Music Nobody Mentions
"THE New Zealand Herald the other \" day published a well-documented article on the remarkable increase of local buying of classical records, and atgued that certain trends were very clearly traceable to the effect of broadcasting. Another town replied with the News that an increased demand for "swing" was apparent in its population. But, as usual, no census was taken of that vast tide of music which is neither "classical" nor "swing," but which, according to the Musical Times, occupies over half the BBC hours of music (and one would put the figure at least as high for New Zealand). The people who like this type of music never seem so vociferous or so specific in their demands as the sponsors of "classical" or "swing,"’- but they are obviously more numerous or more effective. Another curious fact is that the devotee of classical music’ is often amused at the assumption that "of course he hates all this horrid jazz," for as like as not he quite relishes a bit of "hot" music, but he will be across the room in a flash to switch off when the brass bands or cinema organs get busy with gems from musical comedy.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 292, 26 January 1945, Page 6
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201Music Nobody Mentions New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 292, 26 January 1945, Page 6
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