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...quarter-tone piano-the piano of tomorrow, according to Pianist Earth-which amazed. Pianist Earth, young Leipsic-born U. S. citizen, long felt himself limited by the conventional twelve-tone scale (in the keyboard the seven white full tones and the five black half tones). With the help of one George L. Weitz and the Baldwin Piano Co. he in vented a quarter-tone instrument which has a second keyboard, is double the thick ness of the standard piano, has to be played from an extra high stool. He wrote music for it (North Wind, Shadows of a Cathe dral...
...best of the first prize winners. The contest will be under the supervision of the Society of the Friends of Music. The awards, in all, total $20,000. Franz Schubert sold many of his most beautiful creations for 20c. He submitted the "Erl-King" to Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipsic publishers. They, suspicious of the MS. from Vienna, wrote to one Franz Schubert of Dresden, Royal Church composer, inquired if he had submitted the song. The answer: "With the utmost astonishment I inform you that this cantata was never composed by me. I will use every endeavor to discover...
...Toward Leipsic rumbled a special train carrying an old man whose worst enemies sarcastically admit that he has become almost a god on earth. A cloud of escorting airplanes flew overhead, and the train rumbled on. Crowds cheered as it entered the great Leipsic station. Wearily Paul von Hindenburg descended and passed with tired majesty through a mob whose enthusiasm would barely let him pass...
...Paul von Hindenburg" he was called before the War, when he was on the army pension list. "Hoch! Hoch!! Hoch der President!!!" roared the crowds last week. Dutifully, imperturbably, impressively the old soldier rode to the site of the Leipsic Spring Fair...
Motors. The German automobile manufactuers, having just held a show at Berlin from which all foreign makes were excluded, did not even trouble to send their cars to Leipsic. In consequence, the U. S. makes, which were nearly all well represented, completely dominated the show...