Schneevolgt, the Dutch conductor, who is now directing concerts in the Commonwealth under contract to the Australian Broadcasting Commission, evidently considers that music is best heard in the dark. Before presenting several of his numbers, Schneevolgt, in a quaintly jocular address to the audience, told his hearers that “dis museek is veery, veery beootiful,” and that they could enjoy it most if they "opened wide the ears and closed tight, veery tight, the eyes.” With baton poised, he waited until he saw several people in the front rows shut their eyes and then, satisfied, he proceeded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20860, 16 October 1937, Page 16
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