That $1,000 piece

Prittie, Edwin John (1879-1963)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1910

Technique / Medium:

pen and ink

Place of creation:

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

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Description

Magazine caption: How often have you seen the above scene enacted? The guests assemble, and proud mamma, after much coaxing, gets her charming daughter as far as the piano stool. "But, mamma, really, this is too absurd for anything. I don't know a single piece from memory," says the daughter. In the meantime, father indulges in the pleasant pastime of counting up upon his fingers how much he has spent on daughter's education. One of the first things that the teacher should realize is that one good piece properly prepared and "ready to play" at any moment is better than dozens of sermons upon the teacher's ability.

Iconclass

42B76
child(ren) with one or both parents and one or more members of the preceding generation (family group)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]

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Notes

Published in the August 1910 issue of The Etude.

RIdIM record id

4684