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THE MUSIC TRADE
SEPTEMBER 30, 1922
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535 FREE CONCERTS IN NEW YORK CITY THIS SUMMER
What the City Administration Has Done and Plans to Do Under Supervision of City Chamber-
lain Berolzheimer in the Matter of Developing a More General Public Appreciation of Music
Some idea of the amount of free music and
good music that has been made available to
the citizens of New York during the Summer
months just passed is indicated by the fact that
through the efforts of City Chamberlain Philip
Berolzheimer, who has charge of the free con-
certs in the city, some 535 such concerts have
been given in the public parks and on recreation
piers during the Summer season.
Not only were there some scores of "contract
concerts" given by paid organizations, but the
bands representing the various city departments
and playing without special compensation, such
as the Police, Fire and Street Cleaning Depart-
ment Bands, gave several concerts each week
and through the efforts of the Chamberlain a
large number of bands representing and made
up of employes of various industrial organiza-
tions gave their services free to the public in
a great many instances. In short, there were
more free concerts in New York last season
than ever before since the band concert idea
was first instituted. Not only did the bands
give their services, but many noted vocalists,
artists of recognized standing, volunteered their
services as soloists in connection with the vari-
ous open-air concerts, and thus did their bit
for the cause of better music appreciation.
It is not only in the matter of open-air con-
certs in the Summer that the present City
Administration is lending its support to better
music, for arrangements have been completed
for a number of indoor concerts, recitals and
operatic performances during the Winter sea-
son, all of them to be free to the public.
Music has received recognition from the city
also in other directions, for it has not been so
long ago that Vincent D'Indy and Richard
Strauss, noted European composers, when ar-
riving in America for a visit, were tendered a
public reception at City Hall and given the
freedom of the city with as much ceremony
as were the same honors presented to General
Pershing and Marshal Foch on their return
from the battlefields.
Increasing attention is also being given to
music in the various city schools, high schools
city for the proposed memorial was authorized
by the New York State Legislature last Spring.
In all the various concerts given under city
auspices the programs have been distinctly well
balanced, music of the highest class being inter-
spersed by the lighter classics and on occasions
with what are termed popular numbers of the
better type. In short, the city has not only
given the public music, but has also given it
better music. Five hundred and thirty-five free
public concerts during a single Summer repre-
sent a mighty fine record.
From a purely commercial standpoint there
is no question but that this great quantity of
free music under city auspices has had, and
will have, a decided influence on the creation
of a substantial demand for musical instruments
of various sorts. If only for that reason alone
the attitude of the city toward music should
receive the hearty endorsement of the trade.
GILBERT HOME FROM THE COAST
Songwriter and Publisher Home From Seven
Months' Vaudeville Tour
On Monday of this week, L. Wolfe Gilbert,
head of the L. Wolfe Gilbert Music Corp., and
the well-known songwriter and vaudeville star,
returned to his offices, 1658 Broadway, New
York City, after a seven months' Coast-to-Coast
vaudeville tour. Mr. Gilbert announces he in-
tends to devote the next two or three months to
his music publishing business and will imme-
diately start a campaign on his two newest
songs, "What Does It Matter Who Was
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for the purpose of musical instruction. The Lee." The following numbers in the same cata-
city is also giving serious consideration to the log remain active, "You Like Me Like I Like
question of providing a site for the proposed You," "On a Moonlight Night" and "Kentucky
Temple of Art and Music to be erected by Echoes."
popular subscription and to be made a center
for the artistic life of the city as a memorial
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