This war has been raging for some time and I just read a very intelligent comment made by a ninth grader in 1935. Keep in mind that jazz was becoming more and more popular much to the chagrin of many parents. This young girl told her music teacher that she finally grasped the difference.

She said, “When you listen to popular music you enjoy yourself, but when you listen to art music (classical) you enjoy the music.”

Excerpted from: Music: A Career or way of Living, Marian Flagg, Columbia College November 1935