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Sir,-A. G. Paterson’s description of a broadcast of Beethoven’s 8th Symphony was timely, but your correspondent went astray in using the expression "a very novel presentation," In point of fact this method of broadcasting is by no means a novelty now, but has almost the authority of tradition behind it, An example which compares favourably with that quoted by Mr. Paterson was the presentation from 2YA one afternoon of Beethoven’s 7th Sonata for violin and piano. After a sensational opening with the first side of the famous Kreutzer Sonata (the 9th) the listener was plunged directly into the middle of the first movement of the 7th Sonata. After suspicions had been lulled by the presentation of sides 3, 4 and 5 of the correct sonata in the correct order, the closure was abruptly applied in the middle of the last movement. As a final touch the listener was assured that he had just heard Beethoven’s 7th Sonata,
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CONTENTED LISTENER
(Well-
ington),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 5
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164BEETHOVEN UP-TO-DATE New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 5
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