Show I f Music Week in Salt Lake 1 M 1 fOST worthy indeed are the preparations t made by leaders of of Salt Lake mu musical cal Activities activities activities' for the tile observance of Music week w ek if b bly the best celebration since the inception in- in tion 1 of the national movement will Jake take fp ace f in a series of local musical cal events events this events this week k to Music we are aref V Give Give More Thought t. t f i j urged and so so it is is' w well v ll Il for fot ot us to consider v significant questions What are we wew w as individuals to reap the tIm stirring soul-stirring I I of music What can Salt Lake do 1 bec become me even more inore a musical center to t. t encourage I i love of music among the citizenship citizenship citizen- citizen ship ship arid to help develop musical potentialities f vand and nd talents f Once I more we should ask How ask How fertile a at I t l Jed field for musical accomplishment is Ame America ica 1 I yg going mg to prove L t J i Thus far obviously America h has ls done donet t very ery little in the world of music We have llave j be sure shown ourselves fairly rf j of good music We pay opera sing sing- and concert stars fabulous prices and some some som v f XH prima donnas enjoy fame almost equal J to IP that held by the the average movie movie actress sj but blit reading the list of names of our fa favorite L i musicians musicians' reminds us for forcibly that we ve ourN our our- ur- ur N selves have contributed very few of them vIn v c Y In In musical composition we have done little tP better Of really enduring music w wet we t h have halve ve fathered almost none We hay have a wealth of men who are turning out jazz in ins 1 J l s floods and a lone Jew few who are doing really pr pr presentable work along more serious lines r y i i- i That is about all we can say j J II The reasons fo fo this are re not hard to find r V deficiency in musical achievement like 1 Ji o our r failure to produce any other variety of 5 art as abundantly a as other nations springs 5 largely from the conditions that have at attended atI at I tended fended our growth as a nation We have havet t been too busy to have time for the arts i c Ever since the the Revolution A American n rican life i Aha been kept keyed to a high pitch We lave have been eter eternally ally at work So So wholeheartedly wholeheartedly whole whole- heartedly l h have ve we thrown ourselves into 4 i tasks ks that we have ave had haq no time for reflection no no leisure for or things that were not absolutely i necess necessary ry Accordingly our cultural j life has been stunted It has never had a chance f Of late however there have been signs 1 of a cl change a ge In music in n literature in the ther 4 a r f theatre Jn in the artists artist's studio everywhere everywhere there j e seems to be be an awakening We are re beginning to discover that that we cannot live U by bread alone On the heels of this do doubtless doubt bt- bt i 1 l less lessi swill will come an a. a wakened awakened aesthetic ac- ac j r J What form forni will our music take when w w wio do io produce it That is is a ahard hard question I Itis IS not easy to agree with those those- who see seethe t l in jazz the beginnings of a significant a-significant music music music- v i 4 t arid 1 if one needs to add this it seems doubt doubt- ut that American orchestras of the future I 1 i vil be be equipped with airplane e propellers I V horns and the like despite the efforts 1 ng t that at line of certain very modern com com- 1 j t Forecasts are rather futile It is becoming becom t ing apparent fl however that our long period 1 8 o l barrenness is about ended I I Ic In InI Inthe c i tl th the near ar f future ture ve v m may ny y be rit America Amri a aits J JJ J I wI W find its voice tt I |