Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-03-30
Miss Sue Sloan Receives High
Honor.

the vast number of music teachers
! throughout the United States who
teaches the Progressive Series," to
receive an appointment to stand a
personal examination to be given
by Leopold Godowsky, in Chicago
on June Sth, to compete with
the fifty selected ones to enter con-
test for free scholarship to attend
the "Godowsky Master Class" which
will be conducted by Leopold Godow-
sky, who is the world renowned mu-
sic instructor.
Miss Sloan writes:
"He is editor-in-chief of the Art
Publication Society, which / described
in a previous letter, after my visit
to this wonderful building in St.
Louiswhere the Progressive Series is
printed. He is the famous pianist and
composer, now in the very zenith of
his powers. He was born at Wilma, in
Russian Poland, in 1870. His teach
ers were, first Ernest Rudorff in
piano, Kiel and Bargiel (the half
brother of Clara Schumann), in COM
position. Later he studied with Saint
Saens. In 1884 he toured America in
company with the violinist, Ovid Mu-
sin. In 1890 he toured France, having
previously played at the Marlborough
House, London at the command of
the Princess of Wales, who accepted
the dedication of "Valse Scherzo." {"
He returned to America, where he
married Miss Frieda SAKE, of New
York, now generally acknowledged
to be one of the most popular, hos
pitable and beautiful hostesses in vi
emma.
Many Of the celebrated arrange
ments for left hand of the Chopin
Studies were made during his sojourn
lin America. In 1900 he left for Eu=
rope. His success at Berlin was in
stantaneous and triumphant. At this
concert, which was attended by a
whole colony of pianists, Godowsky
played, in addition to works from the
standard repertory a number of the
most difficult of his transcriptions of
the Chopin Studies, besides his own
arrangement cf Weber's Invitation
to the Dance" which is probably the
most difficult piano piece in existence.
His performance of the entire pro-
gram, an enormous test both as a
mental feat and as an example of
physical endurance was such as to
gain for him the unanimous verdict
of being the greatest pianist living.
This superb control of all the re-
sources of technique was the result
of his improved methods of study,
which he fully sets forth in the Pro-
gressive Series. After leaving Berlin
the Emperor of Austria appointed
Mr.. Godowsky as Royal Professor
and head of the Master School of
Piano Playing in Vienna.
This position was created for Mr..
Godowsky, and he has life incum-
benct with distinguished honors of
rank. Besides large number of orig
inal compositions, Godowsky has CIV
en- to the pianistic world his fifty
transcriptions Of the Chopin Etudes,
the greatest innovations in piano lit
erature since LisZt. The Progressive
Series is the first work ever publish
ed which embodies fully and COM
pletely his ideas, methods and princi-
pies by the use of which he has OBJ
tanned such marvellous success both
in his own work and in that of his pu-
pills, and his entire reputation, stand
ing and authority are placed in sup
port of this work.
The reader of these columns will
recall my standing the Normal exami-
nation of the Progressive Series un-
der Mr.. E. R. Kroger, who is the
United States examiner of the Pro-
gressive Series and examined me
when l attended the session at Cor
nell University, Ithica, N. Y. was
justly proud of passing this Normal
examination Of the Progressive Series
and the scholarships / won while in
New York City and the one in Boston
and others. None of the scholarships
l have won, however, have delighted
me more than the recent appointment
to Chicago under the instruction OF
Leopold Godowsky, and If those IN
| heaven know of earthly things my
dear mother and beloved step father
II ,I,.,