| Date | 30 July – 14 August 1932 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles, California | |
| Participants | 42 from 14 countries | |
| Judge | Ernest Schelling |  USA |
| Judge | Rubin Goldmark | USA |
| Judge | Sigismond de Stojowski |  POL |
| Judge | Carl Engel | USA |
| Judge | Antanas Jurgelionis |  LTU |
The brochure described the music entries as follows: “Compositions for singing for one or more persons, with or without piano or orchestral accompaniment, composed for an instrument with or without accompaniment and instrumental chamber music; Compositions for Orchestra (Symphony, harmonium or fanfare band)”. The performance was not allowed to take more than one hour, and there needed to be a connection to sport. A total of 39 artists participated with as many works from 14 countries.
The jury consisted of: Ernest Schelling (1878-1939), composer; Rubin Goldmark (1872-1936), pianist and composer; Sigismond de Stojowski (1870-1946), Polish pianist and composer, since 1905 living in the U.S., all from New York City; Carl Engel (1883-1944), New York, a French-born American pianist and musicologist; and Antanas Jurgelionis (1894-1976), a Lithuanian doctor and sports official who headed the Lithuanian delegation in Amsterdam 1928.
The gold and the bronze medals were not awarded. The silver medal went to Czech composer Josef Suk and his March Into a New Life. He was the grandfather of the violinist Josef Suk (1929-2011) and the son of the famous composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904).
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