3 4 TH E etud e ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT, BOSTON: 146 Boylston Street. NEW YORK: 136 Fifth Avenue. Music Publisher SOLE AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR Henry I^itollf, Brunswick, Germany, and Edition Chanot (Violin Music). NEW PUBLICATIONS. SOFLGS . FOOTE , ARTHUR . Op . 43 . Si x Songs . No. 1. The Nightingale has a Lyre of Gold. Two keys, each $0.36 No. 2. Roumanian Song. E (b-f) 40 No. 3. Sweetheart. Two keys, each 25 No. 4. The Roses are Dead. Two keys, each 25 No. 5. Up to Her Chamber Window. Two keys, each 40 No. 6. 0 Love, Stay by and Sing. Two keys, each .40 HANSCOM , E. W . My Secret. Waltz Song. E flat (d-a flat) 50 Pilgrims of the Night. (Sacred.) Two keys, each 40 Always with Us. (Sacred.) G (c-d) 40 HOLDER , ALBER T J. O Jesus, Thou art Standing. (Arr. from Schubert.) Two keys, each 40 LYNES , FRANK . Op . 27. Tw o Songs . No. 1. Betrothal. Two keys, each 35 No. 2. A Thousand Eyes in the Night Two keys, each 35 SCHNECKER , P . A . Lead Kindly Light. C (e-g) 50 .Guide Me, G Thou Great Jehovah. D flat (c-g flat) 35 Gently, Loid, O Gently Lead Us. F (c-f) 35 SCOTT , IH4S . P . A Widow Bird. D flat (e flat-g flat) 35 The Brook and the Wave. D flat (d flat-f) 40 Preliminary Studies in Melod y Placin g . . BY . WILSO N G . SMITH . OP . 76 . PRICE, $1.25. These studies have bien written for the sole purpose of developing the singing tone and thereby cultivating the true legato touch. This necessary adjunct to the technic of the pianoforte is often treated in an inferior manner or not with sufficient attention Mr. Smith has been extremely feli-citous in his method of procedure and has begun with the legato formation of the simple C-major scale in the right hand and very easy accompani-ment in the left. Later on this scheme is reversed, and again the scale appears in the right hand under another form of structure. Throughout the little work this admirable systematic principle has been adhered to. In conclusion it may be said that these studies are progressive, melodious, and pleasing; and having been carefully edited, will be welcomed by all teachers. Catalogue of • • • faste r /llbusi c STYL E K M Believing that there is always demand for the highest possible degree of excellence in a given manufacture, the Mason & Hamlin Company has hel d steadfast to its original prin-ciple, and has never swerved from its purpose of producing instruments of rare artistic merit. As a result the Mason & Hamlin Company has re-ceived for its products, since its foundation to the present day, words of greatest commendation from the world's most illustri-ous musicians and critics of tone. Since and including the Great World's Exposition of Paris, 1867, the instruments manu-factured by the Mason & Ham-lin Company have receive d wherever exhibited, at all Great World's Expositions, the . sent upon application. ....Highest Possible Awards.... sSE^ SEND FOR CATALOGUE Mmm^mlm BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. Philadelphia Representative, CHARLES H. FISCHER, 1710 Chestnut Street CLAYTON F. SUMMY CO., 220 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111., SOLE REPRESENTATIVES IN CHICAGO FOR THE CHICKERING PIANO. Publishers and Importers of Music, General Dealers in Pianos and Music of the Better Class. CONDENSED FINGER TECHNIC. ... BY ... F>. c. LUTKIN, PART I . PART II . PART III . Rhythmical Five-Finger Exer= cises, including syncopations and unequal rhythms, $0.60 Schooling of the Thumb. Prepara tory to scale and arpeggio study, . Preparatory Exercises in Part Playing, .50 .60 " /nrONDENSED FINGER TECHNIC " is the result ^ ^ of a need which the compiler experienced in his work as a teacher of piano playing. Students came to him with fair ability and considerable famili-arity with the keyboard, but with indifferently developed technic and superficial notions in regard to rhythm, phras-ing, and accuracy in general. A vigorous drill was found necessary in all these matters and just the right material seemed not at hand. This series of technical studies attempts to fill this want, and it is arranged on the following general plan : PAR T I is confined to the first principle of finger technic—that of controlling the five fingers in successive order under all conditions. This is carried out by hav-ing the hands alternately play in slow tempo while the other hand plays constantly changing time combinations, varying from quarter notes to thirty-second notes. Syn-copations and unequal rhythms are also included. At first adjacent notes are used and later the stretches in-volved in triads and sept-chords. The hand goes through an immense amount of varying positions and motions, the fingers receive a great deal of direct physical exer-cise, a finer discrimination in time-values is developed, and attention is compelled by the constant and abrupt changes of rhythm. 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