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Show New School cf Acericaa F.!ss!c Will Dave Influence ea 013 Wcrld Ttccghl That tha effort of American com "pnafWi to portray American charactahs tics is. their work, and to break away from the old world methods of treat meat, will ultimately result in the de velopment of a new apirit in fompoei tion, and will be broadly influential in molding the -musical thought of the master throughout the world ia the optimistic op-timistic prediction of Modest Altachu-ler, Altachu-ler, the maaterly conductor of the Bus-sian Bus-sian Symphony orchestra, whoae music delighted three large-audienree during the May music festival at the tabernacle taber-nacle early in the week. . Mr. Altschuler idea are weH developed, de-veloped, and hi hope are high for the future of music in America. But there i a atony path ahead of the daring minds who will have the courage to break away from the old and deeply grounded method of tha old world schools. "The development of th new world school of music ia looked for with great eagerness by the masters ia th old world." Mr. Altschuler said during his viait here. "The time ia rip for the advent of the American school of music thought. Th commercial and Industrie development of America have made this land th marvel of the nations. Tha time is fast approaching when th thought of th country will turn to the higher development of the artistic side of the people. This is shown by the greater interest in - higher education; ny the founding of great universities, and by their eadowment by the rich. It is shown by the' rapidly increasing number of. young men and young women who are devoting their brightest year to th pursuit of higher education. The country cannot but be enriched by this great' increase ia knowledge by its people. "The thought of your people will soon turn, from th aefwee to th arts, and the th Americas school of music will coma into exiateaee. rng impreaa upon the Basis thought of th old world. "Suck a school will be conducted aa ar th great gOTorameatal and stats school of today, so that th maa or woman of talent who has aot tha means at his command, may have the opportunity opportu-nity to develop laces talent, at th government expense. This form of paternalism pa-ternalism by th government will ds much to develop thoaa fneet and beat qualities that ar latest ia so many young Americana- - "Such aa institution should he founded by your great government before be-fore the typical Amaneaa spirit has been diluted and weakened - and changed by immigration. There was a time when the American birth rate was so high that th America people assimilated as-similated all of the men and womea of foreign birth who came to your shore to seek comfort, freedom and happiness. happi-ness. That tim ia now past, and America ia slowly absorbing th foreign for-eign spirit beeauae of two reasons: the increase of immigration sad th gradual decrease of your birth rate. , "Th physical characteristic of yonr groat and beautiful lead are changing. The vast prairies have bee settled aad cut into small farms. The boundless expanse of th middle states, where tha) buffalo roamed in counties thousand ar cut by railroad lines. Wher th Indian taps stood, th smokestacks of factory and forge blacken th sky with their burden of smoke and grime. Wher th red man hunted, th paved street aad tall buildings build-ings have been placed by the men of progress and development who dotal-aate dotal-aate the land. "Ybur trackless forests ar disappearing, disap-pearing, "under the' ax of th him bar king; your mountain range are pierced by railroad tuanela and aha shafts of the miner. Th primitiv American is disappearing, and the whole country, it spirits, it ideals, it methods of thought ar changing with it. "Before this ehang becomes too groat, th America people should found th Amrieaa school of music,, for which the old world masters ar so eagerly waiting. TJi mystery of the desert should b translated . into Strang harmonies. Th weird sounds of yonr eouthean swamps ahould be fixed Indelibly In-delibly into the muaie literature of the world. Th majesty of your forest elad mountains; the calm beauty of yonr mountain lake; th wild tumult of th storm on your great lakes; th biting winter wind in your northern states; the cries of th wild animal ia th remote place; th dream of th lonely prospector; pros-pector; the exultatioa of th spirit that comes with th lif la the open 11 these thing should ba mad into muaie that tha world may know what the true America reallv is. ' "The American school of muaie will eventually become a reality, and will affect the entire world of muaie thought. This will aot be, I believe, until the great national -musical conservatory is founded under government patronage and under government supervision. Buck s school will be greater thaa the man or' men at its head, aad their personality person-ality and their methods will aot be the great dominating features. Buck a school will be greater than any individual, individ-ual, regardless of his attainments, aad will reflect th music thought of the entire en-tire people. 'Every characteristic of yonr remarkably re-markably ambitious and energetic people peo-ple will be treated in this erueibl of thought, and th result will be th production pro-duction of tha nw world apirit of music which will make Its deep and last- |