The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
What BE Thinks Of Americas
Future in Art.
OUR PAST AN AUGuRY. HE SAYS
Unlike Many Great Men of His Own
Peculiar World, He Gives Credit
where Credit IL Due, and Does
Not Hesitate 10 Admire What Hns
Already Been Done or 10 Ex-
press His Confidence In Our Future

Eugene Ysaye. s!ollnist. sat In his room
In the Ralnier-Grand hotel Tuesday and
locked dreanlIly across the bay toward
tho Olympic mountains. which showed
hlve beneath a fringe Of wind-olo~n
clouds which overspread the horizon The
grandeur OF the scene must have I'M
pressed him. and Il may have aroused
In him a strain Of thought concerning the
greatness OF thls country and It's future
In the development of music, literature
and art.
The conversation had covered wide
range OF topics. ending with the concert
OF the evening before and the extremely
cordial reception rendered fsaye and his
fellow artists By an appreciative and mu-
sic-loying public.
'Do you know" said the violnist,
medltatively II have the greatest faith
IN the future OF the United States as far
as development Of the musical and arts
tic taste Of the people OF this country
goes The day will come when you viii
have a national conservatory maintained
by ths government Permanent orches-
tras, composed Of the most capable mu-
s.cians and founded on a solid financial
basis. will be the rule IN the large cities.
The People viii have time to cultivate
the art of music and 10 preserve and 10
develop the national taste. In this way
the music OF America will be brought out
until the characteristics of the people,
their hopes aud ambitions. their thoughts
and aspirations, will find expression
through the medium OF music.
I'VE are accustomed 10 speak Of French
music, ard OF German music. and the
songs of the Hungarlans and OF the Rus
SLAMS Thus each Of the continental ma
lions Inanifests the distinctiveiy national
characteristics of its people through the
art Of music. America should be the
same way | know that musicians have
specuiated on what form the American
art will take al some future Iinle. The
people Of this country have been criU-
cised for allowing the music OF other ma
tons 10 be impressed TOO strongly on the
taste OF the country. True as some OF
these criticisms may be. / am one who
believes that the thought. the feeling and
the aspiration OF the people Of America
and their national character IS yet 10 be
emhalmed In music
Musical arr in some portions Of this
country has reached high state of cult
walton The orchestra IN Boston Is az
fine as any we have in Paris. Vienna.
Berlin or anywhere or the continent OF
Europe. Chicago has q sensitive and
a progressive musical population. New
York has the Se.dl orchestra, which j. "A
S6alendia organizatilak These magDth-
cent agencies which are fast nlod!ng
! the public taste OF America, arc 20 ne
supplemented. / sincerely hope, by the
establishment Of a government conserVa-
| tory. where the talent or the country will
I he trained by the very best tea,AC-s 10
/ he procured. Why not? You have pub
/ lilo schools for the instruction OF the
( younx: you have universities and colleges
/ established hy the state Tor the training
/ OF the youth % the country. Science and
| literature are encouraged by the govern
ment In Libraries and museums Art has
It's public galleries. Does Il rot seem
/ that something should be done for music?
The progress which America has made
in music durfn4s the last twenty years
Is an nugufy for greater achievements Vet
tn come. This progress has been simply
colossal. II an'azes me every time
+ consider the sub}eCt. OF course. every
thing canno; be aous al once But I
+ hop+, the day Is not FAR distant waen there
is founded - tA,S country such a con-
seryatory as exists In Paris. Through The
/ sstrcy %: this conservatory the music
~ America Will be DEVELOPED from is
/ present embryonic stale. Cntn then I
hope tha; the influences q neither French
/ GERMAN nor any other European taste ana
ara VIII dcmiuate the plastic musical
;aS.e 81 the American nation"
II the c0Dcey; on Monday right the
viel at~t used his GUaUVrtus violin. made
. in I,it by tAe famous Joseph Gauaer.us