Words and Music
HE music I leave to others; for all I know it is very good. " So says a Listener correspondent in a letter analysing the words of Thanksgiving for Victory. Having just heard this magnificent work from 4YA, I can tell this writeg that the music is very very good indeed, and that modesty should not have restrained him from voicing his opinion. It is a splendid work, vast and broadly impressive; yet it does not sound as though it would be beyond the resources of our local choral societies (as would Belshamzar’s Feast for example). Will some prosperous musical body not endeavour to get possession of this great work and let us have it performed here? As far as our correspondent’s criticism of the words is concerned, this will not
worry the musical listener. Tt is not possible to distinguish all the words without the text, but even if the singers performed their notes to nonsensesyllables, Thanksgiving for Victory would still be a musical landmark.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 8
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168Words and Music New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 8
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