CHURCH ORGANISTS.
Sir,-Mr. Withers’ contention that the organist has something to say as ’ well as the minister should have more generous recognition-provided that he has something to say (or play) worth listening to. The concluding Voluntary should be regarded ‘as part of a church service, and no doubt a conscientious organist spends as much time in preparing a suitable selection as the minister on the study of his sermon; but, whereas it would be considered "tough" on the latter if the broadcast closed down and the congregation "walked out on him," yet this is the lot of the longsuffering organist, whose music is obliged to "waste its sweetness on the desert-‘ed’ air." Regarding organ recitals, the general public would be definitely not interested unless the performer was prepared to submit certain "classics" (as for example "My Baby Just Care for Me," "The Sailor With the Navy Blue Evee."
etc., etc.).
PEDALS
(Lower Hutt).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 233, 10 December 1943, Page 3
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