MUSIC IN U.S.A.
"‘.SYDNEY MAN’S ESTIMATE. ; \' ’ [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] • AUCKLAND, April 16.’ “People are music-crazy in the United States,” declared Mr H. Nev-ille-Smith, member of the vocal staff of the State Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, and a member of the Royal Arts Society, Sydney, who is returning- by /the Monterey from England and America. He said that in America concerts and' operas were absolutely packed to the doors. “Generally,” he said, “I .think there is a ’decided return to better and deeper music in the States, and programmes over the air are of much higher quality than formerly. I cannot speak so definitely about the posL tion in England, for I did not have a chance to study to any degree. I am still of -the opinion that Australian and New Zealand voices are exceptionally fine. Richard Crooks remarked the same thing to me.” He expressed pleasure at Professor Shelley’s* appointment as Director of Broadcasting, and predicted a high standard of radio programmes.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1937, Page 12
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