"BETTER MUSIC"
Sir,-The manner in which the lovers of classical. music seize upon every opportunity to voice their opinions on swing music is nothing short of amazing. The letter by "Cornstalk" of Wairoa, which opened with a legitimate request for the repetition of certain records heard from 1YA, lapsed into a deplorable tirade of trite remarks about "that ghastly rubbish, swing, etc." and concluded with a plea for "better music" and less "rubbish" over the main stations, From which it is perfectly obvious that "Cornstalk" is holding forth on a subject about which he or she knows precisely nothing. The average rhythm enthusiast knows only too well that approximately eight per cent of broadcasting time each week is devoted to swing sessions, and "Cornstalk" complains that swing is hurled at the general public hour after hour! The "Jazz versus Classics" argument has been thrashed out time and time again, and still the unsatisfied "greybeards" complain of the broadcasting time wasted on swing music; Yes, a whole hour wasted each week over each station!
W. E.
DASENT
J nr, (Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 209, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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179"BETTER MUSIC" New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 209, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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