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TWENTY-FOUR LESSONS IN PIANO PLAYING?FIRST LESSON: D MAJOR
SECOND SERIES.
Copyragfat, 1920, by W. Scott Grove, Scranton, Pa.
Lesson No? 1.
Th!? horn? ceo ree In muale lamilla et twenty-four
lllu?tr?te<l Isuona, th? chart h?r? prssaanuid ? ?piMenl
Ing the flrat mnn of th? seri??. In th? other lasaoni
chart? will b? produced ?howlra? a complete ?eri?? of
choral? In all k?ya, both major and minor. Thl? ?yst?m
of taachlno ?nbracM a g?n?ral and practical method of
Instruction. It laiche? th? not?? and latter? In th?
tr?n?po?ition? of th? different k?y? ?nd embodlaa th?
p*ncipl?? of harnaony ?nd thorough.????. Learn tit?
firet i???on thoreughry b?for? taking up th? study of
th? second. .
IN?THUCTION?Plac? chart upen th? keyboard of
th? piano or organ ?o that th? amai? White letter D
(Qitovr? music ?????.?????
with a da?h abov? it.
directly
?ruf black
at th? bottom of th? ?hart, la
key Dan thl keyboard. Th? whit?
?pac?? will then eorreepond te th? white
?nd Mack k?y?. E?ch ?f th? thre? horizontal ?arte? of
latter? repreMnta a chord, ??ginning with th? upper
row, play th? whit? latter or note with tbe Mt hand
and ?lay the threw bleak lettere or netee ?rltli th? right
hand, making th? tint eher?). ' Than, In the him way,
play th? note? Indicated In the second horltontal wrl??,
then thOM In th? third and back ta th? first, farming
a complement ef chord? In O Major.
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you will be ?bla te play aim??? accompaniment? in thM
key to any m?4edlee yeu er yew fi landa may ?kag.
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gering er tha ?cale? shown on the ?Uff In ?ach chart,
uppar note? played with right hand, lewer Witti left
hand. The chorda at the ?nd of th? ?taff yet) will find
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Amateur Opera Standard
Raised to New Level by
Performances Last Wee\
Washington Opera Company Takes City
By Storm?Much of Credit Due to Work
Of Mme. Sylva and M. Marak?Chorus
? Shows Training.
I
?y tl urn r w. n tiiM.n
The past week's performances ot the Washington Opera Com
pany raised to a still higher level the "amateur" standard. Much of
the credit for the splendid work was unquestionably due to the
strength ot Mme. Sylva "?imi to M. Marak, but had not the chorus
and other principals had the serious and thorough training that they
received from Choral Director William Van de Wall and. Stage
Manager Charles Trier they could not have held up as they did.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights Miss Clelia Fioravanti
alternated in the title role and gave a happy interpretation of her
part. Miss Fioravanti has the voice and personality on which to
build hope- lor the future
It -cents a shame that a civic organization of this -character
should be forced to pay $3,000 for the week's use of the smallest
theater in |h<~ city, while a much more adequate auditorium lay idle.
Why was the use o? the Central High 'School denied to this band of
earnest workers' It i< certainly an educational association. The
Washington public is doing its share in the support of the movement,
why not the powers that have the control of an auditorium in which
the performances could be better staged, more people comfortably
accommodated and prices charged which would reach the masses?
General ^Director Fdouard Albion has been compelled to engage
the same theater for the week of March 15 for the next production
and the appeal for the hearty support of? all will not be unheeded.
Washington has an opera company that has proven its right to ask
for that support.
NATIONAL SONG WEEK
WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
Th? second observance of the Na
tional Week of Sons will commence
tomorrow and continue until Wash
ington's birthdsy. Glowing re
ports of l*-st year's success are added
incentive for the coming year's cele
bration and it seems highly frob
able that the weeR of song shall
become a natio.ial institution.
