Abstract
THE preparation of this article was an avocational project for the author, who is assistant director of the NEA Division of Legislation and Federal Relations. However, readers will agree that he rates par with writers and musicians who espouse these arts professionally. His article is not only timely from the standpoint of the Mozart bicentennial, but it represents a viewpoint which music educators will appreciate. Mr. Sasscer, whose interest in music “stems from the good fortune of having superior music teachers in junior and senior high school,” is a member of the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D. C., one of the leading oratorio groups in the nation. Another of his avocations, he says, is “the care and feeding of a rather substantial record collection.” Recently Mr. Sasscer has been cooperating with the MENC as advisor to the special committee which is concerned with securing support for the pending postal bills designed to readjust the postal classification on educational and cultural materials, including music.
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