RUEBEN CALUZA

However, few men and women have delved deeply into the study of African music. Few have thought of utilizing this talent as a medium of lifting these races. No books have been written on this subject. Is it because it is lacking in beauty and harmony? After hearing some of its quaint tunes, one who thinks so will change his mind and wish to hear more of these chants. Other African arts are studied with keen interest, but music, which is the language of the soul, music, in which is found the spiritual aspirations of a nation, music, from which we can study the history and customs of race, African music, which might be a great contribution to civilization in the same way in which Russian male choirs, the choral societies of Welsh miners and other such groups have been---African music is the most neglected of African arts.

- Rueban Caluza, "African Music", The Southern Workman, April 1931.