INFLUENCE OF JAZZ
INIMICAL TO GOOD MUSIC
(By Telosraph.) (Special to tho "Evening Post.")
DUNEDIN, This Day.
The firm conviction that jazz constitutes a menace *o good music and that its pernicious influence was greatly fostered by modern broadcasting was advanced by Mr. C. Egerton Lowe, the Trinity College examiner, now in Dunedin. Mr. Lowe said he had found an excellent standard in music among the young people of the Dominion. It was particularly pleasing to see so many boys coming forward and playing so musically. At no time in the history of music was it so necessary that children should study as today. In expressing that opinion Mr. Lowe made particular reference to the very powerful and damaging influence of modern broadcasting. The British Broadcasting Corporation gave its public what the majority desired. That majority desired noisy, discordant jazz and miserable crooning and this was inflicted on everyone every day. Mr. Lowe was definite in the conviction that this policy must have a very deteriorating effect. Musical standards would not be sustained but for festivals and musical examinations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 104, 29 October 1935, Page 16
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