Folk-Song in the Making
PHYLLIS WILLIAMS’ singing of Maori songs from 2YA made a most agreeable broadcast. To good singing was added an unassuming but illuminating commentary. The songs, which had a genuine Maori. background, were not particularly notable musically, chiefly, it might be said, Secause of the rather obvious and unoriginal accompaniments. Had they been unacgpmpanied, the melodies might have: developed personalities of their own. As to their subject matter, the songs were in true folk tradition, being either occasional pieces or in story form. Folk music arises spontaneously but gathers character as it is moulded by successive generations of singers. Perhaps if much of our Maori melody is left alone, unpublished and free from the fixation of a nineteenth century ballad accompaniment, it may acquire the strength of folk-song, and, in the course of time, there will be a background to New Zealand music,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 331, 26 October 1945, Page 9
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146Folk-Song in the Making New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 331, 26 October 1945, Page 9
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