New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-04

,-cvApn rHADFIELD, OF ENGLAND
INVITE DUMPS OF NATIONAL Asso
mAT1oNs-PIANoFoRTE. TEACHING
DISCUSSED ny A. r. PARSONS
ooNsrANT1N srERNBEsG
AND ARTHUR FoorE.
pbnaselpha, July CspecisD.-Ine enr'ee ....,,
,u,, meeting OF the American MUSIC ios'n.' ,S
Association. which convened 'ous +.n,sr a,,n,; |
=, vn.,c. seems in almost every parMu'sr 49,
:. ~. Iast half dozen meetings OIL ths' so"c"""'
,oo.e,v organized body. suenaen 'he 'h''u
san Years AGO. and have been 10 se'"e@ .9o a.
10. TODAY / find that ifs VtaiiN ~ ~"
,,orasnt ON men who were Oh manu- v.onarx |
There has been notable imprc' ouens =. nas hsen
,nn. q, the pspers read, and of is'e year, nss
" - - .r.ee a gradual growth IN appreciauon oi
~ r,.n,ssst mission of the organzauon III 'he ~
a.. 90 giving dignity, seriousness ana uno'n. "
.,soas of teaching. But this th'r'eo"~i e
s,ecovers the association rs helpless s"o sAHsse %
=. r,s tn years ago with respect 70 noAs VI wy
,sui,ins the theories advanced into pfscuce UT o'
$3.50 .uv kind Of help other than advice TO the
.,c teachers OF the country. The dlmcui'y seenis
In he a fundamental and organic oho' iheio arc
,uo or three Of enthuSSs"o nichioois WI"
attend every meeting and strive earnestly 10 oA'onu
the influence and power OF tne assoNiaSvn' Ous
ereat body of the membership is as unstable as water
"a ,,ore than three ioirths Of those In attendance
:. ~. annual conferences belong to the immediate
yc,r,ty OF the places Of meeting. meanwhile hoan
~, and promising outgrowth OF the movement -
noticeable in the progress mailing by inc Vaiou'
Stat. associations Two Of these organized WITHIN 'ne
Ia, vear-tbose of New-York and New-Jersey-haV0
centlv held meetings that were anomalous III ueins
s.,o,.uv nro6table. When these State assocla'o"s
become numerous enough and strong enough 10 INV,
their represent atoms with an honorable dignity W.
striving for and the National Association Decons
a delegated body, with an intellectual anu H" 49,
sorce back Of It great enough to put US ue0io -
effect then the latter may become what II
he and what its members are sun hopins
4, IN snie Of all the discouragements OF the pas"
One element of interest in the meetings OF 'ne '
frw wears is absent from this gathering Ai 49,.
lean College of Musicians, an offshoo. Oh VIZ
citation has till now held its annuai ca ".,aual |
Al the time and IN the place chosen py 'ne ,',
Assoc,ation This is not a debating SOCIETY,", w
s,"", ,n,.,,n,,or which seeks to lift popular nu
steal instruction TO a higher plane BY eooiofI"s Nv,
oreea that represept standards OF knowieuso a
Its examinations for the year Were n ' - and |
ard mon like Dr. William Mason Duuio' - a.
samuel p Warren now engasea ~ P~ ,'s.tas .,
~,ro,,.,,o, papers submitted by the cahu'ualoS, VI
eAan''"' - nrara tventy-three. The college |
.,.;o,,rs has figured heretofore as
-. ., r,ner house OF the National Asso0ia"o"
and seems 10 be doing many things "nch 'n0 a'.o,n
might have accomplished what .no oH0'' ~ ',a
ssn.ra,on will be can scarcely be tolu now - ~
y. . nre,tv shrewd guess 10 say that the coiese Will
rot be the loser , =. 1hu.delnhia al
A.. au.r,ng sesson this forenoon by william b. Sinful
nr.stdent of the Common Council. Inc "s. "a WV
session was taken up with the annusi Slu' "
president Heath. Of Fort Wayne, reports Oh inc 49,
srv and vice president, sn address by hd"ar1 Nn@u
field. of Derby, England, who appeared as Tue
asIer.,e and honorary general secretary Oh INC va
49, scietv ~ profe ssonal Musicians aud response
hx NJ Bowman Of Newark, president OF tne Ooios. |
q, Musicians Mr.. Chsdfed spoke Oh Na"oD"i
MysJcaI Associations Their Duties 10 aue'' "
Musicians and TO the People" Mr. ChahneH uoa'oU
N. American and English ASSOCIATIONS as aii'0u -
nurnose and laid stress on their duty IN enoo'iaee
Ito composers Referring 10 the harsh treatment
nhIch Great composers have received, even IN Ger
80 La said ait Is paramo"l'
duty OF the association 10 change an
his 10 offer unseGshly and ungrudglnsly all posSoe
help TO genius to substitute ior ooiu, -
a,ccrsnce the sunshine of sympathy ana appree'"o,
"a en- IN do away forever with the epOseh 'na'
49, rord given by the world to Its greatest o"ui.
