Evening star., 1939-10-19
u. S. Must Pay More Attention
To Fidd|ers, Music Expert Says
Tradition Is Along Line Of Foster,
C. S. Smith Tells Music Conference

Scripps and Claremont colleges. de-
clared that tens of thousands of
these Latin Americans in California.
Arizona, Texas and New Mexico are
anxious to acquire our civilization
which means bathtubs and electric
refrigerators. We should trade them
these for their culture-their folk
music and folk lore. If we did this
we would be dealing with Latin
America actually, not academic
ally"
A major stumbling block in using
South American music for United
States bands has been encountered
in the fact that South American
published music contains no saXo-
phone section, according to Adam
P. Lesinsky of Whiting. Ind, presi-
dent of the National High School
Orchestra Association. He said that
he believed public schools are the
most potent way of spreading in
terest in southern music and asked
that a South American delegation
be invited to come up and inspect
school orchestras and bands at work.
Preview of Records.
In response to demands from
delegates to the conference for both
better quality of recorded Latin
America music and more of it, par
ticularly dance music and folk
songs presented by Latin Americans
themselves, representative of big
recording company yesterday gave a
preview of many new recorded
works. both classical and popular,
soon to be released, and also prom
ised new venture.
The offer was made by Charles
O'Connell, music director of R. c. A.
Manufacturing Co. at Camden, N. J.
| He promised to make accessible a
list of all records of South American
music, submit them to responsible
authority of the conference, let this
authority choose what he thinks
would be the best records, and then
the company would make them
available throughout the United
States. Principal demand for more
records came from Prof. William
Berrien of Northwestern University,
and Evans Clark of Twentieth Gen.
tury Fund.
In the face of technical problems
and copyright troubles, representa-
tives of broadcasting chains said
much Latin American music already
was being put on the air, both by
short wave and by long wave. Philip
l.. Barbour of the National Broad
casting Co. reviewed the short-wave
work OF three chains, N. B. c., the
Columbia Broadcasting Co. and
Mutual Broadcasting System. Radio
also was sending typically North
American music to Latin America,
he said, with comments in Spanish.
Predicts Dance Music Vogue.
A big vogue of Latin American
dance music was predicted for the
near future by Davidson Taylor of
Columbia Broadcasting System. He
agreed with Charles Seeger of the
Works Project Administration that
popular and dance music was the
best practical medium for spreading
better understanding among the
peoples of the Americas, because it
reached a larger part of the popu-
lation.
On the other hand, most vigorous
champions for more serious" music
were Prof. Berrien and Howard
Hanson, director of the Eastman
School of Music, Rochester, N. Y.
John G. Paine, general manager
OF the American Society of Com
posers, Authors and Publishers, said
he agreed that serious music flows
from popular music and pointed out
that there had been an enormous
acceptance of South American pop
ular music. An international COPY
right law was needed, however, he
said, to broaden the protection of
property rights in music.
Members of the conference were
guests last night of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss at their estate,
Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown,
for . reception and concert BY the
Mtlaical Art 0fiaPtAk