"MUSIC FROM THE THEATRE"
Sir,-After bottling up my dissatisfaction for a long time, I must at last burst into complaint against the childish and pompous make-believe of Music from the Theatre. Good wine needs no bush, Ballet music is beautiful and attractive in itself, and is only ruined by the interruption of the commentator’s voice, full of "expression," informing us that "she is now pirouetting down-stage," etc. Many an evening I have tuned in to delightful music, only to switch off in rage and disappointment when that commentary started. Those who tune in to ballet or opera music are in no need of a spoken commentary to stimulate their imaginations. The music does that for them, and I prefer to see the opera or ballet with my inward eye undisturbed by the vision of another. And let us be spared the sillinesss of applause and reference to the "conductor taking his place" and the curtain. Another suggestion. Could a few noble English folk tunes, played by full band (there are plenty af them), be played before the London News instead of .the rather cheap, un-English, jazzy marches that are put on by most stations?
HOPEFUL STILL
(Invercargill).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 209, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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197"MUSIC FROM THE THEATRE" New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 209, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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