The Washington times., 1923-01-07

every year thereafter, is
QUESTIONABLE sent out by
music week" committees in
Washington is among the pio-
.neer cities in the inauguration Of
q civic Music Week. In June.
1920, through the efforts of a
band of far-seeing men and wo-
1 men. the first Music Week was
: held in the Nations Capital. It
Twas at once a success.
Since then, one week has been
Set apart each year to stimulate.
greater interest in music de-
: velopment in Washington. Plans
8already are under way to make
efhe 1928 Music Week the greatest
FEAST of melody this city has ever
known.
= According to the bureaus rec
ords. music weeks have been held
in ninety-four cities to date. and
many others are being planned
NOW for the late winter and early
spring. New York. San Francisco.
Detroit, Denver. Washington, Dali
IEs, St. Paul, Omaha and other i'm
P6rta II centers already have OBJ
Terved two or three annual music
/. sUeeks. while Philadelphia, Los An
geles. Wilmington. DEL. and scores
of smaller cities are recent re-
eruits.
- The growth Of the movement
oates back only to February, 1920.
when the pioneer. music week on
comprehensive basis was held in
New York. and the record includes
nome but those which were COM
: plete city-wide observances, en-
:. listing the cooperation not only of
the musical elements, but of
CHURCHES, schools, women's clubs.
hotels. industrial plants and vast
:. humber of organizations not direct
~ connected with music but realiz
Ing the Importance of its greater
utilization. The rapidity of the
spread of the idea aud the diver
>sified character OF its application
furnished the National Bureau a
second reason for gathering and
making available the data.
: 900
"A CCORDINGLY a QUESTIONABLE
was sent to the various music
week committees, aimed to ascer-
: tain how the local observance had
:. been financed. whether it would be
held annually, how many desired
q national music week. and what
!. time of the year was considered
= most favorable for this event,
3 Among the fifty nine sets of an
E swers received there was practic-
: ally unanimous desire for a ma
tional music week observance, al
though there was differing opin-
lions as to when the time would be
ripe for this. The month of May
: received the largest vote as the
appropriate season for the
> seyent, with April. and June tieing
Tor second place, and October third.
=
DRoBABLY the most striking
fact brought out by the ques-
? tionnaire was the relatively small
expense involved in many of these
: extensive celebrations In most
cities of less than $4,000 popula-
ton the outlay of the central COM
!, Imittee was under 5000. In Bir-
/, snoingham, Ala, it was $500; in Sac
famento, Cal, $500; in Seattle,
II Wash, $49O. Even in San Fran
: cisco, where many special features
were included in addition to the
usual activities, the expenditure
= twas only $4,000, and of this nearly
half was contributed from the city
- treasury. Denver's committee
spent $500, including expenses,
for a pageant. OF this sum 81 900
= was an appropriation from the pub
lie funds.
The favorable financial reports
are explained by the fact that the
great mass Of the participation is
given on a volunteer basis by Or
CARNATIONS, groups and individ-
uals desirous of doing something
Tor the musical progress of their
city.
:, MUSICAL INSTRUCTORS.
EDNA BISHOP DANIEL