Education and simply because the lessons costing programs. They appear to the public Courses are posed as it is of all kinds of peoples, is my Organ Cello Composition came to be recognized as the foremost musician UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONSERVATORY, you money, but because will the merely as melody, but the Teacher Training Dept. A-425 musician they be a music-loving nation, and every child Voice Harp Piano 1525 E. 53rd Street, Chicago, Illinois. in Denver. He was made head inspired means of bringing pleasure some day who has the smallest spark of musical knows that behind them is an of music in the public schools, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Summer Session — July 3-August 12 Please send me catalog, sample lessons and full information regarding and found artlessness course I have marked into his own life, and perhaps into the genius within have a chance and apparently insouciant with an X below. himself launched on an him should Regular Fall Term Starts September 6. independent and all, the height of art.” lives of others. Every child will not be- to learn to play so that he can partake which is, after Co&er/e c/Mudic !- most promising career. Then Piano, Teacher’s Normal Course Harmony Violin my father forty-eight, from pto- Send for Bulletin E = come an accomplished musician, but any of and contribute perhaps even Seidl died at complete courses in Piano, Voice, Organ, Piano, Student’s Course to—and Offering Butler, J Cornet—Trumpet Guitar died. His duties at the opera Percussion instru- Horold L. Dean = were as- child poisoning. Had he lived to this day Violin, Cello, Brass, Woodwinds, and J Public School Mus.—Beginner’s Advanced Cornet Mandolin can learn to play some instrument create the music of free people. For maine Composition, Church College of Fine Arts signed to Walter, then in — a ments, Public School Music, Public School Mus.—Advanced Voice his early twen- unusual and delightful Musicology. Chorus, Glee Club. Orchestra, Band. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, J Saxophone sufficiently well to amuse himself and the joy of self-expression which can best to hear the very Music, Advanced Composition Choral Conducting Piano ties, and the poor boy Faculty includes members of Boston Symphony. Bache- Syracuse 10, N. Y. Accordion was nearly over- others melodies in arrangements by Ear Training & Sight Singing Clarinet whose expectations are not too be rhythm- modern lors and Masters Degrees in all musical subjects. Dorms. Reed Organ whelmed by his tremendous developed- through- music and History of Music Dance Band Arranging Banjo responsibil- as Black, Bennett, Grofe, Catalog. COLLEGE OF MUSIC, 73 Blagden St., Boston. high. is everybody’s birthright. such masters ities. He wrote to Frank for advice, and The more good music he hears the Name. . . .Adult or Juvenile. Frank replied by coming home to assist easier him. Without it will be to convince him that he thought of himself, he left Street No. can do as well as others of his own age, all he had won in the West and began if he tries. Let again at the him learn about musi- ARTS foot of of the VOCAL City ladder. State cians and composers their early CADEMY and devoting its resources exclusively to the complete I Auditions in Philadelphia Are you teaching now? If so, how many pupils have you? Do you struggles. Let him read musi- only non-profit organization The Magic of Music and absorb The hold a Teacher’s Certificate? Have you studied Harmony? cal literature. accepted on Scholarship basis only. and York this Spring Urge him to play in the American Singer. Students \ New Music was only partly training of the talented Would you like to earn the Degree of Bachelor of Music? the source of school band or orchestra. Encourage him my meeting with my husband. After an when his PHILADELPHIA 3, PA. progress seems slow, and praise jg20 SPRUCE STREET, 244 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC" MARCH WITH MUSIC" 24 5 THE ETUDE APRIL, 1944 "FORWARD — )

happy game of it. Former class- desk of the sound-reproducing machine. When made a a small music school. The work brought me my lesson assignments paid Going to Jenny Lind stopped singing and her mates practically nothing. Now and then So You’re In the evening Mother I career ended, her voice became instantly from school. managed somehow to get money enough Teachers and Pianists Plan Now to Attend with my studies. It wasn’t — extinct—a serious artistic calamity. helped me to pay for a voice lesson. Later the school Concerto! this way I completed the was merged Play a “Consider the case of the great Galli- easy, but in with a much larger institu- and went all through high school. tion and I became COURSES IN Curci who, because of a throat affliction, grades secretary to the presi- GUY MAMS SUMMER PIANO PEDAGOGY work was passed by the school dent, 216) has not been heard in recent years, but Finally my and then student representative. ( Continued from Page and I was graduated with As whose records preserve for all time her authorities my income rose I took continuous and ATLANTA: June 19-30 (Teachers’ classes, June 26-30) 0IIKL1I gorgeously beautiful tone although all of it had been done systematic voice training. Then I Manager: Helen Knox Spain their hands. However, these men are ex- and art with honors, won a own roof with my loving Columbia Broadcasting Hotel Atlantan ceptions and even they, once convinced the same beauty as the day she made under my System singing has are invaluable for mother, who at the end of a hard day’s contest and this entitled is a serious artist who them. They vocal stu- me to a ten-day MINNEAPOLIS: July 3-7 —MacPhail School of Music the soloist dents. got her ‘second wind’ and worked trip to New York, where I had a thrilling LaSalle at Twelfth St. prepared his part in the collaboration labor the night with me. “Still, I was reception. New carefully, will prove helpful more often far into York so fascinated me CHICAGO: July 10-18 (Classes, July 10-14) Priceless Recordings that it earnestly to achieve a shut-in. opened new vistas. Returning to Sherwood Music School than not and strive wise vocal student will all things, I longed to be a Minneapolis I had regular radio 410 So. Michigan Ave. an effective ensemble. “The listen to “Above work a concerts, radio broadcasts, to be able to get out of the and many other well-paid engagements COLLEGE “As for myself, I never conduct for many and fine singer and BUFFALO: July 20-28 (Classes, July 24-28) a wheel chair I could in addition that I don’t sympathize with records with great intensity. He will study house. If I had to my work and studies in the Manager: Elsie Stein young artist position. I carefully the nasal timbre and around. I knew that there must be (Continued on Page 252) 703 West Ferry St. him and put myself in his inflection get OF MUSIC carried back to my first appearance with the most exacting aural observation some way to get one. Oh, how I wanted CONSERVATORY CITY: am NEW YORK July 31-Aug. 10 (Classes, July 31-Aug. 4) delight. beyond our means, Symphony Orchestra and interested Just as a painter chair ! It was and Juilliard School of Music with the London that I knew there must be 120 Claremont Ave. when I played the Rachmaninoff ‘Sec- must have a model from which to work, yet Mother and ond Concerto.’ No one could have been so the vocal student must create in his some way by which to get it. The Teacher’s A professional music school in an attractive than W. H. imagination tonal models, interpretative have always found great truth in more helpful or encouraging “I college town. (Member of the National Reed, who conducted the London Sym- models, models of human appeal, so that Coleridge’s lines: Round Table Association of Schools of Music.) phony on that occasion, and I always he may form his judgment and select in a mysterious way (Continued from Page 204) A Vacation with Music! to others he requires. Then with this ‘God vioves vow'ed to return his kindness what accu- instruction for carefully selected His wonders to perform,’ Thorough as the situation was reversed during the mulated knowledge, plus his regular vocal No. 2, E-fiat major in all branches of music under artist teachers. HAROLD BERKLEY years that stretched ahead. study with his teachers, he must inces- No. 4 (La Chasse students one leaves nothing un- ” especially when “Playing a concerto can be fun if santly strive to make model tones. It is “No. 6 (Variations) Special training in band and choir direction. VIOLINIST-CONDUCTOR—TEACHER done to cooperate through hard and and here he held up a long and admon- an endless quest, and never once must From “Etudes d ’Execution Transcend- Violin Editor earnest work. Mother always told me, describing Oberlin’s conservatory of THE ETUDE — is thoroughly lose faith or his ambition to ante”: Write for catalogue ishing finger “the pianist he improve help them- author of The Lord helps those who prepared. If the groundwork is well laid each day. Time and again it has been No. 10 in F minor courses and its superior equipment (200 practice selves.’ “The Modern Technique of Violin Bowing” and the soloist keeps his nerves under my faith which has ^carried me over ob- Feux Follets Bachelor of “The only thing I could do was fancy- rooms, 23 modern organs, etc.). Degrees: “12 Studies in Modern Bowing” careful control, the actual performance stacles—my faith in others, my faith in Ricordanza work. I knitted, crocheted, and embroi- Bachelor of School Music; Master of announces presents no problems. myself, and my faith in my God. Rhapsody No. 15 (Rakoczy March) Music, dered and had a private sale in my home. “There is nothing more thrilling than “If anyone wishes happy popular- Rhapsody No. 12 (also unaccountably Music, Master of Music Education. Master Classes in Violin and Chamber Music What was piy delight when the local feeling yourself supported by the rich ity, professional recognition, widespread neglected nowadays) banker bought five dollars’ worth of Oberlin, Ohio. Special Classes in Modern Violin Pedagogy orchestral tone of a fine symphony or- friendships, and, of course, financial And how about some of Liszt’s tran- Frank H. Shaw, Director, Box 544, things that I had made! I could see the chestra, its instrumental coloring suf- abundance, he must learn to propel him- scriptions of Schubert songs? Not the door of Opportunity beginning to open. fusing your piano passages and giving self through hard work by the God-given overplayed ones, but: Ungeduld; Das HARRISON, MAINE With the proceeds of my sale I bought them added warmth. It is fun!” power within him. Wandern; Am Meer; Auf dem Wasser zu a wheel chair and I am sure that no five- July 24 to August 26 “Singers are often accused of a lack Singen; or Der Lindenbaum. You might thousand-dollar, shiny, new automobile of musicianship, and in some instances also look up the lovely arrangements of For further information apply ever gave its owner half the thrill that this charge is deserved. There are. how- Schumann’s Widmung and Fruehlings- Harold Berkley, 315 W. 98th St., New York 25, N. Y. that wheel chair gave to me. Steps up ever outstanding instances of singers nacht. stairs were now my only obstacle. who have had very broad musicianship. No pianist who is resourceful and en- ‘Then I decided to go to Minneapolis When one learns to play the piano, the terprising ought to have trouble keeping and take a secretarial course and thus organ, the violin, or any other instru- his Liszt repertoire fresh and attractive. ^)Ijp QUbeianiJhatttute of(Quair earn my own living and secure my edu- SSMOPOLITAN Rolling Her Way ment, his standing, entirely apart from not make a start with the enwooJ . . . Why cation in music. Mother borrowed money SCHOOL his natural gifts, is based upon how Confers Bachelor of Music Degree, Master of Music Degree, Artist Diploma OF MUSIC Rigoletto Paraphrase? But above all, I tuition, chair was lifted SHIRLEY GANDELL, M.A., Oxford thoroughly he studies his art. The vocal- for my and my WARD LEWIS, Dean of the Faculty CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC implore you, treat Liszt’s compositions as University, England, President. to Triumph I the trip. The 3411 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O. ist should continually have before him into a railway car. made Beryl Rubinstein, Director (on leave of absence) Division of Lindenicood College 40th year. Accredited. Offers courses music—not as claptrap. in all branches of Music. Certificates, leading business school of the city had for Women. Thorough prepara- high ideals of thoroughness and a broad diplomas and degrees. Desirable board- tion for careers in music under they could not ing accommodations. Located in down- ( Continued from Page 205) grasp of the art and its technique. informed me by mail that a distinguished faculty. B.M. town musical center. it would be im- degree, certificate and diploma Box E, 306 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. take my money because MILLIKIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC in piano, voice, violin, organ, to secure a position. I harp, other instruments, pub- disciplinarian. It admits no compromises. The Value of Standards possible for me DECATUR, ILLINOIS lic school music, theory, har- I If the vocal student wants to went ahead, nevertheless, and when Offers thoro training in music** Courses leading to mony, history and appreciation succeed “Standards are always vital in all call- business Bachelor of Music Degree. Diploma and Certifi- of music. Well-eauipped stu- he must be at his level best, teeming ings. wheeled up to the door of the The ‘Sterling’ mark on silver; the in piano, Voice, Violin, Organ, Public School dios, beautiful buildings on cate INSTITUTE college they seemed so aghast at my au- and Music Kindergarten Methods 138 acres near St. Louis with DETROIT with resolution and enthusiasm, every mark of Montagnac, the great cloth Music Methods its frequent concerts, operas, seven OF MUSICAL ART moment of the day. It’s what he is that manufacturer of France; the dacity that they admitted me. In Bulletin sent free upon request other musical attractions. For Sedan, Since 1914 has prepared ambitious young course. catalog and view book, write counts. Nothing less than his best, day mark of the American jeweler, Tiffany, months I had completed my W. ST. CLARE, M INTURN, Director people for careers in music, dancing, dra- Information Harry Morehouse Gage, Pres. matic art. All instruments, voice, theory, after day, can ever be accepted if he and the French jeweler, Cartier; the “My first job was at the Box 1244, St. Charles, Mo. composition, sacred music, conducting, cam- panology, radio technique. Accredited. Di- wants to ascend to the vocal heights. mark, of Hamilton upon a watch; the in- plomas and degrees. Faculty of 70. Catalog. “It has been my privilege to know visible mark of Stradivarius upon a vio- A. C. Jackson, Bus. Mgr., 52 Putnam Ave., Detroit, Mich. BALDWIN-WALLACE many distinguished singers and instru- lin; all are standards so priceless that Saint Mary -of -the -Woods CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC mentalists and I have found that their they cannot coin. The " be measured in BEREA, OHIO (suburb of Cleveland) JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC= — kindly interest in others, COLLEGE their innate singer’s of keen College. ambition in these days Conservatory of Music for girls. Courses in Applied Affiliated with a first class Liberal Arts ! leading to degrees. Faculty charm and gaiety which ‘keeps them up,’ Music, Theory, and Public School Mus 7, Four and five year courses leading to competition should be to seek a standard in Music catalogue or informa- degrees of B.A. and B.S. with a major of Artist Teachers. Send for ERNEST HUTCHESON, President enables them ‘carry violin, other to on’ and accom- of able musicianship as high as that of Education. Piano, voice, organ, harp, tion to: plish things instruments; composition, harmony. Beautiful, well- ALBERT RIEMENSCHNEIDER. Dean. Bwea, Ohio which to others seem impos- a musician devoted to any other instru- equipped buildings, spacious campus. All sports. Catalogue. Box 14, Saint Mary-ol-the-Woods, Indiana. sibilties. This attitude of mind is of para- ment. Whether he gets this from a pri- JUILLIARD SUMMER SCHOOL mount importance to the singer. Gyra- vate master, from an institution, or tions of the tongue, GEORGE A. WEDGE, Director the larynx, and the through his own indefatigable labors, SHORTER COLLEGE diaphragm, and miles SCHOOLS-COLLEGES of exercises or vo- matters not. He should learn as much Founded by Alfred Shorter calises are of secondary significance to as he can, not with a view of becoming ROME, GEORGIA July 3 to August 11, 1944 the right aesthetic mental concept. Institutional Member of the National Association a ‘dry as dust’ musicologist, but with a of Schools of Music. Excellent faculty. Moderate “A good singer, therefore, tuition fee covers all music and academic courses. must be a view to refining, enriching, and making Well CONVERSE COLLEGE’S equipped Pine Arts Building. Dean. SpartanBburg. 8. C. Instruction good tone analyst. In general, Ernst Bacon. in all branches of music and music education we note more dependable his own God-given Catalogue and illustrated bulletin. that there are at this time far more WILBUR H. ROWAND, Director of Music One-week "refresher” courses in repertoire and teaching aids talents. beautiful voices In the world than there ITKIOY Department of Music “I was born in the small town of Mon- Galesburg, Illinois were, let us say, fifty Weddell, Chairman years ago. Voice ticello, a | James MacC. Minnesota. My mother was ^ upon request. Special program for high school students teachers take great LULLCVJC Catalogue sent credit for this and practical nurse. In the morning she gave RIVERDRIVE SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ARTS point to their superior methods, which me her best attention. She would place 84 Riverside Drive Catalog on request reach out more directly for results. They whatever I needed within my reach, then deserve New York City much credit. But, we must re- would SHENANDOAH 1H go out to nursing engagements, leading to member, far FREDERICK G. KOEHLER, Director Courses 120 Claremont Avenue Room 122 New York 27, N. Y. more beautiful music, degrees. Rates more which were our means of support. It the B. Mus., and B. Mus. Ed. beautiful tone, is heard now Dormitories In the heart o£ the Shenandoah than then meant that I was solitude and reasonable. chained to Catalogue on Session Virginia. This is due, first of all, to the request Special Summer Valley, Dayton, radio and apparent helplessness for years. But I 246 "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” ''FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 247 THE ETUDE APRIL, 1944 ? ) - .

