"RECENT MUSIC"
Sir,-Your column "Recent Music" is misnamed. Two recent weeks have been devoted, almost entirely, to one innocuous programme recorded and- presented from a B station, and your commentator devotes all this space to tell us that this particular programme was not a wellbalanced one. This statement is hidden in a mass of verbal flounderings with borrowed quotations, and is supported by a seriey of entirely unoriginal arguments (see any book on . "Musical. Appreciation"). In any case, why all the hullabaloo? This programme was obviously devised for those who do not take their music too seriously and who can still. enjoy a pretty tune. Even Bach and Haydn had their lighter moments. I would also like to deprecate your columnist’s habit of quoting little known composers i.e., Huba, Varese, and such like. Since he cannot ‘have heard any works by these folk, and it is unlikely that New Zealand listeners will . ever do so, their inclusion is a form of ostentation and, as such, is to be deprecated.
A .W.
T.
(Christchurch),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 193, 5 March 1943, Page 3
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173"RECENT MUSIC" New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 193, 5 March 1943, Page 3
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