A Mouse is Born
ITH something still of the Christmas expectancy of early childhood, we believed that in spite of the evidence of the printed programmes we would find somewhere in that long week-end the kind of music we enjoy. The most likely-looking parcel was 1ZM’s Trios and Quartets listed in specially heavy type for 4.0 p.m. on the 24th, at which hour we settled ourselves with cushions and teapot in happy anticipation of the Afchduke, perhaps, or Schubert (who seems to sound his best against a background of brilliant summer heat). The session opened with the Stephanie Gavotte and Boccherini’s Minuet, continued with an octet or two of the same vintage, and then the tenors were let loose again. The trouble about so many of these hours of music is that the labels mean nothing, and listeners, whatever their tastes, find themselves eating their way through much that is dull before they find the type of nourishment they need; brows, be they high, middle or low, be-
ome cross and furrowed in the process. Our wish for 1945 is that we may see some codification of this labelling sys-tem-a nice little task for our Standards Institute.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 290, 12 January 1945, Page 6
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197A Mouse is Born New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 290, 12 January 1945, Page 6
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