A National
Defense Program
to Protect American Music
''We need a National Defense Program for the protection of
American Music!"
That was the emphatic comment of conductor Raymond Paige
in an interview, in which he took issue with the National Com-
mittee for Music Appreciation over the fact that in the list
of recordings it has selected for nation-wide distribution in a
campaign on behalf of good music—THERE IS NOT O N E
AMERICAN WORK.
The Committee is described as an organization with a total
membership embracing more than two thousand of American's
civic, cultural, and educational leaders, who state that "on Am-
erica rests the burden of defending the cultural heritage of
civilization" and "this is one of the most cultural achievements
in the history of New York." BUT T H E MUSIC THEY
SELECT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOREIGN
"Isn't it amazing," asks Paige, "that in this movement, by
an American group, to foster American culture, by means of
American recordings, for American listeners—EVERYTHING
IS AMERICAN BUT T H E MUSIC?"
"Of course there is no reason why we should not continue to
enjoy the masterpieces of other lands, but we should not con-
tinue to be under the cultural domination of Europe, and listen
to foreign music to the exclusion of works by our own talented
artists.
"I think it's high time for a new American Declaration of
Independence, this time a musical one. With Europe engulfed
in war and tragedy, we will have to carry the banner of culture
for some time to come no doubt, and the only way our artists
can flourish is through recognition. Traditionally, the tide of
music flows from one country to another. England, France,
Germany, Italy—each has had its period of musical supremacy.
Now I feel the United States ought to have its inning. Our
American writers are prepared to do their part—let them be
encouraged—let them be HEARD.
"In this movement of the National Committee of Music Ap-
preciation," Raymond Paige concluded, "to increase our public's
love for fine music, let these 'phonograph-needle inoculations'
use a little good old American cultural serum too."
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