Quartet Questions The Birds Songs

Continued ) ( by Alan Schwartz (Age 11) his uncle, who had lots of I heard a birdie say Quartet Questions ing from to me chamber music recordings in his “There’s music in the air.” usicic joTor collection. I looked and saw a humming-bird, Silt Mhn The next meeting was most inter- A-flitting everywhere. watching I looked esting, listening to and the again and saw near me notes of a Haydn quartet; later a Two love-birds singing in a tree. asking, “What is a when a group of players were per- T WAS Lettie’s Mozart and then a Beethoven were THER’: . 3ay gave Meg the idea forming for Mozart’s father, they quartet?” that studied in the same way; and more Mozart’s I for the next club meeting, and played “Quartet in C major” interesting facts about (SUNDAY, MAY I4TH) and more Letter everyone to bring a with Haydn himself playing the first Box Miss Brown told quartets' and their composers were fact about violin part. “Wouldn’t it have (Send answers question, or an interesting been presented at the meetings. Meg had to letters care of Junior Etude) and Community Observances quartets for the next meeting of the wonderful to be listening behind the Solos for Church , Home no idea what she was starting when group. door,” said Meg, as everyone smil- Dear Junior Etude: Composer Range Price she asked that first question, “What Title, Catalog No. and Composer Range Price Title, Catalog No. and I love music Mother’s Day (26002) .. F. H. Grey c-E 0.40 ELIZABETH A.GEST Tom opened the session with the ingly agreed. vory very much. Although I And I Have You (25096) quartet?” §0.35 Mother o’ Mine (30795) A.Claassen E-F# .50 is a have not had a chance to learn much I make D. W. Rue bb-Eb string quartet con- Ned told of how Beethoven Light (25176) Mother o’ Mine (30796) A.Claassen c-D .50 statement that “a wrote believe I play by running my fingers over the Candle (’. W. Cadman d-g .50 Mother o’ Mine (26559) violin, such fine music for string keyboard. It makes heart ache to .50 sists of first violin, second quartet my hear the Candle Light (26132) A. Kellogg beautiful music of the great composers, but I Mother o’ Mine (6884) . . B. Remick tfe .35 viola and ’cello.” Lettie added, “The that someone suggested those works C. W. Cadman bb-Lb .50 am an optimist and some day I expect to be Dear Little Mother With Silver Mv Mother's Song (24043) Junior Club Outline, Openshaw d-g .60 No. 32 instruments in a piano quartet are be called “Quartet Symphonies.” able to play the music I listen to now. To me Hair M. Watkins E-ab .50 J. there is nothing violin, viola, ’cello and piano.” “You Jean told the story of how the Rus- so inspiring and can lift up your soul as beautiful music played beauti- Rubinstein and Great Pianists Brown, sian Ambassador to are both correct,” said Miss Austria com- fully. CANDLE LIGHT—By Charles Wakefield Cadman From “but remember the word ’cello is missioned Beethoven to write three your friend, Range d-g Catalog No. 25176 Price, 50 cents Adelle McDaniel (Age for violon- string quartets for 13), merely an abbreviation him. This Bee- New Mexico a. In the November Junior Club Out- sicianship are phenomenal. Name cello.” thoven did; and later the Ambas- line Liszt was studied. Another at least six well-known concert Dot’s hand went up next, as she sador, who was a count, formed an Dear Junior Etude: great pianist, who developed piano pianists of the present day. remarked that quartets could be excellent quartet in which he him- Our music club has become very much inter- technic, was Anton Rubinstein. ested in The Etude and our teacher lets us use Keyboard Harmony formed also with voices as well as self played the second violin. When and in what country was her copy. Some of us hope to have our own instruments. “The most usual vocal “Beethoven wrote sixteen quartets,” copies some day. We organized our club several e. he born? Augmented triads are formed by months ago and through a contest named it the quartet,” she told them, “consists of announced Ned, “and that is the last b. He founded a famous conserva- raising the fifth of the major Junior Rhythm Band Merry Melody Club. We hold our regular busi- a soprano, an alto, a tenor and a interesting thing I could find to tell,” Lewiston. Maine ness and social meetings every two weeks. We tory of music. In what city was it? triads by one half-step. For ex- bass.” “That is correct, too,” said he added. are devoting much of our time now to making c. Did he ever give concerts in ample: C-E-G is a major triad; scrapbooks, descriptive musical drawings, and of Never Forget Your Dear Mother Miss Brown; “in fact, any group “Very interesting facts,” declared to the Dear Little Mother with Silver broadcasts. The forty-three members of • .40 America? raise the fifth one half-step and Watkins .50 and Her PrPrayer( 19404) . M. Jones d-F activities Hair M. cft-F four performers is called a quartet.” Miss Brown. “Now, what about the club sponsor all the musical in the O Little Mother of Mine. .G. Nevin c-F .50 Dear Little Mother with Silver d. There are many brilliant pianists it becomes an augmented triad; school. We hope to send you pictures of our Little Mother of Mine. .G. Nevin a-D .50 Watkins b-Eb .50 O “The greatest of all quartet music music in the quartets?” she ques- Great Composers Hair M. of Mine concertizing at the present time C-E-G-sharp. Listen to the sound club and our officers soon. Old Fashioned Mother string Dreaming of Home and Mother (24020) R. Kountz F#-g .60 has been written for the quar- tioned. From your friend, -50 (Prize in Class J. F. Ordway d-Eb Mother of Mine whose technic, memory, and mu- of this augmented triad and com- Winner A) Joan Bourgeois, Scribe, Old Fashioned tet,” said Harry, who played the “I have an idea,” said Meg, raising Little Mother (25776) .. E. Lehman d-E .40 (24021) R. Kountz E-F .60 pare it with both major and minor We have had a large number of great com- Ohio Mother of Mine violin well his Little Mother (19632). D. Protheroe c#-D .50 Old Fashioned rather for age. her hand. “Why don’t we borrow present time and it is sad to triads, until you are sure in your posers up to the Hoiv Many Music Masters The question about the composers some string quartet scores from the note that many of them were unfortunate in ear of its characteristic quality. come way, but probably this helped them to Great Composers R. Kountz of this type of music was a little more library and then get a recording of OLD FASHIONED MOTHER OF MINE—By by Alfred I. Tooke f. Form do better work. Surely their composition had augmented triads on each F#-g Catalog No. 24020 Price, 60 cents difficult, but they all knew the main it, too? Then we can listen to the greater emotional value. If one wishes to play Prize Winner