Programme . HE presence in Boston of Mrs. MarjoryKennedy-Fraser, and her daughter,Miss Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser, of Edin-burgh, Scotland, exponents of Professor TobiasMatthays principles of piano-playing, furnishesus with an opportunity to have these principlesauthoritatively explained and demonstrated, forthe benefit of teachers and students interested inFore-arm Rotation and Arm-weight Kennedy-Fraser and her daughter have verykindly offered to give an exposition on Wednesday,May 3, at , in Steinert Hall. We beg to extend a cordial invitation toevery one desirous of attendin
Programme . HE presence in Boston of Mrs. MarjoryKennedy-Fraser, and her daughter,Miss Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser, of Edin-burgh, Scotland, exponents of Professor TobiasMatthays principles of piano-playing, furnishesus with an opportunity to have these principlesauthoritatively explained and demonstrated, forthe benefit of teachers and students interested inFore-arm Rotation and Arm-weight Kennedy-Fraser and her daughter have verykindly offered to give an exposition on Wednesday,May 3, at , in Steinert Hall. We beg to extend a cordial invitation toevery one desirous of attending this lecture anddemonstration, in the course of which Miss PatuffaKennedy-Fraser will play a number of piano 1415 mentalists and singers alike—for recitals in the different settlementcentres in the most densely populated sections of our cities and all these concerts under the auspices of these civic music asso-ciations only a nominal price for admission is charged. Not enoughcan be said in praise of those artists who, for a very small sum, orsometimes no compensation, willingly contribute their services to thisnoble cause. The success of these musical invasions in the settle-ments has convinced us that by starting at the bottom we areindeed, if slowly, bringing music to a nation and a nation to music. I often have been asked what kind of music should be used in con-certs which are meant to appeal to the great mass of our people—those who are as yet uninitiated into the secrets of our art. Therecan be only one answer—the best music possible, the only kind ofmusic which deserves to be distinctly popular. Popular or not thesecompositions will then be classed as distinctly Americ
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