, 1874-09-13
MUSlC-TEACHlNG.
The Ins and Outs Of 1T.

NltHlo tEe next month g large proportion O
the four or five thousand nusic-scholcrs IN Chi
cago will have commenced their lessons, and th
two hundred and better musi teachers will hay
buclled down anow to the hard work incident II
the trade. These four or i've thousand music
scholars represent erory class of society, froE
the airy daughter in marble front on the ave
nues to the daughters even OF common laborers
They come, too, OF all ages, from the yeEiest in
fant Of S or 10 up to middle Lie. 1u short, a cat
a1oSue OF all tho Chicago families that have
never employed 1nuRic-t -teacher would he almost
as short as one Of those that never c2lled
doctor.
THE PERSONNEL OF THE AEslc-TE4cHEn
is as varied as one can imagine. There is tie
mature man, full Of learning and experience
and hero Is the young miss just coming iote
lo1g dresses. The grade Of qualification ranges
all the way from thorough schooling ard first
rato Eus;c,anship down to tho uerest B1natter-
ing,-the ability to strum oat polka so its own
grandmother would hardly know It, THIS range
OF qualification and still wider range Of unquali-
1caton Gf might go eay it,, will not appea. SO
remarkable when re consider The TACT that
music-tcachng is trade into which my one
may cuter who chooses, aud mo questions
Asked The only imperative prerequisite to its
pr.ctice is check, which must be in iuvorso
ratio to the talent OF the p rofe:soz. No other
profession is SO entirely open to iarcals from
the unaua,i!icd. In Inv, medicine, or teaching,
+,oro o-a ovo,,n,tio,e that dotor the conscious
,r.i,,oo-.,,,a.,t rro-,, ;n,rr1;,,, o,d irs;st ~
least on certain amount OF schooling, Thea.
too, there arc certain regulations al to fees.
One must charge at least so much, unless one
gives ones service outright.
Ane e.1en' ~ "lica LIS ~ 1Auo'e
teachers QUALIFICATIONS reaches Will appear moro
clearly when we consider fer moment the grade
of attainment rrl,icf, ia incritabv 7e,narGet1 of
,;,a +oobor who ,,o,,h IA i,st,co Ia 1,is nun;,.
o ,oae01s NV "ooto w J'.'S'~. ~ A4- e1f1~,'
and here speak chiefly OF the piano. LOT tsls ls
the pupils take lessons On it..
r,p,.vrur pr,~o-rorrp
,.,u ~oo,,;-os ~ 1o.et ;,-o ,oo, h,r7 sr,v from,
"e'A 4ea ao4se a% 41-t' - oA.o aaso e.oo, 4AoA.
furnished By Nature With . "capacity,' they
u1}1 never n1ay ,reu although they NAV Dlau-.
,no,e,s the n;tv, This c,nrsa of studr ia not
t -.
snups Illo ..luzto4 =, - s'.s-.l. .n' -
mechanical duencg, but, what is more important,
tho mostery of largo tied OF musical litera-
t,ra cmbracpc wor6s Of Chonin. Aleudels-
,o1,, c,,,rr,n, 11onso1t r,r 1,nh;,ute,
1ou"' esnu'"u' w. ' uel, .' ~ c,a.Is".'
Jensen -Aasoo. Won "ooef' eon2'ne.i' e4etisil1,
Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. to say nothing Of
tho nero arrargers, such as Leybach, Sydney
A,n,rn 1,ezt Tha1hero (if opp chooscs> err
1ho ,-,oro or,ris;,ion NJ +.c,,niona fo- tho
~ .,sr;,.,.1 has ~ ha nraionrcd ovnr
sS ~ ~. 4t o,saJa.,a -. ~ t,o ;m ~
~ napas ~ ~ nai'Ht saass +at aoassa1 ".r.
tnSce 1,ond deal Of time,~and ne develop |
r, ~ o,a 30 st;, cnn;1;t;o, ~ tha
i,a,3 ~ .,tt ,rai' a ara.e osat;o1, ~ ;s ~
na "isocaS Sa ~ ,.asa t,nieaes har.o f',,,,a
H1AoA 1890 80 '3
~ s,,ct, a., o-ton+ fba- IL naw +s1as haT11r h,15
~ .na sqHn 4;rra - = f~r-1,or1,. ia "1
'De '1144. -" ~ 1,sa.t -. .,;,s, w. ,rr,,r,pr
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se4t ~ tnt H., ~ ~ +i;u ~ ~,
~ u ~ -. =. .J .aa W s,,o
a eaa ehu m 1r;n nsca an
n,nsic ecnarsteiT inst es if ayery poesn Of Eroru
iass CO p1S4 ~ ~ ~
" eun "aa "tns s1hat ~
~ ;ooa ~ - r,,,,s;o w. -" @ -
ee,t - ,a.a .ta IN a. Nv ot,. +".ho.s 80
ae a. .nIu ass ~ oss to N csnts aec @
ptecso tl..s ~: tess tuuG ~ " ea>e easn, nna
many COSY IS nlou as Sl.2o eaca. - conlp1sD
eu1t1o11 u eeHuul:nn "oiAs ~, pl.nu-iol1a , e.
lsse pn's ~ nus' - nas ~ :" az 20 eon
~ ~ tue u1pcaso - nes ~ y Sso'
lnen1slt l, ooauou}. - DAsso1 e.o1 =. pe1eao
ven . eoua'tSs coss3 apuos @1o' as.e ~ Ao"-
e'e1, se1s uesHaoio iolsssu eat.4ous 10 ~" US
@a- % Asp nea1e4soo4lA9 pi.1o-1oi'o "o1As
eoan -, piopap!5 ',s s4u: --:.,.
1t4T AeAAA AA,s - W.. 49, "no"e 49, 80 |
enc the PecalsIl,les OF whose Styles que oucus
TO DC acquainted before one would really be COM
netent to teach, would embrace At leas; these
!,ach, aiozat1, elementl, Hummel Ousseh, Ice
anoHen, En- schqnert' sShnmann, chopn. Mo5chelGs'
1ihaioerS, i l:lszt Runinste;r, iausslg. Hensels,
ifa1I, Ears'el; Ie1sen, dottschalk; 4lason, aaa
most OF hnale1 uehts suen rs 3uhenann' pie
nnen neIel' oes.en, Afas. i,e5pac1' osunej
smith, Auhe and slayer. stns, ono simp!1Aes
shs process py classlhcatloo. TIC
REALLY REPRESENTATIVE NAMES
N music nTe Bach. Aozatt, beethoven, an1 u Schu-
maun: 70 these one might perhaps aud tnop1!a |
nnu a1euue1ssonu, puk tdis ~ 4ueettouApis. -
teacher who thoroughly cn]cEed the WORKS OF tue
four greas composers hnve mentioned "oula ge
l1kcly to DO great deal OF good, even II entirely
'6norans OF the others, although such igEor-
ance would make lnm naIIo"-1nlndeo,
md lead to important il!n1tatlons IN hls
style Of playlng., But the common course OF
things If exactly the reverse OIL thus. Inc aver
age teacher Is 1lorionsly ignorant OF a1l Tour OF
tue great composers named, anu consequently
just 81 thoron$hly a1oas "'tnout ehat1 OF
compass rs WOULD he - STUDENT u EaSnsh, nleEa-
taro ignorant OF allton' Snakspeare' =, words
woTt. nne ING roHn:nga lns mans t;ra ol CON- CON-
Of system IN c9ua1lctnG 1 tne pupis s.'1ales. ~