MUSICAL COURIER
May 3, 1923
65
theatrical paper, the opinions and criticisms of which are greatly valued by persons interested in the profession:
DOROTHY JARDO'N PROVES BETTER DRAW THAN FILM FEATURE.
The outstanding offering among the big first run houses is Where the Pavement Ends, at Loew’s Warfield. It has not been the picture so much as the presence of Dorothy Jardon which has caused the Warfield to register capacity business.
Dorothy Jardon proved an excellent drawing attraction and the big business attributed to her appearance in a fine program that was highly praised by critics.
Heifetz’s Plans
MUSIC AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
By GEORGE H. GARTLAN Director of Music in the Public Schools of New York City
THE MOVABLE VERSUS THE FIXED DO
Jascha Heifetz sails for Europe on May 16. He will start his first tour of the Orient in September, and will return to the United States next season in time for his first Carnegie Hall recital in New York, which will take place on New Year’s Day.
Shea Pupil a Church Soloist
John A. Carpenter, tenor, a pupil of George E. Shea, has been engaged for a year as soloist in the choir of the Pentecostal English Lutheran Church of Brooklyn.
WHERE THEY ARE TO BE
From May 3 to May 17
Levitzki, Mischa:
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 11. Macbeth, Florence:
Spartanburg, S. C., May 4. Kewanee, 111., May 11. Rochester, Minn., May 13.
MacLaren, Gay:
Chicago, 111., May 8-10. Maier, Guy:
Boston, Mass., May 4. Springfield, Mass., May 5. Middleton, Arthur:
New Britain, Conn., May 7. Worcester, Mass., May 10.
Morini, Erika:
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 10. Murphy, Lambert:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 45־. Novaes, Guiomar:
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 4. Ornstein, Leo:
Worcester, Mass., May 11. Passmore, Melvena: Harrisburg, Pa., May 4. Pattison, Lee:
Boston, Mass., May 4. Springfield, Mass., May 5. Patton, Fred:
Worcester, Mass., May 9. Raisa, Rosa:
Spokane, Wash., May 9. Rimini, Giacomo:
Spokane, Wash., May 9. Rubinstein, Erna:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 17. Ruffo, Titta:
Havana, Cuba, May 3-14. Schipa, Tito:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 7. Simpson, Alma:
San Juan, P. R., May 10. Ponce, P. R., May 12. Mayaguez, P. R., May 13.
San Juan, P. R., May 16.
Sundelius, Marie:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 4. Worcester, Mass., May 9. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12.
Thomas, Edna:
Philadelphia, Pa., May 1617־.
Tittmann, Charles T.:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5. Washington, D. C., May 8.
Van Gordon, Cyrena:
Saginaw, Mich., May 8.
Whitehall, Clarence:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 4.
Addison, Mabelle:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 17. Alcock, Merle:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5. Baer, Louise:
Harrisburg, Pa., May 4. Barbour, Inez:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5. Bock, Helen:
Harrisburg, Pa., May 4.
Bori, Lucrezia:
Plainfield, N. J., May 3. Crooks, Richard:
Worcester, Mass., May 9. Cuthbert, Frank:
Springfield, Mass., May 4. Dadmun, Royal:
Worcester, Mass., May 9. Davis, Ernest:
Kansas City, Mo., May 7-10. Easton, Florence:
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 4. Worcester, Mass., May 10-11. Edwards, Elizabeth:
Newark, N. J., May 9. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12. Gordon, Jeanne:
Springfield, Mass., May 4. Hackett, Arthur:
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 11-12. Mankato, Minn., May 16-17.
Harrold, Orville:
Worcester, Mass., May 10-11. Harvard, Sue:
Indianapolis, Ind., May 6. Howell, Dicie:
Cleveland, Ohio, May 3. Newark, N. J., May 9.
New Brunswick, N. J.,May 11.
Johnson, Edward:
Chicago, 111., May 6.
Keener, Suzanne:
Ridgewood, N. J., May 7. Kerns, Grace:
Ob?rlin, Ohio, May 5.
Mt. Carmel, Pa., May 14.
Kingston, Morgan:
London, Eng., May 13.
Klink, Frieda:
Worcester, Mass., May 9. Land, Harold:
Rutherford, N. J., May 6. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 7. Worcester, Mass., May 9. Yonkers, N. .Y., May 10.
Lennox, Elizabeth:
Benton Harbor, Mich., May 15.
A Discussion of the Relative Values of the Two Methods of Sight Reading as Applied to Public Schools
Dr. Hollis Dann, State Supervisor of Music, Pennsylvania, tells an interesting story of a visit which he made to France in 1912, at a time when a great many of the public schools of Paris were competing for a prize in sight reading. This competition was open to all nations, and it happened that a teacher from one of the London public schools decided to bring a chorus of his pupils over to Paris, not witfi the idea of entering the competition, but merely for the experience which they would get in attending such a meeting. The children from the Paris schools were trained in the fixed Do system—those from London in the movable Do. The teacher from London was induced to have his pupils enter the contest, which he was not entirely willing to do because of their lack of preparation. However, they entered the contest and successfully carried off all the honors, which in the estimation of those who were present proved conclusively that so far as public school children were concerned, the movable Do system had its advantages. This is a matter of historical record.
