Philadelphia Conservatory of Music - Variations Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Organizer of musical proiec'I's 'ro s+imula+e and educafe inferesl' in coniemporary works. Layman's Music Courses which she founded are s+ill being con+inued in Colleges and Schools. Gracious livin -Madame's musicales and rece +ions were of renown, and were a'H'ended b P Y infernafionally known ar+is'rs as well as sfudenfs, prornineni businessmen, and Managers. Aufhor of four books-The l.ayman's Music Book A Music Manual The Magic World of Music An American Musician's Sfory Schuberi Memorial Award, now iunciioning ihrough ihe Naiional Federaiion of Music Clubs. Assislance 'fo her s'ruden+s, young arfisis and professionals will always be grafefully remembered. Music Criiic for fhe New York Evening Posf. Arfisf Teacher ai' Juilliard School of Music and Head of the Piano Deparfmeni' af +he Philadel- phia Conservaiory. A Radio Broadcasfing and Recordings for R.C.A. Vic+or. Organ Fugue in G Minor lThe LiHlei Transcribed for piano. Famous, in+erna+ionally acclaimed pianisi. Fidelily 'lo 'friends who consfanfly admired her personalify, which was sfrong yef warmly under- sianding. MARIA EZERMAN DRAKE 8

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'W t Cl Well-equipped and inTeresTed musicians. an e ' lThis arTicle is addressed To The sTudenTs of The Philadel- phia ConservaTory.l Who of you, approaching graduaTion, would scorn inquiry inTo posiTions sounding as promising as Those in The above ad-line? And, Though such posiTions rarely are Tound in adverTising secTions, liTerally Thousands of Them are available To educaTed musicians. l refer To musicians esTablishing Themselves in schools, colleges, or privaTe sTudios in communiTies removed Trom areas immediaTely surrounding large ciTies. While iT is True ThaT advanTages oT hearing music of Top qualiTy and periormance in a mefropolis are unmaTched, The presenT-day TaciliTies of TransporTaTion To These cenTers make Them easily accessible by everyone. WhaT, Then, are The aTTracTions oT making music in a non-meTropoli- Tan communiTy-perhaps your own? They are legion: only a Tew can be enumeraTed: I. You can represenf, by aTTiTude, performance, Teaching and lecTuring, The arT Tor which you care mosT-music. Many can be made To realize The Tar-reaching eTTecTs an inTeresT in music can have upon Their lives. 2. You can esTablish and mainTain a musical sTandard of The highesT order. There are many sincere musicians working in These communiTies who have had no opporTuniTy Tor a TirsT-class musical educaTiong oThers have ob+oined Theirs in anoTher generaTion and have Tailed To keep in Touch wi+h ever-rising sTandards. 3. You can Try ouT The new ideas you have. Remember ii' is oTTen Tram humble beginnings ThaT many ra new and valuable conTribuTion has sprung. 4. You will discover a Thrill in Training and guiding musical abiliTy in The young. IT is here ThaT rd large percenTage of your mosT valuable work will be done. T 5. There is opporTuniTy Tor growTh in These Towns and ciTiesf .mur growTh as a person. The demands made upon The musician-upon his knowledge, iudgrnenT and imaginaTion-sTimulaTe creaTive Think- ing, build resourceTulness, conliidence, a sense oT having a place in The CommuniTy. Some among you may wanT To Teach in CommuniTies: oThers are undecided. A Tew iniuncTions may help inTeresTed persons To Take a clear view of The siTuaTion: I. Make The mosT of your opporTuniTies Tor educaTion. You are receiv- CONTINUED ON PAGE 27'

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WCUJCUHG always seemed ageless. She changed very Iiffle in fhe lasf fen years of her life when I knew her. There was much youfh and resfless spirii' alien fo fhe ordinary woman of sixfy-five. And l am sure 'rhaf when she was sixfeen and in fhe midsf of building a career fhere was more mafurify fhan mos? sixfeen-year-olds possess. Many musicians find fhemselves ouf of dafe in fheir lofer years- venerable remainders of anofher age. This seems fo be less so of scienfisfs or sfafesmen who are more accusfomed fo 'rhe consfancy of change. Buf arfisfs who grow up and idenfify fhemselves wifh a parficular period in music find adiusfmenf very difficuli' when fhey ouf-live fhaf period. Richard Sfrauss is 'rhe prime example of fhis. Alexander Silofi and Josef Lhevinne were confemporaries of Madame buf for fhe lasf several years of fheir lives fhey were augusf old genflemen, rafher aghasf af Olga's musical doings. Wi+h Madame if was never a mafier of keeping up fo dafe buf rafher The confinual applicafion of all she observed and absorbed and fhe force of her mafurify applied fo 'rhe changing paHern of life. So many fhings bear 'rhis ouf. Her acfivify in so many branches of music as fhe need and opporfunify arose, her broad concepf of music and ifs relafion fo fhe ofher arfs and sciences, her ioy in fhe creafion of new fhings. And because if was in youfh fhaf she found so much, if was fo youfh fhaf she gave so much, and fo youfh fhaf she looked for fhe answer fo so many of 'rheir own and fhe world's problems. John Erskine said in final fesfamenf, She fhoughf of youfh as seffing fhe fone of life, nof simply as fhe prelude fo old age. She fhoughf we should all grow old young. DOROTHEA PERSICHETH 9