in Class C: Range of the twelve How many names of famous music chromatic tones in a composer’s work he should study the com- facts: that the string quartet was recording Ann McKenzie (Age 11), District, of Co- and keep our eyes on the involved in the octave. poser’s life and the sentiments lumbia. developed by Haydn, who wrote notes at the same time.” what ideas 3 writing the music. He should know 2 6 passage. An in- Terms seventy-seven of them; that Mozart Everyone thought this a splendid are to be expressed in every teresting way to learn about the composer’s Great C omposers and Beethoven and Schubert con- idea and gave Meg some applause. that he is 'N L R *G w g. What is a chromatic scale? life is to pretend, while reading, tributed great works in this form; So a taking the composer’s place in life. I know 7 s 9 IQ II 12 h. Give term committee was appointed to go (Prize Winner in Class B) a meaning very slow. there will be more great composers’ works to and that Mozart dedicated six of his to the library and select i. Give a term meaning very fast. a score, and study about and play as time goes on. Great composers, such as Bach. Haydn, Bee- | P l E A quartets to Haydn. Ned volunteered and many others have given the world G to borrow a record (Age 15), thoven Lillian Troutman 13 IS re 17 Musical Program Pennsylvania immortal melodies, which, no matter how /a Tom had an interesting story, that ( Continued on next page often they are played are always fresh and H c N D L If any of you can play the Romance appealing. A glimpse into the lives of these 0 while pos- .60 will convince us that they, ’ (24022) R. Kountz d-Eb men Mother o Mine ( 18580) by Rubinstein, or Little .50 19 20 2! 22 23 2^ the Kamennoi sessing genius, were also subject to the same H. R. Ward Eb-Eb 50 Old Mother, The E. Grieg d-F# as more or- Old Mother, The E. Grieg bb-D .50 Ostrow, or any other of Rubin- discouragements and misfortunes Mother E. S. Hosmer Eb-F .50 Song of the Child, The (19420) Honorable Mention for January individuals. Mozart, Schubert, Mendels- S. Hein c-F .50 Z Y s E stein’s compositions, include them dinary Mother Mana-Zucca d-F .50 M A lived, and were all short Hall .40 sohn and Chopin Mother Calling! (19695)... A. Eb-g The Watcher E. S. Barnes d-g .40 25 26 27 28 29 30 on plagued by such afflic- .50 your program. Otherwise make Essays: many composers were Mother Dear. . . Eb-Eb What Is There Hid In the Heart of poverty, and health, deafness, . . . S. Hosmer d-g .50 a D. Protheroe c#-F .50 tions as poor Mother Mine. . . E. Rose? up your program of solos and Rosalie M. Bovey; Ruby Earle Graham; in Their accomplishments S. Hosmer bb-Eb .50 What Is There Hid?. . D. Protheroe b-Eb .50 s Eleanor other tribulations. Mother Mine. . E. B U 5 Yanick; T R Mary Virginia White; Marilyn duets of your own selection. the face of adversity, as well as their music 31 34 35 36 Slade; Jimmy Costby; Betty Maier; Patricia for in itself should prove inspirational to us, Sullivan; Diana Aiken; Nancy Lee Bopp; ”1 spite of these handicaps, or perhaps because Betty Sims: Mary Lou Snyder; Margaret achieved the musical Choir and Chorus Numbers L D E V H of them, these composers Goodman; Marilyn Munn; Martha May Stuck; grandeur which in these turbulant days affords Mixed Voices Marilyn Hillman; Donna Lou Younger; Mary of happier years RESPONSIVE SERVICE FOR us comfort and the hope C. YV. Cadman .12 Helen Tate: Virginia Swen- Candle Light (21458) composers can you find in the above, Barbara McNutt; F. Smith .10 MOTHER'S DAY West; ahead. Rock Me To Sleep (20010) J. For Minister Choir son; Ronald Zwieganbaum; Mary Ellen Waddell (Age 13). .10 and Elizabeth ...... Gj M. Rohrer starting at letter Memories (20456) By W. R. Voris ( D 14171) Price, 15c any and moving- Cecelia Bumgasser; Edna Lea Dulin. .10 Rain Scales Oregon . Hosmer solo) (D 1 3 143) E. S. Mother (Sop. 1. Antiphon, or Responsive Service solo) (DI3983) one letter at a time in any direc- Mother Mine (Ten. 2. Prayer Respons e 3. Be nediction Response by Martha V. Bindc E. S. Hosmer .15 tion, but not using the same one O Little Mother of Mine (D13035) MOTHER twice in any one Geo. B. Nevin .15 Anthem with Spoken Prologue name? When you I like to watch the rain come down. .15 By Deane Shure (D 14983) Price, 15c Contest O, Mother of My Heart (35151) . . .C. Davis have spelled out one name you may And hit the window panes; Junior Etude Text by Henry Van Dyke TreLIe Voices start again anywhere you like. It seems to it’s of your me playing scales enter on upper left corner Part) (21232) Cadman... The Junior Etjjde will award three at- you Candle Light (3 upper Part) (D14163) Along the dusty lanes! paper, and put your address on Mother (Unison or 2 SLUMBER SONGS OF THE MADONNA tractive prizes each month for the neatest Hosmer-Manney right corner of your paper. For Women’s Voices—Three Part and fpr answers Red Cross Afghans best stories or essays and - only. Do not Men’s and Boys’ V-*Voices By May A. Strong Price, $1.00 At first it plays them carefully, Write on one side of paper to puzzles. all boys and Mother of Mine (D 14499) Beautiful musical setting, for performance as a Many thanks for the large Contest is open to typewriters and do not have anyone O Little num- Each slow, big drop, just so! use Geo. B. Nevin . 1 5 cantata by the proficient chorus of women’s girls under eighteen years of age. for you. Mother of Mine (D 14366) voices, of a thrilling poem by Alfred Noyes. ber of squares, both knitted and As if it copy your work O Little weren’t so very sure Nevin-Austin .10 Class A, fifteen to eighteen years of must contain not over one hun- woolen-goods, recently received from Just how the scales should go. Essay age; Class B, fifteen; Class C, words and must be received the following, some of whom sent twelve to dred and fifty 1712 Chestnut under twelve years. at the Junior Etude Office, large packages of squares: Then, after this slow practicing, (1) Pa., by the 22nd Names of prize winners will appear on Street, Philadelphia , Theodore Presser Co. Elaine W. Schmidt; Mrs. Walter D. The rain scales speed along; of contest will appear this page in a future issue of The Etude. of April. Results Distributors for the Publications of OLIVER DITSON CO. and JOHN CHURCH CO. White; Carol Hartman; Ruth Massey; And gradually the shower plays this month’s essay, The thirty will re- in July. Subject for next best contributors 1712 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA I, PA. Ella Barns; Girl Scout Troop No. 1. A faster, sprinkling song! of expression in piano- ceive honorable mention. “The Importance Put your name, age and class in which playing.” 248 'FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” THE ETUDE "FORWARD MARCH WITH MUSIC” 249 APRIL, 1944 T .

