Administrative History
On September 25, 1941, the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation announced the establishment of a Sub-Committee on Music. Its mission was to advise the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps on all matters pertaining to musical activities within military camps and reservations both in the United States and overseas. Dr. Harold Spivacke, chief of the Music Division at the Library of Congress, was named as the Sub-Committee chairman.
Among its many activities, the Sub-Committee on Music prepared and disseminated recommended lists of band and choral music to troops; prepared songbooks and sent music specialists from the Army Specialists Corps to camps to train soldier song leaders; and served as a conduit for soldiers requesting sheet music from publishers.
The Sub-Committee also aided in coordinating plans for musical entertainment of the soldiers in the communities outside the camps and stations.
In April 1946, the Sub-Committee, along with its parent the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, ceased operations.