Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 1-1-1952 Volume 70, Number 01 (January 1952) 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 70, Number 01 (January 1952)." , (1952). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/133 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]. odem Harp T chniqu C.... Hlntl. Th Joy of nata Pia i ZIN f,ac.sCflfff ibl tafl'·Pian" .." •. Idea in u ic Education fit ,.,t,., The Lo t u ic of _IS f,.ds (oN. y ot omen in Orch tr ? ''''- ,.... The Power of Concentration ..... r.... t' r LeTTeRS EDITOR T 0 T B E Sir: I like the ETUDE maga- Arlicles zine very much because it offers Sir: Though I have bought the musical-layman 01" for one only a few copies of your mage- who plays the piano {or his own aine, I think it is a very good amusement (like myself) a means of musical education. worthwhile magazine of music Every musician should provide and reading material. I like the themselves with the ETUDE as Questions and Answers and it gives valuable information. I Maurice Dumesuil's articles. John R. Keller s~An~. encourage you to continue your York. Penna. TIME, 1952 Y good work. Renii Bouchard "The Pupils Talk it Over" PLACE, "World's Most Unusual U",versify"• Manitoba, Canada Sir: After reading the article Sir: The people who have in Nov. 1951 ETUDE, entitled seen fit to criticize the ETUDE CAST, Approximately 3,000 students and a con. "The Pupils Talk 1t Over," I for its new forlllat merely are want to tell you that 1 think it not progressive enough to move sec rated Christian faculty, was a very fine article. I think with the times. I have just re- that this s'ort of informal Work newed my subscription for 1952, Shop recital would do a lot in SETTING, and consider the quality of the PHClTOGRAPH 1IY AClRIAtl SIEGIL One of America's loveliest and most mod- helping each pupil analyze his contents of your magazine to be Rudolf Serkin at the Steinway good and bad habits in playing better than ever before! I am ern university campuses. In addition to the piano or any instrument. an avid collector of classical I always enjoy the articles recordings and therefore wish For your home: dormitories, dining common, au ditorium, in ETUDE, as they always seem that your column ev'aluating the to be appropriate. Being an ac- current crop of recordings could library, student center, etc., Bob Jones cordion player and teacher, I the piano chosen by be enlarged somewhat. Such a would appreciate seeing a solo wealth of recorded literature University facilities include radio station for accordion in E'TUDE. for all instruments is being the world's great artists Thank you for a fine music made available currently by the magazine. WMUU, studios and sound stage of UN- various companies that the list- phragmatic SoundboaTd helps create Janet, Mavis The piano you hear at a concert or big piano tone in even the smallest ings in your record column during a musical broadcast is nearly California Stein way Vertical. USUAL FILMS, Biblical museum, and gal- merely scratch the surface in always a Steinway. Because of its For almost a century Stein way's this connection. Otherwise, more matchless tone and its incredible "It's Time to Pay Tribute" superb craftsmanship has been un- lery of great religious or t. power to the ETUDE-I find it ability to endure continual use, the Steinway is chosen by virtually every equaled by any other piano. The to be just swell of late! Sir: I would like to thank great artist, orchestra, and broad- initial cost of the Steinway may be Donglas Morgan you for printing the article "It's higher, but in terms of abiding PERFORMANCE, Training young men and women casting station. New York, N. Y. Time to Pay 'Tribute"-by values, it is the most economical of These same advantages make the pianos. For a free copy of our help- for clear-cut Christian living ond Maurice Dumesnll in your No- Steinway the perfect piano for the ful booklet, "How to Choose Your Sir: After reading the letters vember issue. It was very en- home. For the beginner and the ex- Piano," write to Steinway & Sons, Gospel testimony and ministry. criticising the new ETUDE for couraging to me and also I perienced player, Steinway's exclu- Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street, several months I finally had to sive Accelerated Action is a true aid New York 19, N.Y. think more people should uri- in achieving sensitive touch. Its Dia- write