Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

and thus resting on an artificial baS-
is. SO too with orchestra. Almost
every city of any size boast of it's
own orchestra. Several efforts have
been made in Phoenix to establish
one Eugene Redewill, Mr.. Porter,
| Mr. Strichal, have during the past
four years given us some very good
efforts and we should give them our
support in every way.
| Mr.. Oberhoffer who is doing such
splendid work with the Minneapolis
orchestra said in an address to his
musicians of 81 men, drawn from II
different nations, Music is an art
that is universal. Luckily it knows
no geographical borders or racial
Limitations Therein lies it's great
humanizing and uplifting power"
| John G.. Freund who in his talks
to the people is stirring the public
to realization of the influence of
music for good. says, I'VE need to
have parents realize that music
makes for something more than eff
/ Eliminate accomplishment. that music
is full grown mans work and
commands a mans wage"
David Bispham has a growing be
/ lief in the universally of music.
/ "Music is fundamental thing in
human nature and it should be
taught sensibly in all schools and
| colleges, not that everybody should
| be a professional performer, heaven
forbid But that the people at large
should be brought up with this beau
i tiful thing and know about it and
| its makers and executors, and be
able to sing and play for themselves
in an intelligent manner. In this way
IF educators could but realize it.
great good would result to the world
as great, if not greater than by the
study of many thiEGs which are IN
the list of requirements, for every
person who is educated at all-music
is a necessity AMI should be con-
sidered from sci ,ntific standpoint
The study of music should be UNI
dertakcn as carefully as that of liter
ature, science, histo"-, art or langu-
age"
Mark Hamburg says of technique:
| 1T is rather product of the mind than
of the hands That which is not
carefully thought out and weighed
mentally never becomes a part of
ourselves and we cannot until then.
recognize its true significance 1t
| is therefore of the utmost import
best tuition from the start. hat it
may acquire through the masters
art, the right habits of thinking in
the initial stages Of study"
America is no lol.ge foUowirS in
the music of the world, but is fast
taking the lead. Our teacaers, Ccm-
posers and performers rank with the
| best. The American peo!, ARE
spending six hundl ed million annual
| ly on this greatest of all arts. Why
rhouid We Nor 'cci that we fnIm
n vitality important ,art % the coru-
try's education and culture.
Since we may look upon music as
so closely allied with other e.luct-
{ tional work IT is gratifying to note
that many leaders ir the field os
music are college m31 and women.
| The New York Settlement Sch"aI. IN
! Y hich David and Clara Manuis nave
been doing such Il grand work WIS
started b. 4 c.';IcSc Sir = recent
y cue of ia" harvard Must. Re
viero contained interesting articles by
! prominent musicians who are grad
Luates of Harvard, among them Ar
| tnur Foote. But time forbids the
naming Of more.
! Let us help to bring about bet
midst. by upholdng our local talent
and by encouraging the bringing in
of outside talent 1t is a shame if
Phoenix cannot support at least one
good musical entertainment each
year. Let us help to make our city
a center of culture in its every
| branch and let us stand for all that
| is best in music. literature and art.
I hope if you were not already
convinced of the fact that | have
helped you to see that music has
real educational value-that it helps
| develop the mind and that one must
| bring to it a well developed nlind,
| that it is a language Of the people
which all should understand and en-
j1y-that while musicians must have
culture. the cultured person should
! have musical appreciation. In short.
the serious study of music should
be given its place with the other
subjects in our schools and the school
teacher and the teacher of music
should pull together.
AS the biennial of the National
! Federation of Musical Clubs draws
near, plans are teing completed fer
| the ten days of musical festivity
| (June 24-July - which will bring
| 90 Los Angeles the leading con-
| posers and artists of the country.
The most vitality interesting foo
ture of the biennial, next to the
production of the prize opera, IS tie
Congress for the Encoura cement of
American Music Brilliant programs
have been prepared under the direc
ton of Charles Wakefield Cadman,
one of the best known of our AM
erican composers. Members of MIR.
Claimants committee, which IS one
of the most important in the Fed
Grafton are: Carl Busch, Mrs. Eliza
beth Casterton, George w. Chadwick,
Arthur Foote, Charles H. Farnsworth
Henry X. Hadley, Leonard Liebling,
Roland Paul, Osca Sonneck, and Tall
Esen Morgan.
Through the efforts of this COM
Il f..fiY rvrr: