MUSIC FOR CASTAWAYS
Sir-I should be appalled at the prospect of spending the rest of my life on a desert island with gramophone records as my only solace. In any case, the spring of the motor would be sure to break in the first few days, when the gramophone collection would be useless, neither edible nor wearable. I notice that a raft is provided for transport, and the complete recordings of the list you enclose would certainly occupy as much bulk and weight as a small, upright piano. Given this, with a tuning key and a few spare strings, I should be amply provided against mechanical breakdowns. As to the music I would take. Anton Rubinstein once said that if he had to chose one work and one work only with which to spend the rest of his life, he would unhesitatingly choose the 48 Preludes and Fugues of Bach. Add to these the 32 -Beethoven Sonatas-i.e., only two volumes in all-and I would be completely equipped for any conceivable emotional experience that might befall me. But please don’t condemn me to records and a gramophone. A_ desert island would demand active, not pas-
sive music making.-
V. E.
GALWAY
(Dunedin).
(We invited Dr. Galway to contribute to the usic for Castaways" article in last week’s issue, but our letter reached him too late, and his reply, in turn, was too late for inclusion with the others.-Ed.).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 230, 19 November 1943, Page 3
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237MUSIC FOR CASTAWAYS New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 230, 19 November 1943, Page 3
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