CLASSICAL MUSIC BROADCASTS
sir,-Over a period of years, the classical music broadcast has shown a steady decline in quantity and a degeneration in quality. To-day we are getting more of the second-rate compositions of non-Continental Evuropeans and American composers, We are getting more local plays, more tiring descriptions of pieces to be played, more studio presentations, often with low vocal standards, more chamber music, more talks-all at the expense of good classical music previously given. I notice the weekly 1ZM _ Classical Request session has now been cut down to one hour. This session is a good indication what lovers of classical music prefer, and like the programmes of visiting overseas artists, rarely, if ever, includes the music of non-Continental European composers.
I. D.
WALKER
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 5
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125CLASSICAL MUSIC BROADCASTS New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 5
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