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Our American Musical Resources Several years ago, a young friend of mine came here from Europe to study musical composition at one of our universities. He had been inspired to compose by hearing the music of the masters over the radio. The country from which he came is one rich in folk lore, and also one that has a most interesting native musical idiom. This young man planned to base some compositions on folk themes of his country, and mentioned his plans to certain other musicians. They spoke scornfully of folk music, and said that the use of folk themes would be equivalent to writing popular music. They advised him to devote himself solely to the creation of abstract music. This he did, with the result that the compositions he turned out were so lacking in inspiration and so intellectual that it was difficult for audiences to listen to them. It would have been better, in my opinion, if he had tried to idealize his country's folk music, or even to write music reminiscent of the masters—provided, of course, that in doing so he would have been looking forward to the day when he would find himself and when
Black Sacred Music – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 1992
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