Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-16
PADEREWSKI WILL
PLAY HERE MONDAY
Great Polish PiaK t to Be Fourth
NL.aber Of the Retailers Char
ity Concert Course.
HIS FORTUNE TO CHARITY


1gnace Paderewsii VIII he the forth
world-renowned musical attraction Of
fered to an Omaha audience In the Re-
tailers' Charity Concert course and viii
appear at the Auditorium tomorrow
evening.
The appearance Of the great pianist on
the concert stage after his retirement
several years ago is due 10 the fact that
he spent his fortune 90 help his stricken
countrymen in Poland. The Chicago
Herald IN a recent editorial has this
TO say OF him.
"IGnace raderewskI Is returning to the
concert stage. 20 which he bede farewell
some time ago. Doubtless many will
smile. moro or less satirically, when they
read the news.
by the power OF his genius and
through the universal admiration It ex-
cited the great pianist reaped, golden
harvests When he retired he was more
than a millionaire. His accommodations
were close upon 100000
But today Paderewski Is 80 poor that
he must go to work again. What has
become OF his ample fortune7 sauan-
dered? Lost in bad or foolish invest
ments2 Neither unless II be foolish 10
feel acutely spectacle OF human dis
tress and spend all without spsring or
thought OF self TO relieve II.
"Paderewski has given away his whole
fortune-every dollar he had-to help nIs
stricken fellow Poles, to lift from them
the crushing weight OF war and famine.
He has literally stripped himself for suf-
fering Poland. Ho has owned the ties
of blood and race as have few men.
Having given away all no had. Pader-
ewski plays again that he may live. ana
still give TO his native LANDS people"
Program for Monday Might.
Paderewski's program at the Auditor
iun, II comprehensive one. as follows:
J. Fantasia. op. 15............., Schubert
Allegro con fuoco. Adagio. Presto
Allegro
OBJ IL Carlton de Cythere r. Couperin
tc) lie coucou. Daduin
3 Etudes Symphoniques Schumann
tal Nocturne in = major op CO..
tcl Mazurka in A minor. on. IL
.dl Scherzo IN B-flat minor. Chopin
3 Rhapsodie Hongroise ........... .Liszt
Advice 20 students.
Some time ago Paderewski wrote an
article giving valuable advice to plano
students. lie lays stress on the value
OF scales and says n student who is
taking mp music as a professional should
give four hours daily to study. and II
taking up music as an amateur the stu
dent should give two hours daily 10
study.
AS technical studies" wrote Mr.. Pad
erewsh. Il recommend czerny's op. 74O
and Clementfs Gradus and Parnassum,
Tausig's edition. The czerny is pure
technique and the Clement Is extensive
and brilliant These together with some
special finger exercises by the teacher,
suited TO the individual need Of the pupil,
VIII, for considerable time. be quite
eufiicient in the way OF purely technical
studies. Afterwards the Wohltemperirte
Xavier OF Bach, Indispensable In train
ing the Independence OF the fingers and
the tone. should be taken up, ana in due
course the studies OF Chopin.
PiayfnE of scales. ......
1T 10 only by playing the -scaies with
strong accent. and the slower tho better,
that precision and Independence Of fingers
are secured, First play the scales through,
accounting the notes according to natural
rhythm. Then. as In speech. lot the accent
ran upon the weak note instead OF upon
the strong one and play the scale. ae-
eenting every second note: afterward place
the accent upon every THIRD note. and
then upon every fourth
Il advise first Mozart because II be-
comes with our modern nerves and ex-
element difficult to play with calm and
simplicity. And these arc the qualities
that are required By Mozart. Second:
advise Mendelssohn whose Songs without
Words arc OF such admirable use In ac-
auiring singing quality Of tone. For
oriniancy OF technique I should advise
weber and for advanced pianists recom-
mend the playing of Moszkowskl among
f1odaFt, ,.o,,,ro....