Show MUSICIAN SAYS DONT DON'T PUSH CHilD Was Yas Strolling Violinist at atAgo Age of 13 Still Teach Teach- Teaching ing ilig Now at 83 ByThe NEW YORK YORI April to 10 The Associated Press Still teaching with his magical bow In hand hond at 81 SI years of age Leo Leo- Leo poid Auer Aner who numbers among his 1115 pupils Elman Hell Hell- Helt eta tz and others has just taken as asa asa asa a an eight year American boy Oscar That the great violinist who was himself a strolling Hungarian musician ol at the age of ot 13 33 to whom horn th little Russian Elman Eiman was brou brought ht at the a ag ace of 11 ii and Swedish hansen at 12 now ac- ac accepts accepts ac accepts young oung Is only typical of his long life-long Interest In youths youth's musical efforts The mu- mu musical mu musical t mut future futuro of te tc United States he believes belle rests resta with the youth of todo today This little fellow he make moke ai- ai air al already r ready dY hi hia hili debut In Philadelphia at ata ata ata a childrens children's philharmonic con con- concert concert con concert cert sall said the old master masler In his Quaint English The children they go crazy about him Right flight away away managers want to sign hIm up for tor tour tou DONT DON'T RUST CHILD I I hear him stand up and riddle fiddle for tor me inc his little liItle pieces and I take him on certain conditions made with I his that fattier father that he really work heIs ard and study and wait alt until he pushU Is ready It Is not good to push U a child at Musing dusing back to his appointment Ct cc at the age oge of ot 23 to succeed Henri I 1 as as teacher of the muter master violin cia class of ot the St Petersburg conservatory of music Auer Aue said aId the situation of ot young oung musicians In the United States today re- re reminded re reminded minded him of that In Russia when he first went there Already a violin virtuoso of foremost rep rep- reputation reputation rep reputation all c over ver the continent Auer was to be court soloist under there czars and conductor of ot the Imperial theatre orchestra LEO Russian musicians had the greatest difficulty ty then being rec- rec recognized rec recognized as such he be continued The names on the programs of sYmphony concerts toda today like and Rim Rim- sky Rim they skY they had hardly any chance to have their works performed In their native country When Anton who whoA whoA A was the conductor of ot the tho sym sym- symphony symphony phony gym phony concerts left Petrograd to togo togo togo go on a a world tour In 1874 his place ploce wa was wai taken by hy pilot of ot the younger school lie He performed In preference the works ot of the new v composers At the end endot of his season the number ot or sub sub- subscribers sub subscribers scribers had shrunk 50 BO per cent The Tho directors retired and Dala- Dala Bala resigned Even before hi his Russian ox- ox experience ex experience Auer had witnessed asI as I a youth of ot 16 the curtain booed and hissed down upon tho the Paris Pre pre- pre premier mier of ot the Iho ho opera by Wagner After Aler living In all the musical capitals of the Paris continent continent Paris Vienna Der- Der Ber Berlin lin St Petersburg Petersburg-Auer Petersburg Auer first came to this country as a cal cat cal o in 1917 1317 fleeing from the changing face tace of or Europe Music and musicians in the United States are in similar condi condl- conditions conditions there is a a general mistrust towards American music and mu- mu musicians musicians mu musicians the professor said MASTERS DEAD DI In SIn the past pot there was some reason reason for tor this the best young American musicians went to EurOpe tor for musical education and musical But lut since the death ot of the great masters Wag Wag- Wagner Wagner ner nor Liszt Brahms Von Bulow Saint and Joachim and the removal of ot man many great greot teachers to this country there is 18 little lIlUe to take young musical Amer Amer- AmerIca America America ica abroad With this change the financial situation has grown worse In this country there have been and sUII are only a a few tew musical Institutions Institutions Institutions headed beaded by excellent music music- musicIans musician musicians ian ians without any ony support from the government and only rarely endowed by a wealthy benefactor Hence the students have to pay poy considerable for tor a sound musical education Many unable to afford aCford this have had to get along wIth shift shift make teaching This Is to my mind an ImPort import- important ant ant reason why as os yet et there are areso areso areso so few tew American composers In the front rank of ot the worlds world's mu- mu musicians mu musicians sl clan s STAFF Now Xo for tor the past two years ears thanks to the Juillard foundation and the support ot or a New York and Philadelphia have havo musical Institutions with an artis artis- artistic artis- artis artistic artistic tic staff hardly equalled by any ot of the European conservatories conservatories- but alas alasi without a native head who could lead and Inspire them The United States however has as many talents as other coun coun- countries coun- coun countries countries tries I believe the tho musical future of the country belongs to the youths of ot our time and those to come and my best wishes are arc with them |