FUN for the Little Piano Beginner, PRACTICAL THIS AND SING!-For Voice PINGER KEYBOARD MODULATION— ment from the “Toy Symphony.” The MORE CONCERT TRANSCRIPTIONS OF READ Students, Adler—Published in the small For Myra Class, Private, or Self Instruction, HYMNS-For Piano, by Clarence Chorus and Choir Singers, by Clyde R. by by Rob book also contains suggestions for drama- FAVORITE format and engraved in large, Roy Peery—'That J) J 1944 Within the covers of oblong invaluable device, Modu- tizing the story, directions for making a Kohlmann—Following the unquestionable r Dengler— this com- Finger read notes, Fun consists lation, more and of pact little volume is material for thirty- easily more each year is find- miniature stage and setting, and a list- sucess of this author’s volume Con- twelve very easy finger exercises for ing its way into the there were many six weeks of vocal study, designed espe- of accomplishments of ing of Haydn recordings especially suit- cert Transcriptions, ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION youngest piano beginner. Rhythmic active musicians. This second volume. are cially for Junior and Senior High School the is true particu- able for children. demands for a We given through rhymes accompany- larly of the busy organists, announce that a second vol- age levels and adaptable for grade school aid is pianists, and We suggest that when reserving your pleased to OFFERS the music, which are also helpful accompanists who play in arranged and compiled use. It is the result of the author’s vast ing public and who copy of The Child Haydn at the special ume has been providing explanatory directions for constantly feel the need this gifted composer and arranger. experience as a trainer of young voices, in of quick aural Advance of Publication cash price of 20 by All of the books in this list are in and reading the notes. The ex- readjustment. and conductor of high school playing cents, postpaid, you also order, if you do The contents of this volume includes; preparation for publication. The choruses within ercises remain the five finger Dr. Peery’s new book has been Beneath the Cross of Jesus; Softly and Prices ap- and church choirs. It presents almost designed not already have them, The Child Bach low Advance Offer Cash are similar in style position and to the with a view to giving the reader a sound and The Child Mozart. These are the Tenderly Jesus is Calling; Oh Love That ply only to orders placed NOW . every conceivable vocal action—staccato studies, although much less fundamental legato, the vowel mould, “Hanon” knowledge of quick transi- first two of the “Childhood Days of Will Not Let Me Go; Lead On, O King Delivery (postpaid ) will be made and scooping Both clefs are used from the tion from key to key. Fairest Lord Jesus; and when the books are published. and drooping, note values and beating, difficult. While it is not in- Famous Composers” series and will be Eternal; many and all exercises are in com- tended to be a fully hymns. None of these THE COVER FOR THIS MONTH—The THE RECITAL SEASON—In the beautiful Paragraphs describing each pub- humming, consonants, breathing, time beginning, comprehensive sur- sent to you immediately upon receipt of other well known photograph used schools lication appear on these pages in the Key of C. The technical vey of the subject, it arrangements will go beyond the pianistic as the basis for the months ahead. May and June, and tone intervals, and sustained tone. mon time, covers it in such a the regular price of 35 cents for either cover of this issue of The Etude is teachers will be presenting pupils in covered include diatonic pas- way as to give the student abilities of the average Church or Sun- a and Reviews and test questions appear at problems a thorough one, or 70 cents for both. Delivery of The charming one that would be acceptable recitals and concerts that exhibit the sages, repeated notes, intervals up to the understanding of the processes involved Child Haydn will be made to Advance day School pianist. These transcriptions Album of Marches for the Organ 60 proper intervals, together with a com- at any season of the year, it year to the Coit-Bampton .20 legato and staccato phrasings. and, through skilfull have not been overly embellished or but appealed progress made during the The Child Haydn posite examination at the end of the fifth, and application, prepa- of Publication subscribers as soon as the Finger Fun Adler .20 to us as particularly suited to the April parents, relatives and friends who at- Reserve a copy now at the special ration for more general benefits from book comes off the press. made too ornate, thus the devotional Gems of Masterworks for the Organ book. The material is highly objective issue of Publication cash price of his carefully this year because of its reminder tehd. These recitals have proved of much Tonner .60 and may be used for periodic examina- Advance achievements. The twelve chapters, mood of each piece has been More Concert Transcriptions of Favorite of the triumphant anthems that will value, especially to piano teachers, voice 20 cents, postpaid, delivery to be made set down in uninvolved terms, present preserved. The arrangements bring the Hymns ...Kohlmann .45 tions of general choral classes. GEMS OF MASTERWORKS FOR THE OR- arise in churches everywhere in our land teachers, those who teach the various Duet the completion of publication de- well devised discussions melody to the fore, and are so much and Nutcracker Suite— Piano Accompanying this student’s book, and upon of such matters with Hammond Organ Registration- Tschaikowsky-Felton i.00 GAN— on Easter Sunday. solo instruments. tails. as the scale members, intervals, triads, more attractive than the traditional Our Latin-American Neighbors. ... Richter .40 of special interest to the instructor, is Compiled and Arranged by Paul Tonner The picture shows but Publishers have had Peery .50 dominant four part arrangements of hymns played a few of the This season the Practical Keyboard Modulation the Teacher’s Manual, which correlates and diminished seventh chords, so many years ago Presser’s Two- Book —Not seventy members of the choir of Western many calls for suitable' material for Read This and Sing!—Student's SECOND PIANO PART—by Robert T. Ben- inversions, the major and minor modes, on the piano. .Dengler .25 and expands the material in Read This Staff Organ Book (1.00) appeared in College, Oxford, Ohio. This choir is con- Concerts and because of the un- ford— to Thompson’s Tuneful Tusks—Many paralleled keys, These transcriptions may be used as Spring Read This and Sing!—Teacher's Manual and Sing!, the student’s book, lesson by and modulating with, a music stores throughout the country, Dengler 1.00 ducted by Dr. Everett B. Helm. (See usually large classes most teachers are piano teachers, who value the educa- melody. There will be many musical illus- special music in Church or Sunday Reverential Anthems Baines .25 lesson. By itself, the Teacher’s Manual and, before long, the publishers and Page 196 of this issue for further de- having, the demand for piano ensemble tional advantages of having two pianos trations are in singable keys, thus Second Piano Part to Bach's Fifteen Two- constitutes one of the most remarkable as well as supplementary pages many dealers discovered that thousands School. They Inventions Vene .35 tails on this choir.) music has been especially noted. Fortu- Part in their studios, are constantly looking showing modulations to all intervals. making effective accompaniments for Piano Part Thompson's Tuneful essays upon the art of singing that has of organists prefer music issued in this Second to interesting nately many fine compositions and ar- Tasks Benford .35 for new and ensemble ma- In advance of publication, a single solo or group singing. been published in many years It is a manner, with the pedal notes indicated for pianos, and for one Themes from the Great Operas Levine .40 Mr. Benford’s Second Piano Part is in preparation now. How- PLANNING COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES rangements two terials. copy of Practical Keyboard Modulation left notes This book Thy God Reigneth —Cantata.. Keating .40 mine of valuable information, presenting on the same staff as the hand piano four hands, have been issued in to John Thompson’s Tuneful Tasks be ever, an order for one single copy will —It would take many pages to list all of — Twenty Piano Duet Transcriptions of clearly and carefully all the attributes may ordered at the special intro- of the manuals. Realizing that many of recent years. Favorite Hymns Kohlmann .60 will prove to be another helpful teach- be accepted at the special Advance of the many different choruses, solo num- of the art, with accepted authorities ductory cash price of 50 cents, postpaid. these play Hammond Organs suggested But, after all, the real thrill for the ing aid In the field of two piano litera- Publication cash price of 45 cents. bers, band pieces, orchestra selections, quoted in substantiation of the author’s registrations for this fine instrument are cantatas, operettas, etc. utilized in pupil in these recitals is the individual ture. com- conclusions. The Teacher’s Manual is a A SECOND PIANO PART-lo the Fifteen given in this new book as well as the mencement exercises conducted in schools personal appearance in a solo number The Second Piano Part is written in General Cantata “must” for every progressive vocal Two-Part Inventions of BACH, by Ruggero customary registration indications for THY GOD REIGNETH—A and colleges throughout America, but before the public. Careful selection by OUR LATIN- AMERICAN NEIGHBORS—/or the same grade of difficulty as are the or small. the Volunteer Choir, by Lawrence Keat- teacher, choral leader, or choirmaster. Vene—No pianist’s training is complete standard organs, large for any of them can the teacher of appropriate music is, Piano, Compiled and Arranged by Ada numbers in Tuneful Tasks. This makes be obtained of the In advance of publication, both books without a study of the Bach Inventions. Naturally the arrangements of these ing—This is a non-seasonal cantata of Theodore Presser Co., Phila. therefore, most essential. Presser’s “On Richter—Here is another delightful little it possible for pupils to change parts difficulty for average vol- 1, Pa. are offered at prices far below the retail To add interest to them, we are happy “masterworks” keep in mind the less- medium the The well-organized mail order service Sale Plan” affords every teacher a most book from Mrs. Richter’s “workshop,” in thus giving additional training and op- unteer choir. Mr. Keating, well known list price, with postage prepaid. A single to announce the forthcoming volume, experienced player, but all of them have of the Theodore Presser practical means of making such selec- which her skill and discernment again portunity for sight singing. Students will Co. is a great copy of Read This and Sing! may be Second Piano Part to the Bach Fifteen sufficient dignity to satisfy the performer for his melodic gift, especially in sacred convenience each pre-commencement tions. Single copies of any piece cata- are most evident. For the present collec- find them interesting due to the unique ordered now at 25 cents; the Teacher’s Two Part Inventions by Ruggero Vene. in the larger churches, too. Included in music, has answered a need for the av- season to those responsible for planning logued in the “largest stock of music in tion this gifted and ever alert lady re- rhythmic characteristics, After Christmas or Manual at $1.00. and melodic With the increasing interest in two- the material offered are the Andante erage choir director. the musical portions of commencement the world” may be had for 30 days’ ex- sorted to the musical lore of our neigh- thus they will make excellent numbers this splendid piano playing, this arangement will soon from the “First Symphony” by Brahms; Easter there is a gap which amination request. Or, bors to the south, where programs. This mail order service in- upon you may ask she found a for any recital program. can fill, and keep the interest of THEMES FROM THE GREAT OPERAS-For establish itself as a most useful volume the familiar Prelude in E minor by work cludes the privilege of obtaining single