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Show THE "CANNED MUSIC." Organized musicians are conducting conduct-ing a campaign against what is termed term-ed "canned music." It is a bread and butter fight for them. For instance: j In Washington, D. C, alone, the members mem-bers of theatre orchestras are drawing draw-ing close to 5250,000 per year, and are now threatened with unemployment unemploy-ment because the theatre owners propose pro-pose to use "canned music." Although this policy would materially mater-ially add to the unemployment situation, situ-ation, art or music should not be considered con-sidered solely from the payroll stand- ; point. What the people interested in raising the standard of music should consider is what effect "canned music" would have on the future of the art. The members of orchestras may adjust themselves by securing other employment, but what about the development of artists for the future ? The big question is: What will become be-come of music in America if there is practically no employment for musicians mu-sicians except in a few large orchestras orches-tras and bands that produce the canned can-ned music at the studios? Have not the local orchestras been training schools for great artists and composers com-posers ? Speaking of commissions - - how about a Musical Commission to study the situation and recommend what should be done, if anything can be done, to meet the situation? |