In der Pittsburgh Post-Gazette berichtet auf S. 7 Harvey Gaul von einem Repertorie-Wunschzettel:

"     William E. Benswanger has been considerably annoyed as have the rest of us, at the tiresome repetitions of our orchestral programs. One Year it will be all Brahms and the next season it will be all Beethoven and several years we have had the same work repeated within a two-month period.

     Taking his Blickensderfer in hand Dr. Benswanger sits him down and catalogues the following works, [... echte Novitäten und selten Gespieltes ... die folgende Liste soll den Appetit anregen ... Werke von über Komponisten ...]

Schoenberg–Gurra Lieder, etc.

Bruckner Syms.

Mahler syms.

     Read William Benswanger's digest carefully [... über andere geplante Konzerte ...]."