Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 5-1-1954 Volume 72, Number 05 (May 1954) Guy McCoy Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation McCoy, Guy. "Volume 72, Number 05 (May 1954)." , (1954). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/107 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Concerning Interpr tat ion , ...•• ..,..Si.da y ri s' orld II.,.. ''''d GraY'S Protecting th orld' aluabl ical In trum nt .hi... f,.ds C"ie •• nd w tly Trilled the Fipple Flut ' L,..... The mall tart cr._ •• T_",,, n American Choir in Europe Gar,. f. Stricilia, our-Year Old Bang the Bald In GenIItIa. GarY'Y Too Old? Don't You Belie e it! LaM .. AT BOB JONES UNIVERSITY FROM WURLITZER COURSES LEADING TO THE BACHELOR OF ARTS LeTTeRS A fine new home organ T 0 T n E E D ITO R AND THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES you can learn to play in a single evening "National Activation of String h~re was discouraged to find one College of Arts and Science ... School of Religion Instruction" violinist (and that one a two year School of Fine Arts ... School of Business ... School of Education Sir: The article "National Acti- student of mine) in the orchestra. Prove it to yourself by sending in the vation of String] nstructiou" in the "I'm going to get fifteen," he told coupon below for a free easy lesson. February. ETUDE interested me me, and my young heginuers said very much as this season I, my- a class in ensemble playing was to self, have been delighted La see a be given instruction Saturday GRADUATE STUDY IN RELIGION AND FINE ARTS revival of interest in violin. Up to mornings, so I surmise my friend three years ago my violin students has "done something" about it! If had gradually grown fewer till I only we had a few who would take had no beginners at all. J blamed up cello, we could do much more, THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION OFFERS GRADUATE AND SEMINARY DEGREES it largely on television as mothers but although there have been two INCLUDING THE MASTER OF ARTS AND THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN told me this absorbed all their cellos offered at the schools, no one shows any desire to study it. No BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, AS WELL AS THE BACHELOR OF DIVINITY attention. 1 decided to teach ele- one is stronger for promoting DEGREE. mentary piano as l felt it neces- sary to make my music and years interest in strings than I. T hope we THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP CO of experience yield me some in- all. Illay increase it. TO THE SCRIPTURESAND THE STRONG EVANG MB/NED WITH UNCOMPROMISING LOYALTY come. This year I have twelve EvelYll Fellows OOers Woonsocket, R. I. MAKE THIS THE IDEAL INSTITUTION IN WHICH ;~S;~~EEMGPHASIS OF B08 JONES UNIVERSITY violin students, nearly ail of them RADUA TE OR SEMINARY TRAINING, good material, capable of becom- ing at least fairly good players. 1 "Impressions of a MusicHI Joul'ncy 10 Afrien" THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS OFFERS T feel that when a teacher has a good MUSIC OR SPEECH AND THE MA HE MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN sized class, one can group certain Sir: As a keen subscriber to O F1NE your magazine for several years BINED FIELDS OF M'USIC, SPEECH, A :T. ARTS DEGREE IN THE COM- ones together and show them the ~~e: pleasure to be gained from en- now, I was very interested to read semble playing, their interest is so Andor Foldes' article, "Impres- STUDENTS HAVE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES stimulated and tlrey develop ambi- sions of a Music Journey to EXPERIENCE IN THE EXERCISE OF TALEN FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND PRACTICAL tion. Before this "spirit" of desire Africa" (Dec. 1953); as I know so many of the people and places A TALENTED AND WELL-TRAINED FAC~L:;.HILE TAKING THEIR ACADEMIC TRAINING UNDER to start violin almost every young- ster would make such a face at that he visited, and it was inter- the idea-c-t'Oh no!" (they'd say) esting to hear what he thought of our "musically not quite explored Music, speech, and art at no extra cost abo» -and T know that mothers r gular acad, nne tuition strongly preferred listening to a Continent!" . piano beginner! 