New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24

Austria, dsnrosson the charge of 10 cents and the
carfares necessarily paid by large number mean
a perceptble item OF expense In their weekly ou"se''
Though there may have been surprises IN store TOT
those who have carried on this work. in the quick
ness and readiness with which the instruction -
understood and assimiiated. there has been no
magic in the means by which this progress mas
been made Almost everybody Is endowed by nat
ure with ear enough and voice enough 10 learn 10
sing readily at sight. II methods properly adaP'eu
n the end IN view are employed The old methoas
OF teaching caused the student 10 memorize series
OF facts which were stored away In the hra'h'
without connection and without order or symmetry
This procedure has been discarded in almost every
branch Of modern education except music. M0oe'"
instruction aims to arrive at knowledge '"'ous"
experience process Of fsmiiiarizng the nina WIN
concrete objects by the IN conjunction win
the reasoning faculties. Mr. Damrosch ana other
successful teachers Of music have reaa'ie' lie
ef 70 any other subject Of Instruction and MS Tc
llminary lessons 10 his enormous ciass,s -. Ia,
Oooper Union are an interesting deinonstra''09h
mai this is the truth. There IS nothing new ~ H.
it has long been cen kRoTn I ~ in hts work in the
Boston public schools. but rs app"ca"o" - '1'
more restricted than II should be 49,. A.,
In teaching TO read vocal music al s,sn,. u,g fbe
relation Of musical sounds TO each othef r.
e sn,,d Hir pamrosch would therefore. at the
outset. teach his classes 10 '"' mi etc by
imitation. thus establishing measnIr o, j., p' ,t:
viii relations
scale can be deduced. They are then l'rn,,iTr ~
their number in the scale The class ~ 'hutous.xy
drilled in the various intervals beginning WIN IN VA
snnlest iii all those contained In the major scale
can be sung demand the teacher nol S,ns .htS -
taught in the proper manner ana oraer. Ia.hs
mastered the simpler relations 81 p!'ch IN ' rs
names OF the sound-letters ana pra'tshE III o,,n
lar manner win hen me, "a tbes@ elementary
stepe the representation Of sounds by thrlt '"atII
sctprsNtho notes upon the staff The teacher c"!i'
ouud hs
he writes It's character Oh the stan ana ","Ii'S
t,ept e,,np The other SOUNDS OF the scale Mr Dam
neuailv b. 10 avoid the notion that ne former is
in anv way the parent foundation OF the otheT
keys--are then represent-d IN 49,, "rj sing
ing the intervals as they calico for In ms Wy
notes upon the stan are MAJ , u" XXI thrv never
thing definite and carry meaning ma ,lynhcs be-
can have when taught simply "a h'IoS, In soo,nd.
fore knowledge Of what they represent j" S0'''''
Is In his way knowledge Of one note ana one
naesNS eon - a1le TO sing simple exercises. ana
thnn simple songs 1t is Interesting to witness me
Ihr o. nnter npon their mrs, part singing almoa
before they know IL. MI. "a sinnic round
or canon in the unison lie has ihcm sing ~ 10,
geanei s,artmp The FIRST voice-pari. ne causes the
o.h~rs 10 enter successively AT the lndcat'u Pv'',
and when tle piece Is IN tu pr1e ars they
Win the oy OF making their first real music , q.
| The advance to study In the different KEYS ~
simple after the thorough ground'ns IN ine So
vallc relationships secured IN tne D.s Thc pro,
too is the study Of the different ciers' t cxbar
me- SinplnP Glasses can 10 what very le" ~
enced choirs do In this regare ennr and
In the clef in its various u.es ~ ~, - o,d T.
soprano cleft easily as in the Qri.haty ~ go :,
vet sieady II is conditioned on the surety gwen
ny ac camc Pr1't as they are brought UP
The success gained by Mr. pamrosCn IN s5
those Young men and women goes far 70 esthnll1,iI
the rum %, s,c and sing at sight If he only be-
xUith
! SSaee a day in the public schools, OF teachlht y.
the rghi sort sc ScpI course o in this cy would
! out pupils who could read ana slhe W. ,Gon and
Cui, iscores~such IS Mr. Damroschs assertion anu
cuiu reDce elsewhere would go TO show 1t IS uue'
Infortunatcy there Is no SUCH systeIna,i,, lii
ton as would lead this result nor anSttt NM
it. An utterly fragmcntary and unsSiente stois by
is made TO teach music IN me nr wnIl-consiered
ulans. and the results are nothing ne ne ,ins ~
amentably true OF The great ignitcent Opportunity
!1 oTicate taste and love for one or ,he nop,r'
and npnnnmRd o 10 60 TO waste The musical nations
~ ,be world are not those God-efteb WIN d rc,i
apt,uuSe is practically taught to every one OF its
! children from their earliest y.ats. ,m~ I',ada 0
am M ayr me Young men and women OF me Ieoplo
Singing Glasses fully apprecae ,r has Dreyiously
h hpo Intangible and mystery remote N rs
Application their lives they have dy" classe
~ Continue during the weekday evenings u,r n
siructon they haHe YEAR and viii be year
20 keen fresh I'm their minds what theN nay ifH o,
dvrng the winter and It has come 10 the knp"'h
80 ~ director and his assistants tnat Irpth,.ti,
W 80 se,eral Of them have been gathered toBvtil'
90 social endowment part-slnging upon inc NJ
,hav have mastered In the classes mas ue't III
means Of enjoyment Mr. Damrosch loin III al
T., an address he delivered at the recent MusIc a.
o.. that i'm mastering the art OF eshl-Itau
thev have obtained the key 70 Vhsi SUI .ra %
- Roan,frl things amassed by great masters 10
HUNDREDS Of years-a storehouse tnht IL c'osu 81
Great M tority OF people or opener 10 ~" TIT
,,or orca sions AT the pleasure OF some rev ~.
,reas,,rv Will be more and more AT thelr ny IL ~
rosal az in the funess Of time thcy master ''' "
81 part-singing in It's higher estate. . -. ond IN
Tbnv have determined 10 make IL So anu a, u al
tioyt,on ~ their success Is spreading among thel
cnrnnanions and friends The committee ehpec's a.
elementary class to begin next ran la is, ~
e;,har ~ those which have so far begun stuny ~
onn,inuat zion Of the work with the present SlnSa 80
s,.oharino / 100 As already problem whcn I.
hrnntor and his assistants hope 10 nave soVeu ga,
1..octorilv before the time TO begin again ar
-, October His work so far has meant W ~
namrosch nm immense amount OF LABOR anu sac
&C. which he has undertaken enurely Wi'nV"i 80 80
~ comnensation in lovely spirit OF n.y.
Gun, ~, only 10 the art OF music. but 10 tne hsne
,nrests ~ the wage worker The success tnas ha
n..onded his efforts and the esteem anu irlelusI
thst have attached so many OF ms Puphs IT.. VI ~
ana a nowever rewards that few men attain
| greater measure
rovs and Men-Mr. Grumps Geadlng the paper
| An eight-year-old boy strangled papy oeo""Se
| cried x,,, =. orou,s IN and gets maj
sdrs ~ Sas chfidren OF his own, he won't 90 an
| .hino ike that He'll only want to-Ne"-Aoi