New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
The Metropolis a Center Of
Musical Activities Of All Kinds
Recent Growth of the Artist Colony; Opportunities
For Study Through Hearing Performances;
Opera House, Concert Room and Church
Bv H. (. Krehbicl

:. % not on : tie numerous cCDvoca~
Mons Of .e4chcrs and the multiplicity %
schools w4lch make large city the
BEST OF places n which TO seek mus cal
instruction, it is also the opportunity
which such q city offers for that train
,rg winch comes from frequent hearing
,f ni-h-class music well performed
The needs Of student in any special
branch Of art differ greatly from those
II the student seeking an academic ed
lcation A metropolis may be a bad
plsce in which to study the humanities,
or even. under certain conditions, the
plastic ar-s Only the large galleries
n which taste may feed and knowledge
u past and contemporary achievements
be acquired make the capita Of the
World good study-p aces for artists. In
other respects small towns with beau
.iful natural surroundings and tradi-
ions to inspire zeal and impart enthu
.iasm are preferable to the great cara
,anseries Of the world.
In the study Of music tradition is
lmost 6 negligible factor; it can only
influence methods Of instruction and
asa conservator Of the things which
nee seemed good and which, having
eon high approval, are likely to have
0eserved il and therefore 70 exemplify
principles wh ch are enduring. But
hough we speak OF a literature of mu-
e. Of works that are immortal, music
self is thing Of the moment. The
compositions Of the masters Of the
aast are dead-mere silences-unless
hey are periodically called into life by
performances, re-creations; thus re
.wakened they live aeain, but only 50
ong as they are in the ear, the mem
'ry and the stimulated fancy and emo
uon Of the after-momcnt. The learn
g which is in books, the beauty which
S on the painters canvas, the sculp-
or's marble. the architects structure,
uay be studied and enjoyed in any
solitude where their companionship is
abtainable; music, in addition to the
lecord made by the original composer,
demands the performer in order to ex-
st. To be EMIT ed to the name of
artist the performer must therefore
also be creator-a re-creator who has
read the significance of the original
prOclamat;on and is capable Of giving
Il out again vltalized by his own Gre
tive genus.
New York Artistic Heart of Country
As New York IS the 6rancial heart
II the country, so it is also the artistic
The vita pulsations which are sent
through the country's musical organ
.sm 60 out from this great center. Il
8 as much the goal of the teacher as
Z is OF the student. For much longer
han a century It has attracted the
foreign artist as well as the native
Fho sought a home which offered a
vide fed O: activity They have come
here 70 create, TO perform, 10 teach:
. learn sra. are the needs Of the
nation ard to supply them. Never has
there heen anywhere near as large
segregation Of artists in New York as
now Since the outbreak # the war it
has been the Berlin. Leipsic and
Munich of The Germans, the Vienna Of
the Austria7s; it is rapidly becoming
Paris for the Frenchman and London
i'r tie Brit.sAe er. Such a result Of
the International upheaval WAS fore
seen and predicted n the article which
opened Iae Tribunes musical educa-
ton SUD- err ent six ears aco. Reread
ing tha' ar-icle, am mysef surprised
a. the manner in which its predictions
have been fulfilled Ever since the
fatesul days Of the late summer of
1914 .he United States has been de-
pended IN not only to alleviate want
an1 81" ring among the warning peo-
pes, ag. also to give hospitality and
sEpport - multitude Of musical
srtis's eho hitherto had earned their
l'ye.ise-a IN their native countries
Iae .fvas.oa was large in 1915; il
grew ,sr-ec in the two succeeding
Jeass I'D when America was herself
eempei,ed to enter the struggle it
va en'. .ne character % &c neon
Ing elerent. not its magnitude, that
-'aef1 ea. caange. At first IT was
gsne'a'. composed Of pregentatives Of
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