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Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 11-1-1935 Volume 53, Number 11 (November 1935) James Francis Cooke Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation Cooke, James Francis. "Volume 53, Number 11 (November 1935)." , (1935). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/839 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. 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Perilous Blessing of Leisure,” which appeared in life. 1712 Chestnut Street A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND ALL LOVERS OF MUSIC November, 1932. About a year later Uncle Sam and It provides means for associating with cultured people. PHILADELPHIA, all of his children awoke one morning and found that in¬ It stimulates the imagination and introduces one to that world of dreams which exalts the soul. PENN A. Vol. LIII No. 11 • NOVEMBER, 1935 creased leisure had become a kind of political religion. In other words, we had to have leisure whether we wanted It is the most discussed art of the times; since millions it or not, because the government would permit us to work of people hear daily, and largely over the radio, the music just so long. Millions of people who had always wanted of the greatest composers performed by the foremost to do things for their self-gratification, who wanted to artists. The World of Music play, to read, to exercise, to study, to collect things, to Owing to the widespread instruction in music, more raise animals, or flowers, or vegetables, to make things, in people have been trained in that art than in any other. Interesting and Important Items Gleaned in a Constant Watch on fact to gratify an ambition to be happily engaged without Millions will make music a hobby—millions more than ever before. The old complaint, “I would give anything if Happenings and Activities Pertaining to Things Musical Everywhere the consciousness of being bossed by man or money, could at last enjoy themselves “to their hearts content.” I could take up music,” has no meaning now. Anyone To these same millions this same leisure was like a new who has access to an instrument can “take it up.” Even ZURICH, SWITZER¬ SHANGHAI CHINA has its Municipal THE EDINBURGH PUBLIC MUSIC ITALO MONTEMEZZI, automobile—they had to be taught how to run it. There¬ though you can not yet afford a teacher, you can, by LAND has had a nine day Orchestra which^has «l~ M *SEZ. St ft fiftS fore the Leisure League of America was organized. The earnest and unrelenting self study, do surprising things. Bach Anniversary Festival native ballet, “Incense Shadows.” Joseph Central Public Library, contains nearly automobile in untrained hands might run wild and do Any musical friend will he glad to give you a helping hand Lampkin, violinist, and Arthur Rubinstein, thousand volumes, most of which are loaueuloaned ^other operas, arrived -Italo featured by an uncut per¬ more damage than good. The Leisure League got to work at the start. Thousands have had no other beginning, and VOLKMAR formance of the “St. Mat¬ pianist, have been enthusiastically received for home study. _ America^ on July 6th^lor Monxemezz, Andreae - indefinite stay. — — and soon the newspapers were flooded with articles upon yet they have become able to play in a very gratifying thew Passion,” conducted there in recitals; and there has been recently ,,TTOTr, * . „ experiment of accompanied by his wife and son and has let by Volkmar Andreae. The festival was opened really creditable performance” of Bizet’s MUSIC AS A PILOl w« an va -u“V the new creed, “Get a Hobby.” Last May an exposition way. Of course if you can afford a teacher you will save seaidom"hea. rrdi ''“Theitrwsi {uTnUnr.—-i t?:_i-)> ’“byToVai i— i —wt Ray W Brown,Dmnm nrfumwTen,'onSeptember An September 7th, he it be known that he is at work on a new opera. by a concert by Karl Matthei, on the organ years of time and many false leads. talent_ newflew iromfrom incwNew York,xurik, uvcir— tuicthe oicatGreat •LakesL-'-a-rvvv-'° wOf this° work he is making at the present of hobbies was held in the Commerce Hall of the large of the Fraumiinsterkirche; Professor D. Joa¬ -*• Region, down to Washington and back home, further announcement than that the liDreuo Port Authority Building in New York City.