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Nat ional Music Week Observance Planned For First Week In Mav' J■ keynotes will be sounded l)V • ; 5.000 clubs affiliated with ,;;i, y • ,nal Federation of Music f;..:u as they swing into gear thistveeK • preparation for Federa-. . ( ; ervance of National Music Week May 3 to 9.11 be “Use more Latin-4 ;-.cr t\.n music as a means of -.jig comradeship with the f.,:c Americas”: and the second V. lt;c the use of music tor . . soldier and civilian morale.Fi;i'lt; lerance of the objectives j. :v r' I' these slogans is urged , c 500.000 members if the.jv.io..: :: in a National Music I V:Cl.;; M^sage issued by Miss An-, p ' plt; Ransorn, of Nashville, Ter.r.e.'see- the organization’s r: . - . • of Civic Music, Music in and National MusicWees.Music Week plans let us « ; : - c the fact that music en-es international understand-_ .. : comradeship,” Miss Ran-“The time is ripe for j yment of Latin-Americanand for the study of the ; v .uid customs of our Amer-k • .ui'.bors. We should bear . n - ad in planning our Music Wei? - concerts.”Pr • out that music is one , ■ :._est forces for buildingp. . a orale in army, navy ; • j v.life. Miss Ransom fur-• -r; the clubs to “invite the; lining to take part inA;-., Week programs in clubs, c e.' and all types of civic or-: as. Introduce music into \-i fact ries during National Mu-s Week and make every effort to see tan: it stays there. Music lessens fatigue and monotony,' fresh currents of energy, speeds up work and produces inert.-sod efficiency. It is important mime production.”.Wither of the objectives out-i.m s is new to the federation. For . number of years the Commit ?e I: te:'national Music Relations :*.as maintained a close contact .v :h Central and South America : ri i as arranged for the perform-M.’ice f much fine Latin-American r in the United States. Inter-• :r:can Day was also observed• : o Biennial convention in Los Armeies in 1941.Functioning in close cooperation v :*h the morale officers of t h e 3’T.,y and navy the federation has also been in the forefront in supplying music and musical instruments for camps and navy bases. Music Week, however, will inten-s fv those activities as a means of cooperating with the National and Inter-American Music Week Com-mittee which has designated as its keynotes for the 1942 observance-American Unity through Music” and “Music Maintains Morale ” Music Week will begin the usual fanfare of Governors’ and Mayors’ proclamations, and with coordinat-whicPhr°fnamS- 'n communites in which aU civic music groups cooperate and in many of these en-the lead1 federation will take
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Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Sun, Apr 19, 1942
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