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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 May 1935, p. 29

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jurope trere years. Back in New Cording apparatus whereby thte or- york teaching. music-gliscontented.. chetra or individual' pupilmay malce Then Chicago, friends, *Ihe girl-more records and hear the results, which téaching of music.. And finally the may be gratifying or flot, dependtig north shore, marriage, a scbool of en the sili of the players. The Dush- one's own, The Scbool of. Musical Arts, kins have gone Bobbie Burns one and Crafts. better-instead of letting people sce .Such in'brief is the story 'of David themnselves as otherà sec themn, they Dushkin, Who came ,as a four-year- let pupils hear themselves as others O'ld to this country f rom Russia. Promn hear them. thé beginning of bis career as a mu- Catching eithe.r of ýthe Dushkins. sician and teacher he has feit that it David or Dorothy, foi an intemvew is *as wronig to be teaching the -piano, like catchinga firefiy. They fit about instéad of children., And bis discon- intent on musical creativeness, con- tenit wiith bis own work, bis marri age fer about a bent music rack, the de- to an equallyaented mussiian end ferred lesson of a ppl h mimeo- .bianist,ý Dorothy Brewster Smith of graphing of ,a new composition, or Smith college and- Paris, have resulted answer the phone in a delightful h um ini the founding of a unique enter- of plea&ant, orderly.activÏiy.Tbey are a t orner important zcature in thuurU Pu wor-k is the extra places givçn piansts, for wihom sets of small reed organs. six to a table, with a range of three octaves have been made.- 0f course the ontstànding. novelty of the. sehool lB its Worksho, in the basementt, a shop that 1ol delight any tool-maker or cabinet-aker wvith its couip'lete quipment and neat ar- rangement. Hère the children Who, wish make simple instruments, which they will later, learu to -play. Those ini whom music is a latent interest are thus led to regard it with enthusiasm and appreciation. Among the instruments which have, been in'ade in the workshop by the Dushkin pupils are the woden flute. drum, xylophone, marimba, and chimes;. also the more.fclt brff flute, piandolin, recorder, violin, cello, double bass, clarison, clavalum, pipe ora.The 'clarison and clavalum are inventions of thte Dusbkin studio. The former combines the reed wind instru- ment with keyboard facility of playing. The other resembles the celesta. But the favorite among those who prefer simpllcity of playing and sweetness of tone is the recorder. The Dushkins consider this "a very* fine instrument IL I *1 Stt m nY«à»t.alCWAMM. h.. wS ~U .«t,.iee mcm t i40%. ILwm.' Uuti 'A-Plus bie. Cuso.tCem suio Audonýmui epoematgm w4ur uvice. Id. Chuc 3464111i54Puk 1147S-0matiIIIsie. LORD S: /1 -J DAVID DUSF Uv' I ~ purne, ncad ot tme wneria. public schools likes to go home *of -a noon to play the recorder briefl.y as a pre-' luncheon divertissement. In short, the Dushkiu system is one that combines the.fun of playing good mtusic with- the satisfaction of self -development. No wouder. the Dusbkin book "Fun -with Flutes" bas been accorded a place among the two best of the year of the University of They (know dWHEN t98@ a.. 9 0ý piano, and mnusic racks at one end. and Ueo fireplace, many windows, openl shelves Estelle S, for music, the usual furniture.found pianto an< iany comfortable living room, and clarinet; ample- space, for rebearsals or ton- garetM ;ition; Irving Gel, much commendati Berkson. and Mar- sors and the univ general teaching; rior worlc. i from tus prote.- 1i --- -sity for bis. supe- . s . I - fer

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