Presser’s staff of experienced clerks to treasury of engaging folk material. Hence, A single copy of the Second Piano Part Piano Solo, Compiled by Henry Levine— for the serious piano student. Chopin; Interlude by Hassler; the Largo the choir at its highest peak. copies of music selections for examina- make the selection for you. the contents will present a number of the may be ordered at the special Advance The success Mr. Levine has won through In this arrangement the original In- from the “New World Symphony” by The text which includes Scriptural tion. You may name numbers you would Whichever method is chosen, just write lovely, rhythmic airs to which these of Publication cash price of 35 cents, pastor or a his practical transcriptions for piano vention is played at the first piano. The Dvorak; the Prelude from the “l’Arle- passages, to be read by the Co., like to have “On Approval’’ or you may Theodore Presser 1712 Chestnut St., music-loving and romantic people dance, kfr postpaid. Delivery will be made as soon signifies not only his special talents in second piano parts are faithful to the sienne Suite” by Bizet—quite a variety, special narrator, has been selected by simply describe the type of cantata, Philadelphia (1), Pa., giving details as to play, and give voice in song. as the book is released from press. that direction, but also the general need original Bach structures, and they in indeed—and selections from effective Elsie Duncan Yale. The musical score choruses, instrumental numbers, or what- the type of music needed, the number of The material chosen for Our Latin- for the kind of arrangement in which he no way attempt to introduce new melodic compositions of Bach, Handel, Franck, consists of well conceived numbers for ever other classification of musical se- pupils scheduled to participate, the American Neighbors reflects Mrs. Rich- TWENTY PIANO DUET TRANSCRIPTIONS excells. The enthusiastic acceptance and or contrapuntal material, but adhere Mendelssohn, and other great composers chorus and solo voices, each number hav- lections you may want to examine to grades of music they can perform, etc. ter’s excellent judgment in matters of OF FAVORITE IIYMNS, by Clarence Kohl- congregation. wide usage of his popular collections. perfectly to the harmonic and rhythmic for the organ. ing a direct appeal to the work out your definite program. A good and ask that a selection be sent, or that adaptation to teaching purposes. The mann—After each group of transcriptions single of this cantata Themes from the Great Piano Con- style of Bach. There is still time this month to order A copy new may choice of representative numbers in each the pieces you have selected be for- arrangements will be about grade two in that Clarence Kohlmann does there is certos, and Themes from the Great These Second Piano Parts will include a copy of this book at the special advance be ordered at the special Advance of classification then would be sent for- warded for examination. Piano, violin, difficulty, and words for the songs will be always an insistent demand for more. Symphonies, has established this fact. the original Bach music above them (in of publication cash price, 60 cents, post- Publication cash price of 40 cents, post- ward to you charged “On Approval,” and and vocal music may be had, and if spe- printed between the staves. The book It is natural, therefore, that Mr. Kohl- This third compilation by Mr. Levine, score) in small notes. They will become paid. Copyright restrictions, however, paid. Delivery will be made upon release any or all numbers sent “On Approval” cial recitals are planned a matchless will be attractively illustrated, and among mann’s phenomenally successful Con- now in preparation, bids fair also to valuable material for the progressive confine the sale to the U.S.A. and its from the press. may be returned for full credit provided stock of choruses, baccalaureate anthems, the contents will be: La Golondrina; cert Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns make a place all its own, if we are to piano teacher's library, as well as a de- possessions. they have not been used in any way. Of cantatas, operettas and piano recital La Paloma; Tu Tu Maramba; Carmela; for Piano Solo, should be followed by OF PUBLICATION OFFER WITH- judge by the interest centered in its light to the professional two piano team. ADVANCE course, it is understood that any num- playlets also is available. Catalogs and Cielito Undo; and El Choclo. a similar collection arranged for one DRAWN—Advance subscribers, especially publication. This, however, does not sur- While this work is in preparation, a ALBUM OF MARCHES FOR THE ORGAN- bers decided upon from such selections descriptive literature may be obtained Prior to publication, an order for a piano, four hands. The contents, how- piano teachers who recognize the value of prise us for, like its predecessors, it will single copy may be ordered at the spe- In the repertory of the busy church or- will be ordered of the Presser Co. free of charge. single copy of this engaging book may ever, do not duplicate the solo album but Mr. Lemont’s instructive materials, will reflect the compiler’s careful judgment cial Advance of Publication cash price ganist marches always are necessary; to Our unequalled stocks of music of all be placed at the Advance of Publication offer in piano another choice welcome the announcement that his lat- as to content and rare discernment re- duet form Delivery will be fraternal societies, the publishers of 35 cents, postpaid. the organist of and our experienced clerks are NUTCRACKER SUITE P. I. Tschaikowsky, cash price of 40 cents, postpaid. selection of favorite hymns, including est work now is available and that copies by garding practicability usefulness. In after publication. gatherings, they at and made immediately performer at community your service to help you find just the arranged, for Piano Duet by William M. Fel- In the Cross Christ I Glory; The may be obtained from music dealers, difficulty the book will range from grade of absolutely essential. An album of well right material for this very are important ton— he Nutcracker Suite is probably REVERENTIAL King of Love My Shepherd Is; Nearer, or for examination from the publishers. ANTHEMS, by William four to grade six. selected marches represents a convenience representation of music in the com- the universally My CHILD HAYDN—Childhood Days of Fa- most loved of all the Baines—Well known for his ability as God, To Thee; O Perfect Love; Rock THE This note is to announce that the spe- a Themes from the Great Operas will Ellsworth Coit and an economy to almost any organist. mencement exercises. compositions of Tschaikowsky. Mr. Fel- composer, the of Ages; When Morning Gilds the Skies; mous Composers, by Lottie cial advance of publication price is with- works of William Baines include some standard arrangements as so many have taken With help shortages requiring All children love Probably this is why more ton, whose great skill as an arranger is are always awaited and Abide With Me. and Ruth Bampton— drawn and to give a brief description of with eager interest well as some new ones made especially of the special advance of pub- time in mail deliveries, filling Haydn is a story about advantage of orders, well known, has succeeded beautifully in and Reverential Mr. Kohlmann has been careful in stories. The Child Sixteen Short Etudes for Technic and Anthems is no excep- by Mr. Levine for this The contents 60 cents, postpaid, to order and transportation services on book. Haydn, perhaps lication price, packages, preserving the colorful characteristics of tion. Included are numbers selecting the keys to use only those the boyhood of “Papa” Phrasing Cedric Lemont, the most recent written will represent the present day operatic of this new compilation. by it is a wise procedure in these days to in the most human of the great com- copies this engaging score with its fascinating especially for this collection, in addition which the hymns are usually sung so one of addition to Presser’s “Music Mastery repertoire with excellent pianistic ver- enshrined, like In order to serve as many as possible a act as early as possible since delaying rhythmic charm. to well that these for posers whose names are established numbers, which are sions of giubba arrangements can be used marches has been Series.” Designed especially to supple- until the last minute such favorites as; Vesti la musical heavens. wide variety of organ may mean em- This new piano duet arrangement of the also available separately. both playing and singing. The book, stars, forever, in the third fourth grade book by Leoncavallo; the lovely Barcarolle addition to marches that may ment the and barrassing disappointments. Nutcracker therefore, captures the essence and flavor chosen. In Suite is for students between Scriptural texts are used as a has a dual purpose and repre- This book of any standard graded course of piano general from “The Tales of Hoffmann”; the lilt- be used in school and community meet- It is also important in ordering or de- grades four and six. The entire sents a of Haydn and by combining story, illus- Suite rule and special numbers for Christmas, ing practical investment. It will be instruction this work provides melodious Waltz from “Faust”; My Heart at makes a three-way ings, patriotic affairs, lodge ceremonies, scribing music wanted “On Approval” to is given complete, including the Over- Easter, and the Lenten Season found useful in accompanying singing tration and music, practice material for the various phases round out Thy Sweet Voice, from “Samson and there are many for the church or- overlook no detail, such as for what ture; March; in the child mind which is bound etc. Dance of the Candy Fairy; the contents of this collection of Church or Sunday School as well as appeal to of technic it is essential that the student dignified Delilah”; the Habanera and the Torea- ganist to play at Christmas, Easter, voices and how many parts (i.e. treble Russian to the imagination, broaden the Dance; Arabian Dance; Chinese and melodious anthems written especially give pleasure and enjoyment in the to enrich master in these grades. There are etudes dor's Song from “Carmen”; and the pop- creative urge Thanksgiving, and other church festi- voices two-part; treble voices three-part; Dance; Dance of the Reed Pipes; and for use by the average home. horizon, and stimulate the playing, volunteer choir. ular Celeste Chorus for postludes throughout that cover scale octaves, legato treble voices four-part; men’s Aida and Triumphal formative years. vals, as well as voices; Waltz of the Flowers. To be certain of obtaining By ordering now at the special Ad- during the thirds and sixths, repeated notes, chords, a copy for from "Aida.” different None should prove too difficult mixed voices four-part (S.A.T.B.) mixed You can be sure of receiving About one dozen vance in the music are piano solo the year. ; one of your reference library send of Publication cash price of 60 Included arpeggios, etc. An ample amount of study 25 cents in operas will organist, and both play- three-part (S.A.B.) etc.) be represented. arrangements, of for the average voices ; cantatas the first copies upon publication cents, adaptations, in easy by cash today to cover the cost of postpaid, you will receive a copy material is provided for the equal devel- a single A single copy of this book may be or- of the standard organ and the Ham- or choruses are desired or for what voices ordering now at the special of this the Gypsy Rondo; Sur- ers cash price copy at the special Advance of book as soon as it is published. excerpts from opment of both hands. Price, 60 cents. Publica- dered at the special Advance of Publica- will find appropriate registration or instruments solo selections are re- of $1.00, postpaid. The Emperor’s Hymn; mond tion price. Delivery will be sale, however, is confined to the prise Symphony”; ” made as soon tion cash price of 40 cents, postpaid. The suggestions given with each piece. “MUSIC STUDY EXALTS LIFE quested. copies United Symphony”; and a duet arrange- as are released from the press. States and its possessions. “Clock sale, however, is limited to U.S.A. Advertisement Advertisement 251 250 THE ETUDE APRIL, 1944 . - ..

