PAGEANT OF MUSIC
Sir,-In his criticism of. H. C. Luscombe’s "Pageant of Music" series your commentator in Radio Viewsreel speaks as a musician, quite forgetting that about 98 per cent. of us ordinary listeners have only an elementary knowledge of music, and until it was suggested that the lectures were primarily for the benefit of secondary school children, the idea had not occurred to me. From the point of view of the ordinary listener, however, my wife and I find the lectures most inspiring, and have often thought of writing to ask that they should be extended to a period of half an hour, as nothing less could do them full justice. Not only do we think the essential elements of each selection are well stressed, but Mr. Luscombe’s own illustrations on the piano are truly delightful to listen — to, and form, in our opinion, with Jané Mander’s book reviews, two of the really ‘worthwhile items on the radio.
E. D.
FORESTER
(Kumeu).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 317, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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163PAGEANT OF MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 317, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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