Radio: High Art

U.S. radio is proud of the fact that it periodically broadcasts the best music in the world. But Dr. Serge Koussevitzky, famed conductor of the Boston Symphony, thinks that radio could do far more. Said he last week, in his best English:

"Eet ees not enough good music. For one hour, the people leesten to a symphony orchestra, then for 24 hours they leesten to cheap programs. ... In a half hour, the good music ees forgotten. . . .

"Eet should be the Government which encourages good music, not the people who want to...

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