From my window I could see the peak Violinist’s Piano Practice Game of the Breithorn in the Italian Alps. I The Forum determined to get to the top of that Bound on a mule and strapped (Continued from Page 213) That Is Fnn mountain. to a sack of hay as a back support, ac- guide and other companied by an Italian must be at the opposite side of the scroll ( Continued from Page 196) ascent. mountain climbers, I started the or peg-box from which the peg enters, My "entire weight had to be steadied by and that the peg must be pushed firmly two-way plug in one of the lamps for a achieved with- my hands, but nothing is into the peg-hole as it is being turned. “Which songs by warning light. But most impressive of all, American composers shall I use?” out effort and suspense. My hands were few minutes spent in experimenting above the piano was a huge sign which A very badly blistered before I reached the with the different pegs will show my husband had lettered, RADIO STA- you TION JAH PRESENTS THE JIMMIE peak. what fingers to use and how they should “When I looked out over the marvelous MIGHTY LAK' A ROSE wn i rv twp wkp HENRY MUSICAL HOUR. be placed, but it may be a week or two WILL O' THE WISP valleys and the cloud-draped hills, I had i'bouquet before you become accustomed to tuning By Ethelbert Nevin By Charles Gilbert Spross Young Jim was excited as if it were LOVE LIFE a sense of conquest such as I never had this way. Published for Published for Christmas. He stepped up to the micro- By Mana-Zucca or since a kind of HIGH in experienced before — Incidentally, few people are aware VOICE A (Range E to F- HIGH VOICE in F (Range c oj! .3aicinating practical, phone and from the radio came his voice that Sharp) Published for , super-exaltation that made me realize .50R to g, opt. b-flat) 60T in playing with the piano, greater ac- LOW VOICE in (Range saying, “Do you use Sudsy Soap, the only MEDIUM VOICE in G (Range d to E) .50R HIGH VOICE in C g that my chains were cast off. It made to D, opt. F) 60T curacy can be obtained by tuning the LOW VOICE in F F (Range F to soap that contains Vitamin B?” Spaced (Range c to D) . . . .50R 'WUcJJlAicL me see that often one can accomplish F) 60T CHORUS — Treble Voices, G string to a low C major, chord VOCAL DUET in G (High and Low Three Parts 12 by brief commercials at the end of each VOICE in the seemingly impossible if one has the Voices) Arr. by Paul Bliss -50R LOW CHORUS — Treble Voices, fifteen-minute period, that was his most D (Range d Four Parts 15 deep desire and determination to do so CHORUS—Mixed Voices, Four Parts. .10 to D) .60T enthusiastic practice. ORCH. ACC. TO HIGH and is willing to make the sacrifice. CHORUS—Three Parts, S. A. B .15 VOCAL DUET VOICE (Rental Only) We had been afraid that in a few days CHORUS Treble Voices, Four Parts. (T. and Bar.) .60 ORCH. ACC. TO CHORUS— There is no stimulant such as victory — .10 the novelty might wear off, but that was CHORUS Treble Voices, Three Part Treble (Rental CHARLES GILBERT SPROSS then tuning the other — Three Parts .10 CHORUS— over oneself and combating obstacles. No and strings from Mixed Voices Only) not the case. He added brief plays to his CHORUS—Treble Voices, Two Parts. .10 ORCH. ACC. TO CHORUS—Four Part, Treble one else will secure victory for us. We the G, than by the traditional A string (Arr. R. R. program, and every time I went to bake QUARTET OR CHORUS. Men’s Voices .10 Peery) 12 (Rental Only) must achieve it ourselves. Of course there tuning. The G tuning brings the A and TRANS PIANO I was liable to discover that he had bor- FOR By Carlyle Dav.is .50R CHORUS— will be blisters, but they are soon healed E strings very slightly sharp in relation WALTZ FOR PIANO Men’s Voices rowed my egg beater or pie plates to use MANA-ZUCCA LET ALL LIFE BE and forgotten when success comes. to the same notes on the piano, while By Frank W. McKee .65R (Arr. F. Moore) .15 MY MUSIC for sound effects. One day his music les- PIANO SOLO By Wm. M. Felton.... .35R CHORUS—Treble Voices, Three Parts (Arr. “The victory that came with reaching the A tuning throws the G and D strings By Charles Gilbert Spross son contained a piece imitating falling (Easy) VIOLIN PIANO— C. G. Spross) 15 VIOLIN & PIANO & 75 Published for the zenith of a mountain was symbolical, somewhat flat. Neil Thorpe .50R Arr. by Michael Banner .50R ORCH. ACC. TO HIGH VOICE rain drops. He was delighted. “Show me By 75 HIGH VOICE in E-flat (Range F to a) PIANO .50R PIPE ORGAN— ORCH. ACC. TO LOW VOICE .65R of course, but it helped my spirit there- Easy and accurate tuning is an art, ’CELLO & LOW VOICE in C (Range d to F-sharp) 65R how to play like the wind and like a SAX. PIANO . .50R Arr. by Sidney Durst .50R E-FLAT ALTO CHORUS—Treble Voices, Three Parts 18 after in conducting my studio success- and one that is worthy of some study, for SAX. WITH CORNET & PIANO .50R storm,’’ he begged his teacher. That was E-FLAT ALTO ORCH. ACC. IN C TO LOW VOICE 75 .75 ACC. .75 fully for years, and at the same time it is an aid to a good performance and ORCH. ACC ORCH. TO EACH VOICE THE TOP O' THE MORNIN' the beginning of his interest in music for BAND .75 ORCHESTRA (Hesitation) 1.15 doing my own housework and participat- starts the player off with a confidence 1.50 (Fox Trot) By Mana-Zucca its own sake. BAND (Waltz Hesitation) ORCHESTRA .95 ing in a host of community enterprises. that will help to conquer stage fright. Published for YESTERDAY AND TODAY He is now twelve years old. Long ago in IRange F to F) 50T After all, our lives are partly wasted if HIGH VOICE E By Charles Gilbert Spross he outgrew the need for his radio game, Desire) MEDIUM VOICE in E-flat (Range E-flat to we cannot our efforts MON DESIR (My 50T Published for expand to help E-flat I still it though he plays sometimes. Each HIGH VOICE in A-flat (Range E to a-flat) others. Horace Mann, in a Commence- By Ethelbert Nevin LOW VOICE in C (Range c to Cl 50T 50T evening, without being told, he practices CHORUS—Treble Voices. Three Parts 15 LOW VOICE in E-flat (Range b to E-flat) 50T Published for ment address at Antioch College nearly CHORUS—Men s Voices 15 CHORUS—Treble Voices, Three Parts 15 ERNEST LA PRADE his full hour, and more. Almost top on his ORCH. ACC. IN A-FLAT TO a century ago, made a memorable state- HIGH VOICE in C-sharp minor (Range c sharp to g-sharp) .60R HIGH VOICE 75 Christmas list this year was a request for LOW VOICE in B-flat minor (Range b-fiat to F) .60R ment: ‘Be ashamed to die until you have a season’s ticket to the symphony. Be- CHORUS—Treble Voices. Three Parts .12 .40 THE SWEETEST FLOWER WHAT SCIENCE IS DOING won some victory for humanity.’ PIANO SOLO ( Valse Lente) THE LAST HOUR cause his abilities lie in another direc- NEW Mailing CHORUS—Mixed (Arr. R. R. Peery) .15 FOR OUR MUSICAL TOMORROW “Remember that every victory we THAT BLOWS tion, I doubt if he will ever use his music By A. Walter Kramer Ernest La Prade, whose name is known to achieve cannot fail to be an example for By Chat. B. Hawley Published for music students from coast to coast for his ex- professionally, but I do know that as long pert supervision of broadcasts of educational others Isn’t that in itself a goal worth DEEVER Published for HIGH VOICE in as he lives it will beautify and enrich his DANNY music, tells what wonders we may expect in Procedures G (Range E to the post-war working for?” HIGH VOICE in A-flat (Range E-flat to g) .50R period. life. By Walter Damrosch g-sharp) 50T LOW VOICE in E-flat (Range b-flat to D) .50R THE LAST HOUR THE INSTRUMENT Published for VOCAL DUET in G (High and Medium MEDIUM VOICE Voices) 50R in C (Range c- WITH 253 MILLION to MEDIUM VOICE in G-minor (Range j jfcy Voices, Four Parts 10 sharp to F) for Better Service i CHORUS—Mixed 50T a to Fi 75R CHORUS Treble Voices, Four Parts 12 TONAL COLOR COMBINATIONS > — LOW VOICE in 08 *1 V Men’s Voices 10 CHORUS—Men’s Voices QUARTET OR CHORUS, B-flat (Range b Ethel Eti'we Smith, brilliant Hammond Organ per- Subscribers of The ORCH. ACC. TO MEDIUM VOICE to E-flat) former, tells Doron K. Antrim how she gets the 50T (Rental ID0SDS BV^^ effects you hear on her very popular broadcasts Rolling Her Way To classified ads Only) CHORUS RUDYRRD KIPLING — Mixed over the air. IN MAYTIME Voices, Four suc- Parts 12 With this issue and for several DflNNV DEEVER By Oley Speaks WHY MANY PIANO PUPILS Triumph COMPETENT CHOIlt DIRECTOR de- YOUTH AND SPRING CHORUS — sires full-time position issues the publishers of -ORIONAl EDITION Published for NEVER PASS in Protestant "ceeding Treble Voices, Church. Excellent training, background, By Irving A. el INTEBNATIONOLLV The Etude are giving trial to mail- Stein HIGH VOICE in E-flat (Range F to g) 60R Three Parts 12 THE FOURTH CRADE experience. Tenor soloist. Draft deferred, FAMOUS (.Continued from Page 247) Published for LOW VOICE in C (Range d to E-flat) 60R 4. WALTER KRAMER married. Age 40. Prefer post in the subscriber- QUARTET OR Dr. LeRoy B. Campbell has studied this prob- New ing procedures delivering CHORUS—Mixed Voices 10 * York area or New England states. 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BACH’S THE LITURGICAL YEAR HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS (FORTY-FIVE ORGAN CHORALS) RIEMENSCHNEIDER (ONE THOUSAND EXAMPLES) ED. by ALBERT By S. BACH Price, $2.25 By KENT GANNETT Price, $1.00 J.

harmony and forty-five chorales which Bach wrote for This exhaustive treatise is an aid to students of Piano Compositions This book contains counterpoint. The examples have been culled from Bach Chorale different occasions throughout the Church year. This set is interval and each Liturgical Year. The type of chorale 371 Vierstimmige Choralgesange. Each diatonic S. known in America as the By J. BACH repeated note of the major and minor scale is illustrated with found here is the simplest in which Bach cast the form of his twenty different harmonizations. Also examples of harmonization Edited by EBENEZER PROUT Choral Prelude. The melody is treated simply without episode of the chromatic scales are included. This book tells why the between verse line. With two exceptions the melody appears in VOLS. (Ditson’s Musicians’ Library) music of Bach has been a basis on which most of the treatises TWO the soprano in all the Preludes of this collection. This is a work of harmony have been built. The book may be used to supple- edited in the true Bach tradition. Serious Bach students cannot Very few authentic editions of Bach exist; this ment work assigned in any standard text on harmony or counter- afford to neglect a comprehensive study of this work, which is especially true since the beginning of the point. Students may use this as a guide in knowing how to har- represents a knowledge of Bach as a man and a musician. present war. Bach enthusiasts who accept only monize doubtful passages in theory work. Bach is still the great editions based on manuscripts which Bach him- master of all times and music students will do well to acquaint (Published by O. D. Co.) self edited and corrected, will undoubtedly want themselves with this valuable guide to his writings. to study these two volumes. Of the three most D. Co.) THE ORGAN (Published by O. authentic editions of Bach, this is the only one printed in America, thus making it quite acces- STUDENT’S SIX ORGAN SIXTY CHORALES sible to those desiring best editions. Detailed CHORALS analysis of ornaments and notation as well as BACH Harmonized by J. S. BACH (SCHUBLER) TWENTY a descriptive analysis of each work is included TWENTY-THREE SELECTED and EDITED in these books. By S. BACH CHORALES by PERCY GOETSCHIUS ORGAN COMPOSITIONS J. Edited by ALBERT (Also a CHORALE (Mus. Doc.) Volume 1—SHORTER COMPOSITIONS By J. S. BACH PRELUDE a This collection of Chorales RIEMENSCHNEIDER & Included are the Little Preludes, selected Edited by H. ROGERS FUGUE) stately, plain and ascetic and J. movements from Suites, several complete Suites eminent so keeping with their sacred as- While primarily intended for Edited by an By J. S. BACH Taken sociations is inseparably con- and selected Two and Three Part Inventions. instructional purposes, organ- Bach authority. identified with the forms, Arranged and Edited by nected and ists will find the contents of from the original German Protestant Church. on McCON- Volume 2—LARGER COMPOSITIONS this attractive and compara- this edition is based OSBOURNE Choral directors will appreciate material information ATHY, RUSSELL V. tively little known authentic the splendid arrangement of Selected English Suites, Partitas, Toccatas, church and recital utilized in MORGAN and suitable for never before of these works in which the work. The compositions in- applying the known HARRY F. CLARKE original style has been so care- Fantasias, Italian Concerto, Chromatic Fantasia cluded are technically within basis of Bach’s phras- fully preserved. and Fugue and other works. organist’s For Use in the School the grasp of the ing. Each choral is pre- Price, cents years of development, and Community 75 earlier sented in three versions. Price of Each Volume, $2.50 and consist of some of the most Instrumental Ensemble (Published by O. D. Co.) The first is a four-part beautiful chorals and Preludes (Published by O. D. Co.) harmonization with the This volume is ar- in all Bach’s music. The editor original words included. ranged according to the THIRTY CHORALES gives a practical registration can organ of moderate size. The second version pre- A-B-C-D Plan and Harmonized by J. S. BACH for an be used with every pos- sents the choral in pure for VOICES $1.75 sible type of instru- Arranged MEN’S Price, text with the use of alto mental ensemble imagi- by PERCY GOETSCHIUS BACH ALBUM FOR PIANO (Published by O. D. Co.) and tenor clefs, thus nable. A classification (Mus. Doc.) 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