Insect Music
EXPECT any musician could quote a page or so of titles of works dealing, in more or less direct fashion, with life in the insect world. True, some of the
works would be less "classical" than others. We might, to fill the page, be compelled to include such general favourites as the Glewworm Idyll and the Grasshopper’s Dance. But among the works of quite
F Tespectabie composers we find such titles as "Song of the Flea" and "Flight of the Bumblebee." We don’t expect an exact musical translation of the habits and haunts of the inspirations of these works, any more than we expect to feel the sting when we listen to "The Wasps" Overture by Vaughan Williams, which ‘I heard with pleasure from 4YA. Hasn’t it some connection with Aristophanes (the only author can think of, at’ the moment, besides Karel Capek, to give us afi insect-satire? ) :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 291, 19 January 1945, Page 9
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150Insect Music New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 291, 19 January 1945, Page 9
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