Show Better Music for Playgrounds Sought NEW YORK June 27 APA APA AP AP- AP A municipal music committee which Is to work nationally to s secure cure more and better music with the aid of municipal appropriations was announced announced announced an an- today by Joseph Lee president president dent of the Playground and Recreation Recreation Recreation Association of America under whose auspices the committee has been formed The committee re reports reports reports re- re ports a recent survey by by- bythe the National National Na Na- Bureau for the of Music according to which municipalities appropriate annually annual annual- ly nearly for music while others spend nothing at all r for r this purpose It also calls attention to the power of music in building citizenship and community morals The activities for which appropriations will be encouraged include open air band concerts community orchestras municipal organ recitals civic auditoriums community singIng singing singing sing- sing Ing and civic vic opera Sigmund Romberg the composer has written nearly sixty musical plays including some ten or twelvE twelve versions of The Passing Show which for some time was a popular feature on Br Broadway adwa Or late Maytime 1 Blossom Time Louie XIV and The Student Prince have been his best shown |