Music by Alfred Worsley
AT 8 p.m. on Friday, August 18, Station 3YA will broadcast a short programme of compositions by Alfred Worsley, a Christchurch organist and conductor. Mr. Worsley describes them himself as "some of my experiments in various styles that I have attempted during the last 50-odd years." We asked him to tell us something about the items to be heard, and here are some extracts from his reply: "The words of three of the songs are by Johannes Andersen and the ‘Stormbird’ is by Alan Mulgan. This one is really a triple effort which appeared in the Weekly Press many years ago-1916 I think. Mr, Mulgan wrote the words, ‘Kennaway’ (Henderson) painted the picture, which I have, and I wrote the music. Except for some children’s pieces I have written only two or three pieces for the piano. The Adagio and Scherzo is a very early effort written about 40 years ago, but the Humoresque was written specially for my 50th Anniversary Concert last March. The other songs were written at widely separated periods, just when I came across words that appealed to me."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 268, 11 August 1944, Page 16
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187Music by Alfred Worsley New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 268, 11 August 1944, Page 16
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