Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1949 — Page 2

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demand to know what practical use symphoni¢ music has, : Why » the city pay $25. 000 towards an orchestra only a minority of citizens ever get to

hear? How Much Is It Worth Thus expressed in dollar terms, the question is hard to answer, Nobody can tell you in dollar terms what music is worth, If you don't like serious music and deliberately avoid hearing it, even on the radio, nobody can persuade you it has any importance. : From this angle, any argument about the value of the Symphony can easily become angy dispute.| Both sides get edgy. Music-lovers,

nga their opponents as ignorant oafs. Stung by that attitude,

Money Stays Here That sum, plus a great deal more “spent: here by Symphony personnel, remains in Indianapolis. Musicians, like other people, pay rent, buy food, go to the movies, have their teeth filled. According to Symphony officfals, a safe estimate would show 90 per cent of Symphony musi-

Summertime fishing. . . . Scores of anglers fine the Qaklandon, on hot summer afternoons. Long a favored spot of county fishermen, the waters atract thousands each summer,

«Price Tag on 3 na Doesn't Make By HENRY BUTLER Is the Indianapolis Symphony worth supporting? That question has been hotly debated for the second time this year, with some citizens strongly opposed to the city's $25,000

tion. : Opponents have characterized the orchestra as a socialites’ plaything, an expensive means of flattering musical snobs. They

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become residents, customers, taxpayers, . The orchestra's earnings and appropriations, unlike the locdl eartings of traveling shows and ational movie organizations, stay

Cash Takes Wings Think of the money some traveling attractions take away. Rumor is Spike Jones has been guaranteed $25,000 for four appearances at the -1949 State Fair, plus a percentage of the gate.

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in the United States today operates without some kind of subsidy. Music costs money. So do

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universities and art museums, not to mention churches.

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Butler Field House in 1048, took :

$10,000 out of town, { Symphony personnel can't take] much away, if only because their earnings are small. This "year's minimum scale, guaranteed for 19 weeks, will be $70. Some few soloists draw more, of course, but most of the orchestra's 85 men and women have to do other mus. ical work here and elsewhere, or even take non-musical jobs . in order to make a living wage for the entire year. 4 If anybody thinks symphony! musicians are prosperous idlers, he's dead wrong. The years of training they need may cost anywhere from $5000 up to, say $20,including the price of good instruments, Most. of them have no hopes of getting rich, A lot of them have to live more economically than factory workers. They stick to their trade because they love it, .

clans’ income being spent locally. Year by year, a few members of

the orchestra's transient personnel decide to settle here. They

{Symphony appropriation - argue

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that the orchestra should earn its own way. No symphony orchestra

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