AUSTRIA.

Vienna, December 13, 1912.

Enclosed please find the governmental report and statistics for 1913 showing Austria’s appropriation for music.

William Bopp,
Director of the Imperial and Royal Academy of Music and Plastic Arts.


Crowns
State Conservatories, annually699,026
Subventions to private musical schools332,208
Subventions to orchestra, chorus, and other musical societies135,850
Prizes for Composers7,000
For other musicians17,000
State competitions for composers3,000
Other expenses for music114,000
Music Instruction in Public Schools302,000
Singing Instruction in the Public Schools120,000
Extraordinary expenses in the years 1911-1913 for the new building of the Royal and Imperial Academy of Music2,000,000
Total3,730,084