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A WIDER USE FOR THE REPRODUCER'S POSSIBILITIES
Ampico Used by John Tasker Howard for Musical Illustrations in His Lecturing Tour—Why the
Reproducing Piano Is Better for This Purpose Than the Pianist—Its Use in Music Schools
One of the most fertile fields of development
for the reproducing piano is its use in musical
educational work, especially in connection with
the lecture on musical topics. Heretofore, in
illustrating such subjects, the lecturer has been
compelled to depend upon a human player who
rarely measured up to the requirements and
whose' incapacity in many cases destroyed to a
great extent the value of the lecture.
With the reproducing piano all this is
changed. Containing as they do reproductions
of practically all musical literature, the repro-
ducing roll libraries give to the musical educa-
tionalist or musical lecturer an unlimited choice
of compositions to illustrate their theses, and
these an exact transcript of the greatest mas-
ters of the keyboard before the public. No
longer do they have to depend upon the work
of a mediocre pianist; on the contrary, each
illustration can be played by the pianist whose
interpretations of the composer in question have
reached the highest standard.
An example of this work of the reproducer
is in the lectures of John Tasker Howard, the
young American composer, who was formerly
managing editor of The Musician and who is
appearing this season under the management of
Jean Wiswell. Mr. Howard has a busy season
already booked, among the recent engagements
he has filled being appearances in Waterbury,
Conn.; Newark, N. J.; Tarrytown, N. Y.; Nut-
ley, N. J.; Pleasantville, N. Y., and New York
City.
All of Mr. Howard's lectures are illustrated
with music and for his examples he uses the
interpretations of distinguished pianists through
the medium of the Ampico. Among the vari-
ous subjects on which Mr. Howard speaks are
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such titles as "Music in America," "Musical
Prophets," "A Plea for Chestnuts" and "An-
imals in Music."
Mr. Howard is known to musical circles and
terly, The Musician and Art and Life. He re-
cently completed a monograph on the late
Charles T. Griffes which is being published by
G. Schirmer, Inc., in connection with that firm's
"Contemporary Course in Musical Biography."
Of his more recent compositions the setting of
Tennyson's choral song, "There Is Sweet Music
Here," is to be issued by G. Schirmer, Inc.,
this Spring, and is already being sung by Maria
Samson, Louise Stallings and Erna Cavelle.
There is no doubt that in the future there
will be a wide development of the use of the
reproducing piano along these lines. Not only
will it be used almost exclusively to provide*
the illustrations for lectures on musical topics,
but it will come into still wider use for the
study of style and interpretation on the part
of student pianists. Already a considerable be-
ginning has been made in this work, some of
the leading musical conservatories using this
instrument for such a purpose and finding it an
invaluable aid. The educational possibilities in-
herent in the reproducing piano have as yet
scarcely been realized by the trade, nor has
it as yet, to a great degree, taken advantage
of. the wide sales field which exists in them.
BANQUET FOR LOESER MUSIC MEN
Sales Staff of Piano Music Departments of
Brooklyn Store to Hold Get-together Party
John Tasker Howard
the general public through not only his pub-
lished songs and piano pieces, but also through
his much quoted articles in The Musical Quar-
The staff of the piano, talking machine music
departments of Frederick Loeser & Co., Brook-
lyn, have arranged for an elaborate and get-
together dinner and entertainment at the Hotel
Shelburnc, Rrighton Beach, on Saturday evening
of this week. The dinner will mark the con-
clusion of the most successful year's business
under the direction of Hammond, manager of
the departments, who will be guest of honor,
and the arrangements are in the hands of War-
ren Smith, of the sales staff.
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STRAND THEATRE BLDG.-
NEW YORK
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