MUSIC BY NEW ZEALANDERS
Sir,-Perhaps the New Zealand public is not aware that within this Dominion we have several composers whose work is now finding a market in America. Haying listened to various sessions on the Commercial stations, I would think that, instead of a quarter-of-an-hour of American melodies on the piano which is now featured twice a week, there might well be a quarter-of-an-hour of New Zealand melodies by New Zealand composers. There is only one way for any songwriter or composer to have his work known universally to the public, that is by recordings and by broadcasts, Instead of filling Commercial broadcasts with American "jive" let the people of this Dominion hear nice melodies written by New Zealanders. I am fully aware that several New Zealand broadcasting studios do already feature New Zealand compositions, but not as a regular item of a weekly or monthly
programme,
INTERESTED
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 423, 1 August 1947, Page 5
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150MUSIC BY NEW ZEALANDERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 423, 1 August 1947, Page 5
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