The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-26
MUSICAL lIASTBRSHIP BY MAIL.

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5pensahle. Al best such n system. would be
merely slight step toward g iIns tse ns
experience than that Immediately available
near his place Of residences. ,,s,
have Il a,sa esTsn
fact they are not wholly. but only m p par:
These are theory tonalty KEYS KEYS
sieai form. Y orchestration. free compost,
tlon. It is held by many that these can y %
successfully taught by mall and 60 they oan
Sful enough ana the student dlllgent. Yet
even IN these there are many points ~ wnish
d certain diiIlcut chord can be taught az cons
posed so-and.so: II can be introduced so 50,
4. must BE- resolved y, h,s nSora and
leaving it may be thoroughly unrntsicai and ]
wrong artistically despite It's conforming to the
fasSs face Su e Without out orense yon know
how. II Is the know hoy that counts.
4 All kinda Of musical advice BY mail misi,S
4 be Of much more use than they are ~ pres
ent. IL II We're once fully recogniised t a'a.
Is q two
setc). to be heard and enjoyed In bearing,
and succession of mental shocks or tensions
a nd tbe orr order Of their succession evil
dent that this inner cognlton OF tension I'M.
piled In musical progression VIII srnrely arse
except In those who first hear accurately anu
sympatheticallyy what Is actually sounded
. We arc eli familiar With the wholly itn- !
fac, shss voice spsaKs
circuit can produce variations OF tension ~
the magnet at the other end Of the Circuit
being reproduced again into words whenever
q steel point traverses the lines Of the re-
cord We are used to this sort of thing and
see no35imposslblity In u, yet. in Itself II is
to tho last degree improbable &
Z In like manner It Is not impossible that q
really great composer, absorbed in some grand
sra 9,sr,rE I'M
might create a musical picture OF the same:
or a musical reproduction OF the tensions ana 4
shocks OF consciousness in q the history IN
question OF such graphic accuracy thnt Q sem
sltive person hearing the music might again
both experience tho same succession Of shocks
and at the same time cnll up tho story or in-
gcident' or scene which supplied the composer
with his inspirations This is the theory OF !
what is called ''programmo music. Z II : has
never been fully realized, but some day It
music lover is tiyated to expert powers
OF sympathetic listening far beyond any that
now, exist in I, a popular aud fence. ,
Therefore, q mall instruction We're properly
forward. the student would be lm,nen z,rably8
advanced In his general musical powers, and
at the same time would y be more II kelly to-
learn to distinguish. himself between a3,york-5
ing out Of his exercises which would be cor
rect las to rules) and also n,lslca Ill. e.,9
s to dana
In groups OF two or more alternately play to
each other for es1zciacs In hearing. For. 1T
SHluSCisRDe %TeneinpcTeOkStnaLt ne country STU
dent has no opportunities for hearing opera
and orchestral concerts and worry few for
really good piano p and nd singing
From another standpoint the musical In
5structor by mail merely tries to do for tho
individual student the same Kind Of thing
which writer's seek to do for certain lima &
iined necessities : large enough TO- wa rant
book It nll turns upon his correctly diyin-
ing tho s''long felt want and upo the COM
spleteness with which he supi'1 es n. Never
stheless the mall student wi II do well to res
member rn what 7 have here pointed out as Ito
toSthe Inherent difficulties In the method. SSS
Nor do II forget the enormously large range
Ecovere< In music BY what Is called t,'lnser-
probation. ''{a my written music can be made
to sound well or badly in the playing s., all
depends upon how 1t is done But this lis
true also elsewhere y / remember tho story OF
the great tartan divine, William Eilery5
Claiming. who Apon hearing an infidel mako
violent structures upon c,hrists dla,rtbe
against the scribes and pharisees, took down
tho Bible and read the passage aloud Z: tthe8|
end the infidel replied that is the way
he said ~ I have no more to say" sSl3l
To- sum up: YOU can have good advice by Il
mail: to become musical liz something you
must work out inside yourself . 5g.
58 Copyright 1904 Il By Joseph 3. 4 Bowlcs) S$