The purpose of such a move
ment Is to awaken the singing spirit
and set all America singing, to culti
vate a taste for songs of the better
sort, to bring people together In
various <-om muni ties and develop
community spirit and uphold Its
high ideals by singing of such songs
as uplift and inspire, and to amalga
mate and give spectacular expres
sion once a year to all of the various
?-fforts put forward to establish com
munity singing by the various ?or
ganizations throughout the country.
WerrenratJtt at National.
Next Thursday afternoon Mrs. Wil
son-Greene will present Reinaltr
Werrenrath in recital at the National
Theater. Mr. Werrenrath needs no
introduction to Washington audiences,
his voice and art being of the looked
for pleasures of the musical seasop.
Many of the criticism? being written
of hin this year indicate that his
recital next Wednesday will surpass
those that he has given heretofore.
MONTEUX PERMANENT
SYMPHONY LEADER
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Boston. Mass., Jan. ii?Pierre Mon
tcux has been made permanent con- J
' ductor of the* Boston Symphony Or- '
I chestra. *
The trustees of the orchestra have
, come to an agreement with Mr. Mon
' teux whereby he is to continue in hi?
i Taost during the seasons of 1920-21 and
1321-22.
Mr. Monteux conducted the opening
? Boston symphony concerts in the aut
umn of 1913 for the brief period In
which he could secure his release from
? n existing engagement with the
French opera at the Metropolitan
Opera Houiie. In the following spring
he was engaged as the conductor of
Hi? orchestra.
Philadelphia Orcbeitra.
The concert of the Philadelphia Or
chestra on next Tuesday is probably
the most sensational musical offering
of the season. Mr. Stokowskj ha? an
nounced the following program: Over
ture. "Iphlgenle en Aullde."' Gluck;
concerto for two pianos and orchestra
in ? flat. Mosart. with Harold Bauer
1 uria Ossip Gabrllowitach a? ?oloists;
symphony No. ?. In F, Bee
thoven: concerto for three pianos
and orchestra in C, Bach, with
Mme. Olga Samaroff and Messrs.
Bauer and Gabrilowltsch as soloists.
' The Philadelphia Orchestra?? con
certs, both In Washington and Balti
more, are under the management of
' T. Arthur Smith.
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THELMA GIVEN H/AS
UNIQUE MUSIC RECORD
MISS THELMA ?,?, El?.
Thelma Given, who plays at the
N.-itknal Theater next r'rlday. Is the
most leeent addition to the phemme
rai group of violinist's from the con
si'rvalory of Professor Lo tjol-l Aucr.
the u.ai Russian pedagoituv. baa th?.
d.*:linciion of being his only Ameri
can girl pupil, aad further, of be
ing the only pupil ever accepted by
htm without previous training.
Miss Given was born In Columbus.
Ohio, in 1896, and brought up in the
Middle West. -Wh? she wan flfteer.
years of age her mother took her
to Europe on the advice of musician?
to seek an Interview with Alter. The
master met Miss Given at Contrexe
ville. Prance, and Immediately
cepted her as a pupil. Thereafter for
six years Misa Given studied with
her teacher In variors countries of
?Europe, thought most of her time
I was spent in Petrograd. She went
through a harrowing exrjaafence at
Ithe time of the revolution which
?overthrew the Csar, but succeeded In
leaving the stricken country before
i the advent of the Bolsheviki. Miss
?Given returned to America In the
Isprlng of 191S with Professor Auer
?and Toscha Seidel.
Perhaps the dominant characteristic
lof this remarkable young artist's
j talent is her tone, extraordinarily
rich, sonorous and colorful, albeit it
?contains an Individual note of ten
derness and emotional feeling ex
planatory only by the fact that Mis
I Given is a woman.
MISS EASTON, SOLOIST.
Miss Florence Easton will be the
Isoloist at the ?omini; concert of the
I New York Symphony Orcheatr?,
?Walter Damrosch, conductor, at the
I New National Theater on Tuesday
! afternoon. February 24. Miss Easton
? is today one of the most perfect
I singers to be heard, either In opera
or in concert, and her work at the
Metropolitan Opera House has put
her among the three or four premier
sopranos of that company. Mr.
