HARPS AND HIGHBROWS.
wir,- Constant Listener adepiores my "highbrow" harp recitals from 1YA. I think "Constant Listener" must be one of the many people. who dislike the unfamiliar, and so create an atmosphere or tradition.which is forever stultifying any new development in . musical technique. = The modern harp is now a major solo instrument with a definite speciallywritten repertoire. Practically all the records iinported into this country during the past ten years have been classical or light classical (I am writing of harp records only, of course), not merely the old-fashioned tunes which street corner buskers of the old days made all too familiar. The harp as a solo instrument is not very well known, particularly in this country, therefore the music which modern technique has made possible, seems strange and unsatisfying at a first hearing, but this is no reason to ignore "highbrow" music; rather it is an increased reason why we should listen to harp music with greater sympathy. In the series "On Wings of Music" which I am broadeasting from 1YA I am trying to demonstrate the harp’s musical range and not insult the instrument bv plavine meretricious trifles.
WINIFRED
CARTER
(Auckland) _
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 309, 25 May 1945, Page 5
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194HARPS AND HIGHBROWS. New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 309, 25 May 1945, Page 5
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