arily affects it to a certain extent; but in many cases
this is not as injurious as might be imagined. The future of music in
America seems very roseate to me and I can look back to my American
concert tours with great pleasure.

CONCERT CONDITIONS IN AMERICA

"One of the great difficulties, however, in concert touring in America
is the matter of enormous distances. I often think that American
audiences rarely hear great pianists at their best. Considering the
large amounts of money involved in a successful American tour and the
business enterprise which must be extremely forceful to make such a tour
possible, it is not to be wondered that enormous journeys must be made
in ridiculously short time. No one can imagine what this means to even a
man of my build." (Reisenauer is a wonderfully strong and powerful man.)
"I have been obliged to play in one Western city one night and in an
Eastern city the following night. Hundreds of miles lay between them. In
the latter city I was obliged to go directly from the railroad depot to
the stage of the concert hall, hungry, tired, travel worn and without
practice opportunities. How can a man be at his best under such
conditions?--yet certain conditions make these things unavoidable in
America, and the pianist must suffer occasional criticism for not
playing uniformly well. In Europe such conditions do not exist owing to
the closely populated districts. I am glad to have the opportunity to
make this statement, as no doubt a very great many Americans fail to
realize under what distressing conditions an artist is often obliged to
play in America."

QUESTIONS IN STYLE, INTERPRETATION, EXPRESSION
AND TECHNIC OF PIANOFORTE PLAYING

SERIES XV

ALFRED REISENAUER

1. What should be the first step in the musical education of the child?

2. Why was Koehler so successful as a teacher?

3. Did Liszt follow a method in teaching or was his work eclectic?

4. Give Liszt's conception of how Chopin developed one of his Valses.

5. Have the possibilities of the art of musical composition been
exhausted?

6. Are other great schools of pianoforte playing likely to arise?

7. What was Reisenauer's opinion of the works of MacDowell?

8. What may be said of musical taste in America when Reisenauer was
touring this country.

9. What may be said of the status of American musical education?

10. What great difficulties do the virtuosos visiting America
encounter?

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