Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-17
'AADLEY BOOSTS
us. COMPOSERS
Too Often Their Scores Are
Turned Down. Says Park
Orchestra Leader
MORE TALENT IS NEEDED

The United States must hold within
ITS borders goodly Snumber of mon
who are doing real creative musical
work. says Henry Hadcy. one Of the
conductors Of the New York Phihar.
monic Orchestra. and one Of the most
distinguished American composers. who
Is here conducting the Fairmount Park
symphony Orchestra. 1T is the duty of
American conductors to find these
young creative talents and give them a
hearing before their own rnuntrymcn,
- This coming season. said Mr..
Hadloy. II hope 20 he able to bring
forward some really important Ameri-
can works. and I have found some
which are we'll worth hearing There
are many works Of American composers
which should be heard. not once. but
several times. do not mean. Of
course. that everything which is sub.
mitted should be played. simply because
Y is American. but | do mean that
the conductors should he willing ~
study a score until they have thor.
oughly mastered II and know exactly
what II contains instead Of putting j.
aside, rs IS TOO often the case. without
an adequate examination. or waving L.
aside altogether"
American and Foreign Conductors
TIE ,.rt,,. .o,,;,s.l NJ tIo,uo,
tba, be baJ ,n, bnG ,Lis o,rorienc,
himself "No." ha responded. the
conductors have been very good ~ IN"
personally. and virtually everything
that ] have written has been pIayed
orcbes,-oo H.. a., So. .,naL,,, nf
NJ ou., 80 .oa
experience Of the average American
composer "h" hH~ dim'utN IN g"fIhg
ms scores HNnhnh"d oE c"hd"''"rS i"'
at is not 70 bo expected. he con-
tinued. "that the foreign The ~o.callcd
prima donna conductors. will be much
Interested in American compositions or
that they will take the time and trou-
bic to examine them during their com.
parntively brief stays in this country
as guest conductors Bu, som" OF the
foreign born conductors who have per-
manent POSITIONS here should realize
the valne Of American works and play
more of them.
Tho ndnco 4 nropher i NOT With
out honor save in his own country.
finds eXemplfication in 'ho case Of the
American composers W. may think
what We please Of the Germans but We
have to admit that aS a nation they
have been worry rpceptiv" 70 American
music. more 50 ( han any other nation:
London ais" has beard and appreciated
o number Of American works which
hav" been done and some Of theIn re-
peated by Sir Henry Wood. rance
rnd Italy nav" not been :" rH"entlV"'
However. th"r" - now a movement on
ioot ~ snow inc n""pl" or Europe "ha'
the American composer Is DONG
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or G'''I"pI''. ,,on ,,,cro fa,riIior wi,L
uuo,lr may ,,e ~ o',,. ,,.orts ~ - Amor;com
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on, ,o,o ,oao- |" ,han ary o.her one lender.
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