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Show ;ievelpmesl Music As Ma&ial M Urged 1 I Reaume of the speech of Mrs. Anno Faulkner borndorfi-r, nallonul must (chairman, general federation of wo-men's wo-men's clubs, before the Clah Federation Federa-tion of Women's clubs :it the First Congregational church lust night ' At no time In the history of the world has any nation faced such an opportunity for the development of a national art as that which lies before A. merles today Prom every great wur In the past some one nation has arisen supreme in political and commercial Importance; Then begins the development develop-ment of Its arts, and, If we review th. pages of musical history, we will find thut the greatest growth In music always follows, sonic great war. Today we i ice the same situation in America M RONfj VI lilt Dl ' We Americans have had the wrong atltiude regarding music for so many c irs that it Is difficult for us to grasp quickly the full realization of its power. As a nation we have treats music as a thing apart from, instead of a part of, our daily life it Is not1 so many yers ago that the average! American business nun wus all but, uhanicil In ne k nnu'lnd -.. In. f : ...... . . . .j tt v iw u iui music Now a change has come. Mu-,sic Mu-,sic has become a force and not. an adjunct ad-junct 111 the life of every American Itlsen, The pre-war status of mush In America will never return- "Confucius once said If you would know If a country is well governed and of good morals, listen to its nm-jslc.' nm-jslc.' The foik music of any land is its most Important musical asset, yet It has only been recently thai we in America have come to realize the Wealth of our own folk material W. ;ar Just beginning to recognize the marvelous strength of our Indian mu-isic, mu-isic, just :cs we are at lust discovering the true worth of the Indian legends, lip the native songs of the American neqro are to be found the most interesting inter-esting and unique expression ever contributed con-tributed to literature and music by a primitive folk. The general federation of women's clubs has pledged its support to all good American music. What are We to do about it? First, we must familiarize familiar-ize ourselves with the music that is bl ing used in our homes, our olubs, our schools, our churches, Sunday schools, thc-atn-s moving picture houses, and the music that Is being advertised in our shops, magazines und newspapers, wi will be surprised; we may even be horrified with what we will find but it is time that we know. When' you consider the titles, the pictures on "the covers, one does not need to look at the words themselves to know that the song is vile 'jazz' music In its original form was used as the accompaniment to the Voodoo ceremonies by which tho uneducated, almost barbaric ne-l gro, aroused all his vilest and most .sensuous nature Is it any wonder that the largest industries, which isturted Community Sings lor employes during war times, have been forced to ,iorbni the singing of Jazz' in their I factories? . MUSIC n .r, PART. 1 ' When We know what the evil music mu-sic Is and where it is, then we must search for a substitute. And the best substitute will be of no value, unless Iwe make our music a vital put of our l every day life In America, from our .own homes out to every part of our community. "iet us start a dally music hour in our hpmes, when we sing the good, old toik songs of America, which our Am-lerlcanlsajrlon Am-lerlcanlsajrlon work has taught us rc-lally rc-lally are the folk songs of the whole world. Lot us encourage our children to play good music for us In our homes, iet us use our phonographs and player-pianos aa a force for good amusement and education in our homo circle. "An Ideal plan for community cooperation coop-eration in furthering a knowledge of uiunt in juui community is tnc -Music; Memory contest. This should be si.iitcd in every community of America Amer-ica by the women's clubs. I i.lM si PPOHT. ''Briefly, the plan la to enlist the Isuppori of the clubs, board of education, educa-tion, superintendent of schools, supervisor super-visor of music, newspapers, and music dealers. A list of fifty good instru-iienlal instru-iienlal compositions is made These U(i:on:j should be available on records, rec-ords, player-piano rolls, and in simple l 11 no sheet music, which the children can play themselves. The newspapers should publish the lists, and possibly a short analysis of each number. At the end of six weeks, or two months, these fifty good compositions will be known by every child and In everv home In your community. Then the-contests the-contests should be held, vVith preliminary prelimi-nary contests in each school. Eight or ten of the compositions should be pl.iy.d. without programs, the chll-'drc)i chll-'drc)i writing down the name of the composition, composer, and posslblv when and where he lived, and the m ining of the selection. The twenty- five best japcrsshoukl constitute tho 1 iiool team, and then the final con-' test of teams should be held In a big! hall, under tho auspices of the com-1 munity musical interests, which the women's clubs have gathered to-'gether. to-'gether. j "In the days of ancient Greece, there I w ere but two topics on the youth's Curriculum, music and athletics. I'os-Sibl I'os-Sibl If we should put musk, by means of the music memory contest, on tho same basis as athletics, we should have ore Interest in good music today " . . |