Is "Insane Music" Doomed?
HIS war is likely to cause a re« action among composers against the "insane music" for which the last was responsible, according to Dr. James Lyon, noted English composer, who is examining in Sydney for the Trinity College of Music. "It is hard to see how the pendulum can swing any further in the direction of mad, outre music, and it seems that it must soon swing back to sanity," he says. "Tt is likely that, after this war, there will be a search for beauty, and that composers will be less war-minded in their compositions than they were after the last war." Dr. Lyon advocated Government registration of music teachers in Australia to ensure that no one should teach until he or she had been taught how to, Registration had done much to improve the standard of teaching in England and Canada, he said.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19410103.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 80, 3 January 1941, Page 12
Word count
Tapeke kupu
149Is "Insane Music" Doomed? New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 80, 3 January 1941, Page 12
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in