The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
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WORLD
BY Michael Gold

IN Of Soviet
appeared signed by George Maynard for the
praing the Frehe Gssang Fare under
Jacob shaefer raised serious and fundamental OBJ
criticism as later events have
the Pierre Degeyter Club body
both from members of the club and
from other readers who heard concert with nards
objected Msynsrds appraisal was Ashley
cannot quote all of these letters
following its complete statement
the wider implications conforming all phases OF cultural activity
the R, deserves to be published in its entirety
Cross Section of Soviet Music
GGN review Music
raised several questions that call for even more
top bottom than does the concert
Though part accordance with his statemsn that the
trend Soviet Music yet believe that the concert as whole was
section Soviet Union Comrade Maynard seems
Fan was part OF the program DaVdenk Bugy ano tne otnS
the Of the o. composers
who formerly took leading role in the Union Pretaran Composers
NMaskowsky beautiful quartet 1t cannot be denied
craftsmanship and genuine
life the influences rapidly vanishing
He naturally theme of old peasant Russia folk theme that
may understands This quartet
Baskowsky still bewidered with
soviet life and dreamed OF the old but evidently iaskowsky is no
dealing with the Collective Farms What important that
composer freely
but Of the
of Socialist construction and his growing sympathy with the soets
Cmrade Maynard completely overloos the Importance of this
exploding bougeoie the pseudo
mas the Max Eastmans and the Modern Monthly falsars who
shed tears over the RECOMMENDATION OF the arts under the Soes Here
works by Soviet composers having trace Of propaganda For
but seventeen years oat the height OF the Rp period The sonata
Rave, Debussy it
the Soviet Union Oswald spengler philosopher Fasm in
Decline the speaking the proeaan The
reftes such falsehoOds
Freedom of Artistic Expression
1NURo early years revolution young composers
prevented entrance many
the older who though not fully of the link of
but convinced Of the correctness Of its line Following the
ipNdsion RAPP with
posewas aated Committee
n of the Union those artists
other creative workers again came forward began creating and
their Compare
the artistic expression in Nad Germany The removal of musicians
from their political racial religious grounds This
clearly revealed the first time, the complete freedom
artistic expression the That the
program Of teaches
Maynard exception program
concerning Popof not
Gpdy the Cd the revolutionary struggle and the new 1t does not
either but it does apparently to Comrade Pett however
disagree that the music Ldsztan believe familiar with
the complete List works ano and find trace Of him in
tendencies empty precisely
these musical differences that degree
we recognize proeaan
VIZ? because the unbeatable linguistic link
Some too regular rhythm and con-
schemes says comrade Maynard he NAV write
that will proud we are of shoakoyich
and Mooov too proud of shoakovch Mossolov
apparent rom these lines that Composer
Maynard adres but the modn sappont-
ment in that here not
Soviet Unions
of musical
encouragement Musical forums held which
performer and the music lover discuss
che opera and the radio thrown types
Modernism in Music
1T must be remembered that America
only heard by small sophscates and
Russian
music steady
Kuntz relates which
being issued the collective
ernsuc conception of horse
pressed by peasant who stated How believe
this
snow that the listener must travel through
feel that the important
1t is reeab as always arise
the working class more suitable
auditorium prevented the symphony the
performance Shaakowc Ken Dayidenko and
other Soviet Nakowsv
Kolkhoz Symphony. r5lT
What usually forgotten that
in the Soviet society built society utilizing
accordance with MARKHAM teachings the best
he