The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-10-13
THE UNIVERSAL RESPONSE TO
MUSIC


The fact that any human character
istic is dormant does not in any way
prove its non-existence. There is
among the public a general responsive
ness to music and this fact has been
proven by the gradual breadth Of APP
probation which has come during the
past few years. Music is a blessing
to humanity and it is only when it
has been made universal that our edu-
cational system may be said to full
fill it's mission. It is only when we
stop to mediate on what a world this
would be were every bit of music TAX
en- from US that we realize that we
hear continuously each day, some form
of music, be it rythm or melody, and
we could not live without it.
The wonderful success of the COM
munity chorus is but one of the evil
dences that music is enjoyed by the
people at large and it is the music
which they understand and appreciate
that they enjoy. The fact that so large
a percentage of the people do not APP
preciate and enjoy music as they
should is arousing the musical en-
thusiasts to bring about such a state
of musical affairs that appreciation
may be universal.
The origin of the music memory
contest is an interesting one and was
conceived by a father who was inter
ested in his children and their taste
for muscle. H. Tremaine, director
of the National Bureau for the Adj
vancement of Music in New York City.
He found that his two children, a boy
and a girl, had no ear for music nor
any interest in it. He suggested a
game in which they were to familiar,
ize themselves with the classic selec-
tons on the plyer piano. When they
were ready for the test they were to
notify their father and he agreed to
give a prize to the one correctly nam
ing the greatest number. Within three
weeks the boy was able to recognize
IS out of 20 rolls and give the COM
posers. More than that, both chill
dren had developed a taste for music
and an interest in music had been
aroused which was a permanent ben
eft to them. From that simple start
the Music Memory Contest has grown
until now nearly every large city
and many smaller mes regard it as an
annual event.
From this gradual spread of APP
probation of this great art has grown
Gill ono{hor noo1,ar,or% ryL.ol los
meant much in the advancement of
music-the Inauguration of a Music
Week in many cities. During this
week some famous oratorio is often
given by a community chorus Handel's
Messiah being a ~favorite, and various
concerts are given often with s%oloists
of noted rank or withorchestras, IA
nous in the musical world. 1t is such
evidences that bring to us a realiza-
ton of u responsiveness to music
and its real place in our lives.
Ruskin has said "Music when healthy
is the teacher of perfect order; also
when depraved, the teacher of perfect
disorder" There is more truth in the
latter part of this statement than we
should like to admit, but, in our eff
fort to overcome the influence of the
music which teaches disorder we must
bring before young America and old
America as well the healthy class of
music, the music which is food for ouv
souls, thereby spreading love and APP
probation for an art which, no mat
ter where it may be, finds a place.