1 am a music teacher at one of I offer to have my young violin our youngest schools-The Frank- Academy and seventh d' 1 1 J an elgntn graaes In connection beginners-e-lf they live near me- lin D. Roosevelt Girls' High School in Salisbury. I still find time to FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8 come in for a few minutes daily (they leave their violin with me), keep up my studies, particularly offers you a new kind of easy- until they acquire correct position. singing. When a student, I was We don't promise a miracle. We don't say you'll turn into an . play course. No long drills. No .privileged to be able to attend both I train each hand separately at accomplished organist in one boring exercises. You start play- BOB JONES U IVERSITY first, as they can concentrate only our own Rhodesian College of evening. But we do say you'll ing tunes your very first evening. on one thing at a time. Thus in the Music, a most flourishing concern be able to play several tunes. (Most folks have actually in Salisbury, and also the South Even if you've never done any- learned their first tune in just GREENVIllE, SOUTH CAROLINA first two weeks or so they have not 15 minutes.) African College of Music in Cape thing more musical than sing been allowed to form bad habits in the shower. Prove it to yourself. Let us and the parents are surprised at Town, when Dr. Eric Chisholm What makes this possible is send you Lesson I free. It won't their progress. We all know that first came out to South Africa to the Wurlitzer Spinette. This is cost you a penny to get all the material you need to express their practice at home, at first, is be its director. a magnificent new home organ created by the same people who yourself in music at a Wurlitzer. beset with difficulties and this Mr. Nat Kolsky, whom Mr. SUMMER SESSION - JUNE 7 - JULY 10 gave America the "Mighty Write today, other way, 110 tirue or effort is Foldes mentioned as being head of Wurlitzer." You just plug it in GRADUATE AND UNDER wasted. J have always loved the the East Africa Ccnservatoire of and more than 1,000 superb FREE BOOKLET IN THE VARIOUS DEPAR;~:~~~ATE COURSES fJ I: ;'.1' instrument, and at 70 it still makes Music, was then on the staff of the tones-a full orchestra-are How to play s ; ;;; ,. my life full. I studied with Harold South African College of Music, yours to command. WORKSHOP IN MUSIC SPE "But I don't know music," an organ in TWO-WEEK SESSION' ECH, AND ART """'" - r f! Berkley in '47, the Summer course and was a 1110st popular teacher. you say. "Wou't it take ages for one evening - JUNE 7 - 19 he gives, and got a great deal out As students, we went to many of me to catch on to a fine organ THREE-WEEK SESSION of it. the concerts given by the Cape like this?" Not now. Wurlitzer r'~I:-J~I;~:~~1:1~~~crCO~l~::; SIX HOURS CREDIT CA~U~: :~R-~~~ Y 10 I notice the schools have sud- Town Municipal. Orchestra which Rox h-1". N. I Oll;lwalu]H, N. Y. 1 l.ct me Prvvv to myself I call learn 10 play IN TELEVISION, RADIO, CINEM denly taken up a decision to create was conducted by Enrique J orda, I the IlCW Wuelltzcr SpiliCIIC in all evening. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC A, more interest in strings-more and most stimulating they were! 'NURLOZER I Send Loseou I free. power to them! A friend of mille Here in Rhodesia, however, Salis- Name _ PRODUCTION, CHALK TALK ORGANS I who has assumed the position of bury is growing up fast, and every I Address _ Patterned in the tradition of the ART IN RELIGIOUS ADVERTISING day sees the erection of some new orchestra and band leader of the "Mighty Wurlitzer" I City -7.0110' _ EVANGELISTIC MUSIC, ETC, ' Junior and Senior High Schools (CoJ/.tiuncd on Page 3) $1325 F.O.B., North Tonawanda, N. Y. I County Suuc _ ETUDE-MAY 1954 1 • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Have more fun ... $3.50 A YEAR (Continued from Page 1) the music Inaga~i"e ETUDE multi-storied building. titled-"The Child Is Father to Editorial and Business Offices, Bryn Mawr, Pa, Our recent Federation with the Man." Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland I have been a vocal teacher for (the first opening of the federal years with an extensive experience parliament was held yesterday) in training voices and I heartily Founded 1883 by THEODORE PRESSER James Francis Cooke, Editor Emeritus agree with everything B.