This site is a compilation of instruction in various fields such as music and others as introduced.

What is the value of inspiration? How can we put a price on that which gets into the soul and makes then great and noble and triumphant?

A few words from a friend, a few lines in print, a sentence from the pulpit, just a thought which makes one want to go on and accomplish things once thought impossible: that is inspiration.

Many a man and woman has made their fortune through the soul impulse received from a single paragraph. That paragraph was the sign post which pointed the way. It was the thing which above all other things they needed. If they attempted to enter it in their books as capital it would appear as nothing – yet almost all that they have came from it.

Teachers are engaged to instruct. Franz Liszt gave comparatively little instruction but the inspiration of his playing and advice made a score of virtuosos. The teacher who fails to inspire is only half a teacher. In every lesson there should be a note of inspiration that leaves the student glowing with enthusiasm.

This blog is a journal of practical old time musical education from the late 1800s and early 1900s and was mainly published in the Etude. At the same time we know that it is a glorious privilege to seek out all the inspiration we can find and pass it on to our readers. We want every submission to contain something that will grab hold of your hand, especially when you feel yourself slipping backward, something that will make your eyes glisten with new eagerness to press on and move forward, something that will make you throw your shoulders back and dare to do new and better things. It is our determination to have no entry leave our computers until it has that priceless thing called inspiration.

Enjoy,
Debi A. Davis
Publisher