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Re: [ARSCLIST] RCA symphonic work competition - 1929



At 11:19 AM -0400 4/17/06, Paul Charosh wrote:


In 1929, RCA Victor offered a prize of $25,000 for a new symphonic work.

Of course the politics of this was the fact that in 1929 RCA had an unprecedented monopoly over entertainment and a need to demonstrate cultural responsibility in order to help disarm the company's political opposition.



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