RADIO AND MUSIC
EFFECT ON COMPOSERS
(Australian Press Association )
SYDNEY, October 7,
At the. Performing Rights Inquiry, i C. S. Darling, manager of one of the | leading Sydney firms .of music sellers, I who also ar% owners-, of the B. Class broadcasting,' station, ■ gave evidence that in ; consequence of broadcasting, the Australian composer was practically out of business. His firm in 1926 published 302 Australian compositions, and 91 overseas compositions, This year they had published only sixteen Australian . and .ten oversea compositions. “Loves Old Sweet Song,” published 35 years ago, was still the best seller. The world sales of jazz music were definitely on the decline, while the demand for classical music was on the increase. His firm had received eighteen thousand pounds from broadcasting performing right in the past six years. Sixteen thousand pounds of which went, to overseas composers, publishers and holders of copyright.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1932, Page 5
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146RADIO AND MUSIC Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1932, Page 5
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