The Practical Advantages in School Work.
In view of the fact that in most of our school system the work of music teaching has to be delegated to the class teacher, it is important that music be reduced to its simplest terms, and for that reason all the particular technical work which of necessity must be left in the hands of the most expert teacher is eliminated. It is not the object of a public school system to make expert readers, but to give to each child the advantage of a musical education. It is merely an attempt to open up the great fields of music appreciation, whether it be through listening or actual vocal accomplishment. For this reason there cannot be the great insistence made upon sight reading as a form of music, such as we find in the conservatory, for the benefit of the individual pupil who decides’ to use music as a vocation.
John O. Lambdin Dead ׳
It is with regret that the musical world learns of the death of John O. Lambdin, dramatic and music critic of the Baltimore Sun. Mr. Lambdin passed away on April 26 at fifty years of age, following an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Lambdin was born in Germantown, Pa., and. is the last member of a family which for years had been prominent in the arts. His father, Dr. Alfred Cochrane Lambdin was at one time associate editor of the Philadelphia Times and later editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Ledger. His mother was Katherine Oldmixon Lambdin. Mr. Lambdin had a very keen mind and great musical knowledge and his writings in the Baltimore Sun always were read with interest.
Rosati Teaches Openshaw Ballad
While canvassing the large studios in New York City to determine the popularity of the Openshaw song, Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses, innumerable letters have been received by the publishers praising highly its possibilities as a studio number. The following letter from Enrico Rosati well known teacher here, shows that he found it very interesting:
. } received Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses and I find it very interesting. I shall be glad to use same for my pupils. If any of them should include the song on their programs I shall be prompt in Very truly yburs,
(Signed) Enrico Rosati.
Dorothy Jardon the Real Feature
That Dorothy Jardon enjoyed great success during her recent engagement in California with the Loéw theaters, both in San Francisco and Los Angeles, is proved by thé following account which appeared in Variety, a weekly
For many years there has been considerable discussion between advocates of public school music and supporters of conservatory methods concerning the relative values of the two systems of sight reading, and the ultimate effect upon pupils. It is important that we review for a moment the theory behind each system. The movable Do, the system at present in use in all public school systems in the United States, is sight reading reduced to its simplest terms. The pupil is required only to learn the diatonic major scale, and it is assumed that if this is mastered together with the attendant chromatics, the problems of sight singing are reduced. The first tone of the scale is always Do, and intervals are practised from each position on the staff. After the initial steps are accomplished sight reading becomes a matter of eye training rather than ear training.
The fixed Do is entirely different. Everything is accomplished from the scale of C major. C is Do, as are likewise C sharp and C flat. This same principle applies to every degree of the staff and involves a process of tone thinking which is very different from the method applied in the movable Do system. The advocates of the fixed Do system are the expert teachers who may guide the pupil through all the difficulties of such a problem. An important element involved in this practice is that the pupil finds great difficulty in working out this system by himself. The supporters of the fixed Do system put forward as their chief claim that the fixed Do sight reading method produces absolute^ pitch, a requisite for the concert singer or the player of string instruments. It has never been proved that absolute pitch is a necessary requirement for the average performer, particularly in this day of scientific accomplishment.
Historical References.
Perhaps the outstanding accomplishment in the fixed Do method was the triumph of this system in the great conservatories of France. Here all students who applied for scholarships in the Paris Conservatory were required to be expert sight readers in the fixed Do system before they were eligible for scholarships. To prepare for this, the most intensive training was done by applicants who studied usually with the teachers of the conservatory before they made their application for admission. For many years the public schools of France followed this same method, but in a much modified form, because they realized that it was not possible to devote the necessary amount of time if other things were to ■be accomplished.
In Great Britain things were very different. The introduction of the tonic Sol-fa system practically abrogated the strict rules of the fixed Do. The reader will recall that in the tonic Sol-fa system no musical notation was used, the syllable names being substituted and actually printed out on the page. The advantage of this method was its great simplicity. Even the most untutored accomplished something in the way of sight reading by this method. Gradually the tonic Sol-fa system was replaced by actual music notation, but the same principle was retained, that is, the first note of the scale is Do. By degrees this system was adopted in the schools of the United States, until we have today the most proficient type of sight reading so far as the needs of pupils are concerned, in practically all of our public school systems.
If the question were categorically asked, which of the two systems produces the more expert type of sight reading, we would be forced to say the fixed Do, but this result is accomplished only after years of intensive tutoring and application, and applies only to the very few who intend to make music a vocation, whereas the movable Do system affords to everyone an opportunity to get whatever enjoyment is possible out of the reading of, music.
BEULAH ROSINE
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