Word: musician
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Trial of candidates for the Pierian Sodality Orchestra will be held at Robert's Hall this evening, at 7.30 sharp. Every musician in college is cordially invited to try for the Orchestra. Candidates will please bring instruments and music...
...BECKWITH, Sec.Trial of candidates for the Pierian Sodality Orchestra will be held at Roberts Hall, Brattle street on Tuesday October 1, and Thursday October 3 at 7.30 p. m. sharp. Every musician in college is cordially invited to try for the Orchestra. Candidates will please bring instruments and music...
...years ago it would have seemabsurd for an undergraduate to think seriously of taking up music as a profession. Music was then considered to be rather an idle occupation, more like amusement than serious work, and the life of a musician did not present an attractive prospect. But of late years music has been more free from this stigma, and all the arts are meeting with public appreciation. A musician cannot become a rich man, but he may be a very happy one. Unless he has an independent income, he must do more or less teaching, and, indeed, ability...
...regard to the salary of musicians it may be safely asseted that exceptional men get as high as $7,000 or even $8,000 a year. but there are not more than a dozen such incomes in this country. A first class musician may expect to get anywhere from $2,500 to $4,000 per annum. But it must be remembered that these amounts are received only by men of remarkable talent. The best teachers get four, five, or six dollars an hour for their lessons. It is very advisable that a man learn to play the organ, so that...
...Every musician should play on the pianoforte somewhat, and will also find a knowledge of the violin and singing useful. Besides these accomplishments a musical education should include a knowledge of the theory of music, which is taught here, and a physiological study of the throat and hands is important. It is inadvisable to make a specialty of string or wind instruments, for a man who does so will have to compete with foreigners, who have given all their attention to their instruments, and will play for less than Americans can afford to. Playing on the pianoforte does not require...