myself. I think the maga- derstand what we music teach- zine has made a remarkable im- ers are up against. MUSIC, SPEECH, AND ART WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST provement. I used to hesitate to In my opinion, the ETUDE is ABOVE REGULAR ACADEMIC TUITION. ACADEMY AND ask my students to subscribe to a must for all piano teachers. the ETUDE since the articles Joan Stratford JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CONNECTION, \ were either too general or too Craoenhurst, Onto technical for them. Moreover the ETUDE seemed to have no "Let's Teach the Child liow to relationship to musical life in Practice" America. BOB JONES UNIVERSITY Your columns, articles, and Sir: In your article, "Let's even a good part of your music Teach the Child How to Prac- GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA now have real life and vitality. tice" (August 1951), the sug- Now, if only you would have gestions made are very valu- the courage to drop the salon able, I think. music that sees its birth and More articles like that should death in each issue of the be printed, for following the Tile Stalnway is used e~dusively hy Ahram. basic fundamentals, such as sug- Barlow, De Sabala, Gold & Fizdale, Hofmann, ETUDE, you would really have Schnabel, 'rneuom. wetsseoeen, and many others. ~ gested in your article, make for Illustrated is the illustrious louis XV. Now you a fine magazine. may purchase a stetnway at convenient terms. See 5 TEl N WAY Martha M. Mattson better plano playing. If the your local Steinway dealer, who is listed in the classified telephone directory. THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS Mankato, Minn. (Continued on Page 3) \. 1 ETUDE-JANUARY____________________1952 /1 111111111111111111'1" II 11111111111111 When parents 1111111 SHERWOOD MUSIl: SI:HOOL put you Just Publisbed_ the 'lI..sic "u,gn~i"e Letters to the E di tor Distinguished since 1895 for the training of professional ETUDE Excerpts the on the from SPOT musicians. Member of the National Association of Schools , PUBLISHED MONTHLY, BY THEODORE PRESSERCO" PHILADELPHIA, PA. of Music. Faculty of renowned American and European Editoriol and Advertising Offices, Bryn Mowr, Po. "FLEDERMAUSJI \ (Continued from Page 1) artists. Degree, diploma, and certi fieate courses in piano, \ find the answer in this voice, vio'lin, or~an,'ccllo~ wind instr'umen ts, Public School Founded l883 by THEODORE PRESSER Jame; Francis Cocke, E,litor Emeritu~ (The Bat) (EtUtor. 1907-J9~9) music, composition. In the heart of cultural Chicago. Liv- pupil has worked from the Schubert. Guy McCoy, Managing Editor: Shirley C. Jefferis, Business Manager by Johann Strauss valuable FR EE piano to the music, he should Please congratulate for me ing accommodations at moderate cost. George Hochberg. Music Editor • have no trouble sight reading . Mr. Forest M. Shumaker for Harold Rerkley Nichola~ Slollirn.ky Elizabelh A. Ce.l Guy M.ier I a111 delighted with your writing his "Air Squadron" in Kurl W. Ce!nk<·". ,\I":,<",,oIer l\f,·C.urdy SPRING SEMESTER BEIiINS fEBRUARY 4 booklet! HOW Easy arrangement magazine, and I am eagerly the grand old spirit of SOU:::3. * To Ihave some of Sousa's marches; fOT the piano awaiting my next issue. * CHOOSE all the way through the piece, For free catalog, write A~thur Wildman, iUusical Director. , THE Barbara Brown Val. 70 No, I CONTENTS JANUARY 1952 by West Grove, Penna. Mr. Shumaker was Sousa again. 1014 SO. MII:HIGAN AVENUE' I:HII:AGO:l • ILLINOIS BEST It has that "fire" and "get-up- PI4NO •·..:~\TVIlES A Suggestion and-go" to it. I just felt like M PAGE ODERN HARP TECHNIQUE. _ . _Cnrl06 Sul:;etlo 9 getting up and marching. THE FLEXIBLE STAFF.PIANIST _ .}lJ¥epJl Kah" "10 Sir: Sitting listening to the I have been meaning to write THE JOYS OF SONATA PLAyING ZiIlQ Prrmae. aui 11 ADA suite The Smoky Mountain by you several times telling you THE LOST lUUSIC OF YESTERDA Y. .••....... }r1111f"6 Fran i, Cook,. 12 Richard Addinsell and it oc- how much I enjoy your maga- ~EW IDEA IN MUSIC EDUCATION _.... • '" Kir/: PQlkitlJ( '13 curred to me that ETUDE does zine. I look forward to it every HY NOT WOMEN IN ORCHESTRAS? . _ ..•••......... Uayllll)IlI1 /'oiI:6 ]4. RICHTER not offer anything about our month. Sometimes your music GENTLE GIANT ••.•••••••••..••••.•...•.•.••••••••• Celia autHier' 16 THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION . If- 'T .