Piano and song

MRS. SOLID. I should be glad to understand how it is that your daughters are able to play the numerous pieces which I have heard from them so correctly and intelligently, withou...

Our vocal composers, followed by many singing-teachers and singing institutions, have almost banished from music the true art of singing; or, at least, have introduced an unnatu...

My daughters play the music of all the principal composers, and also the best salon music. Limited views of any kind are injurious to art. It is as great a mistake to play only...

You ask, my dear friend, for some particular information about my piano method, especially with regard to my mode of elementary instruction, which differs essentially from that...

Ladies,--As I am about to make a journey of a few weeks with my daughters, we will suspend for a short time our musical meetings. On my return, you will resume them with fresh i...

I once more introduce my readers to the scenes of my active, musical life, with an invitation to accompany me to a musical tea-party. My object is, in a short and entertaining m...

MR. GOLD, _the banker (fond of music)._ MRS. GOLD _(sings, and is an invalid.)_ MR. SILVER, _bookkeeper (formerly a singer with Strauss)._ MR. PIOUS, _a friend of the family (a...

MY DEAR MISS ----,--You are endowed with an admirable gift for singing, and your agreeable though not naturally powerful voice has vivacity and youthful charm, as well as a fine...

A large and varied experience is required for a correct estimate of musical talent in the young. Do not be deceived by the early evidences of talent; for instance, interest in m...

It is a pity that you have no sons, for a father takes great delight in his sons; but I agree with you, when you say that, if you had one, you would rather he should break stone...

You exclaim: "What is that?--a sentiment for the soft pedal! a sentiment of any kind in our times! most of all, a musical sentiment! I have not heard of such a thing in a concer...

HERR ZACH, _formerly a flute-player, not very wealthy._ HIS WIFE, _of the family of Tz. (rather sharp-tempered)._ STOCK, _her son, 17 years old (is studying the piano thoroughly...

FATIMA. Mamma says it is too expensive to have it tuned so often; it gets out of tune again so quickly. It is an old, small-legged piano, as you see: mamma is always saying, whe...

I have just returned exhausted and annihilated from a concert, where I have been hearing the piano pounded. Two grand bravoura movements have been thundered off, with the pedal...

MY DEAR FRIEND,--I have read your eighth chapter. What you facetiously call "the three trifles" seem to me to be three most important points, even if you had described them simp...