COMPOSERSHIT
RESULT OF RADIO PERFORMING RIGHTS INQUIRY PUBLISHER’S EVIDENCE (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, October 7> At the performing rights inquiry Mr C. S. Darling, manager of one of the leading Sydney firms of music sellers, also the owner of a B class broadcasting station, gave evidence that in consequence of broadcasting the Australian composer was practically out of business. His firm in 1925 published 302 Australian compositionsand 91 overseas. This year they published only 16 Australian and 10 overseas. “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” published 35 years ago, was still the best seller in the world. The sales of jazz music were definitely on the decline, while the demand for classical music was on the increase. His firm had received £lB,OOO from broadcasting performing rights in the past six years, £16,000 of which went overseas to composers, publishers and holders of the copyright.
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Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 5
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