1t is all very well to talk about "the world's classical music," the "old favourites" and so on, but it is sometimes possible to sink so deep into the quagmire of complacency that both progress and vision are obstructed. To keep a vital Organism such as an orchestra in a healthy and vigorous condition, it is constantly necessary to introduce new blood. And who is to say that the composition of today will not become the classic of tomorrow? 3 As a side issue to all this, but none ihe less important, is the actual matter of the contributions to the orchestra. These have been Tecorded on.a number of occasions in the past, but it is apparent that they are in danger of being overlooked, The Italian Government and the French authorities between them will contribute in 1940 no less than $42,690, which is 18 per cent. of the total figure estimated for the upkeep of the orchestra during the year. -Can anyone dispute their right to call the tune.for-a series of concerts, all other considerations set aside?
There is really little to be gained in discussing the old and thorny question of the programmes played by the Municipal Orchestra, even were it done in good faith, for you start off with the foregone conclusion that the question has no satisfactory answer. The problem is probably insolulje, as it is the world over. There can be nò agreement among a given population of concert attenders on the sub ect of the compilation of programme: Unanimity. in this. resnect,.were it to be...achieved, would. require. a universal and unvarying standard musical appreciation, which does not exist.
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