HYMNS FOR THE BANDS
Sir,-I was astonished to read, under the above heading in your issue of January 17, a letter signed "B. Natural," in which the hymn known as "Madrid" was lauded to the skies. The correspondent quoted remarks made by a friend of his, who, after hearing this hymn tune played by a British band, was so "thrilled" that he is alleged to have stood " spellbound" and to have exclaimed that "he did not think such music possible." Well, sir, if this is a fact, it simply gives further proof that the British are not a musical race. Of all the hundreds of hymn tunes in our hymnaries " Madrid" is one of the most commonplace and the least interesting. It contains 16 bars. Twelve of these bars are merely repetitions of the opening musical phrase, while the remaining 4 bars also repeat a secondary phrase. There are many magnificent hymn tunes which, when well played, are truly thrilling,
but "Madrid" is decidedilv not one of them.-
L.D.
AUSTIN
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 4
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171HYMNS FOR THE BANDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 4
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