GERMAN MUSIC

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21470, 19 April 1933, Page 14

GERMAN MUSIC

Sir, —Correspondence on this subject by " Indignant" revives the abominable insular outlook prevalent during the Great War, when a few blindly patriotic souls, desiring the complete destruction of alt things German, suggested the banning of all music of a German origin. It is 4 a credit to the sanity of the 13riti.sh race that such a suggestion did not find favour. Music, being an expression of the soul, knows 110 political barriers. We must remember also that a goodly proportion oi the great masters of music were born or lived in Germany, and that the Germans, as a people, if not the most musical race, have certainly a finer appreciation of music than the British. It is regrettable that, well into the 20th century, with tho Great War mo y® than a decade past, someone should revive this petty and narrow controversy. Progress lies not in this direction*. It is the goal, the duty, and the pleasure of the peoples of the 2Utn century to wipe out false political barriers and to establish in practice the fact, at present hidden, that the world is a unity, and the interests or all peoples ono. Truth.