UNITED STATES.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education,
Washington, D. C., March 5, 1913.
1. The American government does not make any appropriation whatsoever for the instruction of pupils in public conservatories.
2. So far as known to this office, none of the states contribute sums for the same purpose.
3. The American government does not make any subvention for grand opera. In so far as this Bureau has been able to obtain information, no such subvention is made by any state.
4. So far as known to this Bureau, there is no subvention for orchestra organizations or choral societies.
5. So far as known to this Bureau there are no prizes granted by the State for musical achievements to composers, singers or players.
6. There is no endowment by the federal government to enable young gifted musicians to complete their musical education in America or abroad.
I may say that instruction in music is given in some of the Indian schools maintained by the federal government and such schools also have musical organizations. No specific appropriation for instruction in music, however, is made by the federal government. This statement applies also to state-aided institutions.