Presto
Issue: 1941 2302 - Page 4
PRESTO
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MUSIC
TIMES
I he Oldest Magazine In The Mitsie Arts and Trades
BEETHOVEN AND NATURE
We are pleased to publish on our front cover the
picture of Beethoven and Nature from.a painting in
the Steinwjay Collection. It was painted by N. C.
Wyeth. Beethovan had a dramatic career in which
the drama was often very tragic. He lavished every-
thing he possibly could on a rather worthless nephew
who was banished from Vienna in 1826. Beethoven
went with him to a farm. Whether this picture rep-
resents a walk in that locality or not we do not know.
However, the picture is in the mood of our splendid
Autumn season when we love to walk in the woods.
NUMBER
2302
FOUNDED
1879
SEPTEMBER
1941
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPECIAL FEATURES
PACE
Music Tn The Good Old Summer Time
MUSIC — IN THE SUMMER TIME
4
A Short Editorial
Unless one makes a study of the musical activities
of Americans in the summer time one is not likely
to have the slightest idea of the magnitude of those
activities. Our great cities like New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles, Minne-
apolis, San Francisco, Cincinnati and many others
are really beehives of musical activity during the
summer. I shall take Chicago as an example of this
outstanding summer musical activity in a great
center, simply because I live in Chicago and attend
many musical programs. The other great centers
are jiust as active as Chicago. We enjoy listening to
their programs over the radio. In Chicago we have
the great open air concerts in Grant Park on the
shores of Lake Michigan attended by hundreds of
thousands of interested listeners during a season.
The Chicagoland Musical Festival sponsored by The
Chicago Tribune Charities is a tremendous affair in-
volving many preliminary musical contests. Tt drew
contestants and attendants this year from 32 states
and sections of Canada.
But the smaller cities and even the rural districts
have their splendid musical activities. There are such
permanent musical centers as "Jnterlocken — The
National Music Cam])" at Interlocken, Mich., which
makes a remarkable contribution to our musical life.
( )n the evening of July 12, I attended a presentation
<>! "Carmen" splendidly done by aspiring young
artists in the open air in International Friendship
Gardens, a beautiful park near Michigan City, In-
diana. It was called "Opera Under The Stars." It
was inspiring to see and hear this opera by such
promising young Americans. America is alive with
music—good music too.
Message From President Clark
6
Echoes From The Convention
6
The Value Of Good Will And Understanding
Tn The Music Industry
8
By Lawrence //. Seh
Souvenirs Of Paderewski, Artist and Statesman
12
Illinois Accordion Band Festival
By J. Percival Davics
15
The 32nd Convention Of The National
Association Of Piano Tuners
By Mary C. Gubbins
22
Fortune Gallo — The Dean Of Operatic Impresarii... . ^, 7 >
By Edward IV. Lowrey
DEPARTMENTS
Manufacturers Point The Way
10
Music Dealers Who Are Doing Things
Edited By Branch Worth
20
Records, Radios, And Television
Edited By Prentis Montgomery
24
News And Notes From Here, There, and Everywhere 30
J.
BRADFORD
PENGELLY,
Editor and Publisher
South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Telephone Harrison 0234
Published monthly by J. Bradford Pengelly, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Entered February 7.
1939,
as second-class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price
25 cents. Yearly subscription $1.50—foreign $2.50 Six month subscriptions 75 cents. Advertising rates on
application.
PACE
FOUR
PRESTO
MUSIC
TIMES
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77//: I-HOST COVER PICTURE
MUSIC
TIMES
I he Oldest Magazine In The Mitsie Arts and Trades
BEETHOVEN AND NATURE
We are pleased to publish on our front cover the
picture of Beethoven and Nature from.a painting in
the Steinwjay Collection. It was painted by N. C.
Wyeth. Beethovan had a dramatic career in which
the drama was often very tragic. He lavished every-
thing he possibly could on a rather worthless nephew
who was banished from Vienna in 1826. Beethoven
went with him to a farm. Whether this picture rep-
resents a walk in that locality or not we do not know.
However, the picture is in the mood of our splendid
Autumn season when we love to walk in the woods.
NUMBER
2302
FOUNDED
1879
SEPTEMBER
1941
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPECIAL FEATURES
PACE
Music Tn The Good Old Summer Time
MUSIC — IN THE SUMMER TIME
4
A Short Editorial
Unless one makes a study of the musical activities
of Americans in the summer time one is not likely
to have the slightest idea of the magnitude of those
activities. Our great cities like New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles, Minne-
apolis, San Francisco, Cincinnati and many others
are really beehives of musical activity during the
summer. I shall take Chicago as an example of this
outstanding summer musical activity in a great
center, simply because I live in Chicago and attend
many musical programs. The other great centers
are jiust as active as Chicago. We enjoy listening to
their programs over the radio. In Chicago we have
the great open air concerts in Grant Park on the
shores of Lake Michigan attended by hundreds of
thousands of interested listeners during a season.
The Chicagoland Musical Festival sponsored by The
Chicago Tribune Charities is a tremendous affair in-
volving many preliminary musical contests. Tt drew
contestants and attendants this year from 32 states
and sections of Canada.
But the smaller cities and even the rural districts
have their splendid musical activities. There are such
permanent musical centers as "Jnterlocken — The
National Music Cam])" at Interlocken, Mich., which
makes a remarkable contribution to our musical life.
( )n the evening of July 12, I attended a presentation
<>! "Carmen" splendidly done by aspiring young
artists in the open air in International Friendship
Gardens, a beautiful park near Michigan City, In-
diana. It was called "Opera Under The Stars." It
was inspiring to see and hear this opera by such
promising young Americans. America is alive with
music—good music too.
Message From President Clark
6
Echoes From The Convention
6
The Value Of Good Will And Understanding
Tn The Music Industry
8
By Lawrence //. Seh
Souvenirs Of Paderewski, Artist and Statesman
12
Illinois Accordion Band Festival
By J. Percival Davics
15
The 32nd Convention Of The National
Association Of Piano Tuners
By Mary C. Gubbins
22
Fortune Gallo — The Dean Of Operatic Impresarii... . ^, 7 >
By Edward IV. Lowrey
DEPARTMENTS
Manufacturers Point The Way
10
Music Dealers Who Are Doing Things
Edited By Branch Worth
20
Records, Radios, And Television
Edited By Prentis Montgomery
24
News And Notes From Here, There, and Everywhere 30
J.
BRADFORD
PENGELLY,
Editor and Publisher
South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Telephone Harrison 0234
Published monthly by J. Bradford Pengelly, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Entered February 7.
1939,
as second-class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price
25 cents. Yearly subscription $1.50—foreign $2.50 Six month subscriptions 75 cents. Advertising rates on
application.
PACE
FOUR
PRESTO
MUSIC
TIMES
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).