The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-19
By ALFRED Z. ROBIN.

preciate that dinner. It Il beyond him. He
would enjoy dinner of bacon ana beans
far better-until he is trained up to tho
Baltimore dinner. Give him the training.
and you win find that he likes the better
things way In advance Of the commoner
ones he has been used to and will never 60
back to the commoner If he can help It.
How to Cater Successfully
to the Public.
When you are serving music to the pub
lie you must be q wise caterer. Don't get
coax them along with you. You can, how
ever, always begin by serving very good.
It would not be wise idea to begin by
setting on your music table dishes that are
OF poor quality, or coarse. In fact, your
table would at once be unattractive to the
very ones you care most about reaching.
The musician who wants to reach the
hearts Of the people will find his best in
spiration among the people themselves.
They will readily guide him to a good place
to start When he plays Paradise Alley"
there will be an immediate response. 1t Is
understood: everybody knows 1T. The musi'
clan who can and will play this Is just the
ono they like. Right then and there he se-5
cureS their allegiance, and soon he can show
them beauties that they never dreamed OF.
Art in music? Well, It is quite one thing
when 1t applies to the individual and quite
8N0tner Wnen 10 tne masses.
The individual has clearly defined (and
It is best in this case to consider the indi.
vidual as the person who has had more or
less musical training) ideas Of what art in
music Is. To him it is the highest and
best as he knows it, or knows 1t to exist.
whether he has ever been fortunate enough
or not to be in the atmosphere of 1t. Art
in music. as it applies to the masses. almost
defies defining. To cultivate an apprecia-
tion of art in music is by no means an i'm
possible undertaking. Art in music, to the
musician. encompasses even the common
place. AS to the painter and sculptor, there
is to him beauty in form. there is q crude
line that is capable of being made better
and maybe even worked in to form
perfect whole, though at first glance. or
hearing. It contains merely suggestion.
To train the masses to proper apprecia-
tion of the art Of music is not task that
may be accomplished in one or two or a
hundred Sunday afternoon concerts or a
dozen. free music lessons. All of this will
help toward desired end, but it will not
accomplish all that is aimed for.
Masses Must Be Reached
by Going to Them.
How to reach the people? Mr.. Frank
Damrosch in New York has good idea.
The way to reach the people-musically-5
is to go to them. Go into their districts
Mr.. Damrosch has districted the whole
have its own concerts or music lessons un-.
der competent leader. with chief di-
rector over all. Let all the districts prac-
! tice the game music. beginning first with
the simple. but good. and then let them
gather at the central point and sing or
play Soon 1t win be seen that there will
be such pleasure in what they have ac-
complished that they will be ambitious to
do the higher and better things.
/ The way to reach the people II TO 90
to them. II the Sunday afternoon concert
is to be looked at from the viewpoint Of
uplifting the masses 1t must be then ad-
mitted that only a very small percentage
of the people are reached after all. The
Sunday afternoon concert serves its. pslr-
pose well In giving to the better clasg
Of people, the people OF native culture and
refinement, an hour or two that d I'M
structive and beneficial. since Il takes than
into the realm OF music ana shows them
III beautieA