I Damrosch will open the program by
playing the overture to Weber's
"Oberon" and Miss Easton will fol
low this by einging, to the orches
tra's accompaniment, the great air
from that opera, "Ocean, thou
mighty monster." ^
Organists' Guild Concert.
The District of Columbia Chapter
of the American Guild of Organists
announces the first free organ recital
of Its tenth season, Tuesday evening
at 8 p. m in the Mrirlnt Vernon Place
M. E. Church. South. Ninth street and
Massachusetts avenue northwest. ^Th?
program will include compositions ,by
well known American composers. In
addition to works by repr?sentative
foreign organists. Members of the
gutd who have been selected to play
at the recital are: Miss Carlotte
Klein, Mis? Maud G. Sewall. F. A
G. O.; Lewis C. Atwater and the dean.
William Stansfteld. F. A. O. O.. assist
ed by Miss Nettle Craig, soprano of
the Church of the Covenant, and An
ton aKspar, violinist. Te latter will
be accompanied by Henry H. Free
man, a member of the guild.
Gauthier to Sin??.
Eva GauthUT. the Frencb-Canad
lon meixo-soprano. who will be
heard at the Masonic Auditorium
next Thursday evening In Miss
Laura Harlan'? Thursday Evening
Series. w?n born In Ottawa. Canada,
the daughter of Louis' Gauthier,
tbe distinguished- astronomer.
Mis* Gauthier attar extended con
cert tours In France. Hi.Mend, Bel?
glum and Danmark left Europe to
make a tour of the world, travel
ing alone through the Orient aad
Antipodes, studying Oriental music
at first hand. Her exposition of
tbe music of the Orient I? so com
pletely imbued with the spirit of
the art which they represent that
on? feels that absolute sens? of
conviction which is so necessary to
? thorough enjoyment of strange
material.
BeHrn Put? Orar "Quick Hit."
Tb? Irving Berlin house U claim
ing on? of the quickest hit? in Its
record in the new song "I'll See Ton
In C-TT-B-A," a novelty lyric ?et to
a particularly pleating, melody.
MUSICAL CALENDAR
Monday, February 16? Alessandro Bonci and Eleanor Brock
in joint recital. M. F. Kline's "Concerts Diplomatiques;" Poll's
Theater, 4:30.
Tuesday, February 17?Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold
Stokowsky, conductor, with Satnaroff, Gabrilowitscb and Bauer;
National Theater, 4:30.
Tuesday, February 17?Public organ recital; Central High
School, 8:15.
Thursday, February 19?ReinaM Werrenrath. Mrs. Wilson
Greene's Artist Course. National Theater, 4:30.
Thursday, February 19?Eva Gauthier, tnerzo-soprano. Miss
Laura Harlan's Thursday Evening Series; Masonic Auditorium,
8:30
Friday, February 20?Thelma Given, violinine. T. Arthur
Smith's Ten Star Series; National Theater, 4:30.
Sunday, February 32?Emmy Destinn. M. F. Kline's "Con
certs Diplomatiques;" ?li's Theater, 3:30. \
Public Organ Recitala.
On Hu? first and third Tueaday
ment of the public acboola an
nounce public orean recitala in the
evr-ning;? r>f each month the Con- auditorium of tbe Central Hlf;h
munit y and Civic Center Da-part-! School.
CONCERT FOR BENEFIT
OF ST. AJW'S ASYLUM
A concert, the proceed? of which
will so to 6t- Ann'? Infant Aaylum,
will be riven by the et. Matthew'?
choir of men and boya, under the
direction of Malton Boyce. at the Ma
?onlc Auditorium Tueeday ?t S ? m
Three ?ixteenth century madii
(?1? (the choir): "When Floweay
Meadow? Deck the Year." Palestrita?;
"While the Bricht Sun." Byrd; "Aa
Veata Waa From Latmoa mil De
scending." Weekes. Two two-part
I ?oner? (the'choir boy?); "The Ansel."
