Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13

getting any technical iGeas or ex-
plantations, BY that IS meant any sug-
gestlons Of how TO place the fingers
for a certain arpeggio or how to do to
produce certain tone ! suggestions
OF that nature come SO much the
better. but they are not to be expected,
for one is supposed to get all that
from the preparatory teacher.
The professor shows the pupil how a
piece should be played after every
thing OF technical nature has tsup-
posedly) been mastered. And often the
lack OF such technical mastery on the
part OF the pupil Is the cause OF the
unpleasant occurrences at lessons.
That is in no way the fault of the
pupil, as every pupil necessarily does
his utmost to master the technical
part OF his pieces, and when he does
not do so II is because his technique
has not sufficiently grown to admit of
II. In such case Of course the pro-
feSsor holds that that pupil should
not come TO him till he is better pre-
pared.
In teaching a piece the professor
will tell one exactly how II should
be done, in certain places a little
soft. in other louder. IN certain pas
sages increase, IN others diminish the
tempo, crescendo here. deimmuendo
there and so on. mo, that passage
is not good" he will say do II this
way" and the same passage will
trickle from under his almost magic
fingers different thing, with diff
ferent being, giving one a wholly new
conception OF II. 80 should it be:
do IL" Ay, there's the rub for what
student Gotten with little better equip
ment than fingers Of wood and head OF
clay flguratiyely speaking) can APP
proach an limitation Of such mas
Ter! or course one doesn't do It,
one cannot do II. on which account
disagreeable things often happen. But
IN Justice 10 Leschetizky let II be said
mat when he once sees the pupil maxi
ing conscientious and Intelligent eff
fort, he becomes all patience immedi-
ately and will do all in his power 10
help on the other hand any evil
dence OF Indifference or lack OF en-
thusiasm or willingness to try will
bring forth storms of wrath
The professor has an inexhaustible
fund OF illustration with which to
back up every suggestion. And often
when he Is interested his talk flows
so eloquently that the time goes with
the rapidly OF thought, and In the
enjoyment Of such n lesson one won.
ders what he could have dreaded.
NOTABLE CLASS OCCASIONS.
word or two about the classes
These occur usually Thursday evenings
TWO weeks apart. and each one is the
occasion FOR the coming together Of all
the pupils and great many friends of
social prominence IN Vienna, and of
musical celebrities, At these the most
advanced pupils play. assisted often by
artists OF prominence from the outside.
whenever Godowsky Is in Vienna he is
always In attendance at the classes, and
or course Is usually the feature OF the
evening. The same was true Of Rubin
stein In the days gone by and the great
Russian once remarked there was no
audience in the world before which he
dreaded to play as much as before that
assembled at the usual Leschetizky
class. Tho reason was that no audience
be knew of was so critical and so thor
oughly able to be so. That from Ru-
binstein speaks volumes as to the kind
OF people that gather at the Leschetizkv
musicals. The great tenor Schmedes
ana often others from the Royal Opera
are visitors and soloists at these ella sses.
Naturally some evenings are more IN
teresting than others, but taken right
through the programs are as good con-
certs as are TO be heard anywhere.
Many players there are. who as play
ers are surprisingly great, whose as
founding techniques are unheard OF
wonders, and whose musical abilities
are correspondinsly immense; but who
with all their attachments possess not
the ability 10 impart unto others. They
have proven themselves great interpre-
tiers, but In teaching Gas far as teach
ing goes beyond mere example) they are
failures, on the other hand some can
teach and cannot play exceptionally,
Their understanding goes beyond their
ability TO execute. However everyone
must admit that the great test teacher Is
he who possesses the power to show
as well as 10 tell his pupil.
Such teacher is Leschetizky, and OF
such teachers he Is the greatest. be-
cause Of his talents. his long years OF
experience and his ability to grow ana
progress. Many there may be who dis
like his method and his manners. hut
association has rarely failed 10 change
such dislikes into respect and admira-
ton. so that those who coma 10 scorf''
have mostly remained and praised"
And everyone OF the masters legion OF
pupils from the greatest TO the least
would be genuine and hearty in his or
her expressions OF respect and admIra-
ton for his great achievements. Hoch
lebc Leschetzky
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