Mr Alexander Kipnis, the Russian singer, said at Dunedin that he wondered why English-speaking countries the world over should have a dislike of songs in English. He could not understand this opposition, he said. It must be admitted that English did not sound so beautiful as some of the foreign languages, but if a song were sung in English, surely it must mean rriore to English people, many of whom could not understand what it was all about in a foreign tongue. Each song and aria sounded best in the original language. A great song was not big because of its music alone—each tone expressed the words pronounced. Tc develop musical taste in this country singing in English was essential, he said. Operas would be better understood if presented in English.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1938, Page 9
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