Page 70 I/O DECEMBER 1920 THE ETUDE Annual fplxhnij TH E PRICE S GIVEN ARE FOR CASH WIT H ORDER—TRANSPORTA -TIO N CHARGE S PREPAI D SPECIA L HOLIDA Y CAS H PRICES=THI S OFFE R Many Suggestions for the Teacher, Student and Lover of Music None of These Publications Will be Sen t "On Sale" a t These Special Holiday Prices GROVE'S DICTIONARY of MUSIC and MUSICIANS wit h th e New American Supplement Six Large Volumes , Boun d in Red Cloth Stampe d i n Gold Speciall y Priced , $20.0 0 A Splendid Gift for a Musician This greatest of all musical works embraces every branch of musical _ education, musical science, theory, history, biography, musical terms, aesthetics and musical industries. Over a period of sixteen years 184 musical specialists worked on this musical encyclopedia. The first five volumes contain 4,000 pages, and the treatment of ever y subject is most complete. TH E NE W AMERICA N SUPPLEMEN T (the sixth volume) is an indispensable record of American musical institutions, personages and achievement. There are over 1,000 items in the index, and in itself this volume is a neede d work fo r every music library. Buy Yourself a Set on Easy Terms 'Four dollars will bring this set to you, and the balance may be paid in monthly installments of $2.00. Albums for Beginning, Intermediate or Advanced Pianists ADVANCE D STUD Y PIECE S Regular Price$1.00 Holiday Cash Price 50 cents Upper medium grade pieces of musical merit with real technical value. STANDAR D ELEMENTAR Y ALBU M Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents Th e most comprehensive collection of easy teaching pieces published. 82 numbers. STANDAR D AMERICA N ALBU M Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents Meritorious recital numbers, all by Ameri-can composers. Upper medium grade. STANDAR D OPER A ALBU M Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents Melodies from the great operas arranged i n the best manner; of intermediate difficulty not beyond the fourth grade. "ALBU M O F DESCRIPTIV E PIECE S Regular Price $1.25 Holiday Cash Price 65 cents Characteristic piano pieces, depicting mu-sically various moods, scenes and impressions. AMERICAN^OMPOSERS'ALBUM ^ Regular Price $1.25 Holiday Cash Price 65 cents Excellen t numbers, by representative Ameri-can composers. A credit to American music. ~~~~~ CELEBRATE D COMPOSITION S BY FAMOU S COMPOSER S Regular Price $1.00 Holiday Cash Price 50 cents A volume of such compositions as every good pianist delights in having. COMPOSITION S FO R TH E PIANOFORT E BY WOMA N COMPOSER S Regular Price $1.00 Holiday Cash Price 50 cents Some of the best compositions by successful woman composers. MASTERPIECE S FO R TH E PIANOFORT E Regular Price $1.50 Holiday Cash Price 75 cents Real masterpieces selected from great com-posers. MODERN I DRAWIN G ROO M PIECE S Regular Price $1.25 Holiday Cash Price 65 cents A popular album and of a wid e appeal to pianists. SUNDAT T PIAN O MUSI C Regular Price $1.00 Holiday Cash Price 50 cents Dignified, stately and worshipful music fo r all Sunday playing. POPULA R RECITA L REPERTOIR E Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents Such pieces as Dvorak's "Humoresque" and Schutt's " A La Bie n Aimee " are included in this album. ~ STANDAR D BRILLIAN T ALBUM Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents Twenty-seve n pieces of a show y nature, yet not difficult. STANDAR D ADVANCED ALBUM Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents A collection containing twenty-eight classic and modern compositions. YOUNG PLAYERS' ALBUM Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents N o piano student of the earlier grades should be without the sevent y melodious numbers in this collection. 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OPERATIC FOUR-HAN D ALBUM Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents A n excellent four-hand book, containing im-mortal melodies from operas. STANDAR D DUE T PLAYERS' ALBUM Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents A collection of medium grade four-hand pieces in different styles. "CONCER T DUET S Regular Price $1.25 Holiday Cash Price 65 cents Twenty-fou r excellent piano duets of a good character. MUSI C LOVERS' DUE T BOOK ~ Regular Price 75 cents Holiday Cash Price 40 cents Medium grade duets, excellent for diversion and sight-reading practice. ~ TW O PIANIST S Regular Price $1.25 Holiday Cash Price 65 cents Brilliant and popular duets for the piano, grade four. Child's Own Book of Great Musicians B y THOMA S TAPPE R Regula r Pric e 20 cent s eac h I Holiday Cash Price, 12 cent s each, postpaid A Unique Series of Biographies for Children BAC H BEETHOVE N CHOPI N HAYD N LISZ T MENDELSSOH N SCHUBER T MOZAR T WAGNE R VERD I SCHUMAN N HANDE L Thes e clever biographies are designed to instruct and at the same time amuse the children through a combination of play and study. A sheet of pictures describing various scenes, char-acters and events prominent in the lives of the great masters is furnished with each book. Afte r reading the stories the child cuts out these pictures and pastes them in the spaces designated; then, o n the blank pages provided at the back of the book, proceeds to write a short composition based on the knowledge acquired. A n artistic outside cover, a silk cord and a needle are supplied with each booklet in this series. 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The First Violin B y Jessi e Fothergil l Regula r Pric e $1.00 Holiday Cash Price 70 cents, postpaid This tale is beautifully told and for a mu-sical novel is classed in the first rank. This romance, entwined with a musician's life, in-terests the youn g and old alike. First Studies in Music Biography B y Thos . Tappe r Regula r Pric e $1.75 Holiday Cash Price $1.25 postpaid For foundation study in musical History this book is the best obtainable. A ver y appropri-ate gif t for an ambitious youn g student. MUSI C PUBLISHER S AN D DEALER S THEODORE PRESSER CO. 1710-1712-171 4 CHESTNU T STREE T PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAI L ORDE R MUSI C SUPPL Y HOUS E
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