1 Rublnitrlr. : "I Know a. Bank." Horn
] (seventeeAth ca-nlury): "The Trum
I peter." Dix (tenor solo). Mr. Wm. Bar
ring-ton Glee (the c'nofr). "Sweet and
, Low." Barnby; ?'Killarney." Balfe '
? (?oprano ?olol. Master Frank Baa- !
! table: "Beloved. It \? Morn," Ayl
> ward (tenor aolo). Mr. Wm. E. Hop
kins ; "The Arrow ?nd the Sons."
? Plneutl (baa? aolo). Mr. J. Frank
Duggan ; two unison eonga (the
choir boy?); "Come Ever Smiting
Liberty." Handel: "The Mterm?id."
I Old English. Three Christmaa carol?,
? "Good King Wencsaalau?." "Sleep
? Holy Babe," "The Flret Nowell" and ?
I Adeite Fid?le?, the choir.
Paulist Choristers Coming
Back to District Next Sunday
The Paullat Choristers, called by
New Tork critic?, the "choir incompar
able," will gir? a concert at the New
National Theater Sunday night. Feb
ruray ?. Thoee who will recall the
previ ou? ? lait o? thle organisation to
Washington, laat May. when thou
sand? were tamed away from the Lib
erty Hut. unable to gain admittance,
will readily welcome the announce-.|
ment.
The choriater* are made up of ?ev
enty-flve boy? and men under the
leadership of Rev. William Joseph
Finn. C. 8. P., ?iity ot them being
under 1G, year? of aere. When they
f-anc In the International Choral com
petition In Paris, In which 4*7 choral
ot canliation? from all over Euro?)?
took part, they astounded the musical
world by taking' first prise. The
judges were Puccini. Maecegni. Saint
Raens and other foremeet mocpoaer?
and musician? of the day.
Among th? noted lingers who will
appear bare ar? Mr. John Flnnegsnjl
?olol?t at St. Patrick ? Cathedral.
New Tork City; Tesamy Coatea a
messo soprano with exceptional
quality and Master Billy ProW,
known as th? "Boy Galll-Curci." who
has sang In snore cities of the
United States aad Canada than any
other solo boy aad perhaps evea a?
much as the disra herself. Th, y will
present a program of mediexal and
popular classics to be announced
laUr.
Th? coacart will he h< :<] for the
benefit of the Cathoh. l'ommuai:.'
Hou?*. Ml E alreet northwest. It
I? th? hope of the Cathoh. Women >
Sarvle? Club under whose auspices
th? C4>n<rert will be given thai th.
sani of II?.??? will be raised to ?up
port th? varlou? educational, social
aad recreational activitle? condua
ad by this organization for ri
al Washington _'
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The Most Extraordinary Recital Ever
Held in Washington
Miss
Gertrude
Henneman
?Whose wonderful tech
nique and tone shading was
actually reproduced by the
Chickering
Ampico
So natural was the repro
duction that it was impos
sible to detect any differ
ence between the playing of
the artist and ?Is reproduc
tion on the Ampico.
Ethel
Rust
Mellor
?Charming soprano capti
vated her audience at th?
Women's City Club Wednes
day evening. Mrs. Mellor
sang several beautiful num
bers accompanied by the
marvelous
Chickering
Ampico
Reproducing piano.
The records were previ
ously played in New York
by Ward Stephens.
The Chickering Ampico Triumphs Again
Members and Friends of the Women's City Club of Washington Witnessed the Supreme Test
of the Chickering Ampico at Their Club Rooms, 22 Jackson Place Wednesday Evening
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The program was unique?the audience was entranced
with Miss Henneman's marvelous interpretation of De
Bussey's "En Bateau" which was instantly reproduced by
the wonderful Chickering Ampico. Every tone and shade
exactly the same as if Miss Henneman herself was at the
keyboard
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