MENACE TO ART

Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1933, Page 5

MENACE TO ART

BAD SOLOISTS OVER THE AIR.

CRITICISM OF RADIO ITEMS.

(Per Press Association Copyright .)

WELLINGTON, August 1 7 -

Pointed comments on the art of listening and the general policy of the broadcasting stations were made ny Doctor Jenkins, one of the adjudicators at the forthcoming Wellington competition festival, who arrived today from England. , In his opinion, broadcasting, jn general, is not educating people musically, but jt is presenting its listeners with too much of.wliat could be classed as bad art. -, -

/‘Unfortunately!lnjuring my '.trav-i els.” said Dr. Jenkins, .“I have found the - standard idf singing deplorably low. I have heard A some excellent voices, but the performers have lack-; ed style. Stylg is a; {matter of perfection of detaild !; The . best; . dressed woman, like the jbesT . linger, is not the loudest. If bad soloists arb allowed to broadcast, they are more than a imere^ttuisawsei^f^Siw^ 1 cdfflstitute a menace to art. Because they have the approval of the . executive of the broadcasting stations, the public accept these ag models, , and, as a result, the general taste of the. listeners reveals deterioration. ’ f Y,;. “It i* difficult to conceive that an ftdminiatnat'ioh- of experienced musicians could perpetuate some of the an. omalies that seem'td be so well.established in some countries. "The major-' ity of the programme in these days seem to made up ofijazz, the guying of classic, detestible croonings, and other vulgarities. Therefore it is impossible to conceive that much progress will be made educationally and this wonderful new and sensitive medium of giving music to the public,’ ’ ' .