STUDY OF MUSIC

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 August 1923, Page 7

STUDY OF MUSIC

MIND-TRAINING PROCESS

Mr. Albert Mallinson^ examiner for the Trinity College of Music, addressing a gathering at the Girls' College, -Wanganui, on the occasion of the presentation of medals donated by local citizens, referred to the scope and purpose of the musical examinations, which, he said, were not directed towards the creation of a large body of professional musicians, but to the spreading of a deeper knowledge of good music, to the increase of intelligent listening at con. qerts held from time to time. He stressed the desirability of developing a love for the beautiful, aud quoted Dean Hole's saying that "he who would grow beautiful roses in his garden must first have beautiful roses in his heart."

The examiner then referred to the necessity for musical students to acquire of other arts besides their own, a knowledge of good literature being very desirable. Art was ever changing in its character, and musical idioms constantly ..'changed. He ach'oeated a, wider reading rand more "sight-read-ing" for dipldmaj.candida.tes. Music was no longer a- pastime, but a mindtraining process. As an instance of tlie influence of general culture upon musical composition, the association of Schumann and Jean Paul was mentioned, the outcome being some of Schumann's choicest works, such as "Kreisleriana," "Papillons," and "Carnival." I The aim should be to open the eyes of young people to the beauty of daily happenings—to help to make their whole life music and every separate act a work of art.