nosers il limited to halo aiouhu ' So.
In the afternoon there was chsihpe' 1
q. which Miss Luce Z. Mavson ana "'Ss l~a
Yelling panists, played ana ME- "''''A"
sang An are from New-forh -
"a tr,e heretofore given 70 miscellaneous essays
49,. ,hts wear been set apart for seres oi P'P''o
an the general subject OF teaching ana 0a ',
r.,or,ns the departments touched on oe'iie '"' .,
,or,. the organ, singing, theory ana h"S'o "a 49,
nublIc schools. After the ohsinoer oo n,or"t,,re
Ginning was mad, papers being rso Oh p.".,',
,..eb,nes bv A. r. Parsons OF New-HorKi Oo"S'a"''"
s,ernberg of Atlanta; Arthur toOte' VI bos'o'', 60
y a story Of Northampton Mass Oh Pis"oioiN
md IN the organ by A. W. Borst OF Fn'iAA''p '
The reform which MIR. story urged was Tue p''Va.N
Of common honesty toward the pi1ph III inc ,
=, time and attention. lie argued that tcs'heI VIM
andc a
,ons his pupil Of so MIR. Foote's paper very
byef oonta aimed some practical suggestions eahoo ou'
by MIR. Parsons's altogether admirable es,aS. .
os,er deserves 10 be ranked among the hhe't ."'
these national meetings have yet called ioru A1
,,,or IN. need Of series Of text books which wouid
le ins tiaicton uniform throughout the country nS
suesesns work ea'ed r on pae e pS discussed he
sisment of muscular sensuous, intellectual snu 1 oS
Isinins on the latter point be Ta' Of eomSSns
shr 'eachng of morals with music he found to 10 ~
the popular belief iD iSTdeton y the typewriter
Rad enabled the pianoforte teacher 70 snnt somH ~
the Odium which his Instrument hsa 10 70 exact on
the do one hand from pupils the setsst a san%
% rule and prinSgle on N ~ 'o oher TO Solos
,Ssmplify irregularity, lawiessness ana W Hare
o. PTn SaTIs fRs Ppaecss relations between
moral and musical training, scio MuS q,
an inspired art ana ihe m9s woss on the wings
Of artistic rules and principles they so sptss thew
iI me ,snvbt nroper selfconIOi While, If as
men they grovel without rule or prnclpie, ~ orsis
depths OF license II Is because IN matets u Mn.ca
tbey have not been tau CHI proper selfconiro Muea
training without moral training invites shipwrSoA pre-
esely as would nautical uan"s hidden
the existence OF V'oan tu..N-as' ,0rorad y
rocks and cyclonic regiens entirely lgnoreSS
The practical part OF Mr. sternberg paper ocfion
reform much more sweeping than simple corteo'iVn
Of methods OF instruction. He wanted 10 see sn a
effort made toward the development IN the people ~
what he called musical aesthesis, using this NOlu
instead of aesthetics better diferentate oet"oo
the perception OF the emotional contents OF MUSK anu
the objective rules and methods OF musical science
He wanted TO educate appreciattve listeners nseao
OF poor pano-forte players. and accounted iof tns
general of musical nding the part OF
The public a. the present time BY deg sneracy caused