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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 631

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

The public support given to orchestras now greatly interested Bok. He was surprised to find that every symphony orchestra had a yearly deficit. This he immediately attributed to faulty management; but on investigating the whole question he learned that a symphony orchestra could not possibly operate, at a profit or even on a self-sustaining basis, because of its weekly change of programme, the incessant rehearsals required, and the limited number of times it could actually play within a contracted season. An annual deficit was inevitable.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 631 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

博克发现交响乐团普遍亏损,起初以为是管理不善,调查后才知道这是行业特性决定的:每周更换曲目、频繁排练、演出季场次有限,导致成本高而收入有限,根本无法盈利或自负盈亏。所以年度赤字是不可避免的。这提醒我们,有些事业天生就不该用利润来衡量,需要另找支撑模式。

上下文

爱德华·博克是《妇女家庭杂志》主编,在自传中回忆他推动费城交响乐团改革的过程。

今日一问

你身边有没有看似“亏损”却不可或缺的公共事业?你愿意为它做什么?

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