MUSIC IN THE DARK
Sir-It seems a pity that your correspondent Mr L. D. Austin has so completely missed the point of my lettef. The letters that have appeared on the above subject are the result of your excellent article in The Listener of February 22, in which it was stated that Mr L. D. Austin was appointed Musi-
cal Director of the De Luxe Theatre in 1924, As a matter of interest I said in my letter that Everybody’s orchestra at Christchurch started in 1922 (I find now that it was 1921), and was the first of its kind in New Zealand. To be mote explicit (which at the time seemed unnecessary) it was the first permanent orchestra in New Zealand to have a conductor in the strict sense (that is, one who stood and used a baton and who was not a player), and the first to raise the standard of musical accompaniment to pictures. The Crystal Palace orchestra began shortly afterwards, and then some time later there were two in Wellington and two in Auckland. The Liberty Theatre, Christchurch, never had a permanent non-playing conductor. I am fully aware that pictures were accompanied by many combinations such as trios, duos, small orchestras, etc., before 1922, and I was a player as suth myself. I trust that I have made myself quite clear. May I repeat that Everybody’s orchestra, Christchurch, was the first of its kind in New Zealand.
PLAYER IN THE DARK
(Auckland),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 929, 31 May 1957, Page 11
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246MUSIC IN THE DARK New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 929, 31 May 1957, Page 11
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