the Editor of the mia Daly News" to an article in your bey to state the following fact As last year there was a lack of endance to be stated at the weekly concerts—the Orchestra Committee came 10 the conclusion to increase the number of concerts to two concerts and two Radio concerts a week! No wonder that there re still less persons to attend one Of these concerts as the audience thus has been divided instead of being multiplied. I think that even the most musical audience cannot be expected to be interested in hearing the same orchestra four times week. There was a demand for light music besides the classical concerts and there was the intention not to mix both styles in one and the same concert—but would it not have been sufficient to have once a weck—besides the one Radio concert—an Orchestra concert, alternatively one week classical and ong week op and operetta "light music." Besides 1 should say, that the Freischuetz~ Ouverture and Mozart should not be included in the light music programme, but ought to be considered as classical music.
There is a proverb "many cooks spoil the broth"=I think that there are at the time too many cooks at work and that they have evidently not found the right way to increase the interest in the Orchestra by increasing the number of concerts! I they would have hada. full house during one season once 'a week, they would have been right and entitled to arrange for another weekly concert, The experience of the last season was not encouraging to establish double the number of concerts, thus dividing the audience into two instead of doubling it by some other clever arrangements, The success of the Concert November 4—a full, enthusiastic house—might show the right way to attract continually an interested numerous audience, SH Shanghai, Nov. 15.
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