, 1881-02-24
THEOD0HE THOMAS ON MUSIC IN
AMERfHA

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leaders md causes combtnc,t, mud this Is due
! n t,o rnnsou tf,at while other men hayu
t v,aI,tcd In pou}ar uress,,rn md have catered
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high purpose. A. comparison or Ills pro
grnms during tho past q"arter Of century
would SHOW d stcaay e1oWtn on"Al" a,,"
upward nmi Il popuiar following III TINT Ill
rectloi' n1,a u'o surcst ploo' u h'' SUI
cess ID that his best programs draw
tho best houses. ilo hns been aplo
to do this not alone because he
is conductor Of extraordinary magnetism
ami ability. but boca,,su ho hns always snr-
rounded himself with 1Irst-class PLAYERS ana
no others. With sncl lender nnd sttcli MI
orchestra whit was tho 'so Of their address
, Ing Themselves to light aud trivial music
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"'leh Aeeo'c 1eauo'" t'N' t,,'tH. w.
competent enough to perform? Tleir work
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cohcel1s c"ntlo1 entcl' ANY a'ehess.A CIV
hlay aahce mt'sle uE.' opca"''e potpoa4.l ..a ~
we'l enough, out IL - 'o' e'e's o'eneSsau
that cal play symphonies anu u'o hlsne'
: forms OF dfah'atle mos'e' WHICH afc t,lo Gu
!, during "ofks III tle "of4a u hiusic' H'lt
therefore tho ohiy sea'iy '3uo u" s'o"s ,,, o,es
r THO test OF music IL us ehaaf"nce' nn"
: merely tiekles tho oar docs hot ma pesl,'
nent lotagn'ent In tllo heaft OF 1elcct LIT
0 higher aspirations OF the SOU. .....-
!: Mr.. Thoulns' paper IL SO bflet that We mn!
o caslly reproduce Its salient posnls. Ills aei'