"Trinity College Examiner is Impressed by Native Talent; Effect of Screen and Radio "The machine has not been an unmitigated blessing to music, among other arts? stated Dr. Alfred Mistowski, Mus. D., Oxen, in an interview with a representative of "the "North-China Daily News" yesterday.
Dr. Mistowski, who is an examiner of the Trinity College of Music, a position which carries him to all corners of the earth, leaves Shanghai today with his wife after conducting musical examinations in this city.
During his present tour he has conducted examinations in Tokyo, Kobe, Tientsin, Peiping—Chefoo, Tsingtao, and, later he will perform similar work in Hongkong, Singapore, Malaya, and India.
Dr. Mistowski, who has given several talks and recitals for the B.B.C., is the composer of many compositions which have been played by leading orchestras in England and abroad.
He deplored the influence of the machine upon art, stressing particularly the part played by the radio and the gramophone in destroying the taste of the public for good music, The cinemas, too, had a detrimental effect on music and other arts.
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