Vocal Yokels
‘THE BBC Singers gave us "Songs in a Farmhouse" from 4YA. I was afraid it might prove to be too hearty for words, with a heavy yokel atmosphere and local colour. Instead of which it went to the other extreme; apart from
the title, there was nothing to indicate where the songs were being sung, and from the presence of a piano obviously in the Steinway class, and the beautiful accents of the chorus, I imagine the farmhouse must have been located in one of the BBC studios. However, there was nothing phoney about the songs, all traditional melodies, with an Elizabethan madrigal for good measure, and the delightful "Sumer is icumen in" ( although this was actually accompanied by the piano aforesaid). A solemn thought it is that these folk-tunés survive mainly in BEC productions and are listened to mainly by trained musicians. Having just returned from a holiday in the country I am in a position to. state that such music, the heritage of our race, is the last sort of music anyone would expect to hear either sung or listened to in any really authentic farmhouse.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 296, 23 February 1945, Page 6
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190Vocal Yokels New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 296, 23 February 1945, Page 6
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