The Archive · 1932

Military Band Concerts

'G0! intendent of Parks and Open Spaces 69 The August report of the Super-460 contains interesting figures as to 409 attendance at the performances of 469 the Municipal Orchest and Band 400 and, those of the [during the month.

twenty-tivo military bands The former gave ts) during the vAgtetian and Aican boat racing with his Miss Englands, then turned to mot the third generation of which holds the world's record with 120 miles an hour, he has spent hundreds. of thousands of pounds. auss England LIT alone cost £40,000 and this was only one of his ventures in competitive mechanical efforts. The high cost of this type of sport was never better illustrated than at the recent Harmsworth Trophy races at Dettroit, which cest Commodore Gar many parts of the world" that no Tonger is he counted an Austrian but rather a cosmopolite. Likewise, his fame as a violinist has obscured the fact that he is also a composer: fof note and in audition to his many adaptations, especially of folk songs, he has composed a number: lof delightful pieces' which emincntly fit him for the role of operetta composing. His "Liebeslied" and jen noise" are typical of his works, and may be accepted [compositions might 8 promise of what his operetta His first Droduetion will be awaited with considerable interest in. musie circles,

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