Entries for March 2, 1911 and 2011

Rita's teacher Sebald

Rita's Entry: Thursday, March 2, 1911
Harmony at 10.  Lesson later.  Played whole concerto with Mr. Sebald.  Girl and her father were audience.  Played it pretty well.  He stopped me with suggestions for "effect" several times, but I made no horrible mistakes.  When I finished he said, "Fine, fine." - not enthusiastically perhaps, but I think he was pleased.  I was glad I did it so well anyway.

IN RITA'S DAY: The music magazine "Etude" (see March 1911 cover above) was very popular and many people took some sort of music lessons.  Phonographs and radios were on the verge of being available ( a quote from the magazine above "a system of wireless telegraphy that will transmit musical tunes as well as ordinary messages is the last word in modern invention"), but it wasn't until the 1920s that they become common.  So in 1911 people got their music in person only...

TODAY: We still love music.  A research study by FGI reports that a third (31%)of us spend between one and three hours per week listening to music. Slightly less than a quarter (23%) listens to music for four-to-six hours; 13%, for seven-to-nine hours; 15%, for 10-12 hours; and 17%, for over 13 hours per week.  And how do we listen to music?  Radio still holds an edge.  81% said they listen on the radio while 61% said they listen to CDs and 43% listen on MP3 players.

Judy's Entry: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Did a lot of shopping and cooking today.  My daughter is going to try going back to work for half days next week and both her mother-in-law and I are going to help out by sending food for the week.  Made banana muffins, roasted vegetables, split pea soup, turkey breast...Going into the city tomorrow so had to get a lot done today.