PLAGIARISED CLASSICS
Sir-I can put up with most of the modern undernourished imitations vf music-at least without writing indignant letters to The Listener-but recently I have become aware of something more disturbing. I refer, sir, to two things. One is. ‘swinging the classics" -a practice which all true musicians must abhor heartily. The other is a far more subtle evil. I have just heard the theme from Grieg’s Concerto in A Minor sung by a lady under the title of et Look at Heaven." To reduce Grieg’s Concerto to a weak, emasculated love chant is outrageous. Nor is the great Grieg the only composer who has been insulted by charlatans. It has happened to Tchaikovski’s Concerto — "To-night We Love," his fifth symphony-"Moon-love," Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu--_
some piffle about chasing rainbows, Rubinstein’s Melody in F, and many more. If people need this method of introduction to the classics, they do not deserve to hear our great composers.
BLIMP
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 325, 14 September 1945, Page 19
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158PLAGIARISED CLASSICS New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 325, 14 September 1945, Page 19
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