BAGPIPE MUSIC.
Sir-Allow me to congratulate the different stations on their attempt to introduce more bagpipe music. Different New Zealand bands have proved themselves to have plenty of ability and I feel it is the hope of many that the recent broadcasts were not flashes in the pan. But when allowance is made for the scarcity of records and the fact that those who compile recorded programmes may not be well versed in pipe music, there could be a vast improvement in the selections. It is a common thing for "Cock o’ the North,’ "Hundred Pipers," and "Bonnie Dundee" to be heard time after time, while other tunes must still. be in the library. The main fault I find is the broadcasting of records by the Boston Caledonian Pipe Band. I have not heard any small band in New Zealand do so badly, The tone is poor; the band is not tuned; technique is almost nonexistent. : Pipe music has always been popular in New Zealand.’ This is borne out by the fact that larger crowds of people are attracted to Pipe Band contests than to Brass Band contests-and that in our so English city of Christchurch. The broadcasting of music by such a hack band is neither fair to our local bands nor a tribute to the compilers of programmes, — CAMPBELL McKINe NEY (Orangapai).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 305, 27 April 1945, Page 5
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224BAGPIPE MUSIC. New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 305, 27 April 1945, Page 5
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