Selected Content from the April 1902 Edition of The Etude

Graduate Recitals: The What and The How.

The great elements in playing one of these recitals successfully are, first, that the pupil take a real interest in every work, and love it and be determined to make it liked by those that hear it. Second, that it be mature; i.e., have been learned long enough before to be remembered easily. Third, that the student have the necessary technical training in touch and fluency to be able to stand the strain of so much serious playing “under fire.” Read More

Musical Items

MR. HENRY G. MARQUAND, a wealthy art-patron of New York City, who died recently, some years ago paid between $40,000 and $50,000 for a specially made Steinway concert grand piano, decorated by Alma Tadema, the celebrated painter. This instrument is said to be the highest priced and most artistically decorated piano ever made. Read More

Criticism of J.S. Bach By a Contemporary

CRITICISM OF J.S. BACH BY A CONTEMPORARY. “HE is really the most distinguished among the musicians. He is an extraordinary performer, both on the clavier and on the organ; and at the present time he has only met with… Read More

Three English Women Composers

REFINEMENT, fine feeling, and sympathetic appreciation are the qualities that have aided in marked degree in the success of women as song-writers, a form of musical composition for which the sex seems admirably adapted. The three examples at this moment in mind,—Miss Frances Allitsen, Madame Liza Lehmann, and Madame Guy d’Hardelot,—each successful in her particular field, are each so widely different in individuality and in the matter of surroundings as to make them interesting subjects. Read More





Recital Programs

Pupils of Limestone College School of Music. Bosquet de Julie, from “Am Genfer See,” Op. 139, No. 3, Bendel. Le Papillon, D-major, Op. 26, No. 2, Dennée. Moderato Con Grazia, from “Six Tone-Lyrics,” Waddington. Fairy Tale, Op. 69, No. 11,… Read More

Questions and Answers

O. D.—In the case of a little girl of four years who gives evidence of a remarkable musical talent, I would advise against any serious effort to teach her either the theory or practice of music for some time… Read More