Show 1 r i MUSIC 1 fir jor om l P lEAD lEADIN ll IN DIt BIG O Repute Charge Of Pre Pre- Predominance Pre Pre- Predominance Predominance dominance Of Foreign Musicians 1 ht mar more of at the players In our 1 are Anion Ameri American can an born than may Inay have been bern or- or ordinarily or supposed was brought forward recently b bv Arthur Arlhur Jud Jud- Jud Judon refuting the charge that on on In Irk more than halt 90 per cent of ot the sym sym- sym symphonic phonic players were to foreign reign born Mr Ir Jud on spoke with being manager of ot the authority Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras tras and ad advisory Ion manager of oC tho Cincinnati O The to which Mr Ir Judson ludsOn took exception lon was made by a witness before belore a committee considering e the tho subject national conser conser- conservator conservatory of oC establishing a vator vaton of music muC The Tho orchestras specified by this witness Itne 53 as ne having few few American citizens In per per- personnel per personnel are the buy Philharmonic society so- so so society of ot New i York and the New The Tho lark lork S Symphony added that only 7 per cent of ot the New ew York S could speak peak English ORET In checking UI U up the Mr Mn Jud- Jud Jud Judson made otie statements son sor declared The Philharmonic orchestra consists ot of 11 ers not 86 as charged Of these ST 87 STare are full citizen citizens ot of whom thom 45 are Americana Americans The re- re remaining re remaining nath e born maiDEns 17 11 all hold first cItizen cItizen- cItizenship ship and It ll It Is sate sae to as- as assume as from their past sume eume judging v actions ns that ever ever member mem- mem ber will In due time take out his 1119 second papers I I belle believe bellee e that similar percent percent- percentages percentages obtain In the tho New Ness York Sym- Sym ages orchestra and I know that j In both the philharmonic monic montc and New Sen York Symphony conducted In English It Is in inthe lathe are common to all allot the only language of the musicians tIN TES of- of offer ter of-ter I I am also in a a position to con con- concerning concerning con concerning fer authoritative e statements the tho up make-up ot of the other arches orches- tris orches-tris e American and those tru-those those of Philadelphia CIncinnati The Philadelphia or- or orchestra or orchestra born chestra hestra has 43 American play play- ers pla rs 50 60 tull fully n their ers ens and 11 II men who nho ho hold first papers Mr r ski con con- condUct Conducts con conducts dUct ducts all rehearsals In English The Cincinnati orchestra has 45 American born players 14 fullY naturalized and two born In Can Can- Canada Can Canada with the balance ot of the ada who All rehearsals la hold r their are lr c conducted first J pap rs In I English Here litre arc are the actual figures on three greaL American orchestras Almost 60 50 per cent of o the men ero aro native natle born American more than 25 per cent ent are fully naturalized naturalized naturalized and the remainder all have havo taken out first papers ML lIL T GET l To Mr lIr Judson's figures there may be bo added the reminder that the American Federation ot of Mu- Mu Musicians Mu Musicians or the musical union stipulates tip tip- ulMes that newly ne arrived cd foreign born must mut take out their fit st papers paper be- be before be before fore tore making application for tor morn morn- membership mem membership In the musical union is 19 necessary for tor member member- membership membership ship In all oh of oC the S or- or orchestras orchestras or orchestras except the Boston Boton S 10 phony is union non-union |